Games Like Cats vs Cthulhu

Whiskers In The Sand is a fast-paced survivors-like arena roguelite where battle-ready cats shred through hordes of undead desert monsters. Unlock new cats, collect relics, stack upgrades, and forge ridiculous builds to survive the pharaoh's second reign.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 28.1% ★, Cats 21.4%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 8.6%, Bullet Hell 8.4%

A cat, a slot machine, and a blue hell. Survive infinite alien hordes. Every kill increases your firepower, and every relic gives you a permanent multiplier. Stack them until your damage stops making sense, then pull the lever and create a whole new build.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.7% ★, Cats 17.8%, Action Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 9.4%, Lovecraftian 9.2%

move fast → build weapon evolutions | crack elites + bosses | chase a high score | pixel-art bullet heaven | free updates forever

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14%, Bullet Hell 9.3%, Roguelite 9%

Heal instead of harm in this wholesome Halloween bullet heaven! Play as 9 magical versions of Pooh, recruit a Ghost Army, collect Candy Corn, upgrade abilities, and restore peace to the Hundred Acre Wood. Based on the public-domain works of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard. Not affiliated with Disney.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 9.3%, Bullet Hell 8.1%

An objective-driven bullet heaven where twelve classes build absurd weapon synergies across shifting fantasy biomes. Raise the dead as a Necromancer, plow through enemies as a Knight, and more! Survive events, bosses, and campaign objectives, then chase endless leaderboard runs.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Roguelite 8.9%, Class-Based 8.6%

A pure neon arcade survivor-like: dodge swarming hordes, dash through walls of bullets and forge devastating builds from 200+ synergizing items. 6 ships with unique ultimates, 8 mega-bosses, rising Threat levels, endless mode and a daily challenge.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34.6% ★, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Roguelite 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.2%

Aboard your ship, destroy the hordes of aliens attacking you by choosing your weapons and upgrades as you play, and defeat the final boss! In this roguelite, each ship has a different weapon layout, giving each one its own unique playstyle. Then create your ship and develop your own strategy!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Roguelite 10.9%, Character Customization 9.9%, Action Roguelike 6.2%

Arcanith is a roguelike survivors-like game where you control a wizard and face endless hordes of enemies. Master your incredible powers, evolve your spells, survive the chaos, and become an unstoppable force.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.8% ★, Action Roguelike 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Roguelite 10%, Bullet Hell 5.9%

Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Cats 13.2%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Bullet Hell 8.7%

Everything is ASCII. A survivor-like roguelite where every monster, bullet, and explosion is made of text on a CRT screen. 8 characters, 16 weapons, 6 enchantments, 4 game modes. See how long your terminal holds.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34% ★, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Roguelite 10.1%

A bullet-heaven game with a crafting twist. Shoot hails of bullets, missiles, lasers and whatever is at your disposal at your enemies and make tactical choices to overcome all obstacles. You are here to find and research the 'Life Plant', and you're not leaving without it!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action Roguelike 9.9%, Roguelite 9.4%, Bullet Hell 8.7%

Play as Lumi, a tiny glowing Lumibun, in a cute & cozy survivor roguelite. Dodge wild creatures, collect XP gems, and discover magical upgrades as you journey across Lumibloom to wake a world lost to magical sleep.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 10.9%, Cute 4.7%

A Lovecraftian co‑op action roguelike bullet‑heaven for 1‑4 players. Survive hordes of aberrations to gather clues, uncover hidden boss lairs, and confront massive horrors. Tap into Madness to grow powerful before it consumes you.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34.7% ★, Lovecraftian 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 10%

A bullet-heaven action roguelite where every byte counts. Delete hordes of malware, fuse powerful auto-firing programs, and restore corrupted systems. Experience high-octane survival in an executable that fits on a 1.44 MB floppy disk!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 10.1%, Bullet Hell 8.5%

Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 10.5%, Bullet Hell 8.1%

A bullet heaven with a terminal aesthetic, set in a world ruled by rhythm. Face endless hordes, learn each level's patterns, install upgrades on your pilot and survive the beat.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.7% ★, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Roguelite 10.3%, Bullet Hell 9.9%

Fight in massive-scale battles where armies paint the battlefield in their color. Captured territory affects both your health and your abilities. Level up your vanguard and your army, defend your castles, and survive the shifting tides of battle to claim ultimate victory!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.9% ★, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Top-Down 3.3%

A rhythm-integrated roguelike that fuses survivor-style gameplay with dynamic music mechanics. Your firepower flows directly from the rhythm, meaning your combat build is also your custom game music. It’s time to conquer the universe with your own rhythmic symphony of destruction!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.9% ★, Cats 21%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 9%, Top-Down 5.4%

Evaporate endless hordes of creatures as you scroll your way to freedom! Grab upgrades, build your arsenal, and scroll at the speed of light to make it as far as you can!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 9.8%, Bullet Hell 8.6%

Fight endless hordes in Qvack, a 2D roguelike shooter where every run brings unique builds. Cast spells, eat bread, die, earn rewards & repeat. Upgrade your duck and experiment with unique spells and power dynamics to survive as long as possible

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.6% ★, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Top-Down 5.9%

A mysterious wave of 'Erosion' has swallowed Gensokyo, turning its maidens into red-eyed predators. Survive the relentless bullet hell and shatter the dark shells that bind them. Reclaim the fading light of Paradise in this intense Survivors-like action.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 9.9%, Bullet Hell 9.5%

Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34.3% ★, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Bullet Hell 8.8%, Roguelite 8.7%

Tails Island is a fast-paced action roguelike where you play as a fearless dog taking on wild waves of savage animal enemies. But he’s not fighting alone. Unlock new playable characters like cats, turtles, and other critters, each with their own unique powers and playstyles!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.9% ★, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Cats 11.3%, Bullet Hell 7.1%, Roguelite 6.5%

A pixel-art bullet-heaven roguelite. Survive 100 waves across wild, distinct areas while stacking weapons, relics, and over 200 Arcana combinations into a screen-filling build. Unlock heroes, talents, and secrets between runs, then push through ten difficulty levels. Full controller support.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.2% ★, Action Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 11.9%, Character Customization 7.9%, Top-Down 6.7%

NUVRATE is a pixel-art arcade action roguelite: face ever-growing hordes, build a battlefield-shaping arsenal, master a relentless boss series, then switch up the pace and chase high scores in DANCER.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.6% ★, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 10.4%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Top-Down 5%

You are the virus. Slide, dash, and delete hostile processes in a violent ballet of pixel art and display shattering action. Customize circuit boards, summon hordes of digital familiars, and achieve ascension in this crunchy love letter to 90s shareware and modern bullet heavens.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Cats 8.9%, Roguelite 8.4%

A top-down arena roguelite you can learn in one wave and spend a hundred hours mastering. Waves close in from every edge; the shop between them decides what you become. 32 ships, 28 weapons, 115 mods to combine — then endless mode, where the caps come off.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Action Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 10.5%, Retro 5.2%

In this Lovecraftian Extraction Bullet Heaven, Earth has been consumed by an eldritch god. Build a customizable squad, battle endless horrors, extract resources, and search for a way out of the void

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.5% ★, Lovecraftian 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Class-Based 7.8%

Sidequest Survivors is a bullet-heaven roguelite where you control wacky characters, mow down waves of magical creatures, and tackle sidequests. Choose from a variety of weapons and create builds that match your playstyle.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43% ★, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Roguelite 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Roguelite action game with RPG elements in a world of grim bioengineering. Control a growing lab, craft monsters from body parts, boost them with random upgrades, and send them into ever-changing trials. Unlock modules, tweak builds, and adapt to enemies that change with every run!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 25% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 11.4%, Bullet Hell 10%

