- #1 Trash Pit
97% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
A frantic twin stick shooter where you and your enemies are only ever one hit from death. Mow down relentless waves of robots, collect upgrades and claw your way to the highest score you can.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 35.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 5.8%, Arcade 4.5%
- #2 CRATES N' MOHAWKS
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: hslentz
Windows · Linux
CRATES N' MOHAWKS is a chaotic arena shooter where every crate swaps your weapon. Grab crates, adapt to constantly changing guns, dodge swarms of enemies, and survive as long as possible while pushing your score higher.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Bullet Hell 18%, Arcade 7%, Shooter 6.6%
- #3 Son of Scoregasm
96% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: R C KnightPub: Charlie's Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Blast your way through 28 varied levels full of enemies, traps, lasers and bosses in this explosive Twin Stick Shmup! Test your skills, find new paths, master the score mechanics and become bullet hell. Tight score attack play, fast combat and online Leaderboards leave you needing just one more go!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29%, Arena Shooter 26.3%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Arcade 6.6%, Shooter 6.6%
- #4 WAVEBEAM
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Collins
Windows · Mac
2-4 local players navigate the darkness while battling one another to be the last ship left. Fire your BEAM to destroy other ships and stay hidden while navigating the arena. Your PING not only reflects enemy BEAMs, but also reveals your surroundings and your location to everyone, so use it wisely!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, PvP 12%, Shooter 7.6%, Arcade 5.7%
- #5 Kinetic Storm
94% matchMixed66% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Broken Teapot Studios Inc.
Windows
Annihilate endless swarms of enemies with devastating weaponry, survive this Kinetic Storm by unlocking powerful skills and upgrades. This sci-fi action roguelike will test your skills like no other, with responsive twin-stick controls and unique enemy design.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.2%, Arena Shooter 28.2%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Score Attack 5.8%, Arcade 5.4%
- #6 Blipper
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Overwound Entertainment
Windows
Blipper is a twinstick arcade shooter with a retro scifi vibe and an element of bullet hell. Destroy waves of neon enemies across multiple arenas while dodging attackers and incoming fire.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.8%, Arena Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 7.1%, Shooter 6%
- #7 Chickens. Chickens? Chickens!
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Loki The Cat Studio
Windows · Linux
🐓 Fight ridiculous chicken hordes in a fast, casual arena shooter. 🐓 Move, dodge, shoot, survive waves, chase a better score, and try not to get buried in feathers.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 34%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.5%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shooter 6.3%, Top-Down 4.6%
- #8 NEON SURGE
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Miber Studio
Windows
A fast, neon twin-stick arena shooter: you aim, your ship auto-fires. Dash through bullets, hold off ever-bigger waves and pick roguelite upgrades each wave. 8 ships, 10 worlds, 7 modes.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Arcade 5.9%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #9 Trigger Fever
91% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: RotcivPub: Rotstudio
Windows
Engage in chaotic multiplayer battles in Trigger Fever, a top-down shooter party game. Crush foes solo or with friends, wielding 50+ unique weapons. Show off skills, tactically dominate, and embrace the crazy onslaught!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Arena Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, PvP 10.9%, Shooter 6.8%
- #10 Predictile
91% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: AbstrCAT
Windows
Predictile" is a unique twin-stick shooting game where the trajectory of enemy attacks is displayed. Overcome waves of randomly placed enemies using skill and the power of prediction lines.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 35.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 5.7%, Arcade 4.2%
- #11 Avenger Sharks
89% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Tristan Greaves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avenger Sharks is a retro twin-stick shooter. Featuring sharks. OUT FOR VENGEANCE. Save your fishy friends! Destroy the evils of the deep! Collect power-ups, health potions and upgrades! Invoke the sheer fury of FISH FRENZY or your dinosaur friends to even the odds!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 37.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.8%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shooter 6.6%, Action 1.8%
- #12 Solaroids
90% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Chad YatesPub: DynF/X Digital LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, PvP 8%, Shooter 6.6%
- #13 Orbital Overdrive
88% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Horsefly GamesPub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows
A roguelite twin-stick arena shooter where your score IS your currency. Blast through enemy waves, then spend your hard-earned points on weapons and upgrades, or bank them as XP to power up permanently. Hundreds of builds. One more run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.1%, Arena Shooter 26%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 6.8%, Arcade 5.4%
- #14 Bullet Candy
89% matchMixed52% of 87 reviews2007
Dev: R C Knight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Bullet Candy is a fast paced, action packed arena shooter. There are a variety of combo systems and many secret techniques that you can employ to get the best score and weapon upgrades possible. Viewed from a top-down perspective, Bullet Candy allows for a true 360° shoot-em-up experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.8%, Arena Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Arcade 7.5%, Shooter 6.8%
