- #1 Destroy Space Aliens
97% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Fire, LLC
Windows
Challenge yourself and enter the castle of the Legendary Sir Frank Jones V to destroy invading space aliens! Slash, blast, and dash your way to victory in this retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #2 Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
96% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Here comes a challenge! Mutant Mudds Super Challenge!! Over 40 levels filled with malicious mutant mudds. This adventure is designed for super players; featuring a host of new platforming challenges and unique boss fights that will test your skills.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 28%
- #3 Parasite
96% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Raphael Gervaise
Windows · Linux
Parasite is a non-linear retro platformer with a mix of action and puzzles. The player controls an alien worm wanting to get rid of a human space colony on his planet. There are multiple shapes to unlock and to switch between to facilitate the navigation and sabotage the complex.
Why similar: Adventure 37.3%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26.8%
- #4 Datswer
95% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Behtam Developer
Windows
Datswer - help a brave hero escape to freedom from the dark dungeon full of traps, horrible enemies and various obstacles. The protagonist of this Android game is a statue that came to life after being hit by a few drops of mysterious magical liquid. You need to use your reflexes and logic to pave a safe way through dark dungeons.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #5 Do Not Fall
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2014
Dev: XPEC Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Have you got what it takes to try out this challenging, intense and fast paced action-platform game? Think fast and think quick of where you are running as the tiles will start to disappear the moment you walked on it and the obstacles will be in your way to block you or knock you over. You can run. You can dash.
Why similar: Adventure 36.9%, Action 35.4%, Indie 27.7%
- #6 Bitsy Bits
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Marshall Latimer
Windows
Bitsy Bits, a game about a fun loving magical mouse named Bitsy who must defend Magic Land from Twinkle Twinkle who has cast a spell of Wickedness on all the fun loving people.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 27.7%
- #7 Tom vs. The Armies of Hell
93% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Darkmire Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Meet Tom -- a software engineer turned reluctant half-demon hero who must fight his way out of Hell by turning souls into demon-searing weapons. Blast your way back to your 9-to-5 in this hilarious, isometric indie action-adventure game.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #8 Lair of the Titans
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Team 21 Studio
Windows
Lair of the Titans offers a unique way for players to enjoy VR together. Play in the same room, hunting one another, choosing the right moment to strike and scare the other player.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #9 Kindled Cavern
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Pretty Okay Games
Windows
Kindled Cavern is a cave exploration adventure for Virtual Reality filled with sights to behold. Waterfalls, bamboo forests, giant turtles, abandoned bridges and scaffolding, subterranian lakes, and ancient arches fill this explorable cavern. Not to mention the ghosts!
Why similar: Adventure 37.4%, Action 35.9%, Indie 26.7%
- #10 BioMech
90% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
BioMech is a classic Metroid-like with carefully structured gameplay. No rogue elements, no random content, everything is handcrafted and deliberately designed. Backtracking is not a dirty word.
Why similar: Action 39.1%, Adventure 34.3%, Indie 26.6%
- #11 Code Name: Origin
91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Latent Studios
Windows
Code Name: Origin is a top down action adventure inspired by the classics in the 80's and 90's. You’re dispatched alone with a laser shotgun and the wits to uncover what transpired just days before you arrive.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #12 D.F.R.: The Light
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive long enough to extinguish the light, or perish trying. The light is crafty and observant, so this won't be an easy challenge.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 36.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #13 Domino Effect
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: GoshFather
Windows
Pick up an entire building and use it as a weapon. Go supernova and send everything flying in an outward direction. Use gravity in a way that has never been used before.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #14 Kitten Madness
88% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: David OgdenPub: LoveTrooper Entertainment L.L.C.
Windows
Kitten Madness is an open world fast pace game where you race a kitten through various levels and game types. Kitten Madness starts out as a single player game where you control a cute kitten performing the playful actions of a kitten.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #15 Super Ninja Hero VR
87% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd.
Windows
"super ninja hero vr"is a VR-FPS game(first-person shooting game) that developed by Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd..Variety of scenes with cool fighting, strong cunning enemies and smart BOSS.Taking up your arms to begin a legend.
Why similar: Action 38%, Adventure 36.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #16 Lone Vessel
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Cobalt Flow Studios
Windows
Prepare for the invasion! Explore the void, complete missions for credits, and collect items to arm yourself. Unlock new load-outs and face exotic enemies in the face of impending destruction!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 27.7%
- #17 CANARI
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: PixelBot Games
Windows · Mac
CANARI is a 3d rogue-like in the dark. Players control LUMIN a shipwrecked robot who uses its flashlight to fend off creatures in the darkness. Collect energy from crystals and look for loot to power up your robot; hidden in the constantly changing labyrinth of caves.
