Games Like Careful Gardeners

Geometrical is an addictive hybrid of a survivors-like and an incremental endless progression. Face waves of enemies, improve your stats after each round, and get ready to battle a final boss every 7 days. Will you be able to defeat the 5 great bosses?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.5%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Shooter 10%, Action 6.1%

Simplistic roguelike shooter, Blast your way through countless enemies while earning powerful upgrades which turn you into a shape obliterating machine! 50+ upgrades with countless synergies and stacking effects!, Unique enemies which have unique abilities

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.7%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 6%

Help to restore the power of the last crypt in the fantasy world! With the power of Death herself, obtain new heroes, guns and skills to create powerful combinations in this roguelite top down survivors game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 10.2%

Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Action Roguelike 25.6%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Action 7.5%

Iron Skys is a top down bullet hell shooter with rouge like elements. As a lone pilot in an untested prototype vessel, you must defend the empire against a seemingly endless fleet of rebel ships.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.5%, Bullet Hell 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Action 10.2%

In Survival of Exon, strategic combat is key. Eliminate foes to collect coins and upgrade your character, becoming a force to be reckoned with. As the difficulty ramps up, you'll need to strategically enhance your gear to overcome the onslaught and emerge victorious.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.3%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Shooter 11%, PvE 6.4%

Survive waves of alien invaders. Upgrade your weapons and create insane builds. Addictive arcade roguelike action awaits you!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 4%

Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Shooter 16.8%, Action 13.3%, Top-Down 5.9%

Join the quest to overtake the void and become a hero! In this game, you will slay your enemies in a point and click fashion and overtake the void for good, or so you think... Join the quest in taking over the void to find out!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.1%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 6.6%

Abyssal Tides is a fast-paced naval bullet-hell roguelite—pilot a sloop, stack upgrades mid-battle, and fend off 30 handcrafted enemy waves to save the world from the Void. Leap over rolling swells and crush your foes with arrows and cannon fire to rekindle humanity’s hope.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.4%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Shooter 10.3%, PvE 6.2%

Are you ready for the challenge? Face monsters in a 2D pixel art bullet hell to prove your worth and join Captain Valdo's pirate crew! Step into Geraldo's shoes, choose your weapon, buy upgrades, and grow stronger on this journey. What are you waiting for? The crew is waiting for you!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Shooter 10.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%

Survive relentless waves in a fast-paced top-down bullet hell shooter. Chain combos, dodge chaos, and master skill-based combat where every second matters.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.5%, Action Roguelike 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Action 7.7%

Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 9.7%, 2D 2%

Play as a mechanical being, defeat all enemies, and retrieve the crucial item. Moon Tower is a fast-paced game where you must constantly dodge enemies and eliminate them within each room. Gain different abilities to strengthen yourself and enhance your power.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Shooter 10.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%

Defeat legions of pirates and marine beasts to emerge victorious in Ruiga Pirates: Cursed Seas! Adventure with survival elements. Customize your ship, prepare for barrages from myriad foes, and navigate the perilous waters of a monster realm. Embark on this thrilling journey and Play for Free now!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.8%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Action 6.3%, PvE 6%

Shoot down swarms of planes to survive your adventure through the clouds. Make smart upgrade decisions along the way to not get submerged by the hundreds of enemies coming your way.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 7.7%, Top-Down 6.7%

Dive into chaos with HyperRaid, a fast-paced bullet hell adventure set in Eldoria! As a Mercenary Guild member, raid Grokk's Hold, battling goblins for a powerful artifact. With randomized perks, each run offers a thrilling challenge. Ready for Mercenary Mayhem?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 6%

You were created by a few scientists for a suicide mission. How long can you survive by clearing mutant slimes?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28%, Bullet Hell 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 4.7%

Blast your way through ever increasing hordes of space bandits and alien creatures in this action roguelite. Level up your character and obtain powerful upgrade items with a variety of effects. Procedurally generated enemy waves and item choices prevent any two runs from playing out the same way.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 7.1%

Top down 2D bullet hell survivor. Use your level reached to purchase permanent upgrades to help you get further in the next run!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.4%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, PvE 6.2%, Action-Adventure 5.6%

You just have to kill the bugs and critters before they kill you, so you can kill the bugs EVEN BETTER. Defeat the 3 floors and their bosses to win the game! Fight through procedurally maps made of handcrafted rooms, in this action RPG shooter with heavy roguelike and bullet-hell elements.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 10.6%, PvE 6.2%

Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Action Roguelike 21%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 8%

A roguelite shoot 'em up with an oldschool aesthetic and an intense gameplay loop. Fight through 9 levels of a grueling training simulation, growing stronger with every loop, and realize ignorance truly is bliss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Action Roguelike 28%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Action 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.4%

Keep Going is a fast-paced, top-down action game! Highly inspired by Vampire Survivors, Keep Going is a game about shooting monsters and quickly upgrading your skills to KILL MORE MONSTERS. It's a great game for you to play fast-paced but thrilling matches.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.3%, Shooter 16.3%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Action 9.3%

Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Top-Down 6.1%, Shooter 6%

Astral Blitz is a roguelite, twin stick shooter. Control your fighter ship and wreak devastation through the hordes of empire defenses. Create your own play style as you customize your ship to your needs, setting it up for brutal destruction, refined precision, or to become chaos incarnate!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.1%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 5.8%

