- #1 TUNNEL DIVERS
97% 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: Fast-Paced 30.1%, Action 24.3%, Indie 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #2 GIRLDIVERS
96% matchVery Positive82% of 195 reviews2024
Dev: Sweet Cakes Games
Windows
Join the GIRLDIVERS, humanity's last line of offense against an overwhelming alien menace. Command sexy girl soldiers in a rich campaign full of randomly generated challenges, unforgiving enemies, sci-fi gadgets, and heavy firepower. Engaging in lewd punishments and rewards along the way.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.1%, Female Protagonist 28.5%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Action 13%, Indie 6.9%
- #3 Project Mercury
96% 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: Female Protagonist 26.6%, Action 22.3%, Sci-fi 21.9%, Indie 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #4 Jet Lancer
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,187 reviews2020
Dev: Code WakersPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.4%, Arcade 14%, Action 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.7%
- #5 Pepper Grinder
94% 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: Arcade 27.1%, Female Protagonist 24.2%, Funny 16%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Action 12.4%
- #6 Olympia Rising
95% matchMixed69% of 100 reviews2015
Dev: Paleozoic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Olympia Rising is a 2-D action platformer starring Iola - a young warrior who has been cast into the Underworld after meeting an untimely end. She must navigate through the various twisted regions of Hades' domain, fighting through hoards of deadly creatures as she attempts her escape, making her way to Mount Olympus.
Why similar: Action 38.8%, Female Protagonist 34.3%, Pixel Graphics 26.9%
- #7 Freedom Planet 2
93% 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: Female Protagonist 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 12.6%
- #8 Iconoclasts
92% matchVery Positive86% of 4,919 reviews2018
Dev: Joakim SandbergPub: Bifrost Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 26.9%, Action 18.8%, Indie 18.3%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #9 Planet Cube: Edge
91% matchVery Positive87% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: Sunna EntertainmentPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Planet Cube is being invaded! Prepare to run, gun, jump and dash your way through an underwater science complex, collecting fire-power to turn the tables on a mysterious aggressor. This is high-speed adventuring set in a hand-crafted pixel art world, filled with precision platforming and thrills.
Why similar: Arcade 34.8%, Sci-fi 24%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Action 18.5%
- #10 Stardiver
90% matchMixed51% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Green Planet Games
Windows
You're a Stardiver on a mission. Descend into the depths of an underwater world filled with wonder, mysteries, and peril. Discover the story behind the abandoned base. Explore this submerged planet and learn its history.
Why similar: Sci-fi 64%, Indie 36%
- #11 Rebel Transmute
89% 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: Sci-fi 30%, Female Protagonist 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 26.4%, Action 16.2%
- #12 Luna Sky
91% matchMixed61% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Vovoid Media Technologies ABPub: KISS ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Momentum-driven old school platformer with modern graphics & physics with a focus on exploration. Offers precision and on later levels a lot of speed. Each world brings new abilities & gameplay
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Female Protagonist 33.7%, Indie 31.5%
- #13 Double Cross
89% 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 44.4%, Indie 35.1%, Female Protagonist 20.5%
- #14 Protodroid DeLTA
86% matchVery Positive81% of 142 reviews2023
Dev: Adam KareemPub: Balor Games
Windows
Reach your potential in a fast and fluid 3D action-platformer set in a beautiful and hopeful Solarpunk world. Take on challenging bosses, upgrade your systems, and show humanity the promise of AI.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.2%, Arcade 27.4%, Action 21.6%, Indie 16.8%
- #15 The Superfluous
88% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Voided Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
"The Superfluous" [soo-pur-floo-uh s] A cave-diving, sci-fi, rogue-lite, platformer with jet packs and lots of explosions. Help stop an apocalyptic asteroid on collision course with Earth. Lead a squad to the center of the asteroid and blast it into space dust.
Why similar: Action 24.5%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Indie 20.3%, Funny 13.4%
- #16 Xeodrifter
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2014
Dev: Atooi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.7%, Pixel Graphics 28.9%, Action 20.7%, Indie 19.7%
- #17 Freedom Planet
85% 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: Fast-Paced 28.5%, Female Protagonist 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Action 15.5%, Indie 11.9%
- #18 Grapple Force Rena
86% 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 36.7%, Indie 29.6%, Female Protagonist 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%
- #19 Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0!