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Adventure 35.8%, Indie 28.1%
- #18 Dinosaur Hunter VR
84% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Gooners Game
Windows
Embark on a great adventure to hunt down some prehistoric beasts!
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #19 DNO Rasa's Journey
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: EZDesigner
Windows
Guide Rasa on her journey as she collects lost DNA, and breathes life back into the broken planet. DNO is a continuous side-scrolling platformer that shows remnants of the once great planet Lira. Unlock creatures that once dwelled here, through the use of a unique card collection system, and use power-ups to make your way through each...
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #20 VR_PlayRoom : Episode Beginning (Escape Room - Horror)
83% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: WeVery
Windows
The main goal of this game is to find clues and escape the room using things in the room.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #21 Everything Must Fall
82% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Carry Castle
Windows
Everything Must Fall is an action-packed physics puzzle game in VR. You are an outcast among the tinies working your daily job as a demolitioner at Blow Big Stuff Up Ltd. Before you know it, your life is turned upside down. You must save your parents. A Journey of a lifetime begins.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 34.7%, Indie 28.6%
- #22 Questria: Rise of the Robot Skullfaces
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: AltImage Games
Windows · Mac
Questria is a multiplayer action dungeon crawler. Grab your pals and save Friendship from the evil Robot Skullfaces!
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #23 Fight For Freedom
81% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Shadowhite Animators LTD.
Windows
Fight For Freedom is a First person shooter Game where you have to perform like a special agent, In this game you have to destroy a group of worshipers who sacrificed people for immortality from last 35 years and rescue some hostage from worshiper. Remember , The Worshiper are well armed.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #24 San Matias -- Mafia City
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: RIQPLAY
Windows
Time is running out! You play as a man named "The Canario". Fight hordes of enemies and try to survive in this city without laws. It's time to teach them a lesson!
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #25 V.O.I.D.
80% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: NAPE GAMES
Windows
After some time, a group of Ploids decides to take action and return the peace. To achieve this, Alpha and Omega must travel through time to eras of ancient land, in order to obtain sacred stones that will give him the necessary power to defeat the invaders.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #26 Hero Barrier
78% matchMixed63% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: The Rock StudioPub: Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a RPG type TD game,player will be playing as the DEAD Knight. Defending the kindom,even the whole world from the catastrophe brought by the Devil Lord-Zypheria Die with glory on the battlefield,or Survive to the end of the doom?It's all on you !
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.8%
- #27 Infernales
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 68 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Kill all the creatures of hell ...
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #28 Gangsta Sniper 2: Revenge
77% matchMixed47% of 36 reviews2019
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Gangsta sniper is back. Collect and find money bags in new levels
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #29 Super Cube Smash
78% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Lewis Fitzjohn
Windows · Mac
Super cube smash is a rhythmic action game that generates music as you play. It is set on the mysterious ancient spaceship 'The Dawrfstone' where the most peculiar and unfortunate of events have occurred.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.8%
- #30 MonsterS in haha Island (群妖志)
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Muggle
Windows
To be immortal, The most important thing is to have a long life.Our hero wants to be immortal, so he came to this island to find the secret of longevity in frogs.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #31 Lonely Skies
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Suspension Games
Windows
Pilot your rickety airship along a dangerous journey in a 2D vehicle adventure game, stealing parts and fuel to keep your ship running long enough to reach safety.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #32 Space Climber
73% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Ferulox Studios
Windows
Two space exterminators prepared to clean the galaxy from vermin. Collect ammo for your rifle and oxygen tanks. Old school game, funny, difficult and addictive. Compatible with keyboard and controller. 1 or 2 players (Remote Play Together). Demo available.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 27%
- #33 The Construct
76% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Cannibal Panda Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #34 Ravager
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Nikhil TailorPub: Horse Beverages
Windows
Ravager is a 2D Open World Platformer with 12 unique characters to ravage your way across the land. Each character has different upgrade abilities to fight against the army of Crows and Trolls, who are trying to unleash the Nidhoggr into the world.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #35 FIREWORK
72% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Follow Yan the Defective One through his fight against the Fire Troops and let him unveil the Facility's mystery in this action platformer.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #36 Skelittle: A Giant Party!!
