- #1 Omega Reaction
96% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: Nick Van FossenPub: Joe Censored Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Fend off wave after wave of enemies as you fight to victory in this twin stick shooter. Fast shooting guns, plus your ship's additional powerful capabilities help you fight through progressively more difficult levels, in order to escape and make your way home.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.4%, Action 25.9%, Casual 24.7%, Indie 10%
- #2 Ion Assault
97% matchMixed69% of 181 reviews2010
Dev: CoreplayPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Action 25.4%, Casual 20.8%, Indie 17.6%, Arcade 8.7%
- #3 Slippery Sausage
95% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Wonderthing
Windows · Mac
Slippery Sausage is a frantic arcade game where a sentient sausage is out to stop inanimate objects inhabited by mischievous alien spirits! Master handling your sausage, and defeat a wide variety of enemies across 50 levels!
Why similar: Action 32%, Casual 30.5%, Indie 23.6%, Arcade 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #4 Sniper Fodder
94% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: War game studioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Inspired by the classic Amiga 500, you take on the role of a sniper, eliminating all the enemies without showing you.
Why similar: Action 38%, Indie 27.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Casual 8.4%
- #5 Transcripted
96% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews
Dev: Alkemi
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
After 3 years, Transcripted the illegitimate son of Zuma and Geometry Wars is finally back on Steam. Discover now this unique mix of twin stick shooter and match-3 with its twisted mechanics and original story.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.1%, Casual 23.5%, Action 23.4%, Indie 19%
- #6 Break Arcade Games Out
92% matchVery Positive94% of 219 reviews2019
Dev: Dan Zaidan
Windows
What if Breakout was the only arcade game people could make? An open-source game, written entirely on a live stream.
Why similar: Action 32.8%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 23.1%, Arcade 14.2%
- #7 Star-Pit Starship
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Puddledock Games
Windows
Star-Pit Starship is an addictive arcade score-chaser. Build your ship and blast some baddies. The longer you last in the pit, the more money you'll earn and the better you can build your next ship. Build-Battle-Repeat!
Why similar: Casual 33.6%, Indie 25.9%, Action 24.7%, Arcade 12.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #8 Candy Snake Master
93% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: BD Studio Games
Windows
Maybe the most addictive snake game ever. Help baby snake eat candies and become more stronger, all mystery power-ups are your best friends, they can help you and give you more power to fight against those aggressive snakes.
Why similar: Action 33.6%, Casual 31%, Indie 23.9%, Arcade 11.5%
- #9 Bumble Butt
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Wonderthing
Windows · Mac
Bumble Butt is a frenetic arcade game where Betty Buzz takes out nasty bugs with the power of her bottom! Or rather, the stingers she shoots out of it! That's right, player's are always shooting in the direction opposite they're facing!
Why similar: Action 34.4%, Casual 32.8%, Indie 25.3%, Arcade 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #10 Duckpocalypse
91% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Capitola VR
Windows
In the future, intelligent robot ducks have become smarter than humans, they took our jobs, and took control of our world! You can't cope with being second in the food chain, so this is how your duck hunt starts.
Why similar: Action 31.1%, Casual 29.7%, Indie 22.9%, Arcade 16.3%
- #11 Dodge Rocket
89% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: HaDe GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Dodge rocket is a fun survival shooter where you need to control a rocket through space, evading and destroying alien spaceships while your mission is to survive to get the highest score possible
Why similar: Action 30.4%, Casual 28.9%, Indie 23.4%, Arcade 17.3%
- #12 Bombrigade: Battlegrounds
88% matchMixed52% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Hikikomori Studios
Windows
Violence has never been so cute! Compete among 50 players to be the last chibi standing in an explosive blast of arcade fun for both PC and mobile! Customize your character to your heart’s content and show off your unique flair as you launch your friends and enemies alike into the sky!
Why similar: Action 34.4%, Casual 32.8%, Indie 25.3%, Arcade 7.4%
- #13 Drifting in Space
85% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Tobias Hendricks
Windows · Mac
Drifting in Space is an action Rogue-lite for those with a love for difficult games. Inspired by the uncertainty of space itself along with all the movies, literature and games that accompany it. Enjoy crossing this dark and dangerous rendition of the cosmos.
