- #1 Roguely
97% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SQRL Studios
Windows
Roguely is a fantasy themed top-down shooter pixel art action roguelite with some bullet hell thrown in. Fight and dodge your way through the randomly generated maps to rescue your friends. Find upgrades along the way and save up arcane fragments for permanent blessings from the gods.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Perma Death 16.7%, Roguelite 11.8%, Difficult 11.7%, Action Roguelike 9.4%
- #2 Void Blitzing
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Felix Pretorg
Windows
Get ready for the ultimate space challenge! In this top-down action roguelite you’ll pilot your ship through a low-gravity environment, dodging obstacles and fighting enemies along the way. But be careful, one wrong move could mean the end of your journey. Are you ready to take on the challenge?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Difficult 13.8%, Roguelite 11.2%, Action Roguelike 9.8%, Shooter 8.4%
- #3 図書館ではお静かに。
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Libbit
Windows · Mac
Build various builds by combining stolen books, fire guns with loud explosions, sneak into the library that changes every time you enter, and steal the legendary old book from the head librarian who sits at the far end of the library!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Perma Death 20.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #4 O3: Hollow Descent
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ta2 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
O3: Hollow Descent is a top-down roguelike shooter featuring fast bullet-hell combat, procedurally generated rooms, and randomized builds set in a dark sci-fi world.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Difficult 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10%, Roguelite 9%
- #5 The Tombs of Ultra 5
95% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: OFTNGames
Windows
A Topdown Rouge like shooter. Defeat enemies and collect randomized buffs to help you survive and find the keys needed to progress.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Perma Death 23.1%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Shooter 8.3%
- #6 Skycliffs
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Perma Death 17.2%, Difficult 10.7%, Roguelite 10.5%, Action Roguelike 8.9%
- #7 Seedovia
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ab
Windows
Seedovia is a rogue-like dungeon crawler where you traverse room after room, fighting challenging monsters. Chain your weapons, collect game-changing passive upgrades, and equip items to create unique builds and become increasingly more powerful.
Why similar: Perma Death 15.9%, Difficult 14.8%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 13%, Action Roguelike 11.2%
- #8 Teleglitch: Die More Edition
92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,891 reviews2013
Dev: Test3 ProjectsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Perma Death 17.5%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Difficult 13.2%, Roguelite 8%
- #9 Wisterix
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Limit
Windows
Wisterix is a fast-paced top-down shooter. As you enter an ever-shifting void, you’ll face relentless hordes of monsters guarding the gates to deeper, more treacherous dimensions. Fight through shifting worlds, collect weapons, and adapt your strategy as the void twists and turns against you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Perma Death 19.9%, Difficult 10.8%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #10 Tekla
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: PhantomTouchPub: PhantomTouch
Windows
Blast your way through an endless horde of enemies in this pixel art top-down shooter. Collect their remains in order upgrade your character for increased combat abilities. Tekla is a top-down shooter with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Perma Death 20.1%, Roguelite 13.8%, Action Roguelike 10.1%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #11 Burning Knight
90% matchMixed70% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Rexcellent GamesPub: 2Awesome Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Perma Death 18.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Difficult 12.7%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #12 Extinction 1306
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JAKs Studios
Windows
Extinction 1306 is a top-down roguelike shooter. You are the sole survivor after a failed experiment. You must fight off mutant insects, explore the abandoned lab, level up and find upgrades to improve your skills, and defeat bosses to reach a final threat standing in between you and saving Earth.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Difficult 14.4%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #13 Shape Shooter
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
Shape Shooter is an action-packed, colorful, and hectic roguelike game. Survive increasingly harder random generated stages and collect relics, weapons, and active items to help you on your way. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Perma Death 15.7%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelite 11%, Difficult 10.8%
- #14 Sealer of Dungeons
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erdem Akar
Windows
Sealer of Dungeons is an action-shooter with Rogue-lite elements. Play Sealers on their journey, you will find great treasures and abilities to seal the unknown evil above. Gather precious loot, discover hidden secrets, and chat with merchants to get powerful items. Seal the dungeon, save the world!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Difficult 16.9%, Roguelite 14.6%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #15 Witchinour
88% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Perma Death 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Roguelite 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11%, Difficult 11%
- #16 Shapes & Shots - Prologue
86% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Visio Game Studio
Windows
Shapes & Shots is a Roguelite Shooter Bullet-hell, where you can control time as you make your way through a twisted and delusional universe. Your enemies will merge, creating infinite combinations to try to overwhelm you: only your skills, combined with upgrades you choose, can lead you to victory.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Difficult 14.9%, Roguelite 12.2%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Shooter 7.6%
