- #1 SCUM
56% matchMostly Positive74% of 122,783 reviews2025
Dev: Gamepires
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 101.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Why similar: Action 63.2%, Singleplayer 36.8%
- #2 Demons are coming!
59% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Kacper Soroka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Demons are coming! is a bullet hell rougelite shooter where you fight a high variety of demons that occupied your holy land. Use the upgrades you find to your advantage and create your ideal guns to help you kill the most terrifying monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.2%, Gun Customization 14% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #3 Overkill Squad
58% 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 22.2%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, Perma Death 8.5%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #4 Mega Demon Blaster
60% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Alfalou
Windows
Blast demons until you can't escape no more! Mega Demon Blaster is a casual arena based shooter where you create builds for your weapon and try to break the game before you die! Enemies comes in waves and they get stronger and stronger but luckily you do to.
Why similar: Gun Customization 16.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Perma Death 12.4%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.4%
- #5 Nebula Cleanup Crew
58% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.6%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #6 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
57% matchVery Positive95% of 175,526 reviews2019
Dev: World's EdgePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 86.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Why similar: Singleplayer 70.8%, Action 29.2%
- #7 Star of Providence
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,267 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #8 Level Tank
58% 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 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Perma Death 13.4%, Difficult 9.9%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #9 Ogre Chambers 2222
59% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Build the MOST SATISFYING GUNS to ANNIHILATE ENEMIES by COMBINING EVERY ATTACK you find in this fast-paced BULLET-HELL ROGUELIKE set in TRANSFORMING ARENAS! 💥
Why similar: Action Roguelike 11.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.4%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Perma Death 9.6%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #10 Dead Oculus
57% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew Wilker
Windows
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16%, Perma Death 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Difficult 9.6%
- #11 Estranged: The Departure
57% matchVery Positive86% of 2,318 reviews2020
Dev: Alan Edwardes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Estranged: The Departure follows the story of a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm. Little does he know his adventure has just begun, and the island is home to more than it first seems.
Why similar: Action 90.4%, Singleplayer 9.6%
- #12 Xeno Strikers Hyper Squadron
56% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Synthesizer Games
Windows
A roguelike top-down shoot-em-up! Defeat waves of enemies and level up your ship and arsenal as you move from world to world! Challenge yourself with 12 different difficulties, from a breeze in the park to tough as nails!
Why similar: Gun Customization 21.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Perma Death 12.6%, Bullet Hell 8.9%
- #13 Royal Booty Quest
57% matchMixed60% of 124 reviews2023
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 217.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Dive into the world of Royal Booty Quest and experience the thrill of deckbuilding and roguelike adventure like never before.
Why similar: Roguelite 27.9%, Procedural Generation 27.2%, Roguelike 25.2%, Top-Down 19.8%
- #14 Slimekeep
55% matchVery Positive91% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: BenBonk
Windows · Mac
In a world becoming corrupted by the evil Slime King, KILL or CAPTURE various slimes to grow stronger and save Slimetopia! Venture through procedurally generated levels in this fast-paced roguelike, if you're tough enough to not get slimed...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Perma Death 14.6%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Bullet Hell 9.5%, Difficult 9.3%
- #15 Serious Sam 4
55% matchVery Positive83% of 17,209 reviews2020
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
Why similar: Difficult 52.7%, Action 36.9%, Singleplayer 10.4%
- #16 The LEGO® NINJAGO® Movie Video Game
56% matchVery Positive85% of 7,787 reviews2017
Dev: Traveller's TalesPub: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Find your inner ninja with the all-new LEGO NINJAGO Movie Video Game! Play as your favorite ninjas to defend Ninjago from the evil Lord Garmadon. Master the art of Ninjagility by wall-running and high-jumping, and battle foes to rank up and upgrade the ninja's combat skills.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 52%, Action 44.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #17 HyperParasite
57% matchVery Positive82% of 147 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Perma Death 12.9%, Loot 10.6%, 1980s 9%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #18 No Space For All
55% 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 18.5%, Perma Death 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Bullet Hell 10.4%
- #19 Mouse Curser
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CapsuleCollapse
Windows
Your movement is controlled like a mouse cursor. You will earn money for killing enemies which will let you pay for weapons and spells. Mix and match magics to convert this bullet hell into a bullet heaven.
