- #1 Galactic Thunderdome
97% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Pansimula
Windows · Linux
Galactic Thunderdome is a 2D sci-fi platform brawler with a focus on physics-based mayhem. Best your friends with a vast array of weapons and gadgets in a world rich with emergent gameplay, explosive antics, and bloody remains.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.4%, 4 Player Local 18.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Destruction 14.5%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
- #2 SpiderHeck
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,223 reviews2022
Dev: NeverjamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 25%, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Swordplay 17.3%, 4 Player Local 16.4%, PvP 9.2%
- #3 Astro Duel
96% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 37.1%, Local Multiplayer 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Funny 9.7%, Arcade 9.1%
- #4 Zero-G Gunfight
95% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Devil's Cider GamesPub: First Peoples Digital
Windows
Battle 1-3 friends in the fast-paced & frantic arenas of Zero-G Gunfight. Pickup different guns that change how you move & fight. Dodge enemy bullets & avoid unique hazards as you strive to be the last one standing!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.4%, 4 Player Local 19.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Arena Shooter 14.1%, PvP 7.9%
- #5 Bamerang: Warm-Up Duel
94% matchVery Positive91% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Lululu Entertainment
Windows
Warm up your boomerang throwing skills in the free duel mode of Bämeräng, the fast paced boomerang fighting game. Fight for the favor of the goddess in an outlandish, colorful world in this local multiplayer game.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.2%, 4 Player Local 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Arena Shooter 10.6%
- #6 Stardust Vanguards
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2015
Dev: Zanrai Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local four-player dueling game combining arcade-style battling with the ability to summon your own NPC army as support! But be careful: a random event system dynamically alters the flow of battle with NPC space pirates gunning for victory themselves!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.8%, 4 Player Local 21.9%, Swordplay 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.1%, PvP 10%
- #7 The Amazing Crackpots Club!
91% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Astrobard GamesPub: IguanaBee
Windows
A spellslinging dueling game for up to 4 players. Choose among seven cracked mages and use their unique abilities to shoot down your opponent’s magical flask while defending yours! Destroy your friends (and loved ones) in local or online modes!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.1%, 4 Player Local 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Arena Shooter 14.2%, PvP 10.1%
- #8 Superfighters Deluxe
92% matchVery Positive89% of 3,496 reviews2018
Dev: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 27.2%, Platformer 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Funny 14.4%, Shooter 9.3%
- #9 Rocket Wars
93% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Rooftop Panda
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.7%, Local Multiplayer 17.7%, Arena Shooter 17%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, PvP 7.3%
- #10 Duels of Fortune
90% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: Cosmic Hat Games
Windows
A crazy, explosive fighting game with an expressive combo system and a diverse character roster! Play as superhumans, skeletons, aliens, and even stick figures! Battle dangerous foes, take part in lots of exciting singleplayer modes, throw your opponents into the sun, and so much more!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 41%, Local Multiplayer 22.2%, PvP 19.3%, Platformer 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #11 Domiverse
91% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Haunted Tie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are an overpowered gladiator with the skills to destroy all who stand before you. The only problem is, so is everyone else! Enter the Domiverse for fast and frantic fun in this party brawler made for up to four players in local play.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.9%, 4 Player Local 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 16.8%, PvP 10.1%, Platformer 8.1%
- #12 Mighty Goose
89% matchVery Positive87% of 1,045 reviews2021
Dev: BlastmodePub: PLAYISM
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mighty Goose is a fast paced run & gun shooter starring a bounty hunter Goose. Use epic weapons and devastating war machines to battle against screen filling bosses and hordes of enemies!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 24.4%, Vehicular Combat 14.3%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Platformer 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
- #13 Square Heroes
89% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2015
Dev: Gnomic Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Join the Galactic Tournament in this fast-paced comical action shooter. Level-up your Hero and unlock an arsenal of weapons. Lay waste to your friends and foes in local, LAN and online multiplayer matches, or hone your skills in single player and custom games.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 83.2%, Action 16.8%
- #14 Hot Shot Burn
88% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 30.3%, Local Multiplayer 21.6%, Arena Shooter 21.3%, Funny 9.7%, Arcade 8.4%