- #17 Cats Kill Zombies
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matheus Antonio
Windows
In this fast-paced action roguelike, mutant cats hidden from the world for years find that life outside is so cool, they don’t want to go back home. For that, you'll have to fight through and conquer the heart of the zombie-infested County of Ravinbrook. It's the only way to Catland
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Perma Death 16.5%, Difficult 13.8%, Roguelite 11.4%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #18 Arcana Outcasts
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crusher48
Windows
Switch between multiple arcane Shards to outwit and obliterate your enemies in this top-down shooter roguelike. Plan your path with a unique skill tree levelling system, and fight for survival against enemies wielding the same powers as you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelite 15.7%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #19 KaveXplorer
85% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: EnderWings
Windows
KaveXplorer is a top-down bullet hell dungeon crawler following a group of Xplorers seeking for the universe crystal.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Perma Death 18.1%, Roguelite 11.3%, Difficult 10.9%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #20 Lost Potato
84% matchVery Positive94% of 230 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Perma Death 18.5%, Roguelite 13%, Difficult 11.9%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
- #21 Dash Bang Rift LLC
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jozsef NagyPub: eulerian-solutions
Windows
Take over your grandma's company Dash Bang Rift LLC in this high-stakes action roguelite/roguelike where you out-math the apocalypse. Experiment with volatile Rift Mod stacks to transform standard weapons into god-tier destruction before the rift overwhelms you. Finish your shift—or die trying.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Perma Death 16.9%, Roguelite 13%, Difficult 11.6%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #22 Cubed and Dangerous
82% 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: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Perma Death 14.3%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Difficult 11%
- #23 Huedini
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JuiceGoose
Windows
Huedini is a colour-matching action roguelike game. Play as Huedini, a powerful wizard with the ability to change his colour. By matching your colour, to that of the enemies you can absorb their colour essence. By combining these colour essences into the correct combination, you can cast spells.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Roguelite 12.7%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Perma Death 9.4%
- #24 Curse Rounds
81% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: TENTACLES INTERACTIVE
Windows
A roguelike with unique curses, 60+ cards, incredible shots and power-ups. No two attempts are ever the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 33.6%, Difficult 15.6%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Shooter 5.3%
- #25 Archer Hero
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Alone
Windows
Play as the titular Archer Hero in this procedurally generated roguelike, as he sets off to climb the mysterious tower that suddenly appeared one day. Conquer the numerous floors, defeat the monsters that lurk in the shadows and solve the puzzles of this enigmatic tower.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 16.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Roguelite 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%
- #26 Randotura
79% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: blinyadebil
Windows
Randotura is a top-down action roguelike with inventory management. Dive into bullet hell action and collect unique modifiers, all in a selfmade dungeon.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Difficult 15.5%, Roguelite 12.4%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Perma Death 10%
- #27 Cyber City Escape
81% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Night Owl Gaming LLCPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Cyber City Escape is a 3D topdown roguelite shooter set in a cyberpunk world. The game features procedurally generated maps, fog of war fueled exploration, multiple weapon types, multiple enemy types, environmental hazards and traps, equipment kiosks to buy gear, permanent progression and more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Perma Death 21.8%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Shooter 8.9%
- #28 Super Polished
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Steven Peregrine
Windows
Clean, Quota, Upgrade, Repeat. Super Polished is a Top-down cleaning roguelite where you clean up while the mess is still being made.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Difficult 15.9%, Roguelite 13%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Perma Death 10.7%
- #29 Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory
79% matchPositive100% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Stumphead Games LLC
Windows · Mac
In the dark depths of space, an unknown threat called Purgatory has begun to consume colonies throughout the cosmos. Now it’s up to Crome, the Consul’s best star pilot, to travel into the unknown and put an end to Purgatory before it overcomes the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Roguelite 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #30 Goblins & Gun Runnin’
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Ewan Make Games
Windows
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Perma Death 18.2%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Difficult 9.9%
- #31 Animal Rogues
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: manProduction
Windows
Animal Rogues is a dark rogue-lite dungeon crawler bullet-hell with rpg elements. You play as an animal who fights against one possessed beast after another! Discover unique interactable objects such as slot machines, dices.. Collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Perma Death 18.1%, Difficult 11.3%, Roguelite 11.2%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #32 NETHER DUNGEONS
76% matchVery Positive83% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.
