- #1 Discrepant
97% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Incendio Software
Windows
Discrepant is a psychological adventure game set in a dystopic sci-fi world that is slowly unwinding. It's dark, deadly, and unsettling. It explores the meaning of existence and purpose, challenges reality and emotional connection through a complex plot, and comes with a twist around every corner.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Action 35%, Indie 15.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #2 Squareboy vs Bullies: Arena Edition
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Rohan NarangPub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Squareboy vs Bullies is an old school beat 'em up by Rohan Narang that follows the titular Squareboy and his quest for Justice!
Why similar: Adventure 42.4%, Action 41.6%, Indie 16%
- #3 Edge of Twilight – Return To Glory
96% matchMostly Negative29% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: FUZZYEYES
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
"Edge of Twilight - Return to Glory" is a 3rd person action adventure game presenting a unique post-apocalyptic, Steampunk fantasy world that has been split into separate realms of Day and Night.
Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Action 39.8%, Indie 16.1%
- #4 Don't Move
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STVR
Windows · Mac · Linux
Don't Move is an experimental puzzle platformer with a focus on ludonarrative dissonance and player investment manipulation.
Why similar: Action 42.4%, Adventure 41.3%, Indie 16.3%
- #5 Lapya
94% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2019
Dev: Team MetroshockPub: Ahlman Game Studio
Windows
In a ruined world where people and robots have retreated to the underground, Lapya has a mission - to keep their sun shining.
Why similar: Action 43.2%, Adventure 40.7%, Indie 16.1%
- #6 Forgotten Land
95% matchMostly Negative35% of 118 reviews2017
Dev: Donbass Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Forgotten Land is a small adventure game in which you will play for the driver who had an accident. The protagonist finds himself in a large valley, which according to local legend was called the Forgotten Land.
Why similar: Adventure 43.1%, Action 40.6%, Indie 16.3%
- #7 Holobunnies: The Bittersweet Adventure
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action-exploration, retro sidescroller adventure game about holographic bunnies in space.
Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Action 39.5%, Indie 16.6%
- #8 Mausoleum of the Medusa
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 89 reviews2016
Dev: New Hell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
'Medusa' is a love song to brutal, old-school arena combat. Perseus and Medusa are trapped in a deathmatch--but the gods raise them from the dead! Prove yourself with first blood, then compete for the top spot on the Steam leaderboard!
Why similar: Adventure 44%, Action 39.5%, Indie 16.5%
- #9 Virus Z
93% matchMixed56% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Virus Z is a 3D zombie shooter with a third-person view. You must wade through crowds of the walking dead with your partner. Zombies are very fast here, and you will struggle to get away from them, so you must rely only on your reflexes and accuracy. Also, from out of nowhere, a huge monster-mutant may appear at any time
Why similar: Action 42.4%, Adventure 41.3%, Indie 16.3%
- #10 Devil Threats
91% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: AFROX GAME
Windows
Christopher hit the road to save his daughter Try to find his daughter before you go crazy.
Why similar: Adventure 41.6%, Action 39.2%, Indie 17.1%, Sci-fi 2.1%
- #11 New World: The Tupis
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Novo Mundo
Windows
New World: The Tupis is a 3D FPS adventure game about the South America colonization, during the 16th century, fight using only a bow, against enemies using powerful arquebuses and swords, save members of your tribe, and they will fight on your side.
Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Action 39.5%, Indie 16.6%
- #12 A Blind Legend
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 334 reviews2016
Dev: DowinoPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Blind Legend is the first-ever action-adventure game without video – where ears replace eyes! Discover the original, innovative sensory experience of binaural 3D sound.
Why similar: Adventure 43.9%, Action 39.5%, Indie 16.6%
- #13 Gladiator: Blades of Fury
88% match9 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Gladiator: Blades of Fury is a melee combat action fighting game set during the medieval period. Players can play as a gladiator from four different clans, namely the Barbarians, the Assassins, the Knights, and the Dwarves. All heroes are unique and have their own weapons, skills, and fighting styles.
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Action 41.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #14 Super Ninja Hero VR
89% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2016
Dev: Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd.
Windows
"super ninja hero vr"is a VR-FPS game(first-person shooting game) that developed by Wuhan Firegame Co.,Ltd..Variety of scenes with cool fighting, strong cunning enemies and smart BOSS.Taking up your arms to begin a legend.
Why similar: Adventure 42.1%, Action 41.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #15 Time, Space and Matter
86% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Vaclav HudecPub: Blameless Games
Windows · Mac
Time, Space and Matter (TSM) is a first-person action adventure focused on puzzle solving through gravity-manipulation. Find out what happened in an advanced-tech facility prior to your arrival and uncover the existence of a mysterious artificial intelligence.