Why similar: Action 31.1%, Casual 29.6%, Indie 22.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 4.2%
- #14 Skein
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2017
Dev: Nocturne Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Run The Procedural Gauntlet! Skein is a procedural dungeon shooter in an "old-skool" arcade style for one or two players where you must battle through hordes of monsters on a quest to save the soul of a talking sheep.
Why similar: Action 31.1%, Casual 29.7%, Indie 20.8%, Arcade 18.3%
- #15 Septic Savages
87% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Jenito
Windows · Mac
After encountering an alien creature in a bathroom stall, one man is propelled into a never-ending quest of sewer dwelling carnage! Septic Savages is a 2D, 1 or 2-player, twin-stick shooting roguelike with loads of randomized elements and hours upon hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.3%, Action 26.1%, Indie 18.3%, Arcade 12.4%
- #16 Goblin treasure
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: enrjuPub: Andrzej Cudzilo
Windows
Goblin Treasure is a casual arcade game in which you play the role of a goblin treasure hunter. Collecting diamonds while traveling across various boards. Your main goal is to collect as many diamonds as possible while avoiding goblins and traps.
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Casual 33.6%, Indie 25.9%, Arcade 5.2%
- #17 MoonRun
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Boulder Trap Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight incoming waves in this classic pixel-art arcade game! Put your top-tier aiming skills to the test, get rewarded, and trade up your ammo to defeat the final boss.
Why similar: Action 35.2%, Casual 33.6%, Indie 25.6%, Arcade 5.6%
- #18 Rocket Riot
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Codeglue
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Get ready for Rocket Riot, an action-packed, side-scrolling, 8-bit shooter where the rockets and the fun never stops! With over 200 levels and over 300 characters, blowing things up has just reached a new level of awesome!
Why similar: Action 30%, Casual 28.6%, Indie 22.1%, Arcade 19.2%
- #19 MadCowBalls2
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Martin Eriksson
Windows · Linux
Save the city from the mad cow balls and destroy the bricks. Gain skillpoints from high score and completing levels. Use the skillpoints to upgrade your balls, weapons and gain access to the 60+ power ups!
Why similar: Action 32.9%, Casual 31.3%, Indie 24.2%, Arcade 11.6%
- #20 Incandescent 2
82% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Stephen Crabb
Windows
Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.2%, Action 29.2%, Indie 20.2%, Arcade 10.9%, Casual 10.5%
- #21 GO AWAY, THERE'S KUMIS OVER THERE!
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 237 reviews2016
Dev: Besedka Games StudioPub: Neon Green Pin Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This arcade runner is about a horse and our favorite drink - kumis! Collect cookies, pick up items like multipliers, bombs, HPs and try to get as high score as you can. Cookies are your best friends in that game!
Why similar: Casual 42.8%, Indie 23%, Action 21.5%, Arcade 12.7%
- #22 fight wisdom
81% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: pengjianNiuPub: pengjianNIu
Windows
You can't miss the new game, you will regret for life
Why similar: Action 35.7%, Casual 34.1%, Indie 26.5%, Arcade 3.7%
- #23 AudioWizards
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: myTrueSound
Windows
AudioWizards is an accessible audio game full of arcade action and charm! Embark on an audiotistic journey to defend the world of Sondveiw. Master the sounds and defeat elementally imbued monsters together with your mentor Saundaman.
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Casual 33.3%, Indie 25.7%, Arcade 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #24 Eggs & Kings
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vsevolod Pletnev
Windows
SYSYGY`s Eggs & Kings - this is an unrealistic hardcore game that will explode your computer! Grab your gamepad and a lot of patience! You will have to destroy crowds of monsters, collecting their precious eggs.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #25 Jeremiah
78% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Tom Wagner - Dubya StudiosPub: Dubya Studios
Windows
You're a simple frog trying to catch as many flying insects as possible as they speed by.
