- #1 ScourgeBringer
97% matchVery Positive86% of 3,193 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Indie 26.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Difficult 14%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the same fast-paced, fluid combat and high-mobility platforming that defines the rhythmic nature of Overclocked.
- #2 Vernal Edge
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 629 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Platformer 36.8%, Female Protagonist 35.5%, Action 27.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fluid action-platformer featuring a female protagonist and a heavy focus on aerial combat and movement.
- #3 Katana ZERO
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 74,545 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Platformer 31.6%, Action 28.5%, Difficult 26%, Indie 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a similar one-hit-kill, high-speed combat loop that rewards precision and rhythmic execution.
- #4 Grapple Force Rena
96% matchVery Positive94% of 143 reviews2018
Dev: Friend & FairyPub: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Linux
Swing, climb, grab, and throw in this action platformer where you can grapple anywhere! Using Rena's magic bracelets, hook onto any surface to swing wherever you like, or grab your foes to send them hurtling into each other!
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Indie 25.4%, Platformer 19.7%, Female Protagonist 17.1%
Why You'll Like It: A platformer that centers on momentum-based movement and a female protagonist, matching the core gameplay feel.
- #5 SANABI
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 43,256 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Platformer 27.9%, Difficult 21.9%, Indie 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes high-speed traversal and grappling mechanics that mirror the kinetic energy of Overclocked.
- #6 Rosenkreuzstilette
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2017
Dev: [erka:es]Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
Why similar: Difficult 25.3%, Platformer 22.8%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Action 18.7%, Indie 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D action game with anime aesthetics and a female protagonist that demands high skill.
- #7 Azure Striker Gunvolt
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,735 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.
Why similar: Action 44.2%, Platformer 35.2%, Indie 20.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, 2D action experience with a glass-cannon playstyle that feels very similar to Overclocked.
- #8 Ghostrunner
91% matchVery Positive91% of 65,586 reviews2020
Dev: One More LevelPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Why similar: Difficult 56.9%, Action 43.1%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the high-speed, one-hit-kill, and reflex-heavy combat intensity found in the seed game.
- #9 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
91% matchVery Positive82% of 430 reviews2013
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Why similar: Platformer 33.8%, Action 26.8%, Indie 19.2%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Difficult 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A polished platformer with a female lead and a focus on shifting between different movement and combat states.
- #10 Damsel
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Screwtape Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cause distress in this challenging fast-paced action platformer. Experience a dark cartoon world come to life as frenetic gameplay meets comic book visuals and storytelling. Dash through beautiful arenas vanquishing vampires, rescuing hostages, disarming bombs, hacking servers and much more.
Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, Female Protagonist 27.5%, Action 25.2%, Indie 17.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-platformer featuring a female protagonist that emphasizes fast, arcade-style combat.
- #11 Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
88% matchVery Positive93% of 11,587 reviews2016
Dev: BombservicePub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
Why similar: Difficult 32.2%, Platformer 25.1%, Female Protagonist 24.3%, Action 18.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features fluid, responsive combat and a female protagonist in a beautifully crafted 2D world.
- #12 Demon Hearts
89% 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: Action 44.6%, Indie 30.8%, Platformer 24.6%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that highlights a female protagonist and classic, difficult combat mechanics.
- #13 Project Mercury
89% matchMixed58% of 587 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Platformer 29.6%, Action 27.2%, Female Protagonist 25.6%, Indie 17.6%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired 2D action game with a female protagonist that focuses on tight, challenging gameplay.
- #14 Hollowed
87% matchVery Positive81% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Project Polish Productions
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Hollowed tells the story of a woman who will do anything to bring her perished loved one back to the world of the living. Control Halia and her spirit Oco simultaneously on a single controller in this side-scrolling puzzle platformer.
Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 35%, Female Protagonist 24%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that features a female protagonist and challenging traversal.
- #15 Cyber Shadow
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,490 reviews2021
Dev: Aarne "MekaSkull" HunzikerPub: Yacht Club Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
Why similar: Platformer 35.4%, Difficult 29.5%, Action 21%, Indie 14%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, 2D ninja action game that requires precise platforming and combat reflexes.
- #16 Furi
85% matchVery Positive90% of 13,739 reviews2016
Dev: The Game Bakers
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.
Why similar: Difficult 52.2%, Action 29.3%, Indie 18.6%
Why You'll Like It: A boss-rush game that relies on rhythmic combat and extreme difficulty, appealing to fans of Overclocked's intensity.