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 176 reviews2025
Dev: LuluGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Welcome to Planet E1d0r4d0 is a narrative-driven management sim and side-scrolling hunting adventure about a young girl searching for the meaning of existence at the edge of the cosmos. In this chaotic, lawless universe, even immortality feels devastatingly fragile.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 53.3%, Pixel Graphics 46.7%
- #20 Star Leaping Story
83% matchVery Positive99% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: ZerovHao
Windows
Players will help a white-robed girl and her friends uncover the truth of the planet using unique dash gameplay. The storyline is fully voiced by renowned actors, with meticulously designed levels and energetic music for you to enjoy!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 25%, Funny 21.1%, Action 14.2%, Indie 12.5%
- #21 Gato Roboto
82% matchVery Positive94% of 5,065 reviews2019
Dev: doinksoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.5%, Indie 25.4%, Action 25.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
- #22 Gun Crazy
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.
Why similar: Arcade 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Action 16.9%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Indie 14.5%
- #23 ZeroRanger
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,130 reviews2018
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Why similar: Arcade 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Action 19.4%, Indie 18.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #24 Haste
78% matchVery Positive92% of 12,106 reviews2025
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 53%, Female Protagonist 19.5%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 12.5%
- #25 Defy Gravity Extended
81% matchVery Positive86% of 8,545 reviews2016
Dev: Paul FischPub: Fish Factory Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Indie 30.5%, Sci-fi 20.3%, Action 18.5%, Female Protagonist 18.4%, Arcade 7.5%
- #26 Jubilee
80% 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 43.4%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Indie 12.1%
- #27 Legends of the Universe - StarCore
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: LunarCore Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Action 26.8%, Indie 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Female Protagonist 12.6%
- #28 Bot Vice
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,456 reviews2016
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.
Why similar: Arcade 25.8%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 20.9%, Funny 18.3%, Action 12.4%
- #29 Lost Nova
78% matchVery Positive92% of 399 reviews2022
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 34.1%, Sci-fi 27.5%, Funny 24%, Indie 14.5%
- #30 JETRUNNER
76% matchVery Positive96% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Riddlebit SoftwarePub: Curveball Games
Windows
JETRUNNER is a parkour FPS, with cel shaded, comic like visuals, and a gameplay loop that can be best described as Trackmania meets Titanfall. Rich, expressive movement, and tight gunplay is what JETRUNNER is all about.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 44.7%, Arcade 21.7%, Female Protagonist 20.3%, Action 13.3%
- #31 Ex-Zodiac
76% matchVery Positive94% of 999 reviews2022
Dev: MNKYPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 1.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
Why similar: Arcade 29.5%, Female Protagonist 25%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Action 15.3%, Indie 9.3%
- #32 LunarLux
75% matchVery Positive95% of 419 reviews2023
Dev: CosmicNobab GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Experience a sci-fi action-adventure RPG on the Moon in the year 30XX! Join Bella in a story of science, truth, justice, and trust, as she travels the silver globe to find a way to save humanity from Comet Coda! It's time to unleash your Lux!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 31.6%, Sci-fi 27.6%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, Action 14.5%
- #33 bobo robot
77% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A wacky metroidvania. ⚡ Meet weird characters, unlock new abilities and complete a mysterious mission . . .
Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
- #34 Final Frontier Story
73% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Indie 18.2%
- #35 RagingBlasters
74% matchVery Positive99% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: TERARIN GAMES
Windows
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.6%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Action 18.2%, Arcade 17.3%, Indie 11.8%
- #36 Grey Area
74% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
A tough platformer following a girl diving over the heads of terrifying creatures and bouncing off walls to traverse a mysterious, unsettling world that's so much bigger than her: the "world between all worlds"
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Pixel Graphics 34.5%, Female Protagonist 22.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #37 METAGAL
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: RetroRevolution
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
Why similar: Action 26%, Female Protagonist 25.6%, Indie 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Arcade 12.6%
- #38 Pixel Ripped 1989
75% matchVery Positive86% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: ARVOREPub: ARVORE Immersive Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Pixel Ripped 1989 is a wacky multi-dimensional homage to the early days of gaming. The player embarks on a journey into the screen of a classic videogame and beyond.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Action 20.9%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #39 Ingression
72% matchVery Positive85% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Espale StudiosPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ingression is an unforgiving & mind-bending precision platformer where you'll think and platform with seamless portals. Travel to the future to save the past from a tremendous time paradox.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 39.2%, Female Protagonist 19%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Action 11.2%
- #40 Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
70% matchVery Positive96% of 234 reviews2024
Dev: Medallion GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
Why similar: Arcade 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 23.8%, Female Protagonist 22%, Action 17.1%, Indie 11.6%
- #41 The Abandoned Planet
70% matchVery Positive94% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Dexter Team GamesPub: Snapbreak
Windows · Mac · Linux
A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art
Why similar: Female Protagonist 37.1%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 25%, Indie 12%
- #42 Celestial Hacker Girl Jessica
73% matchPositive98% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: girl software
Windows · Mac
A surreal 3D platformer about a marble girl named Jessica. Roll around, explore the multiverse, hack computers, dodge lasers, and eat cake!
