- #1 Ninjapple
97% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Gamebringer
Windows
Ninjapple is a crazy 2D platformer in which you need to collect the five elemental medalions to bring peace back to the world ! Take part in this adventure throughout many levels !
Why similar: Action 46.1%, Indie 35.4%, Great Soundtrack 18.5%
- #2 Zombie Soldier
96% 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 37.2%, Indie 28.6%, Retro 17.9%, Horror 16.3%
- #3 BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer
96% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Novelline, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.
Why similar: Action 48.1%, Indie 36.5%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%
- #4 LOVE 2: kuso
94% matchVery Positive96% of 216 reviews2017
Dev: Fred Wood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
kuso is the sequel to LOVE, and is a challenging yet fair platformer with a simple aesthetic. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Great Soundtrack 32.7%, Indie 31.1%
- #5 Devilry
95% matchMixed68% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: New State
Windows
Survive the night in your rural home as a sinister apparition wreaks havoc in the stately manor. Protect your family from the ghost using a variety of tools and weapons found around the estate.
Why similar: Action 45.4%, Indie 36.4%, Horror 18.2%
- #6 The Hateful Dead
94% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Sayan
Windows
The Hateful Dead is a voxel style, wave-based, zombie FPS game. Run and gun with a Chainsaw in one hand and Minigun in the other as you stand alone against an army of the undead. Burn, cut, shoot and obliterate limbs from your undead enemies in an intense blood-splattered, shoot em up style. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action 45.3%, Indie 34.8%, Horror 19.9%
- #7 Super Skull Smash GO! 2 Turbo
93% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: TACS GamesPub: Poppy Works
Windows · Mac
The Kingdom of Bones needs you! Purify the land and stop Evil King once and for all. Take the skull-smashing puzzle platformer in a new direction with TURBO action, TURBO puzzles and TURBO boss battles.
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Great Soundtrack 27.6%, Indie 25.6%, Retro 13.7%
- #8 Medusa's Labyrinth VR
92% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Guru Games
Windows
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a mythological first person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together in a game that blends horror with stealth into a unique and intense horror experience. Now all this can be seen in VR for the first time!
Why similar: Action 44.4%, Indie 34.2%, Horror 21.4%
- #9 Zomby Soldier
91% matchMixed42% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Dark theme shooter where player character is zombie who needs to kill other zombies and find more blood
Why similar: Action 44.4%, Indie 34.2%, Horror 21.4%
- #10 Neon Aileron
89% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Saturday Development, LLCPub: SaturdayDevelopment, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Neon Aileron is a shoot 'em up for people who are bad at shoot 'em ups. Enjoy the forgiving gameplay and 16-bit era graphics while shooting lots of enemies that spawn to the soundtrack!
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Indie 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Retro 6.7%
- #11 TripTrip
90% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: About Airplane LLC
Windows · Linux
TripTrip is a challenging autorunner with color-matching and platforming mixed together. Stay on track, dodge walls, and weather hazardous conditions - all while matching The Ball's color to the floor! Master the four colors to guide The Ball through more than 8 worlds!
Why similar: Action 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 28.4%, Indie 25.5%, Retro 13%
- #12 Tiamat's Drink
89% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: TriBug
Windows · Linux
Tiamat’s Drink is a shoot ’em up roguelike game inspired by the 16-bit era consoles. Fight against powerful enemies, defeat unique bosses, unlock challenging levels and obtain extra powers! So get ready and don't forget to enjoy our exclusive soundtrack!
Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 32.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Female Protagonist 6.6%, Retro 5.8%
- #13 Timore Inferno
91% matchMixed58% of 351 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Timore Inferno is the 4th indie horror game in the Timore series. Strange visitors have come to a little girl's house, robbing her home and killing everyone inside... Except her. With dolls holding the anger of her loss, everyone who tries to go there and investigate what happened wind up missing.
Why similar: Action 45.5%, Indie 32.6%, Horror 21.9%
- #14 Brave Earth: Prologue
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: [K]ayinworksPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
A master-crafted 2D action platformer designed with the utmost attention paid to player psychology, effecting a sublimely challenging and classic experience. Five years in the making by Kayin, the creator of I Wanna Be the Guy.
Why similar: Action 47.6%, Indie 36.7%, Female Protagonist 15.7%
- #15 Handsome Mr. Frog
88% 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 53.4%, Indie 36.4%, Retro 10.2%
- #16 Skeleton Boomerang
86% matchVery Positive96% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleboom ProjectPub: Artisano
Windows
Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.4%, Action 33.7%, Indie 23.9%
- #17 Lost Alone
85% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Pasha BinPub: Egg Splat Studios
Windows
Lost in a dark, unforgiving forest, you must survive the night. Hunt for resources, stay hidden, and outsmart deadly werewolves that stalk the woods. Every sound matters. Every choice could be your last.
