- #1 HELLDIVERS™ 2
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,158,075 reviews2024
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 45.6 hrsMean: 106.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.2%, Co-op 21.3%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Shooter 7%
Why You'll Like It: It preserves the stratagem-driven, satirical military sci-fi co-op chaos of HELLDIVERS, just from a third-person perspective.
- #2 Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
96% matchVery Positive95% of 23,766 reviews2017
Dev: Reactive Drop Team
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Co-op 21.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Top-Down 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest matches on Steam: a squad-based top-down co-op shooter built around classes, alien hordes, and mission-focused teamwork.
- #3 Trident's Wake
96% matchMostly Negative37% of 118 reviews2019
Dev: Bacus StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Trident's Wake is an intense co-operative twin-stick shooter in an unforgiving sci-fi setting. Join up to three other players to take back humanity's last hope - the colony ship code-named Trident – from an unknown race of alien invaders!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Local Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down sci-fi co-op combat, class roles, and high-pressure mission structure feel very directly inspired by HELLDIVERS.
- #4 Livelock
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 916 reviews2016
Dev: Tuque GamesPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Co-op 19%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Mechs 4.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: This is a polished co-op twin-stick sci-fi shooter with distinct classes and a similar emphasis on coordinated horde fighting.
- #5 From Space
94% matchMixed68% of 1,952 reviews2022
Dev: Triangle StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Co-op 16%, Multiplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers four-player top-down co-op against alien swarms with gadgets, crowd control, and objective clearing that echo HELLDIVERS nicely.
- #6 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5
94% matchVery Positive94% of 11,514 reviews2019
Dev: SANDLOTPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.1%, Co-op 19%, Local Co-Op 18%, Mechs 10.1% ★, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: If you love over-the-top military sci-fi and desperate co-op battles against huge alien swarms, EDF 5 hits many of the same notes.
- #7 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
93% matchVery Positive95% of 10,529 reviews2016
Dev: SANDLOTPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.2%, Co-op 22.6%, Local Co-Op 17.6%, Mechs 10% ★, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Like HELLDIVERS, it thrives on squad-based PvE missions, escalating chaos, and the joy of unloading absurd firepower into alien invasions.
- #8 Deep Rock Galactic
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 379,294 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Co-op 55.8%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Shooter 11.3%, Space 10.7%, Survival 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps twin-sticks for FPS combat, but the four-player objective co-op, class synergy, and swarm pressure are extremely HELLDIVERS-friendly.
- #9 Renegade Ops
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,886 reviews2011
Dev: Avalanche StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Co-op 15.9%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: This is an excellent arcade-style co-op twin-stick shooter with mission-based action, explosive pacing, and tight teamwork.
- #10 The Ascent
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 24,823 reviews2021
Dev: Neon GiantPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.2%, Co-op 22.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Shooter 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Its isometric co-op gunfights, heavy sci-fi atmosphere, and tactical use of positioning make it a great fit for HELLDIVERS fans.
- #11 Killsquad
90% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,493 reviews2021
Dev: Novarama
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Co-op 16.7%, Action 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its hard-hitting isometric co-op combat rewards team synergy and constant crowd management in a way HELLDIVERS players often appreciate.
- #12 Starship Troopers: Extermination
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 33,336 reviews2024
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 33.4%, Co-op 26.7%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Space 8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the same militarized humans-vs-bugs energy and cooperative objective play, only in first-person at larger scale.
- #13 Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition
89% matchVery Positive82% of 10,281 reviews2014
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: WB Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!
Why similar: Co-op 30.5%, Local Co-Op 24%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, 4 Player Local 11.4%, Multiplayer 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Though melee-focused, its four-player top-down chaos, revive pressure, and crowd-control teamwork feel very compatible with HELLDIVERS tastes.
- #14 Assault Android Cactus+
88% matchVery Positive94% of 2,016 reviews2015
Dev: Witch Beam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.3%, Local Co-Op 14.2%, 4 Player Local 13.4%, Co-op 13.3%, Difficult 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It nails the same demanding twin-stick intensity and nonstop movement, even if it leans more arcade than tactical.
