- #1 The Journey of Piggy
97% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
The Journey of Piggy is a roguelike adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Choose from a variety of weapons, cards and power-ups to create unique builds and survive until the end.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Perma Death 16.5%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #2 Operation STEEL
96% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Undermog Games
Windows · Linux
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Perma Death 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Procedural Generation 11.7%
- #3 Madlum
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlindVoid
Windows
Experience relentless bullet hell shmup gameplay in a dark hand-drawn style. Salvage powerful relics from fallen rivals to push through the ever-rising pressure and escape Madlum's Vault.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Perma Death 14.1%, Difficult 9.2%
- #4 Level Tank
95% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Bit Games
Windows
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Perma Death 14.8%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Difficult 11.3%
- #5 Space Slinger
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Difficult 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%
- #6 Curse Rounds
94% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: TENTACLES INTERACTIVE
Windows
A roguelike with unique curses, 60+ cards, incredible shots and power-ups. No two attempts are ever the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.4%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Difficult 12.5%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #7 Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory
93% matchPositive100% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Stumphead Games LLC
Windows · Mac
In the dark depths of space, an unknown threat called Purgatory has begun to consume colonies throughout the cosmos. Now it’s up to Crome, the Consul’s best star pilot, to travel into the unknown and put an end to Purgatory before it overcomes the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Perma Death 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13%, Action Roguelike 13%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #8 Evil Heart Fever
92% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Sinned Games
Windows
This game is an intense bullet hell roguelike shooter, evolve and destroy the celestial army to try to open the hell's gate. Items, references and transformations based in : Lovecraftian universe, biblical sins, and all types of angels and celestial creatures.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17%, Perma Death 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Procedural Generation 11.2%
- #9 Roguely
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SQRL Studios
Windows
Roguely is a fantasy themed top-down shooter pixel art action roguelite with some bullet hell thrown in. Fight and dodge your way through the randomly generated maps to rescue your friends. Find upgrades along the way and save up arcane fragments for permanent blessings from the gods.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17%, Perma Death 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Difficult 11.3%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #10 Star of Providence
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,276 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #11 HYPERWIRED
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIDRALGAMESPub: SelectaPlay
Windows
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Difficult 11.4%, Perma Death 9.6%
- #12 Void Resurgence
89% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Perma Death 13.3%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #13 Voidcutter Fuzor
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Howling Cat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Battle through waves of enemies, taking their power for your own in this retro-styled arcade shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Arcade 9.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.6%, Roguelike 7.3%
- #14 Ogre Chambers 2222
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Build the MOST SATISFYING GUNS to ANNIHILATE ENEMIES by COMBINING EVERY ATTACK you find in this fast-paced BULLET-HELL ROGUELIKE set in TRANSFORMING ARENAS! 💥
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Perma Death 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #15 GunSuit Guardians
87% matchVery Positive87% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows
Gear up your GunSuit and defend Earth from an alien siege! Equip and upgrade unique arsenals of overpowered weapons to survive overwhelming numbers in this action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.8%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Perma Death 8.6%, Arcade 8.3%
- #16 Temples Vs Buildings
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valhalla Pigz
Windows
Temples vs Buildings is a roguelike with shoot'em up elements. The player will control flying temples of many cultures and fight against a vast array of flying buildings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17%, Difficult 11.5%, Arcade 9.6%
- #17 Void Strife
86% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Andrei Patea
Windows
Wield a bunch of wacky animals, armed-to-the-teeth in your fight for freedom! Stampede over your enemies in this silly roguelike twin-stick-shooter on your way to defeat to the biggest evil of all - the BRAINIAC who gave you soul. 🐎
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.7%, Perma Death 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Difficult 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.8%
- #18 Pixel Descent
84% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Moonskull Games
Windows
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Action Roguelike 16%, Bullet Hell 16%, Perma Death 13.3%, Arcade 7.8%
- #19 Tri-Star
85% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Stardust Smithy
Windows
Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Difficult 10.2%, Perma Death 9.7%
- #20 Hyperlight Survivor
84% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: WittGames
Windows
A Competitive Bullet Hell with roguelite mechanics. Fight against endless hordes of enemies in ever-changing arenas, unlock new spaceships and upgrade them with devastating weapons and Power-Ups. Complete contracts and reach new ranks to become the ultimate Champion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Perma Death 18.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 8%
- #21 Fruity Rogue
82% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Adam Harmane
Windows
Fruity Rogue is a fast-paced roguelike top-down shooter where everything revolves around fruits! Explore randomly generated levels, battle fruit enemies, collect items, and discover game-changing synergies. With each run, unlock characters and weapons, each with their own playstyle and abilities.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.1%, Perma Death 15.9%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%
- #22 Slime Mayhem
83% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Arafkan Studio
Windows
You were created by a few scientists for a suicide mission. How long can you survive by clearing mutant slimes?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Arcade 8.8%, Roguelike 6.8%
- #23 Goblins & Gun Runnin’
81% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Ewan Make Games
Windows
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Perma Death 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #24 Spaceship Looter
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.8%, Bullet Hell 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Perma Death 11.4%, Difficult 8.1%
- #25 Straimium Immortaly
81% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.1%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Difficult 13%, Perma Death 10.8%
- #26 Marimoth
80% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Nether Lamp
Windows
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Arcade 12%, Difficult 9.4%, Retro 9.1%
- #27 Microbes and Machines
79% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: AndyzziGames
Windows
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Bullet Hell 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8%
- #28 Nebula Cleanup Crew
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Perma Death 10.7%, Difficult 10.5%
- #29 Hell Bug
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artisan Knights Studios
Windows
Hell Bug is a simple roguelite shooter where you build a swarm of chaos from the remains of your enemies. Designed as a basic arcade style experience, you focus on crushing mutant bugs and unlocking defeated bosses' children, as powerful new allies. Each bug has a story, some shouldn't be told.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.7%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Perma Death 16.6%, Difficult 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%
- #30 THE KULKA
77% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Airem
Windows · Mac · Linux
One-button bullet-heaven where a single shot mutates into neon chaos. Imagine Flappy Bird colliding with Vampire Survivors. Full version adds online leaderboards, challenges and unlockable gear.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Perma Death 16.1%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #31 Wind Runners
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ludic StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Wind Runners is a high-speed bullet-hell dogfighting roguelite where you start as a lone pilot, turning each flight into a fight for freedom. Face the ruthless technotheist Realm, take on relentless fleets and colossal bosses, and let your victories ignite a growing resistance across the star system
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Perma Death 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Difficult 10.1%
- #32 No Space For All
76% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Perma Death 15%, Bullet Hell 14%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #33 Xeno Strikers Hyper Squadron
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Synthesizer Games
Windows
A roguelike top-down shoot-em-up! Defeat waves of enemies and level up your ship and arsenal as you move from world to world! Challenge yourself with 12 different difficulties, from a breeze in the park to tough as nails!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Perma Death 15.1%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Arcade 9.7%
- #34 Damocles Gaze
77% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
A radical and mystical action roguelike top-down shooter where every run takes 12 minutes. How far can you go? What will you find?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Perma Death 12.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Difficult 11.6%
- #35 Overkill Squad
74% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Chillfox Games
Windows
Overkill Squad is a ultra high-speed top-down shooter roguelike built around intense 1-minute combat arenas. Choose your fighter, unleash overwhelming firepower, defeat brutal bosses, and collect relics to dominate every run.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Perma Death 10.5%, Difficult 10%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.5%
- #36 Bonfire Barrage
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Punch Games
Windows
Play as a Bonfire Spirit, unleashing flaming bullets to fend off relentless waves of shadowy foes. Master dynamic movement, evolve your powers, and adapt to the ever-shifting chaos. Keep your flame burning in this fast-paced, stylized 2D action-roguelike, where every moment is a fight for survival!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Perma Death 19.7%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Arcade 8.4%
- #37 Space Blade
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mountain Of Games
Windows
Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Action Roguelike 22.3%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 6.4%
- #38 Crome: Before Purgatory
75% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2019
Dev: Stumphead Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Difficult 13.5%, Retro 10.4%, Arcade 9.9%
- #39 Burning Skies
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Burning Skies is a frantic roguelite bullet hell. Join the resistance and assemble the ultimate warjet, shoot take down giant bosses and avoid many dangers to destroy the tyrants who are ruling the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #40 Fleshinsane® Forgotten Empire
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fleshinsane teamPub: Skullcap Studios
Windows
Fleshinsane is a top-down biopunk roguelike shooter set inside a living, decaying spaceship. Kill, die, upgrade, repeat. Will you survive long enough to escape the flesh?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.7%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #41 Duck Paradox
71% matchVery Positive95% of 330 reviews2024
Dev: Magic GamesPub: Midwest Games
Windows
Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Perma Death 14.7%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Difficult 10.1%
- #42 BULLETnico
