- #1 Plumbum
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JMAA Games
Windows
PLUMBUM is a retro top-down roguelike shooter where you'll have to survive the innumerable hordes of mooks and goons in the cursed corridors of this cursed game. Will you survive as long as you can, or will you die trying?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelike 11%, Arcade 8.5%
- #2 Voidcutter Fuzor
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Howling Cat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Battle through waves of enemies, taking their power for your own in this retro-styled arcade shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Roguelike 13%, Arcade 9.6%
- #3 GyroGunner
71% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Arcade 9%, 1990's 6.8%
- #4 Vectrix
72% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Poco a PocoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Vectrix is a rhythmic, techno, top-down shoot 'em up with a synthwave soundtrack and a grid of enemies based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Arcade 12.2%, Roguelike 12.1%
- #5 SUPER SHAPESHOOTER
68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Wojtek Rak
Windows
SUPER SHAPESHOOTER is a fast-paced, top-down, stylized action game. Take on relentless waves of enemy shapes as you fight for survival. Save up your credits, make risky choices, and construct the perfect build to make your way through to the end and defeat the final boss.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelike 10%
- #6 Bullet Bunny
68% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: penusbmic
Windows
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Roguelike 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%
- #7 Pew-casso
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Made From Strings
Windows
Choose your loadout, choose your art brushes, and blast your way to a masterpiece! Pew-casso is a top-down action-roguelite shooter where you defeat enemies to level up and create a piece of art. The longer you last, the more complex your unique piece of art will become.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Bullet Time 7.2% ★
- #8 Acid Web
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Text Garden
Windows · Linux
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Arcade 9.3%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #9 Light Speed Ride Out
68% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: brimselGames
Windows
Light Speed Ride Out is a top-down space survivors arena shooter with roguelite elements. Upgrade your ship with a variety of items to create unique builds and survive the enemy hordes. Assemble the crew of your ship, make the right decisions and rescue people to get them to join your space colony.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Bullet Time 10.5% ★
- #10 PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors
67% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Traitorean Games
Windows
PhaigeX is a fast-paced "Bullet Heaven" space shooter, tasking the player to explore space sectors and contain a rising incursion of rogue AI-controlled units. Pilot a variety of ships, call in the support craft, and use a myriad of upgrades to lay down heavy firepower towards the enemy forces.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #11 Astrochibbi
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XGAME
Windows
Survive endless waves of cosmic chaos in Astrochibbi! Fight through escalating battles where every wave brings new monsters, new patterns, and new challenges. Dodge, shoot, and adapt as the battlefield evolves and only the strongest survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #12 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelike 10%
- #13 Move Dodge and Kill
68% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: DjokaGames
Windows · Linux
Dodge the enemies shot and kill them with different weapons. Move, Dodge and Kill is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler in a neon environment.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #14 Raiden NOVA | 雷電NOVA | 雷電新星
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: UFO Interactive Games
Windows
"Raiden" unites! Get ready to blast into a thrilling new dimension like never before!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Roguelike 13.3%
- #15 BloodDome Classic
67% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Arcade 10.4%
- #16 Level Tank
66% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Bit Games
Windows
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelike 7.2%
- #17 Retro Rocket Raiders
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Zed Zeek
Windows
An old school fast action twin stick shmup, featuring more than 20 weapons that you can equip your ship with and 30 different enemies
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 11.4%, Retro 8.3%
- #18 Hate Me Not
65% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: NotJustGames
Windows · Linux
A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #19 The Last Roll
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aspiro Games
Windows
Fast-paced 3D roguelike where you shoot through massive cube hordes. Unlock weapons and abilities, create powerful builds, and roll through a neon cyber-arena as the last sphere rising against the Cube regime to restore freedom.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.4%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Roguelike 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Action 7.6%
- #20 Dualism
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Noah Judson
Windows
Intense arcade shoot 'em up / bullet hell with twin-stick controls, roguelite upgrades, and a white & black twist where opposites damage and similars heal. An addicting, challenging, and relentless experience where you must control light and dark to succeed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #21 ExoSoul
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Get Ready Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exosoul is an adrenaline-fueled top-down shooter that will test your skills and reflexes. Fight for your life against relentless enemies while trying to synchronize your body and soul. You have a powerful arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely if you want to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Action Roguelike 21.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Roguelike 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #22 Mallow
63% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Goose Shroom
Windows
mallow is a fast paced topdown action roguelike game heavily inspired by nuclear throne. you can pick your own enemies as well as lots of different upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Action Roguelike 24.2%, Roguelike 17.1%, Action 7.8%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #23 Mechanophagia
64% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Apamate Studio
Windows
Aim. Dodge. Survive. Battle through a sci-fi hell in this intense Twin-Stick Roguelite Shooter. Survive the endless swarm for 10 minutes, defeat the level boss, or die trying. Draft powerful synergies in every run and purchase permanent upgrades to outlast the extinction.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #24 Crafty Survivors
62% matchVery Positive84% of 740 reviews2025
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Roguelike 13.1%
- #25 ZEROCRON
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: T.R.S.
