- #1 Gum Guy
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Nickana Studio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 99%
This tough energetic 2D platformer challenges you. The plot is fun and the main hero is terribly cute. Gum Guy lives in the drains with his gum family. But the soul calls for adventures. One day our hero gets lost. You become his guide through the dangers and wonders of the city above his home.
Why similar: Action 50.7%, Adventure 28.5%, Indie 20.8%
- #2 Randall
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: We The Force Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In a dystopian world that doesn't seem like such a departure from our own future, people are content living under constant surveillance and absolute control. Players take on the part of Randall, a powerful telepath with a touch of schizophrenia.
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Adventure 34.9%, Indie 26.6%
- #3 The Body Changer
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: TheShortAndTheTall
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A single player metroidvania 3D game with cooperative gameplay. Find out what's going on by taking control of distinct characters and change between them whenever you want. An unique mix of 3rd person shooter and challenging puzzles!
Why similar: Adventure 37.6%, Action 35%, Indie 27.4%
- #4 The Butterfly Sign: Human Error
94% matchMixed50% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Quantum Phoenix Bucharest
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The Butterfly Sign: Human Error is the second chapter of the first person detective video game in which we are playing as a sole survivor of a serious terrorist attack. Protagonist is the only witness of the incident and his fate depends on his memories.
Why similar: Adventure 48.3%, Action 30%, Indie 21.7%
- #5 Laika 2.0 - Sekret Pravda
94% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Studio AlbatrosPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Reach the most guarded locations as a KGB trained and enhanced chimpanzee, ready to sneak from room to room, solving puzzles during the Cold War. Do you have what it takes to defeat the terrorists of the Ogdoade? Will you be able to make your mission a success, without going out of bananas?
Why similar: Action 29.1%, Adventure 28.4%, Stealth 21.4%, Indie 21.1%
- #6 Stay Out Of The Farm: Prologue
90% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Yasha
Windows
Free Prologue to Stay Out Of The Farm, a ps1 styled horror game where you try to escape from a serial killer.
Why similar: 1980s 35.7%, Adventure 21.3%, Stealth 19.1%, Action 19.1%, Indie 4.8%
- #7 Noise Hunters
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 127 reviews2020
Dev: Noise Hunters
Windows
Noise Hunters is an action stealth video game where noise is your tool, but also your enemy. Don't let them hear you, HUNT or be HUNTED.
Why similar: Action 28.2%, Adventure 27.7%, Stealth 24.7%, Indie 19.4%
- #8 Warp
93% matchMixed67% of 419 reviews2012
Dev: Trapdoor Inc.Pub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Warp™ is a strategic stealth-action puzzler where gamers play as Zero, a loveable yet lethal, little orange alien with a big score to settle. Abducted by a villainous General from his home world and taken to an underwater research facility, Zero must plan his ultimate escape by relying on his arsenal of special abilities.
Why similar: Action 32%, Adventure 29.3%, Stealth 21.2%, Indie 17.5%
- #9 Majestic Nights
91% matchMixed54% of 112 reviews2014
Dev: Epiphany Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Majestic Nights is an episodic action-adventure-thriller set in an alternate 1980s where all conspiracy theories, past and present are True. It’s the bright and brash 1980s; a world crammed with hidden intrigue and sinister plots, government cover-ups and alien sightings, CIA experiments and the Truth.
Why similar: 1980s 37.6%, Stealth 24%, Adventure 17.6%, Action 12.3%, Indie 8.5%
- #10 Nano Project
89% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Summer Media
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You are the member of special detachment for bio weapons elimination. The main character separated from detachment that after some time is taken unawares and dismantled. The main character alone tries to destroy bio weapons called Nano Project that improves all human abilities and makes him insensible to get the perfect strike force.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Adventure 35.2%, Indie 27.2%
- #11 Spud's Quest
89% matchPositive81% of 32 reviews2014
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Clickteam
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Spud's Quest is an adventure game that draws its inspiration from the classic games of old, most notably the Dizzy, Zelda, and Metroid series. Help Spud and his friend Prince Charming on a journey to uncover four ancient elemental essences that have the power to remove a curse upon the royal family.