Loki’s Revenge is a short survivors-like roguelite where you play as Norse gods fighting Loki’s army of monsters! Level up to gain powerful upgrades and explore a hand-crafted map to find secrets. Build the ultimate overpowered god with permanent upgrades and master each god’s signature ability.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 10.4%, Bullet Hell 9.8%

Slimies is a top-down action roguelike where you evolve and absorb waves of enemies, growing stronger after each round. Craft your own playstyle by unlocking slimes and items to make a unique build each run.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36% ★, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Roguelite 10.8%, Bullet Hell 10.1%

Your choices matter in Froguelike where you play as a frog on a mission to eat all the bugs. Level up, choose new tongues and upgrades, become unstoppable and run straight into the swarm! Unlock all frogs, tongues, items and chapters to become the most powerful frog in the pond.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.2% ★, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 9.8%, Bullet Hell 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.2% ★, Cats 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 8.6%

A Turkic folk-horror bullet-heaven roguelite. Every run drifts between two gods; feed Erlik's corruption for savage power and lifesteal, or rise toward Tengri's light for shields and renewal. Every weapon evolves down two opposed paths. Survive the Long Night.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.5% ★, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 12.4%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Top-Down 7.3%

A fast-paced action roguelite where food is your lifeline and cardio is your greatest enemy. Play as John, a grumpy street cat, battle animated exercise equipment, stay alive by collecting food instead of managing a health bar, unlock powerful upgrades, and build outrageous weapon combinations.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.5% ★, Cats 25.4%, Action Roguelike 19.4%, Action 7%, 2D 3.2%

A fast-paced top-down sci-fi bullet-heaven roguelite where you pilot distinct ships, stack abilities, upgrades, and 50+ relics into screen-clearing builds, then prove your strategy against multi-phase bosses and unstable Rift encounters.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Action Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 10.5%, Bullet Hell 8.9%

A Bullet-Heaven roguelike in the Approaching Infinity universe with both spaceship and away team missions. The exit of the galaxy's dominant races left a power vacuum that everyone wants to fill. Survive, pick a side, or kill'em all. No time to think when the horde's advancing.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Action Roguelike 14%, Bullet Hell 9.4%, Roguelite 6.8%

A gross-out horde-survivor where you play the pest. Buzz over picnic tables and sewer guts, stack six revolting weapons, evolve them into screen-clearing monstrosities, and outlive the entire insect kingdom. Die, mutate at The Heap, and go again.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.9% ★, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Roguelite 11.1%, Bullet Hell 9.4%

A bullet heaven with a slot machine for a level-up. The crops have risen — mow down hordes of mutant plants, spin the reels, and build around whatever drops: buffs, curses and nearly a hundred game-warping Jokers.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.9% ★, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 12.4%, Bullet Hell 10%, Top-Down 4.7%

Do Not Eject is a retro handheld-inspired bullet heaven roguelite set inside corrupted game cartridges. Choose a digital partner, build absurd projectile combinations, defeat corrupted guardians, and turn every run into permanent progress.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.8% ★, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelite 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Top-Down 5.8%

A bullet heaven (a reverse bullet hell) where your only weapon is the light you see with. Widen the beam to see the swarm coming, or focus it to burn what's close, and go blind everywhere else. Survive to dawn, pick a power, and face a longer, hungrier Night. How many can you last?

