- #1 ORE
97% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2018
Dev: Couch Cosmonauts LLC
Windows
ORE is a couch-cooperative twin stick shooter where you and up to three friends must fight through a handful of levels and navigate the planet's varied, alien surface to collect as much ORE as possible before the planet implodes. Defeat the planet’s corrupted Core Wurm, save the planet, and get rich before time runs out!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Action 14.8%, Local Co-Op 14%, Indie 10.7%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%
- #2 Omega Reaction
96% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Nick Van FossenPub: Joe Censored Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Fend off wave after wave of enemies as you fight to victory in this twin stick shooter. Fast shooting guns, plus your ship's additional powerful capabilities help you fight through progressively more difficult levels, in order to escape and make your way home.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 56.1%, Action 31.6%, Indie 12.3%
- #3 Chromatic
96% matchPositive88% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: Marc-Antoine JacobPub: MAJ Studio
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
An original and challenging survival arcade game with a color twist ! Your Chromacore is stranded in the depths of space and the only way to survive is to show to the universe the True Rainbow Power!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.6%, Indie 22%, Action 20.5%, Co-op 13.7%, Retro 11.6%
- #4 Lazer Cops
95% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lazer Cops is a retro bullet hell for up to four buddy cops. Grab your favourite buddies and sit down on the couch for some quality cooperative game-play or play alone and test your multi-tasking.
Why similar: Action 26.9%, Local Co-Op 22.2%, Indie 20.1%, Local Multiplayer 18.3%, Co-op 12.5%
- #5 World Destroyers
94% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: HardHead Games
Windows
World Destroyers is a fast-paced, skill-testing, multiplayer space shooter that pays homage to classic games such as Asteroids, but with modern high-speed action.
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Indie 22.1%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Retro 11.4%
- #6 Ultratron
94% matchVery Positive88% of 694 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Action 12.3%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Robots 10%, Indie 9.6%
- #7 Droid Assault
93% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
Why similar: Action 18.9%, Indie 12.7%, Robots 12.4%, Local Co-Op 11.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%
- #8 When It Hits the Fan
92% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Heartfelt Games LLC
Windows
When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Action 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Indie 11.6%
- #9 AIPD - Artificial Intelligence Police Department
91% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Blazing BadgerPub: mamor games
Windows
Enter the AI universe and fight evil AIs with a variety of weapons and modifications. AIPD is a top-down coop twin-stick shooter where you can enjoy thousands of possible combinations of enemy and arena permutations that give you an unprecedented and nearly unlimited arcade experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.3%, Local Co-Op 18.6%, Action 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Indie 13.6%
- #10 Resistance is Fruitile
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: PhasePixel
Windows · Mac
Resistance is Fruitile is a challenging retro twin stick shooter with co-op play that's jam-packed with sinister fruit monsters and plenty of firepower to take them on!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Local Co-Op 16.1%, Action 14.5%, Indie 11.1%
- #11 Reviser
90% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: HyperNovaSoft
Windows
'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 31.3%, Action 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Indie 17.8%, Shooter 8.8%
- #12 Galaxy Champions TV
89% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: aQuadiun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Action 15.6%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Indie 11%
- #13 Former Future
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quinn MorrisonPub: FuturoVision
Windows
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: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Action 19.5%, Indie 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Co-op 8.3%
- #14 Death Carnival
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furyion Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get ready for Death Carnival. Intense Top-Down Shooter with multi-elevation combat. Easy to start, thrilling to watch. Over a dozen characters with unique attacks and story. Adrenaline-fueled combat in singleplayer, online co-op, or competitive PvP.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Action 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Indie 11.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%
- #15 Nom Nom Apocalypse
87% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Deadleaf Games
Windows
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 25.8%, Indie 19.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Local Co-Op 9.7%
- #16 Livelock
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 896 reviews2016
Dev: Tuque GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Robots 14.5%, Action 12.9%, Co-op 12.4%
- #17 Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo
85% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Bare Knuckle Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, Action 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Indie 9.3%
- #18 Super Shootout
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Super Moon Games
Windows
Super Shootout is a top-down, roguelike shooter set in a stadium on an alien world. Leave a wake of destruction with powerful pickups sent down by the roaring crowd. Fight, die, and fight again to the top of the online leaderboard.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Action 15.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Local Co-Op 6.6%
- #19 Meltdown
84% matchVery Positive85% of 822 reviews2014
Dev: Phenomenon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Meltdown is a tactical arcade shooter featuring both singleplayer and intense online multiplayer. Become the most skilled soldier, choose your weapons, get the best upgrades, buckle up and start your mission. Be careful, each enemy has it’s own combat style, special AI and gear. Adapt to them to survive!
