- #1 Arktrum
97% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Square Gem Software
Windows
Arktrum is a mystical world in which harmony and balance once reigned. But one time its inhabitants knew fear and doubt, after which their world began to change rapidly and was threatened with total destruction. You were called up to try to maintain balance and keep the world from perishing.
Why similar: Action 38.2%, Indie 29.2%, Physics 29%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #2 Marble Masters: The Pit
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Polyart Inc.
Windows · Linux
Do you have what it takes to become a marble master? Destroy the enemy marbles through 50 levels in this challenging physics based action puzzler.
Why similar: Action 40%, Indie 31.5%, Physics 28.5%
- #3 Hanger World
95% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2018
Dev: A Small Game AB
Windows · Mac
The legendary ragdoll swinging game is back! Swing your way to the finish line, but don't lose your body parts :)
Why similar: Physics 30.2%, Action 28%, Indie 22.1%, Arcade 19.6%
- #4 BoxesWithGuns
96% matchMostly Negative21% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Christof
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
BoxesWithGuns is a 2D neon vertex endless shooter game. Try to survive as long as possible by avoiding collisions with the enemies that spawn. One game equals the length of the background music track playing. Collect dollars and customize your spaceship by adding new boxes and weapons.
Why similar: Action 42.5%, Arcade 28.7%, Indie 23.6%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #5 Attack of the Labyrinth +
94% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: Jaunty Antics
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The forces of evil have invaded the land. A labyrinth of evil has appeared in the kingdom and legions of monsters are pouring out of its vile depths. The king has called upon a small party of heroes, the Champions of Virtue, to vanquish the demon within and free the land from a grim fate!
Why similar: Action 37.9%, Arcade 32.2%, Indie 29.9%
- #6 Rebound
93% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Omnirift
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rebound is a physics based reflex arcade game where the player must keep a ball within bounds of the screen, while aiming for the most points and longest time survived possible in a single round. Sounds simple, right?
Why similar: Action 37%, Arcade 33.8%, Indie 29.2%
- #7 The Astro Parcel Service
91% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Vixen's Ludum
Windows · Mac
Deliver packages as fast as you can while surviving the hazards of space and the crippling pressure of your employer, The Astro Parcel Service.
Why similar: Action 46.4%, Indie 36.6%, Physics 15%, Singleplayer 2%
- #8 Scrollonoid
92% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Vadjra
Windows
Scrollonid it's a 2D symbiosis of arkanoid and scroll shooter game.
Why similar: Action 43.4%, Indie 33.2%, Arcade 23.4%
- #9 Drones
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Sharksauce
Windows
Blast your way through hordes of enemies in the progressive wave mode to defeat the overseer, or test your skills with the endless survival mode to become the greatest warrior on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Action 44.4%, Indie 35%, Arcade 20.6%
- #10 Line/Dash
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Gamera Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Line/Dash is an Arcade-oriented game that doubles as a procedural player-controlled multimedia sculpture.
Why similar: Indie 37.9%, Action 32.6%, Arcade 24.5%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #11 Avoid - Sensory Overload
89% matchVery Positive86% of 224 reviews2014
Dev: 48h StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Avoid is a fast-paced arcade game that will test your reflexes!
Why similar: Action 49.3%, Indie 31.5%, Arcade 19.2%
- #12 Scribble Ships
89% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Slothzilla GamesPub: (none)
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Scribble Ships is a 2D top-down arcade shooter that tosses the player into a world of color and chaos. With a range of ships to choose from, the player is tasked with coloring the monochromatic enemies that are trying to take your color away.
Why similar: Action 46%, Arcade 35.8%, Indie 18.1%
- #13 Spider Lander
88% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Lee Fuller
Windows
A loving echo of games from the 80's and familiar to those who loved classics such as Lunar Rescue and Lunar Lander. Swing on a thread from your mothership and thrust safely down to rescue some of those poor guys on the planet, then try to escape safely.
Why similar: Physics 31.9%, Action 27.7%, Arcade 19%, Indie 18.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #14 Smooth Mover
87% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: BlurryBit
Windows · Mac
Move smoothly through a series of rage-inducing levels!