Why similar: Adventure 45.6%, Action 37.8%, Indie 16.6%
- #16 C15
86% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: aDeCon Production
Windows
This is a simple horror game, with an additional cooperative mode and an easy story about a scientist and his experiment on the brain.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #17 Spheroids
87% 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: Adventure 42.1%, Action 41.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #18 D.F.R.: The Light
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Nothing Rhymes With Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Unprepared and helpless, you are taken to a dark place where a mysterious light hunts you. In this relentlessly terrifying survival horror game, you must use your wits to stay alive long enough to extinguish the light, or perish trying. The light is crafty and observant, so this won't be an easy challenge.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #19 Glitchbuster
84% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Rémi Vansteelandt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fix all glitches in the game before the release!
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #20 God Of Thunder
82% matchVery Positive97% of 119 reviews2017
Dev: RDavis
Windows
Action! Adventure! Puzzles! Corny humor! God Of Thunder is the full version of a 1994 shareware game that you've probably never heard of. It is now freeware, so have fun.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #21 Cyborg Invasion Shooter
84% matchMixed46% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
You are the only soldier that can save the world: Collect all the artifacts, kill several cyborgs and save the world
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #22 Funtoon's World
83% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: Yash Future Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd
Windows
Funtoon's World is amazing adventurous game with 25 Levels. Get Ready to enter Funtoon's World with amazing Excitement in each Level. Get Ready to face different monsters and earn as much coins as you can to get highest score.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #23 The Legend of Excalipurr
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisp Entertainment
Windows
With magical cats as your weapons, you will never fight alone!
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Adventure 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #24 Escape From Space Shredder
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: s_unkPub: s_unk
Windows
The gameplay of the game is based on the ability to turn the game world while completing a maze with traps.This game Is Hardcore!
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #25 Super Navecitas 2
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZYX Studio
Windows
This video game is a space shooter in which all the elements are made in cardboard. The game tells the story of Cafard a Martian cockroach on his journey to Silcon Valley where the fate of his race and humanity will be decided.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Adventure 40.8%, Indie 16.9%
- #26 Lightning War
81% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Diantong Intelligence Tech. Shanghai Co.,Ltd.
Windows
With hard work of two member team, the first series of the Lighting war finally go online. Hoping everyone enjoy this battle game. Always wondering who's driving the jets, will be a beauty?
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #27 Crypt Stalker
75% 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 43.1%, Adventure 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #28 Mortido
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BigGame StudioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
This is an action-adventure game, the story about sinful soul in search of redemption. Your whole purpose is to redeem yourself by saving souls of people whose lives you ones ruined.
Why similar: Action 42.2%, Adventure 40.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #29 Hoggy 2
79% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Raptisoft
Windows
Hoggy 2 is the long awaited sequel to the 2010 mobile hit, Hoggy! Take control of Hoggy and Hogatha, two painfully adorable slime-molds, on a quest to rescue their children from the Moon Men! Slime molds are sticky... so whenever you jump, you stick to the ceiling!
Why similar: Adventure 44.7%, Action 38.4%, Indie 16.9%
- #30 FIREWORK
76% 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: Adventure 42.2%, Action 40.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #31 Subaeria
77% 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: Adventure 42.2%, Action 40.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #32 Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: FabrazPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
The notorious Blackbird's kracked, I mean, cracked! He believes Slime-san stole his treasure and unleashed his giant Kraken upon him! Sound familiar? It is now up to Slime-san to escape the giant squid's jaws back out to freedom!
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #33 Sweet Magic Madness
80% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Alejandro Ibrahim OjeaPub: Eternal CODE Studio
Windows · Linux
Challenge your friends in a crazy, wild and frenetic fight with an overwhelming amount of characters, objects and stages. As you play, you will unlock new things, obtaining different, weird-looking and awesome variety.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #34 Lost Bros
78% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: Wheat Muffin Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
In Lost Bros simultaneously control three independent characters as they travel through time to save their kidnapped friend. Gunman, Shieldman, and Swordman must cooperate with unique abilities to solve puzzles and fight bad guys.
Why similar: Adventure 42.8%, Action 40.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #35 Ghostly Horizon
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Bit Nurse
Windows · Mac
Ghostly Horizon is an intense 3rd-person spell-caster on round planets. You enjoy crazy battles with over 30 different spells, preferably together with your friends. Focus is placed on both player-skill and teamwork in this matchbased game with quick rounds. Can you top the Leaderboards?
Why similar: Action 43.5%, Adventure 40%, Indie 16.5%
- #36 Anti Gravity Warriors VR
75% matchMixed59% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Niket Patel
Windows
Fight alien space robots and mutant monsters in this immersive, Sci-Fi, zero gravity environment. Battle to the death in this vr game!
