- #1 3 SECONDS REMAINING
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: tiny.ROM
Windows
3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Shooter 16.1%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action 9.6%, PvE 7.1%
- #2 Casenology
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SPUTNIK STUDIO
Windows
A top-down tactical shooter where you'll fight enemies, rescue hostages, and complete various missions. But it's not that simple — you'll face shortages of ammo, medkits, and all kinds of resources. So, is it worth engaging in a firefight? Think before you act!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Shooter 13.6%, Top-Down 12.1%, Crime 11.8%, Action 9.4%
- #3 Bullets tracks: Son of
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefano Di Filippo
Windows · Linux
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 14.4%, Crime 11.8%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #4 Operation : Escape
95% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: ICT@SUPub: ZDKHub
Windows
A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.6%, Shooter 20.9%, Action 18.4%, Top-Down 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #5 A Minor Pest Problem
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: SN PixelWorks
Windows
In "A Minor Pest Problem," Pilot a heavily armed truck through environments in this 2D top-down shooter. Prove that no problem is too big for a trucker with enough firepower. Drive, shoot, survive, and show the wilderness what a real pest looks like.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.2%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 13.5%, Top-Down 10.9%, Gore 7%
- #6 Operation Thunder
94% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Flashblack Games
Windows · Linux
Operation Thunder is a top-down shooter with a tactical twist and destructible walls. Use your guns, gadgets and wits to outsmart your enemies and become a hero. Good luck, Soldier.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Shooter 16.5%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #7 Shuriken Trigger
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Jared Skinner
Windows
Master the ninja art of wall-running while fighting room after room of syndicate thugs and deadly robots in this unique top-down action shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Shooter 16.6%, Action 13.9%, Crime 10.7%, Top-Down 9%
- #8 L30-P4RD
92% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: 김정표Pub: L30-P4RD
Windows
L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.7%, Shooter 23.7%, Action 21.5%, Top-Down 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #9 Confiscator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The immaterials
Windows
Combining intense action and dark storytelling, Confiscator offers a unique experience where gritty shootouts and grime intertwine with the tragic tale of the protagonist on a path of self-destruction. Are you ready to become a confiscator?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Shooter 15.9%, Action 13.1%, Crime 12.9%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #10 Santa's War on Christmas
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ElgSoft
Windows
Santa’s War on Christmas is a top-down action game where Santa is fighting to stop the naughty Cabal with Coal, Gingerbread Stars, Candy Canes and Walnuts to once more be able to spread happiness and joy for all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.9%, Shooter 19.3%, Action 17%, Top-Down 13.4%, Gore 8.1%
- #11 Sleep
90% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40%, Shooter 17.9%, Top-Down 12.3%, Action 11.5%, PvE 10.3%
- #12 ReCoil
89% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Sisyphean Games
Windows
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.1%, Top-Down 14%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #13 Midnight Blues
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Mebstro
Windows
Smash, slash, and shoot your way to freedom through the bloody criminal underworld of a dark, future New York. Midnight Blues features fast-paced, unforgiving combat that will tug at your nerves until every man but you is dead.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shooter 15.8%, Top-Down 9.9%, Crime 9.2%, Action 8.9%
- #14 Paragone Bomb
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Millant
Windows
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.8%, Shooter 19.2%, Top-Down 14.5%, Action 13.9%, Violent 7.1%
- #15 JUST DEFENSE
87% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: BlueFogs
Windows
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37%, Shooter 21.8%, Action 19.4%, Top-Down 15.1%, Combat 5.8%
- #16 Sefir: Mafia Story
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Septime Studios
Windows
Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Crime 14.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Top-Down 12.3%, Action 9.2%
- #17 Keeping Night
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Four X Four
Windows
Take on the role of a security guard in this fast-paced 2D action-strategy game. Outsmart intruders using CCTV, weapons, and clever tactics to defend your building!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.4%, Shooter 20.7%, Action 18%, Top-Down 13.2%, 2D 6.1%
- #18 Two Sides
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LogLog Games
Windows
Two Sides is a unique sandbox where you explore the duality of choices. Play as a savior or a sinner, navigating through complex scenarios that challenge your morality. You create your own story.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Shooter 19.4%, Crime 18.3%, Action 16.7%, Top-Down 12.4%
