- #1 Rock Zombie
97% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2014
Dev: Miguel G. CorcheroPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Classic arcade action returns with Rock Zombie, a 3D horror “hack`n slash” inspired by zombie flicks. Prepare for a non-stopping button-mashing experience that will bring you back to the golden era of the arcades, with modern 3D graphics, animations, camera angles and a killer soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 33.9%, Adventure 25.2%, Indie 23.8%, Female Protagonist 17.2%
- #2 Battle Princess Madelyn
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Causal Bit Games Inc.Pub: Monster Bath Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
Why similar: Retro 20.5%, Action 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Indie 12%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #3 Curse of the Crescent Isle DX
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 102 reviews2015
Dev: Adam Mowery
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea,...
Why similar: Action 38.8%, Adventure 32.9%, Indie 28.4%
- #4 Project Mercury
94% 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: Retro 28%, Action 18%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Indie 12.4%
- #5 Radioactive Dwarfs: Evil From The Sewers
93% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Slay Buherman
Windows
Blast through the sewers in Radioactive Dwarfs! Retro top-down shooter with NES-style pixel graphics and chiptune music. Help the armed heroine search for her brother in an underground dwarven settlement: many enemies, items, secrets, and bonus levels. A thrilling adventure awaits!
Why similar: Retro 26.4%, 1980s 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 8%
- #6 Bombshell
94% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Action 22%, Adventure 16.2%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%
- #7 Cyberhunt
92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,639 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Retro 14.1%, 1980s 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #8 Robots at Midnight
90% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Finish Line GamesPub: Snail Games USA
Windows
Bash through gangs of hostile robots and corrupt bosses in this stylish & punchy Action-RPG. As Zoe, a scrappy agile hero, you’ll search for your past while fighting for the future.
Why similar: 1980s 36.5%, Action 18.9%, Adventure 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Female Protagonist 11.9%
- #9 Blazing Chrome
91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,924 reviews2019
Dev: JoyMasherPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Retro 37.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.8%, Action 16.7%, Indie 11.1%, 2D 7.8%
- #10 METAGAL
91% 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 24.4%, Retro 22.6%, Indie 16.5%, Female Protagonist 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%
- #11 MARS 2120
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Metroidvania with a mix of melee and ranged combats inspired by classics like Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Guacamelee! Help Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte battle her way through the secrets of Mars.
Why similar: Mars 52.9% ★, Action 14%, Female Protagonist 14%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 7.6%
- #12 Weapon of Choice DX
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 481 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Retro 40.2%, Action 20.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Indie 9.9%, 2D 8.1%
- #13 Rusted Moss
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,532 reviews2023
Dev: faxdoc, happysquared, sunnydazePub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.6%, Retro 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Action 10%, Female Protagonist 9.7%
- #14 Crypt Stalker
87% matchVery Positive85% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Adventure 31.2%, Indie 26.9%
- #15 RagingBlasters
85% 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: Retro 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, 1980s 14.3%, Action 13.9%
- #16 Cosmos Bit
84% 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 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Retro 19%, Adventure 10.6%, 1980s 10.3%
- #17 Game Type DX
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements! It's a looping shooter in which each loop increases the speed and difficulty!
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Retro 29.1%, Indie 25.3%, 2D 8.9%
- #18 Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition
84% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2020
Dev: Dumativa
Windows
The end of the world just started and everyone is gone. The machines took over and your only goal is to look for your missing sister in a retro wave atmosphere. Fight and find your way into the danger with your shield in this vibrant pixel art world.
Why similar: Retro 29%, Pixel Graphics 17%, Action 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Adventure 12.7%
- #19 Gunborg: Dark Matters
83% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Ricpau Studios
Windows
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.7%, Female Protagonist 14%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Action 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #20 Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
82% matchVery Positive87% of 755 reviews2017
Dev: Castle Pixel, LLC.Pub: FDG Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!
