Games Like DOI: Defense Shooter

A fast-paced top-down shooter with chaotic online co-op story missions and tense competitive bomb matches. Work for my company, take every shady contract, outgun rivals, and survive. You’re expendable, but if you make me money, I might let you live.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, 2.5D 17%, Character Customization 11.3%, PvP 10.1%, PvE 9.6%

Blast through endless zombie hordes in KillThrough, a 2D isometric pixel shooter! Manage limited ammo, use diverse weapons, and master strategic movement to survive. Experience fast-paced, retro combat filled with satisfying pixel gore. Your only goal: Kill Through!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Hack and Slash 21.1%, Shooter 8.3%, Top-Down 5.5%

A top down, twin stick shooter inspired by classic retro arcade games with loads of enemies, fast paced bullet hell combat, big boss battles and tons of bullets.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Character Customization 10.6%, Aliens 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Food Fight! Fight with food! Collect food items and combine them into weapons and armor for the most delicious battle yet!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, 2.5D 20.1%, Character Customization 9.7%, Shooter 9.4%, PvP 8.3%

Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Character Customization 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

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: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 22%, 2.5D 18%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 6.9%

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: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Hack and Slash 22.8%, PvE 10.2%, Top-Down 6.9%

The Great Sweet Battle Begins! "CandyPop" is a confectionery war set in the Land of Sweets! A top-down, all-direction chaotic battle shooting action game! Are you ready?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Action 7.8%, PvP 6.5%

NetGunner delivers intense multiplayer competition in the style of a twin-stick shooter, with a theme based around computer hacking. Players have access to multiple types of weapons to damage and throw opponents around the map. The last surviving player wins the round.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, PvP 11.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 5.7%

No lanes. No safe paths. Build fast or fall. Fight and adapt in real time as enemies attack from every direction. Control your hero, place towers on the fly, and shape the battlefield in this intense 1–4 player tower defense.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Hack and Slash 14.6%, Strategy 7.9%, PvE 6.7%

ROGUE SHIFT is a high-intensity top-down shooter, set on a harsh planet that will test your will to survive. To stay alive, you will pit yourself against hordes of relentless enemies in an unforgiving, hostile environment.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Hack and Slash 12.4%, Co-op 12%, Aliens 8.9%

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!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Hack and Slash 24.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, PvE 8.2%, Top-Down 5.4%

Destroy arena vermin, level up, choose your class path, get loot, and slay other players. Destroy the bosses of the arena without being slain, and perhaps your ascent into arena God-hood will be recorded into legend! Now remastered!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Character Customization 11.1%, PvP 10.1%, PvE 9.9%

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: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, PvP 10.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Take part in fast-paced top down online PvP action! Mine ores, buy items, and fight to the death in intense shootouts with up to 3 other players. With countless items and weapons to try out across many different game modes, grab your friends and descend into the mines!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, PvP 17%, Multiplayer 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Shooter 8.7%

top-down co-op survival horror game where players deploy into deadly Quarantined Zones, fight mutated experiments, and extract with everything you can carry—because if you die, you lose it all.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, PvP 10%, PvE 9.5%, Co-op 8.5%

Enter the fractured void where time shatters and chaos reigns. Face fearless foes or battle endless waves of the undead. Scavenge deadly weapons, dress your drifter, and gear up to fight in relentless, fast-paced combat, where only the strongest survive. Time Shift Drifters—where legends are born.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, 2.5D 14.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.8%, Character Customization 8.8%, Co-op 8.1%

Join legendary RPG heroes in 'Legacy of Evil,' a classic arcade Shoot 'em Up. Battle the sinister Dravlo Stradinic and his dark forces. Upgrade your heroes and face terrifying bosses. Can you defeat the vampire and save Stygia?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Hack and Slash 15%, Co-op 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

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

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.9%, Top-Down Shooter 35.1%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 9.5%, Action 6.5%

