- #1 Derelict Redux
97% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2016
Dev: Floor59Games
Windows
Derelict is a post-apocalyptic, top down, sandbox, rogue like(like). You have woken up from stasis long after the fall of humanity. Thousands of years of human colonization and war have left countless derelict space craft, abandoned space stations and settlements ripe for looting.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #2 Roses and Gems
96% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Pirate-Rob
Windows
Roses and Gems is a difficult sandbox platformer all about avoiding the inevitable, Death. Build constructs, traps and fight to keep the ancient machine safe. In the end, your home will be destroyed, and you'll die, but it just means you get to start a new dem... Adventure all over again!
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #3 Lux umbra
95% match8 user reviews22% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: UndeadTurtle
Windows
In "Lux Umbra" they explore a confused world. They do not know why you here are what all that has to mean and how they come here out. They are able to do themselves only ventures they gain an accident had and now strongly have headaches. But so properly also do not know it.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #4 Space Slam
94% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: ;)Pub: Quickdraw Studios
Windows
In SPACE SLAM there is only one way to mine: ramming planets at full speed with your spacecraft. View the action in VR with your HTC Vive or in flat mode!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #5 MC Lars 2: Brotherhood
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Synersteel Studio, LLC
Windows · Mac
MC Lars, MC Frontalot, Mega Ran, YTCracker and Schaffer the Darklord save music! Join them in over a dozen songs as you fight, jump, and fly your way through the beat.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #6 Pixel bomb! bomb!!
93% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Uborm
Windows
Long time ago, there was a beautiful Queen in Leroy Forest. The Queen was very narcissistic. She dressed up splendid every day and thought she was the fairest woman in the Forest. Every beautiful girl in the kingdom would lose good looks by the Queen's curse.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #7 Seek & Destroy - Steampunk Arcade
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: GamestormVRPub: Showstorm Ltd
Windows
You are Armed with a Steam Powered Rail Gun + Hammers + TESLA Powered Lightning + Magnets! SEEK & DESTROY to rack up the biggest score!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #8 Z.W!
91% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: S. Khasanov
Windows
Full ahead! Kill'em all! Fight as long as possible!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #9 Dawn of the Robot Empire
91% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: oeFun, Inc.
Windows
Witness first hand the Dawn of the Robot Empire. Can you stop the invading robotic forces from another galaxy? Blast your way to victory in this retro sci-fi shooter. You'll need fast reflexes and an accurate aim to win.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #10 Nebula
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: Szekretar
Windows
Nebula is an action platformer with a high emphasis on using everything at your disposal to succeed, such as the gravity gun. The game takes place on an abandoned space station where you need to survive the deadly traps, defeat your enemies and solve physics based puzzles.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #11 Aftermath Y2K
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #12 Booty Diver
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Xavier Orion Games
Windows
Take a dive into the perilous depths of the ocean as you seek sunken treasure while battling creatures who guard their treasure as you manage your precious air supply.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #13 NEON GALAXY
87% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Nicholas Backus
Windows
Neon Galaxy is a arcade style multiplayer twin stick shooter. There are modes for co-op play and pvp.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #14 Spin the Beat
89% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Clockwork Anomaly, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump-n-dodge couch-multiplayer arcade action to the beat of the music! A party game for 1 to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #15 Paladin
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Pumpkin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are earth's last hero - defend civilization from annihilation.Protect the cities, destroy the aliens and upgrade your fighter. Drive back the vile invading scum and save mankind in this frantic twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #16 The Nothing
85% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: DDD Wares
Windows
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #17 Going Astray
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Slayers' Stronghold Studios
Windows · Mac
Dodge and run your way through a failing ship as you flee for your life. The Syndicate's taking fire and the crew have fled. As you prepare your escape the security system detects intruders on board. As you dawn your suit and race down the halls make sure you align yourself with the gates and match the colors or you could fall victim to...
