Games Like Charset Crossfire

Maelstrom is a licensed open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh by Ambrosia Software, Inc. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Arcade 16.4%, Retro 10.7%, Action 9.9%, 2D 7.2%

Dive into chaotic underwater battles that play out like billiards in Aqua Fry. Knock rivals into environmental foes, outsmart the colossal Eye enemy, and hatch eggs to face an epic boss. Cute characters mixed with strategic gameplay – the ultimate 2D, top down, local multiplayer frenzy!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Arcade 16.1%, Action 13.4%, 4 Player Local 12.6%, 2D 7.1%

Stop the Dictatorship forces of General Rumanovsky in their attempt to control a mortal virus, make your way through different missions in this top down arcade. Play solo or gather up to 4 friends to play local co-op

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Arcade 15%, 4 Player Local 11.9%, Retro 11.5%, Action 11.3%

Feed your tiki-god with your tiki-rivals! Fast-paced little local multiplayer game, up to 5 players.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Arcade 17.5%, Action 15.5%, 4 Player Local 13.6%, 2D 7.4%

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: 4 Player Local 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Retro 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%, Local Multiplayer 9.3%

Experience an upgraded version of Bomberman-like with more game modes and challenging levels! Play casually a VS mode with computer or your friends or try to complete intense story mode.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Arcade 18.1%, Retro 14.4%, Local Co-Op 11.7%, Top-Down 10.2%

Survive in a maze and eliminate your opponents with bombs, shurikens and melee weapons in this 2D fast action game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Arcade 17.8%, Action 15.8%, 4 Player Local 9.2%, 2D 7.7%

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 31.5%, Retro 20.9%, Arcade 14.3%, PvE 10.5%, Action 9.7%

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 29.2%, Arcade 19.2%, Action 16.2%, Retro 10.4%, 2D 7.7%

Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Arcade 18.5%, Action 15.5%, Retro 10.2%, 2D 8.1%

An arcade-style top-down shooter where your only weapon is your froggy tongue. Eat hoardes of enemy insects in frantic, high-precision fights that demand clever decision-making. Don't get surrounded - it's one hit and you're croaked.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47%, Arcade 22.9%, Action 16.9%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

A rougelite top-down shooter where you collect random upgrades to kill hostile color entities.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36%, Retro 19.4%, Action 18.1%, Arcade 17.3%, Combat 7.4%

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 41.6%, Retro 15%, Arcade 12.6%, Action 11.5%, Top-Down 5.9%

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

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.5%, Arcade 12.8%, Retro 12.4%, Top-Down 10.1%, Action 9.8%

BOG WITCH is an action arcade game where you play as a BOG WITCH stopping intruders from entering your bog. Protect your hut from goblins, businessmen and other invaders by hurling potions at them, because face it, as a BOG WITCH the last thing you want in your bog is anyone else.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Arcade 17.3%, Retro 11.7%, Action 11.1%, Top-Down 8.3%

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 40.6%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 12%, Top-Down 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

Slalomancers is a 1-button multiplayer space shooter that's easy to learn and hard to master! Weave your way around bullets and blast enemy ships to smithereens!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Retro 10.6%, Arcade 10%, Local Co-Op 9%

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 31.9%, Retro 21%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 9.8%, Top-Down 7.2%

Cosmotrons is a cosmic battleground where skill and strategy collide. Choose your ship and customize its weaponry, engage in epic dogfights, navigate treacherous environments and outmaneuver your opponents in intense, fast-paced multiplayer battles. Are you ready to become a true space ace?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, 4 Player Local 18.6%, Arcade 9.6%, Retro 9.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.7%

Embark on an epic Bullet Hell adventure in a fantasy world filled with bizarre monsters and eccentric magicians!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Arcade 15.7%, Top-Down 9%, PvE 8.5%, Retro 8.3%

An overload of 8-bit-style action mayhem, Crosstown hands you a toga and a gun, and lets you loose in an ever-changing maze full of monsters and explosions! 40 levels, up to 4 players, and an endless mode!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Arcade 15.1%, PvE 10.4%, 4 Player Local 8.6%, Top-Down 8.2%

The timeless masterpiece that has taken the world by storm is here! Eating all Pac-Dots while dodging the ghosts!