Grab a slice of this fast-paced, pixel art, top-down shooter.. Pizza Death! Made by members of the Australian thrash band Pizza Death, the main soundtrack is a NES chiptune cover version of their entire debut album, Slice of Death!!!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, 2.5D 20.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 6.9%

Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, Aliens 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Co-op 7.5%

A frantic arena shooter for up to 6 players. Play solo, or battle your pals online. Grab a weapon, don your comically oversized hat & an absurdly mismatched outfit, and KILL YOUR FRIENDS!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.2%, PvP 11.1%, Shooter 9%, Multiplayer 8%

Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces. Delve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. *DirectX feature level 10 required*

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.9%, Aliens 12%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 7.8%

Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down 9.5%, Action 9.4%, Shooter 8.6%

A top-down shooter incremental game where you defeat enemies, sell loot, unlock powerful upgrades, defeat bosses for special items, and shape your own combat build through steady progression.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.2%, Hack and Slash 26.3%, Shooter 11.9%, PvE 8%, Action 6.5%

Hack and slash? Check. Twin-stick-shooter? Check. 4 player coop to slay hordes of aliens & bosses with your friends? Check. Skills, upgrades, weapons, gears, talismans and more to make you stronger? Check. Wake up, bounty hunter. We have a mission for you. Time to clean up the scum of the galaxy.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Hack and Slash 24.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.6%, Co-op 12.6%, Action 10.3%

Poly-Vinyl Pests! takes place many years in the future, where humans are long gone but plastics still litter the earth. Play as two ants from rival colonies in this twin-stick shooter to both squash plastic-laden pests and to prove the superiority of your colony!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Shooter 10%, PvP 8.5%, Top-Down 7.3%

Guerilla Cubes is an action-packed couch co-op shooter where a special ops squad battles a stupidly big army to reclaim Cube City from the ruthless BOX BOSS.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, 2.5D 14.6%, PvE 10%, Shooter 8%

ANNIHILATOR is a gritty top-down shooter, originally made for the Game Boy Color. This is a modern adaption.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, 2.5D 20.8%, Shooter 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, PvE 12.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Top-Down 7.6%

'Monster Freaks!' is a 2D top-down shooter about making monsters bleed! Featuring classic arcade action with a bunch o' guns, controller support, couch co-op, and punishing boss fights!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, 2.5D 22.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Shooter 8.3%

Choose a turret and a body to make your own tank to shoot, blast, and burn friends to claim your victory! Play classic game modes like Free for All, Team Death Match, Capture the Flag, and King of the Hill on your own custom-made maps in Silly Tanks.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 25%, PvP 9.9%, Shooter 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.3%

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: Top-Down Shooter 40.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, PvE 11.2%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action 5.5%

DOOMBOX is a survival bullet-heaven roguelike where a bazillion creatures emerge from somewhere. Craft a bunch of nifty guns, wear silly hats, and kill the crap out those creatures with over-the-top builds all fueled by the power of your DOOMBOX

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, 2.5D 16.9%, Character Customization 11.2%, PvE 9.8%

Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Co-op 17.2%, Top-Down 7.4%, Action 6.6%

HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.6%, Co-op 10.8%, Aliens 9.7%, PvP 9.5%

Shoot and drift around the chaotic streets of Strife City, a hub for crime, secret societies, paranormal activities and lots’a *CHA-CHING*!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, 2.5D 19%, Multiplayer 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Top-Down 10.2%

Scientific Shutdown is a top-down arcade shooter in which you find yourself kidnapped by Dr Hans Trottelstein, the mad scientist, to test the deadliness of his latest batch of rock monsters. With help from up to three friends, how many simulated environments can YOU survive?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 26%, PvE 11.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Co-op 8.5%

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: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, 2.5D 17.6%, PvP 11.5%, Top-Down 6%

