- #1 DORAIJIN
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silver sword REQUIEM
Windows
"DORAIJIN" is a traditional 2D action game expressed by beautiful 2D graphics and animations. You become an angry thunder god "DORAIJIN" and defeat evil! And regain the beautiful world.
Why similar: Ninja 43.1% ★, Action 29.7%, Indie 22.9%, 2D 4.3%
- #2 Shadow Bug
97% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: Muro Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Leap, slash, splash! You are the overpowered ninja hero Shadow Bug! Save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces.
Why similar: Ninja 50.9% ★, Action 17%, Platformer 14.2%, Indie 13.1%, 2D 4.9%
- #3 Ninja Run
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: CooperAceProductions
Windows
Run jump slide and battle your way to a high score in Ninja Run by CooperAce Productions
Why similar: Action 33.9%, Ninja 29.6% ★, Indie 26.1%, Platformer 7.7%, 2D 2.7%
- #4 Shinobi Bad Buddies
94% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Corbak Games
Windows
Shinobi Bad Buddies will reveal the mischievous ninja in you, as you make your way through the story and the co-op missions or challenge your friends into a local battle!
Why similar: Ninja 34.5% ★, Competitive 20.2% ★, Action 19.2%, Indie 13.9%, Platformer 9%
- #5 Salmon Ninja
95% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Krax Games
Windows
Dash through levels at the speed of a tiny ninja with a grappling hook in this super fast-paced platformer.
Why similar: Ninja 48.6% ★, Action 21.8%, Indie 16.8%, Platformer 12.7%
- #6 The Hour of the Rat
94% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
The Hour of the Rat is a platformer about an assassination attempt on an emperor. Use limited resources to succeed within a limited time.
Why similar: Action 42%, Indie 32.3%, Ninja 20.4% ★, Platformer 5.3%
- #7 Last Wings
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertice Games
Windows
Last Wings is a multiplayer focused dynamic dogfight game! Your objective is to destroy enemy aircraft and defenses in a 2D environment. Build your team either with or against your friends to have a winning strategy in every game mode!
Why similar: Competitive 37.8% ★, Action 32.6%, Indie 17%, Multiplayer 12.6%
- #8 Mad Dojo
93% matchMixed67% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: phime studio LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Are you mad enough to prove your ninja skills in Mad Dojo? You’ll get a lot of headache and break a gamepad until you master insanely difficult obstacles, impress Sensei and earn his daughter’s sympathies! But we warn you - we don’t take wimpy players! Just do it!
Why similar: Ninja 42% ★, Indie 32.3%, Action 18.9%, Platformer 6.9%
- #9 Ballistic Craft
90% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Palladium SoftPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows
A bullet hell of your own making! Play the game where strategy and creativity meet - duel rival wizards in real time battle arenas with custom shot crafting to win the League of Crafters!
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Indie 30%, Competitive 22.2% ★, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #10 Ninja SpeedRush
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: R.P.
Windows
Simple arcade game with intuitive gameplay.
Why similar: Ninja 54.7% ★, Action 25.6%, Indie 19.7%
- #11 Stacking Fairy
85% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: daruma
Windows · Mac
Compete in an online multiplayer game to build the tallest tower within the time limit! Once your tower is built, it will undergo a durability test. If you prioritize height too much, your carefully constructed tower might topple during the test... The key to victory is combining various blocks!
Why similar: Action 32.5%, Indie 27.7%, Competitive 20.5% ★, Multiplayer 19.3%
- #12 One Try, One Kill
87% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2020
Dev: Repa GamesPub: KuKo
Windows
One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.
Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 31.5%, Ninja 27.5% ★
- #13 PyroNinja: Fire Dodge
91% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: HolmesGaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dodge fireballs for as long as possible and collect coins.
Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 33.1%, Ninja 23.8% ★
- #14 Ninja Roquinexu
89% matchMixed67% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Alexander SaiborgPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
You have challenged a criminal Syndicate, but are you strong enough to make it all the way up to the end?