- #15 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
85% matchVery Positive84% of 222,956 reviews2024
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Co-op 51.2%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Space 9.4%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Its co-op sci-fi horde fighting and heavy objective-defense moments scratch a similar itch for players who like desperate squad combat.
- #16 SAS: Zombie Assault 4
86% matchVery Positive86% of 9,662 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Co-op 21%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Shooter 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: The class-based progression, online co-op horde combat, and twin-stick shooting make it a very natural substitute if you want more squad PvE.
- #17 Shadowgrounds Survivor
87% matchMixed61% of 810 reviews2007
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Local Co-Op 9.3%, Co-op 9.1%, Sci-fi 7%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down sci-fi shooting, alien-infested levels, and co-op survival pressure make it a strong old-school alternative.
- #18 Alien Breed: Impact
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,902 reviews2010
Dev: Team17 Software Ltd.Pub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
Why similar: Co-op 22.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Top-Down 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This is a co-op top-down sci-fi shooter full of claustrophobic alien encounters and mission-driven firefights.
- #19 ANVIL
84% matchMixed61% of 2,201 reviews2023
Dev: ACTION SQUARE
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a Vault Breaker in search of alien artifacts called “Vaults” and fight against monsters and powerful bosses. You can strengthen your Breakers to explore far-away galaxies that no one has ever reached!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Online Co-Op 25.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.7%, Co-op 8.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers flashy top-down sci-fi co-op shooting with distinct characters and plenty of swarm-heavy pressure.
- #20 FORCED: Slightly Better Edition
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,797 reviews2013
Dev: BetaDwarf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
FORCED is a challenging 1-4-player game with co-op at its heart! A mix of tactical arcade action, RPG elements and puzzles will forge you and your friends together. As slaves in the toughest gladiator school of them all, you will face a plethora of unique trials - designed to be your death!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.4%, Co-op 20.6%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, 4 Player Local 14.8%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down co-op arenas are built around synchronized teamwork and role coordination, which makes it a strong adjacent pick.
- #21 Nine Parchments
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,734 reviews2017
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, 4 Player Local 14.2%, Co-op 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op spell-shooter captures some of the same friendly-fire tension and positional teamwork in a fantasy skin.
- #22 Tiny Troopers: Global Ops
82% matchMixed56% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Epiphany GamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Attention! Tiny Troopers: Global Ops is a fast-paced arcade twin-stick shooter in which you lead an elite squad of Tiny Troopers on action-packed missions to take down hordes of unscrupulous enemies from all corners of the world!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Online Co-Op 15%, Local Co-Op 14.4%, Co-op 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It's a lighter, more arcadey take on squad-based twin-stick shooting, but the objective-driven co-op action still lines up well.
- #23 X-Morph: Defense
82% matchVery Positive91% of 4,163 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Local Co-Op 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Co-op 15.4%, Sci-fi 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes twin-stick sci-fi shooting with co-op base defense, giving you the same top-down combat feel with more objective defense focus.
- #24 Space Beast Terror Fright
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,795 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Co-op 39.3%, Local Co-Op 28.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Action 7%
Why You'll Like It: Despite the first-person view, its brutally tense sci-fi co-op missions demand the same kind of disciplined coordination and trigger control.
- #25 RUNNING WITH RIFLES
81% matchVery Positive88% of 16,734 reviews2015
Dev: Osumia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.7%, Online Co-Op 22%, Co-op 19.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Top-Down 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down military co-op game leans more tactical, but its objective-based firefights and lethal pacing fit the HELLDIVERS mindset well.
- #26 NoReload Heroes
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2018
Dev: Stupid Stupid Games
Windows
NoReload Heroes is a chaotic co-op party shooter for up to four people. Work as a team to beat the accidental evil you created, and be sure to pick up the best magitech guns on the way, or it's back to the bottom floor with you!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Online Co-Op 19%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Co-op 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is a simpler online co-op top-down shooter that still delivers the dodge-heavy, room-clearing rhythm HELLDIVERS fans may want.