Why similar: Adventure 39%, Action 34.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #12 Deadly Edge
87% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Bison Kings Game Studios
Windows
Featuring complex fighting moves and a rich story set in a dark grey fantasy world, Deadly Edge is an homage to 16 bit side-scrolling action adventures (and even fighting!) games from the 1990s. Every battle encountered is a one-on-one duel to the death dripping with lore and mystery.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.1%
- #13 Evil Cogs
86% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2018
Dev: Wet Fish
Windows
Dark fairy-tale about little beam of light. Explore the strange and mystic world.
Why similar: Action 36.3%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 27.5%
- #14 Eximius: Seize the Frontline
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 736 reviews2021
Dev: Ammobox Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
EXIMIUS is a FPS/RTS hybrid that focuses on squad-based combat. The game features an intense 5v5 multiplayer experience with each team comprising of 4 Squad Officers and one Commander.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #15 Rising Islands
86% matchMixed59% of 113 reviews2016
Dev: Lone Hero Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rising Islands is an adventure game where you’ll have to combine fast-paced action with quick thinking. Jump, shift, grind, dash and wallrun through a fantastic world that is fraying at the edges. New challenges await around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #16 Terrarium Land
85% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Layer games
Windows · Linux
Do explore the world`s levels, find secret places, unique artifacts and bonuses. In the Terrarium Land world, destroy enemies and solve the puzzles in different levels. This colorful 3D arcade game has tons of adventure in store for you. Let it begin!
Why similar: Action 37.1%, Adventure 35.9%, Indie 26.9%
- #17 Coffee Crisis
82% matchMixed66% of 182 reviews2018
Dev: Mega Cat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Coffee Crisis is an neo-rogue brawler that puts you in the shoes of the only baristas on Earth with enough heavy metal in their veins to fend off an alien assault. Play solo or join up with a friend to fight across eight locations ranging from your Coffee House HQ to the far reaches of outer space.
Why similar: Action 51.1%, Indie 36.4%, Adventure 12.5%
- #18 Enemy Gates Stealth War
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: SBM
Windows
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." -Sun Tzu.
Why similar: Stealth 28.1%, Action 26.7%, Adventure 25.8%, Indie 19.4%
- #19 Do Not Fall
84% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2014
Dev: XPEC Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Have you got what it takes to try out this challenging, intense and fast paced action-platform game? Think fast and think quick of where you are running as the tiles will start to disappear the moment you walked on it and the obstacles will be in your way to block you or knock you over. You can run. You can dash.
Why similar: Adventure 37.2%, Action 35.7%, Indie 27.1%
- #20 Level 22: Gary’s Misadventures - 2016 Edition
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: Moving PlayerPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The first stealth game set in the merciless and frenetic world of work!
Why similar: Stealth 40.2%, Action 36.5%, Indie 23.3%
- #21 Project Exhibited
78% 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: Stealth 36.2%, Action 26.6%, Adventure 25.7%, Indie 11.5%
- #22 Lords of New York
82% matchMixed52% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Lunchtime Studios, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Imagine playing poker, but with unique superpowers. Lords of New York is a new kind of poker game where you have incredible gifts you leverage to your advantage to dominate at cards. With RPG-like skills, battle your way to victory against exciting and hilarious characters.
Why similar: Indie 70%, Adventure 30%
- #23 Bitsy Bits
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Marshall Latimer
Windows
Bitsy Bits, a game about a fun loving magical mouse named Bitsy who must defend Magic Land from Twinkle Twinkle who has cast a spell of Wickedness on all the fun loving people.
Why similar: Action 37.4%, Adventure 35.5%, Indie 27.1%
- #24 Orb Labs, Inc.
79% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: Next Friday Interactive
Windows
In this room-scale VR action-puzzle stealth game, infiltrate a mysterious company's secret underground lab protected by deadly laser systems. Throw "orbs" to move, hide, defend, attack and survive!
Why similar: Stealth 28.7%, Action 26.2%, Adventure 26.1%, Indie 19%
- #25 Vengeance
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 384 reviews2020
Dev: 314 Arts
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Experience the thrill of classic arena shooters reborn. Vengeance delivers nonstop, skill-driven combat with fast respawns, chaotic maps, and authentic weapon recoil. Forget microtransactions—just pure, old-school shooting fun. Play fast. Play the past!