Why similar: Ninja 41.5% ★, Action 27.4%, Indie 18.6%, Platformer 12.5%
- #15 Exoder
86% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2018
Dev: Fever Dream Gameworks
Windows
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Indie 29.4%, Platformer 24.1%, 2D 8.4%
- #16 Gado Fight
84% matchMixed64% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: G5game
Windows
A pure fighting game
Why similar: Action 41.5%, Indie 31.9%, Competitive 26.6% ★
- #17 Project Zero Deaths
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 524 reviews2019
Dev: UAB Detis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Zero Deaths is a hectic physics-based F2P online multiplayer platform shooter. Jump into frantic battles in dynamic maps, solo or with friends, to fight in varied wild game modes! Choose between different characters with unique skills and customize them and their weapons to your own playstyle!
Why similar: Action 43.8%, Multiplayer 26.6%, Indie 15%, Platformer 14.6%
- #18 Booster Trooper
89% matchMixed47% of 197 reviews2010
Dev: DnS Development
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 26.4%, Platformer 17.8%, Multiplayer 14.2%
- #19 Shadow Blade: Reload
84% matchVery Positive87% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Dead Mage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Why similar: Ninja 58% ★, Action 16.7%, Platformer 13.6%, Indie 11.7%
- #20 Kill Fun Yeah
88% matchMixed44% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Arctic Anteater
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Kill Fun Yeah is an online 2D platform shooter. Murder and capture your way to the top, using an ever increasing arsenal of silly weaponry and items, the powers of deflect, attract and freeze, as well as various powerups.
Why similar: Action 43.3%, Indie 33.3%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Platformer 11.6%
- #21 The Adventures of Clive McMulligan on Planet Zeta Four
83% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Broke Astronaut
Windows
Clive McMulligan is a 2D retro-inspired action/puzzle/platformer with challenging old school style gameplay. Over 70 levels with fast-paced gravity switching mechanics.
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 33.6%, Platformer 16.5%, 2D 6.3%
- #22 Ninja Midori
82% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: BajoGames
Windows · Linux
Ninja Midori is 2d sidescroller. Inspired by retro old school platformers with 8 bit graphics, run jump and collect shurikens as you make your way to save the princess.
Why similar: Ninja 37.1% ★, Action 23.5%, Indie 18.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, Platformer 8.9%
- #23 10 Second Ninja X
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,285 reviews2016
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.
Why similar: Ninja 37.3% ★, Action 23.9%, Platformer 18.9%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 3.1%
- #24 Leilani's Island
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ishisoft
Windows
Leilani has got to roll, jump, and smash things to take back her island from mechanical invasion! A tropical 2D platformer in the making for PC.
Why similar: Action 47.8%, Indie 35.7%, Platformer 16.5%
- #25 Ninja Guy
86% matchMostly Negative28% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: Immunity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
From a peaceful training village to a hell-like demon world, you become Ninja Guy, in his hilariously epic quest to prove himself to the Holy Cow Sensei and bring down an evil gargantuan Minotaur! Remember... Guns don't kill people, Ninja do!
Why similar: Ninja 50.8% ★, Action 28.2%, Indie 21.1%
- #26 ERI
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Mauri Republic
Windows
We control the ERI, this is self-learning artificial intelligence, which has to overcome 45 levels. The purpose of the test is to overcome obstacles and get to the portals, which will take us to more difficult levels.
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Indie 30.3%, Platformer 22%, 2D 8.4%
- #27 Scrap
81% matchMixed51% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: Top Shelf StudiosPub: None
Windows
Shoot, kick, and detonate your way through a post tech apocalyptic wasteland where robots reign terror upon the resourceful Scrappers. Scrap foes, unlock weapons, play alone or with friends and take back the world in this free, 3D, action, twin stick, shooter.
Why similar: Action 46.6%, Indie 34.5%, Multiplayer 18.9%
- #28 Cobalt WASD
77% matchVery Positive86% of 210 reviews2017
Dev: Oxeye Game StudioPub: Mojang
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Cobalt WASD is a multiplayer bomb-defusal action platformer with grenades that stop time. Blast your way to the bomb site or repel the assault! Use teleporter guns, grappling hooks, sticky sentry turrets and quick tactical thinking to lead your team to victory! Play online or against AI!