- #15 Chickenoidz Super Party
87% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: RaveGameDev
Windows
Chickenoidz Super Party - multiplayer top-down arena shooter for up to 4 players. You can play local or altogether online via Remote Play. Steal the show using an array of incredible weapons, special equipment and even mutations. Smash your opponents to smithereens, rip everything around you.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 22%, Arena Shooter 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, PvP 10.8%
- #16 Duelists of Eden
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Thomas Moon Kang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 50%, Arcade 14.6%, PvP 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #17 Treadnauts
86% matchVery Positive87% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.9%, Local Multiplayer 22.8%, 4 Player Local 20.4%, Platformer 12.6%, Funny 11.4%
- #18 ASTROLANCER
83% matchVery Positive98% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Hexeye
Windows
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience! Devise your own playstyle with a huge variety of weapons. Hardcore and casual players alike are welcome!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 62.8%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 6.2%
- #19 Bopl Battle
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,459 reviews2023
Dev: Johan GrönvallPub: Zapray Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 33.5%, 4 Player Local 30.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Funny 9.8%, PvP 7.1%
- #20 Demons with Shotguns
85% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: MindShaft Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The ultimate couch fragger gibfest! Armed with a powerful shotgun, bullet deflecting shield and power-up tarot cards, 2 to 4 local players will battle it out to collect each others souls in 9 different competitive game modes across 4 realms & 40 arenas. This is frantic local multiplayer action at its bloodiest!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.5%, Arena Shooter 14.9%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Platformer 9.3%
- #21 Astervoid 2000
84% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Mad Capacity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Astervoid 2000 is a 1 to 4 player local-multiplayer space brawler, combining classic arcade action with modern gameplay. Explosive, indestructible, and icy asteroids will slam against your ship, or can be weaponized against your opponents. Perfect support for gamepads & keyboard and mouse.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 46.6%, Local Multiplayer 31.3%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 8%
- #22 Redneck Ed: Astro Monsters Show
84% matchMixed53% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Rustic FantasticPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Crisp combat mechanics, challenging arenas, hilarious storyline, and totally addictive and painfully familiar spot-on gameplay. Experience the thrills of fighting your way through the most bizarre villains in the Galaxy and defend the honor of Earth in the space arena!
Why similar: Side Scroller 25%, Cyberpunk 24.7%, Platformer 22.9%, Arcade 15.4%, 2D Fighter 8.3%
- #23 Destructivator 2
82% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.5%, Shooter 20.3%, Platformer 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Arcade 8.7%
- #24 The Showdown Effect: Reloaded
81% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: GIII Holdings LLC
Windows
Experience fast-paced over-the-top multiplayer action in The Showdown Effect: Reloaded. Join players from around the world to engage in high-octane battles filled with bullets, explosions, and one-liners!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 44.7%, Cyberpunk 19.6%, PvP 17.7%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Action 2.7%
- #25 Asterogues
79% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: pipotchi600Pub: indie.io
Windows
Beat up planets in Asterogues, a cosmic bullet hell shoot-em-up hybrid! Pick your character from a band of outcasts banished to the Asteroid Belt, dodge and shoot your way through a brutal onslaught of bullets, and take revenge against the Solar System!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.3%, Local Multiplayer 37.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Action 4.5%
- #26 Grand Class Melee 2
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Ogopogoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
GCM2 is fierce arena combat with an RPG job system for 1-4 players. Battle to the top of the class tree and get massively powered-up!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.3%, Local Multiplayer 27.5%, Swordplay 19.5%, Arcade 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #27 Fighties
80% matchVery Positive84% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: Pillow Pig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fighties is a fast paced 2D platform fighter. Choose from a wide selection of Fighties each with their own unique play style. Beat down your opponents to become the strongest Fightie of them all.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 28.1%, 4 Player Local 24.2%, Local Multiplayer 20.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #28 Worbital
78% matchVery Positive89% of 477 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jolly Roger
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 29.6%, Destruction 26.3%, PvP 19.2%, Funny 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #29 Ninza
76% matchVery Positive96% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Klakmioch