Why similar: Action 58.6%, Indie 41.4%
- #26 Bite the Bullet
77% matchMixed56% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.
Why similar: Action 39.9%, Adventure 33.4%, Indie 26.7%
- #27 DubWars
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 293 reviews2016
Dev: MURA InteractivePub: WOBBL3 Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DubWars is a music game that combines the mechanics of a top-down shooter with the power of Dubstep and Electronic music. Your weapons are synced to the music creating times of intense weapon load outs and calm moments where your survival skills are tested.
Why similar: Action 53.5%, Indie 46.5%
- #28 SKIPCHASER
78% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2018
Dev: PonywolfPub: Ponywolf, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SKIPCHASER is a story-driven sci-fi fantasy shooter with procedural missions, deep weapon customization and action/adventure elements.
Why similar: Action 56.5%, Indie 43.5%
- #29 Sky Noon
75% matchVery Positive86% of 663 reviews2018
Dev: Lunar RoosterPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sky Noon is a First-Person Shooter with Brawler mechanics. Players are equipped with a grappling hook, a lasso and an arsenal of weapons and abilities. There is no health in Sky Noon - players eliminate their enemies by pushing and pulling them off the Floating Frontier.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #30 AT SUNDOWN: Shots in the Dark
76% matchMixed66% of 44 reviews2019
Dev: Mildbeast
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
At Sundown: Shots in the Dark is a fast-paced PvP twin-stick shooter where you can't see who's lurking in the shadows. With 12 light-powered weapons to choose from, sneak and shoot in the dark for the ultimate kill!
Why similar: Stealth 100%
- #31 Leave Me Alone: A Trip To Hell
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 reviews2016
Dev: Lisa Voronova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 99.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Skate. Fight. Fight with a skate. Everything we love about platformers in one game.Leave Me Alone is a game about guiding a fierce skater through geeky ’90s style locations. Fight monsters and mutants while performing mad skateboarding tricks.
Why similar: Action 47.3%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 22.2%
- #32 FIREWORK
74% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks
Windows
Follow Yan the Defective One through his fight against the Fire Troops and let him unveil the Facility's mystery in this action platformer.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 25.8%
- #33 Patchman vs. Red Circles
75% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Naturally Intelligent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Patchman rescue the Sheeple from enslavement by the Drone army! But... who is Patchman, and why shouldn't you be him? Find out in the game they don't want you to play!
Why similar: Action 28.2%, Adventure 26.4%, Stealth 25.6%, Indie 19.8%
- #34 Subaeria
74% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: iLLOGIKA
Windows
Subaeria is an intense action puzzler where players use their wits to manipulate their enemies into destroying each other.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 25.7%
- #35 Spheroids
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Eclipse GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Spheroids is a 2D sidescroller that mixes mechanics from classic platformers such as Super Mario Bros or Umihara Kawase with 'combat' sections inspired in Pang! (or Buster Brothers), within a comical science-fiction setting inspired by films and series such as Futurama, Rick & Morty, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future or Spaceballs.
Why similar: Action 38.2%, Adventure 36.5%, Indie 25.4%
- #36 Hero Barrier
73% matchMixed63% of 76 reviews2017
Dev: The Rock StudioPub: Beijing New Era Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
As a RPG type TD game,player will be playing as the DEAD Knight. Defending the kindom,even the whole world from the catastrophe brought by the Devil Lord-Zypheria Die with glory on the battlefield,or Survive to the end of the doom?It's all on you !