Why similar: Action 48.1%, Indie 36%, Multiplayer 11.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #29 Duel Timers
66% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Isar Uslu
Windows · Mac
Duel Timers is a split screen, local multiplayer FPS platformer. Choose your Weapon and Power-Up and begin the fight! On a vertical map, jump from tile to tile to get to or away from the enemy, or to collect ammo and health!
Why similar: Competitive 36.7% ★, Action 33.7%, Indie 17.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%
- #30 SoulHunt
79% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2016
Dev: WinterCell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
SoulHunt is a ‘Hide ‘n Seek’ multiplayer game.
Why similar: Action 48%, Indie 35.5%, Multiplayer 16.5%
- #31 Store Crasher
75% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Ty Victorson
Windows
Run through various stores as an angry customer smashing boxes and other products while avoiding workers as long as you can! Unlock new levels and cosmetic upgrades by causing as much damage as possible.
Why similar: Action 48.7%, Indie 35.2%, Multiplayer 16.1%
- #32 Colette's Sugar Madness
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Mark Hill
Windows
Colette's Sugar Madness is a retro platformer designed to be completed in a single sitting. Use the powers from multiple costumes to save Halloween candy from falling into the wrong hands. Hone your skills with each play through to make each play better than the last. How much candy can you get?
Why similar: Indie 39%, Action 32.7%, Platformer 21%, 2D 7.3%
- #33 10 Second Ninja
78% matchVery Positive85% of 778 reviews2014
Dev: Four Circle InteractivePub: Mastertronic
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
Why similar: Ninja 52.6% ★, Platformer 16%, Action 15.2%, Indie 13.3%, 2D 2.9%
- #34 The Fox's Way Home
60% matchVery Positive89% of 177 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 100%
- #35 The Burning Descent
72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: RyseUp StudiosPub: Mumocap
Windows
The Burning Descent is a furious VR shooter in which up to 6 players battle each other in a quickfire deathmatch taking place in a colossal arena.
Why similar: Action 45.9%, Indie 35.4%, Competitive 14% ★, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #36 GESTALT: The Fifth Day
58% matchVery Positive94% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: KINJAKOPub: 072 Project
Windows
Wickeina 'Wicke' Gestalt lives in a haunted house. Trying to balance the stresses of life with the horrors of her home, play through a point-and-click psychological horror and multiple scenarios, where success and failure both progress the narrative of her story.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #37 Kanna Maze
58% matchVery Positive89% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: 致意
Windows · Mac · Linux
In an isolated lab beneath the earth, a childhood friend is resurrected. Amidst sealed walls, a spree of killings unfolds. In a godless abyss, parallel worlds entwine like a maze. Where does one find the path to the sole universe of bliss?
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #38 Ninja Striker!
74% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Q-Cumber FactoryPub: Flyhigh Works
Windows
Fast-paced action that brings to mind retro classics, this brings you intense gameplay and combos within a cool Japanese setting!
Why similar: Ninja 55.2% ★, Action 16.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Indie 10.9%, 2D 4.3%
- #39 The Dark Cave
59% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Leaves GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #40 Cult of the Wind
80% matchMixed49% of 434 reviews2014
Dev: North of Earth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Cult of the Wind is a game about people who pretend to be airplanes.
Why similar: Action 43.9%, Indie 36.2%, Multiplayer 19.9%
- #41 Smells Like a Mushroom
58% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Red Limb StudioPub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Boomer jokes ✅ Vegetable puns ✅ Strange characters ✅ Join the Aveggers to fight through the solar system in a dynamic third-person platformer shooter and defeat the alien mushroom invasion. 99% silly, 100% vegan!
