- #1 Demon Hearts
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jon Harwood Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Demon Hearts is a 2D platformer game that will leave you feeling blood thirsty for victory every time you play! Take the winged and dangerously swift Vampiress Snow through many challenging silhouette environments while withstanding the many divergent demons, evil forces, and bosses!
Why similar: Indie 39.7%, Action 38%, Platformer 22.3%
- #2 Robot Legions Reborn
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: Skyboy Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Shoot in all directions to destroy legions of hostile robots. Upgrade your weapons to become the ultimate robot hunter. Challenge yourself with Hard and Arcade modes, both new to Robot Legions Reborn.
Why similar: Indie 53.2%, Action 46.8%
- #3 Oblivion's Edge
96% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Odd EmuPub: MMOVentures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Oblivion’s Edge is an arcade and bullet hell inspired twin stick shooter with multiple game modes and difficulty levels. You are the last pilot on Earth, tasked with slowing down the invasion and giving survivors enough time to escape.
Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Action 47.8%
- #4 BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer
95% 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: Indie 45.5%, Action 44%, Platformer 10.5%
- #5 Triennale Game Collection
94% matchVery Positive81% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: Mario von RickenbachPub: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The Triennale Game Collection is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 21st International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.
Why similar: Experimental 65.1% ★, Indie 25.8%, Colorful 9.1%
- #6 Gambol
93% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Mike Pickering
Windows
Gambol is a wall-hopping, ceiling-slapping jaunt of a platformer with straight forward controls, and buttery smooth movement. You control the Gambol Gumball through a gauntlet of levels designed with flow and rhythm in mind to test your platforming grit.
Why similar: Indie 44.6%, Action 31.7%, Platformer 23.7%
- #7 Memoir En Code: Reissue
94% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Kalopsia GamesPub: N/A
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Memoir En Code: Reissue is an autobiographical game album. Designed to be experienced similarly to a music album, this short experimental game explores different bits of the author's life as a series of interactive tracks.
Why similar: Experimental 57.3% ★, Indie 42.7%
- #8 Leilani's Island
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ishisoft
Windows
Leilani has got to roll, jump, and smash things to take back her island from mechanical invasion! A tropical 2D platformer in the making for PC.
Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Action 40.5%, Platformer 18.4%
- #9 Blue Drifter
86% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A gritty bounty hunter game. Play as a lonely drifter, fly across a rainy planet, and track down criminals to earn money.
Why similar: Indie 39.9%, Action 38.2%, Experimental 21.9% ★
- #10 Concursion
91% matchMixed56% of 84 reviews2014
Dev: Puuba
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Concursion is a multi-genre game played on the boundaries between worlds. Steer your hero through a dangerous interdimensional universe, switching between different genres on the fly, pulling off feats of tight aerial acrobatics otherwise unattainable in one genre alone.
Why similar: Indie 40.3%, Action 37.2%, Platformer 22.5%
- #11 Ghost in the Machine
90% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2015
Dev: Michael J. Moffitt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ghost in the Machine is about the player's escape from a run-down factory following a large explosion. In the dark factory there are many dangerous machines that must be minded in order to not be crushed or mechanically separated.
Why similar: Indie 40.5%, Action 35.6%, Platformer 24%
- #12 Ember Kaboom
88% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2016
Dev: Josh Koenig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!
Why similar: Indie 38.7%, Action 38.4%, Platformer 22.9%
- #13 Slip
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: Handsome Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Slip is a fast paced side scrolling platformer featuring a two color, swap mechanic. Using your two colors flee from Steve and his wretched purple beam through a multitude of obstacles and enemies. Slip combines the elegant simplicity of platforming with a polarity mechanic to create an easy to learn, but extremely difficult to master...
Why similar: Indie 39.9%, Action 35.2%, Platformer 24.8%
- #14 The Flesh God
87% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Nuberu Games
Windows
The Flesh God is a tough action platformer where you shoot a massive gun to fly through deadly levels infested with mutant flesh.