Why similar: Arcade 27.7%, Retro 26.3%, Action 25.1%, 2D 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Immerse yourself in an action packed battle against your friends to be the last one standing on top of the plateau. Outmaneuver your opponents as your favorite hero, using its special abilities in your own unique way. Topple your foes while not losing your step in a game that's always on the edge.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, Action 11.8%, Top-Down 9.3%

PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…

Why similar: Arcade 30.5%, Retro 22.2%, Action 17.7%, 4 Player Local 10.6%, Local Multiplayer 7.1%

A fast-paced one-screen arcade shooter built for chaotic couch party matches and score-driven survival runs. Ride the rail, bump and total opponents solo or in teams with friends, or push your limits against ever-stronger AI in endless, leaderboard-focused challenges.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Local Multiplayer 10.4%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Action 7.9%

Manic Archers is the very first topdown Zelda-type versus game ever! It features simplistic and on-the-point gameplay with amazing game mechanics and lovely arcade style pixelart-details. It is playable with up to 4 players simultaneously on one screen in several variants.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 11.2%, Local Co-Op 9.2%

Influenced by classic top-down shooters like Sinistar and Bosconian, Shibui Coliseum is a multidirectonally scrolling shoot ‘em up for fans of fast-paced arcade action.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Retro 18.4%, Arcade 16.7%, Action 14.4%, Top-Down 7.9%

Hello World!! This game is based on the image of a Japanese arcade game from the 70's to early 80's where you could easily play by inserting 1 coin. The player will work hard at his sales job to save L.Planning, a company that has been reincarnated into another world.

Why similar: Arcade 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Action 11.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Top-Down 10.3%

・A culmination of character shooting games set in a unique worldview! ・A wide variety of newly added playable characters and attack methods, as well as a 2P scenario that is different from 1P play. ・Features a high-tension MAX system that will satisfy your insatiable passion for shooting games!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Arcade 20.6%, Action 16%, Retro 11.1%, Top-Down 8%

Astro Party EX is a chaotic multiplayer space brawler. Blast enemy ships, run over pilots, and laugh while you do it. The twist? Ships can only turn right. (whaaaaa?)

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Arcade 15.9%, Action 9.7%, 4 Player Local 9.1%, Top-Down 7.1%

A snake-style battle where your line steers itself around danger — no cheap deaths, just strategy. Outsmart your rivals in 4-player battles with lasers, bombs, and warps. Rollback netcode, ranked online, and local multiplayer.

Why similar: Arcade 20.8%, Action 17.9%, 4 Player Local 14.5%, Retro 13.8%, Top-Down 11.2%

Ready up a space ship and destroy your friends in this frenetic multiplayer Asteroids reimagining! In Super Rock Blasters, up to 4 players will wheel around space rocks, dodge ricocheting bullets and blast each other into tiny neon colored giblets.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.2%, Retro 18.8%, Arcade 18.2%, Action 17.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%

Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.

Why similar: Arcade 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Action 19.5%, Retro 15.7%, Local Co-Op 9%

Last One Standing is a couch fighting game where you and your friends battle to death while new rules are added every round to maximize the chaos. Take your weapons and beat the friendship out of each other !

Why similar: Arcade 24.2%, Action 21.2%, 4 Player Local 19.7%, 2D 11.3%, PvP 7.5%

For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Retro 11.7%, Arcade 11.6%, Local Co-Op 7.4%

Retro pixel-art top-down space shooter. Battle waves of alien invaders across world landmarks, upgrade your ship, collect power-ups, tackle events & missions, defeat epic bosses, and chase high scores.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.9%, Action 13.5%, Top-Down 12%, 2D 10.4%, Arcade 10.3%

IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Arcade 24.2%, Action 21.9%, Top-Down 12.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Defend Earth with a rocket-powered ping-pong bat in this fast, playful arcade shooter. Battle alien ball ships across 101 escalating waves, destroy massive bosses, collect upgrades and chase high-score combos.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31%, Arcade 20.3%, Action 17%, Retro 10.2%, 2D 8.2%

2KXX is a local multiplayer game. Fight your friends on a selection of various characters, maps, and game modes. Spice your Match with a list of modifiers that can make your life easier or worse.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Arcade 11.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, Action 8.6%

Data Man is a new game for the original 8-bit NES console that brings arcade action to a home console.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Arcade 19.9%, Action 16.8%, Retro 10.7%, Top-Down 7.1%

Engage in an intense space shooter that you can play in single-player or multiplayer with up to 6 players. Play a variety of different spaceships, each with their own unique stats, components, and playstyles!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.1%, Retro 15%, Action 11.4%, Top-Down 10.1%, 2D 9%

The Strait of Hormuz Mini Arcade is a retro-style 2D shooter where world economy is at risk! Shoot down attacking speedboats and missile launchers to protect vital shipping lanes. Forget high scores—your real objective is keeping global oil prices low to prevent total recession! Or switch sides...

