- #1 VariVaRevenge
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: traPPub: dogegg
Windows · Mac
Dodge or parry the bullets, and attack the enemy directly! This is a new type of game that adds 2D action elements to a bullet-hell game!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.3%, Shooter 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Action 16.6%, PvE 10.3%
- #2 R for Revenge
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TienLee
Windows
R for Revenge is a brutal top-down shooter that fuses gunplay with a devastating combat skill system. Dismantle a criminal underworld as two unique agents, chain firepower with supernatural abilities, and master high-octane encounters where one bullet is all it takes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Shooter 16.2%, PvE 10.3%, Action 9.5%
- #3 Tokyo Trigger
96% match3 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Itay TamirPub: Crashzoom Games
Windows
Tokyo Trigger - Free Demo Tokyo 2050 glows with neon, but darkness hides beneath. Akihito, a warrior with a broken past, uncovers a plot threatening the city.Blast through a top-down cyberpunk world in this fast 2D shooter. Can you fight back against the oppression and reclaim your memories & honor?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Cyberpunk 18.4%, Action 14.6%, Shooter 12.8%, 2D 6.6%
- #4 Vacubot
95% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ohbit
Windows
Vacubot is a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Players must survive increasingly challenging battlefields by using a variety of weapons to fight off swarming enemy robots and powerful bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Shooter 23.3%, Action 16.7%, Cyberpunk 15.3%, 2D 5.7%
- #5 Sleep
94% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.5%, Shooter 20.6%, Action 14.1%, PvE 13.6%, 2D 6.1%
- #6 AISZplus
94% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: takayakata
Windows
You destroy the runaway electronic organ AISZ. Vertical scroll STG with all 5 levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.3%, Shooter 25.8%, Action 24.1%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #7 Conjunctivitalizer
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kanipro Games
Windows
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 38.5%, Shooter 24%, Action 22.2%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, 2D 6.6%
- #8 True Galactic Mission
92% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Davila Games
Windows
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 40.1%, Action 27.2%, Shooter 25.5%, 2D 7.2%
- #9 L30-P4RD
91% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: 김정표Pub: L30-P4RD
Windows
L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.1%, Shooter 28%, Action 27%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #10 Huygens Principle
91% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
You become the enemy that you killed!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.4%, Shooter 20.2%, Cyberpunk 18.5%, Action 17.7%, 2D 5.8%
- #11 Operation : Escape
90% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: ICT@SUPub: ZDKHub
Windows
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 42.1%, Shooter 25.6%, Action 24%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #12 3 SECONDS REMAINING
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: tiny.ROM
Windows
3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.6%, Shooter 22.3%, Action 14.1%, PvE 11.3%, 2D 6.7%
- #13 魔棒少女みらくるくるん -Magical stick girl Miracle Kurun-
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: desunoya
Windows
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.8%, Shooter 28.5%, Action 20.3%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #14 Forged In Dungeon
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EverBright Games
Windows
'Forged In Dungeon' is a thrilling top-down action shooter, blend futuristic weapons and martial arts together to take down enemies in stylish and violence ways.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.1%, Shooter 21.6%, Cyberpunk 20.9%, Action 20.5%, PvE 4.3%
- #15 SlavicPunk: Oldtimer
87% matchMixed65% of 208 reviews2023
Dev: Red Square Games
Windows
The game is an isometric shooter. The story revolves around Yanus- a private investigator with a troubled past trying to solve the case of stolen data while fighting his inner demons, urban gangs and an omnipotent corporation responsible for the decay of the city he once used to call his own.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34%, Cyberpunk 31.8%, Shooter 18.1%, Action 14.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #16 Rescue Incoming
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seven
Windows
Survive escalating zombie attacks while scavenging supplies and upgrading your gear. Hold out until rescue arrives... if you can.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.3%, Shooter 21.1%, Action 14.1%, PvE 13.5%, 2D 6.3%
- #17 Shadow Mantis
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stuart Barker
Windows
A modern revival of classic top-down 2D stealth-action. Infiltrate a covert military base, procure weapons and equipment on-site, evade detection, and destroy the weapon known as SHADOW MANTIS.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.5%, Shooter 24.8%, Action 17.8%, 2D 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #18 Nine Lives
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SofyCat