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #18 Rabbit Valley Legend (兔子山谷传说)
86% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Bamboo Secrets Co.,Limited
Windows
A cute action VR game of snowball.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #19 Scuffle Scoundrels
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Moped Games
Windows
Scuffle Scoundrels is an oldschool arcade brawler for 2-to-4 rivals of all ages. With explosive powerups, deadly hazards, and imposing animal captains, it's sink or be sunk in this fast paced pirate romp!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #20 Pop Pop Boom Boom VR
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Thorne Media, LLC
Windows
You brought a bow to a bomb fight. Challenge: Survive.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #21 AmaranTime Arena
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Joshua Angeley
Windows
Use your control of time to dismantle and destroy waves of enemies! Slow down time to dodge enemy fire and aim your shots! AmaranTime is a Wave Shooter that challenges players to survive using their guns, their wit, and their control over time.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #22 Epic Snowday Adventure
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Verge of Brilliance LLC
Windows
The neighborhood kids must be neutralized. I'm sure its for their own good. Only you can restore order by DESTROYING YOUR NEIGHBORS WITH SNOWBALLS. They'll thank you for it later.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #23 Brimstone
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Asunder Studios
Windows
Take control of a sinner to enter a trial to prove you are worthy to fight the mythic Brimstone. Travel through 3 different zones and kill each zones boss to gain the power of the demons. Fight and fight again until you have the power to kill the Brimstone.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #24 BATTER BURST
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM_ETS
Windows
This game is a scroll action of continuous explosion drawn with pixel art. Let's blow it all away.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #25 Get Dis Money
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Aaron TurnerPub: Team No Comply Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A game about gangsterz in space getting money. Arcade style, 2d rougelike action platformer.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #26 Galaxy Wide Domination
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: CPSuperstore
Windows
In this game, you must take down an empire of evil, corrupt space ships, and restore peace to the universe. To do this, you must take out as many ships as you can, as well as defeat the emperor, who is hiding out in an other dimension, in an arena, top down shooter-style game made entirely by 1 person.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #27 Red Hot Ricochet
79% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Wyatt YeongPub: Everook
Windows · Mac
It's high noon in this barren wasteland, and only one of you is making it out alive. Sure, you could try and shoot them right between the eyes - but where's the fun in that? Red Hot Ricochet is an intense game of ricochet duels, and you'll need wise shooting, lucky bounces, and a bit of triggernometry to win.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #28 DinoBlaster
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Casey Labrack
Windows · Mac
Sidestep extinction as a dino in this arcade dodge-'em-up. This deluxe release features cutting-edge Brontoscan vector graphics.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #29 BHB: BioHazard Bot
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Brain Machine
Windows
You are BHB. A BioHazard Bot. Your mission: decontaminate. When alien creatures overrun a research facility, robotic drones known as BioHazard bots are deployed to deal with a situation too dangerous for regular decontamination crews.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #30 Access
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Secret Overground Lab
Windows
A world wide competition between hackers. Fast paced competitive puzzling. Keep your grid clear by using your deleters to destroy blocks. Crash your opponent's system by throwing blocks to them in the 2 player battle mode or take on the world, and the leader board, in marathon mode!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #31 LYDIA: SWEET DREAMS
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: C-DRIVE MEDIA ART
Windows
LYDIA: SWEET DREAMS is a fast paced, intense reflex game, which challenges players to survive and defeat waves of enemies in its vibrantly colorful world.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #32 Nowhere Station
73% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Other Side Worlds
Windows
Crazy Rogue-like top-down shooter with innovative movement mechanic, insane robo-cults, and lots of bullets to ensure your destruction before you grow a big bad robot!
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #33 Snakes on an Extradimensional Plane
76% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Team Neon SnakesPub: Fox Buchele
Windows
Abstract HTC Vive game where you help adventurous space mice with tiny little jetpack escape the glowing snakes! Collect powerups for points and compete on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #34 GentleMoon 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2016
Dev: Vidas Salavejus
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
GentleMoon 2 is a second game in GentleMoon series, an action game, filled with jokes and unlogical funny things to make you smile. The objective is to fly to the Moon and get away from the zombies this way. Before your trip to the Moon you collect the things that helps you to survive, like food, a weapon, good music, tv...
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #35 PooShooter: Toilet Invaders
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: FergaTroid Studios
Windows
Pooshooter: Toilet Invaders is a 2D action comedy game packed with explosions and fun gameplay. Reminiscent of arcade classics like Space Invaders, PooShooter lets you take control of a Bum fighting against vengeful Toilets.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #36 VR Ultimate Paintball: Heartbreak, Regret & Paintbots
76% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: Robert Potter
Windows
VR Ultimate Paintball: Heartbreak, Regret & Paintbots focuses on an arcade style of gameplay. Containing four different game modes: wave based shooter, competitive target practice, challenging stage based trial map and an episodic story.
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #37 BlubBlub: Quest of the Blob
72% matchPositive83% of 46 reviews2018
Dev: Girls Make Games
Windows · Mac
BlubBlub is too cute! Escape through a trial of deadly traps to save all the blub friends!
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #38 Oblivion's Edge
74% 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 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #39 Brazilian Root®
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2018
Dev: Patria Games®
Windows
Brazilian Root® is an indie action game in first person perspectve. Benjamin, a former special ops soldier, was running for governor, but 30 days before voting day his daughter was mysteriously kidnapped. He will relive his fighter days and You will help him find his daughter and get his revenge.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #40 Circuit Warz
73% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Arttu TuovinenPub: Michael Callaghan
Windows
The hardest electronics game you will ever play, only good engineers need apply. Test your understanding of electronic circuits to save the planet in a desperate race against time. The laser protection system has been sabotaged…You have minutes to fix the circuits, repair the generator by solving the circuits correctly, fire the laser...