Why similar: Action 38.9%, Indie 30.6%, Arcade 30.5%
- #15 Spear Master
86% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Osarion
Windows
You are the son of a mighty hero. Now it's your turn to protect the world from an ancient evil.
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Indie 26.2%, Physics 23.7%, Arcade 16.9%
- #16 Jump Barrel
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: ThatChung
Windows
You're locked up in an underground prison. Hide in a barrel and escape from prison.
Why similar: Physics 38.6%, Indie 28.4%, Action 27.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #17 HEIANKYO ALIEN / 平安京エイリアン
85% matchPositive86% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Mindware
Windows
The Heiankyo Alien, developed on a personal computer and released in 1979 as an arcade game from Denki Onkyo, is now ported and arranged for Windows! Arranged version "Heiankyo Alien 3671" is a time-based game, overwhelmingly addictive and euphoric, with new features such as seven items buried in the field, various scoring...
Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 31.3%, Arcade 27.6%
- #18 Jelly in the sky
86% matchMixed54% of 125 reviews2017
Dev: Zolden Games
Windows
Experimental approach to 2d artillery genre: everything is realistically destructible, because the game world is a physics simulation. There are no sprites in the game. All you see is made of dynamically simulated matter, and thus can be destroyed. This innovative approach opens the new layer of physics based gameplay features.
Why similar: Physics 59%, Action 41%
- #19 Valiant Gears
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaze Interactive
Windows
Valiant Gears is a 3D old school shoot 'em up game. Hop on your Valiant Gear, a ferocious battle machine and defend the planet by fighting the alien robots!
Why similar: Action 47.7%, Indie 37.5%, Arcade 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #20 Pogo
83% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: kangawallapuss
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hold on tight it's time to bounce! Pogo is a goofy yet challenging 3D physics platformer that will make you laugh with joy and cry with frustration.
Why similar: Physics 36.1%, Action 34.8%, Indie 29.1%
- #21 Handsome Mr. Frog
82% matchVery Positive91% of 242 reviews2016
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Jump, lick, and spit your way through four worlds in a new-school arcade adventure starring the nominal Handsome Mr. Frog, a good looking fellow whose hat was jacked by a bunch of unattractive normies.
Why similar: Action 50.1%, Indie 35%, Arcade 14.9%
- #22 Bigwig Flint
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Kanselsprot Entertainment
Windows
Bigwig Flint is a challenging, thrilling, and hilarious top down shooter. A soulfully crafted game with emphasis on perfect classic retro gameplay. Waldemar, the circumcised square, must fight against Bigwig Flint and his many allies. At stake is not only the Universe, but also your sanity.
Why similar: Action 47.9%, Indie 37.7%, Physics 8.1%, Arcade 5.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #23 The Real Laser Ball
81% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Holmsario Games
Windows
A physics based, arcade, high score chaser with a progression system and a fetish for the 80’s. In The Real Laser Ball you’re a ball… with a laser.
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Indie 37.1%, Arcade 15.7%
- #24 Alienzix
81% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Xero TR-MMXZPub: Xitilon
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Oldschool 2Д-shooter of the Windows 2000 epoch, controlled by mouse. 2-player local cooperative mode with several difficulty levels.
Why similar: Action 42.6%, Indie 32.5%, Arcade 21%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #25 String Mace
73% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: SneakyToad
Windows
Smash through swarms of enemies by swinging a huge spiked ball on a string! Build absurd combos, crush towering bosses, and chase the highest score you can reach!
Why similar: Physics 31%, Arcade 31%, Action 27.1%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #26 Walhall
80% matchMixed55% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: TheDreikPub: Phoenix Reborn Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
In this game you have to defeat just a single boss! Who knows though, perhaps it's not that simple?
Why similar: Action 46.4%, Arcade 25%, Indie 24%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #27 Robozarro
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Frozen Flame Interactive
Windows
Robozarro is a physics-based, 2-D action game, where robots B0-3 and 0-Ramatron embark on an epic quest through the outskirts, underbelly, and rooftops of Mech Angeles, to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Dr. Zarro.
Why similar: Action 49.9%, Indie 39.7%, Physics 10.5%
- #28 Momentum
79% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2016
Dev: Projectile Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Overcome obstacles and subvert gravity in this difficult 3D physics-platformer. Race against time as you rotate 3D labyrinths to navigate through them. Reach a zen state of mind through challenge, focus, and atmosphere.