- #15 Scurvy Dogs
86% matchVery Positive83% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Unnamed Studios, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
An online Player v Player battle!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.8%
- #16 Cyberpulse
86% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Scherzo GamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics-based twin-stick shooter where you never fire a single bullet. Grab, yank, and hurl viruses into molten firewalls using cyberkinetic forces. 50+ handcrafted levels, local co-op, and 4-player versus. Master a genre-bending mechanic that turns every enemy into a weapon.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Arena Shooter 24.7%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, PvP 9.5%, Arcade 4.9%
- #17 Theatre of Doom
87% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2017
Dev: Artery Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Theatre of Doom is an intense and fast top-down action game. Fight your way through the hellish stages against demonic marionette puppets, and ferocious monsters.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26%, Twin Stick Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Arcade 6.3%, Top-Down 5.5%
- #18 Deep Deep Deep Nightmare
85% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Nato GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare is a 2D Top Down Shooter. Survive by facing monsters in the nightmare of a little boy who didn’t heed his mother’s warnings that eating too much before bed can cause nightmares.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Arena Shooter 30.2%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 6.2%
- #19 Death Carnival
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furyion Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get ready for Death Carnival. Intense Top-Down Shooter with multi-elevation combat. Easy to start, thrilling to watch. Over a dozen characters with unique attacks and story. Adrenaline-fueled combat in singleplayer, online co-op, or competitive PvP.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Arena Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 6.8%, Arcade 6.2%
- #20 Sektori
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 944 reviews2025
Dev: Kimmo LahtinenPub: Kimmo Factor Oy
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.7%, Arena Shooter 26.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Arcade 6.9%, Shooter 5.8%
- #21 Brainrot Tung Tung Sahur
83% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Onlygames S.R.L.
Windows
A dynamic action game where the player fights waves of creatures across eight unique maps. The goal is to eliminate all enemies within a limited time using weapons, tactics, and the environment. Constant tension and a relentless fight for survival.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 34.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 3.2%
- #22 cursor+cursor
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mina Pêcheux
Windows
cursor+cursor is a fast-paced arena shooter where you don't control one avatar... but two at the same time! Position your pair of cursors wisely to protect your core, upgrade your equipment and create unique builds to survive, all the while enjoying a "minimalist cyberpunk-ish" vibe.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.8%, Arena Shooter 31.6%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shooter 5.6%, Arcade 4.2%
- #23 Bacon Rebellion
81% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Nauris Amatnieks
Windows
Do you ever want to just relax and slaughter something? Well, lucky for you, the pigs have gone mad! They are destroying everything! So grab your trusty double-barreled friend and put an end to this Bacon Rebellion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Arena Shooter 30.3%, Bullet Hell 17%, Score Attack 6.1%, Arcade 5.8%
- #24 Obludia
82% matchMixed49% of 75 reviews2014
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Fight your way through 50 levels full of thrilling action with hordes of challenging enemies and tough bosses! Obludia is an old-school arcade arena action inspired by classics such as Robotron or Smash-TV with RPG elements.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 30%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Arcade 7.4%, Shooter 7.2%
- #25 Project Nebula
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MK_Games
Windows · Linux
An explosive arcade arena shooter inspired by the golden age of Amiga classics. Blast through asteroid fields, destroy alien forces, upgrade your ship, and unleash devastating weapons in a modern reimagining of a timeless genre.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.3%
- #26 Warix
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star-snuffing Black
Windows · Linux
Warix is a fast-paced 1v1 territory capture fighting game set in a dark, microscopic world. Control a glowing cybernetic nanobot, draw trails to claim turf, and destroy your rival in high-speed combat. Parry bullets, steal boost, and outsmart players online or battle a relentless solo AI.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9%, PvP 7.1%
- #27 Retromancer
81% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Spinfoam Games
Windows · Mac
What happens when nostalgia and necromancy mix? A Retromancer happens! Grab a few friends, choose your champions, and battle your way through 6 brutal zones filled with screeching bats, burrowing worms, deranged cultists, and giant ants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Arena Shooter 27.5%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Arcade 6.3%, Shooter 4.9%
- #28 Delta Epsilon Warriors
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AugEx
Windows
Become a Delta Epsilon Warrior and battle your friends in this fast paced, twin-stick arena shooter. Plan your shots carefully and cut off your target's escape route with your hazard creating lasers. Deny. Eliminate. Win. Join the fight and outwit and outmanoeuvre your way to victory.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.9%, PvP 12.2%, Shooter 7.9%, Arcade 5.9%