Why similar: Action 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Indie 18.3%, Local Co-Op 13%, Arcade 9.3%
- #20 Demon's Crystals
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 73 reviews2016
Dev: Byte4GamesPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Demon's Crystals is a frenetic twin stick shooter where you guide the Urican demons through countless hazards in order to restore peace to the world. A variety of weapons and power-ups will help you defeat the massive enemy hordes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.3%, Action 28.8%, Indie 20.3%, Local Co-Op 15.6%
- #21 Trigger Time
82% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: Shephf GamesPub: Creative Mobile
Windows · Linux
Trigger Time is a story-driven, top-down Shoot 'em up with a fun gravity gun and physics puzzles to solve. Blast your way through 9 levels filled with enemies, hazards and bizarre bosses. Along the way you'll take control of vehicles, pick up weapons, items and boosters.
Why similar: Action 29.4%, Indie 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 8.4%
- #22 Dead End Job
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Headup
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.
Why similar: Action 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Local Co-Op 22.6%, Indie 13.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 9.4%
- #23 Neko Cosmo Police
83% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: JKK_WORKS
Windows
This twin stick shooter is about Neko fighting with their all cost. In 2565 UC. the Cosmos has been altered by MadBotz gang. The last hope is rely on the Neko Cosmo Police team, "Kuro" and "Shiro"
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.6%, Robots 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Action 10.6%, Arcade 5.1%
- #24 Renegade Ops
81% matchVery Positive85% of 2,839 reviews2011
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.7%, Action 18.6%, Local Co-Op 16.3%, Co-op 9.9%, Arcade 7.7%
- #25 Return to Sector 9
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly Games
Windows
Spread across a campaign mode and 8 mini games, take on a variety of missions from bug hunts, protection detail, desperate last stands and rescue missions!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.6%, Action 29.7%, Indie 21.5%, Shooter 12.1%
- #26 Iron Crypticle
79% matchVery Positive84% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: Confused PelicanPub: TIKIPOD
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Local Co-Op 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action 13.4%, Indie 9.1%
- #27 Anstorm
79% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: Shiv
Windows
Simple and gripping gameplay most commonly as a classical arcade shooter. The game consists of short levels which is perfect for short breaks to relax.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Action 26.5%, Indie 18.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Sci-fi 9%
- #28 Crimsonland
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,083 reviews2014
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Local Co-Op 14.4%, Action 12.2%, Shooter 9.5%
- #29 COLORNOVA
72% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Malachite Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
A color matching space shooter about saving your home planet from total destruction!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Action 11.4%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Local Multiplayer 9.3%
- #30 The Neurochemical Conjob
75% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Mind Over Matter Entertainment
Windows
Eliminate your negative emotions (but save the good ones!) as Agent B. Cell, in this intense and wacky arcade style shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 9.3%
- #31 Bit Bullet
78% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Bit Bullet – Is a single player top-down shooter with an escalating difficulty level and complicated enemies, in which you will have to blow up and crush hordes of enemies using various weapons and skills.
Why similar: Action 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 34.9%, Indie 27.4%
- #32 PixelJunk™ Shooter
77% matchVery Positive90% of 615 reviews2013
Dev: Double Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.3%, Local Co-Op 24.8%, Action 18.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Shooter 6%
- #33 DRONES AND RUINS
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Threaded Pixel Studios
Windows
Drones & Ruins is a dynamic top down twin stick shooter where you become the intelligence of a scout drone that has agreed to assist an ally pilot reunite with a loved one. You will need to fight hard and anticipate the enemy's next attack so that you can glide into cover before you go up in smoke.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Indie 18%, Action 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #34 Guns N' Boxes
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: LightArrow Games
Windows · Mac
Guns N’ Boxes is a top-down single screen arena-style multiplayer shooter where you shoot boxes, get random weapons and use them to blast everything that moves! Choose your favorite character and duke it out with rifles, hot dog launchers, rail guns, arrows and tons of other weapons.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.4%, Action 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Indie 15.7%
- #35 Bartlow's Dread Machine
74% matchVery Positive85% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Beep Games, Inc.
Windows
An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Action 15%, Local Co-Op 14%, Co-op 9.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%
- #36 Septic Savages
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Jenito
Windows · Mac
After encountering an alien creature in a bathroom stall, one man is propelled into a never-ending quest of sewer dwelling carnage! Septic Savages is a 2D, 1 or 2-player, twin-stick shooting roguelike with loads of randomized elements and hours upon hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.9%, Action 24.7%, Indie 17.6%, Arcade 9.8%
- #37 Cloud Cutter
71% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2021
Dev: Just Two ltd.