Windows
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 9.3%, 1990's 6.9%
- #26 Life Saver
64% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZaxtorGameS
Windows
Earth is on the verge of World War 3. All life as we know it will be gone tomorrow. Take control of "Super Star Dan" to build a super SSD that can store every DNA on earth before the world goes up in flames. "Life Saver" is a twin stick shooter that you don't want to miss out on!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #27 Mars Survivors
64% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Leguas Intrepidas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #28 Tiny Bomber
64% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pangolin Studio
Windows · Mac
Tiny Bomber is a 2D vertical scrolling action game blending roguelike elements with bullet-hell dodging. Players control a tiny bomber, navigating procedurally generated levels, avoiding bullets, and bombing enemies. With a countdown system and random upgrades, each run is a thrilling challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Time 16.6% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #29 Corrosion Protocol
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sdpmakes
Windows
A fast-paced top-down roguelike shooter where you stabilize failing reactors, fight through chaotic waves of enemies, collect powerful weapons and upgrades, and face colossal reactor bosses.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Roguelike 17.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Time 6.6% ★
- #30 Robot with a Ram Cannon
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snapgadget Studio
Windows
Command a robot armed with a physics-based rammer weapon. Slam enemies into walls and hazards, ram hazards into enemies, and use obstacles as weapons!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Roguelike 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%
- #31 Laboratory X-29
63% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BlayzbyFill Games
Windows
Laboratory X-29 is a sci-fi roguelite-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist takes his chances to escape from the Lab after an accident. Shoot your way out to freedom, clear rooms full of other dangerous experiments, find out the secrets hidden in this place and eat chicken to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelike 9%
- #32 Chaos Machina
62% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Marko Zovko
Windows · Linux
Chaos Machina is a fast-paced action roguelike designed for immersive, bite-sized runs. Enter the flow state as you weave with your robot through enemy fire. Unleash powerful upgrades, and master 10-minute bursts of adrenaline before the Chaos reclaims the map.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelike 11.6%, Arcade 8.6%
- #33 RedRaptor
63% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Novax GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, 1990's 10.4%, Arcade 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #34 Apple Man Sam
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: boneheadlabss
Windows
Apple Man Sam...is a little Apple Man! Shoot your way through hordes of moustached vegetables, as you level up, upgrade your weapons, and obtain items to grow absurdly strong. Defeat the final boss and complete quests to unlock more maps and loadouts, for endless fun!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Arcade 9.1%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #35 Her Name Was Fire
63% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2022
Dev: Tissue Inu
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Her Name Was Fire is a Tarotpunk twin stick roguelike where you progressively unlock spells and upgrades to defeat hordes of void creatures. Survive the 5 stages of grief and vanquish the Major Allegories.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #36 HYPERWIRED
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIDRALGAMESPub: SelectaPlay
Windows
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Action Roguelike 15%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #37 Slay To The End
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim
Windows · Linux
"Slay To The End" is an intense and thrilling survival roguelite game that plunges you into the edge of the apocalypse. Faced with hordes of terrifying creatures, your only option is to wield your weapon and embark on a brutal journey of slaughter, battling until the very last moment.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #38 Salt VS Pepper
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teevy
Windows
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Arcade 8.3%
- #39 Asteroids... But Roguelite
64% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Goats Games
Windows
Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 9.1%
- #40 Destropolis
63% matchVery Positive87% of 287 reviews2020
Dev: Igrek GamesPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #41 Entomophobia
62% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelike 11.9%, Arcade 9%