- #29 Squared Notebook Fight
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Printed Cicada Games
Windows
Squared Notebook Fight is a hand-drawn, fast-paced top-down bullet hell shooter where chaos erupts right on the pages of a school notebook. Survive short intense run, dodge flying ink bullets, collect coins, and upgrade your hero with new weapons, shields, or health to become stronger each round.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Arena Shooter 16%, Top-Down 10.5%, Shooter 5.5%
- #30 POLYFAULT
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rat.dev
Windows · Linux
Top-down arena shooter on a DOS kernel. Farm geometric polyfaults, allocate cycles into your chassis, load a new image, and clear a 10-minute field against three bosses. Panic. Reboot. Rank CYC.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 30.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.3%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down 6.5%, Shooter 5.7%
- #31 ULTRABUGS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shooter 6.7%, Arcade 5.2%
- #32 Circus Interstellar
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Ettinsoft
Windows
Circus Interstellar is a brutal arcade shooter featuring high-octane action, and killer music! Earth voyagers encounter a sadistic alien race with a terrifying clownish appearance and a nasty appetite. Will the survivors escape the gory circus? Or will they be assimilated like all the rest?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.5%, Arena Shooter 28.6%, Shooter 7.8%, Arcade 7%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #33 Better Not Fall
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bacco Games Studios
Windows
Survive increasingly difficult rounds in a floating arena. Use weapons and powerful abilities to knock enemies into the void before they launch you off the edge, build your loadout during each run, and beat your highest score.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.7%, Arena Shooter 33.3%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 6.9%, Top-Down 4.6%
- #34 Shooting Things Incrementally
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrangerArt
Windows
Shooting Things Incrementally is a twin-stick shooter merged with an incremental. Start from nothing and build yourself into an unstoppable force as you fight hordes of deadly foes and bosses at the edge of the galaxy.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 35.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Shooter 6.9%, Arcade 5.9%
- #35 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,116 reviews2007
Dev: Bizarre CreationsPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.4%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Arena Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 5.9%
- #36 Polyopthalmia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samooz
Windows
A top-down arena shooting game. You need to break every eyeball you see and survive in the arena full of gazes to get a high score
Why similar: Arena Shooter 39%, Twin Stick Shooter 34.8%, Score Attack 6.8%, Shooter 5.9%, Arcade 5.4%
- #37 Space Ace
73% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Closed Bracket Studios
Windows
Space Ace is a 2D top-down shooter that focuses on upgrading your ship to fight through levels of Bosses and smaller enemies. Play with keyboard + mouse or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 7.5%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #38 Stray Shot
72% matchPositive100% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: PUNKCAKE Délicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monsters come from missed shots! Learn the monster's behaviours, shoot wisely and balance the difficulty to maximize scoring!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Shooter 6.9%, Arcade 6.2%
- #39 Polychromatic
74% matchVery Positive95% of 57 reviews2015
Dev: Brushfire Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Polychromatic is a physics-based arcade shooter with a pop of color.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.8%, Arena Shooter 36.9%, Arcade 8%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Action 2.7%
- #40 Swarm Arena
74% matchMixed70% of 63 reviews2010
Dev: Dedication Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Take control of a virtual organism in this unique indie arcade title, while unlocking Steam Achievements and climbing the leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Arena Shooter 25.9%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, PvP 9.8%, Shooter 6.4%
- #41 PERFECT MATTER
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Alice HalleyPub: Wrought Interactive
Windows
Amass independently powerful upgrades that synergize into world shaking phenomena, and use them to lay waste to countless entities across a dying universe.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.3%, Arena Shooter 28.8%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 7.5%, Arcade 6.6%
- #42 Cyclo Chambers
71% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.5%, Arena Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shooter 7%, Arcade 6.9%
- #43 Nex Machina
71% matchVery Positive87% of 2,201 reviews2017
Dev: Housemarque
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.8%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Arcade 7.6%, Great Soundtrack 5%, Shooter 4.4%
- #44 CyberPigeon
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Brian Voll
Windows
Take control of CyberPigeon, the ultimate cybernetic avian warrior, as you engage in intense battles against swarming drones and formidable bosses. Adapt to the ever-changing environment, collect power-ups and weapons, and rise to the top of the leaderboard in this thrilling aerial showdown.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 30.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.9%
- #45 Paint Chips
70% matchVery Positive88% of 242 reviews2021
