- #1 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
97% matchVery Positive93% of 71 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 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Perma Death 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #2 No Space For All
96% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Perma Death 11%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #3 Blacksea Odyssey
96% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.7%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Perma Death 10.6%
- #4 Hate Me Not
95% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: NotJustGames
Windows · Linux
A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Perma Death 12.4%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #5 Talas
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chillout Games
Windows
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike filled with mysterious encounters and dangerous bullet hell bosses
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Perma Death 11.2%
- #6 HYPERWIRED
94% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #7 Level Tank
93% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 13.4%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #8 Berzerk: Recharged
92% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #9 Cosmic Carnage
91% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
With 3.68 quintillion possible builds, no run is the same. Mix 10 astronauts, 10 ships, and 100+ upgrades in a relentless roguelite top-down shooter where alien swarms and brutal bosses push every skill to the limit. Adapt, experiment, and fight to survive the chaos
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.5%, Perma Death 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Roguelike 6.7%
- #10 REPLIKATOR
91% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Perma Death 9.5%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #11 Laboratory X-29
90% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: BlayzbyFill Games
Windows
Laboratory X-29 is a sci-fi roguelite-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist takes his chances to escape from the Lab after an accident. Shoot your way out to freedom, clear rooms full of other dangerous experiments, find out the secrets hidden in this place and eat chicken to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #12 Raiden NOVA | 雷電NOVA | 雷電新星
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: UFO Interactive Games
Windows
"Raiden" unites! Get ready to blast into a thrilling new dimension like never before!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #13 Super Smash Asteroids
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Switchback
Windows
"Super Smash Asteroids" is a high-speed, twin-stick, top-down, rogue-like space shooter. Choose from 6 unique ships, upgrade with 70+ items & blast through epic bosses. Level up for intense, action-packed battles in a futuristic universe. Buckle up for a thrilling journey to glory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #14 Gunblade Ranger
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astral Flow Games
Windows
Gunblade Ranger is a post-apocalyptic Roguelike top-down shooter. You will use guns and blades to hunt monsters in randomly generated radiation zones, collect mutant abilities, break into the source of the radiation, and face the final challenge.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, Perma Death 12%, Action Roguelike 11.8%
- #15 Astrochibbi
87% matchNo user reviews2026
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 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Roguelite 9%
- #16 Overkill Squad
86% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Perma Death 8.8%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #17 BroodStar
86% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Perma Death 12.8%, Roguelite 9.4%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #18 Void Resurgence
85% matchVery Positive96% of 70 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: Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 11.9%, Roguelite 9%
- #19 Hover Point
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: chaqibrahim
Windows
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.3%, Perma Death 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #20 Dash Bang Rift LLC
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jozsef NagyPub: eulerian-solutions
Windows
Take over your grandma's company Dash Bang Rift LLC in this high-stakes action roguelite/roguelike where you out-math the apocalypse. Experiment with volatile Rift Mod stacks to transform standard weapons into god-tier destruction before the rift overwhelms you. Finish your shift—or die trying.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 12.1%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #21 Don't Pop My Bubble
83% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: QDos
Windows
Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Perma Death 13.3%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #22 Split Drive
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SmallBigSquare
Windows
Split Drive is a roguelite arena shooter where you have to find your way home through a hostile galaxy, numerous locations and a variety of bosses, all generated procedurally.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Roguelite 9.6%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #23 Waterpunk: Through the Rust
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: R_Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelite action game set in a post-apocalyptic water world. Shape your strategy by choosing which abilities shine by day and which awaken at night.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Perma Death 10.9%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #24 図書館ではお静かに。
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Libbit
Windows · Mac
Build various builds by combining stolen books, fire guns with loud explosions, sneak into the library that changes every time you enter, and steal the legendary old book from the head librarian who sits at the far end of the library!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Perma Death 17%, Roguelite 11.4%, Heist 8.4% ★
- #25 Asteroids... But Roguelite
81% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Goats Games
Windows
Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.1%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.9%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #26 AGIS
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kickbuzz GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
AGIS - A Game In Space is a top-down twin-stick-shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 10.2%, Shooter 7.6%
- #27 Robot with a Ram Cannon
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Snapgadget Studio
Windows
Command a robot armed with a physics-based rammer weapon. Slam enemies into walls and hazards, ram hazards into enemies, and use obstacles as weapons!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #28 Evil Egg
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: Ivy Sly
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Blast it all to hell.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Perma Death 12.3%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #29 Forebloomed: Evergreen Edition
79% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Cloudy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action rogue-like about garden plants fighting back against the hungry pests that threaten their home. Spend the day blasting through hedges to find loot, but take care to make it back before dark! Gather synergistic items, confront formidable bosses, and play as several unique characters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Perma Death 14.6%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #30 Ogre Chambers DX
78% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Roguelike bullet hell shooter, where you fend off waves of attacking monsters in a constantly transforming arena. You are rewarded with upgrades to your vulnerable spaceship if you survive long enough.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Perma Death 12.1%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Roguelike 7.8%
