Games Like Cannoneer

Simple vertical scrolling shooter with a bear as the main character, 5 stages in total

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Shooter 25%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Retro 13.9%, 2D 9.1%

When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-driven, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games like Star Control, Solar Winds, and Lightspeed. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat; build out modular, upgradable ships; and explore a galaxy torn by war.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.3%, Pirates 25% ★, Retro 15.5%, Shooter 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

It's every retired-pirate-father's nightmare; a never ending onslaught of enemies from your past, hellbent on destroying what little remains of your family. An explosive adventure where you’ll find yourself shooting, disintegrating, and flattening invaders all while treasure hunting.

Why similar: Pirates 62.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Casual 7.3%, 2D 3.5%

Spearhead is the story of agents who join secret organizations in a chaotic world surrounded by infectious diseases. Experience the story of six agents joining.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Shooter 17.6%, Casual 9.9%, 2D 8.2%

"Angles of Death" is an action RPG and roguelike game. It blends the intensity of real-time combat and the unpredictability of roguelike mechanics. The pixel art aesthetic adds a nostalgic yet modern visual appeal, while the atmospheric soundtrack immerses players in a dark and captivating world.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 16.6%, Roguelike 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Retro 8.7%

Dive into a fast-paced underwater roguelike! Battle swarms of sea creatures, cursed pirates, and colossal bosses as you explore unique aquatic biomes. Collect a variety of weapons, uncover treasures, and survive the unknown in an epic journey through the ocean depths!

Why similar: Pirates 34.3% ★, Shooter 13.7%, Roguelike 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

To sail or not to sail? What kind of question is that?! While others mull it over, you can be the first to find the treasure!

Why similar: Pirates 69.1% ★, Casual 17.6%, 2D 10%, Singleplayer 3.3%

Simple yet fun top-down blaster with power-ups

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Shooter 23.3%, Retro 14.1%, Casual 11.2%, Top-Down 8.5%

Have you ever played in Tanks in dendy? What if the battles took place at sea? Before you there is an ideological continuation - Battle of Frigates. Battle of Frigates – fun top down shooter where you are in the role of a frigate are fighting on the water, your enemies - the hostile enemy frigates, their bosses, guns, mines.

Why similar: Pirates 36.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Casual 14%, Shooter 10.6%, Retro 10.4%

Get ready to face the lands of Deitra. Choose your class and fight to change your destiny.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Retro 14.9%, Shooter 14%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Top-Down 8.1%

Plunder your way to the top and claim the title of Pirate King. This humorous mix of adventure and strategy lets you unite pirate factions, manage strongholds, and dominate land and sea battles. Raid, recruit, and wreak havoc across the Caribbean in your quest for ultimate infamy.

Why similar: Pirates 86.8% ★, Strategy 13.2%

ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Shooter 13.1%, Casual 11.2%, Top-Down 10.8%

Capture islands, sink ships, defend your towns, and discover an exciting world full of adventure.

Why similar: Pirates 71% ★, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Casual 12.3%, Indie 1.2%

BulletGarden is a 2D vertical shooting gamewhere you explore a planet where the seeds you sow blossom into weapons.You can handle about 300 different types of weapons,each with its own unique characteristics.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Retro 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Shooter 14.4%, Casual 13.1%

A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.3%, Shooter 25.2%, Retro 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 7.8%

In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Retro 22.9%, Shooter 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Top-Down 7.2%

Rum & Gun combines fast-paced shooter action with ARPG loot and character building. Journey across the Indian Ocean, uncover the secrets of the Drunken God, and become a legendary pirate captain. You're not on the Caribbean anymore...

Why similar: Pirates 47.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shooter 12.8%, Loot 11.5%, Top-Down 6.4%

Operation Thunder is a top-down shooter with a tactical twist and destructible walls. Use your guns, gadgets and wits to outsmart your enemies and become a hero. Good luck, Soldier.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Shooter 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Military 11.2%, Top-Down 9.4%

《不充钱还想过关的坦克大战？》是一款2D俯视射击游戏，拥有众多升级与强化方案供玩家探索，同时也还原了厂商如何榨干玩家钱包的方法。

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.3%, Shooter 23.4%, Military 16.8%, Casual 15.2%, 2D 8.4%

A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.2%, Shooter 26.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 9.3%, Top-Down 8.9%

本游戏是一款以英雄帆船为主角的动作射击游戏，游戏中多种敌人分阶段出现，具有不同攻击和移动方式，击败敌人可获得分数和随机道具，提升帆船属性与技能。

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Shooter 26.5%, Casual 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Pirates are BLANKing awesome is a little arcade shooter made by a single developer. Blast your way through 4 levels of pirating fun, defeat the boss pirates and take their stuff.

