- #1 Bloody Walls
97% matchVery Positive80% of 1,497 reviews2016
Dev: L. Stotch
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.4%, Action 17.7%, Fast-Paced 13.4%, Difficult 12.4%, Retro 12.1%
- #2 Gun Devil
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,572 reviews2022
Dev: Agelvik
Windows
GUN DEVIL is an explosive platformer about rescuing your kidnapped hell wife from Satan's child, the Caramelized Dumbass and his Pimp Legion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 21%, Action 12.6%, 2D 10.4%, Retro 8.8%
- #3 The End o,,,o
96% matchMixed63% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.3%, Retro 21.7%, Indie 19.4%, Action 15.7%, 2D 12.6%
- #4 Super Shoot Owl
95% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Shazard G Bansraj
Windows
Owly has been kidnapped by the treacherous Tala. Fight your way through hordes of evil llamas in a quest of liberation and vengeance.
Why similar: Action 54.5%, Indie 45.5%
- #5 Redie
94% matchVery Positive80% of 272 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: Action 58.1%, Indie 41.9%
- #6 1982
94% matchVery Positive93% of 801 reviews2017
Dev: Binary Zoo
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26%, Retro 22.5%, Action 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Indie 12.8%
- #7 CYBERDAD
92% matchVery Positive90% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Cyberpunk EnjoyersPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Set in the year 2078, CYBERDAD is a 2D cyberpunk gunfight dungeon crawler following a disgruntled father seeking to rescue his daughter, and exact his revenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Action 14.4%, 2D 11.9%
- #8 Donuts'n'Justice
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Action 11.8%, Retro 10.8%, Difficult 9.5%
- #9 Clean'Em Up
91% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2016
Dev: Cheesy Holes
Windows
Clean’Em Up is a fast paced, arcade-style Top Down Shooter with neon graphics. You play as an Upgradable Antivirus. You seek and destroy tremendous viruses and threats, collect and protect files and survive huge Bosses. The story is simple: Your Computer has been hacked... Dozens of viruses and other threats have penetrated your System...
Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 46.2%
- #10 CRUEL
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Action 29.2%, Pixel Graphics 26.1%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #11 Frantic Dimension
91% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Frantic Dimension is a retro twin-stick shooter inspired by the earliest twin-sticks, 'Space Dungeon' and 'Robotron 2084'. Never stop moving and shooting... or you'll die.
Why similar: Action 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Indie 15.1%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Difficult 11.3%
- #12 Daddy
90% matchMixed62% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Arctiform LLC
Windows
Sabotage a cult and their schemes in this Mystery, Horror, FPS. Explore a mansion while massacring the creepy followers and their foul abominations. Find various weapons to slay your enemies with and uncover the cruel secrets of the organization.
Why similar: Action 75.7%, Indie 19%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #13 Zombie Death Quota
89% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: BlokiFG
Windows
Help Special Forces operative Della retrieve the Bio-waste containers that are causing the zombie outbreak. Grenade, shotgun, snipe and flame your way through the zombie horde and then evacuate in the helicopter.
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Pixel Graphics 37.4%, Indie 17.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #14 Unchained
87% matchVery Positive91% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Double Time Studios
Windows · Mac
Unchained is a fast paced retro multiplayer first person shooter in which you can compete in different game modes and maps, using a large arsenal of unique and deadly weapons (And some cool powerups too) to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.5%, Action 27.7%, Retro 22.6%, Indie 19.1%
- #15 Dead Estate
86% matchVery Positive95% of 6,426 reviews2021
Dev: Milkbar LadsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.4%, Difficult 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 11.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #16 DOOMED
89% matchMixed56% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Why similar: Action 29.8%, Indie 20.8%, Fast-Paced 19.2%, Difficult 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%
- #17 Goat Massacre
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Cybernetic Studios LLC
Windows
A murderer's only shot at redemption. Shatter hell portals, stack divine relics into devastating builds, and descend deeper into hell until you're strong enough to face Satan himself. A roguelike FPS about salvation through overwhelming holy firepower.
Why similar: Action 77.7%, Indie 19.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #18 The Pulse of Evil
84% matchVery Positive95% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: MadnukinPub: Mads Games
Windows
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Action 19.9%, 2D 10.1%, Indie 2.2%
- #19 Sefir: Mafia Story
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Septime Studios
Windows
Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.
Why similar: Difficult 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Fast-Paced 17.6%, Action 14%, Indie 9.9%
- #20 BRAIN / OUT
84% matchVery Positive82% of 15,327 reviews2017
Dev: Desertkun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.8%, 2D 27.8%, Action 22.8%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #21 DEDA
77% matchVery Positive91% of 558 reviews2026
Dev: deepins corp.