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #37 Lonely Skies
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: Suspension Games
Windows
Pilot your rickety airship along a dangerous journey in a 2D vehicle adventure game, stealing parts and fuel to keep your ship running long enough to reach safety.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #38 FISK
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: fjy741
Windows
《FISK》is a simple 2D platform game made by myself, based on the classic jumping elements of 2D platform game. You can complete the mission through enhanced action capability by interaction with monsters using simple buttons.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #39 Super Cube Smash
73% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Lewis Fitzjohn
Windows · Mac
Super cube smash is a rhythmic action game that generates music as you play. It is set on the mysterious ancient spaceship 'The Dawrfstone' where the most peculiar and unfortunate of events have occurred.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #40 PIXEL ZUMBI
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Amilton NevesPub: Neves
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Destroy the evil being that entered the Earth's atmosphere, causing an apocalypse.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #41 Nachzehrer
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eric Sauer
Windows
[h1]Nachzehrer[/h1]Your fear of being in the dark comes true in this short single player horror game. You find yourself stuck at a power plant at night, when suddenly the lights begin shutting off. However, attempting to turn them back on may cause you to meet your fears.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #42 The Construct
72% matchMixed63% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: Cannibal Panda Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #43 To Hell With Dave
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretzel Bros Studios
Windows
'To Hell With Dave' is a narrative-driven adventure platformer for the connoisseur of the absurd. Explore a world full of charming characters and twisted humor. If you're a fan of challenging action, wacky puzzles and foul language, this game is for you!
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #44 Above
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mighty Moth
Windows · Mac
Above is an aeronautic action-adventure game, in which you fly around exploring islands scattered in a vast ocean, upgrade and modify your aeroplane to progress, in order to find your lost brother and uncover the mystery behind the abominations that dwell beneath the waves.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #45 Gangsta Sniper 2: Revenge
69% matchMixed47% of 36 reviews2019
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Gangsta sniper is back. Collect and find money bags in new levels
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #46 A Rip In Time
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iV Games
Windows
Time travel in a new twisted way. The game’s antagonist will be pulling you through “Rips in Time”. The further you explore, the more intertwined the worlds become! Experience the early 1900’s and future all in one, thanks to the power of Unreal Engine 4.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #47 Ravager
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Nikhil TailorPub: Horse Beverages
Windows
Ravager is a 2D Open World Platformer with 12 unique characters to ravage your way across the land. Each character has different upgrade abilities to fight against the army of Crows and Trolls, who are trying to unleash the Nidhoggr into the world.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #48 MonsterS in haha Island (群妖志)
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Muggle
Windows
To be immortal, The most important thing is to have a long life.Our hero wants to be immortal, so he came to this island to find the secret of longevity in frogs.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #49 Datswer
72% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Behtam Developer
Windows
Datswer - help a brave hero escape to freedom from the dark dungeon full of traps, horrible enemies and various obstacles. The protagonist of this Android game is a statue that came to life after being hit by a few drops of mysterious magical liquid. You need to use your reflexes and logic to pave a safe way through dark dungeons.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #50 Mortal Manor
68% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Dogless Head Games
Windows
Take part in a difficult 2D Metroidvania adventure where you will fight through the Manor and surrounding areas to find the source of fog consuming the world. Collect weapons, relics, and experience to upgrade your character to fight, or avoid, the hordes of monsters sent out by the scientist.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 26.3%
- #51 The Last Aura
71% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Leyline Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Journey through the dark ruins of The Last Aura. In this action puzzle game, you must traverse labyrinths laden with obstacles and traps. Set on floating ruins tainted by the dark, your only source of light in the face of obscurity is your own.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #52 Departure
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RG CrewPub: No Gravity Games
Windows
Departure is a first-person perspective action adventure game with sci-fi and horror elements. Try to survive in a vast zone full of dangerous anomalies that alter your surroundings, and monsters that hunt you down at night.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%
- #53 ARC Continuum
69% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Akimbo Creations
Windows
ARC Continuum is an action/adventure game set on a new sci-fi world rich with ancient history that has been violently occupied by the vicious alien Kasaar race. Use the ARC to slow, rewind or manipulate the flow of time and liberate your homeworld.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #54 Orbits
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Avi Rosenblum
Windows · Mac · Linux
Orbits is challenging arcade-ish souls-ish game in space. You control a shell with basic combat abilities as it journeys through a galaxy on a quest to destroy all your enemies located in 100 levels and 20 bosses.
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Adventure 36%, Indie 26.2%
- #55 Beyond Arm's Reach
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Round Squares Studios
Windows
Beyond Arm’s Reach is an action adventure game, set in a 1950’s steampunk universe. You have to use the physics based grappling hook, to navigate around the world, defeat enemies and solve puzzles along the way.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Adventure 36.6%, Indie 26.6%