Games Like Bloodworks

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: Action 65.8%, Indie 34.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive top-down survival shooter that pits you against massive hordes of monsters in a similar fashion to Bloodworks.

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Casual 51.4%, Action 48.6%

Why You'll Like It: An arena shooter where you fight waves of aliens, offering a modern take on the survival mechanics found in Bloodworks.

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

Why similar: Action 63.1%, Indie 36.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced zombie survival shooter that focuses on arcade-style combat and endless waves of enemies.

Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

Why similar: Indie 36.5%, Casual 34.1%, Action 29.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game popularized the modern wave-survival genre, focusing on simple controls and overwhelming enemy counts.

Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.

Why similar: Action 59%, Indie 41%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal top-down shooter that captures the intense, fast-paced combat and gore-filled action of the seed game.

Void Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike game where you have to survive relentless hordes of monsters for 20 minutes!

Why similar: Action 44.4%, Casual 40.2%, Indie 15.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern action-roguelike that focuses on top-down survival and scaling power against waves of enemies.

Bloody Streets is a brutal top-down shooter which will challenge you with areas swarmed by undead in a beautifully stylized and hand painted 2D world complemented by high energy rock music. How long can you survive the sea of monsters while pumping round after round of bullets?

Why similar: Action 53.7%, Indie 46.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title mirrors the top-down zombie survival gameplay and gritty atmosphere of Bloodworks.

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: Action 56.8%, Indie 43.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-octane top-down shooter that emphasizes fast movement and powerful weaponry against endless monster waves.

Chroma Blast is a fast paced twin stick shooter with many different styles of play where you fight through waves of enemies while constantly leveling up your ships colorful arsenal. Beat your friends and challenge yourself in the leaderboards, or seek out a true test of skill for those good enough to find it.

Why similar: Casual 36.3%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-packed shooter that focuses on arcade-style survival and wave-based progression.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Action 50.4%, Indie 49.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging top-down shooter that rewards precision and quick reflexes, much like the survival focus of Bloodworks.

Demolish hordes of enemies and survive against all odds! Unlock different characters, find powerful skill combinations and embark on an exciting journey through the variety of very different worlds in this cute but unforgiving roguelike game!

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: An arena shooter that captures the essence of surviving against massive hordes with satisfying combat loops.

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: Casual 36.3%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28.3%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play top-down shooter that shares the minimalist, wave-based survival structure of the seed game.

Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.

Why similar: Action 51.7%, Casual 48.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes arcade-style action and surviving against relentless waves of enemies.

The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME

Why similar: Action 50.4%, Casual 49.6%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired arena shooter that focuses on pure, top-down survival combat against waves of monsters.

A wave-based zombie survival game

Why similar: Casual 36.6%, Action 35.7%, Indie 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play action game that delivers similar casual, wave-based combat mechanics.

Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Action 47.8%, Casual 44.1%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell survival game that emphasizes quick movement and crowd control against monster waves.

Overclocked: The Aclockalypse is a roguelike bullet hell following The Keeper’s time-twisting battle to reclaim The Eternal Sands from Greenwich and her clockwork army.

Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 45.5%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that provides the same frantic, bullet-hell survival experience found in Bloodworks.

Survive as long as possible in Fried Panic! Buy weapons, abilities, and even donut producing machines. Fight through waves of eggs, lemons, chicken drumsticks, and much more, all in a top down pixel art style.

Why similar: Action 62.5%, Indie 37.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-roguelike that focuses on surviving against waves of enemies in a top-down perspective.

Survive hordes of blood hungry enemies and hope for the best upgrades while you level up! Power Fantasy is a fresh rogue-survivors-like with unique heroes and tons of customization.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that focuses on character progression and surviving against massive waves of enemies.

You are one of the few survivors of a zombie cat-pocalypse. With only your wits, your weapons, and a few turrets, you must defend yourself from the hordes of zombie-cats that come at night. Grenade, blast, shoot, heal, and place traps to survive each wave until safety comes with the sunlight.

Why similar: Action 36.4%, Casual 35.7%, Indie 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: A casual action game that features wave-based survival mechanics against hordes of enemies.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

Why similar: Casual 51.3%, Action 48.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival shooter where you must hold off waves of monsters using various weapons and upgrades.

Obliterate a never-ending horde of enemies while you attempt to reach the 30 minute mark. Race to earn XP and level up to gain new items and opportunities for each run to become stronger than the last.

Why similar: Casual 50%, Action 50%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade shooter that emphasizes fast-paced survival and wave-based combat.

Undead Shadows is a fast paced action zombie shooter that keeps players on their toes and tests their survival instinct. You are a survivor in the harsh post apocalyptic world looking for any means of survival against never ending waves of zombies from sun up to sun down – and even worse in between.

Why similar: Action 36.4%, Casual 35.7%, Indie 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that pits you against endless waves of zombies, mirroring the core loop of Bloodworks.

Its Simple, SHOOT! Is a minimalist top down 2D waveshooter that has the player utilizing various weapons and abilities to overcome their foes.

Why similar: Action 50.9%, Casual 49.1%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, casual action game that mirrors the minimalist, wave-based survival approach of Bloodworks.

Battle the evil hordes on your way to Valhalla. Annihilate thousands of monsters with overpowered attacks and upgrades.

Why similar: Action 52.2%, Casual 27.4%, Indie 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that combines survival mechanics with intense, top-down combat against monster hordes.

You are the first party mech pilot of alien planet colonizers! Project Lazarus is a survival game with rogue-lite elements. Deploy and upgrade your mech to the metal!

Why similar: Action 51%, Casual 49%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down wave survival game that emphasizes intense combat and tactical positioning against endless monster swarms.

An RNG, dynamic and strategic FPS. Test your mettle against endless waves of super soldiers. How long can you last?

