- #1 Galacide
97% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Action 14.6%, 4 Player Local 13.7%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, Space 12%
- #2 Astro Duel
96% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 17.4%, Gore 14.7%, Action 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Indie 10%
- #3 No Honor
94% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Norka
Windows
A pixel art style shooting adventure with challenging levels and bosses.
Why similar: Gore 46.5%, Indie 16%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Action 14.4%, Shooter 8%
- #4 Strike Force: Arctic Storm
95% matchMostly Negative28% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: West Forest Games
Windows
Strike Force: Arctic Storm is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games and a standalone add-on for Strike Force: Desert Thunder.Customize your loadout and join intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks.
Why similar: Gore 62.7%, Action 21.3%, Indie 16.1%
- #5 Hastilude
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Crab Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hastilude is a competitive and co-op action game for 1 to 4 players. Climb atop your mount and soar into battle using your wits, reflexes, and an array of weapons and special abilities against your opponents. Dismount your foes and swoop in for the score!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.4%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Action 19.5%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Indie 14.7%
- #6 Matter of the Dreams
94% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Zuev Nikita
Windows
Matter of the Dreams - is a game for die-hard action fans. No exploration, no searching for keys to unlock paths – the player needs nothing more than good aim and a quick trigger finger to succeed.
Why similar: Gore 64.9%, Action 20%, Indie 15.1%
- #7 Hyper Slasher
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mega Toast Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become a melee master as you gloat on the corpses of friend and foe. Hack, slash and dash your way around a deadly arena. Choose a character - each with a specialized melee weapon, and get slicing and dicing your friends into bloody pixelized bits today!
Why similar: Gore 54.1%, 4 Player Local 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.5%, Action 11.3%, Indie 8.5%
- #8 EleMetals: Death Metal Death Match!
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: WALLRIDE
Windows
Chuck metal shards and HEADBANG FOR AMMO! Don't let your SOUL escape! Fast-paced Arcade action - SHRED YOUR FRIENDS!
Why similar: Gore 28.4%, Action 26.7%, Indie 20.7%, 4 Player Local 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%
- #9 Walkover
93% matchMixed64% of 137 reviews2015
Dev: Millenium Project Enterprises
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
It is WAR!Team up with your comrades to stand against the pesky aliens.
Why similar: Gore 55.6%, Action 25.3%, Indie 19.1%
- #10 Square Massacre
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: CyberVaca Entertainment
Windows
Square Massacre is a skill based, hardcore top-down shooter. No matter what you are going to do, you will lose. The question is how long you will last before the end.
Why similar: Gore 34.5%, Action 27.6%, Indie 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%
- #11 Trailer Trashers
90% matchPositive80% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Sakari Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
PLAY ONLINE WITH STEAM REMOTE PLAY TOGETHER! Join with up to four players in this Hectic twin stick bullet bouncing frenzy. Challenge your friends in Death-match, Last Man Standing, Shotgun Soccer or crown yourself king of the "couch" in the all-including Party Mode!
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Indie 20.5%, Gore 19.9%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, 4 Player Local 10.6%
- #12 Red Flu
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Kostrov Games
Windows
The game "Bird flu" - is a shooter (with elements of horror game) first-person. The action takes place in the USSR in the nineteen eighties.
Why similar: Gore 63.8%, Action 20.7%, Indie 15.6%
- #13 Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition
89% matchMixed54% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Tiny PixelPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition is an arcade action competitive and asymmetric game, with semiprocedural level creation. Play as a Boss or fight it as a hero, through retro-inspired, pixel art battle arenas.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.1%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Indie 14.6%, Action 14.5%, Gore 14.2%
- #14 BULLETLINE
88% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Studio HK
Windows
Welcome to a world where ninjas, spec-ops agents, chefs, cowboys, princesses, and the wretched hag do battle with automatic assault weapons and high-powered rifles - BULLETLINE is the ultimate combat-focused, team-based, local-multiplayer game-mode-royale.
Why similar: Gore 43.8%, 4 Player Local 19.7%, Action 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, Indie 9.3%
- #15 Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly
86% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: DM Games Pty LtdPub: DM Games Pty Ltd,
Windows
Thrilling aerial battles for up to 8 pilots in this local multiplayer action game. Choose a pilot, and let the battle begin. But wait! Your pilots are animals, and their biplanes are loaded with unusual weapons: flamethrowers, stinky fish, and more!
