- #1 Rise High
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: eiloware
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Rise High is an arcade action game in which you have to defend your workers from an alien invasion while they try to build skyscrapers!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #2 Zombie Parking
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 117 reviews2016
Dev: XPAGAME
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Computer indie-game in the genre of third-person shooter and survival horror.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #3 Castle Invasion: Throne Out
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Cat Trap Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Castle Invasion is the fun, frantic challenge of defending your castle against an army of misfits. Who better to lead the army than the king, a spoiled man child who wants everything he can’t have. Well...he's not taking this castle.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #4 Dawn of the Plow
95% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Dan FitzGerald
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You are the new plow on the block, and today is your day. How many cars can you shepherd home before achieving grounds for termination?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #5 GunHero
94% matchPositive82% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Olli-Samuli Lehmus
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight your way through multiple environments filled with traps and obstacles, each more dangerous and deadly than the last. Shoot bullets and throw grenades at your enemies while releasing prisoners from their cages. You are the hero this evil-filled world needs.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #6 99 Waves to Die
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: SpookyFish GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
99 Waves to Die is a twin stick arcade shooter, inspired by the arcade games, and 8-bit home consoles & computers of the 1980's.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #7 Cliff Hanger
92% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: syuuyuusya
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The backgrounds up the tempo and players are well equipped with a plethora of attacks! Test your mettle against a horde of enemies! Difficulty settings are available to adjust the game for both players that are new to action games and players that want a challenge.
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #8 Oblivion's Edge
91% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Odd EmuPub: MMOVentures
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Oblivion’s Edge is an arcade and bullet hell inspired twin stick shooter with multiple game modes and difficulty levels. You are the last pilot on Earth, tasked with slowing down the invasion and giving survivors enough time to escape.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #9 Fist's Elimination Tower
91% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Impostor Cat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A 2D platformer in which you play as randomly generated contestants that have to bounce their way to the top of an obstacle course full of robots, electric currents, explosives, and fists.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #10 Quip Anomaly
90% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: mentics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Quip Anomaly is a deep space dodge 'em up game. Guide Virnu to dodge hazards, acquire research, and obtain power ups. As you unlock each level, you will learn more about Virnu and her story.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #11 Tequila Zombies 3
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Tequila Zombies 3 is a platform shooter. Zombie apocalypse strikes hard. Zombies, vampires and demons spread all over the world. But there is still hope... guns... and alcohol! So there is still a chance to survive. Kill all zombies, drink all tequila!
Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%
- #12 Shipbreakers
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Land Studio
Windows
Tear apart the seven seas in this fast paced arcade shooter and cover the abyss with the wrecks of your enemies. Hire vicious sea wolfs as your crew members and board other ships to unlock crazy weapons and become the fiercest pirate of this little planet.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #13 Cosmic Leap
89% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2016
Dev: Michael Hall
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Time your jumps from planet to planet, avoid the obstacles thrown in your path and blast off to safety with your rocketship!
Why similar: Action 56.4%, Indie 43.6%
- #14 Abstract Arena
87% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Credici
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Abstract Arena is a top-down action-shooter game set in a completely abstract context. Up to 6 different ships can clash in the Arena, taking advantage of all of the unique and balanced skills each of them possesses.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #15 Rubicon Approach
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carbon Fiber Games
Windows
Rubicon Approach is a fast paced zero gravity shooter with a unique free movement system. Engage an enemy team in high speed, adrenaline fueled action across multiple maps.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #16 WWTF
86% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Yarrrg Studios
Windows
WWTF is a shoot them up boss rush inspired by the old classic Yars Revenge. Play as Pawda and escape the terrible cybernetic ex-soldiers animals of the zoo by flying with your jetpack and shooting.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #17 Rabbit Valley Legend (兔子山谷传说)
88% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Bamboo Secrets Co.,Limited
Windows
A cute action VR game of snowball.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #18 VHSoverdose
86% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2016
Dev: CallThePolices
Windows
VHSoverdose is an unrelenting assault of outlandish action, served up with thick juicy slice of anatomical annihilation! Set inside of the confides of a simple 80's Arcade Machine... Or is it?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #19 leapoid
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Topher Anselmo
Windows
Leap, fall, and perish — over and over again. Only the most seasoned platforming veterans will overcome the trials that leapoid has to offer.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #20 History Warriors
84% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Clipstories, Inc.
