60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Indie, Action, Top-Down Shooter, Experimental.
A small retro inspired indie shmup that takes inspiration from the pixel games of yesterday and combines it with modern game engine technology.
ANOMONAUT
Fight for survival in ANOMONAUT, an experimental roguelike shooter where each player only has one chance--yes, for real!
Metronium
You are in the Metronium, a realm of cyber space ruled by the Creator. You are known as the user, the chosen one and savior of the Drivers who have been inflicted by the Trojans. Fight through the horde of Trojans to complete your objectives and take down the father of the Trojans, the Creator.
Fight for survival in ANOMONAUT, an experimental roguelike shooter where each player only has one chance--yes, for real!
Why similar: Experimental 48.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Action 7.9%, Combat 7.2%, Indie 6.4%
You are in the Metronium, a realm of cyber space ruled by the Creator. You are known as the user, the chosen one and savior of the Drivers who have been inflicted by the Trojans. Fight through the horde of Trojans to complete your objectives and take down the father of the Trojans, the Creator.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.9%, Action 22.7%, Retro 17.5%, Indie 15.8%
Load dice as bullets. Shoot d-heads. Survive the arcade machine that wants you dead.
Why similar: Experimental 48.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 28%, Retro 9.4%, Indie 6.4%, Action 5.3%
The Triennale Game Collection is a free virtual exhibition of video games created for the 21st International Exhibition of Triennale Milano by five of the world’s most renowned independent game designers, showcasing these artists’ experimental approach to interactivity.
Why similar: Experimental 84.4% ★, Indie 15.6%
Memoir En Code: Reissue is an autobiographical game album. Designed to be experienced similarly to a music album, this short experimental game explores different bits of the author's life as a series of interactive tracks.
Why similar: Experimental 74.3% ★, Indie 25.7%
pemsa is an unofficial cart runner for the famous PICO-8 fantasy console. We've included some classic games developed for this console with permission from the authors, including Celeste, Slipways & Hug Arena.
Why similar: Experimental 67.2% ★, Retro 13.3%, 2D 7%, Action 6.4%, Indie 4.4%
Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your mission: commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Action 29.8%, Indie 21.5%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Druta-Cinta is a relaxing and replayable game to play in your free time that doesn't require your full attention. Time is controlled by the player, and the speed of obstacles matches the player, so take your time in here.
Why similar: Experimental 48.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Action 8.1%, Retro 6.8%, 2D 4.6%
Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke is a single player top down shooter game in which you "Joe Blunt" are trying to fight your way through an onslaught of cigarettes, with the sole purpose to track down your beloved Mary Jane from the clutches of evil Dr Hydro.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.3%, Action 27.5%, Indie 19.2%
Fast-paced top-down physicsy space dogfighting action
Why similar: Experimental 48.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Action 15.1%, Combat 4.4%, Indie 3.3%
You play as Otem, a child who has been chosen as a sacrifice to the gods of his tribe. As they materialize in the center of the ring-shaped arena, you must dodge their attacks and fight back to survive the ritual and uncover the secrets of this gruesome tradition lead by the mysterious Shaman.
Why similar: Experimental 56.2% ★, Action 22.5%, Indie 21.4%
A rougelite top-down shooter where you collect random upgrades to kill hostile color entities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.2%, Action 21.7%, Retro 16.3%, Combat 11.1%, Indie 4.9%
Superstatic is a top-down shooter where you're given the ability to possess and control your enemies. Using "copies", you're able to perform a variety of skills including killing enemies within a certain radius, chaining kills together based on your current combo, teleporting to your copy's position and more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.5%, Action 33.8%, Indie 21.6%
Bit Bullet – Is a single player top-down shooter with an escalating difficulty level and complicated enemies, in which you will have to blow up and crush hordes of enemies using various weapons and skills.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.4%, Action 30.7%, Indie 20.9%
**NOW ON SALE!!** AREA 4643 is the cyberpunk action shooting game. It's based on the cyberpunk city Neo-Saitama and Ninja Slayer universe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.1%, Action 36.8%, Indie 25%
POP: Methodology Experiment One is an experimental game by Rob Lach which was designed music first, with the gameplay and aesthetic derived from the creative flow of the music production process. What emerged is an emotional psychedelic roller-coaster of interactive vignettes.
