
A challenging & Lovecraft-inspired boss-rush top-down twin-stick shooter. Bosses of great scale and challenge. A small yet potent arsenal. A wickedly unique soundtrack. Go forth and kick their teeth in.
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A challenging & Lovecraft-inspired boss-rush top-down twin-stick shooter. Bosses of great scale and challenge. A small yet potent arsenal. A wickedly unique soundtrack. Go forth and kick their teeth in.

Mini-Dead
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.

Black Hole Hazard
Black Hole Hazard is an action puzzle spacewalking game with unique control and a fascinating sci-fi story. Controlling the gun's recoil in space and distorted gravity will be very challenging. Be Dr. Albert, shoot the jet / laser gun to survive against the unknown enemies and find out the truth.
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.
Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Action 21.5%, Indie 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Great Soundtrack 18%
Black Hole Hazard is an action puzzle spacewalking game with unique control and a fascinating sci-fi story. Controlling the gun's recoil in space and distorted gravity will be very challenging. Be Dr. Albert, shoot the jet / laser gun to survive against the unknown enemies and find out the truth.
Why similar: Time Attack 39.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 19.1%, Action 16.1%, Difficult 13.3%, Indie 12.4%
The Dungeon Power is a challenging 3D-Isometric Platformer where you must to get through deadly rooms in order to advance and escape from a gigantic cursed dungeon.Timing your actions, taking chances and tilting hard is required to overcome this trial and face the Dungeon Master!
Why similar: Time Attack 54.2% ★, Indie 25.7%, Difficult 20.1%
A twin-stick shooter where your actions have consequences. Engage in blood-pumping boss fights, soothing casual puzzles, and chats with quirky locals. This planet's fate lies in your capable, albeit confused, hands.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Action 20.2%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Difficult 16%, Indie 15.6%
'Reviser' is a top-down twin stick shooter with RPG / Treasure Hunter-like elements. Your mission is to explore with the team members, get various weapons with random parameters and conquer all areas.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Action 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Indie 21.1%
Galaxy Champions TV is a super intense top-down closed arena shooter game inspired by the classic arcade game Smash TV. Get powerful weapons and power-ups, kill huge amounts of enemies, level up, unlock upgrades and beat all the bosses to become the champion of the most violent TV show of all time!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Action 17.9%, Indie 13%, Bullet Hell 12.5%
Konrad the Rocket: A hardcore platformer inspired by Orwell's 1984 and jetpacks.
A fast-paced rogue-lite with procedurally generated, action packed levels. Rank up and install Mech Tech upgrades from an overstock! Snap on ability cartridges to your battle-mech, slay huge bosses through 3 distinctive worlds and guide your tiny green heroes towards victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Action 26.2%, Indie 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Difficult 9.4%
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Great Soundtrack 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Action 9.2%, Difficult 8.7%
Undead Souls is an arcade game about killing enemies trying to Beat your Score in a gun filled randomly generated levels.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Action 18.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Indie 13.5%
As Gary Rogers, the player battles through hordes of enemy spaceships in several missions, evading projectiles, asteroids and defeating powerful bosses. Gary collects debris from destroyed enemies and exchanges them at the home base for ship and weapon upgrades.
Why similar: Action 33.1%, Indie 25.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 12%, Difficult 10.8%
Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Difficult 13.1%, Action 11.8%
Over My Dead Pixel is a top down shooter where you command antivirus software to defend your computer from malware. Beware, firing your weapons will shrink your playspace. Maneuver deftly to avoid the enemies and the walls, as one single hit means restarting.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Action 27.4%, Difficult 22.7%, Indie 20.1%
Play as the special agent Chuck Meowrris, as you attempt to complete Dr. Kibblesworth's Gauntlet of Randomness. With nine lives and five different classes, can you complete the entirety of the Gauntlet of Randomness and defeat Dr. Kibblesworth?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Action 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Indie 21.6%
It's time to get rolling! Navigate tricky passages, pull off crazy stunts and get ready to fall off a lot! Play carefully or risk it all for the fastest time - play any way you want in over 150 all unique stages.