- #19 Vacubot
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Ohbit
Windows
Vacubot is a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Players must survive increasingly challenging battlefields by using a variety of weapons to fight off swarming enemy robots and powerful bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Shooter 21.4%, Action 14.5%, Top-Down 12.3%, 2D 5.7%
- #20 Threshold Control
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikolaos Papadopoulos
Windows
Cooperate with your friends in Threshold Control, a Co-Op Top-Down Shooter where teamwork matters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Crime 17.6%, Shooter 15.6%, Top-Down 13.3%, Action 9.6%
- #21 SWAT God
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Phil Welden
Windows
SWAT God is the world's fastest shooter. Unique mouse control gives you limitless speed and precision. Merciless enemies that only get harder. Are you fast enough?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Shooter 18.9%, Action 16%, Crime 15.7%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #22 AstroWars
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonathan Silverman
Windows
AstroWars is a top down 2d shooter with monsters and a blue gun. Earn score by killing monsters and try to beat your top score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.3%, Shooter 19.9%, Action 16.6%, Top-Down 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #23 Magnetron Rebellion: Fully Loaded
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sabre Rael
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Shooter 19.9%, Top-Down 14.1%, Action 11.7%, 2D 6.5%
- #24 Mercenary Operator: Wolves
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Dustin
Windows
Mercenary Operator: Wolves is a 2D top-down shooter with a focus on methodical, tactical gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Shooter 16.5%, Top-Down 11.2%, PvE 9%, Action 8.5%
- #25 Clid The Snail
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 182 reviews2021
Dev: Weird Beluga Studio S.L.Pub: PLAION
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A quirky top-down shooter about a grumpy, humanoid snail armed to the radula! Experience a dark fantasy fable and explore an unforgiving miniature world to exterminate the slug plague with an arsenal of badass weapons… and a unique set of snaily skills.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Shooter 19.4%, Action 17.8%, Top-Down 10.4%, Gore 7.4%
- #26 魔棒少女みらくるくるん -Magical stick girl Miracle Kurun-
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: desunoya
Windows
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.4%, Shooter 26%, Action 17.4%, 2D 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #27 SPEARHEAD
78% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: BulletCow
Windows
Spearhead is the story of agents who join secret organizations in a chaotic world surrounded by infectious diseases. Experience the story of six agents joining.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.6%, Shooter 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Top-Down 10%, 2D 6.7%
- #28 Main Action
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: nn
Windows
Main Action - 3d top-down shooter with pixel graphics, not a long game with magic and monsters. In this game you will save the world and the villagers from evil. You are a magical creature who alone must cope with evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.1%, Shooter 21.1%, Top-Down 14.1%, Action 11.9%, Combat 3.7%
- #29 Destruction
80% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: raccoon
Windows
Destruction is a game that destroys enemies up to 25 stages. A variety of powerful enemies will attack you. Don't let your guard down and use three modes and a variety of skills to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Action 18.7%, Shooter 18.6%, Top-Down 15.3%, 2D 6.5%
- #30 Uberkill: Moon Blood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crack Head Studio
Windows
A hard test, shootouts on the edge, and space… full of screams of pain. Stop the cloned psychos and put an end to their disgusting experiments!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Shooter 14.9%, Violent 14.4%, Gore 14%, Action 12.6%
- #31 Suqare: Hired Gun
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 2102 Game Studios
Windows
In this brand new take on the top-down shooter formula, you'll utilize guns, gadgets, and upgrades to create your own path. Shoot, steal, and betray as you take on many different types of jobs. Completing or failing them has wide-spread effects on the world, and you're stuck with the outcome.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Shooter 19.7%, Crime 18.5%, Action 16.3%, 2D 6%
- #32 Bots Crusher Arena
76% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
Bot Crusher Arena is an open top-down shooter where the player takes on the role of a cyborg participating in an arena elimination with other cyborgs. The task is to survive in the arena and defeat all enemies. Don't let the enemies hit you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45%, Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down 16.2%, Action 8.6%, 2D 6.5%
- #33 POPTANK
76% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Tomoki
Windows
Pop-Cute Shooting game‼︎
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.2%, Shooter 21%, Top-Down 14.8%, Action 11.9%, 2D 6.8%