Why similar: Experimental 59.3% ★, Indie 15%, Action 14.1%, Retro 11.6%
An arcade-style top-down shooter where your only weapon is your froggy tongue. Eat hoardes of enemy insects in frantic, high-precision fights that demand clever decision-making. Don't get surrounded - it's one hit and you're croaked.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 60.8%, Action 21.4%, 2D 9%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Hi, I'm Terry Cavanagh! You might remember me from such videogames as Dicey Dungeons, Super Hexagon, and VVVVVV. Here are a few other things I've made over the years!
Why similar: Experimental 76.7% ★, Action 10.3%, Retro 7.5%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 1%
In Metaverse you will dig, discover, design, deploy, and defend. Explore, build upon, or tear apart your own procedurally generated voxel planet. And now in the early stages of our multiplayer implementation, help conquer or build the planets of others.
Why similar: Experimental 79% ★, Action 12.4%, Indie 8.6%
The biggest feature is that it produces state changes such as petrification in real time until it becomes incapacitated. Multiple types of materials can be selected for petrification. The content of the game is an avoidant STG where the ending branches depending on the action in the boss battle.
Why similar: Experimental 50.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Action 11.6%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1%
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 38%, Indie 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Retro 10.1%
Julian Luxemburg has prepared a dinner for two at his place – but things go awry when the date does not show up and he is left waiting at his dinner table, the clock’s ticking growing unbearably loud. „Dinner Date” is the character portrait of Julian: by becoming his subconsciousness you gain a clear vantage point on the worries which...
Why similar: Experimental 80.2% ★, Indie 17.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
The trippy and wondrous exploration-walking simulator. Arty, surreal, different. Grant your brain some sweetmeat.
Why similar: Experimental 74.3% ★, Indie 25.7%
Play a series of tiny games based on well-known classics, each with a unique twist and connected to each other. Race cars, hit golf balls, uncover mines, and more in this experimental action/puzzle game.
Why similar: Experimental 81.3% ★, 2D 6.9%, Action 6.1%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Punish your enemies, take their money, acquire new skills, supermoves… and eat shawarma! All this in a tornadic action “Stand 'em up” following the traditions of classic-style beat 'em ups.
Why similar: Experimental 70.7% ★, Action 17.3%, 2D 6.1%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
You died! Reincarnate in 5 animals to prove GOD You are worthy of returning to the world in this spiritual adventure. A short, experimental and multi-genre game with 5 gameplay styles, each with its own unique mechanics.
Why similar: Experimental 74% ★, Retro 10.5%, Action 8%, Indie 3.9%, 2D 2.9%
The quiet and peaceful countryside in Scapeland is the perfect place to built up your own little paradise. Multiply your funds by selling plants and animal products. Enlarge your property, explore new areas and meet new people. This farming game is all about the happy and stress-free life of a farmer... or is it?
Why similar: Experimental 62.6% ★, Action 22%, Indie 15.4%
Shoot, Fly, Open, Win.
Why similar: Experimental 65.2% ★, Action 18.1%, Combat 6.3%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 4.2%
Space Jammers is a 1-4 player Sci-Fi rogue-ish top-down shooter. Guide an alien rock band of space kitten pirates through a fractured multi-verse. Fly starfighters, board space ships and loot local populations to fund your musical tour.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54.1%, Action 27%, Indie 18.9%
Escape rooms are fun! But Escape Knox Manor asks the question what if you were actually kidnapped? And what if you had to escape a mansion? Find out now!
Why similar: Experimental 78.3% ★, Retro 16.3%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
A collection of 5 experimental games from different indie devs that takes you on a journey through time!
Why similar: Experimental 69.9% ★, Indie 12.9%, Retro 6.7%, Action 5%, 2D 4.7%
A gritty bounty hunter game. Play as a lonely drifter, fly across a rainy planet, and track down criminals to earn money.
Why similar: Action 39.7%, Experimental 32.6% ★, Indie 27.7%
Match incoming waves with ours exclusive OPTIMAL GEOMETRIC CENTRAL SOLVER, and endure all fun in the process!
Why similar: Experimental 66.2% ★, Retro 10.3%, Action 9.9%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 4.9%
Escape the Maze of Malice in this frantic 2D top-down shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.7%, Indie 14.1%, Action 12.7%, Retro 11.2%, Combat 7.4%
Over My Dead Pixel is a top down shooter where you command antivirus software to defend your computer from malware. Beware, firing your weapons will shrink your playspace. Maneuver deftly to avoid the enemies and the walls, as one single hit means restarting.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.6%, Action 28.4%, Indie 19%
"Beats Warrior: Nian" is a strange rhythm action adventure game. The story tells that Nian and Bao never miss the adventure! Nian will use special beat combat techniques to defeat creatures and bosses in several worlds.
