- #1 Giga Girl
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Outgunned Games
Windows
Giga Girl is a retro run ‘n gun platformer heavily influenced by, and paying homage to, the original NES Mega Man games.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #2 Ocean's Crabellum
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Crabellum Games
Windows
Shoot 'em up! The former soldier Crab have to holster up his old Parabellum guns. He must wreak massive havoc to clean up the Big Ocean from villains and get revenge for his friends. Destroy the unrestrained mafia gang led by giant octopus in the best tradition of top-down and scroll-action shooters.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #3 Street of Sanctuary VR
96% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: MoyeVR
Windows
Since several months ago, an insurgent group called “Futealer” have made a lot attacks on federal facilities. Your squad is sent to Sanctuary Street to stop them from approaching a crucial science facility called Neb Lab. This won’t be a difficult task for seasoned soldiers like you.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #4 Boratium Wars
95% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Dataweb, Inc.
Windows
Boratium Wars is a fast paced arcade style space shooter. Your skills are put to the test, as you attempt to collect Boratium from deep space, while avoiding enemies, mines, and more. Supports keyboard and mouse, as well as controller play. Tons of fun!
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #5 Rhythm Overdrive
94% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Fist ProductionPub: Fist production
Windows
Rhythm Overdrive is a shootem up / rhythm game, where ennemies are trying to kill you while dancing on the musics BPM ! Collect power ups to enhance your weapons, use bombs to clean the screen from all the ennemies, and try to get the first places on the leaderboards !
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #6 Slaveblade
93% matchMixed45% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: NegativeGenius LLC
Windows
DISCLAIMER: Made by one dev. Slaveblade is the story of Idraxymus the Enslaver. Already dead and tormented, Idraxymus makes a deal for resurrection. Everything in his path must be slain and his final destination is a mystery. Slaveblade is an exploration about what it means to live and die.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #7 J-Girl
92% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Chair Game Studio
Windows
The background of this game is set more than 200 years in the future, scientists will discover new energy -- crystal energy (abbreviated as 'J'), and use it to make fighting girl robot. The player as the male driver will drive the girl robot to fight.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #8 Wild Arena
94% matchNo user reviews2016
Dev: 971 Games
Windows
Wild Arena is a shooter where you have to defend yourselves and survive enemy attacks in small fighting zones with a main game mode and 3 secondary game modes.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #9 Nasty
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
The world is under siege by evil forces. It is up to you alone or teamed with a partner to save humanity in this fast-pasted, action/platform shooting extravaganza. Do you have what it takes to complete 100 levels of non-stop excitement and prove that good can triumph over evil?
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #10 Space Turret Gunner 宇宙大炮手
89% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: CatSaw
Windows
《SpaceTurretGuner》is a VR shooting game, as a gunner of the space battleship, players will experience many battles we carefully prepared for you。
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #11 TRE HUN: Unity-Chan x Action
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Akky-06's Lab
Windows
2D / 3D action game. There are 5 bosses. By achieving certain conditions (boss destruction etc.), the status will be up. The aim is to operate Unity-Chan and get the treasure in the dungeon's innermost.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #12 Super Hero Fight Club: Reloaded
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Incuvo S.A.