Why similar: Action 26.8%, Indie 22.8%, 4 Player Local 18%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Local Co-Op 14.6%
- #16 Hell Knights
87% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: David Seifers
Windows
Hell Knights is a small but fun Bullet Hell Shoot'em Up with a four player Co op mode. Made by some Indie dude, living in a dungeon.
Why similar: Gore 43.3%, Action 20.4%, Indie 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 6.8%
- #17 Attack From The Void
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Fabric
Windows · Linux
A top-down shooter set in a ship travelling to the solar system's edge. Make your way through the aliens attacking the ship, search for other crew members, and stay alive.
Why similar: Gore 52.1%, Action 16.1%, Indie 12.1%, Space 11.8%, Shooter 7.8%
- #18 Zombie Vikings: Stab-a-thon
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Battle your friends in this free to play game based in the Zombie Vikings universe! With weapons like Blunt Fish Trauma and The Pülverizer for Patient People you'll hack and slash for your life in this brawler game for up to 4 players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 25.9%, Local Co-Op 23.8%, Local Multiplayer 19.9%, Action 18.2%, Indie 12.2%
- #19 World Destroyers
85% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: HardHead Games
Windows
World Destroyers is a fast-paced, skill-testing, multiplayer space shooter that pays homage to classic games such as Asteroids, but with modern high-speed action.
Why similar: Action 22.6%, 4 Player Local 19.8%, Indie 17%, Local Co-Op 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%
- #20 Porcunipine
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 204 reviews2015
Dev: Big Green PillowPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A party game / arena fighter where balding porcupines with only a single quill left fight to the death for honour, glory, and their enemies' skulls!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 30.7%, Action 21.4%, Local Multiplayer 18.4%, Indie 15.6%, Local Co-Op 13.8%
- #21 Super Gunfight
80% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Kedexa
Windows
Super Gunfight Is A top-down Shooter. The goal of the game is to destroy all enemies on the map and complete the mission.This is a unique fusion of arcade, action and unmatched dynamics.
Why similar: Gore 66.6%, Action 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%
- #22 Fever Cabin
82% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Justin Foley
Windows
"Five Nights at Freddy's meets COD Zombies" in this challenging horror shooter with pseudo puzzle elements that forces you to use your head and listen carefully.
Why similar: Gore 49.9%, Action 23.9%, Indie 18%, Shooter 8.2%
- #23 Shutshimi
83% matchMixed68% of 176 reviews2015
Dev: Neon Deity GamesPub: Choice Provisions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shütshimi is a randomized shoot'em up about a muscle-bound fish with memory problems defending the seven seas. Defeat or navigate through waves of enemies, collecting new upgrades every 10 seconds that change up the gameplay as you battle your way through each of the game's bosses.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Local Co-Op 19%, Action 16.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #24 魔光
82% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Magic Light TeamPub: Magic Light & LittleV
Windows
I am a Milky Way administrator from the Imperial Army. This time I was serving at a small base station 200 light years away from Earth. Although the Zerg had been defeated by the Empire for half a century, some insects still threatened us.
Why similar: Gore 65.4%, Action 19.3%, Indie 15.2%
- #25 Stary
81% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Yars
Windows
Death is the inevitable and logical conclusion of life. All people, one way or another, understand this, but until the end they dare to accept only a few. Stary - the story of the traveler
Why similar: Gore 64.9%, Action 20%, Indie 15.1%
- #26 Redium
81% matchMixed43% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: ZovGamePub: Errigar Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Redium it is adventure Action 2D, with the pixel, detailed graphics. In this game you should understand the crimes which began after detection of a crystal with special characteristics. The outcome of all events depends on your actions.
Why similar: Gore 61.9%, Action 22.2%, Indie 15.9%
- #27 AngelStrike
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: HomeLight Games
Windows
AngelStrike is an exciting 2D side-scrolling shoot'em'up with handmade pixel-art and a variety of action-packed missions. Play solo or local co-op with friends to rescue refugees, stealthily deliver supplies, escort your allies, and take down hordes of machines in 40 levels across 5 different areas!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Action 18.5%, Local Co-Op 16.2%, 4 Player Local 12.8%, Shooter 11.5%
- #28 HEXTERMINATE
77% matchMixed69% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: Wings of Steel
Windows · Linux
HEXTERMINATE is a top-down shooter which puts you in the role of an Imperial Captain. Your mission is to reclaim a galaxy shattered by centuries of in-fighting. Customise your ship with dozens of different modules, fight side by side with allied fleets and reunite the galaxy under Imperial rule.
Why similar: Action 28.8%, Indie 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Space 17.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #29 Redie
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 274 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.