Why similar: Roguelite 15.9%, Difficult 15.7%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Shooter 9.9%
- #33 Alchementalist
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Alchementalist is a procedurally generated rogue-lite dungeon crawler featuring spell-crafting. Fight your way through hordes of enemies, mine elemental nodes for materials and craft spell boosts, or even totally new spells, that allow you to manipulate the elements any way you choose!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Perma Death 19.2%, Roguelite 12.2%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #34 An Action Roguelite for when you have 20 minutes to spare
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Cinnamon Pupper
Windows
Dive, jump n' shoot, an Action Roguelite for when you only have 20 minutes to spare. Blast beasties, create builds, grow OP. Get a quick session during that dead empty time between appointments.
Why similar: Perma Death 31.9%, Roguelite 20.1%, Difficult 18.8%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Action 4.4%
- #35 Level Tank
74% 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: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Perma Death 20.6%, Roguelite 14.8%, Difficult 14.8%, Action Roguelike 8.7%
- #36 Hollow Mine
73% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Michał Parysz
Windows
Hollow Mine is an action roguelite that combines mining, crafting, and intense 2D top-down combat. Explore unpredictable, ever-changing mines, battle fierce enemy hordes, and confront tough bosses. Engage, die, learn, and repeat as you uncover new challenges with every run.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Perma Death 14.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Procedural Generation 13.2%
- #37 WayDown
76% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: CakeNeq Games
Windows
After a traumatic battle, you've been cursed to walk the earth unable to truly die, you're thrust into battle after battle, dying over and over unable to rest. Until you find the last Nazi bunker, Bunker 666.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Roguelite 16.3%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Shooter 11%, Dungeon Crawler 9.2%
- #38 DeathMaze - Dungeon Crawler
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PLASMANE
Windows
A Brutal Top-Down Action Roguelike set in dark, procedurally generated dungeons. Fight monsters, manage your inventory, plan runs from the HUB, and survive increasingly dangerous sequences of labyrinths.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #39 Raining Blood: Hellfire
71% matchVery Positive92% of 230 reviews2025
Dev: TechBoohPub: SehLoiro
Windows
Inspired by the iconic Call of Duty Zombies experience, Raining Blood Hellfire 1.0 is an intense survival bullet hell where chaos reigns and every round is a brutal battle for life — and absolute power. Kill, upgrade, explore, die, repeat.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Perma Death 18.1%, Difficult 13.3%, Roguelite 11.2%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #40 Doomed to Hell
73% matchVery Positive83% of 233 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Difficult 14.1%, Roguelite 12.6%, Action Roguelike 11.5%
- #41 Kindling
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Talonbyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A dark, atmospheric action roguelite where fire is survival. One shield. One life. Kill shadows for embers, grow stronger through death, break seals to escape the nightmare you created. No health bars. Burn, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Perma Death 25.5%, Roguelite 16.5%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #42 Comet Force
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Linux
Comet Force is a Space Arena Shooter Action Roguelite. Build your camp, recruit to compose and grow your troop, collect upgrades and unique effects, fight enemies and bosses, and choose how the threat evolves. Keep your troop strong enough to survive all waves and close off the anomaly.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Perma Death 19.6%, Roguelite 12.5%, Action Roguelike 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #43 Regulators
71% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Regulators is a tactical top-down shooter where you lead a team of mercenaries to clear the city from mutating villains using your weapons, gadgets, special super powers and intelligence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Stealth 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Roguelite 12%, Action Roguelike 9.7%
- #44 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
72% 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: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Perma Death 17.4%, Roguelite 15.8%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Difficult 11.1%
- #45 HYPERWIRED
71% 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: Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Roguelite 14.2%, Perma Death 12.9%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #46 Gun Knight All Day
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Midge Makes Games
Windows