- #17 Double Cross
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: 13AM GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Why similar: Action 39%, Indie 25.7%, Platformer 21.1%, Female Protagonist 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer that utilizes a unique grappling hook mechanic for fast-paced movement.
- #18 Jubilee
84% matchVery Positive97% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: finalbossblues
Windows
Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.
Why similar: Action 39.9%, Platformer 34.2%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer that focuses on exploration and movement with a female lead.
- #19 Dead Cells
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 178,807 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Difficult 40%, Platformer 31%, Action 23%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for fluid, high-speed 2D combat and platforming integration.
- #20 CALAMITY CREATURES
82% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: 影老院
Windows
CALAMITY CREATURES is a 2D action game in boss rush format. Mechanical creatures of overwhelming stature stand before you. Gadgets in the prosthetic hands, the terrain, and the enemies' habits...use all the elements to dismantle the living calamity.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36%, Action 33.7%, Indie 16.5%, Difficult 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer with a female protagonist that blends action and puzzle-solving.
- #21 Star Leaping Story:prologue
81% matchVery Positive95% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: ZerovHao
Windows
Players will use a unique dash system to navigate through various obstacles! The main challenges lie in maneuvering skills and reaction speed, utilizing it to complete different levels in the game, gradually piecing together the truth of the story. This is a free-to-play prologue version.
Why similar: Platformer 29.9%, Action 29.8%, Female Protagonist 29.7%, Difficult 6.3%, Indie 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A precision-focused 2D platformer that requires careful timing and movement.
- #22 Cally's Trials
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 176 reviews2016
Dev: VDO Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Cally's Trials is a roguelike action-platformer with a weapon-levelling system that lets you evolve weapons as you use them. Cally must save her parents from the maniacal Herbert, who has laid waste to the Caves and built a massive new base.
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Platformer 26.1%, Indie 21.5%, Female Protagonist 19.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-platformer with a female protagonist and a heavy emphasis on weapon variety.
- #23 404Sight
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,762 reviews2015
Dev: Retro Yeti Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
404Sight is a free game made in support of net neutrality. It’s a 3D playground runner influenced by parkour running with the addition of a special ping ability that reveals areas that can speed the player up or slow them down.
Why similar: Action 43.4%, Indie 29.2%, Female Protagonist 27.4%
Why You'll Like It: A parkour-focused action game featuring a female protagonist and high-speed movement.
- #24 Dust: An Elysian Tail
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 18,936 reviews2013
Dev: Humble Hearts LLCPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
Why similar: Platformer 44.7%, Action 34.8%, Indie 20.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fluid, combo-heavy combat with a female protagonist and platforming elements.
- #25 Red Goddess: Inner World
83% matchMixed51% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Yanim Studio
Windows
Red Goddess is an action adventure platformer. Explore an epic magical world. Unlock powers of Rage and Fear, and fight deadly enemies in fast paced red & blue combat system
Why similar: Action 43.3%, Indie 31.2%, Female Protagonist 25.5%
Why You'll Like It: A metroidvania-style game with a female protagonist that blends exploration with combat.
- #26 Acid Nimbus
79% matchVery Positive92% of 198 reviews2018
Dev: Hernan Caro Vilaburges
Windows
manage your ammunition and dodge projectiles. Charge with your bayonet and get the highest score.
Why similar: Difficult 32.3%, Action 27.3%, Female Protagonist 23.7%, Indie 16.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, violent indie action game that shares the gritty, high-energy vibe of Overclocked.
- #27 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive87% of 218 reviews2020
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLCPub: Return To Adventure Mountain, LLC
Windows
FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!
Why similar: Difficult 40.3%, Platformer 22.1%, Action 17%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A difficult, single-screen precision platformer that tests your reflexes.
- #28 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Team Chrono GearPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 35.6%, Action 29.3%, Platformer 24%, Indie 11%
- #29 《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: MING YEN WUPub: Light of Creators
Windows
Play as a gorgeous female wanted-criminal Faye. Utilize her grappling hook and acrobatics to fight enemies and traverse the ocean-engulfed planet Bluestar! (This game has steep learning curve, play with caution)
Why similar: Difficult 44.8%, Female Protagonist 29.4%, Action 25.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, ninja-themed action game that prioritizes parkour and quick reflexes.