Why similar: Action 40.3%, Platformer 33.7%, Indie 26.1%
- #42 Veterum
56% matchVery Positive93% of 126 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: Indie 62%, 2D 38%
- #43 Plain Sight
79% matchMixed67% of 295 reviews2010
Dev: Beatnik Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Plain Sight is a multiplayer arcade game about suicidal ninja robots. Fly through space, leap over planetoids and destroy opponents with your trusty katana. Killing fellow robots lets you steal their tasty, tasty energy. Packed with spinach-like goodness; energy makes you bigger, stronger, faster and generally more awesome.
Why similar: Action 47.9%, Indie 32.7%, Multiplayer 19.4%
- #44 Antisnake
64% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Unrea
Windows
Tired of the usual snake, which increases in size and unrealistically accelerated? It's time to try out Antisnake - a game in which you have to help the snake lose weight and lose excess pixels!
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 31.4%, Multiplayer 17.8%, 2D 7.2%
- #45 End of Lines
57% matchVery Positive94% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #46 Voidsayer
58% matchMixed69% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: Pavel AuseitasauPub: indie.io
Windows
The world has fallen into darkness, cursed by the Abyss. You are one of the many hapless survivors at risk of being consumed. Unlike others, you have a chance to fight back. Voidsayer is a dark monster tamer jRPG. Assemble your monster team, take on eldritch horrors, and return hope to the world.
Why similar: Indie 67.8%, 2D 32.2%
- #47 Clumsy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SomeAydenPub: Ayden Dudley
Windows
Your earliest memory is a void. You wake up on the run, twenty years after being abducted. Now, armed only with a digital watch, you're forced to collect your father's sauce just to survive. In this surreal world, your biggest mistakes are your only path forward.
Why similar: Ninja 48.6% ★, Indie 27.5%, Action 23.8%
- #48 YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
56% matchVery Positive81% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: 彼云工作室Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
YinYang Street is an indie horror game set in Yunnan, China. Our protagonist Minglai Li finds his beloved wife missing when he comes home. All mysteries lead to a place called YinYang Street...
Why similar: 2D 100%
- #49 Adult Education
57% matchMostly Positive72% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: AE Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Adult Education is a steamy visual novel set in an adult evening school, where a sultry teacher develops an intimate interest in her female students.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Songs of Yummy
56% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 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 68.4%, 2D 31.6%
- #51 Destroy The Shogun
65% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Ria Wigley Games
Windows
Destroy the Shogun is an old school ninja inspired action platformer with a 16 bit art style, full boss battles and comic book styled cutscenes.
Why similar: Ninja 53.9% ★, Action 22.6%, Platformer 15.1%, Indie 5.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #52 Arkshot
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Code AvaricePub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arkshot combines the fluidity and skill of an arena shooter with the lighthearted fun of a party game. It's Quake meets Duck Game.
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Indie 38%, Multiplayer 11.5%
- #53 Soldat
62% matchVery Positive94% of 1,781 reviews2020
Dev: Transhuman Design
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.
Why similar: Action 42.9%, Indie 32.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, 2D 6.2%
- #54 Divine Adventure RPG
58% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Masquerade Games
Windows
Become the next god in this massive RPG.
Why similar: Action 79.7%, 2D 20.3%
- #55 Super Hyperactive Ninja
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Grimorio of GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Super Hyperactive Ninja is a fast-paced hyper-caffeinated action-platformer in 2D, designed for those who want a real tough challenge. Recover the stolen coffee before you fall asleep! Use the power of caffeine to make your way!
Why similar: Ninja 44.7% ★, Action 25.8%, Indie 18.7%, Platformer 10.9%
- #56 Stick It!
53% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Jovial StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Swing, spin, and launch your way to victory in Stick It!, a fast-paced physics-based platformer where angular momentum is your greatest tool. Master the art of movement, conquer dynamic environments, and challenge your friends in chaotic multiplayer races to the top!
Why similar: Platformer 47.7%, Multiplayer 40.7%, 2D 11.6%
- #57 Ninja Senki DX
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2016
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?
Why similar: Ninja 48.2% ★, Action 25%, Indie 18.7%, Platformer 8.1%