Why similar: Indie 38.5%, Action 36.8%, Platformer 24.7%
- #15 Wake
92% matchMostly Negative27% of 195 reviews
Dev: Boss Baddie
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Wake is the story of an engineer trapped on a sinking ship. Navigate through the ship however you want to find your way to the surface above, but avoid the ship's corrupted security system!Key Features Run and swim to escape a sinking ship Dodge bullets, fire, electricity and LASERS - but most of all avoid drowning!
Why similar: Indie 47%, Action 28.6%, Platformer 24.4%
- #16 Farjob
84% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Simon Kaley
Windows · Mac
Delve into a boundless realm of twisting pathways and absurd bosses.
Why similar: Indie 36.7%, Action 35.1%, Platformer 28.2%
- #17 Stonerid
86% matchMixed66% of 213 reviews2014
Dev: Enitvare
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Stonerid is a challenging 2D platformer, which the most important feature are two parallel, different worlds. Over 30 different levels to complete, unconventional game style and lots of dangerous traps and monsters make it extremely difficult to rise to the challenge.
Why similar: Indie 38.3%, Action 38%, Platformer 23.8%
- #18 The Adventures of Clive McMulligan on Planet Zeta Four
82% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Broke Astronaut
Windows
Clive McMulligan is a 2D retro-inspired action/puzzle/platformer with challenging old school style gameplay. Over 70 levels with fast-paced gravity switching mechanics.
Why similar: Indie 41.1%, Action 39.3%, Platformer 19.6%
- #19 Galacatraz: Eject Equip Escape
85% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Summer Bear Studio
Windows
Escape Galacatraz, the universe's most secure detainment facility, in this side scrolling twin stick shooter! GAMEPAD REQUIRED!
Why similar: Indie 37.6%, Action 35.9%, Platformer 26.5%
- #20 Swiftly
83% matchMixed51% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Cleverweek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.
Why similar: Action 45%, Indie 35.7%, Platformer 19.2%
- #21 Wooden Sen'SeY
84% matchMixed54% of 137 reviews2013
Dev: Upper BytePub: Spawn Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Wooden Sen'SeY is an action-platformer, set in a unique "Japan Steam Rock" universe filled with humour. You follow Goro, a village chief, as he seeks revenge through a variety of levels. He will defeat his enemies using his axes to slice, dice, squash and grapple!
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Indie 36.5%, Platformer 25.6%
- #22 Goo Saga
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: Toka Loka Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Goo Saga is a platform adventure game where the player guides an elastic creature named Goo in a perilous journey to find his creator – and with him, the mysterious purpose of his own creation. Will Goo succeed? Puzzles, deadly traps and an army of foes in a labyrinthine underwater lab block his way.
Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Action 47.8%
- #23 Colette's Sugar Madness
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Mark Hill
Windows
Colette's Sugar Madness is a retro platformer designed to be completed in a single sitting. Use the powers from multiple costumes to save Halloween candy from falling into the wrong hands. Hone your skills with each play through to make each play better than the last. How much candy can you get?
Why similar: Indie 46.8%, Action 28.8%, Platformer 24.4%
- #24 Fly, Glowfly!
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Black Snowflake Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Tired of AN INDIE PIXEL-ART 2D SHOOTERS WITH A VERY DEEP STORY? Then be sure to check Fly, Glowfly! Your goal is to help this little shiny (and a bit stupid) thing to reach the finish by placing blocks on it's way. Sounds like a mobile puzzle, but... a picture is worth a thousand words, play it now!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #25 Blue Sheep
80% matchMixed49% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Noetic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Blue sheep is a Platformer Adventure set in a strange world, plagued by the physical manifestation of misery, known as the Beast. Play as the Outsider, experiencing the memories of a warrior who once opposed the Beast.