Why similar: Pirates 55.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Shooter 16.1%, Indie 2.2%

Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.3%, Shooter 25.3%, Retro 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, 2D 8.9%

A space pixel game operated by mouse and keyboardFree gamesBlow your courage by getting different parts to fight off waves of enemies

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.2%, Roguelike 23.3%, Casual 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, 2D 8.9%

Quiverless is a fast-paced pixel-art dungeon crawler made to challenge your precision and strategy. Armed with only a single arrow, you must skillfully retrieve and reuse it to defeat relentless monsters lurking in dark and treacherous dungeons.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Shooter 18.1%, Medieval 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Top-Down 8.4%

Plunderers Adventures: Sea of Whores is a micro tower defense in which you protect Annie's and Riley's pirate ship. Combine different spells, Beat a lot of monsters, and Upgrade the most famous pirate ship in the world.

Why similar: Pirates 46.3% ★, Casual 12.8%, Retro 12.8%, Strategy 10.8%, 2D 8.5%

In a kingdom that has outlawed potion making, an Alchemist turned brew-master continues to sell potions on the underground market from the back of their tavern. Serve both ale and potions to customers, but don't get caught selling potions when the guards make their rounds!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 17%, Strategy 16.8%, Medieval 15.9%, Roguelike 12.1%, Top-Down 12.1%

An action roguelike set in sci-fi space where dinosaurs, dino-tech weapons, and chaos collide. Reclaim your honor as Captain TTT, fight deadly Brocolites, rescue your crew, and conquer the Inner Space.

Why similar: Pirates 31.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shooter 19.1%, Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down 4.5%

this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.6%, Shooter 21.4%, Retro 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D 8.2%

Escape the Maze of Malice in this frantic 2D top-down shooter!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Retro 14.2%, Top-Down 10.6%, Shooter 7.3%

Enter the thrilling world of Ninjurate, where ancient ninjas rise to the defense of a mysterious jungle island surrounded by a mighty sea. The island has become the scene of a battle with zombie pirates, revived from forgotten times.

Why similar: Pirates 46.1% ★, Roguelike 21.1%, Casual 16.2%, 2D 8.2%, Colorful 6.4%

A unique top-down puzzle shooter where you control a robot with an unusual weapon. Throw your laser gun across gaps, hit switches, and fire the gun to shoot beams that ricochet off walls, destroy enemies, and hit targets. Make every shot count as you solve puzzles in 60+ stages!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shooter 17.6%, Retro 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Colorful 6.9%

In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.4%, Retro 17.7%, Shooter 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Top-Down 6.3%

This is a survivor class barrage game, the difference is that the boss rhythm barrage level is embedded inside, come and avoid the overwhelming exciting barrage!!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Shooter 17.8%, Roguelike 15.2%, Casual 7.7%, Top-Down 7.1%

Help Haru defeat the armada of the astral void in a fast-paced roguelite retro space shooter.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Shooter 19.9%, Roguelike 17%, Top-Down 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Mination is an arcade twin-stick shooter/survivor with roguelite and story elements. Take control of Minerva as she mines ores, avoids or fight pirates and aims for a high score! Earn space-dollars to upgrade your ship, progress the story to unlock rewards and head back to get on that leaderboard!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Pirates 21.4% ★, Shooter 15.5%, Roguelike 13.5%, Top-Down 7.5%

You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.9%, Shooter 23.3%, Top-Down 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, 2D 8.9%

This game is a tribute to the Run "N Gun games (Commando, Ikari Warrior, Heavy Barrel, Guerilla Wars, Mercs...) from the mid 1980's that you could find in arcades or on 16 bit consoles.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Retro 21.4%, Shooter 17.7%, Military 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

Play as a mercenary hired on Halloween to kill the Devil! A 2D Roguelike shooter game where you MUST kill monsters to stay alive! Can you overcome the haunted mansion and complete your mission in a few deadly seconds?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Roguelike 19.2%, Retro 19%, Shooter 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

A fast, addictive space run where you weave through meteors, blast obstacles, collect coins, and survive wave after wave of rising danger.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.2%, Shooter 19.4%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Top-Down 8.5%

