Games Like Bullet Buddies

Face off in a challenging bullet-hell arena shooter, and try to clear bite-sized boss rush challenges. Learn to dodge their attacks, cast spells to gain an upper hand, and kill everything that gets in your way.

Why similar: Boss Rush 51.2% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 4.6%, Top-Down 4.1%

Hyper Shapes is a frenetic minimalist Boss Rush where understanding the enemies attack patterns and weaknesses is key.

Why similar: Boss Rush 69.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 7.2%, Top-Down 4.4%, Action 4.1%

Chaotic boss-rush, bullet-hell-y, twin-stick arena shooter mayhem! Dynamically changing arena forces you to be vigilant: Watch the bullets, watch the walls!

Why similar: Boss Rush 51.8% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 5.3%, Top-Down 4.5%

The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 48.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Top-Down 8.2%, Action 7.3%

Get ready for Death Carnival. Intense Top-Down Shooter with multi-elevation combat. Easy to start, thrilling to watch. Over a dozen characters with unique attacks and story. Adrenaline-fueled combat in singleplayer, online co-op, or competitive PvP.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Co-op 12.1%, Action 8.6%

Drop Eggs on passing cars to cause as much public damage as you can. Use Banana Peels and Doughnuts to slip away from the pursuing police force. Complete your Missions before getting caught to make your getaway!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.9%, Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Arcade 9.2%, Top-Down 7.7%, Comedy 5.4%

Eliminate your negative emotions (but save the good ones!) as Agent B. Cell, in this intense and wacky arcade style shooter!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 10%, Top-Down 7.4%

Boarberry Farm is a super fun farm defence game! Harvest crops while defending your farm from hungry boars who try to invade! Play this 3D co-op game solo or with a friend! Fight hard, Farm Smart! 🐗🐗

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Arcade 8.2%, Top-Down 6.6%, Co-op 5.4%

Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl! After destroying 75% of the panels, move on to the next stage.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.1%, Cute 6.8%, Arcade 6.1%

Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions! A twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.

Why similar: Boss Rush 57.8% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Shooter 6.7%, Arcade 5.6%, Action 3.3%

Dodgeball Blast is a lighthearted, action-packed boss rush game where you dodge, catch, and throw your way through epic battles. Take on challenging bosses, each with unique abilities, as you aim to become the ultimate Dodgeball Master.

Why similar: Boss Rush 66.3% ★, Arcade 7.3%, Family Friendly 4.9%, Action 4.9%, Local Multiplayer 4.5%

Poly-Vinyl Pests! takes place many years in the future, where humans are long gone but plastics still litter the earth. Play as two ants from rival colonies in this twin-stick shooter to both squash plastic-laden pests and to prove the superiority of your colony!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 8.7%, Co-op 6.8%

Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.9%, Co-op 14.3%, Action 10.4%, Arcade 9%, Top-Down 8.6%

Scientific Shutdown is a top-down arcade shooter in which you find yourself kidnapped by Dr Hans Trottelstein, the mad scientist, to test the deadliness of his latest batch of rock monsters. With help from up to three friends, how many simulated environments can YOU survive?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Co-op 8.9%, Arcade 7.3%

The corporate world WILL burst your bubble... so you must fight back! Use your coworkers' words against them and take your issues up the corporate ladder in this twin-stick shooter. Choose your words carefully... one wrong move and you will be TERMINATED.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Co-op 13.4%, Shooter 8.1%, Arcade 6.7%

A roguelite where superstitions take shape as items! Face enemies, collect drops with negative effects that can be traded for advantages. Explore always different rooms, with challenges inspired by beliefs that make us think twice before taking a risk.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Co-op 11.8%, Shooter 9%

This is ArchRobo, a top-down shooter. Featuring incredible visuals, 28 intense levels ranging from easy to incredibly challenging, with 5 large Bosses, dozens of enemies, and a plethora of creative weapons such as the Laser Sword, and Juggernaut power-up.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, Co-op 11.3%, Action 10.9%

Launch. Recall. Avoid.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.1%, Top-Down Shooter 29%, Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 7%, Action 6%

Embark on an exciting journey in a top-down western shooter inspired by classic NES action games. Battle through handcrafted levels, buy abilities, upgrade weapons to face multi-phase bosses in a world where a man's best friend is his revolver.

