- #1 Aerannis
97% matchMixed69% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: ektomarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Aerannis is a mission-based stealth action game set in a world of conspiracy and full of action and assassinations.
Why similar: Action 74%, Indie 26%
- #2 RONIN
96% matchMixed70% of 2,438 reviews2015
Dev: Tomasz WacławekPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Ronin is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation.
Why similar: Action 74.6%, Indie 25.4%
- #3 Cinderella Escape 2 Revenge
96% matchVery Positive90% of 395 reviews2017
Dev: Hajime Doujin Circle
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cinderella is back with a new goddess power. Ready to fight for her innocence and reveal the secret plan of the Prince. Will she get her revenge? Will she accept her destiny?
Why similar: Action 67%, Violent 20.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #4 Mercury: Cascade into Madness
95% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Mercury is a quirky and violent vigilante. After experiencing a traumatic event in her life, she saw it as her purpose to take to the streets and fight crime, only to become entangled in something huge that could threaten the entire city. Cyberpunk RPG with choice and consequence.
Why similar: Violent 84.2%, Indie 15.8%
- #5 Public Defense Corp
94% matchVery Positive82% of 383 reviews2020
Dev: ClymeniaPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the far-off year of 20XX, constant attacks and hostility from an evil secret society have caused several private defense companies to spring up around Japan. Determined to get revenge for the destruction of her hometown, Haruka joins the public defense corp!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #6 Roller Riot
94% matchVery Positive91% of 162 reviews2020
Dev: MassDigi
Windows · Mac
Get your revenge on the enemy cyborg roller derby gang! Roll and fight through a beautiful neon cityscape as CB, a genetically modified cyborg, bent on getting revenge for her past...
Why similar: Action 100%
- #7 Vindilis
92% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: François Mauxion
Windows
Fight tremendous bosses and discover the secrets of Vindilis! A short, epic 2D action platformer that will put you against powerful enemies in a hand-drawn universe. A short-form souls like game about vengeance and creation.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #8 Wicce
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Alpheratz Games Pub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enter the town of death to save the dear daughter!
Why similar: Action 77.6%, Indie 22.4%
- #9 Akane
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,868 reviews2018
Dev: Ludic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death.
Why similar: Violent 50.7%, Action 36.3%, Indie 13%
- #10 Bot Vice
91% matchVery Positive93% of 1,467 reviews2016
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #11 Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2023
Dev: Subcult Joint LTD
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Fueled by love but driven by rage, Cherry embarks on a blood-soaked quest for revenge, explores the massive Megastructure, and eviscerates the armies of Infornet in a best-in-class action-adventure that breaks tropes and bones.
Why similar: Violent 54%, Action 37.9%, Indie 8%
- #12 NanoApostle
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,162 reviews2024
Dev: 18Light Game Ltd.Pub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
NanoApostle is a dark sci-fi boss rush action game featuring intense reaction-based combat and the unique "Destruction Point" system. Play as Anita, a child augmented with lethal nanomachines, as she battles against twisted cybernetic experiments to escape a top-secret facility.
Why similar: Action 93.8%, Indie 6.2%
- #13 Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 129 reviews2023
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Embody a hard-boiled detective seeking bloody justice. in an old-school, Korean-style beat-’em-up. Plow through the criminal underworld to find and punish those responsible for his sister's death...before his mind unravels and his vengeance completely destroys him.
Why similar: Action 53.7%, Violent 42.3%, Indie 4%
- #14 FULL METAL SCHOOLGIRL
89% matchMixed69% of 221 reviews2025
Dev: YUKE'SPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Full metal schoolgirl destroys an exploitative enterprise! (...while being livestreamed)
Why similar: Action 63.7%, Violent 36.3%
- #15 Revenant
86% matchVery Positive94% of 458 reviews2023
Dev: MAYFLY
Windows
Revenant is a pixel-art style shooting game set in the near future.
