- #1 Void Scrappers
97% matchVery Positive89% of 617 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Roguelite 20%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Shooter 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #2 Feral Fury
96% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Roguelite 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Perma Death 12.8%, Gore 12.4%
- #3 Scrappage
96% matchVery Positive82% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Geekspree
Windows · Mac · Linux
In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Perma Death 18.7%, Dystopian 12.8%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Shooter 8.1%
- #4 Danger Scavenger
95% 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 21.5%, Perma Death 19.5%, Cyberpunk 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #5 RUINER
94% matchVery Positive89% of 12,219 reviews2017
Dev: Reikon GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 30.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Gore 7.5%, Dystopian 6.2%
- #6 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
94% 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 27.4%, Perma Death 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Roguelite 11.6%, Shooter 8.8%
- #7 REPLIKATOR
93% 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 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Perma Death 15.2%, Futuristic 12.9%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #8 Doomsday Hunters
92% matchVery Positive90% of 787 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.6%, Perma Death 22.9%, Cyberpunk 17.9%, Roguelite 10.3%, Action Roguelike 7.1%
- #9 Uragun
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Futuristic 12%, Roguelite 11.8%, Shooter 9.2%
- #10 Space Bandit
91% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: Sam Murray
Windows · Linux
Brutal twin stick shooter with fun and clever enemies. Also has roguelite and Sci-Fi stuff.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.5%, Perma Death 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Roguelite 11.7%, Shooter 8.4%
- #11 Mega City Force
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Undreamed GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Dystopian 15.7%, Shooter 11%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #12 Echoes of Red
88% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: TERMAX Studios
Windows
Echoes of Red is a fast-paced roguelite shooter where you can carry unlimited weapons at once, face endless enemies ever stronger and build your perfect custom loadout. Obliterate tens of thousands of enemies who dared to challenge you and make them regret standing against you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.2%, Roguelite 25%, Hack and Slash 19.5%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Action 5.6%
- #13 Esse Proxy
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 141 reviews2022
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Cyberpunk 19.3%, Gore 9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #14 Maniac
87% matchVery Positive91% of 1,816 reviews2024
Dev: Transhuman DesignPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.8%, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, 3D 7%, Action 5%
- #15 Rogue Invader
89% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Perma Death 32.4%, Roguelite 22.9%, Shooter 17.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Action 6.5%
- #16 Gunlocked
86% matchVery Positive87% of 505 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Roguelite 25.5%, Shooter 18.1%, Futuristic 17.9%, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #17 HyperParasite
86% matchVery Positive82% of 147 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.4%, Perma Death 22.9%, Roguelite 13.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #18 ---Red---Tether-->
85% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows · Linux
---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.1%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #19 Memory Lost
83% matchVery Positive91% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Magic HazardPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Memory Lost is a story-driven fast-paced cyberpunk shooter where you are not just fighting enemies — you become them. Possess enemies, adapt their weapons and skills, and fight ruthless corporations. Uncover secrets, upgrade abilities, and shape your own fate in this world.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Hack and Slash 13.6%, Shooter 8.8%
- #20 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
84% matchVery Positive88% of 78 reviews2019
Dev: Threaks
Windows
Battle Planet - Judgement Day is a planetary rogue-lite top-down shooter. You are one of the universe's 3 most wanted criminals on the run, fighting your way through hordes of aliens, military and police units. There is only one way to reclaim your freedom - destroy them all...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Perma Death 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Roguelite 17.2%, Action Roguelike 11.9%
- #21 Berzerk: Recharged
84% 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 30.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, Shooter 10%, Action Roguelike 8.8%
- #22 Brigador: Up-Armored Edition
81% matchVery Positive93% of 5,728 reviews2016
Dev: Stellar Jockeys
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Dystopian 12.3%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #23 Planetary Dustoff
82% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Roguelite 19.8%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Shooter 8.1%
- #24 RAM: Random Access Mayhem
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 626 reviews2025
Dev: Xylem Studios
Windows · Mac
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.2%, Dystopian 19.3%, Roguelite 17.5%, Shooter 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #25 Loplight
81% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Loplight is a twin-stick shooter taking inspirations from Hermetic lore and old alchemical concepts. Explore the ruins of this world, find out who's responsible, and defeat the monstrous creatures blocking your path.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Shooter 12.6%, Gore 7.4%, Action 5.3%
- #26 Blacksea Odyssey
82% 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 26.5%, Perma Death 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Roguelite 12.1%, Action Roguelike 9.4%
- #27 Destropolis
79% matchVery Positive87% of 287 reviews2020
Dev: Igrek GamesPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Cyberpunk 20.2%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Action 3.2%
- #28 Redie
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 274 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.