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 36.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Shooter 11.8%, PvP 9.2%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #46 WE ARE DOOMED
72% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 59.1%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Arcade 4.7%, Shooter 4.6%
- #47 Quoin
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Tenzin567
Windows · Mac
Quoin is a top-down game where you shoot enemies collect coins and upgrade your stats. With a wide choice of weapons to use each serving a different role, Quoin will keep you captivated with different enemy types, weapons, and play styles.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 7.8%, Arcade 6%
- #48 Pew Pew Magic Wizard Fighter
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Benevolent Creative Technologies LLC
Windows
It's Wizard VS Wizard in this isometric arcade battle blaster! Dominate a gauntlet of Best-of-5 duels across unique, destructible arenas that change with every match. Out-maneuver rivals with your chosen fighter's special moves to an eclectic electronic score by inflexi0n.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 38.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 34%, PvP 13%, Arcade 6.6%, Top-Down 5%
- #49 THERMAL RUNAWAY
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alexframe
Windows
A top-down roguelite inside one sealed chamber. Ten levels, one hundred waves, and upgrades that compound into something the facility was not built to contain. The run ends when you break — or when the reaction does.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #50 Slipspace Panic
67% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Sudden Journey
Windows · Linux
A trip through slipspace gone awry. Shoot and evade waves of attackers for your freedom in this twin-stick shooter micro-game!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.4%, Bullet Hell 30.7%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 5.9%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #51 Void Prison
69% matchVery Positive81% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Lazy FlockPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Void Prison is a fast paced, endless arcade twin stick shooter that puts you inside of an ever shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don't get consumed by the void. Complete achievements to unlock new skins and powerups and get on top of the leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Arena Shooter 26.1%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 8.1%, Arcade 6.9%
- #52 Utopos
70% matchMixed41% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Jani PenttinenPub: Utopos Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Utopos is a MOSA - Multiplayer Online Space Arena! Gameplay is from a top-down angle, dual-stick shooter and you can play against your friends online, or against AI-controlled opponents.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 36.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Shooter 11.2%, PvP 8%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #53 Violet Impetus
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: NANAHYAKUMAN
Windows · Linux
Violet Impetus is a bullet-hell arcade melee 'em up set in a series of (lightly) procedurally-generated arenas. Drop into different biomes to rid the world of Æris—the demiurge, petrificate & fractured. Its other children just won't see things eye to eye.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 37.9%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.7%, Score Attack 8.1%, Arcade 8%
- #54 Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain
68% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Herosoft
Windows
The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, PvP 12.6%, Shooter 8.2%, Arcade 6.3%
- #55 Shutdown
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: G4SE
Windows
Engage in heart-pounding top-down shooter action as a skilled operative fighting against powerful mega-corporations in a dystopian future. Unleash a barrage of futuristic weaponry, master tactical combat, and liberate humanity from the clutches of oppression in Shutdown.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 8.1%, PvP 6.6%
- #56 Bullet Debt
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: David GamblePub: Face Won Games
Windows
A minimalist arcade arena shooter where your bullets never disappear. Every shot you miss keeps ricocheting until it hits something — an enemy, or you. Dodge your own accumulating crossfire across 50 levels, or turn it on your friends in local versus for 2 to 4 players.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Arena Shooter 23.1%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Arcade 6.6%, Shooter 5.9%
- #57 Roto Force
66% matchVery Positive91% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Accidently AwesomePub: PID Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions! A twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Arena Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Boss Rush 12.2% ★, Shooter 6.3%
- #58 Swarm Universe
69% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2017
Dev: Dedication Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A highly modifiable top-down shooter featuring highscore-driven singleplayer challenges and online-multiplayer competition. You get arenas, racetracks, mini-games and various online-multiplayer modes. Plus powerful modding-tools to create your own levels and game-modes.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, PvP 9.7%, Shooter 6.3%
- #59 Chippy
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,186 reviews2019
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Arena Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 6.7%, Arcade 5.5%
- #60 Breaching Harkon
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: 8x8BitGames
Windows · Mac
Breach, upgrade, and unleash chaos in this roguelike shooter where every run builds new gunplay possibilities. Stack wild attachments, forge broken weapon combos, and dive into explosive firefights against a ruthless criminal empire.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.5%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shooter 7%, Arcade 5.4%