- #1 Galactic Glitch
97% matchVery Positive90% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.2%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Destruction 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Roguelite 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on physics-based combat and maneuvering in space, similar to the harpoon-based physics of Blacksea Odyssey.
- #2 CRYPTARK
96% matchVery Positive82% of 1,940 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action 7.9%, Space 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging space-themed roguelite that emphasizes boarding ships and taking down massive bosses.
- #3 ---Red---Tether-->
96% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows · Linux
---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.9%, Destruction 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a core tether-based combat mechanic that mirrors the harpoon gameplay of the seed game.
- #4 Nova Drift
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,511 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Roguelite 12.4%, Action RPG 9.4%, Space 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep build customization and space-based combat that rewards strategic upgrades and fast reflexes.
- #5 Star of Providence
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,340 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Roguelite 12.5%, Perma Death 9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a high-quality, top-down space roguelite experience with deep build customization and intense boss encounters.
- #6 Voidigo
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,843 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Roguelite 10%
Why You'll Like It: Features chaotic, boss-focused combat in a vibrant, top-down roguelite setting.
- #7 Starward Rogue
94% matchVery Positive90% of 489 reviews2016
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Roguelite 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down bullet-hell shooting with dungeon-crawler mechanics in a space setting.
- #8 Monolith
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: Animation Arts
Windows · Linux
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Why similar: Sci-fi 55.3%, Space 33.5%, Indie 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tight, top-down shooter that focuses on challenging boss fights and precise movement.
- #9 Black Paradox
92% matchMixed68% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Buckle up for shoot ‘em up chaos in this fast-paced and hyper-stylized roguelite. As the infamous bounty hunter Black Paradox, it’s up to you to travel through space and defeat the Hellraisers – the most dangerous criminal organization in the galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Action Roguelike 19.8%, Roguelite 17.8%, Action 9.5%, Shooter 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled space shoot-em-up with roguelite elements and a focus on high-speed combat.
- #10 BroodStar
91% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelite 12.1%, Space 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shoot-em-up that focuses on exploration and intense combat in space.
- #11 Uragun
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 252 reviews2023
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging, fast-paced arena shooter that emphasizes movement and tactical positioning.
- #12 Void Scrappers
89% matchVery Positive89% of 621 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Roguelite 10.5%, Destruction 8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space action game that rewards players for scavenging and upgrading their ship.
- #13 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Perma Death 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed action-roguelike that focuses on intense bullet-hell combat.
- #14 Space Gladiators
88% matchVery Positive90% of 479 reviews2021
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! Space Gladiators is a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!
Why similar: Roguelite 23.7%, Action 18.8%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Perma Death 16.1%, Indie 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: An arena-based roguelite that emphasizes boss hunting and fast-paced, top-down combat.
- #15 Relic Hunters Zero: Remix
87% matchVery Positive93% of 6,760 reviews2015
Dev: Rogue SnailPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Relic Hunters Zero: Remix is a remaster of the FREE 1 million player hit game about blasting evil space ducks and turtles with tiny cute guns. It’s fast, it’s tactical, and feels deliciously smooth to play. Unlock new weapons, characters and relics to defeat the Ducan Commander!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Space 6.2%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, loot-driven top-down shooter that captures the arcade intensity of the seed game.
- #16 Arcadium - Space Odyssey
86% matchVery Positive94% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Luciano Bercini
Windows · Mac
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9%
Why You'll Like It: A space-themed action-roguelike that focuses on survival and bullet-hell mechanics.
- #17 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
86% matchVery Positive89% of 79 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: Action Roguelike 18.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Perma Death 12.1%, Roguelite 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelite that features intense combat on spherical planets.
- #18 Void Resurgence
84% matchVery Positive94% of 72 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: Action Roguelike 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Perma Death 12.3%, Roguelite 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on roguelite progression and space-based combat.
- #19 Neon Chrome
85% matchVery Positive91% of 1,173 reviews2016
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter with deep roguelite progression and destructible environments.
- #20 Tesla vs Lovecraft
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,233 reviews2018
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Destruction 20.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.7%, Shooter 7%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic twin-stick shooter that focuses on overwhelming odds and powerful weapon upgrades.
- #21 Rush Rover
83% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelite 11.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art twin-stick shooter that focuses on tight controls and roguelite progression.
- #22 REPLIKATOR
82% matchVery Positive86% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.6%, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Perma Death 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shooter with pixel graphics that emphasizes fast-paced combat and exploration.
- #23 Scrappage
81% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Geekspree
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Perma Death 17.1%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Roguelite 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that emphasizes scavenging and survival in a hostile space environment.
- #24 Army of Ruin
79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,763 reviews2023
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Roguelite 13%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Action RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell action game that focuses on exploration and clearing waves of enemies.
- #25 Spaceship Looter
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Roguelite 11.5%, Perma Death 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that focuses on boarding and looting derelict spaceships.
- #26 Galactic Glitch: Prologue
79% matchVery Positive97% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Galactic Glitch: Prologue is a stand-alone Action-Roguelike game with physics-based combat mechanics. Fight through bubbles of glitched Spacetime, dodge projectiles, bounce foes off walls and hurl giant rocks in challenging twin-stick combat. Play it for free today!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Destruction 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%, Roguelite 8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based space shooter that serves as a great introduction to tactical, gravity-defying combat.
- #27 HyperParasite
81% matchVery Positive82% of 148 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27%, Perma Death 18.5%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelite 12.4%, Shooter 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced top-down action game that emphasizes unique character abilities and aggressive combat.