Windows
Nine lives is a horde, round-based zombies experience inspired by multiple known games! Labeled "The most polished topdown shooter ever" this game is made for and by the community!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Shooter 23.2%, Action 20.3%, PvE 9.1%, Multiple Endings 5.8%
- #19 JUST DEFENSE
84% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: BlueFogs
Windows
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.1%, Shooter 27.5%, Action 26%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #20 Smash Dash: Demolition Run
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GUNI
Windows
Top-down PvE looter shooter. Fight, loot, and survive—extract to keep your items and clear the stage.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.5%, Shooter 23%, Action 18.1%, PvE 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #21 Cuboton
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rustam ShafigullinPub: rshafgames
Windows · Mac
You are ordered to destroy a secret laboratory on the planet Cuboton. Complete the mission by fighting hordes of mutated creatures and find out what caused their existence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.2%, Shooter 25.1%, Action 22.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, 2D 6.4%
- #22 Epizo
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8-Bit-Dev
Windows
Epizo is a top‑down survival shooter where you fight endless waves, collect gold, unlock doors, and build powerful ability‑based loadouts in a medieval dungeon.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.1%, Shooter 25.3%, Action 23.6%, PvE 7.7%, 2D 6.3%
- #23 Keeping Night
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Four X Four
Windows
Take on the role of a security guard in this fast-paced 2D action-strategy game. Outsmart intruders using CCTV, weapons, and clever tactics to defend your building!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.6%, Shooter 26%, Action 24%, 2D 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #24 AstroWars
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonathan Silverman
Windows
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 40.2%, Shooter 24.9%, Action 22%, 2D 7%, PvE 5.3%
- #25 La P'tite Box: Technodrama
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cyclopsquid
Windows
A top-down action game. Explore a fractured, chaotic world, scavenge for a new energy core, and fight off the twisted machine-flesh husks that hunt you—all before your dying bastion falls for good.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.6%, Action 23.5%, Shooter 21%, PvE 7.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #26 Survivor: Unknown Village
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Shobota
Windows
"Survivor: Unknown Village" is a shooting game where you blast through oncoming hordes of zombies. Collect power-up panels to increase your soldier count and lead your squad to victory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.4%, Shooter 27.8%, Action 26.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #27 Triton Wing
80% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Alien MindPub: SA Industry
Windows
Triton Wing is a top-down, open-world space shooter full of fast action.
Why similar: Action 50.1%, Top-Down Shooter 49.9%
- #28 POPTANK
79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Tomoki
Windows
Pop-Cute Shooting game‼︎
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 50.5%, Shooter 25.5%, Action 15.3%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #29 Scrunk
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepy Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Scrunk is an online team-based building and raiding game. Fight off mechs and infiltrate the enemy team's base while building up and defending your own.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Action 24%, Shooter 15.6%, PvE 9.3%
- #30 Voidronaut
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Aztyrael Studios
Windows
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 38.9%, Shooter 24.3%, Action 23.2%, 2D 6.7%, PvE 6%
- #31 The Spectator
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: STuNT
Windows
The world is on the verge of collapse. The once fertile lands have become barren. The sun, once a beacon of life, has become a sign of terror. The temperature is unbearable. Living things live in constant fear and seek shelter from the scorching light.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.8%, Shooter 22.3%, Action 14.5%, PvE 14.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #32 Security Guy vs AI: The Dawn of AI
76% matchVery Positive85% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Alexander BogdanovPub: Alexander Bogdanov
Windows
Security guy vs AI is a short top-down shooter game with a mysterious story. Reveal the truth about what happened at your workplace and stop the Evil Artificial Intelligence from spreading out.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.6%, Cyberpunk 29.6%, Action 20.7%, PvE 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #33 Bulletail
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ApeXPloit Studios
Windows · Linux
Snake-meets-bullet-hell roguelike where your tail is your ammo. Eat bullets to grow, spend length to shoot, and survive escalating waves, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.5%, Cyberpunk 19.2%, Shooter 17.8%, PvE 11.4%, Action 11%
- #34 W.R.M.
