- #1 Steel Alcimus
97% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Shooter 6.8%
- #2 Escape the Kreegan
96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Entropy Is Software Development
Windows · Linux
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Shooter 6.2%
- #3 Starfighter Neon
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: MadeOfDinosaurs
Windows · Mac
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Shooter 6.2%
- #4 Storm Mined
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hémisphère gauche
Windows · Linux
Inspired by the cult classic Mine Storm, Storm Mined modernizes arcade space shooting with rogue-lite upgrades and rhythm-based stages.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Shooter 6.7%
- #5 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
94% matchVery Positive92% of 766 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shooter 6.9%
- #6 Horde Of Plenty
94% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: SMONCH, LLC
Windows
In this action-packed twin-stick shooter, construction worker Ron Mayhem's beloved pet, Puffy, a rather round and yellow puffer fish, has been captured by the forces of evil. Slay the hordes, collect mad loot, and bring Puffy back!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 7.6%
- #7 Ore & Ordnance
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hooley StudiosPub: Hooley Automation
Windows
Ore & Ordnance is a Retro styled, Sci-fi, Bullet Hell. Survive endless waves of Pirates, Asteroids and Firestorms. Collect upgrades, complete missions and survive your shift! How long will you last?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 8.7%
- #8 Acid Web
92% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Text Garden
Windows · Linux
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 6.2%
- #9 Operation Zero
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Grab your biggest gun and jump into this story-driven top-down run-and-gun sci-fi arcade shooter starring the ultimate bio-engineered hero-manchild TASKILLER!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Shooter 6.4%
- #10 Undercroft Warriors
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 573 reviews2024
Dev: Fuzzy
Windows
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 6.8%
- #11 Project Vanguard
90% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MrBastionPub: Bastion Studios
Windows
Project Vanguard is a neon bullet-hell roguelike where you pilot experimental ships, draft wild upgrades, build screen-melting synergies, and survive endless waves of Void bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shooter 7%
- #12 Alpha Force Zero
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: osm games
Windows
Alpha Force Zero is an intense top-down bullet-hell adventure that requires skill and planning. Utilize multiple weapon systems including an Auto-Turret with adjustable firing modes and unlock upgrades that you can equip in your ship to give you the upper hand. Dodge, fight, survive!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 6.3%
- #13 Neon Fighter
89% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Arcade 7.1%
- #14 Cyberhunt
88% matchVery Positive85% of 2,919 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Arcade 5.7%
- #15 Yars: Recharged
87% matchVery Positive86% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Adamvision StudiosPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Shooter 6.8%
- #16 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: stdio.gypsy
Windows
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 9.1%
- #17 ZEROCRON
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: T.R.S.
Windows
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shooter 7.2%, Arcade 6.3%
- #18 XenoFeud
85% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Downforce Games
Windows
XenoFeud is an insane top-down twin-stick arcade alien shooter, where you must survive hordes of alien intruders while defending a mysterious object in space.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Shooter 7.1%, Bullet Hell 7%
- #19 Little Elf Tanks
84% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Friendly Fire Software
Windows
A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 8.1%
- #20 GyroGunner
83% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 6.6%
- #21 Lonefield Evacutation Survivor
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Malémûre
Windows
Lonefield Evacuation Survivor is a... survivor in which you play as a ship facing an alien incursion. Destroy your enemies, collect bolts and upgrade your ship to survive long enough and escape. Play alone or with up to 3 friends in local multiplayer or with Remote Play Together for online gaming.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Shooter 7.7%
- #22 DOOMTANK
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Unibear Studio
Windows
DOOMTANK is a fast-paced twin-stick shooter designed to put you in the hot seat. Enter an ever-changing room straight from the depths of Hell and slay its inhabitants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #23 The Mad House Season One
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Carrot Studios
Windows
Step into The Mad House, a futuristic cyberpunk game show! Battle waves of enemies, conquer unique room challenges, and climb the Leaderboard. Upgrade your gear, master each fight, and earn your place in the legendary Hall of Legends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Shooter 11%, Bullet Hell 8.8%
- #24 Enfora Star
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Haapa Games
Windows · Linux
Enfora Star station is being overrun! Pilot your spacecraft and deploy defenses to survive droid swarms - but every purchase costs precious score points. Will you risk everything for maximum points or play it safe? Master the ultimate arcade challenge!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Shooter 6.2%
- #25 Devileader
82% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Devileader, a fearsome space demon who once have destroyed countless planets of the solar system is about to be resurrected by his minions and fanatics, who want to bring chaos to the universe. Pilot the agile space interceptor Deviship and survive the terror of this demon lord.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 7.5%, Arcade 5.7%
- #26 Ogo
79% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Ogo is an arcade twin-stick shooter where you control yin and yang to defeat your enemies, complete varied levels or just relax in different endless game modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Top-Down 8%, Arcade 7.8%
- #27 Project Nebula
79% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Shooter 9.1%
- #28 Illvelo Swamp
77% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: RS34
Windows
Multiple goals. Multiple routes. Multiple endings. Complete missions to unlock new paths in a branching stage layout. As soon as you dip your toes in, you'll find yourself sucked deeper and deeper into this bottomless quagmire of a shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 8.4%
- #29 Aqua Populo
80% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
Pilot your sub through waves of angry sea-life and punishing bosses in this aquatic twin-stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Shooter 7.2%
- #30 GUN KING
78% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: FROGBERT
Windows · Mac · Linux
GUN KING is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with unique gun mods that lets you play your way. Unlock and equip powerful gun mods to create wild synergies, amp up your firepower, and blast through hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Shooter 6.9%
- #31 Laser Droplets
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Kikashi Online
Windows · Mac
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 6%
- #32 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Shooter 6.9%
- #33 Space Maxwell: Arcade
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamland Games
Windows
Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 7%
- #34 cyber_serpent
75% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Q-Bit Digital
Windows · Mac
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Arcade 6.5%
- #35 Gamma Bros
76% matchVery Positive92% of 166 reviews2018
Dev: PixeljamPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Guide the Gamma Brothers through waves of alien attacks, blasting your way home from work in this frantic twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 7.1%
- #36 ISPELL
73% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: RayMim
Windows
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 14%, Shooter 7.5%
- #37 Exorush
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thrashmodule
Windows
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 8.8%
- #38 LUMbA: HANGOVER
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Team Lumba
Windows
Experience the thrilling aftermath of Lumba's crusade in LUMbA: HANGOVER! The substance has spread to four new victims, led once again by Pal. Together, they will engage in a doomed campaign across their world in this fast-paced, top-down shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Shooter 7.4%
- #39 ULTRA CORE DIVE
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: AslaekrPub: Tuupa Records Ltd.