A simple, action-packed, arcade bullet hell game with progression system and some roguelite elements, where almost everything is a square! There are 100 randomized waves of enemies to beat, which includes 4 deadly boss encounters.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 45.4%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 5.5%

Fight through hordes of enemies in this action roguelite, find random weapons and discover secret card combos to create devastating builds and survive the chaos.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.6%, Action Roguelike 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

Face hordes of corrupted creatures in challenging lands with the help of magical abilities. Elemental Wandering Survivors is a horde survival game where your goal is to persevere in combat against monsters while evolving your battle potential to explore hostile lands.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Action 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Magic 7%

Defeat massive hordes of enemies to grow ever more powerful! Unlock new runes and spells to create insane combinations! Gain tons of experience and learn the true meaning of the Runecaster’s path.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Magic 6.4%, Action-Adventure 6%

Shoot'em up with an emphasis on progression and growth through upgrades. Fly, shoot, die, upgrade, repeat.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Nature 12.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 6.8%

Knight Survivor is a fast-paced, top-down roguelite arena shooter where medieval fantasy meets explosive modern firepower. Face down endless waves of relentless slimes and monsters, collect gold, and visit the shop to build an unstoppable arsenal. How many waves can you survive before you fall?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.6%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Shooter 13%, PvE 7.8%, Action 7.4%

Dash through enemies, collect power ups and survive waves of enemies in this fast paced bullet-hell

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, PvE 7.4%, Action 5.4%

AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.8%, Bullet Hell 37%, Shooter 22.2%

Board your spaceship and delve Into the VOID, facing waves of relentless enemies. Grow stronger with each battle to overcome Zentharian commanders and their “Bullet-Hell” attack patterns. This top-down roguelike shooter promises short but intense runs where your wits and reflexes will be tested.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 7.5%

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 25%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Nukepath is a post-apocaliptic action roguelike, where a survivor must get out of town before a nuclear bomb explodes everything.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Action 6.7%

Wandsmith is a magical action roguelike with weapons that change every run. You cast spells that you build yourself, with wands that you are continually upgrading and customizing. Fight through castles of enemies in search of stronger foes and greater rewards.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.4%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Magic 18.9%, Shooter 8.4%, Action 8.3%

Collect allies and weapons in parallel worlds and defeat thousands of enemies. Rescue to the Parallel is a new roguelike game. Rescue characters to make friends, search for weapons and treasure chests. The route you choose extends your survival time infinitely.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.2%, Bullet Hell 33.2%, Action 11%, PvE 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.1%, Bullet Hell 34%, Shooter 17.4%, Action 6.6%, 2D 2.1%

Survive against hordes of monsters.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Action 12.3%, Magic 8.6%

Simply Survive is a 2D bullet hell survival experience where you the player battle through waves of enemies to just survive as long as possible.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.6%, Bullet Hell 32.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 9.5%, 2D 1.9%

Erika America is an bullet hell video game. Fly and shoot your way through 5 levels, each culminating in a boss battle with a supervillain.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

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Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Shooter 14.7%, Action 11.1%, Magic 7.7%

A Touhou Project fan-made STG, also a collab game with Vtuber Syrena. Some day a random suspicious pink UFO showed up in Gensokyo. This must be an incident! As a result, Reimu and Marisa went on a journey to solve the incident.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Shooter 14.9%, Action 8.6%, Magic 8.5%

Clash with hordes of increasingly more difficult enemies, fighting back with powerful items and abilities. Explore different builds and classes, discover new items, and re-play with several ramping difficulty levels in this exciting arcadey shoot 'em up.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.6%, Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shooter 12.4%, PvE 7.5%, Action 6.9%

Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.3%, Bullet Hell 32.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 10%, Colorful 2.4%

In Luck's Labyrinth you're a ghostly gambler in a monochromatic afterlife. Every step is a dice roll, shaping your fate. With luck as your only weapon, uncover secrets or succumb to fate's twists. Survive spectral challenges to grow stronger, but beware luck's fickleness

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.2%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Top-Down 4.3%

Starfighter Hero is a bullet heaven rogue-lite where you pilot and upgrade your starship. Unleash experimental weapons, amass escalating power, and steer your ship expertly to survive relentless swarms.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.7%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, PvE 6.4%, Action 5.3%

Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.1%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Shooter 15.7%, Action 10.9%

Rick Henderson is back! Join the endless arena battle, upgrade your ship, upgrade your guns, upgrade your drones. Fight, upgrade, die, repeat.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Shooter 12.3%, PvE 7.4%, Action 6.8%

Retro-inspired rogue-lite shmup action!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 54.6%, Action Roguelike 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Action 5.8%

A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Action Roguelike 23.1%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 5.4%

A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Shooter 14.7%, Action 7.9%, Top-Down 6.8%

A top-down retro rogue-like. Explore a world that is slowly being corrupted by an unknown entity. Play solo or up to 4-players. Pick a class and discover, collect and modify dozens of different guns, abilities and upgrades. Find the source of Corruption and stop it from spreading.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shooter 9.3%, Magic 8.1%

A fast-paced bullet-heaven roguelite where you tame the four elements. Draft cards, fuse them into game-changing builds, and survive endless waves across Fire, Lightning, Water and Earth, then face the chaotic Finale. Made by one developer, balanced by thousands of test runs.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.7%, Bullet Hell 30.2%, PvE 8.5%, Action 8.3%, Magic 7.3%

A skill-based 2D roguelite shooter where you aim every shot, time every ability, and craft unique builds to overcome challenging enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 10.2%, PvE 5.9%