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Biofire Games LLC
Windows
You are part of W.R.M trying to survive in a hostile world, plunge into the depths of the earth, and discover secrets long forgotten. Gather Anthracite. SURVIVE!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.5%, Shooter 24.1%, Action 22.5%, PvE 8.1%, 2D 6.6%
- #35 BeginnerZombieSurvival
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Styopa Balabekyan Pub: Styopa Balabekyan
Windows
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 38.7%, Shooter 24.1%, Action 23.1%, PvE 6.7%, 2D 6.6%
- #36 CS2D
73% matchVery Positive90% of 10,345 reviews2017
Dev: Unreal Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.9%, Shooter 34.2%, Action 14.4%, 2D 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #37 Bots Crusher Arena
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
Bot Crusher Arena is an open top-down shooter where the player takes on the role of a cyborg participating in an arena elimination with other cyborgs. The task is to survive in the arena and defeat all enemies. Don't let the enemies hit you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.7%, Shooter 26.3%, Action 11.3%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #38 Suqare: Hired Gun
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 2102 Game Studios
Windows
In this brand new take on the top-down shooter formula, you'll utilize guns, gadgets, and upgrades to create your own path. Shoot, steal, and betray as you take on many different types of jobs. Completing or failing them has wide-spread effects on the world, and you're stuck with the outcome.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.4%, Shooter 24.4%, Action 21.4%, 2D 6.8%, Multiple Endings 4%
- #39 Shooting Type
75% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: Matsuta App.
Windows
Shooting Type is a single-player side-scrolling dungeon game with five stages. You can clear the stage by defeating various enemies that appear on the stage and defeating the stage boss that appears at the end. Learning the enemy's behavior patterns and player skills will help you clear the stage.
Why similar: Shooter 35.2%, Action 27.9%, PvE 23.9%, 2D 10.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #40 Cartoon Cagematch
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: DoneWithWorkPub: Lunatic Studio
Windows
A top-down RogueLike shooter game. Attack cute cartoonish enemies with 6 different weapons! Many tough choices await!! Play now :)
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.4%, Action 14.8%, Shooter 14.3%, PvE 13.7%, 2D 6.9%
- #41 Insomnia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DestarX
Windows
Insomnia is a top-down shooter with psychological horror elements. Take part in fierce firefights, perform tasks covertly, act on intuition. Will you be able to survive all the enemies, stop moral outrage around you, and save others without losing your mind?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.4%, Shooter 24.4%, Action 21.8%, 2D 6.8%, PvE 6.6%
- #42 Legume Of Zeldoom
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ramzi Mukhar
Windows
This is a top-down 2D shooter focused on fast movement and responsive combat. Take on enemy hordes and switch between a variety of weapons to survive. The game draws on classic inspirations, offering a focused experience. Tight action, simple controls, and shaped over two years of development.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.5%, Shooter 24.6%, Action 18.3%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #43 Magnetron Rebellion: Fully Loaded
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sabre Rael
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 50.1%, Shooter 25.4%, Action 15.9%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #44 Destruction
74% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: raccoon
Windows
Destruction is a game that destroys enemies up to 25 stages. A variety of powerful enemies will attack you. Don't let your guard down and use three modes and a variety of skills to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.1%, Action 25%, Shooter 23.4%, 2D 7.5%
- #45 Destoria: The Withering
71% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Destoria Studios
Windows · Mac
Destoria: The Withering is a mini top down shooter game with a sole objective to survive as many waves as possible.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.9%, Shooter 25.7%, Action 25.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #46 Ribbit Rampage
69% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Patricia Norton
Windows
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 63.8%, Action 24.6%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #47 AC-130 Gunship Operator
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarZoneLab
Windows
In AC-130 Gunship Operator game you will seat in chair of armament operator of three most powerful gunships in the world. As first, we are pleased to offer to gamers Russian artillery aircraft AN-12 Aurora and Chinese Y-9 Hawk. Prepare for lead rain from the sky and great emotions.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Shooter 26.4%, Action 24.6%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #48 OS Omega: Retro Shooter