Why similar: Action 91%, Indie 9%
- #16 Project Mercury
87% matchMixed58% of 590 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Action 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #17 Rosenkreuzstilette
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 436 reviews2017
Dev: [erka:es]Pub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
Why similar: Action 77.2%, Indie 22.8%
- #18 Hunt the Night
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 502 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlight GamesPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hunt the Night is a retro-style action-RPG that blends fast, skillful combat with dark fantasy lore. Play as Vesper, a member of the Stalkers, and traverse the ruined world of Medhram on a mission to save humanity from a deadly cycle of annihilation.
Why similar: Violent 46%, Action 45.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #19 RED HOT VENGEANCE
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,565 reviews2019
Dev: Bros Before Giraffes
Windows
He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed.
Why similar: Violent 59.6%, Action 30.9%, Indie 9.5%
- #20 Molemen Must Die!
85% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Mokomoto
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Molemen Must Die is a game of huge bombs and revenge gone wrong, fighting for the honor of your temper-tantrum President. Deliver a bomb to the center of the Earth in this action arcade epic, inspired by your favorite B-grade action flicks. Get ready to fail in the name of Presidential pride!
Why similar: Action 77.5%, Indie 22.5%
- #21 Han'yo
83% matchVery Positive84% of 352 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
After witnessing her village being destroyed and slaughtered by the Oni demon, Hiroko has only one goal: revenge. Join this young samurai in this 2D side-scrolling platformer.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #22 Better Than Dead
81% matchMixed70% of 912 reviews2026
Dev: MONTE GALLOPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A brutal bodycam revenge FPS set in Hong Kong. Slide into bullet time, fight up close, take down your kidnappers, and record every second of your revenge.
Why similar: Violent 58.1%, Action 33.6%, Indie 8.3%
- #23 Obscurite Magie: The Blood of Kings
81% matchVery Positive89% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: Syun-kan FlowlighterPub: Kagura Games
Windows
Adventurer Lietta Fane's mentor and guardian Negel was murdered. She swears vengeance against his murderer and sets off to confront her destiny.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #24 NINJA GIRL
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Cream Meron
Windows
A full-scale action game in which one Kunoichi fights against ninjas and necromancers during the Warring States period.
Why similar: Action 58.8%, Violent 35.4%, Indie 5.8%
- #25 Outrage
82% matchMixed61% of 172 reviews2016
Dev: Astronomic GamesPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Outrage is a short cyberpunk dungeon crawler. You manage a team of vigilantes and must undertake various missions in the city to strengthen your team and your cause in order to bring a powerful enemy to justice.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #26 Rimward Basilisk
79% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2022
Dev: Nowaki (old)
Windows
The long war between Ulstania and Kostakovia was interrupted when a cyberweapon went catastrophically out of control. Follow the stories of the survivors as they fight and navigate through the fallout. [NOTE: please read game description below]
Why similar: Action 80.2%, Indie 19.8%
- #27 System Purge
78% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Actual Nerds
Windows
Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.
Why similar: Violent 50.3%, Action 39.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #28 Black Beacon Hill
77% matchVery Positive98% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Kowloon Drop Bear
Windows
Follow the story of the [Phantoms] as forces beyond their control drag them back into a vendetta in the streets, the Ulstanian-Kostakovian war they left behind rages on in the distance, and an existential threat looms over all. A visual novel with a unique design minimalistic top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Action 82%, Indie 18%
- #29 Kunoichi Tsubaki
79% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2018
Dev: とらいあんぐる!Pub: DLsite
Windows
A Kunoichi (female ninja) themed RPG. In order to punish oppressive warlords, gather intel and investigate the town by day, under the guise of a maid. Then, use your ninja skills to sneak into their castle at night, and vanquish the enemy!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #30 BIRDCAGE
75% matchVery Positive97% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: POLYGON BIRD
Windows
Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this story-driven arcade shooter. The RADON Daughters have launched their ultimate weapon. Take control of the experimental gunship HALCYON and break out of the CAGE.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #31 Metrocide
80% matchMixed54% of 172 reviews2014
Dev: Flat Earth Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A relentless top-down single-player arcade stealth-shooter where you play as contract killer T.J. Trench, seeking to buy your way out of Metro City, the cyberpunk dystopia where everyone wants you dead.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #32 Bloodecay
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlvaStudioPub: Fengfeng Network
Windows
A deadly plague known as erosion broke out in the land of Elworth. It corrupted all life, bringing pain and destruction – Idonia, as the knight accepting the bloodthirsty imprint set out on a path to redemption, exterminating plague minions and destroying ancient evils
Why similar: Violent 47.4%, Action 46%, Indie 6.6%
- #33 シシテナオ-Even in Death-
75% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Mugen Daraku
Windows
"シシテナオ-Even in Death-" is stealth horror action game that requires trial and error. It tells the story of a young girl who wakes up in a strange and unsettling world, where eerie creatures known as "Ochibito" roam.