Windows
An epic, fast-paced action-brawl featuring Super Heroes, which you’ve never seen before in up to 4-player local gameplay.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #13 Platinum Kill
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
Platinum Kill is a fast-paced run and gun action game done in a pseudo retro style that blends nostalgia of classic games from this genre with more modern sensibilities of today’s games, all while never taking itself too seriously.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #14 Envoy of Nezphere
89% matchMixed55% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Kailang FuPub: Nezphere
Windows
A virtual-reality open-source rhythm game, Envoy of Nezphere welcomes everyone to feel the flow of the music by chopping the boxes alone the right direction.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #15 Delta-G
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Evols
Windows
Tired of classical FPS? Delta-G is here for you, with its gravity bending, ultra fast-paced mechanics. At its core, freedom of movement, and unforgettable in-air gunfights.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #16 Night Guardian
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Rabbit Games
Windows
You are a Teddy Bear tasked with keeping the creatures of the night away from your owner's bed.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #17 Magic Combat VR
86% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: ProntiatVR
Windows
ファンタジーな世界で自分自身が魔法使いになって、他のプレイヤーと戦う対戦型マルチVRゲームである。 その昔、戦争で人口が激減してしまった世界で生きるために魔法が開拓された。魔法技術が発展していく中、魔法使い達は己が培ってきた能力の優位性を証明する為に競うようになった。
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #18 Lock Her Up: The Trump Supremacy
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: Three Guys Game Studio
Windows · Mac
In this super fake and politically inaccurate parody, you and your best friend play as Presidents Trump and Putin in an epic struggle against the New World Order AI Robot takeover!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #19 ANti: Virus Destroyer
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Nicholas LikiardopoulosPub: Borazon Games LLC
Windows
ANti: a relatively fast paced single player 3D platform shooter with the sole goal of bringing ruin to every virus in sight so as to defend your country from digital intrusions. Gameplay: Play with tight controls through 45 levels filled with loads of viruses, tricky puzzles and exciting speed runs!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #20 Re Painter
81% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: こーひーあーる
Windows · Mac
“Re Painter” is a short, top-down action game where your drawings become your special attacks. Come up with your very own “Ultimate Move” to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #21 Cliff Hanger
84% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: syuuyuusya
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The backgrounds up the tempo and players are well equipped with a plethora of attacks! Test your mettle against a horde of enemies! Difficulty settings are available to adjust the game for both players that are new to action games and players that want a challenge.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #22 Dawn of H'btakh
82% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
Bizarre roguelike arcade FPS. The fish demon H'btakh is trapped in a maze, luckily he has lots of super powers.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #23 Knight Terrors
81% matchPositive86% of 37 reviews2017
Dev: FreakZone GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac
A blood-curdling, demon-slashing dash of death! Knight Terrors goes straight for the jugular: it’s a lurid mash-up of side-scrolling gameplay styles in endless procedurally generated levels. Once you’re hooked, the game keeps pulling you back in to increase your high score and unlock more features!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #24 Tequila Zombies 3
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Tequila Zombies 3 is a platform shooter. Zombie apocalypse strikes hard. Zombies, vampires and demons spread all over the world. But there is still hope... guns... and alcohol! So there is still a chance to survive. Kill all zombies, drink all tequila!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #25 Accel
79% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2019
Dev: Objectif 3D
Windows
To escape the cyber world of ACCEL you’ll have to go beyond your limits with your spaceship. In ACCEL we’re adding a new challenge, 360° maneuverability.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #26 Alien Zombie Megadeath
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 77 reviews2011
Dev: PomPomPub: Pom Pom Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Alien Zombie Megadeath is a gloriously intense platform shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #27 GunHero
79% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Olli-Samuli Lehmus
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Fight your way through multiple environments filled with traps and obstacles, each more dangerous and deadly than the last. Shoot bullets and throw grenades at your enemies while releasing prisoners from their cages. You are the hero this evil-filled world needs.
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #28 You Shall Not Jump: PC Master Race Edition
80% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Time Robbers
Windows · Mac · Linux
You Shall Not Jump is a roguelike put into a good old tower climber. At first sight it’s all plain and simple: you jump and shoot. But in reality…
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #29 Tank Hurricane
77% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Small GamesPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
In Tank Hurricane you have to fight in a tank battle with AI, which will not let you get bored.
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #30 Whip! Whip!
78% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Alpha unit
Windows · Mac
* Whip! Whip! requires a controller to play * 1980s Arcade video game style Action!
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #31 Resurrector
76% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: GSGamePub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
n ancient evil awoke after a thousand years of sleep. You are this evil.
Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%
- #32 Trajes Fatais: Suits of Fate
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Onanim Studio
Windows
Trajes Fatais: Suits of Fate is a game totally hand-drawn in the classic technique of pixel art. Its creators are passionate about classic arcades of the 1990s like The King of Fighters, Street Fighter and Guity Gear.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #33 Carnivore Land
78% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: dwCrew
Windows · Mac · Linux
Like to chew gum and shoot zombies? Yeah? Cause we’re all outta gum… luckily, there is no shortage of zombies, weapons and ammo in this damned city... Carnivore Land, come for the thrill stay for the kills!
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #34 RAZ
76% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Team.WM
Windows
RAZ is a multiplayer 3D side scroller shooter with up to 4 players. Clear all waves to collect money, raise your level to get new weapons, and strengthen your weapon with a modding system!
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #35 Capsular
73% matchVery Positive84% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Gunschlinger
Windows
Capsular is a unique arena shooter featuring a "One shot, One Kill" mechanic. Jump into a fast paced match where your skill matters most!
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #36 Ancient Future
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Binary Fusion
Windows · Mac
Ancient Future is a fast paced multiplayer brawler set in a pixelated cyberpunk dystopia. Choose from a huge set of weapons, items, and characters to make your perfect loadout, and fight your friends or play online!
