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Games Like Curse of the Deadwood

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Twin Stick Shooter, Top-Down Shooter, Action, Top-Down.

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Curse of the Deadwood is a unique evolution of a twin-stick genre that allows for single or couch co-op play. Take control of two unlikely friends as they fight back hordes of wooden zombies. Work together to save the beautiful world of Knottington from the Curse of the Deadwood.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 70% — of 40 reviews
Released: 2022-07-28
Developer: Steamroller Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Frosty Cauldron Games
    Windows

    Take up spine and quill in defense of your homeland of New Rodentia! Control the fight with a unique physics based combat system that spotlights the spear. Follow the story of Quillary the porcupine and Dandy the spider on their quest, battle robots, bugs, and more in this indie action game.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Hack and Slash 13.6%, Family Friendly 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.4%

  2. #2 AIPD - Artificial Intelligence Police Department
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
    Dev: Blazing BadgerPub: mamor games
    Windows

    Enter the AI universe and fight evil AIs with a variety of weapons and modifications. AIPD is a top-down coop twin-stick shooter where you can enjoy thousands of possible combinations of enemy and arena permutations that give you an unprecedented and nearly unlimited arcade experience.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.3%, Local Co-Op 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Action 7.3%

  3. #3 Hexabot Stranded: Defend Or Die
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: rockingprojects
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Action tower defense with physics & couch co-op: carry your turrets, hurl objects, and survive swarm attacks.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Hack and Slash 9.4%, Top-Down 8.7%

  4. #4 Super Firefighter
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: William Giguère
    Windows

    Run into hell and spray it down in this couch coop twin stick shooter. Team up with 1 to 3 friends and save victims, houses and trees from the flames and those who ignite them. Enhance your waterpower with special upgrades designed to beat the heat from the unique fires you'll encounter.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.6%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Hack and Slash 11.8%, Cartoony 8.7%

  5. #5 The End of Humanity/人之将死
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: SleepyValley
    Windows

    Survival and construction at the end of zombies, rebuilding homes or becoming plunderers, witnessing the extinction and struggle of human nature

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Hack and Slash 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Strategy 10.2%

  6. #6 Messier111
    94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
    Dev: MELPOT
    Windows

    The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 51.5%, Top-Down Shooter 31.2%, Top-Down 11.8%, Action 5.5%

  7. #7 Egg Drop Soup
    93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: NoBrakesGames
    Windows

    Drop Eggs on passing cars to cause as much public damage as you can. Use Banana Peels and Doughnuts to slip away from the pursuing police force. Complete your Missions before getting caught to make your getaway!

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.1%, Top-Down Shooter 34.8%, Top-Down 10.9%, 3D 5.9%, Casual 5.3%

  8. #8 Rider of Justice
    92% matchNo user reviews2023
    Dev: Westerngamer
    Windows

    A top-down shooter where you run and gun down bad guys as the vigilante, Rider. Vastly outnumbered, quickly kill and quickly die as you sweep through multifloored buildings bringing criminals to justice.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Hack and Slash 17.9%, Action-Adventure 10%, Top-Down 9.1%

  9. #9 Phantast
    91% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
    Dev: Shoho Games
    Windows

    Help Phantast save his tribe in this atmospheric and quirky top-down shooter!

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Hand-drawn 9.1%, Cartoony 8.5%, Top-Down 7.5%

  10. #10 Resistance is Fruitile
    91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2019
    Dev: PhasePixel
    Windows · Mac

    Resistance is Fruitile is a challenging retro twin stick shooter with co-op play that's jam-packed with sinister fruit monsters and plenty of firepower to take them on!