Why similar: Action 48.4%, Violent 42.4%, Indie 9.2%
- #34 Jack Move
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,292 reviews2022
Dev: So RomanticPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk story telling, turn based battles and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping and dark research after her father goes missing.
- #35 She Wants Me Dead
76% matchVery Positive86% of 149 reviews2016
Dev: Hello There Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Max is in trouble. He pissed off his cat Lula and now she’s out to get him. And Lula is far from sweet. She is vicious, cold and unforgiving. More dangerous than Lula are her traps – deadly and brutal killing contraptions with Max’s name written all over them.
Why similar: Violent 54.3%, Action 45.7%
- #36 One Try, One Kill
76% matchVery Positive83% of 84 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 76.7%, Indie 23.3%
- #37 Vernal Edge
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 637 reviews2023
Dev: Hello Penguin Team LLCPub: PID Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Vernal Edge is a 2D action-packed Metroidvania featuring an intense combat system, tight platforming sequences and a powerful story of rivalry, revenge and growth.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #38 Eris Dysnomia
73% matchVery Positive92% of 302 reviews2023
Dev: Above a Damage TilePub: Kagura Games
Windows
Eris finds herself alone in a world full of monsters with a scythe and a gun as her only means of protection. Join her on her journey as she battles her way through a swarm of enemies to reach her goal!
Why similar: Action 84.8%, Indie 15.2%
- #39 UBERMOSH Vol.3
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,463 reviews2016
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The third volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Why similar: Action 77.4%, Indie 22.6%
- #40 Lustful Victor
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: NeonByteStudioPub: Shady Corner Games
Windows
In this city of sin, power comes at a price. Noëlle must navigate a world of corrupt deals and illicit pleasures to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #41 Yar's Revenge
77% matchMixed65% of 85 reviews2011
Dev: Killspace EntertainmentPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Take flight as you explore exotic alien worlds and seek to avenge your fallen race
Why similar: Action 100%
- #42 Haneda Girl
71% matchVery Positive95% of 91 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Koba
Windows
Haneda Girl is an action-platformer game with brutal and frantic action. Clean stages swapping between two playable characters. Bullets or Slashes, your choice, but be creative. A wide variety of ways to solve each encounter are at your disposal. Dance the waltz of destruction, end the threat.
Why similar: Action 80.8%, Indie 19.2%
- #43 SharpShooter3D
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,229 reviews2023
Dev: HeadHunters games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
SharpShooter3D is a first-person subculture shooter in the best old school traditions. Burn! Destroy! Kill! Kill! Kill!
Why similar: Violent 57%, Action 43%
- #44 Project KILLDANCE
69% matchVery Positive95% of 157 reviews2026
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows
Project KILLDANCE is a Noir tactical action featuring a one-army strategy and instant-death combat. Slowly observe surroundings, choreograph each killing move, leave no survivor, and become the spectral death.
Why similar: Action 85.3%, Indie 14.7%
- #45 this morning I decided to die
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 172 reviews2023
Dev: ctcPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow a girl through the last day of her life.