Windows
Eight historic figures, together for the first time, combined in an exciting 2D Fighter.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #21 The Z Axis: Continuum
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Lazerpants Studios LLC
Windows
Escape a bizarre world by rotating the universe. Use portals, physics, time, and clones as floors become walls, walls become ceilings, left becomes down, and right becomes up. You manipulate time and space at will, but do you have the mind to solve the warped reality that imprisons you?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #22 Ride the Bullet
85% matchMixed55% of 20 reviews2015
Dev: Jordan Sendar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a gun for hire with nothing to your name but your rifle and a single bullet. You have a special gift. You can control this bullet. Your objectives: take jobs, kill, build your reputation, and work your way up the crime ladder.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #23 S.T.R.E.T.C.H.
83% matchMixed40% of 40 reviews2018
Dev: ARGamesPub: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 13%
S.T.R.E.T.C.H. - addictive top down flight shooter. Hardcore and simplicity of this game drags into it.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #24 Another Rocket Game
82% match5 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Games By Nemiz
Windows
Actionfyldt 2D-raketspil med kampagnehistorie, singleplayer-tilstand (mod computer) og multiplayer-tilstand (split-screen mod venner). Udfordr dig selv og dine venner i et gammeldags 2D-raketeventyr med et fantastisk soundtrack.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #25 Shoot'n'Scroll 3D
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: PlayMobileFreePub: Dikobraz Games
Windows
Helicopter arcade game. Shoot'em-up action with plenty of adventures and adrenaline.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #26 Banshee Force
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Sapphire Software Inc
Windows
Banshee Force is a virtual reality game where you command the legendary Banshee Force Weapons Platform. Standing in the middle of a planetary battle you use the weapons platform to stop the invaders and build a defense that can outlast the enemy.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #27 Space Cruise
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Ben RobinsonPub: So and So Games
Windows
Space Cruise is a hybrid of both metroidvania style platforming and traditional bullet-hell gameplay, allowing the player to choose which play style resonates with them most for each run. With power-ups for both methods of gameplay, randomised levels on the branching paths, and leaving the final decision to the player, each run should...
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #28 SuperLuminauts
80% matchMostly Negative27% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: LampFire
Windows · Mac
Break Space-Time with Friends! SuperLuminauts is a local-multiplayer spaceship shooter where your missiles leave trails in time. With the tight controls of an arcade shooter, and the deep mechanics of no other, soon you'll be flying, thinking, and blowing up your friends like a true SuperLuminaut.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #29 SAMOSBOR 2D
76% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: peevasseeq games
Windows
"SAMOSBOR 2D" is a side-shooter platformer in which you have to shoot a lot of enemies at the levels of a huge building.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #30 Pleasure in Dream
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Upineleed
Windows
Today, will you listen to this small story?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #31 S#arp Shooter
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Complex Infinity
Windows
Guns fire and enemies attack based on music you choose from your library in S#arp Shooter - a VR game where you are dropped into an action movie scene and must stylishly shoot your way out!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #32 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
67% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Hashbang Games
Windows
Mage Guard is one of the world's first truly gesture based spell casting games for VR. Take on the role of a Guild Mage, tasked with guarding the Guild’s most powerful relic, "The Grimoire". Being the last of its kind, you will defend it against countless waves of enemies that are trying to obtain the precious relic.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #33 Helena The 3rd
77% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2015
Dev: Only Human Studios
Windows
Pilot a jumping tank through a maze of underground caverns and dungeons in search of new abilities you'll need to progress deeper into the levels. Each upgrade is hidden out of reach of your tank, and can only be obtained after exploring on foot.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #34 HyperZen Training
74% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Guillaume Thiolliere
Windows · Linux
Experimental minimalist game with a special graphical mecanic.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #35 Birth of a Hunter
73% matchMixed60% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Alex TrittPub: Alex Tritt
Windows
Birth of a Hunter is a metroidvania style 2D platformer, with the twist that a huge new map is generated every time you start a new game.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #36 Drop Out 0
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Ward Dehairs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Drop Out 0 is an online first person shooter with a twist: there are no hitpoints! Beat your opponents by knocking them out of the map with various crazy weapons. The game features very straightforward, cross-platform multiplayer. Just download, set up and play online within 2 minutes.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #37 Hell Space
75% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Whiteerminestudios
Windows
This is the 360 degrees indie slasher with the top view and old school graphics.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #38 Starship Rubicon
75% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #39 GoatPunks
72% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Alberto SantiagoPub: Studio Canvas
Windows · Mac · Linux
GoatPunks is a rip-roaring king of the hill multiplayer game of goats, mountains, fireballs and good ole head-butting action. Can you hoof it to the top and stay there?