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #37 De Mambo
58% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #38 Kill The Moon
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pirate Software
Windows
Kill The Moon is an action packed, rogue-lite, run and gun with randomized levels and tons of wacky powers.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%
- #39 The Fox's Way Home
56% matchVery Positive88% of 179 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%
- #40 Jet-Story 2018
71% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2018
Dev: Miroslav FídlerPub: CYBEXLAB
Windows
Master the acceleration and inertia of your spaceship in gravity field, use lethal firepower to eliminate any opposition and destroy all enemy bases to win the game!
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #41 Woof Blaster
74% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2015
Dev: Fabian Jarrett
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Woof Blaster is an action packed shooter featuring a dog with a gun and jet boots in search of a magical pizza which holds the key to becoming King of the Dog Planet. Destroy waves of enemies with an array of weapons, power-ups and the ability to transform into different monsters such as a T-Rex!
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #42 Jamsouls
77% matchMixed52% of 60 reviews2014
Dev: Chromatic Dream
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Get ready for some crazy battles with your friends in the colorful arenas of Jamsouls! In the hope of bringing back the golden era of multiplayer classics, Jamsouls focuses on fast-paced and manic fun with simple and accessible gameplay.
Why similar: Action 58.5%, Indie 41.5%
- #43 Veterum
54% matchVery Positive92% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
- #44 Kanna Maze
53% matchVery Positive89% of 380 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?
- #45 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
54% matchVery Positive94% of 120 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: Indie 100%
- #46 Smells Like a Mushroom
55% 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 62%, Indie 38%
- #47 Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth
54% matchMostly Positive73% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Zabbo GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Discover the ultimate farming roguelike experience! Build, craft, and grow your farm to pay off the increasing rent. No slow-paced walking or social distractions—just click! Reclaim the joy of strategic farming in diverse maps and let your cursor guide you to success. Play your way, rent won’t wait!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #48 Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double
55% matchPositive82% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Toii GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Urban Legend Hunters 2: Double is an immersive adventure game where you investigate urban legends in a modern city.
- #49 The Dark Cave
54% matchVery Positive82% of 72 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?
- #50 Past Cure
73% matchMostly Negative31% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Phantom 8 Studio
Windows
Past Cure is a dark psychological thriller that blurs the lines between dreams and reality. An intense, cinematic, story-driven experience that challenges the player to use mind-bending mental abilities to survive.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #51 Elemental Combat
70% matchPositive85% of 46 reviews2017
Dev: AVRLON VR Studio
Windows
Set in a world of fantasy and martial arts, Elemental Combat is a competitive Virtual Reality game that blends the speed and intensity of a modern FPS with the strategy of classic arcade fighting games. Use your hands to let fire fall from the sky or raise mighty walls of earth in VR.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #52 Disciples: Domination
54% matchMostly Positive73% of 275 reviews2026
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac
Rule through the chaos! Fifteen years after Avyanna freed Nevendaar, Disciples: Domination returns you to a realm hanging in the balance. In this dark fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based combat, take your place on Queen Avyanna’s throne – holding together a crumbling kingdom.
- #53 Red Wake Carnage
72% matchMixed58% of 473 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Red Wake Carnage is an intense action shooter that will take you on an epic journey of fighting the world’s most horrifying animals!
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #54 Afterdream
54% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin
75% matchMixed44% of 32 reviews2015
Dev: HappyGiant
Windows · Mac
Usagi Yojimbo: Way of the Ronin is a new, old school game based on the classic Dark Horse Comic Graphic Novel by Stan Sakai, and seen in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles over the years. This is an old school, simple, fun Retro brawler done in the vein of the classic TMNT Stand Up Arcade game.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%
- #56 Voidsayer
54% matchMixed69% of 108 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%
- #57 Survivor Mercs
54% matchMostly Positive74% of 170 reviews2026
Dev: Wolpertinger GamesPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #58 Songs of Yummy
53% matchMostly Positive76% of 108 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 100%
- #59 Hyper Empire
53% matchMostly Positive80% of 44 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Weather Studios
Windows
Play a 4x game in 40 minutes... or less! We streamlined 4x strategy down to a game that captures the fun in a manageable play time. Lead your faction against escalating enemies and expand the reach of your empire. Multiple paths to victory allows for a variety of strategies. Build your empire.
- #60 Boom Squad
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PVP Studio
Windows
Boom Squad is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter defined by realistic military weapons, with a focus on cooperative gameplay, in 5 vs 5 online multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Action 58.9%, Indie 41.1%