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #41 The Gameshow
72% matchMostly Negative24% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Biscuit Play
Windows
The Gameshow is an FPS game where you participate in a dangerous survival game. This is not your game. You, together with other players, have been kidnapped and brought to a forest. Now, surviving is your only objective.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #42 McRogue
71% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Snare Games
Windows
It's man versus machine in this action roguelite from Snare Games. Explore procedural worlds, collect power-ups, and use McRogue's devastating robot fists to destroy all that stand in his way. But don't take too long about it - the robots only get stronger.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #43 900
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Barnaque
Windows · Mac · Linux
900 is a minimalist action score attack game in which the player controls an entity that must absorb universes in order to grow endlessly.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #44 Strike Force: Desert Thunder
74% matchMostly Negative22% of 37 reviews2016
Dev: West Forest Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Strike Force: Desert Thunder is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games. You join 10 intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks. Customize your loadout, choose between 12 weapons and jump right into the action. Each Mission is large scale (2km²) and open to your tactical strategy.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #45 Assault on Hyperion Base
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Julian Stables
Windows
After a distress call was received from Hyperion Base you have been sent out to secure and reclaim this advanced research facility. Discover what project A.N.D.R.O.I.D really is and what happened to the team that was stationed there.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #46 Mirror Angel's Paradise
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: Henez
Windows
Explore the remains of the tower Babil and encounter the terrible images left behind by those driven into madness. Rescue the artisan relics that reflect the old world and give you power as you explore the new.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #47 Violet Cycle
70% matchMixed62% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Weckr IndustriesPub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Hyperkinetic neopoly roguecade action game with procedural generation at its core. Order within chaos. Feeling inside polygons!
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #48 Winter Warland
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this free for all multiplayer battle, fight to be the last snowman standing. Use your snowballs to destroy your enemies from far away, or use your carrot as a sword and deal damage up close.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #49 Slow.Bullet VR
68% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Marco S HampelPub: Firez Studios
Windows
Survive, Shoot, and Win! A co-op multiplayer zombie Survival Game, now in VR!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #50 Jolly Riot
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Mac · Linux
A rip-roaring fighting game featuring a hardy crew of swashbucklers!
Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #51 Heavy load
66% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: SergeySmPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
HEAVY LOAD is a puzzle in which you have to solve the problem of how to move the boxes so that they fall into the right places.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #52 Bomber Bother
65% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: Dare Looks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight back against thieving Greyman Grifterham and his horde of beavery bullies and experience the thrill (and frustration) of herding low-poly beavers into a bottomless pit, retro-style!
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #53 Space Battlecruiser
67% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Less Describable Games
Windows
Space Battlecruiser is an arcade style, top down space shooter where you control a heavily armed capital ship. Battle against squadrons of fighters, fleets of warships, heavily defended space stations, and powerful command ships. Learn to master weaponry and special abilities like the Energy Shield.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #54 Ripped Pants at Work
67% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2018
Dev: Scott Ethington
Windows · Mac
Ripped Pants at Work is a frantic stealth game about searching for new pants!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #55 Lost Cosmonaut
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Charlie Evans
Windows
Rejoice comrades! For you have survived the crash landing! Become lost on a randomly generated planet in Lost Cosmonaut, an action platformer with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Action 55.1%, Indie 44.9%
- #56 Grompula
66% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2018
Dev: GreebPub: Greeb Games
Windows
Grompula is a high octane wave based survival game. Fight through endless waves of Grompuloids to save the Glorkon race, and banish Grompula back to limbo, where he belongs. With tons of weapons, items, and abilities at your disposal, you might just be able to claim back what's rightfully yours.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #57 Ice Cream Surfer
73% matchMostly Negative24% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Dolores Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 10%
The evil Broccoli, irritated by the fact that kids hate vegetables and love ice creams, has created an army of vegetables to destroy the flavor galaxy. Only the Ice Cream Surfer with the help of his 4 super tasty friends can prevent that.
Why similar: Action 55.2%, Indie 44.8%
- #58 XENOCAVE
57% 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 56.2%, Indie 43.8%
- #59 Xenia
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Dimitrios FlorosPub: Loresoft
Windows
A Metroidvania in Ancient Greece. Take control of the blacksmith Ardas. Fight epic bosses, find secret rooms and treasures, spend your gold for upgrades, and choose your fate through alternative endings. All this for one purpose. To save queen Xenia.
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%