Why similar: Boss Rush 47.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 7.5%, Top-Down 5.4%

BLOOD=BULLETS is a bullet hell boss rush action platformer where you dash into bullets to refill ammo. In order to kill the blood itself, one must hack into the sequence.

Why similar: Boss Rush 76.8% ★, Shooter 9.3%, Action 6.3%, Arcade 5.2%, Linear 2.4%

Face hungry zombies and explore the hidden secrets of the campsite while working together with a friend in local multiplayer. The tension is high and every bullet counts - will you be able to survive until you escape?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Co-op 10%, Shooter 8.6%

Grab your friends and escape Auda City, which has come under attack from the living dead. Bullet hell meets zombies, do you have the Audacity to survive?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Co-op 9.1%, Shooter 8.7%

B.O.T.S. and the Robofriends is a sci-fi top-down shooter rouge-lite with multiple games modes. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op choosing from 4 unique robot characters with different attributes and attacks. Defend your home, rescue the Robofriends, and find MOTHER!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Co-op 16.7%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down 9.7%

Engage in chaotic multiplayer battles in Trigger Fever, a top-down shooter party game. Crush foes solo or with friends, wielding 50+ unique weapons. Show off skills, tactically dominate, and embrace the crazy onslaught!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shooter 8.9%, Co-op 7.3%, Local Multiplayer 7.1%

When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.5%, Action 10.2%, Top-Down 7.5%

Recruit companions, crush monster hordes and duel bullet hell bosses in this delicious Survivors-like meets Bullet Hell genre mix! Unlock various food weapons, master intense patterns, and conquer Boss Rush. Choose your heroes and join the Pancake Patrol!

Why similar: Boss Rush 58.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Arcade 6.1%, Top-Down 5.7%, Cute 4.4%

A sci-fi top-down score chaser where score multipliers stack up the faster you eliminate.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 10.5%, Action 10.1%

Fight and dodge through hundreds of space bugs in Bug Blast! Go through each space station to protect from the hoards of bugs that come their way.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.9%, Top-Down Shooter 28%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 8.1%, Top-Down 6%

The Tank Lord has taken over the land. Assemble a team or tread solo to defeat his evil forces and take back what is rightfully ours. Take control of a cute animal in a tank and blast through your enemies with your bullets and bombs!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 8.6%, Co-op 7.1%

It's a nice sunny day in Neo-Tartaria and ruthless killer Harry Pippels and his pretend friend Humpty-Ho are guzzling down some sprutzels and racking up a debt at the bar. Their life of luxury is soon interrupted however when the Elder Demon's diabolical crypto schemes threaten the lands.

Why similar: Boss Rush 74.1% ★, Arcade 9%, Action 8.4%, Comedy 6.4%, Linear 1.6%

Super Shootout is a top-down, roguelike shooter set in a stadium on an alien world. Leave a wake of destruction with powerful pickups sent down by the roaring crowd. Fight, die, and fight again to the top of the online leaderboard.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 9.3%, Local Multiplayer 8.2%

Resistance is Fruitile is a challenging retro twin stick shooter with co-op play that's jam-packed with sinister fruit monsters and plenty of firepower to take them on!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Action 9.4%, Co-op 7.8%

Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Co-op 19.9%, Action 8%, Top-Down 7%

A lonesome crawdad mired in debt, you vie to topple the loan sharks and cruel robber barons who run your neck of the bayou. Lob your machete, sling your harpoon, and unlock 100+ upgrades as you battle and bet your way through this surreal 8-bit roguelike boss rush.

Why similar: Boss Rush 61% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Arcade 6.2%, Shooter 5.3%, Action 4.9%

Friday Night Bullet Arena is a top-down multiplayer shoot-a-thon with a twist: each player only gets one bullet! You can catch your own bullet to fire again, but catching other bullets is... not recommended.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26%, Local Multiplayer 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 7.1%

A Tiny Eternity is a bloody brutal and very cute boss-rush game with roguelike elements. Battle your way through endless arenas packed with relentless foes, sharpen your skills with every run, and uncover the strange mystery behind your endless fight for survival.