Why similar: Retro 34.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 12.6%, Indie 10.3%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
- #21 FLARE NUINUI QUEST
79% matchVery Positive93% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: sulpxPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Why similar: Retro 29.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Action 16.5%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 10.4%
- #22 Alien Splatter Redux
82% matchVery Positive92% of 156 reviews2017
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
"BLAH BLAH BLAH 8-bit, BLAH BLAH BLAH, blow stuff up. BLAH BLAH BLAH, retro." BLOWING INTO THE CARTRIDGE NOT REQUIRED!
Why similar: Retro 34.8%, Action 27.7%, Adventure 20.1%, Indie 17.4%
- #23 Beyond Citadel
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,971 reviews2025
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 25.4%, Action 20.7%, Sci-fi 20.4%
- #24 Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
79% 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: Retro 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Action 14.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #25 Destructivator 2
81% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: Retro 32.9%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Action 20.7%, Indie 9.8%, 2D 8.7%
- #26 Gun Crazy
81% 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: Retro 25.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 10.5%
- #27 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
80% matchVery Positive94% of 362 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Retro 24.9%, Action 23.5%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 16.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #28 Phantom Fury
78% matchMixed62% of 871 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back in this highly interactive mix of first person action and road movie adventure. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey around the USA. Use an enormous arsenal of weapons and skills to battle treacherous soldiers and vile mutants, all while trying to save mankind.
Why similar: Retro 30.1%, Female Protagonist 17.5%, Action 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.2%, Sci-fi 13%
- #29 Railgunners
77% matchVery Positive92% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Expresso Studios
Windows
Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!
Why similar: Retro 25%, Action 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Indie 12.6%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #30 Berserk Boy
76% matchVery Positive86% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: BerserkBoy Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Retro 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Action 13.1%, Female Protagonist 12.1%
- #31 Viscerafest
73% matchVery Positive85% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Acid Man GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.
Why similar: Retro 26.3%, Arena Shooter 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Action 11.5%
- #32 Aliens Go Home Run
78% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: ANIM•ACE
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A combination of Breakout, Shoot Em Up, and Baseball, Aliens Go Home Run puts you in the shoes of a young baseball player versus a horde of invading aliens. Play ball!
Why similar: Action 23.5%, Retro 20.9%, Indie 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Female Protagonist 11.4%
- #33 Spidersaurs
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2022
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
The nightmarish dinosaur-spider hybrids known as Spidersaurs have run amok! Armed with an arsenal of awesome weapons, it's up to you (and a friend in co-op mode) to shoot your way through six levels of ferocious run-’n’-gun mayhem and send these mutant monstrosities back to the stone age.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24%, 1980s 22.6%, Action 18.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, 2D 11.8%
- #34 Pewt 'em Up!
75% matchVery Positive96% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: team tsoto
Windows · Linux
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Retro 28.1%, Action 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, 2D 9.3%
- #35 Lycanthorn II - Rain of Beasts
74% matchVery Positive91% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Scumhead
Windows · Linux
Lycanthorn II is 3D homage to games of old. You play as Rain, a Vampire Hunter, on her quest to slay Nosferatu.
Why similar: Retro 25%, Arena Shooter 19.4%, Action 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Adventure 12.7%
- #36 Caverns of Mars: Recharged
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.
Why similar: Mars 51.5% ★, Retro 16.1%, Action 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, 2D 7.4%
- #37 Exodemon
75% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Kuupu
Windows
Possessed by an alien entity, slash and tear countless enemies with your monstrous claws, you must find a way to escape the planet before you lose what's left of your humanity! Exodemon is a game inspired by the 90s FPS golden age.
Why similar: Retro 32%, Action 20.2%, Indie 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%
- #38 Rebel Transmute
73% 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: Retro 28.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Action 11.9%
- #39 Squidlit
72% matchVery Positive91% of 440 reviews2018
Dev: Squidlit Ink.
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.
