- #1 Project Océara
97% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Indépendant
Windows
Projet océara is a hardcore platform game, all stage are timed and the difficulty is croissant .
Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 40.6%, 2D Platformer 5%
- #2 Crate Punks
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Laborious RexPub: Skypeak LLC
Windows
the greatest crate-throwing experience since the boston tea party
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #3 IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: PROJECT YNP
Windows
High-speed 3D action battler! Control the world's strongest powered exoskeleton in Infinite Stratos and aim for the top! Manipulate the varios IS! Master an array of equipment!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #4 Aftermath Y2K
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #5 Tactical Operations
94% matchMixed44% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Tactical Operations is a subsystem of investigative, organizational-preparatory, other actions and operational-search activities conducted under a single plan and aimed at solving individual intermediate tasks subordinated to the general objectives of investigating a criminal case.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #6 Destroyer: Invasion
93% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: MFAFB Games LLC
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
In Soviet Russia, Space Hears You Scream! Earth is a memory, its children have escaped to their new colonies spread among the stars. But now, the young colonies face a new and unexpected threat. Join the New Russian Republic as they fight for the future!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #7 DinoBlaster
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Casey Labrack
Windows · Mac
Sidestep extinction as a dino in this arcade dodge-'em-up. This deluxe release features cutting-edge Brontoscan vector graphics.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #8 Magnetron
92% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Jay-Run
Windows
Have you ever dreamt to give life and motion to your creations?MAGNETRON CAN!Magnetron is a sandbox game where fantasy is the undeniable lifeblood for your own creations.In a motionless place, explore, design, build and bring to life whatever you want.Never Ever Still!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #9 HERO-E
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Osky Studios
Windows
Explore a world of underground caves, rescuing swimmers who have been kidnapped by a mysterious black hand ...
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #10 Break The Food Chain
90% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: TEHO GamesPub: Caffeine Overdose
Windows
Break The Food Chain is an arcade game about cute little animals shooting at each other in the face like there is no tomorrow.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #11 Submarine Attack!
88% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Alexey Kropotin
Windows
The legendary game is now in 3D graphics! Navigate your submarine around the globe through dangerous levels. Encounter, engage and attack enemy strategic submarines, corvettes and heavy missile cruisers using a variety of weaponry.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #12 S.T.R.E.T.C.H.
89% matchMixed40% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
S.T.R.E.T.C.H. - addictive top down flight shooter. Hardcore and simplicity of this game drags into it.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #13 Abstract Arena
89% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Credici
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Abstract Arena is a top-down action-shooter game set in a completely abstract context. Up to 6 different ships can clash in the Arena, taking advantage of all of the unique and balanced skills each of them possesses.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #14 GoatPunks
87% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Alberto SantiagoPub: Studio Canvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
GoatPunks is a rip-roaring king of the hill multiplayer game of goats, mountains, fireballs and good ole head-butting action. Can you hoof it to the top and stay there?
