- #1 Small Cave Action
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: IYTORIA
Windows
主人公が脱出しようと洞窟(ステージ)を進んでいくアクションゲーム
Why similar: Action 58.9%, 3D 23.3%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #2 Alienzix
96% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Oldschool 2Д-shooter of the Windows 2000 epoch, controlled by mouse. 2-player local cooperative mode with several difficulty levels.
Why similar: Action 51.1%, Retro 27.2%, Indie 18.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #3 Alien Splatter Redux
96% matchVery Positive92% of 156 reviews2017
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
Why similar: Action 45.5%, Retro 40.2%, Indie 14.3%
- #4 Anomalia
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Breno Alexsander
Windows
You must survive this horror and puzzle game, Robots were created to aid in technological advances, but here they are getting more and more terrible, explore the place and delve deeper into the terror.
Why similar: Action 50%, 3D 21.5%, First-Person 16.5%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 5.9%
- #5 Handsome Mr. Frog
95% matchVery Positive91% of 242 reviews2016
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Jump, lick, and spit your way through four worlds in a new-school arcade adventure starring the nominal Handsome Mr. Frog, a good looking fellow whose hat was jacked by a bunch of unattractive normies.
Why similar: Action 61.8%, Indie 20.1%, Retro 18%
- #6 Space Junk
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Ned LangmanPub: Upside Down Games
Windows
Intense action, retro-styled visuals, a sizzling synth soundtrack and tons of cool Sci-Fi references, all rendered in vibrant, neon graphics. Get your trigger-finger ready, turn the lights down, the sound up, and blast your way through level after level of fast paced, Junk smashing action!
Why similar: Action 78.2%, Retro 17.9%, Indie 3.9%
- #7 Zaru
89% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Ascent Games Ltd
Windows
Explore a PSX-style horror game where your senses are your tools for survival. Sacrifice one sense for another to detect threats and make it out alive. Experience the sensory deprivation as you sneak throughout the warehouse, doing your last tasks for the night.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Retro 23.1%, 3D 16.9%, First-Person 15.8%, Indie 4.8%
- #8 Castle Clamber
93% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Trederia
Windows · Mac
Castle Clamber is an arcade action platformer for one or two players inspired by games of the 80s and 90s.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Retro 30.6%, Indie 19%
- #9 TAYAL
92% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: SHIBAPOWER
Windows
TAYAL IS A RETRO & MEGA STYLE FAN GAME. WE WILL FOLLOW A BOY TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH OF HIS FATHER.
Why similar: Action 47.8%, Retro 33.6%, Indie 18.6%
- #10 Merger 3D
91% matchMixed46% of 214 reviews2016
Dev: MahhaonPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
2048AD - the year in which humanity was faced with bio-terrorism. The desire to reach the next stage of evolution, which ran contrary to the facts of nature, formed the study of illegal modification to human cells. Because of this, a special unit was formed by mercenaries who opposed human experimentation.
Why similar: Action 71.6%, Retro 18.4%, Indie 10%
- #11 Mega Roids
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: PSD Labs LLC
Windows
Blast through 3D asteroid fields, crack open rocks for treasure, and fend off alien raiders who steal your loot or attack on sight. Fast‑paced first‑person retro arcade action meets pixel‑powered chaos in deep space.
Why similar: Action 40.5%, Retro 23.7%, 3D 17.1%, First-Person 16.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #12 Cataegis : The White Wind
90% matchMixed78% of 556 reviews2015
Dev: Acido CinzaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.
Why similar: Action 55.5%, Retro 27%, Indie 17.5%
- #13 Retro Vaders: Reloaded
88% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Andrew Nutter666 Jaggar
Windows · Mac
The original Retro Vaders game rebuilt from the ground up with a brand new engine, complete graphics overhaul and a heap of new content.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 21.6%, Retro 19.5%
- #14 Zombie Soldier
89% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Lorag Games
Windows
Face off as the Zombie Soldier against the undead army. Explore graveyards and army bases to eradicate them all. Shoot, jump and destroy in this simple retro styled 2.5D metroidvania throwback game. A casual yet challenging introduction to the Zombie Soldier world.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Retro 35%, Indie 17.5%
- #15 MIGHTY GUNVOLT BURST
86% matchVery Positive89% of 228 reviews2019
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Enter a virtual world of cyber-landscapes and unravel the mystery behind its creation! "Mighty Gunvolt Burst" is a retro-style 2D side-scrolling action game with an authentic feel. Play as "Beck," "Gunvolt," or "Ekoro," and experience their new stories in this unique parallel universe.
