- #1 Bit Bullet
97% 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: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Action 32.7%, Indie 23.1%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #2 Unaided: 1939
96% matchMostly Positive67% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Drix Studios
Windows
Unaided: 1939 is a hardcore Top-Down shooter with stealth elements, set in the year 1939 before the start of World War II. Germany has not yet attacked Poland but tensions have already risen in central Europe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.1%, Action 26%, Top-Down 19.6%, Indie 17.2%
- #3 Superstatic
96% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: Sleepy Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Superstatic is a top-down shooter where you're given the ability to possess and control your enemies. Using "copies", you're able to perform a variety of skills including killing enemies within a certain radius, chaining kills together based on your current combo, teleporting to your copy's position and more.
Why similar: Action 39.2%, Top-Down Shooter 34.8%, Indie 26%
- #4 ニンジャスレイヤー : AREA 4643
94% matchVery Positive99% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: DeathMofuMofuPub: Diehardtales Games
Windows · Mac
**NOW ON SALE!!** AREA 4643 is the cyberpunk action shooting game. It's based on the cyberpunk city Neo-Saitama and Ninja Slayer universe.
Why similar: Action 41.7%, Indie 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 29.1%
- #5 Daedalus - No Escape
95% matchVery Positive81% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Patrice Meneguzzi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.8%, Action 31.8%, Indie 21.5%, Top-Down 13.9%
- #6 Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sykonest
Windows
Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke is a single player top down shooter game in which you "Joe Blunt" are trying to fight your way through an onslaught of cigarettes, with the sole purpose to track down your beloved Mary Jane from the clutches of evil Dr Hydro.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.1%, Action 33%, Indie 23.9%
- #7 Kill The Humans
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Cold Beverage StudiosPub: Walsh Technologies Corp
Windows
Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your mission: commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out!
Why similar: Action 38%, Top-Down Shooter 33.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #8 Retro Space Shooter
92% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gable Games
Windows
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 46.1%, Indie 33.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%
- #9 Savage Vessels
91% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: KPas
Windows
Rogue-like top-down-shooter with pixel-art, physics and hard survival.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Top-Down Shooter 36.7%, Indie 26.6%
- #10 Space Jammers
91% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Spread Shot Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Jammers is a 1-4 player Sci-Fi rogue-ish top-down shooter. Guide an alien rock band of space kitten pirates through a fractured multi-verse. Fly starfighters, board space ships and loot local populations to fund your musical tour.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.9%, Action 32.6%, Indie 23.5%
- #11 OMG: One Million Guns
89% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Gotta Go StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
OMG: One Million Guns is a fast-paced, 2D, top-down, twin-stick shooter set in space, with LOTS of guns. Blast your way through waves of enemies with a multitude of weapons at your disposal. Full controller support included.
Why similar: Action 64.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #12 Metronium
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blake PiercePub: Pierced Games
Windows
You are in the Metronium, a realm of cyber space ruled by the Creator. You are known as the user, the chosen one and savior of the Drivers who have been inflicted by the Trojans. Fight through the horde of Trojans to complete your objectives and take down the father of the Trojans, the Creator.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.1%, Action 33%, Indie 23.9%
- #13 Over My Dead Pixel
88% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Minosh Digital
Windows
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 42.4%, Action 34.1%, Indie 23.5%
- #14 Dantes Bullet Inferno
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Red Pentagram Studios
Windows
Dantes Bullet Inferno is a shoot-em-up where the player fights against hell as Dante. This top down shooter includes a speedrun mode called time-dilation.
Why similar: Action 49.9%, Indie 36.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%
- #15 IFF
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DJMBuilds
Windows
IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Action 33%, Top-Down 18.4%, Indie 8%
- #16 Foam Dart Frenzy
86% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: MNI Labs, LLC
Windows
Foam Dart Frenzy is a 2D, top-down, online multiplayer shooter. Grab a dart gun and take aim at your friends!
Why similar: Action 44.1%, Indie 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%
- #17 Destruction
89% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: raccoon
Windows
Destruction is a game that destroys enemies up to 25 stages. A variety of powerful enemies will attack you. Don't let your guard down and use three modes and a variety of skills to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36%, Action 27.6%, Indie 20%, Top-Down 16.4%
- #18 Unknown Scrolls
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games GamesPub: Games games
Windows
Become the Mighty Mage. Head out on an epic quest to purge hellish creatures from the Land of Elements. Discover ancient Unknown Scrolls and combine them for better attacks and protection from your enemies.