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Bubble Studios
Windows
Get together & funk-up the house with this crazy party game! Choose your tiny mess-maker to turn your everyday environment into a huge playground. Challenge friends & family in a series of wicked local multiplayer minigames and get creative together in the sandbox mode.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 27.4%
- #37 FISK
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: fjy741
Windows
《FISK》is a simple 2D platform game made by myself, based on the classic jumping elements of 2D platform game. You can complete the mission through enhanced action capability by interaction with monsters using simple buttons.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #38 Voxel Scavenger
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: ZUGALU ENTERTAINMENT
Windows
Play as a space garbage man kidnapped and trapped aboard a derelict space station in the universe’s garbage dump. Forced to collect materials in order to repair the space station to fly yourself to safety.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 27.4%
- #39 PIXEL ZUMBI
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Amilton NevesPub: Neves
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Destroy the evil being that entered the Earth's atmosphere, causing an apocalypse.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #40 ARC Continuum
75% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Akimbo Creations
Windows
ARC Continuum is an action/adventure game set on a new sci-fi world rich with ancient history that has been violently occupied by the vicious alien Kasaar race. Use the ARC to slow, rewind or manipulate the flow of time and liberate your homeworld.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #41 Shrine of the God-Ape
70% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Zachary Lee
Windows
Explore the legendary Shrine of the God-Ape! Fight wildlife! Dodge traps! Battle bosses! Pillage your way to the top of the island and conquer, or die trying.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 27.5%
- #42 The Last Aura
75% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Leyline Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Journey through the dark ruins of The Last Aura. In this action puzzle game, you must traverse labyrinths laden with obstacles and traps. Set on floating ruins tainted by the dark, your only source of light in the face of obscurity is your own.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 35.7%, Indie 26.7%
- #43 Orbits
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Avi Rosenblum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Orbits is challenging arcade-ish souls-ish game in space. You control a shell with basic combat abilities as it journeys through a galaxy on a quest to destroy all your enemies located in 100 levels and 20 bosses.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 26.7%
- #44 Above
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #45 Nachzehrer
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #46 Subaeria
71% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: iLLOGIKA
Windows
Subaeria is an intense action puzzler where players use their wits to manipulate their enemies into destroying each other.
Why similar: Action 37.6%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #47 Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows
70% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: WILDLOGICGAMES LTD
Windows
Attack of the Mutant Fishcrows, A Fast Paced Action Platformer with flying fish that are swimming crows that are mutated half breeds of your nightmares!
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 27.5%
- #48 The Piano
71% matchMixed52% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Mistaken Visions
Windows
Accused of his brothers' murders, failed pianist John Barnerway searches for answers on the streets of post-war Paris. Part traditional survival horror, part noir-influenced murder mystery, The Piano is an unsettling and riveting indie adventure.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 26.6%
- #49 Super Catscape
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Nuke Games
Windows · Mac
Super Catscape is a 2D sidescroller retro platformer about Kim, a brave kitten who is abducted by strange alien creatures. Kim has to find a way to escape from the strange alien planet, saving all captive pets in his way back to Earth.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Adventure 35.6%, Indie 27.5%
- #50 The Adventures of Sullivan
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Austin Marsh
Windows
A retired bounty hunter is on a path of destruction to get his stolen cat back from a menacing horde of cyborg bats, and a slew of other galactic villains.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #51 Swiss Knife
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Norman Collonville
Windows
It's been 2042 years since the "Great Disappearing", on Earth, humans & animals are no more. The planet is now inhabited by Swiss Knives, little robots created by humans before the disaster. In reality, that is because humans created Swiss Knives that the Great Disappearing occured.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #52 To Hell With Dave
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
Windows
'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #53 Swordrite
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: WolflandGames
Windows
Swordrite is a rogue-like, kill them all game, inspired by the metroidvania genre. You will face multiple enemies, solve puzzles and figure out how to defeat enemy bosses.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #54 Armoured Engines
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bounder Games
Windows · Mac
Armoured Engines is a steam punk western epic featuring train conductor Dusty Beats and her partner in crime, the ancient living engine Billy Wylam, as they search for El Dorado. Protect your train and shoot, fling, slice, and blow up hordes of enemies, using an arsenal of weaponry and passengers.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #55 Ghosting Gun S
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Daltair
Windows
Fight the Plague with easy to learn controls and a linear game play focused on action in this 2D action game inspired by arcade games of old; Deal with enemies from a distance with your guns or get in close and personal with your blades, but mostly, combine them both to dominate the fight.
Why similar: Action 38%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #56 The Hero
68% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Dark Space Studios
Windows
"The Hero" is an open world action adventure game . The story takes place in two cities in two different ages with two different playable characters. The first is : Newyork (USA) in an imaginary gloomy way and the second story: London (United kingdom) in 1802 at the Fraser campaign on Egypt.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #57 Star Surveyor
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: slimefriend
Windows · Mac
Star Surveyor is an exploration game about discovering a foreign planet, and observing the lives of its alien inhabitants. You're sent to Maya-247 with a simple mission: use your scanner to gather data about all of the flora and fauna you can, and send that data back to Earth.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Adventure 36.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #58 Chrono Ghost
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: NITETIME Studios
Windows
You are the Chrono Ghost, you must progress through challenging levels using your newly acquired abilities. As you progress, your adventure becomes considerably more demanding. There are many secrets to discover on your journey. Go forth and find them. hurry, time is running out!
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.5%