Why similar: Violent 85.4%, Indie 14.6%
- #46 Hatred
70% matchVery Positive84% of 28,349 reviews2015
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Why similar: Violent 69.8%, Action 25.9%, Indie 4.3%
- #47 DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror
72% matchVery Positive88% of 103 reviews2021
Dev: Darius Immanuel GuerreroPub: AppSir Games
Windows
Experience a meta horror pixel platformer retro game haunted by a mysterious yandere.
Why similar: Action 68.5%, Indie 31.5%
- #48 Decimate Drive
69% matchVery Positive91% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: Some Random Designing
Windows
It's run or die in a killer car infested city. Dash from dumpster to park bench and don’t make a wrong move. Ice cream trucks, snowplows and dodgy vans all want you dead. Decimate Drive, an indie game, is terrifyingly fast-paced and drenched in atmospheric horror.
Why similar: Action 49.2%, Violent 40.1%, Indie 10.7%
- #49 Virtua Unlimited Project
68% matchVery Positive92% of 428 reviews2024
Dev: Virtua Ride SystemPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows
Virtua Unlimited Project is a 2D pixel-art style ACT game featuring VTuber characters. With classical platformer gameplay, challenging combat, and retro game feelings, VUP presents you a surreal, virtual world in which you will play as Aizawa Kana to venture and seek the truth beneath.
Why similar: Action 80.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #50 Meritocracy of the Oni & Blade
71% matchVery Positive85% of 431 reviews2018
Dev: ONEONE1Pub: DLsite
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Her home town burned to ground and her parents killed by the "Red Demon", Aika Amagami was left orphaned and alone. Forging her path in life with the blade, what fate awaits her? Be it hope? Depravity? Or perhaps corruption? A multi ending RPG with 3 routes and 10 endings!
Why similar: Violent 88.3%, Indie 11.7%
- #51 Remothered: Tormented Fathers
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,331 reviews2018
Dev: Stormind Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
Why similar: Violent 53.1%, Action 38.1%, Indie 8.8%
- #52 ENYO Arcade
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2015
Dev: James MearmanPub: www.dev-zoo.net
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
ENYO is trying to let go of an old Dystopia. It's also a 2d action platformer that does not require destroying things.
Why similar: Action 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #53 ANNO: Mutationem
67% matchVery Positive81% of 6,531 reviews2022
Dev: ThinkingStars
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
ANNO: Mutationem is an action-adventure game with RPG elements set in a cyberpunk world, featuring a unique mix of pixelated 2D & 3D graphic style with a rich, dark and bizarre plot.
Why similar: Action 76.1%, Indie 23.9%
- #54 Beyond Citadel
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,241 reviews2025
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #55 Dex
69% matchVery Positive87% of 3,503 reviews2015
Dev: Dreadlocks Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
Why similar: Violent 45.8%, Action 43.5%, Indie 10.8%
- #56 Axiom of Maria: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Ganzheit
Windows
Axiom of Maria is an action-adventure game featuring Kay as the protagonist trying to get back her family from an AI in Seoul, a ghost town due to population decline.
Why similar: Action 83.8%, Indie 16.2%
- #57 Neon Inferno
64% matchVery Positive94% of 371 reviews2025
Dev: Zenovia InteractivePub: Retroware
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #58 SONOKUNI
65% matchVery Positive98% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: DON YASA CREWPub: Kakehashi Games
Windows
Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your time-bending skills to take down your oppressors and you might yet save your dying nation.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #59 ICEY
66% matchVery Positive90% of 27,625 reviews2016
Dev: FantaBlade NetworkPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?
Why similar: Action 88.2%, Indie 11.8%
- #60 Cronie the Assassin's Mission ~ The Teddy Bear Payment
67% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: nikukyuPub: 072 Project
Windows
What happens when a proficient assassin enters a thieves stronghold directly? Use skills to backstab enemies from behind, or fight head-on. Will Cronie be able to successfully complete the commission?
Why similar: Action 75.8%, Indie 24.2%