Why similar: Physics 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #29 Keebles
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 98 reviews2015
Dev: Burnt FusePub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
An addictive physics-based vehicle building puzzle game. Build weird and wonderful vehicles using whatever you can find. Master rockets, balloons, parachutes and more. Save as many Keebles as you can, and be quick - the Whale at the End of the World won't wait forever.
Why similar: Physics 40.7%, Indie 29.9%, Action 24.9%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #30 RetroGunX VR
77% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: AppsByBrats
Windows
Miss playing those 8-bit, button-bashing, classic arcade-style cabinet and cartridge games from the 70s and 80s? Ever wanted to experience the intense action from the point of view of the hero within the game? Now you can, in VIRTUAL REALITY.
Why similar: Action 43.5%, Indie 34.3%, Arcade 22.2%
- #31 Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bearcat Games
Windows
Super Thrustforce: Orbital Meat Police is an old-school arcade game featuring gravity-based gameplay and lots of shooting.
Why similar: Action 38.9%, Indie 30.6%, Physics 30.5%
- #32 Claybook
76% matchMixed69% of 264 reviews2018
Dev: Second Order
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Claybook is a unique world made entirely of clay. Shape your character and the world around you to overcome challenging obstacles.
Why similar: Action 36.9%, Physics 34.9%, Indie 28.2%
- #33 DUMB Infernal
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2020
Dev: Beem Media
Windows
Enter the infernal hellscape as a lone warrior fending off an army of monsters in arcade style combat.
Why similar: Action 49.6%, Indie 39.1%, Arcade 11.3%
- #34 SuperHyperHappyGame
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: NuruMayuGames
Windows
[3D first person runner game]Run through aiming for the goal!
Why similar: Physics 47.9%, Action 33.2%, Indie 10.7%, Singleplayer 8.2%
- #35 Pizza Time Explosion
73% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
Welcome to the Pizza Dimension!
Why similar: Action 40.5%, Indie 30%, Arcade 24.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #36 mr.President Prologue Episode
75% matchMixed65% of 155 reviews2016
Dev: Sergey Domashenkin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This country needs a hero. This country needs a mr.President.
Why similar: Indie 38.5%, Physics 30.8%, Action 30.7%
- #37 Trigger Time
73% matchPositive81% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Shephf GamesPub: Creative Mobile
Windows · Linux
Trigger Time is a story-driven, top-down Shoot 'em up with a fun gravity gun and physics puzzles to solve. Blast your way through 9 levels filled with enemies, hazards and bizarre bosses. Along the way you'll take control of vehicles, pick up weapons, items and boosters.
Why similar: Action 33.6%, Indie 26.5%, Physics 23.3%, Arcade 16.6%
- #38 Virtual Rogue
74% matchMixed61% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Snowy Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Virtual Rogue is a top-down action roguelike shooter set in a computer controlled by a cruel and merciless User. You play as a text document file named “Note” who, after being accidentally created by the User, is thrown into the Recycle Bin.
Why similar: Action 46.5%, Arcade 27.1%, Indie 26.3%
- #39 Cannonship
72% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Two Hands Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cannonship is an action-packed shootout in which your plane must fight a horde of enemies. You can fight your opponents alone or with another player. Upgrade your ship and tip the balance of victory to your side! Will you accept the challenge?
Why similar: Action 40.8%, Indie 32.2%, Arcade 22.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #40 tri.Attack();
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Demmy Mangusso
Windows
In this 2D arcade game, your body is the weapon. Shoot the tri out of yourself and recall it back to you to take out a constant onslaught of rogue polygons. Unlock all the tri modifiers and get as high of a score as possible!
Why similar: Action 43.5%, Indie 34.3%, Arcade 22.2%
- #41 Microscope Madness
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Nocturne Games
Windows · Mac
A strange virus has attacked the cell cultures in your laboratory, and it's up to you to manipulate the extra large "mother" cells and use them to destroy the attacking mutant motiles!