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nico Duggert
Windows
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Difficult 14.2%, Arcade 8.8%, Retro 7.7%
- #43 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive93% of 69 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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Perma Death 16.6%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%
- #44 Jetboard Joust
72% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Perma Death 16.9%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Difficult 8.7%
- #45 BSG: Big Space Guns
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mute
Windows · Linux
BSG: Big Space Guns is a coop bullet hell roguelike where you step on giant buttons to activate cannons while you dodge bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Perma Death 14.3%, Difficult 12.6%
- #46 Viking Survivors
70% matchMostly Negative30% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Embark on an epic journey through the realms of Viking Survivors, a heart-pounding action roguelite that pits you against relentless hordes of monstrous foes. Unleash the true power of a Viking warrior as you slay enemies, learn potent skills, and forge your own path to victory.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.9%, Action Roguelike 19.3%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Arcade 9.4%
- #47 Rick Henderson
70% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Fat Pug Studio
Windows · Linux
Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Perma Death 18.1%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Bullet Hell 8.6%
- #48 Cats Kill Zombies
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matheus Antonio
Windows
In this fast-paced action roguelike, mutant cats hidden from the world for years find that life outside is so cool, they don’t want to go back home. For that, you'll have to fight through and conquer the heart of the zombie-infested County of Ravinbrook. It's the only way to Catland
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16%, Perma Death 14.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.7%
- #49 Rheum
71% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: SpaceMyFriend
Windows
Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Difficult 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.1%
- #50 Sakura Stars
71% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Super16bits
Windows · Linux
When hordes of Youkai threaten the world, the Tanukis send a messenger to choose human girls to receive magical powers to defend humanity. They are known as SAKURA STARS. This is a horizontal shmup made on Pico-8, a retro fantasy console with purposeful limitations to simulate an 8-bit era console.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.5%
- #51 Dead Oculus
68% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew Wilker
Windows
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Perma Death 14%, Difficult 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%
- #52 Orbit Run
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoxensGameDev
Windows
Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Perma Death 14.1%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Difficult 10.5%
- #53 Waspkeeper
69% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Waspkeeper is an action roguelite game where your main goal is to survive as long as possible in a field full of venomous wasps with one out of four playable characters.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Difficult 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%
- #54 Abyssal Tides
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunken Monkey
Windows
Abyssal Tides is a fast-paced naval bullet-hell roguelite—pilot a sloop, stack upgrades mid-battle, and fend off 30 handcrafted enemy waves to save the world from the Void. Leap over rolling swells and crush your foes with arrows and cannon fire to rekindle humanity’s hope.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Arcade 7.6%, Roguelike 5.8%
- #55 Cursor Survival
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Prepare for a radical shift in Bullet Hell gameplay! In Cursor Survival, you're not piloting a character - you embody the... CURSOR! Unleash a new, utterly insane way to evade, strike, and endure in a chaotic universe of projectiles and adversaries.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Perma Death 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Arcade 10.1%
- #56 Nova Strike
67% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Sanuk GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Action Roguelike 17%, Arcade 10.1%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%
- #57 Kamakazzzbee
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jackson Avery SteelePub: A Duck's Quack Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Kamakazzzbee is a fast-paced, roguelike, arcade game, where you play as Bumble! Bumble is one bad bee; he hates the smell of flowers, and is trying to get rid of the smell by eating them all... Destroy all the flowers in your ecosystem, but beware of the critters trying to stop you!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Difficult 14.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Arcade 11.2%
- #58 Just Random Squares
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: PN
Windows
A simple, action-packed, arcade bullet hell game with progression system and some roguelite elements, where almost everything is a square! There are 100 randomized waves of enemies to beat, which includes 4 deadly boss encounters.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 37.4%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, RPG 9.3%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #59 La Furia de las Trenzas
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Romero Estudio
Windows · Linux
La Furia de las Trenzas is a survivor-like roguelite where you'll face relentless hordes of British soldiers trying to capture Buenos Aires. Recruit your platoon of soldiers with special abilities and defend the town square!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.3%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Arcade 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #60 Wisterix
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Limit
Windows
Wisterix is a fast-paced top-down shooter. As you enter an ever-shifting void, you’ll face relentless hordes of monsters guarding the gates to deeper, more treacherous dimensions. Fight through shifting worlds, collect weapons, and adapt your strategy as the void twists and turns against you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Perma Death 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Difficult 10.5%