Why similar: Indie 50.1%, Action 49.9%
- #26 Ranger of the jungle
79% matchMixed41% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: miqu studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The elves in Jade Forest possess the Eternal Power, which was coveted by the King of demons who summoned the Demonic Circle and commanded Hellhounds, Fallen Angels and Orcs to invade the realm of elves.The elves were outnumbered and you must convene your former colleagues, lead the team, control the battle, guarantee the supplies, then...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #27 RED Fuse: Rolling Explosive Device
79% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: Meteor Shock
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Unleash strings of volatile bombs known as Rolling Explosive Devices, and use them against each other in creating chain reactions to blast open deposits of priceless jewels!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #28 SparkDimension
78% matchMostly Negative33% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Asixa
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Sparks Dimension is an independent sandbox game where you can build your own base on this alien Planet, design and manufacture your own vehicles and Aircraft, and even use your own spliced weapons to fight wild monsters
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #29 Sneak Thief
58% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,858 reviews2022
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Sneak Thief is a first person, shooter, strategy, stealth and puzzle game that lets you choose how you want to play. Use your wits and expertise to setup and perform heists whether that be by using brute force to smash your way through or by getting away without making a sound.
Why similar: Action 52%, Indie 48%
- #30 Defragmented
77% matchMixed64% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Glass Knuckle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood.
Why similar: Indie 50.7%, Action 39.2%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #31 Khaba
77% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2015
Dev: Hello There Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In Khaba, you follow the explorer Michael on his quest for a treasure in a forgotten pyramid. Through chambers filled with puzzles, he descends deeper into the mysteries of the buried Pharaoh. Each chamber becomes a further test of patience and reason, revealing the true nature of Michael’s past.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Veilia
76% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2016
Dev: Gawkfish StudiosPub: Alex Gimson
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Veilia is an exploration adventure game, which focuses on the story of Veilia, a cursed girl who has been separated from her body. It is now your job to help her in her search for her old body as well as the sorcerer that took it from her.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #33 The Odyssey
76% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Crazysoft ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Step into this epic point-and-click mythical adventure game. See what it takes to be the Greek hero Odysseus (Ulysses)! Get ready to embark on a journey filled with danger, mythical creatures and ancient Gods.
Why similar: Story Rich 38.7%, Indie 32.3%, Colorful 29%
- #34 Marblize
74% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Plexagon Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Marblize is a physics-based puzzle platformer where you must traverse through obstacles and hazards, solve challenging logic puzzles, and collect various collectables to customize your marble. Play through over 60 levels of varying difficulty in captivating worlds.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #35 King of Booze: Drinking Game
74% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: Daygames
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
King of Booze is a party game involving a wide variety of challenges, drinking, and choosing between the two. Whether you drink or dare, or hug, or kiss, or dance, or get naked, or slap your friend, or call your ex.. or your mom. You will have a fantastic "did that just happen" time.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 Crystal Towers 2 XL
75% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2015
Dev: David Newton
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Jump and blast your way through the hostile reaches of the kingdom on your quest to recover the Music Crystals!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Night Vigil
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Drew RadleyPub: My Insomnia Presents
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 99%
After a biological attack turns most of the people in Chicago to monsters it's up to you and your team of Extraordinaries to save the night!
- #38 Sacred Stones
69% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Why similar: Indie 43.6%, Action 40.1%, Platformer 16.3%
- #39 Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition
54% matchVery Positive85% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: BATOVI Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Pixel Cup Soccer is a retro-style arcade game. Play friendly matches, tournaments or create your team and lead it to glory in career mode! You can play it alone or with up to 8 friends, locally or through Steam remote, you can choose whether to play competitively, cooperatively, or even both!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #40 Captain Kaon
72% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: Engage Pixel
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Captain Kaon is a retro twin-stick gravity shooter inspired by 1980s classics such as Thrust and Gravitar. Captain Kaon pairs vibrant Amiga-style pixel art with a tight twin-stick control mechanic. Relive this forgotten shmup sub-genre!
Why similar: Indie 50%, Action 50%
- #41 Wondershot
73% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Leikir Studio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Wondershot is a local multiplayer battle arena! You have only one ammo and one life to defeat your opponent. Each round, your weapon changes and the map does too. No luck, just skill !
