- #1 Undercroft Warriors
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 539 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 20%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Difficult 9.4%
- #2 Beyond Horizon
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Trashy Games
Windows
Battle across the galaxy, defeat powerful bosses, and uncover the mystery of Kuma's missing sister in this fast-paced top-down space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.1% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%
- #3 Zyrcon
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TraxPub: DIGITALICA
Windows
A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.8% ★, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Score Attack 7.4%
- #4 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
95% matchVery Positive92% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 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 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 6.4%
- #5 Enfora Star
94% 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 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Difficult 9.2%
- #6 Her Name Was Fire
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Tissue Inu
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Her Name Was Fire is a Tarotpunk twin stick roguelike where you progressively unlock spells and upgrades to defeat hordes of void creatures. Survive the 5 stages of grief and vanquish the Major Allegories.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 28.7% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Bullet Hell 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%
- #7 Shape Swarm
93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows · Mac
Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics. Build powerful upgrade synergies, survive escalating waves, and hold the line long enough for the colony fleet to escape.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.6% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%
- #8 Greedland
92% matchVery Positive83% of 3,266 reviews2025
Dev: VaMP HePub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"Greedland” is a roguelike game mixed with survivor-like elements. It's reminiscent of Crimsonland and Vampire Survivors, and as the battle progresses your character will become a mobile arsenal of destruction!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Mechs 15.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Bullet Heaven 12.6% ★, Bullet Hell 12.3%
- #9 Eridani Survivors
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
Can you survive the Empire's onslaught? Avoid the attacking enemies and upgrade your ship to last long enough to escape in this space survivorslike.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.9% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 13.9%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
- #10 PhaigeX: Confiners
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Traitorean Games
Windows
Welcome aboard, Confiner! As PhaigeX Megacorp’s newest specialist, you’re tasked with curbing the AI incursion into hyperspace sectors. Choose your ship, upgrade your modules, accept commissions, and deploy adaptive strategems to fend off the relentless AI invasion.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.5% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.3%
- #11 Starfighter Neon
90% 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 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Minimalist 6.2%
- #12 Steel Alcimus
89% 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 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Score Attack 6.7%
- #13 PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors
88% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Traitorean Games
Windows
PhaigeX is a fast-paced "Bullet Heaven" space shooter, tasking the player to explore space sectors and contain a rising incursion of rogue AI-controlled units. Pilot a variety of ships, call in the support craft, and use a myriad of upgrades to lay down heavy firepower towards the enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.9% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Bullet Hell 12.7%
- #14 Horde Of Plenty
89% 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 25%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Shooter 7.2%
- #15 Mechanophagia
87% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Apamate Studio
Windows
Aim. Dodge. Survive. Battle through a sci-fi hell in this intense Twin-Stick Roguelite Shooter. Survive the endless swarm for 10 minutes, defeat the level boss, or die trying. Draft powerful synergies in every run and purchase permanent upgrades to outlast the extinction.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Mechs 14.3% ★
- #16 Storm Mined
86% 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 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Score Attack 7.3%
- #17 Neon Fighter
86% 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 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Score Attack 10.3%
- #18 Nebula
84% matchVery Positive87% of 189 reviews2023
Dev: JuTek Pixel
Windows
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.5% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Shooter 5.6%
- #19 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
85% 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 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shooter 8.4%
- #20 Bullet Hell Monday: Finale
84% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 21%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Difficult 11%, Shooter 6.1%
- #21 Exovore
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tapzilla
Windows · Linux
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Shooter 6.9%
- #22 Space Show edition 17
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vercin Games
Windows
Space Show is an explosive space shoot’em up blending fast-paced arcade action with roguelite progression. Destroy waves of asteroids, battle enemy fleets, and defend Earth in an endless war where only survival… and glory matter!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 28.2% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Bullet Hell 11.6%
- #23 Time Wasters
81% matchVery Positive88% of 2,603 reviews2023
Dev: Proton Studio
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%
- #24 Two by One
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Javier Ortega
Windows
Do you have what it takes to beat two games at the same time? Prove your skills by controlling two ships simultaneously or join forces with a friend to overcome the challenge of this stylish Shoot'Em Up.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Difficult 10.3%
- #25 Salt VS Pepper
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teevy
Windows
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Difficult 9.7%
- #26 Arcadium - Space Odyssey
79% matchVery Positive94% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Luciano Bercini
Windows · Mac
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 7.4%
- #27 VCTR
80% matchNo user reviews
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 25.1%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 7.6%, Arcade 6%
- #28 Cell #31
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lasse Malmberg
Windows
Cell #31 is a fast-paced and intense twin-stick shooter where you play as a cell fighting to survive an ever-increasing barrage of bullets and enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Difficult 10.3%, Score Attack 7.5%
- #29 SinsKiller
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kimera Forge
Windows
SinsKiller is an isometric action arcade shooter set in a Dante-inspired Hell. Play as a fallen battle-mage wielding arcane power to obliterate demonic hordes and face brutal bosses. Face your sins. Kill them. Earn your redemption.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 27.7% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Score Attack 8.9%
- #30 Ogo
77% 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 29%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Top-Down 8%, Minimalist 7.6%
- #31 Furious Angels
78% matchVery Positive86% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: MorfeoDev
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!