Why similar: Experimental 44.2% ★, Action 21.9%, Indie 15.8%, Retro 10.5%, 2D 5.8%
Triton Wing is a top-down, open-world space shooter full of fast action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.2%, Action 47.8%
A minimalist procedurally generated one-stick shooter where you play as a microbot fending off a bio-mechanical plague.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.6%, Action 24.6%, Indie 10.5%, Combat 9.8%, 2D 7.8%
Rogue-like top-down-shooter with pixel-art, physics and hard survival.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.6%, Action 31.4%, Indie 22%
In this prologue you crash-land on a mysterious planet. In order to get your lost cargo back, use tetrominos, solve blocky puzzles, and get to know its not too friendly inhabitants.
Why similar: Experimental 68% ★, Action 20%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A collection of three small games. Catch fish on an ocean, solve a riddle in a desert, and make stew in a grove - all within 3 post card sized games.
Why similar: Experimental 74.3% ★, Indie 25.7%
Do you like music? Do you like video games? Well, I don't really care, because either way you are going to like our soundtrack. It has over 30 minutes of original music on it, it features uninterrupted listening and 2 full songs that are exclusive only to the OST and cannot be found anywhere else.
Why similar: Experimental 79.2% ★, Retro 8%, 2D 7.2%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.6%, Action 31.1%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 14%
Deidia is an Idle Game / Exploration / Incremental / Data-Corruption Glitch-Venture Hybrid game where you explore a lonely unstable world, use glitches, forgotten ruins. Its exploring an offline abandoned game / server with a ram corruptor played with platforming, very ambient, experimental.
Why similar: Experimental 85.4% ★, Indie 14.6%
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.1%, Action 21.4%, Retro 14.2%, 2D 7.3%, Combat 5.5%
This is a runner game but to jump you do a real life squat! The game uses the camera to detect squats. Squat a certain amount of times and get a sword powerup.
Why similar: Experimental 70.3% ★, Action 19.9%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Unaided: 1939 is a hardcore Top-Down shooter with stealth elements, set in the year 1939 before the start of World War II. Germany has not yet attacked Poland but tensions have already risen in central Europe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.4%, Action 26.6%, Indie 17%
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
Why similar: Experimental 82.9% ★, Indie 16.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A casual puzzle game about manipulating and playing with light.
Why similar: Experimental 84.2% ★, 2D 8.7%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.7%
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58.9%, Action 16%, Retro 14.5%, Combat 5%, 2D 4.7%
Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.9%, Action 25.2%, Retro 11.9%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 5.3%
Dap is a horror-action-adventure about gathering and protecting a pack of fragile creatures called Daps. Lead your Daps to safety through an eerily beautiful world, fighting off threats, solving puzzles, and avoiding the infection that twists your companions into something alien and terrifying…
Why similar: Experimental 47.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Action 10.5%, Combat 9.4%, 2D 5.6%
Bulletorium is a dynamic and fast top-down shooter with a lot of shootouts, base capture and management, AI controlling and various upgrades and boss fights.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.2%, Action 39.1%, Indie 9.7%
If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.1%, Action 31.4%, Indie 20.5%
Foam Dart Frenzy is a 2D, top-down, online multiplayer shooter. Grab a dart gun and take aim at your friends!
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 30%, Indie 27.1%, 2D 4.8%
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54%, Action 23.3%, Indie 11.7%, 2D 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.9%, Retro 23.5%, Action 20.7%, Combat 7.4%, Indie 4.7%
You destroy the runaway electronic organ AISZ. Vertical scroll STG with all 5 levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53%, Action 28.3%, 2D 9.4%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Explore the dark underbelly of a massive wine cellar contested with cult bandits, traps, and paranormal bosses. Select from an array of different characters with unique abilities, and opportunities for customization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.5%, Action 32.8%, Indie 21.7%
Introducing Hollybound: a game of underqualified heroes! A radioactive invasion is taking over Wayfield, and it's up to you to stop it! In this action-packed top-down shooter, you'll face inconvenient traffic, a crowded shopping mall, and even an Italian restaurant! ...It's cooler than it sounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.5%, Action 18.4%, Retro 14.6%, Combat 7.7%, 2D 5.2%