Why similar: Time Attack 43.1% ★, Action 32%, Indie 24.9%
The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Difficult 14.2%
Overclocked: The Aclockalypse is a roguelike bullet hell following The Keeper’s time-twisting battle to reclaim The Eternal Sands from Greenwich and her clockwork army.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.3%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Action 21.4%, Indie 17.2%
Story of a Cube is an action packed shooter about a lone cube and his quest for revenge. Mixing elements of twin-stick shooters and bullet hell games, this is a hardcode arcade game with a crazy amount of explosions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 20.9%, Action 17.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Indie 14.1%
Difficult, graphical, fun. A platformer that will make you cry, laugh, and cry again! That's how difficult it is!
Why similar: Time Attack 47.6% ★, Action 20.5%, Difficult 16.2%, Indie 15.8%
Bulletorium is a dynamic and fast top-down shooter with a lot of shootouts, base capture and management, AI controlling and various upgrades and boss fights.
Why similar: Action 37%, Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Indie 10.1%
Break-neck dungeoneering with 1 hit point. You play Barbara-ian, a mythical badass with perma-rage & a penchant for smashing. Featuring super fast paced physics based mayhem, one hit is all that stands between you and a quick restart
Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and uncover the mystery of why everyone disappeared.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Difficult 12.7%, Action 12.5%
Shoot, dodge, get more powerful, defeat a massive fleet of enemies, take part in the toughest boss fights you've probably ever been in in this twin-stick/bullet-hell shooter. Do you have what it takes to survive and win?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.3%, Action 28.2%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Indie 20.3%
Battle through 7 action packed levels of old school arcade goodness featuring a rockin' soundtrack by the legendary Wingless Seraph and a brand new unreleased single titled The Edge of Nothing by the up and coming band, Phoenix Rising.
Why similar: Action 25.9%, Indie 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%
AstroViking is a horde-survival shoot em' up with RPG elements! Forge your own superpowered Viking with 60+ upgrade nodes and take on an endless swarm of aliens!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Action 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Indie 13.3%
A fetus in a simulation is taught a series of lessons about life by a primitive, overly literal artificial intelligence. There's 30 different "lessons" to get through, but you probably won't survive.
Why similar: Action 32.6%, Indie 25.1%, Great Soundtrack 25%, Difficult 17.4%
You’re stranded in a strange and dangerous world. Do you have what it takes to get back home?
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Time Attack 31.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Difficult 11.8%, Indie 5.5%
In the "HookShotVR", let's fly around 3D space with fictional movement item "HookShot". Challenge that how fast you can clear the stages.
Why similar: Time Attack 51.6% ★, Action 27.3%, Indie 21%
Scoregasm is an incredible, variety rich shooter with a non-linear, branching paths style galaxy to explore. It's pretty, accessible, fun and really rather good! Blast your way through the galaxy's many varied levels and use your skills to change your route, find new levels, new enemies, unlock bonus challenge stages and fight the bosses...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.4%, Action 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Indie 17.5%
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: Action 21.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.4%, Indie 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%
In this top down twin-stick shooter, help Sector VIII defend themselves from T.O.M. Play as Damon, the cocky cadet, willing to aid Pete, Logan and Syncopia in saving their home from total destruction. Choose from a variety of 60+ Radical Skills to defeat the incoming viral attacks across 20+ levels.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Action 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Indie 16.1%, Bullet Hell 12.8%
Predicate is a fast paced bullet-hell with a colorful palette and challenging bosses. Move fast and crush enemies as one character, carefully maneuver and shoot enemies as another.
Why similar: Action 29.1%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Difficult 23%, Indie 22.4%
Under the influence of the Cthulhu, malicewave continue to surge, turning creatures into unruly beings through a curse. The choice is yours to rise up and resist. Choose your holy relics, and enhance your weapons. Can you survive in this endless malicewave?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Action 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Indie 5.5%
A super high difficulty, fantastical 2D action platformer complete with an expansive original soundtrack. 20+ Levels. Multiple playable characters. Rich lore. BLEAK: Welcome to Glimmer is Act One in a timeless tale of loss and redemption.
Why similar: Action 41.8%, Indie 31.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%, Difficult 10.9%
Break the Targets (BTT) is a unique time-trial platformer game with simple controls featuring hundreds of levels and an online leaderboard for competitive placing.
Why similar: Time Attack 41.2% ★, Action 23.8%, Indie 18.3%, Difficult 16.6%
Screaming Eagles is a flight top-down shooter that exemplifies everything that all great shooters of reference would include. Flashy effects, millions of enemies, huge bosses, it’s a retro-inspired shooter fit for gamers of old and new.