- #34 Huygens Principle
75% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Cat In A Jar Games
Windows
You become the enemy that you killed!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.6%, Shooter 19%, Action 15.7%, Top-Down 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #35 R for Revenge
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TienLee
Windows
R for Revenge fuses the unforgiving lethality of classic top-down shooters with devastating combat skills. Choose between two distinct agents, combine firepower with unique abilities, and dismantle a criminal underworld in this high-octane action game. One bullet is all it takes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40%, Shooter 18.3%, Top-Down 12.8%, PvE 10.2%, 2D 5.9%
- #36 Voidronaut
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Aztyrael Studios
Windows
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.4%, Shooter 20.1%, Action 18.1%, Top-Down 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #37 Nine Lives
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SofyCat
Windows
Nine lives is a horde, round-based zombies experience inspired by multiple known games! Labeled "The most polished topdown shooter ever" this game is made for and by the community!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Shooter 20%, Action 16.4%, Top-Down 7.6%, PvE 6.8%
- #38 Head Hunters
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matthew VenturesPub: Black Vein Productions
Windows · Mac
Head Hunters is a top-down extraction shooter. Control soldiers manually or use demonic possession to command a full squad of AI soldiers at once. Explore solo through a rich player-choice driven story campaign, or team up with friends in Co-Op multiplayer to stake your claim as a Lord of Hell!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.4%, Shooter 21.2%, Action 17.6%, Top-Down 13.9%, PvE 4.9%
- #39 Cult of Icarus
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riley CodenPub: Deerskirt Studios
Windows
Cult of Icarus is a methodical, mythological and brutal bullet hell. Bestowed with the ancient, holy technology of the ANGEL unit, enact zealous revenge against the archenemy of the Lord, who are surely equally as bent on your destruction as you are theirs. Thou shalt kill. Thou shalt kill them all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.6%, Shooter 15.4%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 9.5%, PvE 8.6%
- #40 A Top-Down Job: Blood Gain
74% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Hangar 5926B Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Top-Down Job: Blood Gain is a indie stealth-action offering time-tested gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Crime 18.7%, Top-Down 13.8%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #41 MSCR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Control EMET, a highly advanced Combat Android produced by YAD, a Military Technologies company working for the government, the android was made for tyrannical purposes, but thanks to a mysterious event, your mission now is to bring justice to the world
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40%, Action 14.8%, Violent 13.6%, Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #42 W.R.M.
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Biofire Games LLC
Windows
You are part of W.R.M trying to survive in a hostile world, plunge into the depths of the earth, and discover secrets long forgotten. Gather Anthracite. SURVIVE!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Shooter 20%, Action 17.6%, Gore 8.4%, Violent 7.6%
- #43 The Ballad of a True Thug
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aces
Windows
The dark underbelly of 1990s Europe, criminal enterprise, and rivers of blood. Rise from a petty crook to a criminal legend, where every shot must be precise and any mistake is fatal. A brutal, top-down tactical shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Shooter 15.5%, Crime 11.8%, Top-Down 10.9%, Action 9%
- #44 Safehouse
71% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Gecco Studio Games
Windows · Mac
In Safehouse, play as a member of a criminal crew holed up in a Safehouse with a traitor among you working with the enemy to bring you down. Can you uncover their identity and eliminate them before they betray the crew?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.6%, Shooter 18.9%, Crime 17.8%, Action 15.6%, Top-Down 10.5%
- #45 CS2D
70% matchVery Positive90% of 10,328 reviews2017
Dev: Unreal Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.6%, Shooter 28.2%, 2D 12.3%, Action 11.1%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #46 AISZplus
71% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: takayakata
Windows
You destroy the runaway electronic organ AISZ. Vertical scroll STG with all 5 levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.7%, Shooter 25.2%, Action 22.2%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 2%
- #47 Gun Spartan
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Long Way Interactive
Windows
The Gun Spartan is a spectacular and dynamic action game about an agent who finds himself face to face with an international crime syndicate.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Crime 24.9%, Shooter 18.1%, Action 15.8%, Violent 6.7%
- #48 VariVaRevenge
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: traPPub: dogegg
Windows · Mac
Dodge or parry the bullets, and attack the enemy directly! This is a new type of game that adds 2D action elements to a bullet-hell game!