Why similar: Boss Rush 56.8% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down 5.2%, Cute 4.5%, Arcade 4.4%

Complete high stakes missions in this intense social deduction twin-stick shooter, where friends can quickly turn into informants, bent on sabotaging you at every turn.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Co-op 15.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 5.3%

Reticent Retribution is a top down twin stick shooter. A 3rd person action game. You must blast waves of space enemies. You can use the keyboard and a controller. 720p 60fps. Press 'esc' to quit, 'h' for help.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.9%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Shooter 14.8%, Top-Down 9.2%, Action 6.9%

- Co-op Twin Stick Shooter

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 11.6%, Co-op 10.3%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%

Guerilla Cubes is an action-packed couch co-op shooter where a special ops squad battles a stupidly big army to reclaim Cube City from the ruthless BOX BOSS.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 6.9%

Attention! Tiny Troopers: Global Ops is a fast-paced arcade twin-stick shooter in which you lead an elite squad of Tiny Troopers on action-packed missions to take down hordes of unscrupulous enemies from all corners of the world!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Co-op 11.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 7%

Bourbon Risky is a simple but deep boss rush action game with retro style graphics. Smash all enemies in your way with your eternal companion that blasting bullets and lasers!

Why similar: Boss Rush 93.3% ★, Action 6.1%, Combat 0.6%

Grimrush is a top down action game in which you must face off a gauntlet of seven brutal boss fights. Utilize three characters and a large selection of active and passive abilities. Balance offense and defense to take down the bosses and maximize your score!

Why similar: Boss Rush 66.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Action 14.1%

Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 8.4%, Top-Down 6.6%

You are an invincible bodyguard. Your only weakness is the person you must protect. Control the crowd, spot the assassin, and execute the mission in this stylish, top-down tactical shooter.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down 9.4%, Shooter 8%, Action 6.8%

#KILLALLZOMBIES is an insane twin-stick zombie shooter with Twitch streaming interactions, where you survive hordes of zombies on a dynamically changing arena and spectators may affect gameplay via special Twitch chat commands.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Co-op 14.3%, Shooter 9.3%, Local Multiplayer 8.6%

Slipping into a junk food‑induced coma during a late‑night movie marathon, you wake up as an astronaut stranded in a galaxy overrun by living junk food! Play solo or co‑op online with up to 3 friends (4 players max) to battle hordes of junk food and Souls‑like bosses as you fight to escape alive!

Why similar: Boss Rush 51.5% ★, Co-op 12.5%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 6.5%, Family Friendly 5.5%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Co-op 10.2%, Top-Down 9%

A short side-scroller shooter game featuring Jurard T Rexford of holostars! Fight against corruption beasts and 4 other holostars members in this simple boss-rush game!

Why similar: Boss Rush 73.5% ★, Shooter 12.1%, Action 6.3%, PvE 3.9%, Linear 3.6%

Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 10.6%, Top-Down 9.6%

Cheftastic!: Buffet Blast is a new exciting top-down arcade shooter! Take back the Isle of Verdura from swarms of mutant vegetables and climb your way to the top of the leaderboard!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Top-Down 8.7%, Action 7.3%

Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.5%, Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action 7%, PvE 3.4%

Apple Man Sam...is a little Apple Man! Shoot your way through hordes of moustached vegetables, as you level up, upgrade your weapons, and obtain items to grow absurdly strong. Defeat the final boss and complete quests to unlock more maps and loadouts, for endless fun!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 8.5%, Arcade 8%

Astrotoons is a party-shooter offering both co-op and PvP modes up to four players. Cooperate with friends to complete missions and escape, or compete against each other in exciting PvP matches.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Co-op 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Shooter 9.6%

Experience the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series and uncover the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed. Launch discount good thru Nov. 24 10am PST.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Co-op 12.5%, Shooter 11.5%

You will not survive! Kill zombies while collecting dozens of crazy powerups and weapons in this Arcade-style Top-Down Twin-Stick shooter! Then as night descends, so does the Horde! Fast and merciless, fight to kill as much of the Horde as you can before they kill you!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.3%, Top-Down Shooter 27%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 8.4%, Top-Down 6.5%

Step into The Mad House, a futuristic cyberpunk game show! Battle waves of enemies, conquer unique room challenges, and climb the Leaderboard. Upgrade your gear, master each fight, and earn your place in the legendary Hall of Legends.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shooter 15.3%, Action 10.2%, Top-Down 7.1%

Tiny Troopers Joint Ops is an epic bite-sized arcade shooter, filled to the brim with action-packed mini maps of mayhem!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Action 9.7%

"Kantmis-Zero" is a boss rush action game. As the only chosen one on the Kantmis continent, you must follow the divine instructions and complete the trials.

Why similar: Boss Rush 88.2% ★, Action 10.4%, Combat 1.5%