- #30 Frauki's Adventure!
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: CLYDE games
Windows · Linux
Frauki's Adventure is a challenging melee-combat platformer set in a large, interconnected world. Dodge, slash, stomp, and outplay a variety of intelligent and deadly Alien Robots. Discover shortcuts and find hidden upgrades. Challenging sword-fights and a sprawling, bizarre world await!
Why similar: Difficult 38.7%, Platformer 28.8%, Action 21.3%, Indie 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A souls-like metroidvania with a female protagonist that emphasizes difficult, exploration-based combat.
- #31 Haneda Girl
74% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Koba
Windows
Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.
Why similar: Action 29.6%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Platformer 27.1%, Indie 16%
- #32 Roller Riot
76% matchVery Positive91% of 161 reviews2020
Dev: MassDigi
Windows · Mac
Get your revenge on the enemy cyborg roller derby gang! Roll and fight through a beautiful neon cityscape as CB, a genetically modified cyborg, bent on getting revenge for her past...
Why similar: Action 100%
- #33 Overclocked: The Aclockalypse
77% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Timewind LLC
Windows · Mac
Overclocked: The Aclockalypse is a roguelike bullet hell following The Keeper’s time-twisting battle to reclaim The Eternal Sands from Greenwich and her clockwork army.
Why similar: Action 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #34 Clockwork Sword
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Clockdrive Games
Windows
Slash, stab, and shoot your way through a multi-tiered museum filled with corrupted automata, customizing your weapon with the scraps of the fallen. Clockwork Sword is a thrilling isometric hack and slash, in which you utilize combinations of weapons and elements to conquer your foes.
Why similar: Action 43.3%, Female Protagonist 37.3%, Indie 19.4%
- #35 Lost Girl Platformer
73% matchVery Positive98% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Lost Girl Platformer is a thrilling 2D platform game where you play as a courageous girl. Your task is to jump from platform to platform to survive and escape. But be careful: time is limited, and every jump must be precise!
Why similar: Platformer 44.6%, Action 37.8%, Indie 17.6%
- #36 To the Core
76% matchMixed68% of 236 reviews2018
Dev: NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
To the Core is a roguelite action-platforming speedrunner. Run, jump and dash your way through levels filled with obstacles and hazards. Fight through heaps of enemies to save your father and set record times.
Why similar: Difficult 27%, Action 26.8%, Indie 24.1%, Female Protagonist 22%
- #37 iaidoka_interlude
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 93 reviews2015
Dev: Blaze Epic
Windows
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
Why similar: Action 29.4%, Indie 20.3%, Platformer 20.1%, Difficult 17.5%, Female Protagonist 12.8%
- #38 Possessor(s)
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 451 reviews2025
Dev: Heart MachinePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Possessor(s) is a fast-paced action side scroller with combat inspired by platform fighters, a story told through dangerous characters, set in a deep interconnected world ready for exploration.
Why similar: Action 43.4%, Platformer 34.7%, Female Protagonist 21.9%
- #39 Bolt'N'Punch
72% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: ComeBack GamePub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Exploring a disarrayed food factory, play as Lyft and fight your way through this chaos using powerful abilities. Face off against relentless robots and bring them to pieces. There’s only one option left to stop them: destroy them, throw them, PUNCH 'EM!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Female Protagonist 40.8%
- #40 TEXNOPLAZM
71% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Mothership Loudspeakerz
Windows
Punch enemies, take their weapons, and switch combat styles on the fly. Blend combat skills and movement into hectic first-person gun-fu based on three movesets for punches, melee weapons and firearms.
Why similar: Difficult 53.2%, Action 33.6%, Female Protagonist 13.2%
- #41 ENYO Arcade
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2015
Dev: James MearmanPub: www.dev-zoo.net
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
ENYO is trying to let go of an old Dystopia. It's also a 2d action platformer that does not require destroying things.
Why similar: Action 26.8%, Platformer 20.7%, Indie 19%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Difficult 15%
- #42 Project Exhibited
73% matchVery Positive84% of 179 reviews2020
Dev: Team ThievesPub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
A thrilling first-person action-stealth game. Play as Dana, the inventor thief, and use your gadgets to fulfill your task; retrieving a special artifact from a private art collection in a mysterious palazzo.