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Artur MandasPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
OS OMEGA is an isometric twin-stick shooter / RPG game set in a retro synth wave environment. Fight gazillions of unique 3D enemies, use fully physical guns to defeat the V.I.R.U.S. and save the operating system. Novel tactics reward dancing around enemies and smart consumable management.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30%, Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 14.6%, PvE 6.5%
- #49 Roscarian Defender
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RoscoMonium
Windows · Mac
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 34.6%, Shooter 23.5%, Action 22.8%, PvE 13%, 2D 5.3%
- #50 Cyber Spartan
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PLICA GAMES
Windows
Top-down cyberpunk action set inside a machine world. Three game modes, 37 skills, an AI that judges your every move. Hotline Miami precision meets bullet-hell bosses, katana parries, and hacking. PRE-ALPHA — shape the game with us.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38%, Cyberpunk 30.4%, Action 14.1%, Shooter 13.4%, 2D 4.1%
- #51 Bullets tracks: Son of
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefano Di Filippo
Windows · Linux
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 44.4%, Shooter 23.8%, Action 23.1%, 2D 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #52 Head Hunters
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew VenturesPub: Black Vein Productions
Windows · Mac
Head Hunters is a top-down extraction shooter. Control soldiers manually or use demonic possession to command a full squad of AI soldiers at once. Explore solo through a rich player-choice driven story campaign, or team up with friends in Co-Op multiplayer to stake your claim as a Lord of Hell!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.6%, Shooter 26.4%, Action 23.3%, PvE 7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #53 Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
67% matchVery Positive89% of 265 reviews2023
Dev: Winning Entertainment Group Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The original cute and hardcore shrine maiden shooter is now available on Steam! Completely new game, a sequel to the home original "Pocky&Rocky" (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)! The adventures of Pocky&Rocky begin once again.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.5%, Shooter 24.9%, Action 24.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #54 Paragone Bomb
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Millant
Windows
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.5%, Shooter 26.2%, Action 20.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #55 Columbine
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: りゅうじ
Windows
"One ending leads to the next wish." A story-driven top-down 2D action game with four branching endings shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.6%, Shooter 22.4%, Action 13.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%, 2D 6.8%
- #56 Impulsive Force
70% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: BleatBleat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top-down arcade game requiring awareness of the rotation of all controllable guns. The guns may help or hinder the progression of the puck to the target zone. Although one gun may be the player's primary focus consideration should be given to upcoming behaviour caused by items in their periphery.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.1%, Shooter 23%, Cyberpunk 22.8%, Action 16.7%, 2D 5.6%
- #57 A Minor Pest Problem
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: SN PixelWorks
Windows
In "A Minor Pest Problem," Pilot a heavily armed truck through environments in this 2D top-down shooter. Prove that no problem is too big for a trucker with enough firepower. Drive, shoot, survive, and show the wilderness what a real pest looks like.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.8%, Shooter 22.7%, Action 20.6%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #58 AMATERASU【 天照 】
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: angle M
Windows
A dramatic bullet hell shooter where you master your Shot, Bomb, and the Yatano Kagami System, which transmutes enemy bullets into resources, as you fight to overthrow AMATERASU, the Stellar Management System that has launched its assault on humanity.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, Action 34.8%, Shooter 20.7%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 2%
- #59 いるかにうろこがないわけ
65% matchVery Positive91% of 194 reviews2023
Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
こんな時間まで起きているわがままハニーマスタードちゃんには特別に、いるかにうろこがないわけを教えてあげようかねえ。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.4%, Shooter 28.1%, Action 23.5%, 2D 7%, Singleplayer 1.1%