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #42 Momentum
73% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Projectile Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Overcome obstacles and subvert gravity in this difficult 3D physics-platformer. Race against time as you rotate 3D labyrinths to navigate through them. Reach a zen state of mind through challenge, focus, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #43 Mr. Shadow
71% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: bycomb
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Mr. Shadow is a 2D graphic adventure game. The player uses a simple point and click interface to solve diverse puzzles. Enter a surreal and dark world inhabited by shadows.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #44 Paper Train Traffic
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: isTom Games Kft.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Paper Train Traffic is here to test your mind and reflexes with increasingly complex challenges. From single railroads to multi railway nodes, your task is to supervise the ongoing train traffic of many different locations around the World.
Why similar: Indie 56.1%, Action 43.9%
- #45 She Wants Me Dead
70% matchVery Positive86% of 149 reviews2016
Dev: Hello There Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Max is in trouble. He pissed off his cat Lula and now she’s out to get him. And Lula is far from sweet. She is vicious, cold and unforgiving. More dangerous than Lula are her traps – deadly and brutal killing contraptions with Max’s name written all over them.
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Platformer 37.9%
- #46 Fear Equation
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2016
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #47 Gear Gauntlet
71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Drop Dead Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Gear Gauntlet is a fun but rage inducing 2D action arcade game from Drop Dead Interactive. Test your patience through ever more punishing gauntlets while boosting, teleporting, reversing and rotating to survive. Use your reflexes to break through coloured barriers and earn your place on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Action 48.9%
- #48 Colourless
66% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Outrage Games
Windows
Once Upon A Time, There Was A land Called colourland. The citizens,praised and love the coloursphere which made everything colourful. But nobody knew... the black and white days... were about to come...
Why similar: Indie 45.6%, Platformer 27.7%, Action 15.4%, Colorful 11.3%
- #49 Down Ward
61% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Fisholith
Windows
Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin.
Why similar: Indie 43.8%, Action 39.4%, Platformer 16.8%
- #50 Star Tactics Redux
67% matchVery Positive87% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Devil's Dozen Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Turn-based strategy game full of spacefleet battles. 30+ hours of gameplay, randomized battles, huge campaign with different ways of completion. Experience infinite tactical situations and outsmart the tricky AI using dozens of ships and special abilities.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #51 EURGAVA™: Fight for Haaria
68% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2016
Dev: Ibrahim Indra Baskara
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 97%
EURGAVA™ - Fight for Haaria, a reaction-based combat rpg where you struggle to rebuild your broken village, learn the fate of your home country, and restore its order. Get ready!
Why similar: Indie 75.1%, Story Rich 24.9%
- #52 Robo's World: The Zarnok Fortress
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Bluish-Green ProductionsPub: Bluish-Green Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Robo’s World: The Zarnok Fortress isn't your average Action-Platformer. Take on the vast, interconnected Fortress, and battle an ever learning foe who seeks to repair each zone you sabotage. Can you master your abilities to put an end to the dark reign of the Zarnok once and for all?
Why similar: Platformer 50.4%, Action 30.7%, Indie 18.9%
- #53 Timore 5
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Timore 5 is an indie horror game, 5th one in Timore series. A scientist named Frank has done a lot inventing new things, but his experiments aren't without the consequences. In this game Frank will try to record his dreams and convert them to computer data, allowing him to review his dreams later, but the experiment might not go as...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #54 WinKings
67% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Lemondo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 99%
WinKings is a 1-4 player 2D platformer game which throws you in fantasy Vikings era. Different and unique worlds, characters, enemies and weapons makes gameplay even engaging.
Why similar: Action 42.7%, Platformer 34%, Indie 23.3%
- #55 MagNets
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Total Monkery
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
MagNets: an intense arcade-style robot-recycling collect-em-up! Players must fight to restore order in Polarity City, one arena at a time. Do this by capturing malfunctioning Bloxbots in your Electromagnetic Nets, or use your MagNet to fight against a friend!
Why similar: Indie 50%, Action 50%