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #15 Ruination
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 32 reviews2019
Dev: Zachary Lee
Windows
Navigate a hostile alien world full of monstrous creatures! Battle mighty bosses! Wield a vast array of brutal weaponry! Fight your way to the core of the planet and complete your mission... or die.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #16 Romguns
86% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: AstroPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
ROMGUNS is a dynamic and hardcore platformer, action shooter with a side view.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #17 America's Retribution
84% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Findlay
Windows
Pitted against USA's fiercest foes, you either win or America loses. Side scrolling retro shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #18 Music of the Spheres
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Hamish Todd
Windows
A puzzle game about bouncing bullets, Islamic art, and sound
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #19 Castle Invasion: Throne Out
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Cat Trap Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Castle Invasion is the fun, frantic challenge of defending your castle against an army of misfits. Who better to lead the army than the king, a spoiled man child who wants everything he can’t have. Well...he's not taking this castle.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #20 BrotherZ
84% matchMostly Negative27% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: ID Group
Windows
Old school first-person shooter in cartoon style. Postwar time, people get into squads and fight. 8 types of weapons in combat, classic game modes, the ability to be a zombie or a man, as well as a double jump and firejump.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #21 Waveform Wipeout
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Charcoal City GamesPub: Brinkbit, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Waveform Wipeout combines the fast paced action of pulling off a sick combo of tricks with the novelty of rhythm games. The levels are generated based on the song you pick, so the possibilities are endless.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #22 The Technician
81% matchPositive88% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Dumb Game Company
Windows
The Technician is a VR action puzzle game about hacking your way through security systems. Usually while being shot at.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #23 Ruin City Gasolina
82% matchMostly Negative36% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 13%
Eliminate the invasion of mechanical invaders and save what remains of the once great city.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #24 Gare Sapphire Mechs
82% matchMixed69% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Prexen Studios
Windows
A polished top down action shooter set in a digital like world with upgradable mechs.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #25 Project MALLOW
79% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Aggressive Combustion
Windows
As MALLOW, launch yourself through over 100 levels of brutal and punishing puzzle platforming. Reach the end of each level to help MALLOW escape. But not everything is as it seems: earning stars will allow you and MALLOW to venture further into Paragon Confections’ factory, and uncover dangerous secrets…
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #26 Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer
81% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2015
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
We are not alone in the universe, its filled with Zombies! To combat them mankind invented their most efficient weapon yet: the Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer. ONLY YOU can pilot the powerful Space Robot Samurai Zombie Slayer to fight the Space Zombie horde!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #27 The Song of Terminus 終焉的迴響:護界者之歌
79% matchMixed56% of 71 reviews2017
Dev: 拉貢拉斯找金粒
Windows
A terrible war began from human's desires, causing extreme changes to the world, eventually causing the world tree's energy to become tainted. Two heroes embark on a journey to rejuvenate the world. The player can use different skills by switching between the two heroes facing different enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #28 Mactabilis
80% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Mactabilis is a modern shooter with rpg elements. Customize your ship, select from a large array of weapons or even create your own with the powerful in-game editor! Blast your way through vibrant, multi-level, adrenaline filled missions in search of loot and power.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #29 Operation KREEP
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An extraterrestrial organism threatens deep space exploration missions! Only trained personnel working as a team can eliminate these infestations. But, the corporation financing the space endeavor has a private mail for you: Cold hard cash for the alien alive! Which side will you choose?
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #30 Breaking Bones
77% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Duplicator Studio
Windows
Breaking Bones is a survival game using the technology of photogrammetry. It's a First Person Melee game with some shooting component. Travel the world through quarries, islands, forests, mountains, deserts and more. Fight skeletons, dragons and dinosaurs. At your disposal a large number of deadly weapons, catapults and bows.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #31 Cyborg Rage
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Ragiva Games
Windows
Cyborg Rage is a multiplayer space shooter featuring cooperative online action. Work with your brave wingmen to destroy all hostile starships before they destroy you. Master the advantages of your ship and defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #32 Ride the Bullet
78% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Jordan Sendar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a gun for hire with nothing to your name but your rifle and a single bullet. You have a special gift. You can control this bullet. Your objectives: take jobs, kill, build your reputation, and work your way up the crime ladder.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #33 Anark.io
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Pinpin TeamPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Anark.io is a twin stick shooter taking place in the 80's
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #34 Cecconoid
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2019
Dev: Triple Eh? Ltd
Windows · Linux
Cecconoid is an 8-bit inspired, flick-screen, twin-stick-shooter, set in an alternate dimension where the pixels are still chunky, and the bad guys are black and white. Except for their red dangly bits...