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 41.3%, Horror 5.1%
- #18 The Hilltop Mansion
84% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: OkawariHakumai
Windows
Can you escape from this cursed mansion? Rely on the clues left by the ancestors to break the curse of the mansion and survive through it!
Why similar: Action 52.5%, Indie 40.4%, Horror 7.2%
- #19 Trace Vector
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2014
Dev: Vexel Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Trace Vector is a modern take on tough as nails, high speed, vector, action arcade games from the 1980's. Turn up the music, navigate your ship through high speed warp networks, maintain your fuel reserves, avoid deadly hazards, and try to safely return home! Quarters not required.
Why similar: Action 35%, Indie 33.9%, Great Soundtrack 31.1%
- #20 Flem
86% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Henchman & Goon
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Try, die, cry, repeat. Flem is an old school hard-as-nails platformer about a sentient snot ball, with a nose-stalgia inducing soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 43.8%, Indie 33.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Retro 7.6%
- #21 The Fox's Way Home
71% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: BeXide Inc.
Windows · Mac
Before you know it, you find yourself in the realm between the hidden world and the real world. Rely on the guidance of the Fox Shrine Maiden who lives there, and escape from the otherworld!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #22 Robozarro
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
Robozarro is a physics-based, 2-D action game, where robots B0-3 and 0-Ramatron embark on an epic quest through the outskirts, underbelly, and rooftops of Mech Angeles, to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Dr. Zarro.
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Indie 41.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #23 KnightRoyale
81% 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 51.8%, Indie 39.9%, Retro 8.3%
- #24 Call of Corona: Micro Warfare
79% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Puggy Studios
Windows
A dangerous mission to travel into the human body and meet the Corona virus face to face and send it back to microscopic hell.
Why similar: Action 51.7%, Indie 39.1%, Horror 9.2%
- #25 Dissection
80% matchMixed62% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: RandomSpinPub: RandomSpin
Windows
I don’t remember how I got into this house. I only know that I need to quickly find a way out. Something terrible is walking around the house and looking for me.
Why similar: Action 53.9%, Indie 41.5%, Horror 4.6%
- #26 dsync
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Big Galoot
Windows
dsync is a retro-style wire frame blast fest featuring multiple levels, super smooth 60fps, a pumping soundtrack and non-stop arcade action.
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Great Soundtrack 26%, Indie 20.5%, Retro 14.2%
- #27 Wicce
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 137 reviews2016
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the town of death to save the dear daughter!
Why similar: Action 47.9%, Indie 34.9%, Female Protagonist 17.2%
- #28 VR Mummy Girl
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: まこちゃんといっしょ
Windows
A mummy girl who has been asleep deep inside a pyramid for more than 1000 years wakes up. She doesn’t know what era is it is, who she is, or the reason she's there. She keeps walking, trying to find the exit.
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Indie 39%, Female Protagonist 9.6%
- #29 The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight
84% matchMostly Negative40% of 168 reviews2014
Dev: alpha six productionsPub: Digerati
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
THE JOYLANCER: LEGENDARY MOTOR KNIGHT is a new breed of action game, combining ultra-technical action with a simple control scheme and an artstyle inspired by portable games of old! Wield the divine power of the Motor Knights and save the world!
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Indie 30.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Retro 13.4%
- #30 The Dark Cave
66% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Leaves GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?
- #31 Retro Vaders: Reloaded
76% 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 50.3%, Indie 38.7%, Retro 10.9%
- #32 Alone In The Forest VR
79% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Ovidiu Chis
Windows
Explore the forest, solve the puzzles, start the generators and call for help. Use the flashlight to defend yourself from the 'thing' that tries to kill you.
Why similar: Action 47.8%, Indie 35.7%, Horror 16.5%
- #33 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
65% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 39.5%, Horror 37.8%, Indie 22.7%
- #34 Smells Like a Mushroom
65% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Red Limb StudioPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Boomer jokes ✅ Vegetable puns ✅ Strange characters ✅ Join the Aveggers to fight through the solar system in a dynamic third-person platformer shooter and defeat the alien mushroom invasion. 99% silly, 100% vegan!
Why similar: Action 38.3%, Sci-fi 36.9%, Indie 24.8%
- #35 Voidsayer
64% matchMixed69% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Pavel AuseitasauPub: indie.io
Windows
The world has fallen into darkness, cursed by the Abyss. You are one of the many hapless survivors at risk of being consumed. Unlike others, you have a chance to fight back. Voidsayer is a dark monster tamer jRPG. Assemble your monster team, take on eldritch horrors, and return hope to the world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 BrutalAliens
77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Voronoi Games
Windows
BrutalAliens is a game about invasion of alien space colonies, you are equipped with heavy weapons, soldiers troops and tactical skills. You have to eradicate all the alien race called Vorganoidz from the galaxy.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Indie 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Sci-fi 13.5%
- #37 Stick It!
60% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Jovial StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Swing, spin, and launch your way to victory in Stick It!, a fast-paced physics-based platformer where angular momentum is your greatest tool. Master the art of movement, conquer dynamic environments, and challenge your friends in chaotic multiplayer races to the top!
- #38 Adult Education
61% matchMostly Positive72% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: AE Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Adult Education is a steamy visual novel set in an adult evening school, where a sultry teacher develops an intimate interest in her female students.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #39 Songs of Yummy
60% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: DreamStepPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Songs of Yummy is a cozy and idle game. Food is scarce in the army, and you play Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, ordered to prepare for our army supplies. You will use every means to make everything in the world into military food.
Why similar: Indie 52.4%, Sci-fi 47.6%
- #40 Charm Commerce
61% matchMostly Positive79% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: T.F.A.N.C.S.
Windows
Run a business with adorable monster girls using power of desire! Employ girls, build your workplace and grow your business in the magical world. Unleash the charm of your team and watch your business thrive!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 100%
- #41 Space Slam
77% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: ;)Pub: Quickdraw Studios
Windows
In SPACE SLAM there is only one way to mine: ramming planets at full speed with your spacecraft. View the action in VR with your HTC Vive or in flat mode!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #42 Kanna Maze
59% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: Sci-fi 100%
- #43 Roses and Gems
75% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Pirate-Rob
Windows
Roses and Gems is a difficult sandbox platformer all about avoiding the inevitable, Death. Build constructs, traps and fight to keep the ancient machine safe. In the end, your home will be destroyed, and you'll die, but it just means you get to start a new dem... Adventure all over again!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #44 MC Lars 2: Brotherhood
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, YTCracker and Schaffer the Darklord save music! Join them in over a dozen songs as you fight, jump, and fly your way through the beat.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #45 Seek & Destroy - Steampunk Arcade
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: GamestormVRPub: Showstorm Ltd
Windows
You are Armed with a Steam Powered Rail Gun + Hammers + TESLA Powered Lightning + Magnets! SEEK & DESTROY to rack up the biggest score!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #46 Burger Witch
59% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Cyber752Pub: indie.io
Windows
Magic meets mayhem in this frantic burger-crafting adventure! Assemble enchanted burgers, manage chaotic kitchen orders, and work with friends to meet your spooky quota before time runs out. Cook, cast, and conquer the kitchen—because in this dungeon, witches don’t brew potions, they grill patties!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Z.W!
73% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: S. Khasanov
Windows
Full ahead! Kill'em all! Fight as long as possible!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #48 End of Lines
61% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #49 Dawn of the Robot Empire
74% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: oeFun, Inc.
Windows
Witness first hand the Dawn of the Robot Empire. Can you stop the invading robotic forces from another galaxy? Blast your way to victory in this retro sci-fi shooter. You'll need fast reflexes and an accurate aim to win.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #50 FALLEN ANGELS
59% matchMixed53% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: First Rays
Windows
This casual game combines two major elements: "plot" and "match-three strategy." In this game, players not only get to experience the classic match-three gameplay, achieving goals by eliminating identical elements, but also delve deep into various plot sub-stories with the goddesses in each level.
Why similar: Indie 55%, Female Protagonist 45%
- #51 Nebula
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Nebula is an action platformer with a high emphasis on using everything at your disposal to succeed, such as the gravity gun. The game takes place on an abandoned space station where you need to survive the deadly traps, defeat your enemies and solve physics based puzzles.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #52 Paladin
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Pumpkin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are earth's last hero - defend civilization from annihilation.Protect the cities, destroy the aliens and upgrade your fighter. Drive back the vile invading scum and save mankind in this frantic twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #53 Divine Adventure RPG
62% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Masquerade Games
Windows
Become the next god in this massive RPG.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #54 Booty Diver
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Xavier Orion Games
Windows
Take a dive into the perilous depths of the ocean as you seek sunken treasure while battling creatures who guard their treasure as you manage your precious air supply.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #55 Jigsaw Puzzle Womens Day
60% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: CreobitPub: 8floor
Windows
Jigsaw Puzzle. Women's Day: 500 colorful photos to make this a spring a season to remember!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #56 Aftermath Y2K
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #57 The Nothing
71% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #58 1001 Jigsaw World Tour Japan
59% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: 8floor
Windows
The mysterious and unique country of the "rising sun"! Collect fascinating puzzles, admire the beauty of Mount Fuji, look at sophisticated kimonos and explore the ancient shrines of Japan.