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelite 11.5%, Top-Down 5.2%

Demoman is a 3D top-down arena survival roguelite about a retired soldier who was perfectly happy living out his days with his cat, General Meow — until an alien invasion ruined everything. Now he's dusting off old skills, upgrading his arsenal, learning new tricks, and leveling entire city blocks.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Cats 12.7%, Roguelite 9.8%

No guns. No swords. No aiming. Your weapon is the path you walk. Enemies touching your trail get shredded — and the instant it closes into a loop, everything inside blows up at once. Survive 15 minutes, slay the boss, grow your charm deck — a survivors-like where walking IS attacking.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 49.1% ★, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 12.7%, Top-Down 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%

Hexwell is a top-down action roguelite where you use powerful magic spells to fight off hordes of arcane machines. Choose your path through the dungeon, fuse your spells together, create unique builds, and become the ultimate mage!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.5% ★, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 11.5%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%

Glitch Forest is a bullet heaven roguelite. Every 5 minutes, rain, fog, gales, and nightfall reshape the battlefield. Upgrade skills, wield active items, and build screen-clearing firepower! Activate Anomaly Beacons to claim relics—but each one makes the environment even deadlier.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Bullet Hell 8.1%

ORBITCORE is a single-player bullet heaven game with roguelite features set in the deep cold vacuum of space. Wade your way through the galaxies fighting swarms of enemy ships and conquer a formidable foe at the end of each one!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.9% ★, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Roguelite 8.7%, Action 5.6%

Dreamfend is a pixel-art roguelite survivor where you play as an old teddy bear guarding a sleeping child from nightmares. Fight off swarms of monsters, collect and upgrade weapons, find power-ups, hunt down every boss and survive the night. Just don't lose yourself — and don't lose the child.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.4% ★, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Roguelite 11.2%, Top-Down 5.6%

A chaotic roguelite bullet hell where you play as a cute turret-wielding cat blasting through waves of villainous rats. Choose your turret, grab powerful loot, level up, and build devastating combos to survive escalating swarms

Why similar: Cats 28%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Bullet Heaven 13% ★, Roguelite 10.2%, Bullet Hell 9.8%

Gnomekeeper is a cozy-weird bullet-heaven roguelite. You’re one garden gnome, the sun has quit, and everything in the garden wants you gone. Fend off the swarm, cobble together a ridiculous build, and see if you make it to morning.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.9% ★, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 11.3%, Character Customization 9.2%, Cute 4.8%

Survive 20 minutes against waves of ever-evolving enemies. Upgrading your weapons is inevitable — but what if those weapons also hurt you?

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.8% ★, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelite 11.6%, Bullet Hell 9.7%

Croaked is a frog-themed roguelike survivor where you choose unique frogs, battle massive hordes of enemies, catch insects for powerful bonuses, evolve weapons, discover special events, and defeat challenging bosses while creating new builds every run.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.9% ★, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Roguelite 11%, Cute 4.6%

Up to 12 players, one pond. A top-down bullet-heaven roguelite where you merge your guns into increasingly stupid firepower, then find out how much of it one duck can hold. Survive the waves, outlive the swarm, quack responsibly.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.6% ★, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Roguelite 10%, Bullet Hell 7.9%

Fight through endless pixel dungeons as a brave bunny, cat, dog, or mouse Rungeon Tails is a top-down rogue-like where every run feels different. Dungeons are randomly built from rooms and corridors, enemies guard each chamber, and treasure chests drop coins you need to survive.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 20.7% ★, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Roguelite 9.4%, Bullet Hell 8.6%

Hold out against endless waves of anime yokai with up to 7 friends. Draft run-changing blossom buffs between waves, spend petals on weapons and upgrades, and face 25 hand-drawn bosses that scale to your squad.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 9%, Character Customization 9%

A 3D bullet-heaven roguelike: you're the Pizza Hero, smashing endless swarms of food-monsters. Auto-fight, dodge, level up, and snowball one chaotic run into an unstoppable build. No ads, no purchases — just pure "one more run."

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45% ★, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 12%, Character Customization 9.5%, Class-Based 9%

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: Bullet Heaven 24.2% ★, Lovecraftian 20.1%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Roguelite 8.6%

A fast roguelite survival chaos where you destroy endless plague hordes, stack insane upgrades, and break the rules of power.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.3% ★, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Roguelite 10.1%, Bullet Hell 9.6%