Why similar: Gun Customization 22.9% ★, Perma Death 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Difficult 11%, Action Roguelike 10.7%
- #20 Radio Free Europa
56% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Scott McCluskyPub: Coffee Puck Games
Windows · Linux
A top-down 2.5D Arcade Spaceship shooter Roguelike. Multiple playable ships, each with different characteristics and weapons. Salvage weapons and upgrades from defeated enemies. Each sector brings unique enemies, bosses, and upgrades. Can you make it all the way back to Earth?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.3%, Gun Customization 16% ★, 2.5D 11.4%, Perma Death 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%
- #21 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
58% matchMixed66% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 50.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker" celebrates the 30th anniversary of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series. It has been realized through a collaboration between the creators of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series, Koei Tecmo Games, and the creators of the "TSUKURU" series, KADOKAWA.
Why similar: Retro 100%
- #22 CyberVault
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voctal Studios
Windows
Fast paced bullet hell roguelike. Upgrade your weapons and abilities as you collect attribute blocks. Highly customisable with lots of combinations. Fight bosses, pick up items and improve your stats. Unlock new items and achievements for the next run through the ever-changing dungeon.
Why similar: Gun Customization 17.5% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 14.6%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Difficult 10.2%
- #23 Scunners Run
55% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Jamorian 5
Windows · Mac
A fast, twin-stick shooter micro-roguelike with bullet hell elements, chunky weapons and satisfying destruction. Your AI friend AL4-N will help you along the way with new weapons, upgrades and vague moral support, as you attempt to beat the Scunners Run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Gun Customization 19.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Perma Death 11.9%, Bullet Hell 11.9%
- #24 Global Adventures
58% matchMostly Negative39% of 186 reviews2017
Dev: PixelSoftPub: SubaGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Global Adventures is an MMORPG for Windows PCs. As a newly recruited agent for the Treasure Hunters Association, you must travel the world conquering dungeons, digging up treasure, and taking down bosses with your friends!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #25 Scrappage
55% matchVery Positive83% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Geekspree
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Perma Death 12.8%, Loot 12.5%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Bullet Hell 10.2%
- #26 Doomsday Hunters
54% matchVery Positive90% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Perma Death 14.3%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, 2.5D 10.1%, Difficult 9.6%
- #27 Deep Space Scoundrel
56% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Bolder Games
Windows · Linux
Deep Space Scoundrel is a rogue-like space adventure where you use a variety of classic arcade mechanics to explore the universe, customize your ship, land at spaceports, and fraternize with other aliens and low-lives.
Why similar: Gun Customization 20.2% ★, Perma Death 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Bullet Hell 10.5%
- #28 Rogue: Genesia
52% matchVery Positive91% of 8,337 reviews2025
Dev: Ouadi Huard
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, 2.5D 12.6%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #29 RuneBound
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NorthWard Studios
Windows
Traverse the Nine Norse Realms in this action-roguelike bullet Hel. Loot weapons from your fallen foes, enchant, customize, and enhance them with Runes. Craft the ultimate build to survive and challenge the very Gods...
Why similar: Gun Customization 16.6% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 14.8%, Perma Death 11.3%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #30 Hover Point
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chaqibrahim
Windows
Hover Point is a minimalist bullet hell where your mouse is the only weapon. Experience pure arcade action, dodge chaotic patterns, auto-fire at swarms of enemies, and take down massive bosses, all without pressing a single button. It’s high-intensity survival made simple. Just move to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Perma Death 12%, Gun Customization 11.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Bullet Hell 10.7%
- #31 TinkerQuarry
56% matchVery Positive91% of 89 reviews2019
Dev: HallowraithPub: Caprizant Games
Windows
TinkerQuarry is an RPG about a girl trapped in an uncanny plane of existence called “The Dollhouse”.