Windows
Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.1%, Local Multiplayer 21.6%, 2D Fighter 20.3%, Platformer 11.7%, Funny 7%
- #30 Hyper Jam
78% matchVery Positive94% of 502 reviews2019
Dev: Bit Dragon
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Battle it out local and online in this neon-soaked arena brawler full of lethal weapons, stackable perks, furious combat and a killer synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 35%, Local Multiplayer 22.6%, PvP 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Cyberpunk 7.2%
- #31 Knight Squad
79% matchVery Positive87% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 41.2%, Local Multiplayer 29.9%, Arcade 13.9%, Funny 11.6%, Action 3.4%
- #32 Rivals of Aether II
73% matchVery Positive80% of 9,425 reviews2024
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rivals of Aether II is the sequel to the hit indie fighting game, Rivals of Aether. Play as both new and returning elemental fighters in the next generation of platform fighters.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.4%, 4 Player Local 24.3%, Local Multiplayer 19.6%, PvP 10.8%, 2D Platformer 6.6%
- #33 Orbital Gear
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,807 reviews2014
Dev: Night Node
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.8%, 4 Player Local 22%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Shooter 11%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #34 Astroloot
73% matchVery Positive92% of 557 reviews2025
Dev: Andreas Hager Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Loot, level up, and obliterate everything in your path. Astroloot is a sci-fi bullet heaven with deep ARPG systems, featuring a massive skill tree, deterministic crafting, and near-endless build possibilities.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 72.6%, Sci-fi 21.6%, Action 5.8%
- #35 Hive Jump
77% matchMixed68% of 371 reviews2017
Dev: Graphite Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
HIVE JUMP is a sci-fi action platformer for 1-4 players blending run ‘n gun gameplay with roguelike elements.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.5%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Shooter 10.9%
- #36 Space Elite Force II
76% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.4%, Arcade 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Shooter 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #37 DEPLOYMENT
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,237 reviews2018
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 23%
An intense competitive top-down shooter: choose your class, capture turrets, progress, and dominate in the arena. top-down shooter, multiplayer shooter, arena shooter, class-based shooter, sci-fi shooter
Why similar: Platformer 42.5%, Funny 27.6%, Sci-fi 22%, Action 8%
- #38 Plunder Panic
74% matchVery Positive84% of 635 reviews2022
Dev: Will Winn Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Chaotic Party Arr-cade Action for up to 12 players! Be the first to plunder all the treasure, sink the enemy ship, or defeat their captain. Featuring local & online play, crossplay, 18 stages, 30+ modify-arrs, and a single-player campaign!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 24.3%, Swordplay 18.8%, Local Multiplayer 18%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, PvP 9.4%
- #39 ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers
74% matchVery Positive93% of 123 reviews2018
Dev: Cosmic Picnic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 45.2%, Platformer 24%, Funny 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 5%
- #40 Assassins vs Pirates
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 83 reviews2016
Dev: DEADBIT
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Swordplay and freerun through the internet and on a couch against your friends in a team brawl. Throw bombs, use smokescreens and climb your way to the enemy base. Choose your side as a Pirate or an Assassin and feed the Artifact with souls of your enemies.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.6%, Swordplay 27.2%, Local Multiplayer 24.2%, Funny 11.7%, Action 4.4%
- #41 Knight Squad 2
71% matchVery Positive93% of 221 reviews2021
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Knight Squad 2 is a chaotic arcade multiplayer game for up to 8 players. Pick an eccentric knight and fight for glory with wacky weaponry. Triumph over your friends in a ridiculous amount of game modes, both offline and online.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 51.1%, Arcade 18.8%, Local Multiplayer 14%, PvP 12.6%, Action 3.5%
- #42 Grabity
72% matchVery Positive91% of 350 reviews2018
Dev: Team Ninja Thumbs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dance the tango of death in Grabity, a fast-paced, physics-based arena brawler. Combat robots duke it out using Grab guns to turn nearby objects into lethal projectiles or makeshift shields in intense tactical throw-downs.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 43.1%, Local Multiplayer 32.2%, 2D Fighter 13.8%, Platformer 5.5%, Action 5.3%
- #43 UFO: Unidentified Falling Objects
69% matchVery Positive98% of 161 reviews2023
Dev: Andrew MorrishPub: Arc Games
Windows
Unidentified Falling Objects is a unique mashup of platforming and puzzle destroying gameplay. Players are dropped into the puzzle where they must dodge the falling obstacles and destroy blocks to make big combos.
Why similar: PvP 21.4%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Platformer 20%, Arcade 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #44 Awesomenauts
71% matchVery Positive85% of 26,902 reviews2012
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!
