Indie Action Games on Steam
Indie Action Games on Steam
Discover indie action games on Steam. smallcrate helps you find fast-paced indie releases, action games from small developers, and new Steam catalog picks.
This page is built from Steam catalog data and focuses on indie games tagged with Action. Browse releases, compare prices, discover hidden gems, and open each game page for more details.
Featured Indie Action Games on Steam
argmax Loop
die listening to techno bangers.
gunman
A roguelite buildcrafting swarm-eleminating game about a guy with a gun
Pellets
Pellets is a 2D shooter game about stopping a concentric ring-filled prophecy. You control two characters at once, where you try and manage the swarms of Pellets coming down. There are many pellet types, characters and abilities, and environment effects. Defend yourself or bring a second player.
Word Space Blaster
Word Space Blaster is a fast‑paced space themed word game. Spell words to fire different weapons, blast enemy ships and survive battles across the galaxy. Choose your ship, pick your starting bonus and fight through hundreds of levels filled with stronger enemies and bosses with devastating attacks.
Rope Up!
Shoot your rope, latch on, swing, and climb higher.
Spell Alchemist
Spell Alchemist is a short incremental resource-gathering and crafting game about digging for resources and processing them into powerful spells. Craft the most powerful healing spell to cure humanity of a mysterious disease.
Umbra Flora
In a world where green has vanished, plant, grow, and fuse plants into fearsome creatures. Lead your farm-grown warriors in a turn-based strategy fight against the forces of nature.
Super Night Riders S1
Super Night Riders S1 is a modern checkpoint arcade racer inspired by '80s classics. Race as Alice, the Red Rider, across 12 stages from day to sunrise. Dodge rivals and beat the clock - distance matters more than position.
Office Shoe Slinger
"Live the Dream" of throwing shoes at your coworker's faces. Just imagine the text bubbles are Steve from accounting.
Tacos or Death
Make deliveries. Buy tacos. Don't die. Health drains every second and your only lifeline is the taco stand. Dodge skull-van chasers, grab power-ups, and see how long you can last in this top-down pixel art arcade survival game.
MusicRunner
Welcome to MusicRunner, a new type of rhythm and action game!
Abominable Asteroids
Lost in deep space and surrounded by deadly asteroids, your survival will depend on your shooting and piloting skills in this retro-inspired action game!
Sopwith
Fly a WWI biplane in this faithful remake of the 1984 DOS classic. Bomb targets, dogfight enemies, and master the skies solo or in online multiplayer. Eight levels of escalating challenge await.
NO BACKUP
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
Dealer's Domain: The Infinite Hand
Dragged through a warped casino by forces you don’t understand, you find yourself trapped inside the Dealer’s Domain — a fractured reality where the rules of the game are anything but fair. Your only choice? Build powerful poker hands in a fast-paced FPS roguelike where every card is a weapon.
Vampire Pumpkin Plot
You are a Vampire traitor left for dead. Now you will take down the evil vampire pumpkin plot and escape into the void in this retro inspired boomer shooter.
Firefield
Fire Field is a dark fantasy action RPG about descending into the depths of hell through shifting underground layouts, gear-driven progression, and a ghost system, while uncovering the truth of the flame that killed the king in 1997 and the mystery of Rainz.
Celestial isle's dream
Under the guidance of the "Order Restorers," you will embark on a journey, determined to close the rift and restore the world’s order.On your peaceful home island, gather, cultivate, build, fish, and craft.In the unpredictable dungeons, explore, strategize, make decisions, and fight.
Marshmallow Marvin: Greenwood
Marshmallow Marvin: Greenwood is a challenging 2D pixel art platformer where you guide Marvin through a trap filled forest, avoiding deadly spikes, dodging automated turrets, and mastering precision platforming to reach the exit.
Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd
Your first day as the new shepherd in the village… and everything is going wrong. The animals are missing. The villagers are strange. And the truth is far more terrifying.
HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES
HOLY GRAIL for DUMMIES is a colorful and absurd action-platformer about Buckethead, a hero past his prime, in a world that, let's be honest, has seen better days...
One Way Mirror: AI
Neon lights. Cold coffee. One case at a time. In One Way Mirror: AI, each investigation is AI generated and every suspect can talk back. Interrogate, connect the clues, break alibis, and expose the killer before the truth slips away into the night. Every question matters. Every lie has a tell.
Bourbon Risky
Bourbon Risky is a simple but deep boss rush action game with retro style graphics. Smash all enemies in your way with your eternal companion that blasting bullets and lasers!
Red Door Yellow Door
“Red Door Yellow Door” is a procedurally generated horror game in which you explore an ever-changing maze, complete tasks, and evade relentless creatures in order to escape. Each round offers new paths, new dangers, and no second chances.
EMZOMBED 2
EMZOMBED 2 - Get Ready for this TopDown Survival RPG Action Adventure game!
Trapped in the Backrooms
Trapped in the Backrooms is a psychological horror experience across unsettling, interconnected levels. Navigate shifting environments, uncover hidden truths, and survive entities that adapt to your movement. Each map brings new rules, new threats, and deeper descent into the unknown.
Visual novel: The One from the Dark
Visual novel set in a rural horror setting. Take on the role of a city real estate appraiser stranded in a remote village with no phone service, no cars, and no escape. Read dialogues, make choices, and try to maintain your sanity before the local Tree decides you're for dinner tonight.
Invaders Evolutions
100 levels. One final boss. No careless mistakes. Survive an escalating arms race in this retro-industrial reimagining of the 1978 classic. Out-tech a mutating swarm, manage your reserves, and master a loop where every failed defense makes the enemy stronger.
Clowny The Great Escape
Trapped in a nightmare house, you must escape Clowny, a blind but sound-sensitive stalker. Restore power, solve puzzles with realistic physics, and find multiple security codes to unlock the exit. Customize your experience with a deep Custom Mode. Stay quiet—he's listening.
Hyper-Drive
Drive / Shoot / Defend: Master tight corners, boosting at the perfect moment and blitz through blazing straights in the Grand Prix mode, blast the other racers away with a variety of on-board weapons and defend yourself. Face ever increasing challenging racers and prove your dominance.