Windows
A small-scale horror escape game that breaks the usual genre mold. The player must escape from a house where a deranged grandfather has locked them in. But the real fear lies not in the jump scares, but in the oppressive reality of the house and its hidden corners.
Why similar: Action 67.4%, Indie 28.1%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #22 Dead
82% matchVery Positive91% of 276 reviews2018
Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
Why similar: Difficult 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Action 18.7%, Indie 14.8%, Fast-Paced 11%
- #23 Intrude
83% matchVery Positive82% of 211 reviews2016
Dev: Michal Kruba
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Intrude is a first-person shooter. Your mission is to get into a long time abandoned base, suddenly taken over by some kind of private military, find your way up and destroy the source of a signal comming from the base. Collect as much data as you can to find out what they are up to.
Why similar: Action 36.7%, Indie 28.2%, Retro 18%, Pixel Graphics 17%
- #24 Let Them Come
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,353 reviews2017
Dev: Tuatara GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Action 14.9%, Indie 12.2%, Retro 11.2%
- #25 Deputinization
78% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Myttsi Zabav
Windows · Linux
Deputinization is run and gun action game focused on boss battles. The game features pixel graphics and music that is rooted in Ukrainian culture.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.5%, Indie 17.3%, 2D 11.3%
- #26 Mini-Dead
79% matchVery Positive94% of 910 reviews2018
Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.
Why similar: Difficult 39.2%, Action 31.2%, Indie 29.6%
- #27 Offendron Warrior
81% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Difficult 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Retro 9.4%, Action 8.3%
- #28 Exodemon
80% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: Kuupu
Windows
Possessed by an alien entity, slash and tear countless enemies with your monstrous claws, you must find a way to escape the planet before you lose what's left of your humanity! Exodemon is a game inspired by the 90s FPS golden age.
Why similar: Indie 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 25.5%, Action 24.9%, Retro 22.3%
- #29 MYRIAD DEATH
76% matchVery Positive86% of 272 reviews2025
Dev: IGNITION MPub: holo Indie
Windows
This is an exhilarating action and shooting game where you fight using weapons with different abilities.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 32.4%, Action 32%, 2D 27.5%, Indie 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 Switch 'N' Shoot
79% matchVery Positive96% of 154 reviews2016
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Difficult 17.3%, Fast-Paced 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 10%
- #31 Dead6hot
81% matchMixed46% of 508 reviews2016
Dev: Chuck ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fast-paced shooting in a frantic atmosphere! Pick-up-and-play, like the good old days! Local multiplayer!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #32 Bloody Hell
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,661 reviews2023
Dev: Pun Intended
Windows
A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 47.2%, Indie 22.5%, Action 14.4%, 2D 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #33 BUTCHER
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Difficult 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 22.7%, Action 20.5%, Indie 13.6%, 2D 10.4%
- #34 Memory Lost: Chapter One
75% matchVery Positive93% of 203 reviews2022
Dev: Magic Hazard
Windows · Linux
First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 69.3%, Action 21.2%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #35 Revenant
74% matchVery Positive94% of 458 reviews2023
Dev: MAYFLY
Windows
Revenant is a pixel-art style shooting game set in the near future.
Why similar: Action 39.5%, Pixel Graphics 33.3%, 2D 14.9%, Indie 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #36 Acquitted
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: Nordic Empire Games
Windows
Piss bottles. Bats. Bike locks. Face the media-manufactured outrage of braindead mobs in a fully destructible, randomly generated riot zone as you try to get home from court alive after each self-defense trial. Shoot, hack, blast & build walls & turrets vs tricky AI in this brutally intense shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 64.4%, Action 21.7%, Indie 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #37 Golden Hornet
76% matchVery Positive93% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Difficult 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Action 9.1%, Retro 8.6%
- #38 Devilated
72% matchVery Positive81% of 247 reviews2024
Dev: TrunkaPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Devilated is an ultraviolent RPG old-school shooter where you brutalize and cannibalize your demonic foes in equal measure. Eat their face before they eat yours.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 66.3%, Retro 30.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #39 Witchinour
77% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Difficult 22.4%, Fast-Paced 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Retro 10.9%, Action 10.2%
- #40 Pixel Descent
73% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Moonskull Games
Windows
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Retro 13.1%, Action 11.5%, Indie 10.1%
- #41 Pewt 'em Up!