Why similar: Action 57.5%, Retro 42.5%
- #16 goblin hunter
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 星夜工坊
Windows
Goblin Hunter is a retro dark fantasy action game where you tactically hunt goblins in their lairs by leveraging light/shadow, acoustics, and environmental traps.
Why similar: Retro 31.1%, Action 25.9%, 3D 18.1%, First-Person 17%, Indie 4.8%
- #17 Books of Horror
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Antonio Manzano
Windows
Books of Horror is a first-person horror game where you face Airana, a mysterious AI that controls your captivity. To escape, you must overcome procedurally generated simulations based on ancient “Books of Horror”
Why similar: Retro 40.6%, Action 30.6%, 3D 10.3%, First-Person 9.7%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #18 WireNet
87% matchMixed67% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Minimalistic scroll-shooter with green-on-black pseudo-vector display. Rush through the isometric madness of WireNet to the NeuroCore!
Why similar: Action 50.4%, Retro 28.3%, Indie 17.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #19 BAHAMIAN BEAT DOWN
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CyberFOX Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Bahamian Beat Down, a Beatemup style arcade game that takes place in The Bahamas. Take control of either Twin Dragon sibling and explore may true to life locations, items, and characters inspired by authentic Bahamian culture and history as defeat the criminal organization called The Bahama Pirates.
Why similar: Action 56.1%, Retro 23.3%, Indie 20.6%
- #20 KnightRoyale
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: abdulkadirPub: teodlegames
Windows
KnightRoyal is a Indie retro pvp Pixel-Game to play from time to time, if you are looking for a Indie retro pvp Pixel-Game to play from time to time, you are here right KnightRoyal is the perfect game for you then.
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 22.8%, Retro 15.2%
- #21 Cast of the Seven Godsends - Redux
86% matchMixed60% of 175 reviews2015
Dev: Raven Travel StudiosPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cast of the Seven Godsends harks back to the days when classic 2D, run ’n gun, action-shooter games ruled the arcades. Four levels of difficulty, six worlds to conquer, twelve mid and end-of-level bosses, seven god-like armour sets, five basic weapons and thirty-five magic combat spells!
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Retro 41.4%, Indie 13.5%
- #22 Retro Space Shooter
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gable Games
Windows
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 59.9%, Indie 22%, Retro 18.2%
- #23 Fist Slash: Of Ultimate Fury
84% matchMixed67% of 107 reviews2015
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Rising Star Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Part man, part blade, all badass – help Fist Slash defeat the evil Dr. X and recover the mystical mirror shards before they're used to wreak ultimate destruction on the world!
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Retro 32.8%, Indie 19.7%
- #24 Super Hop 'N' Bop ULTRA
83% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: CTgamesPub: Flying Interactive
Windows
Local multiplayer retro action!
Why similar: Retro 43%, Action 41.7%, Indie 15.3%
- #25 Monty Kong
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
Ape fights poachers in a 2D action game.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Retro 39.3%
- #26 Yellow Ballman
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
High Speed 2D Ball Action
Why similar: Action 63.8%, Retro 36.2%
- #27 Nick Reckless in The Curse of the Lost Cause
79% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Akedo Studio
Windows
Unravel the mysteries of old-school gameplay in this classic side-scrolling platformer, venture through four different environments and procedurally generated levels for ever-changing play sessions, and hope to lift... The Curse of the Lost Cause.
Why similar: Action 51.7%, Retro 30%, Indie 18.4%
- #28 Bone Appetit
76% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: DXF Games
Windows
When the king declares that all food is now his, whatcha' gonna' do? Raise a skeleton slave to steal it back for you, of course!