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Adventure 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #37 Destroy Space Aliens
74% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Fire, LLC
Windows
Challenge yourself and enter the castle of the Legendary Sir Frank Jones V to destroy invading space aliens! Slash, blast, and dash your way to victory in this retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 17.1%
- #38 Pilli Adventure
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: TavoPub: Calaca studios
Windows
Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Pilli Adventure features the Pilli & Paco as they blast their way through 7 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the Pilli Adventure online comic.
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 17.1%
- #39 Escape 2042 - The Truth Defenders
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: OrionSoft
Windows · Linux
Discover a futuristic fast-paced platformer game in pixel art. The game takes place in three different environments (prison, desert, forest) and is interspersed with 2 mini-games, including a reversed “Shoot’em Up” and an original rappelling game!
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 17.1%
- #40 Trickster VR: Horde Attack!
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: Trickster Games
Windows
Your daily fix of the hack&slash wave attack action. Fast paced and easy to get into. Use a varied arsenal of awesome magic weapons to win that top spot on the Orc Slayer Leaderboard. Plus, it's 100% free!
Why similar: Action 42.2%, Adventure 40.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #41 The God Paradox
72% matchMixed60% of 35 reviews2017
Dev: Tristan Begin
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
An action-rhythm-puzzle-platform game that will test your skills and your patience as the game’s developer talks you through each screen. However, there may be more to this simple world of screens than what meets the eye, and this so-called developer may have motives of his own.
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Adventure 40.8%, Indie 16.9%
- #42 The Planet of the Vicious Creatures
73% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: Jorge Giner Cordero
Windows
An old-school platformer set in outer space.
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 17.1%
- #43 Take the Cake
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 48 reviews2017
Dev: EbenitPub: My Way Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Take back Frank’s stolen cake from evil robots by navigating neon-lit worlds filled with puzzles, obstacles, and electronic music.
Why similar: Action 42.2%, Adventure 40.9%, Indie 16.9%
- #44 Dormant World
71% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: XENOpz
Windows
A retro NES/Famicom-inspired platformer, Dormant World leaves the fate of the world in the player's hands. Can you single-handedly defeat the gods of sleep and save the world from endless slumber?
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Adventure 40.8%, Indie 16.9%
- #45 Beyond Arm's Reach
60% 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: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #46 Holobunnies: Pause Cafe
71% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: q-bit GamesPub: Nkidu Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Holobunnies: Pause Café is the Holobunnies appetizer you didn't know you wanted: three little games in one adorable and quirky package! Fight your friends in a high-adrenaline two-player brawler, test your mettle against the classic q-bit bosses in Boss Rush, and navigate through Kitcat’s Adventure to help Kitcat find its way to the...
Why similar: Adventure 42.7%, Action 40.2%, Indie 17.1%
- #47 SEGFAULT
69% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
SEGFAULT is a hacker themed shooter game that focuses heavily on progression and skill. Order not so legal equipment from the Deep Web, fuse together components, and become the ultimate hacker. Compete online for high scores, or fight through a single player map alongside a bipolar AI assistant.
Why similar: Action 42.1%, Adventure 41%, Indie 17%
- #48 To Hell With Dave
59% 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: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #49 Nachzehrer
58% 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: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #50 Captain's Tail
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biting Mascot
Windows
Dash into action as the fluffiest pirate of the Seven Seas! Take on platforming challenges and explore a variety of islands.
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #51 Mystic Ruins
67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Elite Games
Windows
Join Strade the explorer on his mission to investigate the Mystic Ruins. Navigate its labyrinthine corridors, solve its puzzles, gather treasures, and survive the onslaught of monsters within.
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Action 39.2%, Indie 17.2%
- #52 Above
57% 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: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #53 Kindled Cavern
69% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Pretty Okay Games
Windows
Kindled Cavern is a cave exploration adventure for Virtual Reality filled with sights to behold. Waterfalls, bamboo forests, giant turtles, abandoned bridges and scaffolding, subterranian lakes, and ancient arches fill this explorable cavern. Not to mention the ghosts!
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Action 39.2%, Indie 17.2%
- #54 HereAfter
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Brown Studios
Windows
Deep in an old forgotten laboratory, a failed experiment reboots from its sleep. With no memories, it now must explore the many different areas of the extensive complex with the help of an AI called MUSE. Will it find the light of redemption it longs for, or will it find a dark and terrible truth?
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Action 39.2%, Indie 17.2%
- #55 Pep-Pel
54% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: SlugGlove
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run through each level as Pep-Pel! a goofy red goblin thing. In this beautifully hand drawn game. play through tons of fast-paced and difficult levels, each with there own challenge to master!
Why similar: Adventure 42.5%, Action 40%, Indie 17.6%
- #56 The End: Inari's Quest
68% matchMostly Negative35% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: MataPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You're a fox in a cyberpunk city full of hostile robots. You must escape while helping another fox and its cub
Why similar: Adventure 43.6%, Action 39.2%, Indie 17.2%