Why similar: Action 39.5%, Indie 31.1%, Physics 17.2%, Arcade 12.2%
- #42 Methods: The Canada Files
59% matchVery Positive96% of 367 reviews2026
Dev: LockedOn GamesPub: Erabit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Methods: The Canada Files is a mystery visual novel. You play as a team of eccentric detectives in a mysterious crime-solving competition. To solve each mystery, you must use your team member’s unique detective methods, refute faulty theories with evidence, and find out the truth!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #43 Stacksquatch
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: HoverPub: The Stacksquatch Society
Windows
Sit back and stack with Dogtective in a colourful, floating world of cryptids in this VR action-puzzle game.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Physics 32.4%, Indie 29.8%
- #44 The Fox's Way Home
62% matchVery Positive88% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: BeXide Inc.
Windows · Mac
Before you know it, you find yourself in the realm between the hidden world and the real world. Rely on the guidance of the Fox Shrine Maiden who lives there, and escape from the otherworld!
Why similar: Indie 61.1%, Singleplayer 38.9%
- #45 Mos Speedrun 2
70% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2015
Dev: Physmo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mos is back, in her biggest and most exciting adventure ever! Wall-jump to victory through 30 mysterious, action packed levels!
Why similar: Action 46.5%, Indie 34.9%, Arcade 18.6%
- #46 Shape Storm
68% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Freddie Lorenz
Windows
Shape Storm is a sort-of roguelike where you dodge shapes. That's it. Dodge shapes, do it well and win. The game contains 20 unique boss fights where the unique boss uniquely attacks you with unique shapes causing you to dodge the shapes in a unique way.
Why similar: Action 47.7%, Indie 37.6%, Arcade 14.7%
- #47 Veterum
60% matchVery Positive92% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #48 Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth
62% matchMostly Positive73% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Zabbo GamesPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Discover the ultimate farming roguelike experience! Build, craft, and grow your farm to pay off the increasing rent. No slow-paced walking or social distractions—just click! Reclaim the joy of strategic farming in diverse maps and let your cursor guide you to success. Play your way, rent won’t wait!
Why similar: Indie 73.6%, Singleplayer 26.4%
- #49 Retro Space Shooter
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gable Games
Windows
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 48.3%, Indie 38.1%, Arcade 13.6%
- #50 Sack of Bots
68% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Martijn Folmer
Windows
Drift with your car around a horde of bots and blast them away. Havoc, decimation and annihilation as you slide, crash and crunch through the opposition in this simple arcade shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Arcade 29.7%, Indie 28.5%, Singleplayer 5.6%
- #51 Reviver
60% matchVery Positive93% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A narrative puzzle game with themes of love, fate and time. Follow the life stories of the two main characters and influence their destinies through interactions and choices. The game combines hand-drawn style and an immersive interactive experience to explore a profound journey of love and choice.
Why similar: Indie 77%, Singleplayer 23%
- #52 Songs of Yummy
61% matchMostly Positive76% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: DreamStepPub: Anotherindie
Windows
Songs of Yummy is a cozy and idle game. Food is scarce in the army, and you play Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, ordered to prepare for our army supplies. You will use every means to make everything in the world into military food.
Why similar: Indie 85.6%, Singleplayer 14.4%
- #53 Block Smash
74% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: RoadToIndieGameDev
Windows
Choose your powerup, ball, and paddle and face off against a variety of blocks in this game inspired by Breakout!
Why similar: Arcade 42.6%, Action 36.6%, Indie 14.7%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #54 WIN THE GAME: DO IT!
69% matchMixed64% of 412 reviews2018
Dev: AFBIK Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
WIN THE GAME: DO IT! - is a hardcore game. Try to finish the game without spending your nerves.
Why similar: Indie 36.7%, Action 32.9%, Physics 30.3%
- #55 Afterdream
61% matchVery Positive93% of 349 reviews2023
Dev: Jesse MakkonenPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
Why similar: Indie 70.5%, Singleplayer 29.5%
- #56 Tiny Lands 2
58% matchVery Positive96% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Hyper Three StudioPub: Hidden Trap
Windows
Take your perception into a new dimension with the relaxing sense of photorealistic miniature scenes in Tiny Lands 2. Find the differences and stories by exploring handcrafted 3D dioramas. Can you find them all?
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%