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.9%, Top-Down Shooter 27%, Local Co-Op 26.7%, Action 6.4%

  11. #11 Hive Stampers
    90% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Dual Wield Devs
    Windows

    Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.2%, Top-Down Shooter 34.9%, Top-Down 13.1%, Action 4.5%, Combat 4.2%

  12. #12 Vacunauts
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Godcomplex Games
    Windows

    Save the galaxy from wicked monsters by turning their own powers against them in this chaotic wave defense game. Explore far away planets, on your own or with friends. Experiment with fun abilities and stack them together to form powerful new combinations.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Local Co-Op 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Family Friendly 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.8%

  13. #13 Trigger Witch
    89% matchPositive95% of 42 reviews2022
    Dev: Rainbite Ltd
    Windows

    Trigger Witch is a 2D, twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world where magic is mundane, but firearms are the new unknown! You are Colette, and as you graduate from the Stock, a curious man invades your world... Welcome to the world of Witchcraft and Triggery!

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Local Co-Op 15.4%, Action-Adventure 10%, Magic 8.6%

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    87% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2024
    Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Spelkollektivet
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    Calcium Chaos is a casual Twin-Stick Roguelite that takes you on a journey by train to confront the necromancer and her skeleton army. Get ready to explore a world filled with crazy weapon combinations and unexpected allies as you embark on an epic quest to save the world!

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  15. #15 When It Hits the Fan
    88% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2017
    Dev: Heartfelt Games LLC
    Windows

    When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Local Co-Op 24%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Top-Down 10.1%, Action 7.1%

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    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KAERI GAMES
    Windows

    Oko's Quest is an upcoming local multiplayer action RPG featuring both a co-op story and party mode. Set in a fantasy world, different Okos across dimensions have been involuntarily summoned to a mysterious island. Why were they summoned and how will they return home?

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.8%, Local Co-Op 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Hack and Slash 14.6%, Top-Down 10.2%

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    85% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2025
    Dev: MarinoDev
    Windows · Linux

    A twin stick shooter survivors-like with low-poly pixel art graphics and simple controls. Protect the ghost Winry from the Dark Lord's army. Let the soul harvest, Begin!

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    86% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tempest Lost Team
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    Dev: ORYgames
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    83% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2020
    Dev: lightUP
    Windows

    A 2D top-down adventure game about Powerful Mages, treasures, amulets and a lot of magical evilish creatures!

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    82% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Linux

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    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    81% matchVery Positive84% of 513 reviews2014
    Dev: Confused PelicanPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    80% matchVery Positive86% of 154 reviews2022
    Dev: Glowfish Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2019
    Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Headup
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%

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  27. #27 Lalli
    79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: AcroGames
    Windows

    Lalli tells the tale of a Finnish folk hero and freedom fighter. In 1240, Finland is invaded by the neighboring Swedish Kingdom, aiming to convert the tribes to Christianity by force. This is when a regular woodsman is forced to adapt into a warrior - and a legend, remembered centuries later.

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  28. #28 Scientific Shutdown
    79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: Define Logic Studios
    Windows

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  29. #29 BaulaQuest
    78% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Christopher Yalch
    Windows · Linux

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    76% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    77% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
    Dev: Square Wheel
    Windows

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    78% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2018
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    77% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Pachinly Games
    Windows

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    75% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2024
    Dev: Mind Over Matter Entertainment
    Windows

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    75% matchNo user reviews
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    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Knights and Weekends
    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: Unknowz Corporation
    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,811 reviews2014
    Dev: Vanguard GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
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    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: MegaBanana
    Windows · Linux

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    73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2023
    Dev: BlackRXPub: Clickteam
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,839 reviews2011
    Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: SEGA
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%

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    71% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Mobizen
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    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: nn
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2022
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    68% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2025
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    69% matchMixed59% of 74 reviews2022
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    69% matchNo user reviews2026
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    66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
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    68% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
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    67% matchMixed68% of 241 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    A.I. Invasion is an action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting. The superior machines subjugated the universe. In a wide range of missions you take the role of a soldier and equip and command a team of special units to reclaim the planet system.

    Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.6%, Top-Down Shooter 40.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Action 7.8%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
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