Why similar: Retro 27%, Action 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #40 Galaxy Highways
69% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Retro 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Action 7.4%
- #41 Gato Roboto
69% 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: Retro 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Action 15.9%, Indie 14.1%, Adventure 11.9%
- #42 Pixel Ripped 1989
72% 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: Retro 24.1%, 1980s 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Action 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
- #43 Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble
71% matchVery Positive91% of 645 reviews2016
Dev: Ludosity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
An enormous Boss Tower has sprung from the ground, lifting entire towns up with it. Now, the people living on the tower are starting to contract all sorts of mysterious illnesses. Princess Remedy, still in Saturnian healing school, must use her powers to heal everyone and defeat the Boss Tower!
Why similar: Retro 30.7%, Female Protagonist 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 14.6%, Indie 13.2%
- #44 Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge
73% matchMixed69% of 349 reviews2014
Dev: Last Dimension
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.
Why similar: Retro 33.4%, Female Protagonist 16%, Action 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #45 Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive99% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: pets club 2
Windows · Mac
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41%, Female Protagonist 38.3%, Action 20.6%
- #46 30XX
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,738 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.4%, Female Protagonist 19.7%, Action 17.1%, Sci-fi 17%, Adventure 12.5%
- #47 Minishoot' Adventures
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,362 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Retro 14.1%, Top-Down 11.5%, Adventure 8.8%
- #48 Droid Assault
71% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
Why similar: Action 23%, Retro 21%, Indie 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #49 Panzer Paladin
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 656 reviews2020
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
Why similar: Retro 35.4%, 1980s 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Action 15.3%, 2D 7.3%
- #50 Cally's Caves 3
70% matchVery Positive81% of 551 reviews2016
Dev: VDO Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 25.8%, Action 22%, Adventure 16.6%, Indie 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%
- #51 1917 - The Alien Invasion DX
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 155 reviews2016
Dev: Andrade GamesPub: OtakuMaker.com
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
1917 - The Alien Invasions is a bullet hell memorization shooter. Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller upgrades an WW1 Triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. She will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until she reach an ancient alien world.
Why similar: Action 28.8%, Retro 27.2%, Indie 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, 2D 7.2%
- #52 Martian Law
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 431 reviews2019
Dev: Linclo Games
Windows
Mars is under attack! An unknown enemy is dropping bombs on the peaceful red planet. It is up to you to fight off the onslaught so the innocent can escape. Run (umm...slide), jump and blast your way to freedom in the arcade-inspired goodness that is Martian Law. Save Mars!
Why similar: Mars 24% ★, Action 23.4%, Indie 20.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.9%, Retro 13.1%
- #53 Chronicles of Teddy
70% matchMixed70% of 330 reviews2015
Dev: StorybirdPub: LookAtMyGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 18%, Action 16.7%, Retro 16.5%, Adventure 12.7%
- #54 Under The Island
62% matchVery Positive93% of 396 reviews2026
Dev: Slime King GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29%, Female Protagonist 27.3%, Adventure 16%, Action 14.5%, 2D 13.1%
- #55 Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue DX
67% matchMixed69% of 355 reviews2021
Dev: DejimaPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take on the role of a young rescue officer starting her career. Armed with a trusty axe and high-pressure fire hose that also acts like a jetpack, Firegirl responds to emergency calls across the city. Can Firegirl save all the trapped civilians caught in each blaze?
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Action 18.7%, Female Protagonist 18.7%, Adventure 16.3%, Indie 13.7%
- #56 Bot Vice
66% 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: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Top-Down 13.8%, Action 11.6%
- #57 Scott Pilgrim EX
62% matchVery Positive86% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Join Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers in a brand-new brawling adventure across space, time, and the streets of Toronto!
Why similar: Retro 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Female Protagonist 13%
- #58 Tadpole Treble
67% matchVery Positive96% of 284 reviews2016
Dev: BitFinityPub: BitFinity, Sunken Treasure Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music in Tadpole Treble! Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious tadpoles and more as you make your way back home. Shoot for the top of the leaderboards, or create your own stages and music in Composition Mode!
Why similar: Action 28.4%, Adventure 24%, Retro 23.8%, Indie 23.8%