Why similar: Action 71.3%, Retro 23.6%, Indie 5.1%
- #29 DENDAM : Justice and Law for The Murderer
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: PlaykaraSTD
Windows
DENDAM: Justice and Law for the Murderer Feel the tension in the latest horror action game "Hide and Seek", where you must survive by hiding from a terrifying entity that relentlessly hunts you. In this game, nowhere is truly safe listen carefully, hold your breath, and don’t get caught.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, 3D 24.3%, First-Person 23.8%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #30 Dogurai
76% matchVery Positive96% of 77 reviews2019
Dev: Hungry Bear Games
Windows · Linux
Dogurai is a retro-styled platformer with animal-like characters, graphics and soundtrack designed with old portable games in mind - down to the limited color ranges and sprite sizes!
Why similar: Action 50.6%, Retro 31.3%, Indie 18.1%
- #31 Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bearcat Games
Windows
Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police is an old-school arcade game featuring gravity-based gameplay and lots of shooting.
Why similar: Action 52.2%, Retro 28.6%, Indie 19.2%
- #32 STEELPAW
75% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: DAIRYDOG
Windows · Mac
STEELPAW is a 4-player online brawler where cape-bearing, jet-equipped animals compete for glory, financial independence, and high fives all around.
Why similar: Action 85.7%, Indie 14.3%
- #33 Galactic Battles
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 125 reviews2018
Dev: IndieLipPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Galactic Battles is a complex 2D top-down space shooter in which you have to fight with alien invaders.
Why similar: Action 54.9%, Retro 26.7%, Indie 18.4%
- #34 The Square Game
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Aiden J Rodgers
Windows
The Square Game is an insanely hard 2D action platformer with 24 short action packed levels.
Why similar: Action 61.6%, Indie 22.6%, Retro 15.9%
- #35 Two Bit Hero
73% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: ERMediaPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
A classic retro metroidvania - retroidvania if you will - with (mostly) black and white graphics. Handcrafted, fast-paced action with multiple endings.
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Retro 26.4%, Indie 19.8%
- #36 SKYCOP
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIENTURE
Windows
Welcome to the year 2080! The number of unemployed and criminals is skyrocketing, but we won't let it happen. This is where Project SkyCop comes in - an elite unit of police officers who can take on anything.
Why similar: Action 41.4%, Retro 21%, 3D 15.6%, First-Person 14.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #37 Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers
75% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Nerf Game Co. Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set off in chase of the lost Sock! Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers is a brand new platformer set in a crazy world, with infinite fun and hardcore challenges. What sets this game apart is that the main character simply can’t stop, so the onslaught of enemies, barbs and bullets will be intense!
Why similar: Action 85.6%, Indie 14.4%
- #38 Castle Kong
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Drowning Monkeys Games
Windows
Relive classic arcade action in an all new title! 4 stages, 22 levels, and a kill screen. 1 coin* , 3 lives - set the high score. Stop the evil BaronMan and save PrincessGirl! *(Meaning no restarts or additional lives. there are no actual coins on the PC version of the game)
Why similar: Action 79.9%, Indie 20.1%
- #39 Dr.Green
77% matchMixed66% of 41 reviews2015
Dev: Johan Aronsson
Windows
Dr.Green is a 2D retro, arcade, action platformer, inspired by games like Megaman and Ninja Senki. Take control of the orphan Dr.Green, on his mission to save the forest and take revenge on the evil forces trying to destroy it.
Why similar: Action 49.8%, Retro 31.3%, Indie 18.9%
- #40 Diamond Caves
73% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: diamond productions
Windows
Diamond Caves is a classic arcade puzzle games related to the good old 8bit and 16bit days. Get out of a cave by collect all the Emeralds and Diamonds and beware of traps and monsters... now with level editor!
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Retro 30.4%, Indie 18.3%
- #41 MY FIGHT
74% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: TrisPix Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MY FIGHT - a computer game in the fighting game genre , performed in the best traditions of the genre . It allows players to fight for their favorite bloggers and show everyone how much he is cool , but the game , meanwhile , will record the results and compare them with other players !