Why similar: Indie 28%, Action 24.7%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%
THOTH is a challenging twin-stick shooter you can conquer alone or cooperatively with a friend. Each stage is handcrafted to test coordination and puzzle-solving skills. Colorful minimalist graphics combine with an intense unnerving soundtrack, making for an exciting mix of art and arcade.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.7%, Action 24.4%, Indie 19.3%, Difficult 18.7%
PhaseWorm is a fast-paced 2D timing and reflex game built with a speedrunning focus. Players will be challenged to think and act quickly as they push for faster times and more difficult paths through each of the game's 30 unique thematic stages.
Why similar: Time Attack 44.1% ★, Action 42.2%, Difficult 13.7%
An exciting, fast-paced, top down shooter -- play til you die in a bullet-hell arena OR choose to race against time in a randomized search and destroy mode set in SPACE! Either way, you'll have fun with this challenging arcade shooter.
Why similar: Action 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Indie 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14%
Morning Never Comes is arcade style arena twin stick shooter that takes place in the dark and eerie kids bedroom filled with evil toys trying to kill you. Collect synergetic power-ups and survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.2%, Action 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 19.3%, Indie 17.2%, Difficult 14.6%
Finger Jets: Phase Challenge is a 2D Arcade physics game where you control the Jets of your Spaceship with your Finger tips as you Challenge 3 phases with 6 levels each. High scores for challenge Time Attack are tracked on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Time Attack 40% ★, Action 25.4%, Indie 19.6%, Difficult 15%
Create your own bullet hell in this escalating symphony of destruction. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Action 20%, Difficult 19.4%, Indie 15.7%
Set sail and battle it out! Fight the unforgiving single-player mode, share your glory with up to four players in cooperative, or turn against your allies in versus. Ready? Ship Fight!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Indie 23.8%, Action 20.9%
Play as the survivors of a Lovecraftian apocalypse, where resources are scarce and horrors abundant.
Why similar: Action 40.4%, Indie 31.1%, Lovecraftian 28.5%
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Action 20.5%, Indie 15.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%
Zombie Scrapper is a twin stick shooter that will test your survival skills! Battle through an onslaught of zombies and be sure to collect as much scrap as you can to even the odds in this intense zombie thriller!
Why similar: Action 27.4%, Indie 21.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%
Inspired by the classic Amiga 500, you take on the role of a sniper, eliminating all the enemies without showing you.
Why similar: Action 41%, Indie 31.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%
Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 69.6%, Action 17.2%, Indie 13.2%
Be Stealthy. Be Fast. Be Tactical. Be Lethal.Enter a dark, dystopic world of advanced organized crime, and prepare to take on a highly militarized and dangerously ambitious syndicate.
Why similar: Action 27.7%, Indie 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.6%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 14.4%
Cubotrox is an addictive puzzle game that challenges you to complete pixel art images by managing falling neon-colored cubes. Catch, drop and rotate your way to victory in a game with retro-futuristic neon visuals and synth-retro-wave music that excels at being “easy to play, hard to master”.
Why similar: Time Attack 57.2% ★, Difficult 19.5%, Indie 12.4%, Action 10.9%
The virus appeared just six months ago and has already devastated humanity as we knew it. Governments fell one after another. Only a few decimated and isolated groups remain, trying to survive and free their regions from the poison.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Great Soundtrack 18.1%, Indie 16.2%, Difficult 12.6%
Disfigure is a grim-dark rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Lovecraftian 22.2%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Difficult 11.7%
Vaporize evil robots and reclaim Saturn’s cities in this strategic shooter. The path you choose shapes the enemy's strength, the tools at your disposal, and the final stand you'll face. Overcome adaptive AI in solo or co-op play where distinct characters and synergistic abilities reward teamwork.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Indie 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Difficult 14%
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Difficult 17.2%, Action 8.8%
Nom Nom Apocalypse is a twinstick shooter set in a post-apocalyptic city plagued by mutant food monstrosities.Shoot! dodge and OUTLAST the plague of greasy beasts and candy creatures that lurk around every unknown corner.
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Indie 25%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Difficult 9.4%
P-3 Biotic is an intense twin-stick shooter featuring advanced real-time lighting and gorgeous particle effects. Pilot the MK4s nano-ship inside a petri dish against 14 waves of infectious bacteria as they attempt to destroy the Nucleus, a bio-engineered organism growing at the center of the dish.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.4%, Action 30.3%, Indie 22.3%
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Why similar: Action 25.2%, Indie 19.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%