Windows
SHOOT AND DODGE your way through the underground arenas in this Dark Chaotic Arcade Twinstick Shooter! Don't get consumed by the noise!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 8.5%
- #40 .Decluster & .Decluster Zero
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 5.6%
- #41 Vectrix
74% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Poco a PocoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Vectrix is a rhythmic, techno, top-down shoot 'em up with a synthwave soundtrack and a grid of enemies based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 10.6%, Arcade 9.4%
- #42 VCTR
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows
Shoot. Dash. Collect. Upgrade. VCTR is a kinetic arcade shooter where two simple actions create countless strategies. Read the field. Choose when to act. And turn the chaotic battlefield into a dance of high-risk, high-reward play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 6.4%
- #43 Exo-Calibre
71% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Vampixel GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #44 Vanisha
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DANYL
Windows
A progression-driven twin-stick shooter. Customize ships, combine powerful cards, and forge unique builds through a massive talent tree as you race to stop the Anomaly.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 7.2%, Arcade 6.9%
- #45 Simple Shooter
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Egg CodePub: Solid Fill Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A neon bullet-hell where the swarm is alive. Outlast escalating waves with pure movement — no cover, nowhere to hide. Just geometry, reflexes, and the void between enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shooter 6.8%, Arcade 6.5%
- #46 4D:XD
71% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Brammen
Windows
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7%
- #47 Zombie Cubes 2
69% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: MayoNinja Games
Windows
Survive relentless waves of Zombie Cubes in this action-packed shooter! Explore redesigned maps, battle unique bosses, uncover secrets, and craft traps to gain the upper hand. Upgrade weapons, collect PowerUps, and compete for the highest score in this fast-paced fight for survival!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 9.2%, 2D 2.9%
- #48 Neon Invaders
70% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 7.4%
- #49 Solaroids
71% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Shooter 6.8%
- #50 Gamma Zero
68% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Sinclair Gurny
Windows · Mac · Linux
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Aliens 6.7%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #51 PCpill
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZOOPGAR
Windows
PCpill™ is an action-packed top-down shooter where you take control of the PCpill™ Antivirus to disinfect the hard drive of an old desktop PC. Use your PillGun to blast the rot away and restore your computer, one file at a time!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9.1%
- #52 Asteroidia
67% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Duk Studios
Windows
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 5.8%
- #53 Red Galaxy
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: CSZgames
Windows
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%, Arcade 8.8%
- #54 GalaxIverse II
68% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Brace yourself for explosive space battles in GalaxIverse II! This intense multi-directional shooter puts you in the pilot's seat against alien fleets and colossal capital ships.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Shooter 6.9%
- #55 Astrochibbi
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XGAME
Windows
Survive endless waves of cosmic chaos in Astrochibbi! Fight through escalating battles where every wave brings new monsters, new patterns, and new challenges. Dodge, shoot, and adapt as the battlefield evolves and only the strongest survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 6.8%
- #56 1x! Space Adventure
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Lunar Madcap
Windows
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 10.5%
- #57 Polygun
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electric Turtle Games LLC
Windows
Welcome to the world of Polygun, an endlessly customizable hero shooter where you battle against an ever increasing hoard of bloodthirsty shapes! With an array of upgrades to choose from, you'll quickly build from humble beginnings into a hexa-bustin killing machine!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8.4%
- #58 CellShocked
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pre-Tech
Windows
Twinstick shooter! Aim for the highest score before you are finally overwhelemed!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 8%
- #59 Endocrisis Hyperactive
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arturo Buschmann
Windows
Endocrisis Hyperactive the next top-down shoot em up with intense action. Absorb bullets to increment your power and pass through levels with tons of enemies and bullets and, of course, intense boss battles.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.2%, Shooter 7.9%
- #60 Star Jet Alpha
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valles Games
Windows · Mac
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.3%