Why similar: Action 35.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Indie 25%, Top-Down 13.9%
- #19 Ded Inside
84% matchPositive88% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Oblom studioPub: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Ded Inside is a topdown shooter in a large open location, where you destroy the demons who invaded our world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.8%, Action 25.5%, Indie 19.3%, Top-Down 16.5%
- #20 Vintage Year
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: Nooner Bear Studio LLCPub: Clique Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore the dark underbelly of a massive wine cellar contested with cult bandits, traps, and paranormal bosses. Select from an array of different characters with unique abilities, and opportunities for customization.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Indie 26.2%
- #21 Really Trash Game
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: VGStudioPub: KuKo
Windows
The Mafia wages war on you! Cut your way through cohorts of gangs and dirty cops in this bloody battle. Grab the guns, use the med kits to heal your wounds, and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 45.6%, Indie 32.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%
- #22 Triton Wing
85% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Alien MindPub: SA Industry
Windows
Triton Wing is a top-down, open-world space shooter full of fast action.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Top-Down Shooter 42.4%
- #23 Mircron Wars XR
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: Hallid GamesPub: Jason Halliday
Windows
Is an easy to play arcade space shooter, with an endless area to play in and countless Enemies to destroy. There are 18 ships to unlock and play as. Many different enemies to blast away at. Boss ships. HD graphics. Awesome Music. Lots of Weapons to blast away at the enemy ships with.
Why similar: Action 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Indie 24.6%, Top-Down 13.7%
- #24 Dead Mayhem
83% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: EnchantedLands
Windows
One day the world suddenly changed due to an outbreak of the zombie virus! Build a safe area and teach yourself how to survive!
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Indie 24.4%, Top-Down 13.6%
- #25 Lonecastle
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Rainkioutou Interactive
Windows
Lonecastle is a top-down shooter where the player attempts to survive countless enemies. Defend your little castle from the incessant waves of enemy ships and soldiers. Collect gold and gain experience to improve your castle.
Why similar: Action 38.7%, Top-Down Shooter 32.4%, Indie 28.9%
- #26 Bigwig Flint
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Kanselsprot Entertainment
Windows
Bigwig Flint is a challenging, thrilling, and hilarious top down shooter. A soulfully crafted game with emphasis on perfect classic retro gameplay. Waldemar, the circumcised square, must fight against Bigwig Flint and his many allies. At stake is not only the Universe, but also your sanity.
Why similar: Action 52.7%, Indie 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%
- #27 L30-P4RD
75% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: 김정표Pub: L30-P4RD
Windows
L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.5%, Action 36.9%, Top-Down 19.6%
- #28 Steel Eagle
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: enrjuPub: Andrzej Cudzilo
Windows
Steel Eagle is a reference to the 80's and 90's shooters. Your task is to reach the landing pad at the end of the level, destroying as many enemy units as possible, for which you collect points that can be exchanged for force and strength, which allows you to upgrade your “Steel Eagle”.
Why similar: Action 39.5%, Top-Down Shooter 32%, Indie 28.5%
- #29 Aria: Dragon Eater
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: OZNA STUDIO
Windows
"Aria: Dragon Eater" is a fantasy action top-down shooter game set in a magical era. Begin your journey to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of the dragon!
Why similar: Action 50.9%, Indie 36.8%, Top-Down 12.4%
- #30 Bulletorium
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Trukhan Hryhorii
Windows
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 46.7%, Top-Down Shooter 41.3%, Indie 12%
- #31 De Mambo
67% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #32 Apollon 88
77% matchVery Positive85% of 60 reviews2020
Dev: Kaitec Games
Windows
Apollon 88 is a 2D Top-Down, survival, shooter game. You play as 88, where your goals are to survive by destroying the one who hunts you.
Why similar: Action 43%, Indie 31.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%
- #33 摩尼遊戯TOKOYO
78% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: STUDIO TOKOYO
Windows · Mac
Maniyugi TOKOYO is a Pixel-art shooting game inspired by Japanese Buddhist worldview. The player becomes a priest, goes on a journey round the Rokudo, aims at constant life while accumulating merit.
Why similar: Action 39.5%, Top-Down Shooter 32%, Indie 28.5%
- #34 Trap
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Apex
Windows
Trap is a survival shooter in which you must stay alive as long as possible in the fight against zombies.
Why similar: Action 51.4%, Indie 37.2%, Top-Down 11.4%
- #35 Dead Spawn
76% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: YZee Games
Windows
Dead Spawn is a fast-paced arena shoot ’em up, with building mechanics. Dead Spawn has rogue-like elements and is heavily inspired by Box Head Zombies.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Indie 27%
- #36 N.U.T.Z.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pandemonium Interactive
Windows
N.U.T.Z. is a non-linear platform game that incorporates elements of a shooting platformer, and is inspired by classics such as Megaman and Metroid. Take control of a unique character and attack and aim in a 360 degree radius.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #37 Square Massacre
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: CyberVaca Entertainment
Windows
Square Massacre is a skill based, hardcore top-down shooter. No matter what you are going to do, you will lose. The question is how long you will last before the end.
Why similar: Action 40.7%, Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Indie 29.4%
- #38 Reventa
74% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2018
Dev: Studio Nihilominus
Windows
Reventa is a challenging third-person sci-fi melee action game. You have been contracted to retrieve a technology long thought lost on Earth, technology that may be the key to saving the world. Choose your Replicant, unravel the past, and fight the future.
