- #1 Katana ZERO
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 76,196 reviews2019
Dev: AskiisoftPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.5%, Cyberpunk 14.3%, Violent 11.1%, Action 10.5%, Gore 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same tense, stylish, one-hit-kill action and neon-drenched aesthetic found in Star Fetchers.
- #2 RUINER
96% matchVery Positive89% of 12,535 reviews2017
Dev: Reikon GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27%, Cyberpunk 25.8%, Violent 13.8%, Gore 12.9%, Action 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the gritty, ultra-violent cyberpunk underworld vibe and high-octane action.
- #3 Hotline Miami
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 128,462 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41%, Violent 19.5%, Gore 14.4%, Action 9.5%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same chaotic, blood-soaked violence, pounding electronic soundtrack, and criminal underworld themes.
- #4 Akane
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,909 reviews2018
Dev: Ludic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.6%, Gore 17.3%, Violent 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Action 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses you in a cyberpunk arena where stylish, one-hit-kill swordplay rules the night.
- #5 My Friend Pedro
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 28,510 reviews2019
Dev: DeadToast EntertainmentPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.8%, Gore 20.3%, Violent 18.5%, Action 17.2%, Indie 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same over-the-top, acrobatic violence and stylish criminal escapades.
- #6 Cruelty Squad
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,057 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Why similar: Cyberpunk 44.5%, Surreal 36.6%, Action 18.9%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same unhinged, surreal, and aggressively counter-cultural aesthetic.
- #7 SANABI
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 45,293 reviews2023
Dev: WONDER POTIONPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Action 15.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Adventure 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a deeply narrative-driven dystopian conspiracy with fast-paced, high-mobility action.
- #8 Mother Russia Bleeds
93% matchVery Positive87% of 5,422 reviews2016
Dev: Le Cartel StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.4%, Gore 23.9%, Violent 21.5%, Action 10.7%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the gritty, pixelated gore and brutal street-brawling atmosphere of a criminal underworld.
- #9 DEADBOLT
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,647 reviews2016
Dev: Hopoo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.9%, Gore 17.1%, Action 9.9%, Indie 9.8%, Violent 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly dark, supernatural-tinged criminal-hunting atmosphere with intense 2D action.
- #10 OTXO
91% matchVery Positive93% of 3,985 reviews2023
Dev: Lateralis Heavy IndustriesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
Why similar: Violent 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 31.7%, Gore 24.7%, Action 10.5%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the same hyper-violent, fast-paced action and stylish neo-noir presentation.
- #11 ENA: Dream BBQ
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 37,394 reviews2025
Dev: ENA TeamPub: Joel G
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Why similar: Surreal 36.3%, Adventure 26.6%, Funny 13.9%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the seed game's bizarre, highly stylized surrealism and avant-garde art style.
- #12 UBERMOSH
90% matchVery Positive92% of 9,156 reviews2015
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42%, Cyberpunk 25.2%, Action 13%, Indie 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the relentless, arcade-style cyberpunk slaughter and electronic soundtrack.
- #13 MULLET MADJACK
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,600 reviews2024
Dev: HAMMER95Pub: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 47.8%, Action 27.9%, Indie 22%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a frantic, anime-inspired cyberpunk aesthetic packed with relentless, bloody action.
- #14 Neon City Riders
89% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2020
Dev: Mecha Studios
Windows
Explore a decaying futuristic city in this action adventure experience. Search for items, unlock superpowers, recruit companions, and free every turf from ruthless gangs to unite the people once again.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.4%, Action 22.5%, Adventure 18.8%, Indie 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a neon-soaked cyberpunk adventure filled with rival gangs and retro action.
- #15 Yume Nikki
87% matchVery Positive94% of 10,656 reviews2018
Dev: kikiyamaPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 70.8 hrs≥1hr: 46%
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
Why similar: Surreal 25.1%, Indie 24.1%, Adventure 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Explores deep, unsettling psychological spaces through surreal, wordless wandering.
- #16 Hylics
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,131 reviews2015
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.9%, Surreal 23.5%, Indie 17.7%, Adventure 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Taps into the same bizarre, psychedelic, and uncomfortably surreal world-building.
- #17 High Hell
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,556 reviews2017
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Indie 23.5%, Violent 19.5%, Gore 18.5%, Funny 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced, irreverent, and chaotic first-person action with a bold stylistic flair.
- #18 The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,179 reviews2018
Dev: yeo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.
Why similar: Action 28%, Adventure 19.8%, Story Rich 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Indie 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Explores a gritty, street-level criminal and gang-focused narrative in a 2D world.
- #19 SLUDGE LIFE
83% matchVery Positive91% of 5,554 reviews2021
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
SLUDGE LIFE is a first-person / open-world / vandalism-centric stroll through a polluted island full of cranky idiots and a vibe so thick you can taste it.
Why similar: Adventure 25.2%, Indie 25.2%, Action 23.7%, Funny 16.5%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features the same edgy, grimy, counter-culture urban exploration and attitude.