Monkey Barrels is an action-packed twin-stick shooter in which you blast waves of weaponized electronic devices with tons of crazy unlockable weapons. You can experiment endlessly with different combinations and find the loadout that best suits your playing style.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, 2.5D 20.1%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 6.6%

Get stupid & get stupid weapons. Kill your friends to WIN BIG!!!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, PvP 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Action 7%

Alien Outpost an adrenaline-pumping 2.5D twin-stick shooter places you at a remote outpost besieged by relentless waves of alien invaders

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, 2.5D 18.6%, Shooter 9.2%, Aliens 7.5%

Unleash Your Inner Warrior in a Fast-Paced Top-Down 2D PvP Extravaganza! Strategy meets skill in intense player-versus-player combat! Master your hero, outsmart your opponents, and rise to the top in this vibrant, action-packed battleground.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.4%, Co-op 12.8%, PvP 12.3%, Top-Down 11.3%, Strategy 7.8%

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: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Hack and Slash 23.3%, PvE 10.6%, Top-Down 7.3%

Maelstrom is a licensed open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh by Ambrosia Software, Inc. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, PvP 9.1%, Top-Down 9.1%, Co-op 8.9%

Complete high stakes missions in this intense social deduction twin-stick shooter, where friends can quickly turn into informants, bent on sabotaging you at every turn.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Co-op 14.5%, Shooter 8.4%, Top-Down 5.8%

- Co-op Twin Stick Shooter

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Aliens 11.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Co-op 9.4%

Fight and dodge through hundreds of space bugs in Bug Blast! Go through each space station to protect from the hoards of bugs that come their way.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Aliens 7.2%, Top-Down 6.8%

ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Top-Down 12%, Shooter 8.4%, Action 6.9%

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 38.2%, Shooter 14.4%, Top-Down 10.9%, Action 9.5%, Co-op 7.7%

Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl! After destroying 75% of the panels, move on to the next stage.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.8%, Top-Down Shooter 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Shooter 10%, Top-Down 6.1%

Super Shootout is a top-down, roguelike shooter set in a stadium on an alien world. Leave a wake of destruction with powerful pickups sent down by the roaring crowd. Fight, die, and fight again to the top of the online leaderboard.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Explore the world, learn new spells, bend spells around corners and get spell upgrades in the adventure of a young wizard roaming the world. Become a wizard for hire and begin your journey.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.2%, Hack and Slash 18.6%, Character Customization 10.3%, PvP 9.7%

Launch. Recall. Avoid.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 34%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 8%, Action 5.4%

A roguelite where superstitions take shape as items! Face enemies, collect drops with negative effects that can be traded for advantages. Explore always different rooms, with challenges inspired by beliefs that make us think twice before taking a risk.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Co-op 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Shooter 8.4%

Loplight is a twin-stick shooter taking inspirations from Hermetic lore and old alchemical concepts. Explore the ruins of this world, find out who's responsible, and defeat the monstrous creatures blocking your path.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 34.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Action 5.9%

Tempest Lost is a top-down Co-op Adventure shooter. You play as one of 4 commandos tasked with discovering the truth behind many of the events in Tempest Lost. Join with up to 3 other friends for action packed story told in the Tempest Lost Universe.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.7%, PvE 12%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 7%

SUPER SHAPESHOOTER is a fast-paced, top-down, stylized action game. Take on relentless waves of enemy shapes as you fight for survival. Save up your credits, make risky choices, and construct the perfect build to make your way through to the end and defeat the final boss.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Hack and Slash 23.5%, PvE 9.7%, Top-Down 6.3%

Carry HUGE weapons together in this chaotic co-op game! Defeat hordes of angry enemies and overcome tricky, trap-filled levels where poor coordination means certain doom.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Hack and Slash 15.6%, Co-op 10.7%, PvE 8.2%

Spellic is an arcade action wizard shooter. With your keyboard, cast spells like fireballs to defeat your enemies or help your allies in various multiplayer battles.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, 2.5D 18.5%, Shooter 10.8%, PvP 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.7%