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #39 Boom Squad
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PVP Studio
Windows
Boom Squad is a multiplayer 3rd person shooter defined by realistic military weapons, with a focus on cooperative gameplay, in 5 vs 5 online multiplayer matches.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #40 KUMACURE
73% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Dot Zo GamesPub: Gotcha Gotcha games
Windows
An exhilarating 2D action game that defeats enemies with jumps and shots! KUMACURE fights to defeat the evil corps aiming at the earth. It was created with the Pixel Game Maker MV.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #41 DUSTNET
72% matchPositive83% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Neilson Koerner-SafrataPub: SCRNPRNT
Windows · Mac
DUSTNET is the last remaining de_dust2 server. Connect to it through PC, VR, or AR and sift through the corrupted cyberspace.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #42 Space Space
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Gino Di Pierro
Windows
With Space Space, you can fly a triangular ship in the void space, you'll avoid walls, shoot targets, parry attacks, and fight the robot squids. Asteroids + River Raid + Phoenix.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #43 ASSASSINATION STATION
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Fabio Biancarelli
Windows
ASSASSINATION STATION is a dastardly difficult stealth pixel shooter featuring procedurally generated levels, a sky-high skill ceiling, competitive scoring system, and frenetic, smoke-smooth gameplay.
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #44 Drop Kick Zombie!
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loli Jam Network
Windows
An arcade-style action game about a zombie who drop kicks lolis.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #45 Laser Party
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Cydream
Windows · Mac
Laser Party is an online/local friendship-ruining party game With a unique laser combining system.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #46 Operation Desert Road
72% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2017
Dev: RewindApp
Windows
Operation Desert Road is a retro style arcade action game. Climb aboard your vehicle and destroy everything on your way!
Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%
- #47 Project Ball
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Fallback
Windows
Project Ball is a fast-paced physics-based multiplayer 3D platformer in which you embody a ball to fight for objectives and crush your opponents. Players finally get the chance to use their balls and smash!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #48 QUALIA 3: Multi Agent
74% matchMixed49% of 49 reviews2014
Dev: ShindenkenPub: KOMODO
Windows
Qualia 3 is a 2D shoot-’em-up game that brings a few unique elements to the classic genre. In the unknown expanse of the deep sea, survival of the fittest is taken to a whole new level. The weak and slow perish while the strong survive.
Why similar: Action 59.5%, Indie 40.5%
- #49 Tesla: The Weather Man
70% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Thoughtquake Studios, LLC
Windows
Wield weather control powers to defeat a crazed Thomas Edison and his army of DC-powered robots, in a physics-based action/puzzle platformer with researchable upgrades and bad jokes.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #50 Machine Hunt
71% matchMixed51% of 619 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Machine Hunt is a first person, fast paced, chaotic shooting game that pits heavily armed players against machines that have only one goal, destroy humanity.
Why similar: Action 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #51 Quantum Covenant
68% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Martyr Games Studio
Windows
Quantum Covenant is a multiplayer land-and-space dog-fighting sport with full-featured gravity mechanics. Sling your ship around the arena’s floating planets as you use your grappling hook to launch a ball into the enemy’s goal – or use an array of weapons to destroy the enemy team's ships first!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #52 Snakes - N - Ladders : Origins - Episode 1
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Sagnithi Systems Technology Solutions LLP
Windows
Every ancient game has a story behind its origins. Scripted from an exciting Sci-Fi perspective, this is a story of how the ancient Snakes&Ladders board game came to be. Snakes-N-Ladders: Origins - Episode 1 is a small, fun, tense, and entertaining shooter game.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #53 Space Fist
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: WING VR
Windows
In the virtual world of Space Fist, you are a fighter challenging powerful enemies across different environments,please enjoy waving your fists are ready to meet the challenges!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #54 Kill The Moon
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pirate Software
Windows
Kill The Moon is an action packed, rogue-lite, run and gun with randomized levels and tons of wacky powers.
Why similar: Action 59.1%, Indie 40.9%
- #55 Tekling
67% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: nP StudiosPub: nonPareil Institute
Windows
Become a robot, save the world. Jump and dodge your way through 70+ levels of frenetic gameplay in the same vein of super meet boy and megaman. Collect the orbs to transform from frail human into mighty Tekling, defender of the innocent and enemy to exploding barrels everywhere.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #56 Simplefield
68% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: M&H SoftPub: Ragnar
Windows
Simple Field is a classic multiplayer first-person shooter. The game is based on the low poly styles and offers a selection of maps and weapons.Or use a jetpack! Before running or jumping on the roof of the building
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #57 Trial of the Towers
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2019
Dev: William Wofford
Windows
Confront the Trial of the Towers in this short-and-sweet retro-3D boss rush, inspired by action RPGs and classic games from the '90s. Defeat the bosses and overcome the Trial, no matter how many tries it takes.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #58 Trigger Finger
66% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Monarchy Media, LLC
Windows
Journey back to the nostalgic time of the 1980’s and then step into the future of video games. Based on the "futuristic" arcade games of the 80’s and 90’s, Trigger Finger is a virtual reality game meant to test your reflexes while giving you a sense for a time that some of us weren’t alive for.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%
- #59 Thunder Gun: Revenge of the Mutants
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Potato Interactive
Windows · Mac
You have a gun that shoots lightning, goddamnit; with it, you will defend Earth against formidable mutant enemies until rainstorms render it inoperable, forcing you to use conventional weapons until the skies clear.
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Indie 40.8%