- #27 Magicka
79% matchVery Positive85% of 32,069 reviews2011
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
Why similar: Co-op 29.5%, Online Co-Op 23.7%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Comedy 10.4%, Multiplayer 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares HELLDIVERS' love of chaotic co-op coordination and hilarious accidental teamkills, just with spellcasting instead of firearms.
- #28 Crimsonland
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,128 reviews2014
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Local Co-Op 19.5%, Co-op 12.4%, Top-Down 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is a classic twin-stick horde blaster that captures the relentless enemy-pressure side of HELLDIVERS.
- #29 Neon Chrome
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,178 reviews2016
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Local Co-Op 20.7%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Top-Down 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its chunky cyberpunk twin-stick firefights and co-op-compatible isometric action make it a solid mechanical match.
- #30 Tesla vs Lovecraft
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,237 reviews2018
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Local Co-Op 20.7%, Mechs 8.9% ★, Sci-fi 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: If what you want most is nonstop co-op twin-stick swarm-clearing, this delivers that arcade side of the HELLDIVERS experience.
- #31 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
77% matchVery Positive93% of 4,065 reviews2015
Dev: Asteroid Base
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.7%, Co-op 21.4%, 4 Player Local 19.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Space 6.1%
- #32 GUNTOUCHABLES
73% matchVery Positive85% of 4,140 reviews2025
Dev: Game SwingPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Guntouchables is an online co-op doomsday roguelite for 1-4 players. You play as a gun-toting group of 'preppers' trying to reclaim the world from an ever-evolving horde of mutants, constantly working to develop new unique ways to kill you.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 34.8%, Co-op 28.7%, Multiplayer 12%, Difficult 8.2%, Comedy 7.7%
- #33 Broforce
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 60,959 reviews2015
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Why similar: Co-op 33.3%, Local Co-Op 32.8%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Action 6%, Shooter 5.8%
- #34 HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
77% matchVery Positive82% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 19.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Co-op 13.8%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, 4 Player Local 10.2%
- #35 Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core
73% matchMixed60% of 15,144 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a 1-4 player co-op FPS action roguelite featuring sci-fi dwarves, alien horrors and procedurally-generated caves. Join the elite dwarven Reclaimers and fight through perilous mining facilities infested with deadly Corespawn. For Rock and Stone!
Why similar: Co-op 35.7%, Online Co-Op 31.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Shooter 8.5%
- #36 Iron Brigade
76% matchVery Positive86% of 1,239 reviews2012
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
Why similar: Co-op 38.1%, Mechs 26.5% ★, Action 10.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Strategy 6.6%
- #37 Halo: Spartan Strike
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,702 reviews2015
Dev: 343 IndustriesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 39.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Co-op 7.4%, Action 6.8%
- #38 Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 10,881 reviews2018
Dev: Streum On StudioPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Co-op 36.6%, Online Co-Op 29.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 7.4%
- #39 Kritter: Defend Together
71% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: LJF Games
Windows · Linux
Explore, loot, and rush back to defend your ship against alien hordes. Solo or 4-player coop, grow stronger run after run in this frantic action roguelite with a touch of tower defense.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Online Co-Op 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Co-op 16.5%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #40 Magicka 2
74% matchVery Positive82% of 13,855 reviews2015
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all others
Why similar: Co-op 34.3%, Online Co-Op 22.5%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Multiplayer 10%, Comedy 7.5%
- #41 Rogue Star Rescue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.5%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Co-op 9.7%
- #42 Full Metal Furies
72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,925 reviews2018
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!