Why similar: Gore 50.3%, Top-Down Shooter 34.9%, Action 14.8%
- #29 Core Devourer
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: IcyQuill
Windows
Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.1%, Roguelite 15.6%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #30 Galactic Glitch
75% matchVery Positive90% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Roguelite 11%, Shooter 10.4%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #31 Hive Jump 2: Survivors
76% matchVery Positive84% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Midwest Games
Windows · Linux
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Perma Death 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Roguelite 12.2%, Shooter 9.6%
- #32 Space Scavenger
77% 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 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Perma Death 20.9%, Action Roguelike 9.6%, Shooter 8.8%
- #33 Glitchpunk
77% matchMixed49% of 246 reviews2024
Dev: Dark LordPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Inspired by classic top-down action games, Glitchpunk lets you brawl, shoot and drive your way through a dystopian future. As an android bounty hunter in a brutal world of gangs, cults and corporations there’s plenty of work for you. Lock and load, let her rip!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 23%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Dystopian 14%, Noir 11.9%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #34 Battle Shapers
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,089 reviews2024
Dev: Metric Empire
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.
Why similar: Perma Death 22.1%, Roguelite 18.9%, Cyberpunk 16%, Shooter 14.5%, Action Roguelike 12.1%
- #35 Redeemer: Enhanced Edition
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,166 reviews2017
Dev: Sobaka StudioPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition is a brutal close-quarters brawler. Punch, crush, shoot, and use the environment to destroy enemies. Master deep melee combat, execute savage finishers, and fight for redemption as Vasily, a former elite operative hunted by a cybernetic corporation.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Gore 26.5%, Hack and Slash 23.3%, Action 10.2%, Shooter 8.4%
- #36 I Hate Running Backwards
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 243 reviews2018
Dev: Binx GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
Why similar: Roguelite 44.6%, Action Roguelike 37%, Action 15.2%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #37 The Hong Kong Massacre
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,938 reviews2019
Dev: VRESKIPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Gore 15.1%, Shooter 11.4%, Dark 6.1%
- #38 RED HOT VENGEANCE
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,565 reviews2019
Dev: Bros Before Giraffes
Windows
He had one rule: No killing women or children. When a hitman is double-crossed by his employer, he brings forth a night of carnage and bloodshed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Gore 23.2%, Shooter 14%, Action 6.9%
- #39 VOID/BREAKER
68% matchVery Positive91% of 2,431 reviews2025
Dev: Stubby GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE
Why similar: Roguelite 23.8%, Futuristic 22.2%, Shooter 18%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Action Roguelike 13%
- #40 Raining Blood: Hellfire
70% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: TechBoohPub: SehLoiro
Windows
Inspired by the iconic Call of Duty Zombies experience, Raining Blood Hellfire 1.0 is an intense survival bullet hell where chaos reigns and every round is a brutal battle for life — and absolute power. Kill, upgrade, explore, die, repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Perma Death 16.3%, Roguelite 9.9%, Dark 8.7%
- #41 NeuroVoider
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 887 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Action Roguelike 11%, Perma Death 10.1%
- #42 M.O.O.D.S.