A late-night vending machine run is cut short when a demonic outbreak occurs in the park. Little do the demons know, Father Garcia is never unarmed.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30%, Roguelike 21.1%, Shooter 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D 7.6%

Destroy hordes of strange machines that have invaded the forest. Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter roguelite focused on immersion into the world of Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Roguelike 12.2%, Retro 10.3%, Top-Down 9.4%

In this innovative top-down shooter from 1985, pilot the Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid (N.O.M.A.D.) through the heavily armoured homeworld of galactic supervillain Cyrus T. Gross, solving tricky puzzles, dodging deadly hazards, and shooting fiendish enemies.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Retro 25.4%, Shooter 20%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, 2D 6.3%

Build Em' Faster is everything about old multiplayer arcade. As it might be seen as a modern party gaming, it is indeed a true revival of both base building and tower defense concepts.

Why similar: Pirates 36.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 25%, Medieval 11.9%, Retro 11.1%, Top-Down 7.5%

AstroWars is a top down 2d shooter with monsters and a blue gun. Earn score by killing monsters and try to beat your top score.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Shooter 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, 2D 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%

"Tank Core" is a 2D top-down shooter game infused with Roguelike elements. Players will collect various random tank components in levels, including turrets, chassis, shells, modules, and cores, to assemble unique tanks that will protect base and defeat all enemies encountered.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.7%, Shooter 23.9%, Roguelike 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Top-Down 7.6%

After a traumatic battle, you've been cursed to walk the earth unable to truly die, you're thrust into battle after battle, dying over and over unable to rest. Until you find the last Nazi bunker, Bunker 666.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, Shooter 17.6%, Roguelike 15%, Retro 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

Be the Gun & the Architect. Arcade-Tower defense hybrid with controller-first design for a snappy tower building and twin-stick shooting. Every kill feeds the machine. Adapt to roguelike chaos with unique items and synergies. Can you build the ultimate defense & survive the Derp?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Roguelike 15.7%, Shooter 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Top-Down 8.4%

Connect terminals to the server. Guards are coming. Keep yourself safe.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38%, Shooter 27.3%, Casual 17.6%, Top-Down 11.4%, PvE 2.7%

TopView shooting game, roguelike, survival! Auto aim; fire. Raise Tariffs; Rob Rare Earth. Use gold coin to buy blood bottle; skill unit; employ staff. Skill can upgrade. "Patriot" has "Die for contury" skill is very useful. Detail read manual pdf.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.8%, Roguelike 24.4%, Military 19.1%, Casual 17.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Fanta Hitchhikers is a casual roguelike shooter where the Fairy Godmother drives a magical carriage alongside heroes from another world to face relentless waves of monsters. Dash through the battlefield, recruit new heroes, and unleash powerful magic to defeat the slime army!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shooter 21%, Roguelike 20.8%, Casual 14.9%, Top-Down 6.9%

Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.6%, Shooter 23.3%, Retro 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Top-Down 8.3%

Rally your band of rogues to battle the spooky monsters haunting the Pirate's galleon! In this top-down shooter + rogue-lite game, power up with temporary upgrades, then spend gold on permanent power once you fall in battle.

Why similar: Pirates 26.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Roguelike 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Loot 9.3%

Blast your way through waves of space debris in order to reach what is waiting for you on the other side. Find your fighting style with multiple unlockable ships in this fast paced space adventure!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Retro 19%, Shooter 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Strategy 8.3%

Tank Blitz: is a retro-style 2D top-down tank shooter where you engage in intense battles against a variety of enemy tanks, armored trains, and devastating railguns. Utilize the terrain for cover as you outmaneuver and outgun your foes in strategic combat scenarios.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shooter 22.3%, Military 11.8%, Retro 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Shut Up, Rabbit! is a shooting survival game mainly for relaxing. A chatty rabbit with sci-fi laser gun and cannon to fight with animals to survive in the forest.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25%, Shooter 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.1%, Casual 11.8%, 2D 9%

A mystery game where you don't know where you are or what you're supposed to do. The only thing you can do is explore, search, and hope for the best.

Why similar: Pirates 41% ★, Medieval 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Casual 12.3%, Top-Down 9.2%

React to events and enemy attacks by moving cannons and using abilities in this short, minimalist Tower Defense game. Pirates are after your treasure, defend it!

Why similar: Pirates 45.1% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Medieval 7.9%