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Indie 48.6%
- #43 PIXELMAN
73% matchVery Positive82% of 277 reviews2018
Dev: Kindermann Corp.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
PIXELMAN is a retro styled, action-filled, high-score chaser arcade game, where you control the title character in his mission to rescue the citizens of Pixville from the evil Baron Von Pixel and his contraptions.
Why similar: Action 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 26.2%, Indie 21.2%, Arcade 15.6%, Funny 10.6%
- #44 Frauki's Adventure!
71% 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: Sci-fi 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 24.9%, Action 19.4%, Funny 16.6%, Indie 12.2%
- #45 Second Stellar
66% matchVery Positive99% of 279 reviews2025
Dev: Pepperlog
Windows
Join the enigmatic Starfarers as they traverse the cosmos in this unique dual-character action roguelite, unraveling the mysteries of their galaxy and beyond in pursuit of the Voyager.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.1%, Indie 26%, Action 20.9%, Female Protagonist 16.9%
- #46 ROLLING STAR
67% matchVery Positive97% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: NUL2 STUDIO
Windows
Bursting with hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! The second installment of the super-exhilarating Metroidvania series is here!!
Why similar: Action 28.5%, Sci-fi 27.7%, Pixel Graphics 26.2%, Funny 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #47 Cosmochoria
71% matchVery Positive88% of 501 reviews2015
Dev: Nate SchmoldPub: 30/30
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A tiny, naked cosmonaut with a jetpack & laser blaster must revive a dying galaxy by planting one seed at a time. An innovative and addictive arcade adventure experience with mystery and intrigue in all the right places.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #48 Solace Inc.
68% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 28.4%, Sci-fi 23.7%, Female Protagonist 17.4%
- #49 Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
68% matchVery Positive95% of 396 reviews2022
Dev: Colorgrave
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 41.9%, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Funny 14.2%, Action 11.2%
- #50 Cosmos Bit
69% matchVery Positive88% of 93 reviews2022
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
Why similar: Action 38.8%, Pixel Graphics 27.8%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Arcade 10.7%, Indie 10%
- #51 Bombshell
72% matchMixed58% of 417 reviews2016
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Bombshell is an Action Shooter game in which bomb disposal technician turned mercenary for hire, Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison must strong-arm her way across 4 planets in a galactic adventure to rescue the president (and humanity) from an apocalyptic alien threat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42%, Action 40.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%
- #52 Possessor(s)
65% 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 61%, Female Protagonist 39%
- #53 ENYO Arcade
71% 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: Fast-Paced 23.3%, Action 19.5%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Indie 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%
- #54 DIVE: Starpath
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Gravity Well Studios
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
DIVE: Starpath is a third-person runner set in the stratosphere of massive planets. Guide yourself through the perils of interstellar space as you pursue a mysterious traveler. Fight gravity, gather the data canisters, and don't lose orbit!
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 46.4%
- #55 Super Alloy Ranger
66% 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 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 28.3%, Sci-fi 26.9%, Indie 12.2%
- #56 Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,324 reviews2015
Dev: Pilgrim AdventuresPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Captain Gail Pilgrim has been flying starships since she was a kid, ferrying passengers between planets and space stations across the galaxy. She has no reason to expect that this latest trip to Alpha Centauri will be anything special, even if her passengers are a little more diverse than usual....
Why similar: Sci-fi 43.4%, Female Protagonist 30.1%, Indie 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #57 PI.EXE
67% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ZenBerry Team
Windows
Take the role of an antivirus software within the world of an operating system, eliminating malware spawns in a challenging, platforming quest!
Why similar: Arcade 30.6%, Female Protagonist 27.2%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Action 16.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #58 Morphite
69% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Crescent Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Morphite is a casual atmospheric FPS, inspired by the classics. Research plants and animals, battle hostile entities, and unravel a mystery surrounding a rare material called Morphite.
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Indie 31.9%, Female Protagonist 26.2%
- #59 Star Leaping Story:prologue
64% 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: Female Protagonist 33.6%, Action 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Funny 16.1%, Indie 4.6%