Why similar: Action 32.2%, Casual 31.7%, Indie 23.7%, Arcade 12.4%
- #26 Barrel Blast
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Me First Games
Windows · Mac
Soar through Cannon City by blasting out of cannons, bounce off rubber balls and walls, slide down giant slides, and pull off aerodynamic acrobats in this physics cannon blasting game. Get sky-high today with some silly physics fun!
Why similar: Action 32.5%, Casual 31%, Indie 23.9%, Arcade 12.6%
- #27 STAX
79% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Moda Code Games
Windows · Mac
STAX is a colourful, fast-paced tile matching puzzle game inspired by an arcade classic. Better than ever and brought up to date for modern machines and audiences with killer music and gameplay. STAX. It's even fun to say.
Why similar: Action 34%, Casual 29.6%, Indie 22.9%, Arcade 13.6%
- #28 KIWAYA
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Rogerty
Windows · Linux
KIWAYA is a unique action weapon testing-game. Destroy rocks & bugs, get as deep as possible and receive advice from a penguin.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Casual 35.1%, Indie 27.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #29 Carrie's Order Up!
77% matchVery Positive95% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Ink Dragon Works
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cute, 2D arcade action game starring crustacean waitresses serving food to other aquatic folk.
Why similar: Casual 33.5%, Action 33%, Indie 25.5%, Arcade 8%
- #30 Circle Up
73% matchMixed60% of 35 reviews2020
Dev: EGAMERPub: SA Industry
Windows
Avoid obstacles on the way: cybers, portals, spikes and many more to test your skills. There are 50 levels and many bonus modes with exciting and tricky obstacles.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #31 Elude
76% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Rock Interactive
Windows · Mac
Elude is a simple, yet challenging endless survival/arcade game. It will test all of your abilities to escape from the enemies or lead them intro traps.
Why similar: Action 32.4%, Casual 30.9%, Indie 23.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #32 Lightfish
79% matchVery Positive82% of 178 reviews2011
Dev: Eclipse Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
LightFish is a highly addictive arcade game, where the user controls a small fish who lives in the abyssal deeps of the ocean... surrounded by deadly creatures.
Why similar: Casual 31.8%, Action 29.3%, Indie 26.8%, Arcade 12.1%
- #33 10 seconds
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Zynk Software
Windows
Gather your friends and play this party, funny, fast paced game in order to see who is better at throwing stuff, eating, drinking or other common activities when the time is your worst enemy! To complete each task you have a maximum of... yeah... you guessed it... 10 seconds!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #34 Phoenix Strike
78% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Tansion
Windows
In a casual game with a top view, you have to control military equipment from a Quad bike to a tank (only 4 types). During the passage of the location, you need to break enemy ambushes, but also collect keys to get to the boss. Defeating the boss will open access to the next level.
Why similar: Action 35.8%, Casual 34.1%, Indie 26.3%, Arcade 3.7%
- #35 Dangerous Skies 80's edition
75% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: TeamomegaPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Enter the world of Dangerous skies, a shoot em up inspired by the mythical space invaders, you will face ten fantastic levels in full 80s style.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #36 .fall
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Susami
Windows
".fall" is an action game that jumps blocks so as not to fall down. Anyone can play with simple operation and enjoy it. Try for the highest score in the world.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #37 SKIMMERZ
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Harrison Went
Windows
Battle the enemy 3 rounds at a time in SKIMMERZ. Utilise game changing abilities to turn the tide and unlock each unique skimmer as you progress through colourful arena style maps.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #38 Quadra
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Witch Warlock Labs
Windows · Mac
Get good and get fast with Quadra, a high-speed match-3 game that will test your reflexes. Don't be a square, play Quadra!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #39 Steve's Pub - Soda on tap
72% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: gitcare
Windows
It's all about service! Welcome to your new job as a bartender! Steve's Pub is an amazing bartender simulator game for virtual reality with not too realistic physics and a lot of fun!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #40 Smash Party VR
73% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Viacom NEXT
Windows
Smash Party is an intense, hilarious, and free VR party game being developed by Viacom NEXT and Titmouse for the HTC Vive. In Smash Party, players can smash a variety of familiar objects from toilets to plates to televisions, surrounded by a virtual crowd cheering their every move.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #41 Oh Boy Cheese
71% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Ryan Bissonnette
Windows
