- #1 Derelict Redux
97% matchMixed45% of 22 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #3 Space Slam
95% 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%, Indie 44%
- #4 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%, Indie 44%
- #5 Seek & Destroy - Steampunk Arcade
94% 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%, Indie 44%
- #6 Lux umbra
93% 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #7 Dawn of the Robot Empire
92% 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%, Indie 44%
- #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%, Indie 44%
- #9 Nebula
91% 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%, Indie 44%
- #10 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%, Indie 44%
- #11 NEON GALAXY
89% 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%, Indie 44%
- #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%, Indie 44%
- #13 Spin the Beat
90% 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%, Indie 44%
- #14 Paladin
87% 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%, Indie 44%
- #15 Oval
84% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Reactor HeartPub: Reactor Heart
Windows
Oval takes your skills to a whole new level with thrilling and competitive multiplayer battles. Break your speed limit and go faster than ever without motion-sickness thanks to Oval's unique technology. Create, share or play awesome community maps using the multiplayer level editor.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #16 Lazergoat: Invasion
86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Thunderbullet Game Co.
Windows
Martians have invaded the Earth and enslaved our animals, but worst of all, they made Lazergoat angry. Now, he wants revenge!
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #17 Galaxy Wide Domination
85% 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%, Indie 44%
- #18 The Nothing
84% 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%, Indie 44%
- #19 TopShot: Darkness
86% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Berkem Agach
Windows
1v1 Multiplayer Top-down shooter game
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #20 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
75% 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 56%, Indie 44%
- #21 LYDIA: SWEET DREAMS
83% 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%, Indie 44%
- #22 Demon Grade VR
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Richard Stenson, Solus GamesPub: Solus Games, Inc.
Windows
Demon Grade is a VR FPS featuring free 360 degree movement, with no jogging in place, no teleporting, and no rails. In Demon Grade, you will explore dynamically generated levels in first person perspective while fighting relentless demonic enemies and collecting demon shards to unlock various weapons.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #23 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%, Indie 44%
- #24 APEX Tournament
81% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Douglas LiangPub: Fantom Fathom LLC
Windows
Apex Tournament is the most fast-paced Team Death Match in VR. The primary method of movement is the Hyper Dash system, which turns your body into the controller - allowing movements at blazing speeds.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #25 Pleasure in Dream
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Upineleed
Windows
Today, will you listen to this small story?
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #26 Zig
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Scumways
Windows · Mac · Linux
50 levels of fast-paced, old school, arcade blasting.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #27 DinoBlaster
79% 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%, Indie 44%
- #28 BackSlash
79% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Skeleton Crew Studio
Windows · Mac
BackSlash is a spell casting brawler featuring style-mixing, arena destruction, and accelerating duels. Combine two styles to plunge into a dance of destruction through flying blades, bone breaking punches and devastating spells.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #29 AmaranTime Arena
78% 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%, Indie 44%
- #30 Snakes on an Extradimensional Plane
77% 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%, Indie 44%
- #31 BHB: BioHazard Bot
76% 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%, Indie 44%
- #32 Red Hot Ricochet
75% 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%, Indie 44%
- #33 Mactabilis
77% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Mactabilis is a modern shooter with rpg elements. Customize your ship, select from a large array of weapons or even create your own with the powerful in-game editor! Blast your way through vibrant, multi-level, adrenaline filled missions in search of loot and power.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #34 Zombie in my city
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: SkyKan
Windows
Step in the midst of a low poly zombie apocalypse. Kill them all and save the town where you growing up.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #35 Nowhere Station
71% 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%, Indie 45%
- #36 Pop Pop Boom Boom VR
74% 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%, Indie 44%
- #37 Run Jump Die Repeat
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: LongArm Interactive
Windows
Run Jump Die Repeat is a single button platformer game. Press SPACE to run, bounce, jump, climb, and kill as you attempt to save the Cracker Princess and escape the evil Cron Rebels home planet.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #38 M.A.C.S.
78% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: House Izezweth
Windows
M.A.C.S. is a fast paced top down shooter in a persistent, procedurally generated world. Drive around and avoid your enemies, find weapon power-ups to even the odds. Soon you can place your own power-ups in your persistent world for you to collect on future runs!
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #39 Brimstone
73% 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%, Indie 44%
- #40 Halloween Knight
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Chris Patton
Windows
Halloween Knight is a hack n' slash adventure game mixed with tower defenses where you try to protect your house on Halloween night. You can switch between melee, ranged, and magical attacks on the fly while you battle against the hordes of monsters attacking your house and you.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #41 Oblivion's Edge
73% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #42 Brazilian Root®
70% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #43 PooShooter: Toilet Invaders
72% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #44 GentleMoon 2
71% matchVery Positive86% of 94 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #45 Circuit Warz
72% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #46 BlubBlub: Quest of the Blob
69% matchPositive82% of 45 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #47 The Gameshow
69% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #48 The Pit
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero KnowledgePub: Zero Knwoledge
Windows
The Pit is a platform game with touches of action and puzzles, which will force you to understand and know how to use all the skills you have.
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #49 Grompula
67% 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #50 McRogue
69% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%
- #51 Violet Cycle
68% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Weckr IndustriesPub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Hyperkinetic neopoly roguecade action game with procedural generation at its core. Order within chaos. Feeling inside polygons!
Why similar: Action 55%, Indie 45%
- #52 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #53 Heavy load
65% 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #54 HVRGUN
52% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Jonathan Bartram
Windows
Welcome to HVRGUN, the worlds best Assault Pilot Training program. Where you'll be placed directly into a virtual battlefield and test your ability to dodge, shoot, and destroy an endless onslaught of enemies!
Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%
- #55 900
66% 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #56 Mirror Angel's Paradise
66% 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #57 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 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #58 Bomber Bother
63% matchVery Positive87% of 69 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%, Indie 45%
- #59 Lost Cosmonaut
70% 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 54.9%, Indie 45.1%