Why similar: Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Action 18.5%, PvE 10.6%, Top-Down 10%
- #49 Conjunctivitalizer
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kanipro Games
Windows
Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.7%, Shooter 23.3%, Action 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D 6.9%
- #50 Cartoon Cagematch
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: DoneWithWorkPub: Lunatic Studio
Windows
A top-down RogueLike shooter game. Attack cute cartoonish enemies with 6 different weapons! Many tough choices await!! Play now :)
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.3%, Top-Down 16.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 11.5%, PvE 9.9%
- #51 RASPBERRY MASH
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 39 reviews2021
Dev: IGNITION M
Windows · Mac
Fantasy, weapons, violence!"Roguelike game" in pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 22%, Action 18.9%, Gore 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #52 TCSTRIKERS1
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Project Anthem
Windows
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.4%, Shooter 21.2%, Action 18.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, 2D 6.4%
- #53 Cuboton
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rustam ShafigullinPub: rshafgames
Windows · Mac
You are ordered to destroy a secret laboratory on the planet Cuboton. Complete the mission by fighting hordes of mutated creatures and find out what caused their existence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.6%, Shooter 21.9%, Action 18.7%, Top-Down 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #54 The Last Feather
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven
Windows
The Last Feather is a high-octane top-down shooter packed with raw brutality, hard-edged gunfights, and bone-crushing close combat. Through neon-soaked streets and relentless encounters, it delivers a fierce journey of vengeance with every step.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Shooter 16.9%, Action 15.6%, Crime 12.3%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #55 Killer Ricky
68% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: QSPub: Koya Game
Windows
Play as Killer Ricky and avenge his family by killing all members of a bloodthirsty Mafia organization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 16.7%, Crime 15.5%, Violent 14.7%, Action 13.9%
- #56 True Galactic Mission
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Davila Games
Windows
There are 5 pilots in training, each with unique characteristics. It is the day of the final level and everyone wil l face a test to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be you one of the selecteds!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.3%, Action 25.6%, Shooter 25.4%, 2D 7.8%
- #57 Smash Dash: Demolition Run
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GUNI
Windows
Top-down PvE looter shooter. Fight, loot, and survive—extract to keep your items and clear the stage.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.6%, Shooter 20.3%, Action 15.1%, PvE 9.1%, Top-Down 6%
- #58 School ! Love ☆ Reflex
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SLR Production CommitteePub: 楊 志庄
Windows
主人公は好きな女の子がいる。ある日、彼は彼女に、告ってしまった。「ごめんなさい。あたしには好きな人がいるの」と断られた彼は、どうしても彼女を「まもり」たくなった。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.8%, Shooter 19.3%, Top-Down 13.4%, Action 11.8%, 2D 6.4%
- #59 Tokyo Trigger
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Itay TamirPub: Crashzoom Games
Windows
Tokyo 2050 glows with neon, but darkness simmers beneath. Akihito, a warrior with a fractured past, uncovers a plot threatening the city. Blast through a top-down cyberpunk world in this fast-paced 2D shooter. Can you fight back against the tide of oppression and reclaim your memories and honor?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.8%, Action 14%, Shooter 13%, Top-Down 8.1%, Violent 7.3%