- #1 Epsilon Jump Prime
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Energize Labs Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Epsilon Jump is a retro, Geometry Wars-inspired arcade game based on a unique warping mechanic where you warp through enemies to destroy them, chaining warps together to get a high score.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #2 Elly The Jelly
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Seize Studios
Windows · Mac
Are you ready for the Jelly? Get this awesome Party Game where you have to take your (former)friends out of the arena! Shoot pieces of yourself and use several items!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #3 HVRGUN
91% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #4 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #5 AstroShift
94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: WHITEROCK games
Windows
AstroShift is a unique free-roam 2D space shooter, where your ship's destruction isn't game over - you get flung into space, and you have to find and board a new ship before your air runs out, and YOU explode - you know, because science...
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #6 Grid Masters
92% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Angry Hangar Games, LLC
Windows
Fight for victory in a 1v1 or 2v2 grid-based deathmatch in Grid Masters. Represent your favorite faction as one of five characters (with more to come), each with their own unique abilities. Toss massive bombs, rocket punch, or send explosive robot minions to take your enemies down!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #7 tick-hunter
91% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2017
Dev: StalkerAlexPub: StalkerAlex.
Windows
Tik-hunter - first-person game with elements of horror.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #8 PROJECT VELOCITY
89% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Omnirift
Windows · Mac · Linux
PROJECT VELOCITY is a Bullet Hell and Endless Runner where the speed never stops rising, and the obstacles never stop coming. Fight and cruise your way through obstructions and bosses with ever-increasing difficulty!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #9 Red Barton and The Sky Pirates
90% matchNegative17% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Schism WorldwidePub: 11000AD
Windows
Red Barton and the Sky Pirates is an exciting 3rd person arcade combat flight shooter reminiscent of games like Star Fox back on the classic N64 and the legendary “After Burner” arcade.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #10 Longshot Universe
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Longshot Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Longshot Universe is an intense action arena shooter where you pilot a variety of space ships to dogfight and shoot down the enemy before they shoot you down.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #11 Sphera Turris
87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Mark WiedmannPub: Bugslayer Games
Windows
Sphera Turris is a timed rotating platformer where you guide a ball past an array of increasingly difficult obstacles to the top of a tower.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #12 Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer
88% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Brandon Brizzi
Windows
Is there intelligent life in the universe? Of course not, it's filled with Zombies! Sensing the opportunity for plunder, the Ghost Pirates have taken to the stars on their ethereal ships. Now it is up to YOU to take command of the Space Ghost Pirate Zombie Slayer fleet and lead them against the Zombie menace!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #13 Snakes on an Extradimensional Plane
86% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #14 Booty Diver
86% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #15 Run Jump Die Repeat
85% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Break The Food Chain
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: TEHO GamesPub: Caffeine Overdose
Windows
Break The Food Chain is an arcade game about cute little animals shooting at each other in the face like there is no tomorrow.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #17 Jolly Riot
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Mac · Linux
A rip-roaring fighting game featuring a hardy crew of swashbucklers!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 Aftermath Y2K
82% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #19 Nebula
83% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #20 NEON GALAXY
82% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #21 MC Lars 2: Brotherhood
81% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #22 Mustdashe
81% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Chris GermanoPub: Pilone Consulting
Windows
You have sixty seconds to make everything look awesome! Unleash the force of facial hair with the fabled Stash Knuckles and rack up points to get highscores and unlock achievements.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #23 Ales Dash
80% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Mikage Productions
Windows
Ales Dash is a Side-Scrolling 3D Action Game. You control Ales running forward and Clear the Level while over obstacles.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #24 Spin the Beat
84% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #25 The Executioner: Prologue
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #26 Brutal MooD
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quad Damage Games
Windows
Brutal MooD™ — is a fast-paced top-down bloody shooter that features classic elements of games from nineties.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #27 No Mans Land
79% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Selective Intuition
Windows
No Mans Land is a poly art Zombie Survival game. You can craft, loot and shoot your way around the map. Play alone, or with a group of people. Choose how you lived your life previously, and make your way into a new life, living along side the zombies. Just remember to sleep with one eye open!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #28 Attack of the Gooobers
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: SluggishtacoGames
Windows
Grab some friends or play alone and prepare to defend yourself from the Goobers in "Attack Of The Goobers!" Choose between multiple classes with unique abilities to survive the attack. Customize your characters stats and appearance to play how you like. Purchase weapons to defend yourself from the Goobers.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #29 Destroyer: Invasion
78% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: MFAFB Games LLC
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
In Soviet Russia, Space Hears You Scream! Earth is a memory, its children have escaped to their new colonies spread among the stars. But now, the young colonies face a new and unexpected threat. Join the New Russian Republic as they fight for the future!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #30 Cartacombs
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: YawningDad
Windows · Linux
Buckle up, hold on tight, and don't stop shooting! Cartacombs is a 2D endless-runner/shooter. Careen through mine shafts and caverns in your cart, leaping and blasting the monsters that lurk in the deep parts of the earth. Power up your weapon and cart, and see how far you can go!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #31 Dawn of H'btakh
78% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
Bizarre roguelike arcade FPS. The fish demon H'btakh is trapped in a maze, luckily he has lots of super powers.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #32 R.A.T.S. (Regulatory Astro-Topographical Stabilizer)
77% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2017
Dev: Mark Miller StudiosPub: I.E.D. Studios
Windows
R.A.T.S. is a fast-paced 3D arcade shooter where the battlefield is anything but stable! Pilot a ship on the surface of a star that is on the verge of going supernova while defending against swarms of enemies in this stellar shooter!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #33 Crate Punks