Why similar: Gore 66.9%, Action 20%, Indie 13.1%
- #30 Groundless
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Root121 Games
Windows · Mac
Groundless is a local multiplayer arena game where you build and destroy the ground you walk on.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.5%, Local Multiplayer 20.7%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, Action 18.8%, Indie 14.2%
- #31 They Are Beasts
76% matchMixed61% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Tarakan Game Studio
Windows
They Are Beasts is a third-person shooter in which you will fight an army of undead, led by the most vile creatures of darkness, and wrest your soul from the demon's tenacious claws. Do not forget to recharge!
Why similar: Gore 55.2%, Action 25.2%, Indie 19.6%
- #32 Wild Glory
77% matchPositive89% of 47 reviews2018
Dev: Manalith StudiosPub: LAJE Studio
Windows · Linux
In Wild Glory, you fight against your friends to conquer the Coliseum crowd and become the most acclaimed champion!
Why similar: Action 24.1%, Local Multiplayer 23.4%, 4 Player Local 18.4%, Indie 18.1%, Local Co-Op 16.1%
- #33 Ghosts 4 Everybody
79% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: MaruxPub: Stasch-IT
Windows
Fight countless armies of enemies with up to 4 players! Collect ghosts and gold from fallen enemies to become stronger. Dead players can still support the living players. The fight only ends when all players are dead!
Why similar: Action 33.1%, Indie 24.9%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Local Co-Op 13%, Local Multiplayer 11.5%
- #34 Xentripetal Force
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Aq
Windows
Play Xentripetal Force while sitting on a couch with your family or friends to experience survival in outer space. Xentripetal Force supports up to 4 players. Use your character's ability and score in your friends' goal in order to win.
Why similar: Action 30.7%, 4 Player Local 26.8%, Indie 23.1%, Local Multiplayer 19.3%
- #35 Varion
74% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: RundiscPub: Light Maze
Windows · Linux
Blast your friends at the speed of light in this futuristic brawler where only bounce shots are lethal! Team up or fight for yourself, build dirty tactics and take advantage of ever-changing dangerous stages in up-to-4 player restless battles to become the supreme ruler of your living room!
Why similar: Action 28.2%, Indie 21.2%, 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%
- #36 Archers
76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Stabbarey
Windows
Hop into the world of archery and acrobatics. Play in modes of 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3. Create servers with your friends or play versus random players. Pick up different arrow types and use your abilities to eliminate your foes. Make precision longshots or get up close and personal with your enemies.
Why similar: Gore 55.1%, Action 26%, Indie 18.9%
- #37 Project IO
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: T124 Studios LLC
Windows
Project IO is a first-person, survival horror video game set in the late 1950's, with an emphasis on exploration and narrative.
Why similar: Gore 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #38 Corpse Castle
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wicked Cake GamesPub: Whim Independent Studios
Windows
Corpse Castle is a procedurally animated high-velocity twin stick fighter set in a deranged body-horror mystery where you must use your bare hands (or what’s left of them) to construct a tower from the flesh and bone of those who stand in your way.
Why similar: Gore 50.5%, Action 28.2%, Indie 21.3%
- #39 Sniper Commando Attack
73% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: FreezeNova
Windows
Do you like the pressure and adrenaline of being a sniper?
Why similar: Gore 59.7%, Action 19%, Indie 14.3%, Shooter 6.9%
- #40 Armed Warrior VR
75% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: antrorse
Windows
Realistic VR Action Game that deals with various weapons in battle and becomes a true medieval warrior! It has a virtual fantasy world view that matches the emotions of the global market. The hero use weapons such as swords, shields, bows and guns, defeating the enemies and becoming a true warrior.
Why similar: Gore 76.4%, Action 23.6%
- #41 Zombie Nightmare
74% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: MOERS INC
Windows
Defend yourself from waves of zombies! Support SteamVR
Why similar: Gore 76.4%, Action 23.6%
- #42 Overboard
71% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: Jack SouthardPub: Trass Games
Windows
A ridiculous VR game about fighting bloodthirsty and increasingly deadly sharks using makeshift weapons. Elevate the battle from the open ocean to the skies, and even into space! The sharks will stop at nothing to devour a tasty human.
Why similar: Gore 55.1%, Action 26%, Indie 18.9%
- #43 Unexpected Sequence
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breach Studio
Windows
Unexpected Sequence is a game inspired by classic bullet hell titles, aiming to keep the original feel and some of the difficulty. Customize your ship and fight your way back to humanity through hordes of enemies and unique bosses.