Why similar: Mechs 15.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.7%
- #32 GUNtai
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HaikaDev
Windows
Craft your gun. Shoot down enemies hordes. Upgrade weapon, remake weapon, combine weapon. Unlock new characters and new modules. Make great gunsmiths regret their inventions!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.5% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Military 8.7%
- #33 cyber_serpent
75% matchPositive94% of 49 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 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Score Attack 8.4%
- #34 The Horde Wants You Dead
74% matchMixed65% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Bellyflop Games
Windows
The Horde Wants You Dead is a casual, top-down shooter with up to 4-player online co-op. Ambushed by an angry horde, you and your friends face a fight for survival against thousands of relentless enemies!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.7% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 5%
- #35 Twin Ruin
76% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: Front Room Arcade
Windows
Switch bullet hell into bullet heaven. Jump into a world filled with enemies and powerups, race to harvest all the power you can before the area is consumed by a engulfing fire storm. Try Survival and try and last 3 mins, and top the leaderboard.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Mechs 18% ★, Bullet Hell 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%
- #36 Aqua Populo
76% 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 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 6.7%
- #37 SUPER FLAIL
75% matchVery Positive93% of 159 reviews2018
Dev: CryptMadePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Difficult 11.5%, Score Attack 7.4%
- #38 Escape the Kreegan
74% 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 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 6.5%
- #39 DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CAVE Interactive CO., LTD.
Windows
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Mechs 9.3% ★, Score Attack 8.3%
- #40 Core Override
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: null game studio
Windows
Defeat enemies, collect Modules, and create powerful builds in this cyberpunk bullet hell shooter. Combine weapons and Modules to forge your own playstyle and push through endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.9% ★, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 7.1%, Score Attack 5.6%
- #41 Acid Web
71% 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 27.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 6.5%
- #42 GyroGunner
72% 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 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 8%, Score Attack 7.3%
- #43 HYPER DETONATOR
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
HYPER DETONATOR is a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace. Blast through the virus spreading across the mainframe, and detonate bombs to set off devastating chain reactions. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.8%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Score Attack 11.5%, Arcade 6.5%
- #44 DOOMTANK
73% 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 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #45 GUNFIELD
70% matchVery Positive96% of 264 reviews2024
Dev: Shiv
Windows
GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite. Choose the perfect weapon combinations and upgrade your ship to destroy hordes of enemies and giant bosses, using strategy and a powerful arsenal.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.1%, Arcade 4.6%
- #46 TAILS GEAR HD
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUE&WHITE
Windows
A revamped version of "Tales Gear," originally released in 2007, featuring high-resolution support, new systems, and rearranged background music. A full-fledged 2.5D vertical-scrolling shooter characterized by the Tail Pod, an optional weapon that combines offense and defense.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Military 13.1%, Arcade 7.6%
- #47 Blast'N Bounty
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: No CheckpointPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Difficult 11.9%, Shooter 7.5%
- #48 Apple Man Sam
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: boneheadlabss
Windows
Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 9%, Shooter 6.3%
- #49 Orb Breaker
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental bullet hell about shooting orbs at enemies, collecting resources, and becoming powerful!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 29.7% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Minimalist 5.7%
- #50 ASCII Survivors
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: IndigoVortex
Windows · Linux
Everything is ASCII. A survivor-like roguelite where every monster, bullet, and explosion is made of text on a CRT screen. 8 characters, 16 weapons, 6 enchantments, 4 game modes. See how long your terminal holds.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.2% ★, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Score Attack 8%, Arcade 5.1%
- #51 ULTRA CORE DIVE
68% matchPositive100% of 14 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 28.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8%
- #52 Shape Survivors
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Iffy
Windows · Mac · Linux
The arena is shrinking. Annihilate endless swarms of angry geometry to climb the global leaderboards in this relentless bullet heaven. Collect Poly shards, upgrade your weapons, and unlock permanent meta-progression to survive the crush in Shape Survivors.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.3% ★, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Score Attack 7.5%
- #53 Geometrical
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KartonPub: GameRoom3 Studio
Windows
Geometrical is an addictive hybrid of a survivors-like and an incremental endless progression. Face waves of enemies, improve your stats after each round, and get ready to battle a final boss every 7 days. Will you be able to defeat the 5 great bosses?
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shooter 6.4%, Score Attack 5.8%
- #54 Orbital Survivor
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: YuzuPulse Studio
Windows · Mac
Orbital Survivor is a physics-based roguelite arcade space shooter. Forge your path to free the galaxy from the Necromancer’s hordes. All set in a synthwave fantasy universe.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 6%
- #55 Illvelo Swamp
66% matchPositive100% of 18 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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 8.5%
- #56 Merge Mutants
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wasted Studios
Windows · Linux
Merge Mutants is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter where hostile scientists try to keep you locked up. Synthesize their remains into healing, abilities, and loyal mutants, then merge matching units into bigger and more powerful ones. Break out of the lab or die trying.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 6.9%, Top-Down 4.5%
- #57 BloodDome Classic
67% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Score Attack 8%
- #58 Crucible
68% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: TriScalePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #59 Orchid Glitter
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Score Attack 8.7%, Shooter 5.4%
- #60 Bullet Hell Monday: Black
66% matchPositive94% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 8.2%, Score Attack 6.2%