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Laborious RexPub: Skypeak LLC
Windows
the greatest crate-throwing experience since the boston tea party
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #34 Battlemage Training
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Mikael Mattsson
Windows
In Battlemage Training you are an aspiring Battlemage. Practice swinging your war wand with speed and precision.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #35 WWTF
74% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Yarrrg Studios
Windows
WWTF is a shoot them up boss rush inspired by the old classic Yars Revenge. Play as Pawda and escape the terrible cybernetic ex-soldiers animals of the zoo by flying with your jetpack and shooting.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #36 Scrash
74% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Cat Nigiri
Windows
Being dubbed "Pong on crack", Scrash is a two player face-off with breakable blocks, air hockey and table-tennis all in one.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #37 Dark Matter
75% matchMixed39% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Barty Games
Windows
The Space Pirates are planning on destroying the Earth. They have stolen many space cargo vessels in order to gain the supplies to blow it up. You play as Dark Matter, a hired bounty hunter who works with the Space Federation in order to stop the pirates. You must stop the pirates, save the space cargo vessels, and save the Earth.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Mischief On Main Street
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Games
Windows
Lie and bluff your way to victory in this online multiplayer VR game inspired by the likes of Mafia and Trouble in Terrorist Town!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #39 Pencil vs. Eraser
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Quinn PurdyPub: Bellringer Studios
Windows · Mac
In Pencil vs. Eraser you play as an eraser that fights off evil pencil doodles. Erase the doodles using a variety of weapons to earn money used to upgrade your eraser. Pencil vs. Eraser has an infinite number of levels filled with behaviourally-unique enemies that are hand-drawn to life during gameplay.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #40 Mage Guard: The Last Grimoire
64% 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 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 4 for the Money Demo
72% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Marble
Windows
4 for the Money is a fast-paced, side-scrolling action/platformer featuring gameplay and graphics resembling the greats of the NES era. Except you don't need a Four Score to play 4-player! Sit down alone or with a pack of friends and jump in for the action!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #42 Astroe
73% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Superstruct
Windows · Linux
Multiplayer player 2D space battle. Collect gold, team up and take over the other team's satellites.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 Waveform Wipeout
62% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Charcoal City GamesPub: Brinkbit, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Waveform Wipeout combines the fast paced action of pulling off a sick combo of tricks with the novelty of rhythm games. The levels are generated based on the song you pick, so the possibilities are endless.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #44 Abstract Arena
73% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Credici
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Abstract Arena is a top-down action-shooter game set in a completely abstract context. Up to 6 different ships can clash in the Arena, taking advantage of all of the unique and balanced skills each of them possesses.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #45 Onslaught VR
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindWalker Games
Windows
Jump into the fray with Onslaught VR! Armed with multiple gun types, devastating AOE attacks, and aerial capabilities, you'll face off against multiple enemies and powerful commanders. Good luck, soldier... you'll need it.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #46 Reckpunk
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: dlan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reckpunk is a platformer/endless runner where you control level elements rather than the main characters.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 Tech Clash
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Interstellar PunksPub: ESAT
Windows
In the far future huge companies compete for the control of the technological market, in this mayhem the CEOs of the biggest companies reunite and decide to fight it off in a tournament! Each company will provide a champion in what would be the fight of the century!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #48 Itsy Blitzy
70% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Minty Soul Games
Windows
Itsy Blitzy is an arcade style bullet hell brawler. The game focuses on simple-yet-deep combat with fluid controls, and a "so hard it's meditative" difficulty level.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #49 GRAY GROFA
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TPM.CO SOFT WORKS
Windows
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 Chuckie Egg 2017
69% matchMixed67% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Downsideup Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Run, jump, dodge, collect eggs! There's a new Harry in town as the popular platform game debuts on PC.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Duck's Inferno
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: GROm Games
Windows · Mac
Duck’s Inferno is a fun and challenging Action/Runner game. Fly through the nine circles of Dante’s Hell! Improve your hand agility dodging fatal blows and slashing demon hordes. Grab awesome prizes and win the epic battle against Evil!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 BrotherZ
71% matchMostly Negative27% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: ID Group
Windows
Old school first-person shooter in cartoon style. Postwar time, people get into squads and fight. 8 types of weapons in combat, classic game modes, the ability to be a zombie or a man, as well as a double jump and firejump.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #53 Shooting over it : to be a star
69% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Megaton
Windows
Shooting over it: to be a star draws the adventure of a starfish that wants to be a star. When you swim along the cave in the deep sea, you will encounter things you have never seen before. Follow the starfish friends who help you out of the deep sea Could a cute starfish be a star?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #54 Molly - Can you survive 100 nights?
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Cupantae.ie Games
Windows
Molly - Can you survive 100 nights?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #55 Rubicon Approach
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carbon Fiber Games
Windows
Rubicon Approach is a fast paced zero gravity shooter with a unique free movement system. Engage an enemy team in high speed, adrenaline fueled action across multiple maps.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #56 DEEP HOLE
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: AMG GAMES
Windows
"What kind of world is extending beyond that hole?" A 3D exploration Jetpack Akushi game that points to the lowest layer of a vertical hole cave that can not be seen at the bottom, depending on the situation.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #57 Last Shark Standing
64% matchPositive96% of 47 reviews2019
Dev: Shark Fin Games
Windows
Last Shark Standing is a couch-play party game where you use your superior fishing skills to throw your friends out of the arena.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%