Why similar: Action 87%, Indie 13%
- #42 BitMaster
74% matchMixed64% of 206 reviews2016
Dev: Vladimir ShlapakPub: Sometimes You
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
BitMaster is a dynamic and colorful twin-stick shooter which design was inspired by such games as Geometry Wars, Crimson Land and Satellite Reign. Game powered by Unreal Engine 4!
Why similar: Action 84%, Indie 16%
- #43 Crystal sword
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: HUNTERS
Windows
Fantasy dot-eating-action
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Retro 39.3%
- #44 Pilots Of Darsalon
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: Dr. Kucho! Games
Windows · Mac
Your job is to locate and transport the containers to your base avoiding enemies on your way. Your ship is equipped with a hook to carry the containers. This is a physics based arcade game, inspired on the very early classics and with a strong Commodore 64 feel on it.
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Indie 20.6%, Retro 15.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #45 Robot Heroes
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2017
Dev: Heroes Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Control the mysterious robot army to resist falling giant aliens.
Why similar: Action 80.1%, Indie 19.9%
- #46 De Mambo
56% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #47 Kill 'Em All
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: AppRoarr Studios
Windows
Kill 'Em All is an fun aggressive first-person zombie survival shooter. It's a humble tribute to those evergreen FPS classics we all know & love.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 21.2%, First-Person 17%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #48 Vaccine War
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Games For Tutti
Windows · Mac · Linux
“Vaccine War” is an action adventure game with exploration features. It is set in the tense Europe from the thirties, with the Spanish Civil War (and some fiction stories) as background. Aesthetically, the game combines the pixelart retro style with a 3D environment.
Why similar: Action 45.4%, Retro 38%, Indie 16.6%
- #49 Venture Kid
69% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2018
Dev: Snikkabo ASPub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes
Why similar: Action 48.2%, Retro 36%, Indie 15.9%
- #50 Cave Runner
63% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Wave
Windows
Ultimate High Speed Running Wire Action
Why similar: Action 49.6%, Retro 40.8%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #51 Red Number: Prologue
71% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: AntonyStiv
Windows
You have to survive on Mars as a simple technique of John, he will have to fight with dangerous enemies, find other survivors and learn that the accident occurred in the colony "a New Dawn".
Why similar: Action 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #52 Bigwig Flint
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Kanselsprot Entertainment
Windows
Bigwig Flint is a challenging, thrilling, and hilarious top down shooter. A soulfully crafted game with emphasis on perfect classic retro gameplay. Waldemar, the circumcised square, must fight against Bigwig Flint and his many allies. At stake is not only the Universe, but also your sanity.
Why similar: Action 66.6%, Indie 24.4%, Retro 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #53 Missileman Origins
70% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Ryan SilbermanPub: Opium Pulses Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Missileman Origins is a retro-esque action-platformer set in a world where robots and humans co-exist as civilians. Missileman himself is a humble bot that wishes he could, one day, become a hero. He knows he has the potential to be one, but it's never fully realized just how capable he would be.
Why similar: Action 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #54 Super Destronaut DX
66% matchVery Positive88% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Petite GamesPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.
Why similar: Action 76.4%, Indie 23.6%
- #55 Boom Squad
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PVP Studio
Windows
Boom Squad is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter defined by realistic military weapons, with a focus on cooperative gameplay, in 5 vs 5 online multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Action 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #56 Project Ball
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Fallback
Windows
Project Ball is a fast-paced physics-based multiplayer 3D platformer in which you embody a ball to fight for objectives and crush your opponents. Players finally get the chance to use their balls and smash!
Why similar: Action 74.1%, Indie 25.9%
- #57 N.U.T.Z.
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pandemonium Interactive
Windows
N.U.T.Z. is a non-linear platform game that incorporates elements of a shooting platformer, and is inspired by classics such as Megaman and Metroid. Take control of a unique character and attack and aim in a 360 degree radius.
Why similar: Action 74.1%, Indie 25.9%