- #28 Danger Scavenger
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 505 reviews2021
Dev: Piotr WolkPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.4%, Perma Death 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Action Roguelike 13%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes verticality and fast-paced combat.
- #29 Space Scavenger
78% matchVery Positive88% of 317 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Perma Death 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.4%
- #30 Witchinour
78% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Perma Death 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Roguelite 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that incorporates perma-death and roguelite elements in a top-down perspective.
- #31 Vortica
75% matchVery Positive83% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Vortical StudiosPub: Caketown Interactive
Windows
Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens. Loot up, suit up, and shoot up as you battle against enemy hordes, explore derelict outposts, and hunt giant bosses. But remember to bring the right tools for the job!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Action Roguelike 20%, Roguelite 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Crafting 8.2%
- #32 Core Devourer
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: IcyQuill
Windows
Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Action Roguelike 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Roguelite 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #33 Stellar Interface
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2016
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Perma Death 14.3%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #34 Doomsday Hunters
74% matchVery Positive90% of 788 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Perma Death 16.2%, Destruction 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #35 Planetary Dustoff
76% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Roguelite 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.5%
- #36 FISH FEAR ME
73% matchVery Positive86% of 223 reviews2025
Dev: HEATHER FLOWERS
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 11.3%, Action 9.1%
- #37 Star Singularity
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Star Bunny Enterprises
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A space action-adventure unlike any other: navigate your spacecraft through a galactic-scale mystery. Make sure to loot, craft and upgrade your space fleet. Play the story campaign or test your skills in vicious arena modes against AI opponents.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Space 10.5%, Crafting 6.9%
- #38 Deathstate: Abyssal Edition
75% matchVery Positive86% of 357 reviews2015
Dev: Bread Machine Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deathstate is a roguelike bullet hell adventure set in a bizarre world of dimensional exploration. Play as a number of unique characters trying to discover the fate of Professor Elinberg who opened a portal to the void. Are you ready to venture deep into the abyss?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.6%, Roguelite 24.5%, Action 10.2%, Roguelike 7.9%, RPG 7.6%
- #39 Gunlocked
72% matchVery Positive87% of 510 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Roguelite 12%, Arcade 8.2%, Shooter 7.9%
- #40 Time Wasters
70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,603 reviews2023
Dev: Proton Studio
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #41 Good Robot
73% matchVery Positive84% of 265 reviews2016
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Roguelite 8.6%, Action 8.1%
- #42 Rogue: Genesia
68% matchVery Positive91% of 8,498 reviews2025
Dev: Ouadi Huard
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Roguelite 14.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Arcade 8%
- #43 Void Raiders
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Void Raiders is "radical" top down rogue-lite shmup, with permanent character progression, character centric gameplay and never ending carnage in randomly generated environments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.6%, Roguelite 18.8%, Action 12.5%, RPG 12.4%, Indie 8.8%
- #44 Run Build Pew!
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 566 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Roguelite 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #45 Transcendence
72% matchVery Positive88% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Roguelite 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Space 12.1%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Action RPG 11.2%
- #46 Space Bandit
71% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Sam Murray
Windows · Linux
Brutal twin stick shooter with fun and clever enemies. Also has roguelite and Sci-Fi stuff.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Perma Death 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Roguelite 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #47 RymdResa
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 304 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Space 17.4%, Roguelite 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Roguelike 11.3%, RPG 9.4%
- #48 Ogre Chambers DX
70% matchVery Positive91% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Roguelike bullet hell shooter, where you fend off waves of attacking monsters in a constantly transforming arena. You are rewarded with upgrades to your vulnerable spaceship if you survive long enough.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Perma Death 12.3%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #49 Straimium Immortaly
71% matchVery Positive90% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.6%, Roguelite 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Perma Death 12.1%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #50 Gunlocked 2
67% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 7.3%
- #51 Steredenn: Binary Stars
70% matchVery Positive88% of 964 reviews2015
Dev: Pixelnest StudioPub: TyGAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 68.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 9.4%
- #52 Operation STEEL
69% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Undermog Games
Windows · Linux
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Perma Death 16.3%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #53 Odinfall
67% matchVery Positive84% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Ember Paw GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Ragnarok was just the beginning… of the end! Odinfall is a Viking-themed, rogue-lite, twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through procedurally generated levels, upgrade your character, modify your weapons and take down robotic Norse gods to earn your freedom!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Roguelite 10%
- #54 Tesla Force
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2020
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!
Why similar: Destruction 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Procedural Generation 16.1%, Roguelite 15.5%, Shooter 8%
- #55 Battlevoid: Harbinger
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,059 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 31%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Perma Death 11.2%, Action 9.3%
- #56 Feral Fury
69% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Perma Death 11.3%
- #57 WarSphere
66% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Last Tuesday Games
Windows
WarSphere is a fast-paced, roguelike top-down shooter. As a spherical death robot, you blast, dash and loot your way through procedurally generated worlds. It's all about the pew pew.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Perma Death 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #58 Neon Striker
65% matchVery Positive88% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Zeno's Adventure Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Configure the weaponry on your ship to blast away enemies as you navigate through swarms of bullets and space battles. Each ship has unique customization options and playstyles.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Space 7.3%
- #59 Galaxy Highways
65% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
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 36.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Space 6.7%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #60 Void Bastards
65% matchVery Positive86% of 5,416 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Manchu
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Procedural Generation 15%, Roguelite 10.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Space 10.2%