Why similar: Co-op 31.1%, Local Co-Op 24.4%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Action 4.9%
- #43 Blacklist Brigade
70% matchVery Positive93% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Goat Forest Games
Windows
Blacklist Brigade is a co-op focused top-down shooter game, where players as a part of a mercenary group fight against banana republic dictators and other evil scoundrels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Online Co-Op 24.6%, Co-op 15.8%, Top-Down 6.6%, Difficult 6.4%
- #44 Door Kickers: Action Squad
71% matchVery Positive95% of 10,599 reviews2018
Dev: PixelShardPub: KillHouse Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.9%, Local Co-Op 29.5%, Co-op 22.1%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Shooter 7.2%
- #45 The Horde Wants You Dead
70% matchMixed65% of 283 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: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Online Co-Op 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 4.9%
- #46 Portal Knights
72% matchVery Positive83% of 22,346 reviews2017
Dev: Keen Games GmbHPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world of Elysia needs YOU! Join this cooperative, 3D sandbox action RPG to level up your character, craft epic weapons, conquer enemies in real-time, and build almost anything! Craft your adventure. Forge your hero. Become the ultimate Portal Knight!
Why similar: Co-op 45.1%, Multiplayer 26.3%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Survival 10.1%, Action 6.2%
- #47 This Means Warp
71% matchMixed69% of 676 reviews2023
Dev: OutlierPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.4%, Co-op 19.5%, 4 Player Local 12.9%, Multiplayer 7.4%, Space 6.6%
- #48 GTFO
69% matchVery Positive84% of 66,632 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 39.4%, Co-op 29.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Difficult 8.4%, Shooter 8%
- #49 Truxton Extreme
66% matchVery Positive95% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: TatsujinPub: Clear River Games AB
Windows
Take down hordes of alien invaders with your Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot, Star‑mine Shot, and more! Don't forget to breathe as you face off against gigantic bosses in the ultimate battle for humanity’s survival!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Local Co-Op 25.9%, Co-op 19.6%, Sci-fi 8%, Space 7.5%
- #50 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 137,919 reviews2022
Dev: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 24.0 hrsMean: 104.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Why similar: Co-op 71.7%, Shooter 18.6%, Action 9.7%
- #51 Gunnheim
74% matchMostly Negative39% of 341 reviews2015
Dev: SIEIDI Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Dish out carnage of hellish proportions in Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter where the equation is simple: Vikings + Guns = Mayhem!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Co-op 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Online Co-Op 10%
- #52 Final Days
70% matchVery Positive88% of 106 reviews2018
Dev: +7 Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Co-op 14%, Local Co-Op 13.4%
- #53 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
64% matchVery Positive86% of 48,117 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 61.1%, Top-Down 13.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Space 8.3%, Action 5.7%
- #54 Move or Die
68% matchVery Positive89% of 23,309 reviews2016
Dev: XeluPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.2%, Multiplayer 20.6%, 4 Player Local 20%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Co-op 12.1%
- #55 Solstice Chronicles: MIA
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Ironward
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Local Co-Op 18.9%, Co-op 12.9%, Isometric 4.5%
- #56 Alien Swarm
68% matchVery Positive95% of 21,613 reviews2010
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.
Why similar: Co-op 30.9%, Online Co-Op 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #57 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6
66% matchMixed70% of 7,205 reviews2024
Dev: SANDLOTPub: D3PUBLISHER
Windows
Median: 29.3 hrsMean: 57.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.4%, Local Co-Op 18.4%, Co-op 16.5%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Shooter 7.9%
- #58 Aliens: Fireteam Elite
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,025 reviews2021
Dev: Cold Iron Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Co-op 31.9%, Online Co-Op 28.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Space 7.2%
- #59 Thunder Tier One
67% matchMixed69% of 5,711 reviews2021
Dev: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Thunder Tier One is a realistic top-down shooter where you join an elite special operations team tasked with stopping a dangerous terrorist organization wreaking havoc across the fictional Eastern European country of Salobia.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Co-op 18.6%, Multiplayer 7.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #60 Fueled Up
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Fireline Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fueled Up is a chaotic couch co-op spaceship recovery game for up to four players. You and your crewmates must fuel, fix and rescue damaged spaceships before the evil space octopus gets its tentacles on them!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 22.1%, Local Co-Op 20.9%, Co-op 18.1%, 4 Player Local 15.5%, Multiplayer 7.6%