Why similar: Action 24.3%, Indie 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Space 12.7%
- #44 Stick Spartans
73% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Sugoi Yellow
Windows
Stick Spartans brings fast paced family friendly action to the living room where players poke other Spartans to eliminate them until only one remains.
Why similar: Action 23.9%, 4 Player Local 22.8%, Indie 18.6%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%
- #45 DECONSTRUCTION
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Knight
Windows
DECONSTRUCTION is a fast-paced, hardcore, shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Action 28.8%, Indie 21.7%, Shooter 14.7%, 2D 5.8%
- #46 Alien Crusader
72% matchMixed62% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: Zydrone
Windows
Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.
Why similar: Action 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Indie 17.7%, Local Co-Op 14.2%, Space 13.6%
- #47 Overdriven Reloaded
72% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: TOMAGameStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !
Why similar: 4 Player Local 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Local Co-Op 13.7%, Action 10.3%, Indie 8.4%
- #48 The Mystery of Happyville
71% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Studio HK
Windows
When the sleepy little town of Happyville suddenly cuts off contact with the outside world, nobody could have predicted the sinister happenings that were occurring far away from civilization's prying eye...
Why similar: Gore 44.2%, 4 Player Local 19.2%, Action 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Indie 10.3%
- #49 PARTICLE MACE
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,373 reviews2015
Dev: Andy Makes
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
Why similar: Indie 19.8%, Action 19.2%, 4 Player Local 14%, Local Co-Op 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%
- #50 Toto Temple Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Juicy Beast
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Toto Temple Deluxe is a fast-paced, local-multiplayer king-of-the-hill style game in which players must steal an egg-laying goat from their friends and try to keep it on their own head for as long as possible. You know, normal stuff.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31%, Local Multiplayer 22.3%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Action 15.7%, Indie 10.9%
- #51 GRIMO
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DozenMinds OU
Windows · Mac
Grimo is story driven stealth action in pixel art. Cyberchurch, neural implants, advanced robots and augmented humans all of these are common things in Grimo's world. It’s on!
Why similar: Gore 56.7%, Action 24.7%, Indie 18.6%
- #52 The Other Side Of The Screen
70% matchMixed60% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: VaNyuHa
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The game has 5 main characters that participate in a deadly show called "The Other Side of the Screen" . Each player has to find a way out of his location. The levels and their difficulty are completely different. You are given an opportunity to play for any of the mentioned characters.
Why similar: Gore 63.8%, Action 20.4%, Indie 15.8%
- #53 Plant Revenge
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: David Jenni
Windows
Take revenge for what scientists made with your girlfriend.
Why similar: Gore 42%, Action 33.1%, Indie 24.9%
- #54 NAR - Not Another Royale
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schmidt Games
Windows
NOT ANOTHER ROYALE (NAR) is an action loaded multiplayer shooter with several different game modes.
Why similar: Gore 55.1%, Action 26%, Indie 18.9%
- #55 Fantasy Battles
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Area VR
Windows
Fantasy Battles is a game based on the principle of Battle Royale. You have the opportunity to compete with people, around the world, in battles based on comics. At the beginning you have the Wild West card to play, shortly followed by Omaha Beach and Sci-Fi World these worlds are of course included in the price.
Why similar: Gore 64.9%, Action 20%, Indie 15.1%
- #56 Space Hamster in Turmoil
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: SypherZent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Hamster in Turmoil is a shoot 'em up featuring a customizable ship, optional & unorthodox mechanics, 7 interesting bosses, and a short story that takes place one year after the extinction of our species.
Why similar: Action 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Indie 9.2%
- #57 Watergate Xtreme
69% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Will Carlough
Windows · Mac
Watergate Xtreme is a frantic multiplayer extravaganza where you and your friends run around in a maze trying to control your guy and a remote control bomb at the same time.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33%, Action 26.8%, Local Multiplayer 21.7%, Indie 18.5%
- #58 Krum - Battle Arena
60% matchMixed48% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: HA Studio Ltd.Pub: SA Industry
Windows
In the arena, the rules are simple: bring your name and your country in front of everyone else! It’s a fun, competitive, asynchronous hack-and-slash parody game.
Why similar: Gore 55.5%, Action 25.7%, Indie 18.8%
- #59 Truecolors
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Team Newtype
Windows
Truecolors is a game where we have to gather clues to the murder in the ship and get to the bottom of it, and survive the dangers and traps everywhere.
Why similar: Gore 57.5%, Indie 32.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%