- #31 Gunslinger Express
78% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Glinnor
Windows
Defend a moving train against relentless bandit attacks. Shoot enemies, repair wagons and upgrade your character as you explore diverse regions each with unique guns, enemies and upgrades.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.7%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #32 Rustwing
77% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Crystal
Windows
Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Perma Death 13%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Space 9.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%
- #33 Mechanophagia
76% matchPositive92% of 26 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 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #34 Anima Reaver
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EnricoBC
Windows
A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 8%
- #35 Weaponized
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vector Hound
Windows · Mac
Weaponized is a fast, violent retro vector shooter. Use your machine gun to carve through asteroids and extract ore. Grab and hurl enemies, snipe through rocks, fight massive bosses. Make your quota and get out before it's too late. Earn. Endure. Weaponize.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Space 9.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9%
- #36 Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
74% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Angry Pixel
Windows
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 9.5%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #37 Dualism
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Noah Judson
Windows
Intense arcade shoot 'em up / bullet hell with twin-stick controls, roguelite upgrades, and a white & black twist where opposites damage and similars heal. An addicting, challenging, and relentless experience where you must control light and dark to succeed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #38 Lost Colony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lost Colony is a sci-fi twin-stick shooter roguelike. Battle aliens and rogue drones with your evolving combat drone companion. Explore a shifting colony, collect alien tech to upgrade weapons, boost your drone's powers, and uncover the dark forces behind the colony's fall.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 8.2%, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #39 Dead Oculus
73% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 12%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.9%
- #40 Pew-casso
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Made From Strings
Windows
Choose your loadout, choose your art brushes, and blast your way to a masterpiece! Pew-casso is a top-down action-roguelite shooter where you defeat enemies to level up and create a piece of art. The longer you last, the more complex your unique piece of art will become.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #41 Skycliffs
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Perma Death 13.6%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #42 Shape Shooter
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
Shape Shooter is an action-packed, colorful, and hectic roguelike game. Survive increasingly harder random generated stages and collect relics, weapons, and active items to help you on your way. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Perma Death 12%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #43 Demons are coming!
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Kacper Soroka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Demons are coming! is a bullet hell rougelite shooter where you fight a high variety of demons that occupied your holy land. Use the upgrades you find to your advantage and create your ideal guns to help you kill the most terrifying monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #44 Cosmos Survivors
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretty French Games
Windows
Cosmos Survivors is an action roguelite where you fight waves of spaceships and combine powerful skills to discover game breaking synergies. Unlock new ships, weapons, keepsakes and customize your talent tree to climb ascension levels. Choose your abilities wisely and you'll become a space god.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #45 Death Before Decaf
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overdose Interactive
Windows · Linux
Auto-combat roguelite. Your caffeine meter is the whole game — too little kills you, too much kills you faster. Three floors, one boss. 20 minutes. Don't crash.
Why similar: Perma Death 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #46 ExoSoul
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Get Ready Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exosoul is an adrenaline-fueled top-down shooter that will test your skills and reflexes. Fight for your life against relentless enemies while trying to synchronize your body and soul. You have a powerful arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely if you want to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.7%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #47 Cosmos Survivors: Prologue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pretty French Games
Windows
Cosmos Survivors is an action roguelite where you fight waves of spaceships and combine powerful skills to discover game breaking synergies. Unlock new ships, weapons, keepsakes and customize your talent tree to climb ascension levels. Choose your abilities wisely and you'll become a space god.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #48 BloodDome Classic
70% matchVery Positive85% of 80 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: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Score Attack 8.2%
- #49 Move Dodge and Kill
71% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: DjokaGames
Windows · Linux
Dodge the enemies shot and kill them with different weapons. Move, Dodge and Kill is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler in a neon environment.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #50 Space Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive88% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Perma Death 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%
- #51 Danger Scavenger
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 503 reviews2021
Dev: Piotr WolkPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Perma Death 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%
- #52 Delusional
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Autoplay
Windows
Delusional is a chaotic top-down roguelike shooter where you battle absurd enemies with hundreds of ridiculous weapons, all in a desperate bid to defeat the eccentric artiste who created you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Action Roguelike 17%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #53 Nebula
67% matchVery Positive87% of 186 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: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Space 10.3%, Action Roguelike 9.3%
- #54 Bullet Bunny
67% matchVery Positive86% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: penusbmic
Windows
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #55 Flame Over
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Laughing Jackal LTDPub: Ghostlight LTD
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #56 Evil Heart Fever
68% 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: Perma Death 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Roguelite 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #57 Rush Rover
68% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #58 Acid Web
65% 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 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 6.8%
- #59 Microbes and Machines
67% 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 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Roguelite 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10.1%