Why similar: Action 60.7%, Indie 25%, Female Protagonist 14.3%
- #43 Cloudbuilt
73% matchVery Positive87% of 946 reviews2014
Dev: Coilworks
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
Why similar: Difficult 32.3%, Platformer 25.8%, Action 21.3%, Female Protagonist 20.7%
- #44 Super Alloy Ranger
70% matchVery Positive92% of 366 reviews2022
Dev: Alloy MushroomPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!
Why similar: Action 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #45 Foregone
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,393 reviews2021
Dev: Big Blue Bubble
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
Why similar: Platformer 25%, Difficult 24%, Action 21.5%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Indie 14%
- #46 Pepper Grinder
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,197 reviews2024
Dev: Ahr EchPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.
Why similar: Difficult 33.1%, Platformer 25.4%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Action 14.4%, Indie 5%
- #47 GunGirl 2
72% matchVery Positive92% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: BlueEagle ProductionsPub: Paul Schneider
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
GunGirl2 is an action platformer in the style of games like Metroid, Castlevania or Cave Story. But with blood… LOTS of blood! Go on an epic adventure and explore a huge world with the heroic blonde chick GunGirl or her best friend GunDude.
Why similar: Action 60.4%, Indie 39.6%
- #48 Blade of Dawn
69% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: Bumeow Games
Windows
This is a third-person hack-and-slash roguelike game. You will play as a Knight of Light defending against the invasion of the Shadow Empire. Using the power of holy light, you can convert shadow-infected enemies into allies. Try to survive until dawn!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 45.5%, Action 42.3%, Indie 12.2%
- #49 Freedom Planet
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,855 reviews2014
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Female Protagonist 23.1%, Action 19%, Indie 12.2%, Difficult 11%
- #50 Revenant
67% matchVery Positive94% of 458 reviews2023
Dev: MAYFLY
Windows
Revenant is a pixel-art style shooting game set in the near future.
Why similar: Action 81.7%, Indie 18.3%
- #51 TUNNEL DIVERS
70% matchVery Positive86% of 130 reviews2018
Dev: Spasman Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Dive, destroy and escape. TUNNEL DIVERS is a F2P high octane twin stick shooter, where you pilot a close quarters based spaceship that excels in claustrophobic areas. Play online with or against other pilots, create your own levels in the level editor, and wage war against the rogue AI, Watch Dog.
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Difficult 25.9%, Indie 25.1%, Female Protagonist 13.6%
- #52 Freedom Planet 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The fast paced platforming of Freedom Planet returns! Become a full-time cartoon heroine and use abilities and items suited to your play style to explore the world of Avalice and defend its animal citizens!
Why similar: Platformer 28%, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Difficult 19.5%, Action 16.3%, Indie 12%
- #53 Moonlight Traveler
67% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Blueprint Core
Windows
This is an action game focused on combat, where a girl returns from the abyss to explore her own secrets and redemption, until the end of an eternal battle to see if she can break free from the shackles of fate.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 58%, Action 42%
- #54 The Portal Trial
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: Espale Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Ingression: The Portal Trial offers a sneak peek into the immersive world of precision platforming with portals. Experience the prologue of the full game for free, tackling not only the initial levels but also venturing into more challenging stages.
Why similar: Difficult 34.8%, Platformer 28%, Female Protagonist 22.7%, Action 14.4%
- #55 Karma Knight
68% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: UltramarineSoft
Windows
Karma Knight is a fast paced 2D side-scrolling platform action game with stylish combat. Find hidden items in the stages, collect different spells, defeat the enemies as you gain more experience and enjoy the overall platform action game style.
Why similar: Action 46%, Indie 31.3%, Difficult 12.7%, Platformer 10%
- #56 Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
66% matchVery Positive80% of 16,145 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.3%, Platformer 33.5%, Action 26.2%
- #57 Lady Umbrella
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Zulo Interactive
Windows
Wield your high-tech umbrella to take down Italy’s last mafia family while evading capture by your own agency in this thrilling third-person action-adventure shooter.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 54%, Action 35.9%, Indie 10.1%
- #58 Rebel Transmute
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 272 reviews2024
Dev: Fatal Fawn GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Rebel Transmute is a challenging 2D action-platformer epic with heart! Explore the twisting caverns of an alien planet, augment your play-style to fit your strengths, battle deadly bosses, and uncover a dark truth as Moon Mikono searches for her long lost mother.
Why similar: Difficult 35%, Female Protagonist 24.3%, Platformer 22.5%, Action 18.2%