Why similar: Arcade 81.1%, Singleplayer 18.9%
- #32 Interkosmos
56% matchVery Positive80% of 422 reviews2017
Dev: Ovid Works
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 88.3 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Interkosmos is an arcady astronaut adventure in VR. Brace yourself for a rush of hectic gameplay to challenge your inner cosmonaut, and a fun story full of twists and Cold War absurdities.
Why similar: Action 79.2%, Singleplayer 20.8%
- #33 One Eyed Kutkh
57% matchMostly Positive79% of 141 reviews2017
Dev: Baba Yaga Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
One-Eye Kutkh - an exciting space adventure based on the fairy tales of the Far North.
- #34 Palworld
51% matchVery Positive94% of 417,268 reviews2024
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 34.1 hrsMean: 69.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #35 HYPERWIRED
56% 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 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Difficult 9.9%
- #36 Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
56% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,695 reviews2011
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
Why similar: Top-Down 100%
- #37 Mighty Party
56% matchMixed58% of 2,507 reviews2017
Dev: By Aliens L.L.C-FZ
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 54.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Lead your MIGHTY PARTY to victory! Fast 3-MINUTE BATTLES will not let you get bored! Dozens of heroes reveal THOUSANDS of unique tactics to defeat all the opponents! Play Imperial Archer, protect him with Wind Ninja, strengthen them with Magic of Divinity and destroy opponent’s forces!
Why similar: Roguelike 70.9%, Action 29.1%
- #38 Crysis 2 Remastered
53% matchVery Positive89% of 8,552 reviews2022
Dev: Crytek
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 70.5%, Action 25.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #39 Voidigo
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,714 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Bullet Hell 11.1%
- #40 The Sims™ 4
53% matchVery Positive87% of 191,466 reviews2020
Dev: MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #41 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
55% matchVery Positive88% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Threaks
Windows
Battle Planet - Judgement Day is a planetary rogue-lite top-down shooter. You are one of the universe's 3 most wanted criminals on the run, fighting your way through hordes of aliens, military and police units. There is only one way to reclaim your freedom - destroy them all...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.3%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Perma Death 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.5%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #42 ARK: Survival Ascended
53% matchMixed60% of 99,899 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Wildcard
Windows
Median: 28.8 hrsMean: 196.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
Why similar: Action 66.7%, Singleplayer 33.3%
- #43 Cubed and Dangerous
53% matchPositive98% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: Ace High Arcade
Windows
Blast your way through infinite hordes while completing objectives in this chaotic twin-stick looter shooter with frantic juicy combat. Upgrade gear, recruit heroes, tackle cumulative escalating challenges in your quest for the build of ultimate destruction.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Roguelite 10.6%, Perma Death 10.5%
- #44 The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
54% matchVery Positive93% of 14,789 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
Why similar: Singleplayer 79.2%, Action 20.8%
- #45 Alpha Protocol™
56% matchVery Positive81% of 5,039 reviews2010
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.
Why similar: Action 80.8%, Singleplayer 19.2%
- #46 Way Out
57% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Shenzhen Simeng Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
Way out is a VR game for sports.You shuttle in the square arrays to get a way out.To get scores to improve ourselves for better achievement.Get up. Let us get fit in VR world. Let’s enjoy moving and shooting in sky, snow, laboratory.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Life is Strange 2
53% matchVery Positive87% of 39,044 reviews2018
Dev: DONTNOD EntertainmentPub: Square Enix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #48 Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
55% matchVery Positive88% of 1,405 reviews2014
Dev: Crystal Shard
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A retro styled adventure/RPG hybrid with atmosphere like the classics. Play as warrior, sorceress, or rogue as you travel through the rich world of Norse mythology to keep it from eternal winter. Each class has different puzzle solutions, making for good replay value. Fully free, no hidden costs.
Why similar: Retro 84.1%, Singleplayer 15.9%
- #49 Mr. Sparkle's Nightmare
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zillo Games
Windows
A Gungeon-inspired bullet-hell roguelite where you craft powerful spells instead of collecting guns. Combine spell runes to create unique spells while surviving deadly projectile patterns through precise dodging and positioning.
Why similar: Gun Customization 14% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 13.4%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Difficult 9.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.4%