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #35 Heavy Recoil
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Andy SharpePub: Epsotic LLC
Windows
Shoot through 3 levels of enemies with 4 different projectile weapons. Move quickly and use cover as enemies will react to your position and actions. Kill enemies to get health before they take you out!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #36 Aequitas Orbis
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Ludi Dorici
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the planet or challenge your friends steering your ship through the force of gravity in this fast-paced 2D space game.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #37 Brutal MooD
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quad Damage Games
Windows
Brutal MooD™ — is a fast-paced top-down bloody shooter that features classic elements of games from nineties.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #38 The Executioner: Prologue
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #39 Fleeting Ages
76% matchMostly Negative29% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: R&G Software
Windows
Fleeting Ages is an open world game with strong survival elements and with a constantly changing world and ages. The game features a huge open island and seven time periods that change as the player progresses.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #40 Deathwave
76% matchMostly Negative39% of 33 reviews2016
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Use an arsenal of deadly weaponry and magic as you struggle to defeat a relentless enemy at the gate between your world and theirs in this arcade FPS.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #41 Claw Breaker
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team Klaw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw Breaker is an epic party fighting game full of scoops, snips, and salt. Beware, shouting and excitement may occur in this ultimate two-player claw-down of action-packed slashing and melee attacks.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #42 The Cows Are Watching
73% matchMixed69% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: SilentFuture
Windows
Did you ever wondered about the rumors of cow tipping? Now it´s your turn! Use the darkness and silence of the night to enter the meadows and tipp as much cows as needed to enter the next level.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #43 Ethanol in dungeon
69% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: オートリ電子
Windows
千鳥足になりながら、フロアにいる敵を全滅させよう。タイミングが全て!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #44 Dinosaur Hunt First Blood
73% matchMixed54% of 240 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 17%
Dinosaur Hunt First Blood is a sequel to a first Dinosaur Hunt game and is a chaotic first person shooter that confronts heavily armed players with the most horrifying dino-humans.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #45 Lots of Balls
70% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Paddle Team
Windows
Lots of Balls is a not-so-new game from our brand-not-so-new team based on a... not so brand new concept, BUT with a lot of brand new twists!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #46 S#arp Shooter
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Complex Infinity
Windows
Guns fire and enemies attack based on music you choose from your library in S#arp Shooter - a VR game where you are dropped into an action movie scene and must stylishly shoot your way out!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #47 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
61% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Mage Guard is one of the world's first truly gesture based spell casting games for VR. Take on the role of a Guild Mage, tasked with guarding the Guild’s most powerful relic, "The Grimoire". Being the last of its kind, you will defend it against countless waves of enemies that are trying to obtain the precious relic.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #48 MC Lars: The Video Game
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump, fight, and fly your way through a dozen songs from MC Lars’ discography!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #49 Cars Arena
69% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: PixelPlex
Windows
Cars Arena is an online 2-8 player deathmatch action game.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #50 Exocomets
71% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Giordano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exocomets is a basic yet difficult action game where you try to survive as long as possible against incoming waves of comets. One hit, and your ship is dead. Survive for as long as possible by collecting powerups and stars to beat every level!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #51 8bit Arena
68% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: CouchCompetitive
Windows
Invite and battle your friends in this retro style local multiplayer action game. Choose your character, each with a unique skillset of 4 abilities, and compete in different arenas. Enhance your skill with full controller support and a direct competitive gameplay!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #52 Mustdashe
70% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Chris GermanoPub: Pilone Consulting
Windows
You have sixty seconds to make everything look awesome! Unleash the force of facial hair with the fabled Stash Knuckles and rack up points to get highscores and unlock achievements.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #53 No Stick Shooter
69% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Happy Robot Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Happy Robot presents a fresh take on the classic retro-arcade shooters we all know and love. Featuring 30 levels of non-stop mayhem, a huge variety of enemies, strategic weaponry, and a unique control scheme, No Stick Shooter is packed full of explosive fun!
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #54 Seconds to Square
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Fast Fall Studios
Windows · Mac
Seconds to Square is a momentum-based action-platformer where players draw boxes to manipulate time.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #55 Starship Rubicon
70% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #56 Birth of a Hunter
66% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Alex TrittPub: Alex Tritt
Windows
Birth of a Hunter is a metroidvania style 2D platformer, with the twist that a huge new map is generated every time you start a new game.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
- #57 GRAY GROFA
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%