72% matchVery Positive96% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: team tsoto
Windows · Linux
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Action 16.9%, Retro 11.4%, 2D 9%
- #42 Pixel Poops
73% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Mostly Random GamesPub: yyrGames
Windows
You have a problem with joggers. They think they own the whole park. They talk about motivation, or reaching their goals. But in this action-packed throwback to early 80s console games, you'll show them. You'll stop them yourself...in the most effective way you know.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Action 19%, Retro 10.9%, 2D 10.4%
- #43 Rabbit Hole
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,581 reviews2024
Dev: ShortCake_CafePub: Engi_ee
Windows
Rabbit Hole is a fast paced, tough-as-nails 2D RogueLike-Shooter, made with love for the genre. You are Disc, someone who was suddenly brought to the Rabbit Hole. Collect guns, fight foes and meet strange new characters on your descent to the bottom, all in an attempt to find your heart again.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.6%, Action 18.5%, 2D 11.2%
- #44 Say Goodbye
75% matchMixed52% of 229 reviews2017
Dev: morojenoe's empire
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
This visual novel about an ordinary man with his typical problems. Suddenly, you got a report that your distant cousin died in a car crash. Fortunately, her daughter wasn't with her. You take the girl under your wing. But soon, something starts to go wrong...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #45 CULTIC
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,238 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Retro 32%, Action 31.7%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #46 DIMENSIONAL SLAUGHTER
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Bashir "ManliestDev" KashaloPub: ManliestDev
Windows
Kill to heal, and never stop moving in this retro-styled ADHD-fueled frantic fast-paced rogue-lite movement shooter. A short, yet intense multi-dimensional speedrun FPS experience for people with tiny attention spans. Do you have what it takes to subvert your infinite demise?
Why similar: Fast-Paced 44.8%, Action 20.1%, Retro 20.1%, Indie 14.9%
- #47 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,900 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Action 21%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Indie 15.3%, Difficult 13.6%
- #48 Red Death
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 124 reviews2017
Dev: Panda Indie Studio
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Red Death is a vertical shooter, Prologue of the series Project Starship!
Why similar: Action 62.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Indie 14.2%
- #49 Doomsday Hunters
66% matchVery Positive90% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Difficult 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Action 17.1%, Indie 9.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #50 Blood Feed
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 929 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blood Feed - The Mystery of Insectville is FPS depthless and mindless shooter, where you, smashing through the waves of bugs, insects and hordes of most disgusting things that ever roamed the earth, need to unravel the mysterious dissapearance of the whole town, including your family.
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 46.4%
- #51 Dead Island Retro Revenge
71% matchMixed61% of 714 reviews2016
Dev: Empty Clip StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Time for some 16-bit retro revenge! When his beloved cat gets kidnapped, Max sets out across a zombie-infested California to get him back by force!
Why similar: Action 39.2%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Retro 24.4%, 2D 8.3%
- #52 All Day Dying: Redux Edition
69% matchVery Positive84% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: Paulo Lopes
Windows
A SINGLEPLAYER score attack game for quick sessions of focused adrenaline where you complete various goals and beat difficult score challenges. Only pure combat where precision and technique is rewarded
Why similar: Fast-Paced 29.5%, Action 26.5%, Indie 22.1%, Difficult 20.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #53 Security Guy vs AI: The Dawn of AI
68% matchVery Positive85% of 91 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: Shoot 'Em Up 45%, Action 42.4%, Indie 11.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #54 PAPERHEAD EP.0
62% matchVery Positive93% of 3,177 reviews2024
Dev: Paperhead te4mPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
Why similar: Fast-Paced 37.9%, Difficult 22.2%, Action 16.8%, Retro 15.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #55 Cube Gothic
69% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Arkhouse TelegraphPub: Arkhouse Telegnosis
Windows
Cube Gothic is a Story-driven Shoot 'em up Adventure. Shooting enemies and dodging projectiles while solving simple puzzles and trying to comprehend the surreal plot - these are the challenges you'll be facing in Cube Gothic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.9%, Action 18%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, 2D 9.3%, Retro 3.1%
- #56 ROSE
64% matchVery Positive86% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
ROSE is a violent rogue-lite arena shooter where you sacrifice your body parts to progress and gain new weapons and abilities. Slaughter waves of monstrous enemies and defeat titanic bosses in randomized arenas or die trying!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 51.8%, Difficult 37.6%, Action 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #57 >SYS//PURGE_
62% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: tomo2515x
Windows
>SYS//PURGE_ is a free, fast-paced FPS inspired by 90's classics, with roguelike elements. Collect items, stay alive and descend deeper into the facility. You take control of an LN-X unit, a glitch breaks you out of the Overseer's control. Make it burn.
Why similar: Action 56%, Retro 22.2%, Indie 20.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #58 Hell Shooter
69% matchVery Positive80% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: 天河(TH Game)
Windows
Hell Shooter is a old-school FPS game.
Why similar: Action 26.3%, Fast-Paced 21.4%, Indie 21.2%, Difficult 17.5%, Retro 12.3%
- #59 Alien Crusader
70% 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: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Action 21.7%, Indie 18.1%, Difficult 17.8%, Retro 9%
- #60 Tackle for Loss
60% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Indifferent Penguin
Windows · Mac
Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Difficult 19.5%, Fast-Paced 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 7.6%