Why similar: Action 38.3%, Casual 34.2%, Indie 27.5%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play action game that incorporates survival elements and wave-based combat.

Endless Waves Survival is an adrenaline-fueled endless survival game. Fight a continuous onslaught of enemies and claim upgrades and new abilities as you level up. How long will you survive the next run?

Why similar: Casual 43%, Indie 30.1%, Action 26.9%

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Action 52.2%, Indie 47.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that requires careful management and combat against persistent waves of enemies.

In a world where the only thing you know is combat, can you survive endless waves of enemies?

Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%

It is WAR!Team up with your comrades to stand against the pesky aliens.

Why similar: Action 55.5%, Indie 44.5%

Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Action 100%

Just a Dream is a fast paced top down action game. You enter a world filled with your worst nightmares and must escape. As you fight across your dream from level to level, you encounter the very things that you dread every night.

Why similar: Indie 52.2%, Action 47.8%

Snow Plows vs Aliens: 4 player, local co-op chaos

Why similar: Action 56.6%, Indie 43.4%

Clean’Em Up is a fast paced, arcade-style Top Down Shooter with neon graphics. You play as an Upgradable Antivirus. You seek and destroy tremendous viruses and threats, collect and protect files and survive huge Bosses. The story is simple: Your Computer has been hacked... Dozens of viruses and other threats have penetrated your System...

Why similar: Action 54.7%, Indie 45.3%

Clawface is an intense, arcade-styled twin stick shooter where you play as an adorable robot equipped with crazy weapons and a giant claw to fight an endless wave of alien monsters!

Why similar: Action 63.9%, Indie 36.1%

1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

Why similar: Action 36.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 28.2%

A top-down arena shooter with a wide variety of weapons and enemies. Confront hordes of zombies and monsters in totally random generated arenas.

Why similar: Action 39.3%, Casual 38.9%, Indie 21.8%

Blightspire is a fast-paced, wave-based survival shooter. Battle through a cursed graveyard as undead abominations rise in endless waves. With only your reflexes and firepower, survive the darkness in a world where death is never the end.

Why similar: Action 100%

Survive as long as you can through the waves of magic guardians, level up to heighten your own magical abilities, and unlock game changing weapon upgrades and new arenas as you explore Dark Willow Crypt! Will you escape, or are you bound for the grave...

Why similar: Action 52.2%, Casual 47.8%

Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.

Why similar: Action 100%

Fight hordes of Covenant & Flood in this new game mixing Roguelite & Bullet Heaven for hours of mindless fun!

Why similar: Action 48.5%, Casual 36.6%, Indie 14.9%

Owly has been kidnapped by the treacherous Tala. Fight your way through hordes of evil llamas in a quest of liberation and vengeance.

Why similar: Action 55.5%, Indie 44.5%

HVOR - a dynamic top-down shooter, which takes place in the world,affected by an unknown infection.Kill the infected - and try not to join him.

Why similar: Action 64.4%, Indie 35.6%

The Undying Plague is a top down shooter where your task is to fend off waves of attacking enemies and survive as long as possible. At your disposal will get a few weapons that we can improve for the money earned on the battlefield. Enter a world of pain, suffering and bloodthirsty zombies. Can you stop the plague?

Why similar: Indie 60.6%, Action 39.4%

HANZ Puppetguns is a multiplayer top-down shooter in the setting of a puppetpocalypse. Look for the best weapons, avoid meeting zombie-wolves, act unexpectedly! Become the most plush player! Every man for himself!

Why similar: Action 56.2%, Indie 43.8%

A team based top-down shooter game. Pick up weapons and fight enemies with allies. Mission-based storyline leads you into this fantasy world.

Why similar: Action 100%

Return Alive is a Free-to-Play Top-down Shooter Game.

Why similar: Casual 54.2%, Action 45.8%

Curse of Mermos is a free, lighthearted hack and slash game with fast paced action and challenging combat. Players wield the Hammer of Horus or shoot the Crossbow of Neith to defeat hordes of monsters in the tomb of Ebo. The game features unlock-able abilities and skill upgrades for personalized combat.

Why similar: Action 54%, Indie 46%

New Day: Cataclysm is a free to play Base Defence game, where you strive to survive day by day against a growing horde of hostile monsters. To keep surviving, you must upgrade your base and weapons with resources found by scavenging during the day.

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Soul Slasher is a top down, 1v1 PvP focused close combat game. The arena's randomized obstacles, buffs, and traps make every match different. Slash your opponent's soul and claim your freedom.

Why similar: Action 57.7%, Casual 23.2%, Indie 19.1%

ASSASSINATION BOX is a first person shooter. Fight endless waves of enemies in Survival mode or start stealth night mission. Fight for a better score and higher rank.

Why similar: Action 69.4%, Indie 30.6%

A twinstick shooter game where you fight against waves after waves of Zombie Cubes!

Why similar: Action 53.5%, Indie 46.5%

Lt Blitz has the city sieged, and it's your job to destroy his troops. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your jet and and try to take on this challenge! Burning Skies is a free, endless retro shmup, that will take you right back to the era of arcade machines, with modernized graphics and gameplay!

Why similar: Casual 50.2%, Action 49.8%

Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter with rogue-lite elements. You may be greatly outnumbered, but not outpowered. Evolve into the ultimate weapon of destruction!

Why similar: Casual 36.9%, Action 35.3%, Indie 27.8%

Defeat legions of pirates and marine beasts to emerge victorious! Ruiga Pirates: First Survivors is an adventure with survival elements. Customize your ship, brace yourself for a bullets from myriad foes! Navigate the perilous waters of a ghost-infested realm and Play for Free now!

Why similar: Casual 47.9%, Action 41%, Indie 11.1%