70% matchVery Positive85% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: StickyStoneStudio
Windows
Grab a gun and take down hostile robots corrupted by synthetic emotions! Combine weapon modifications and wreak havoc in this roguelite shooter. Let your emotions shape combat and alter boss fights! Fight alone or join up with up to 4 players!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Roguelite 14.3%, Shooter 11.2%, Action Roguelike 9.4%
- #43 TombStar
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: Andy SumPub: No More Robots
Windows
Take on the Grimheart Gang as you shoot, dodge, cloak and explode your way across TombStar in this Space Western rogue-like shooter. Grab your guns, buckle your spurs and take back the planet – for justice, for revenge and for the galaxy.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.6%, Perma Death 26.3%, Roguelite 13.9%, Action Roguelike 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #44 Psycho Starship Rampage
73% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2015
Dev: Ballistic FrogsPub: TyGAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You play the psychotic A.I. of a warship lost in space which tries to come back to Earth. Build your spaceship from scratch. Load it with weapons. And use your creation to destroy waves of innocent aliens throughout numerous levels. Loot their carcasses, extend your ship and jump to the next sector for more action!
Why similar: Spaceships 52.9% ★, Roguelite 24.1%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Action 5.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #45 Simulakros
70% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Sirio GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Fight the evil CORP from the inside. Confront deadly robots in this fast-paced third person shooter with rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Roguelite 37.9%, Futuristic 27.9%, 3D 10.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Action 10%
- #46 SANDRIPPER
69% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Mackenzie Palmer
Windows
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Perma Death 12.1%, Futuristic 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%
- #47 KILL KNIGHT
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,955 reviews2024
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Hack and Slash 16.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Gore 10.2%
- #48 MULLET MADJACK
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,116 reviews2024
Dev: HAMMER95Pub: Epopeia Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43.1%, Shooter 20.6%, Roguelite 16.7%, 3D 8%, Action 7.3%
- #49 God's Trigger
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 992 reviews2019
Dev: One More LevelPub: Techland Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Hack and Slash 17.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Action Roguelike 9.4%
- #50 Kill to Collect
73% matchMixed69% of 296 reviews2016
Dev: Pieces InteractivePub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39%, Cyberpunk 23.9%, Roguelite 16.8%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Atmospheric 5.7%
- #51 Son of a Gun
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Crank GoblinPub: Untold Tales
Windows
A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Futuristic 13.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 4.9%
- #52 Keeper's Toll
66% matchVery Positive90% of 769 reviews2024
Dev: Stingbot Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
Why similar: Roguelite 53.6%, Action Roguelike 35.4%, Action 7.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #53 Void Raiders
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Void Raiders is "radical" top down rogue-lite shmup, with permanent character progression, character centric gameplay and never ending carnage in randomly generated environments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.9%, Roguelite 38.8%, Action 17.2%
- #54 Double Down
67% matchVery Positive87% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Burndown Studios
Windows
Double Down is a roguelike FPS for high-octane high rollers. Smash robots and spin slots to win powerful upgrades, and make your way through growing waves of enemies to face The House and take back the casino.
Why similar: Shooter 40.4%, Action Roguelike 37.2%, Action 18%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #55 Spaceship Looter
71% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Perma Death 17.7%, Roguelite 16.9%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Futuristic 12.1%
- #56 Turbo Overkill
64% matchVery Positive94% of 7,268 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger Happy InteractivePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 43%, Shooter 21.5%, Gore 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Action 8%
- #57 Dust & Neon
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 407 reviews2023
Dev: David Marquardt Studios
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Rain down hell on the robot army in DUST & NEON, an award-winning best-in-class post-apocalyptic shooter where twitchy-finger gunslingers are rewarded with fame and glory.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.5%, Roguelite 16.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Action Roguelike 10.6%, 3D 8.7%
- #58 Cosmic Coliseum
66% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Exane GamesPub: Bad Blood Studios
Windows
Fight for your freedom as you battle through wave after wave of alien adversaries. Destroy enemy fighters and collect XP to raise your level and become more powerful. Combine your skills and abilities with a huge range of power-ups to become the ultimate champion.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Roguelite 15.3%, Action Roguelike 10.3%, Shooter 9.6%
- #59 Transience
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: RESURGENT
Windows
Become an Accountant - a hired mercenary who keeps the books balanced by any means necessary. This time though, you are the intended target. Take a journey through New Houston in the year 2056 and follow one man's tale of revenge as he escapes Transience.
Why similar: Futuristic 23.3%, Shooter 23.1%, Dark 16.8%, 3D 10.5%, Atmospheric 9.5%