- #20 To Hell With It
84% matchVery Positive87% of 205 reviews2021
Dev: Wimpy Imp Games
Windows
Hack ‘n’ Slash your way up Hell's corporate ladder in this “down the rabbit hole” adventure to retrieve your stolen cat from the Underworld!
Why similar: Action 26.3%, Great Soundtrack 24.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 14%, Hack and Slash 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced action and exploration with a distinct indie edge.
- #21 Juice Galaxy
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,611 reviews2023
Dev: FishlickaPub: J4D3D LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Juice Galaxy is a happy place to fly around and smack things and drink juice. And explore things. And just, flip around doing stuff.
Why similar: Adventure 38.4%, Hack and Slash 21.5%, Story Rich 21.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly bizarre, surreal physics sandbox experience with intense action elements.
- #22 Shakedown: Hawaii
82% matchVery Positive90% of 673 reviews2020
Dev: Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a "legitimate" corporation via open world missions, shakedowns, sabotage and property acquisition.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Adventure 19.4%, Story Rich 17.3%, Funny 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a satirical, top-down criminal underworld vibe reminiscent of gang operations.
- #23 LET IT DIE
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,573 reviews2018
Dev: SUPERTRICK GAMES, Inc.Pub: GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Experience all the heart-thumping action with a silky-smooth frame rate and ultra-high resolution. How you make the best of the weapons, armor, and items at your disposal will determine your fate in the ever-changing Tower of Barbs!
Why similar: Gore 27.4%, Violent 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 18.4%, Action 14.4%, Cyberpunk 9%
Why You'll Like It: Embraces an over-the-top, violent, and stylized survival experience with a strong underground edge.
- #24 Grimm's Hollow
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 14,624 reviews2019
Dev: ghosthunter
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.5%, Indie 15.7%, Adventure 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Story Rich 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a dark, narrative-driven indie flavor wrapped in a unique pixelated style.
- #25 Luckslinger
81% matchVery Positive80% of 132 reviews2015
Dev: Duckbridge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
In Luckslinger, luck is measurable, collectable and usable whenever you please. Contains: gunslingers, dark humor, spaghetti western, vinyl digging, graffiti spraying and jazzy hip hop beats.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.5%, Action 21.4%, Indie 17.7%, Adventure 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends a gritty, atmospheric underworld aesthetic with stylish 2D action mechanics.
- #26 Ghostrunner
78% matchVery Positive91% of 66,937 reviews2020
Dev: One More LevelPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.4%, Cyberpunk 23.2%, Violent 16.5%, Action 14.6%, Swordplay 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Immerses players in a high-speed, lethal cyberpunk dystopia full of stylish acrobatics.
- #27 Party Hard
79% matchVery Positive90% of 12,693 reviews2015
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Violent 22.2%, Gore 17.8%, Action 9.6%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Centers around carrying out methodical chaos in a colorful, pixelated criminal sandbox.
- #28 Geeksos
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Steppe Hare Studio
Windows
Survive in a city controlled by a game corporation. Residents have to buy DLC for every unfinished product, developers are forced to make endless sequels, and lootboxes are now sold even at the grocery store. Stop the madness or join it in the cybernetic stealth-shooter Geeksos.
Why similar: Violent 23.4%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Action 12.9%, Indie 11%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers chaotic indie action with a gritty, uncompromising underground attitude.
- #29 Retro City Rampage™ DX
78% matchVery Positive88% of 2,428 reviews2014
Dev: Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!
Why similar: Action 22.3%, Great Soundtrack 17.7%, Indie 15.3%, Adventure 13.3%, Violent 12%
Why You'll Like It: Parodies open-world crime tropes with frantic, 8-bit top-down action.
- #30 UNBEATABLE [white label]
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,570 reviews2021
Dev: D-CELL GAMES
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 25.6%, Story Rich 22.5%, Surreal 16%, Action 15.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%
- #31 ZeroRanger
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,251 reviews2018
Dev: System Erasure
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 55.3%, Action 15.3%, Indie 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Story Rich 3.5%
- #32 Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,412 reviews2016
Dev: Suits & Sandals
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.3%, Action 16.4%, Adventure 14.9%, Indie 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #33 Space Pressure 3D: Prelude
75% matchVery Positive85% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Maze TeamPub: Tinaynox
Windows
Immerse yourself in the story of two brave space amazons who dare to challenge the irresponsible aristocratic system. Overcome all the obstacles that appear on your way - hordes of space scavengers, armies of General Admiral and get to the main villain - Evil Moneybag!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.3%, Action 33.9%, Indie 23.1%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Kats Trigger
72% matchVery Positive89% of 518 reviews2025
Dev: GIX
Windows
"Kats Trigger" is story-driven, hyper-speed action. Shoot, slash, and fly through explosive combat. In a beautifully crafted pixel art world, witness the bond between Otter and Stray Cat.