Windows
Cloud Cutter brings you classic arcade shoot ‘em up gameplay in top notch graphics. Enjoy intense fast-paced explosive action full of epic destruction, arcade style power-ups, lasers and of course huge multi-stage boss fights.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Robots 13.6%, Action 10.8%, Shooter 9.6%
- #38 HotHead
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Sean Baker
Windows
Play as HotHead as he rids the world of pesky monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Action 26.8%, Indie 20%, Shooter 10.7%, Retro 9.3%
- #39 Xeno Crisis
71% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2019
Dev: Bitmap Bureau
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Action 9.1%, Local Co-Op 9%, Retro 8.3%
- #40 Smash Hyper Drive
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gare Games
Windows · Mac
It's 2025 and the country's mega research facility has gone bad. You are a lowly security guard gunning for his paycheck. Fight your way out in this twin-stick shooter. Reminiscent of Smash TV and the likes of Xeno Crisis.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Retro 9%, Indie 9%, Action 7.1%
- #41 Chuck Meowrris
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: WhyNot?
Windows
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 32.3%, Action 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Indie 20%
- #42 Superstition BlackCat
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUDO Thinking
Windows
A roguelite where superstitions take shape as items! Face enemies, collect drops with negative effects that can be traded for advantages. Explore always different rooms, with challenges inspired by beliefs that make us think twice before taking a risk.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 10%, Action 9%
- #43 Incandescent 2
72% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Stephen Crabb
Windows
Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.7%, Action 27.2%, Indie 19%, Retro 9.2%, Arcade 8.5%
- #44 A.I. Invasion
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: GameArt Studio GmbH
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A.I. Invasion is an action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting. The superior machines subjugated the universe. In a wide range of missions you take the role of a soldier and equip and command a team of special units to reclaim the planet system.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.5%, Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Action 18.6%, Indie 13.9%, Shooter 7.2%
- #45 JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Stas Shostak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
JASEM is insanely hard and ridiculously unforgiving low-poly twin-stick arcade blastathon set to an electronic beat and filled with bright explosions and neon effects.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Robots 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Action 13.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #46 Tommy Gun Carnage
68% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Jade Owl AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
A colorful run-and-gun shooter with hordes of enemies, powerups, perks and diverse environments!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Action 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.9%
- #47 Nova Wing II
69% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
You are tasked to destroy the swarms of alien invaders as they attempt to annihilate your race from existence.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Action 12.2%, Local Co-Op 10.9%, Co-op 10%, Local Multiplayer 9.1%
- #48 Inferno 2
69% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Radiangames
Windows
Inferno 2 is an intense, atmospheric twin-stick adventure-shooter. Blast through 80+ levels full of enemies and secrets while upgrading your ship the way you want.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Action 15.5%, Indie 11.5%, Retro 8%
- #49 Quest of Souls
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: King Crow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quest of Souls is a twin-stick fantasy shoot 'em up RPG inspired by the 90's era of SNES games, about a corgi dragonslayer, a goodly lich, a lizardman samurai, and their quest to track down a powerful magical artifact that was stolen by a mysterious dark sorcerer.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.5%, Action 15%, Local Co-Op 14%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%, Co-op 10.7%
- #50 BLASTER ARCADE
65% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Andy
Windows
Wanna Arcade?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.5%, Action 17.1%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 12.3%, Indie 6%
- #51 Hex.Plan.X
63% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Fandango
Windows
Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Action 11.6%, Robots 9%, Shooter 8.4%
- #52 SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance
70% matchMixed57% of 30 reviews2015
Dev: Brainshape GamesPub: BA Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance is a cooperative twin-stick shooter that features a variety of complementing ship classes to choose from. Upgrade your ships, defeat hundreds of enemies, save the galaxy all with some friends from the comfort of your couch.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Local Co-Op 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 7.6%
- #53 Neckbeards: Basement Arena
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Soiree Games
Windows
Based on classic arcade games like Robotron 2084, Neckbeards is non-stop action for one or two players with an epic soundtrack and a taste for psychedelia. NEW in 2023: THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Action 9.1%, Retro 8.6%
- #54 Operation Singularity
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Knights and Weekends
Windows
A sci-fi top-down score chaser where score multipliers stack up the faster you eliminate.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Action 19%, Robots 13.6%, Shooter 10.9%
- #55 Chompy Chomp Chomp
68% matchMixed70% of 563 reviews2014
Dev: Utopian World of Sandwiches
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Chompy Chomp Chomp is a game where people of all ages, tastes and skills can play together, and enjoy themselves on a level playing field. Play with your friends/kids/boss/gran, lose your inhibitions, shout and scream and generally have an awesome time.
Why similar: Action 26.7%, Indie 26%, Local Co-Op 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Arcade 5.7%
- #56 WE ARE DOOMED
67% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.1%, Action 15.7%, Indie 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 4.6%