- #42 Overkill Squad
61% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Chillfox Games
Windows
Overkill Squad is a ultra high-speed top-down shooter roguelike built around intense 1-minute combat arenas. Choose your fighter, unleash overwhelming firepower, defeat brutal bosses, and collect relics to dominate every run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Roguelike 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.9%
- #43 BALL x PIT
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Roguelike 15.7%, Arcade 12.3%
- #44 No Space For All
61% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #45 Cosmos Survivors
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretty French Games
Windows
Cosmos Survivors is an action roguelite where you fight waves of spaceships and combine powerful skills to discover game breaking synergies. Unlock new ships, weapons, keepsakes and customize your talent tree to climb ascension levels. Choose your abilities wisely and you'll become a space god.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #46 Box Wrangler
62% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Wyatt Schwanbeck
Windows
Dive into Box Wrangler, a thrilling multiplayer roguelike where every game is a fresh challenge! Earn XP to level up during each match while collecting coins to boost your skills for future battles. Harness the power of an array of weapons and enhancements, reaching ridiculous levels of power.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.4%, Roguelike 17%, Arcade 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%
- #47 Bread & Butter
60% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: DaniDangerStudio
Windows
A roguelite arena shooter starring you, a gutsy bread slice, and your butter buddy battling side by side. Survive waves of evil veggies, stack wild weapon combos, and unleash absurd builds in relentless top-down chaos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Action Roguelike 23%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Roguelike 14%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #48 Monsters 'til Midnight
61% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Retro Dreamer
Windows
Use steampunk weaponry to vanquish the legions of evil and survive until the clock strikes midnight! In this fast-paced horde survival game, each powerful upgrade can help turn the tide. Go it alone, or join another player in your pursuit to outlast the inevitable march of time itself!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #49 Berzerk: Recharged
61% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelike 11%
- #50 Nova Strike
61% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Sanuk GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Arcade 10.9%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #51 Solar Core
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aileron
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive to the end of each track in fast, rhythm-driven combat in this top down twin-stick roguelike.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #52 Devoid
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminous Bits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devoid is a twin-stick shooter where energy drains with every move. Fight enemies to regain it in a procedurally generated space dungeon. Survive station to station and escape with skill.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.8%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Top-Down 6.6%, Action 5.6%
- #53 SANDRIPPER
59% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Mackenzie Palmer
Windows
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Roguelike 14%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Arcade 8.1%
- #54 Iron Rain
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nos Games LTD
Windows · Linux
Iron Rain is a race to carnage! As an AI Tank Commander you battle the Nirvana AI and her robot hordes, in this Speedy Twin-Stick Roguelike. Grow overpowered with a vast range of upgrades against a varied and unique army of enemies!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelike 12.7%
- #55 Eridani Survivors
59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
Can you survive the Empire's onslaught? Avoid the attacking enemies and upgrade your ship to last long enough to escape in this space survivorslike.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #56 GyroBlade
62% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows · Mac
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Arcade 10.7%, 1990's 9.2%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #57 Cosmos Survivors: Prologue
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretty French Games
Windows
Cosmos Survivors is an action roguelite where you fight waves of spaceships and combine powerful skills to discover game breaking synergies. Unlock new ships, weapons, keepsakes and customize your talent tree to climb ascension levels. Choose your abilities wisely and you'll become a space god.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelike 11.3%