Why similar: Action 19.3%, Violent 16.6%, Gore 15.3%, Story Rich 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #35 Blood Harvest 3
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 219 reviews2018
Dev: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Action 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 19%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 14.5%, Gore 13.1%
- #36 Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS
73% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Sigyaad Team
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Twilight Town: A Cyberpunk FPS is a brutal, funny, bloody FPS game with an advanced gore system. Featuring 15 beautiful levels, a variety of weapons and a deeply engaging story that follows the journey of a young man and his friend tackling on a criminal underground to give his AI wife a real body.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.4%, Action 29.6%, Gore 7.6%, Violent 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.9%
- #37 FULFILLMENT
74% matchVery Positive93% of 307 reviews2019
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Linux
Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.
Why similar: Action 31%, Indie 28.4%, Adventure 27%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 4%
- #38 Axiom of Maria: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Ganzheit
Windows
Axiom of Maria is an action-adventure game featuring Kay as the protagonist trying to get back her family from an AI in Seoul, a ghost town due to population decline.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Action 12.6%, Swordplay 11.6%, Adventure 11.1%
- #39 Pink Heaven
75% matchVery Positive90% of 754 reviews2015
Dev: Studio PixelPub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 18%
A certain office lady is back!!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.1%, Action 22.7%, Indie 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #40 Superfighters Deluxe
73% matchVery Positive89% of 3,596 reviews2018
Dev: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.
Why similar: Violent 22.2%, Gore 20.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Action 14.1%, Indie 9.5%
- #41 Obsurity
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 286 reviews2020
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Discover all the secrets of two completely different worlds.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.7%, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 12.5%, Action 12.2%, Hack and Slash 10.2%
- #42 Hylics 2
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,585 reviews2020
Dev: Mason Lindroth
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 48.7%, Surreal 24.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Indie 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #43 The Big Catch: Tacklebox
68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,424 reviews2024
Dev: Filet Group
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.
Why similar: Action 46.6%, Adventure 41.1%, Atmospheric 12.3%
- #44 Everhood
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,043 reviews2021
Dev: Chris NordgrenPub: Foreign Gnomes
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.2%, Surreal 9.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Action 7.5%, Indie 7%
- #45 The Excrawlers
70% matchVery Positive88% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.
Why similar: Action 32%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Hack and Slash 17.1%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, 2D 12.2%
- #46 ICEY
70% matchVery Positive90% of 27,935 reviews2016
Dev: FantaBlade NetworkPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?
Why similar: Action 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Adventure 11.3%, Indie 9.4%
- #47 Dex
71% matchVery Positive87% of 3,557 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.3%, Violent 13.4%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 8.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #48 Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,897 reviews2021
Dev: Dream Toaster Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 23%
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
Why similar: Action 37%, Adventure 33.7%, Atmospheric 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 14%
- #49 Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,926 reviews2016
Dev: Ludosity
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.1%, Indie 18.4%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #50 Grave Prosperity - part 1
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dark Room Games
Windows
Grave Prosperity is an Action/ Horror title that focuses heavily on player reflex. Take on the role of Amber Ridge, a character who is as mysterious as she is dangerous, and fight your way through the accursed halls of Prosperity.
Why similar: Gore 32.4%, Violent 27.8%, Action 13.8%, Adventure 12.1%, Indie 11.2%
- #51 SURA: Shattered Star
65% matchVery Positive91% of 214 reviews2026
Dev: HanRyang StudioPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
SURA: Shattered Star is a sword-fighting action platformer set in space. Play as Sura, a mercenary grieving the loss of her comrades, and cut down everything that stands in your way.
Why similar: Action 27.6%, Indie 17.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #52 CrossCode
68% matchVery Positive92% of 18,486 reviews2018
Dev: Radical Fish GamesPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 43.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Indie 10.3%, Adventure 8%, Action 7.9%
- #53 of the Devil
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 2,644 reviews2025
Dev: nth Circle Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 60.4%, Story Rich 19.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #54 Awaria
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,882 reviews2024
Dev: vanripper
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
Why similar: Action 36.6%, Indie 26.9%, Female Protagonist 12%, Funny 11.6%, 2D 10.3%
- #55 MYRIAD DEATH
66% matchVery Positive86% of 282 reviews2025
Dev: IGNITION MPub: holo Indie
Windows
This is an exhilarating action and shooting game where you fight using weapons with different abilities.
Why similar: Action 26.3%, Hack and Slash 14.7%, Gore 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Violent 11.7%
- #56 MO:Astray
68% matchVery Positive92% of 5,064 reviews2019
Dev: Archpray Inc.Pub: Rayark International Limited
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.5%, Gore 15.2%, Action 13.7%, Indie 12%, Adventure 11.8%
- #57 NOT A HERO
69% matchVery Positive87% of 2,052 reviews2016
Dev: Roll7Pub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20.8%, Gore 18.7%, Action 15.1%, Indie 10.9%, Violent 9.6%
- #58 Aerannis
71% matchMixed69% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: ektomarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Aerannis is a mission-based stealth action game set in a world of conspiracy and full of action and assassinations.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.2%, Great Soundtrack 27.9%, Action 14.4%, Indie 13.5%, Female Protagonist 7.1%
- #59 ANNO: Mutationem
67% matchVery Positive81% of 6,636 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.9%, Action 14.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 11.9%, Story Rich 10.2%