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 Mustdashe
73% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Chris GermanoPub: Pilone Consulting
Windows
You have sixty seconds to make everything look awesome! Unleash the force of facial hair with the fabled Stash Knuckles and rack up points to get highscores and unlock achievements.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #41 Zig
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Scumways
Windows · Mac · Linux
50 levels of fast-paced, old school, arcade blasting.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #42 ARIS
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TBM StudiosPub: Lit Network
Windows
Strategically clear your way of enemies to gather points, salvage killed enemies for extra points, all while avoiding and engaging in combat with other different types of enemies. Added effects and game mechanics make for challenging gameplay in a fast paced environment.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #43 GALAXY MONSTER
70% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Small GamesPub: GLD Games
Windows
The action takes place in the alternative reality. Among far stars, heroes fight monsters on arenas. This fight is eternal.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #44 Claw Breaker
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team Klaw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Claw Breaker is an epic party fighting game full of scoops, snips, and salt. Beware, shouting and excitement may occur in this ultimate two-player claw-down of action-packed slashing and melee attacks.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #45 Destroyer: Invasion
71% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: MFAFB Games LLC
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
In Soviet Russia, Space Hears You Scream! Earth is a memory, its children have escaped to their new colonies spread among the stars. But now, the young colonies face a new and unexpected threat. Join the New Russian Republic as they fight for the future!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #46 Breaking Bones
72% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2016
Dev: Duplicator Studio
Windows
Breaking Bones is a survival game using the technology of photogrammetry. It's a First Person Melee game with some shooting component. Travel the world through quarries, islands, forests, mountains, deserts and more. Fight skeletons, dragons and dinosaurs. At your disposal a large number of deadly weapons, catapults and bows.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #47 America's Retribution
69% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Ed Findlay
Windows
Pitted against USA's fiercest foes, you either win or America loses. Side scrolling retro shooter.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #48 Kyber Knights
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Portaalin Pojat Oy
Windows
A multiplayer VR game by an Arcade for Arcades. Kyber Knights is a fun and easy multiplayer game developed exclusively for VR Arcades. Simple controls and an easy to control Operator View make this fast paced shooter a great choice for Arcades. CURRENTLY ONLY IN LAN.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 XENOCAVE
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUE LED
Windows
XENOCAVE is a retro-styled, scrolling platformer that elevates the genre with a unique fusion of ability and fine-tuned mechanics inspired by the classics. Specifically, imagine an amalgam of Mario's fluid controls, the double-jump and rapid-fire of Ghosts 'n Goblins, and the themes of Crystal Caves.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #50 BeeBeeQ
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Popup Asylum
Windows
BeeBeeQ is an asymmetric local multiplayer game where one VR player controls a Chef while up to four xbox controller players control Bees. Armed with a spatula and a fly swat the VR chef player has to try cook while the bees steal food, sting and generally harass him.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #51 Wings of Virtus
68% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Ragiva Games
Windows
Wings of Virtus is an indie shoot-em-up that is all about minimalistic but challenging retro arcade gameplay.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #52 The War of the Worlds: Andromeda
69% matchMostly Negative30% of 20 reviews2018
Pub: Mediamas Europa
Windows · Linux
The world is over, get up and start the battle of revenge! With the first-person shooter of The War of the Worlds: Andromeda, load your weapons and lead your team to fight through swarms of fierce aliens. Turn the battle around through 14 epic levels of brutal combat, based on the world of H.G. Wells.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #53 Balloon Fighter
71% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Quizony.com
Windows
Fly into the air and win balloon duels. You are hunting for wily chickens. Try to pierce their balloons, but do not let them break yours.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #54 Over Sky
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: EllGames
Windows
# 19 STAGES + EX STAGE Once all the bombs on the stage are destroyed, you can advance to the next stage. The last stage is a time attack, and you can try your best.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #55 Galactic Tree Frog
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: David J OzsvathPub: David J Ozsvath
Windows
Survive as long as you can in this fun little shooter game!
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #56 The Song of Terminus 終焉的迴響:護界者之歌
69% matchMixed56% of 71 reviews2017
Dev: 拉貢拉斯找金粒
Windows
A terrible war began from human's desires, causing extreme changes to the world, eventually causing the world tree's energy to become tainted. Two heroes embark on a journey to rejuvenate the world. The player can use different skills by switching between the two heroes facing different enemies.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%