Why similar: Platformer 41.8%, Local Multiplayer 23.6%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Funny 7.3%
- #45 A Few Quick Matches
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Bidou
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 39.7%, 4 Player Local 28.3%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, PvP 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #46 Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury
72% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Phung Games
Windows
Satisfy your need of destruction by smashing armor vehicles to pieces in spectacular fashions during the epic 4 players co-op campaign. Vehicles and drivers have unique upgrades and class combination. Multiple weapons such as laser beam, giant hammer, Mech's katana.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.2%, Vehicular Combat 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, PvP 14.8%, Destruction 13.8%
- #47 INVERSUS Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive89% of 386 reviews2016
Dev: Hypersect
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 20.6%, PvP 13.2%, Arcade 9.1%
- #48 Crossing Frontier: Fate Foretold
69% matchVery Positive89% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Beacon of Gamers
Windows
Crossing Frontier is a side-scroll action game with brawling elements, , featuring multiplayer PVP content and the thrilling combat! Bring your A-Game and join the fight!
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.6%, PvP 23.1%, 2D Platformer 18.6%, Arcade 17.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #49 Vengeance Hunters
69% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Nalua Studio SLU
Windows
Vengeance Hunters is an adrenaline fueled Neo-Geo hardware developed beat’em’up that lets you and a friend in local co-op fight mutants, zombies, punks, gangsters, lab techs with bombs (you read that correctly), suited mystery men, cyborgs and more across multiple stages, sublevels and secret areas.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 45%, Side Scroller 23.9%, Arcade 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 4.2%
- #50 From Space
70% matchMixed68% of 1,942 reviews2022
Dev: Triangle StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.8%, Shooter 18.1%, Funny 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Action 5%
- #51 Hyperdrive Massacre
73% matchMixed54% of 389 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Local Multiplayer 19.7%, 4 Player Local 16%, Arena Shooter 14%, Arcade 7.5%
- #52 Oblin Party
67% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Control your hands and destroy friendships in this physics-based couch/online fighting game. Use your elastic arms to swing, slingshot, and parkour around the highly dynamic maps. Wield powerful weapons or use your bare fists to bonk your opponents!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 32.8%, 4 Player Local 24.2%, Local Multiplayer 18%, PvP 13.2%, Funny 9.2%
- #53 Samurai GUNN
70% matchVery Positive92% of 464 reviews2013
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.6%, 4 Player Local 22.8%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Swordplay 15.7%, PvP 9.3%
- #54 Paper Planet
67% matchVery Positive85% of 520 reviews2023
Dev: DoodlegamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Paper Planet is a planet-defender, arcade roguelike with a doodley, Flash-inspired artstyle. Battle through waves of unique enemies and bosses. Combine items with strange and wacky effects for insanely overpowered runs. Play with 1-4 players, for some chaotic co-op fun!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33.7%, Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Arcade 23%, Funny 8.3%, Action 1.8%
- #55 Wheelchair Wizards
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,111 reviews2025
Dev: chromatophore games
Windows · Mac
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.5%, PvP 20.1%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Funny 13.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
- #56 Armored Evolution
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: Burst2Flame Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Armored Evolution is an arena style top down shooter where you battle planetary guardians on a quest to dominate the universe! Venture alone or with your friends earning legendary avatars and weapons on your way. Find and upgrade equipment to discover unique strategies and decimate your foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49%, Shooter 25.2%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Action 7.2%
- #57 Retrograde Arena
67% matchVery Positive93% of 531 reviews2020
Dev: FreemergencyPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Vehicular Combat 19.4%, Cyberpunk 16.9%, PvP 15.1%, Shooter 10.7%
- #58 Megabyte Punch
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,123 reviews2013
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.5%, Local Multiplayer 22.2%, 2D Fighter 21.4%, Platformer 13%, Side Scroller 10.2%
- #59 Turbo Shot
68% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Wizard Games Inc
Windows
Turbo Shot combines a puzzle-filled top-down adventure with exciting gun-based combat that plays out in regular seasons of free-to-play single player and PvP content.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 34.3%, Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Shooter 15.1%, Sci-fi 7%, PvP 6.2%
- #60 Aaero2
64% matchVery Positive92% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mad FellowsPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Tune into Aaero2 - a heart-pounding rhythm-shooter with 20 stunning alien worlds, each powered by a legendary Monstercat track. Trace ribbons of light, unleash devastating firepower, and conquer colossal bosses! Play solo or co-op and feel every beat as you fight to the soundtrack.
Why similar: PvP 32.5%, Arcade 24.7%, Shooter 20%, Sci-fi 17%, Action 5.8%