Why similar: Arcade 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25%, Retro 22.2%, Action 16.5%, 2D 6.1%

The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32%, Retro 26.3%, Arcade 19.1%, Action 16.2%, Combat 4.6%

Beginner Zombie Survival is a 2D top-down action shooter where you battle waves of zombies across 15 maps and 75 increasingly difficult levels. Upgrade your weapons, survive each arena, and fight through a dark post-apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32%, Arcade 21%, Action 17.8%, Top-Down 8.7%, 2D 8.5%

A modern version of the classic arcade game

Why similar: 4 Player Local 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Arcade 14%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%

In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Arcade 19%, Action 14.5%, Retro 14.2%, Top-Down 9.4%

There are 5 pilots in training, each with unique characteristics. It is the day of the final level and everyone wil l face a test to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be you one of the selecteds!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.6%, Arcade 26.3%, Action 24.4%, 2D 10.7%

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 28.8%, Arcade 20.5%, Action 17.4%, Retro 10.1%, Top-Down 7.3%

Traverse the dungeon in this awesome action / bullet-hell roguelite where every choice could make or break your run. Stack over 130 different items and create powerful synergies to become truly overpowered with 13 unique characters!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, 4 Player Local 16%, Action 14.9%, Local Co-Op 8.5%, Top-Down 8.2%

A top down shared screen local multiplayer game allowing for battles between you and your friends as well as co-op game play against waves of endless zombies.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Local Co-Op 10.5%, Local Multiplayer 10%, PvE 9.5%

Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Arcade 24.7%, Action 22.1%, 2D 9.5%, Top-Down 7.7%

Meteor Havok is a take on the classic Asteroids arcade shooter. Enter the asteroid fields to blast a path to safety with your agile ship and powerful lasers.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.1%, Arcade 24.8%, Action 22.4%, 2D 10.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

A 2D top-down versus shooter set in a wraparound space arena. Steer and boost your constantly moving craft, block attacks with a barrier, and fight in battles from 1-on-1 to 1-on-3. Customize your pilot’s appearance, with your chosen look reflected throughout the game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.4%, Arcade 21.8%, Retro 13.9%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Roscarian Defenders is a 2D top-down twin-stick shooter where your goal is to survive as many rounds as possible. To progress to the next round, you must kill every enemy. As the rounds progress, enemies become tougher and more dangerous.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Arcade 20.6%, Action 17.6%, PvE 11.2%, 2D 6.8%

A Top-Down Job: Blood Gain is a indie stealth-action offering time-tested gameplay.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Arcade 16.2%, Retro 11%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action 9.9%

Help Wesley Smith to collect items, craft weapons and defeat his opponents in this frustratingly funny arcade game. Compete against the merciless bots or up to three friends in couch co-op mode to become the master blacksmith!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.8%, Arcade 14.4%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Top-Down 8.7%

Frantic 4-player laser ricocheting top-down shooter. Keep it casual and enjoy the chaos, or master the surprisingly deep mechanics to obliterate your enemies. Duke it out locally in free-for-all or 2v2.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Arcade 16.8%, 4 Player Local 10.4%, Top-Down 9.5%, Action 8.3%

Mint Dodgers is a simple game where this weird world that you're stuck in doesn't want you there! Dodge falling and flying mints, toxic rain, rocks, spikes, and so much more to come. Are you able to stick around long enough to defeat King Mint?

Why similar: Arcade 22.3%, Action 18.7%, Retro 14.3%, 4 Player Local 11.9%, 2D 10.5%

Rogue asteroids have been detected heading toward earth. You are the pilot of experimental spacecrafts to destroy the impending danger. Fight solo or up to 4 players. Outerspace is full of lethal rocks and strange creatures out to stop you. Don't let your planet down!

Why similar: Arcade 21.2%, 4 Player Local 16.1%, Action 12.9%, Top-Down 11.4%, Retro 10.7%

Experience nostalgic gameplay with mind-blowing new mechanics in this throw back to the days of Xonix and Volfied. Beat your friends and enemies in crazy arenas. And may the faster player win.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 25.8%, Arcade 17.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Action 9.9%