Gun Knight All Day is a close quarters bullet hell dungeon crawler about a knight who uses guns. Shoot, dodge, and scavenge your way through the procedurally generated dungeons one room at a time. Challenging boss fights test the sharpness of your skills and the lethality of your weapons.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelite 13.1%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #47 Cyber Strider
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Lorian PiercePub: Lorian Pierce
Windows
Blast your enemies! Create the ultimate build! Travel to the edge of space, in this epic rogue-lite action packed bundle of chaos inspired by slay the spire & FTL.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.3%, Roguelite 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Difficult 14.9%, Action Roguelike 12.3%
- #48 ATOMINE
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 361 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Arms Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Perma Death 18.2%, Difficult 11.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 9%
- #49 Cards and Guns
68% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Cards and Guns is a top-down arena shooter roguelite, where you’ll have to defeat hordes of creatures. Choose from a variety of cards and upgrades to create unique builds and survive to the end.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Perma Death 22.6%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #50 Scree
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aurelien Rodot
Windows · Mac · Linux
Scree: a roguelike shooter in a physics sandbox. Fight through swarms of enemies. Your score is the distance you reach.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Difficult 15%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Perma Death 9.3%
- #51 Little Devil
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MI Pixel ltd
Windows
Litle Devil is a Top-down roguelike horror-comedy with 90s retro vibes — unleash bizarre powers from your hands, fight grotesque demons, and survive permadeath mayhem. Read the story before the game in the Little Devil Webcomic!
Why similar: Perma Death 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 8.9%
- #52 Tomb of the New God
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three Amigos
Windows
Tomb of the New God is an isometric action shooter rougelite. Explore a vast underground cave network long forgotten since the apocalypse. Collect items, weapons and powerful abilities to combat the inhabitants of the forgotten caves as you attempt to reach the source of a mysterious energy source.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Perma Death 22.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Shooter 7.5%
- #53 Baby Redemption
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun Anaconda
Windows
Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Perma Death 16.8%, Roguelite 11.2%, Difficult 11%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #54 Wild Island
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: InfiniteEngineer
Windows · Mac
Wild Island is a top-down roguelike set on a living island that reshapes itself every run. Unlock stranger builds, deeper synergies, and a growing Sanctuary. The island shifts, your power escalates, and no run is meant to be your last.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Difficult 12.8%, Roguelite 12.3%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #55 Forebloomed: Evergreen Edition
67% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Cloudy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action rogue-like about garden plants fighting back against the hungry pests that threaten their home. Spend the day blasting through hedges to find loot, but take care to make it back before dark! Gather synergistic items, confront formidable bosses, and play as several unique characters!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Perma Death 21.8%, Roguelite 13.7%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Shooter 8.6%
- #56 Crimsonwood
65% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: nodoxi
Windows
Crimsonwood is a roguelike top-down shooter in a cursed national park. Collect various weapons, gain perks and battle hordes of enemies to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Roguelite 16.8%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Shooter 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #57 Void Resurgence
64% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Perma Death 18.4%, Roguelite 14.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
- #58 Modest Kind
69% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Modest Kind is a Rogue-lite Initiation Adventure. Ever heard of Entropy, The Selfish Gene and Schrödinger's cat? This action-heavy, story-driven top-down dungeon crawler will put your knowledge to the test. Your Path to Enlightment begins now.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Perma Death 14.8%, Roguelite 14.6%, Difficult 11.2%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #59 Pest Control in the Crypt
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Chiinox
Windows
Pest Control in the Crypt is a strategic rogue-like wave-battler. Enhance your elemental potions with unique items and a branching skill tree to slay Pests. Delve into the Abyss and conquer the Crypt.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.4%, Roguelite 19.2%, Action Roguelike 17%, Top-Down 8.9%, PvE 8.6%