Have some cheesy fun with two modes of cheesy madness. Try tojump onto scoreboard by collecting the cheese or just have some casual fun. Play one wacky mode, with trampolines, planes, presents and explosions. Whatever you choose it will be cheesetastic.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #42 StarLightRiders: HyperJump
56% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: LunarCitySeven
Windows
StarLightRiders: HyperJump is a fast paced and frantic multiplayer arcade shoot em up. Protect the solar system from the alien invasion and stop them from eliminating all life on Earth! Take control of the powerful HyperJump ships and blast the hell out of everything that moves.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #43 Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary
73% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2016
Dev: BBG Entertainment GmbH
Windows · Mac
Boulder Dash® - 30th Anniversary™ features classic retro-style gameplay with 220 exciting levels across 11 new, gorgeous and unique worlds, and 10 playable characters. The new level editor and Steam Workshop support offers potentially infinite replay with both user as well as community-created levels.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #44 All You Can Shoot
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antonio RuffoloPub: Carmine Francesco Aceto
Windows · Mac
All You Can Shoot is a 2D shooting arena game, where the player will be thrown into two (for now) levels.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #45 The Princess is in Another Castle
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mihai Morosanu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the touching story of a medieval knight that is having bad luck in finding its princess. A classic platform game where you will have to avoid dangers like bats, spikes etc.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #46 You are a torpedo AI
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Navigate a torpedo in environments filled with obstacles and DESTROY YOUR TARGET.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #47 Planet Protector VR
64% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: BigfootDS
Windows
Defend your city from alien invaders in this colorful virtual reality game! Aim, shoot, and protect your planet for as long as you can!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #48 peakvox Mew Mew Chamber for Steam
68% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: peakvoxPub: O-TWO inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Let's slide lovely cats in the crowd! They disappear when line up 3-same kinds of cats and the others get the crowded out of the field! It's the deceptive simplicity and how KAWAII (very sweet) new challenging puzzle! This game is compatible with the network ranking. Let's try to compete with the world users!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #49 Bullet Dodge
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: QRA-CS
Windows
Dodge, block, or shoot. Whatever you do, survive. Use your amazing reflexes to dodge out of the way of an onslaught of bullets. Use your slow time ability to get the edge. Don’t get hit in the head or it’s game over.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #50 Just VR Slingshot Target Practice
69% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Shorebound Studios
Windows
Spend some time shooting targets with a slingshot. This game is, after all, Just VR Slingshot Target Practice.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #51 Spray Dynamite X Radioactive Insects
67% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Célio Fernandes Krachinski
Windows
Play a shooter 2D, using a spray to explode waves of radiactive insects.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #52 Brain Guzzler: The End Is Nigh
71% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Flaming Pumpkin Ltd
Windows
Guzzle brains and keep the zombie conga alive! Brain Guzzler is an action packed classic where you take control of the zombie outbreak. Gobble up humans and add them to your Zombie chain, but remember don’t eat yourself, zombies taste bad!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #53 Knight & Damsel
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2015
Dev: MK-ULTRA Games
Windows
Knight & Damsel is a two-player "uncooperative" multiplayer game set on a papercraft stage that subverts the age-old tale of knights saving damsels, with the knight and damsel competing to rescue the other!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #54 Acorns Above: A World Gone Nuts
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Chip Studios
Windows
You are a chipmunk pilot. Defend the universe! Take the fight to the enemy squirrels in the skies, space, and under the sea in this top down arcade shooter!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #55 Space Struck Run
66% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Tormentor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Struck Run is a small game where you take control of Dectron The Cyborg, where you have to do your best to survive in outer space while the difficulty keeps rising.
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%
- #56 Gangsta Sniper
66% matchMixed55% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Thirdperson shooter and survival game, where player is gangsta criminal. Mission to rob and collect hidden money bags. Also avoid or kill different enemies like zombies, mutants and cyborg soldiers. Also use armored vehicle
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Casual 35.5%, Indie 27.4%