- #1 Invisigun Reloaded
97% matchVery Positive87% of 542 reviews2017
Dev: Sombr Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The ultimate stealth battle adventure where everyone’s invisible! Risk versus reward guides your journey through the full-length single player campaign and local/online multiplayer. Vigilance is key as environmental tells such as footprints and other disturbances will point out careless cadets.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 30.8%, 4 Player Local 22.6%, Competitive 21.3%, Retro 10.5%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #2 Rocket Wars
96% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Rooftop Panda
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
Why similar: Party Game 17%, 4 Player Local 15.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.8%
- #3 Chickenoidz Super Party
96% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: RaveGameDev
Windows
Chickenoidz Super Party - multiplayer top-down arena shooter for up to 4 players. You can play local or altogether online via Remote Play. Steal the show using an array of incredible weapons, special equipment and even mutations. Smash your opponents to smithereens, rip everything around you.
Why similar: Party 25.9% ★, 4 Player Local 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Local Multiplayer 11%, Bullet Hell 10.1%
- #4 Treadnauts
95% matchVery Positive87% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!
Why similar: Party 39.7% ★, Competitive 19.8%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, 4 Player Local 13.9%, Family Friendly 7.8%
- #5 BULLET PARTY
94% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Awoker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.8%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11%
- #6 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,036 reviews2015
Dev: Asteroid Base
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.5%, 4 Player Local 26.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Shooter 4.5%
- #7 Assault Android Cactus+
93% matchVery Positive94% of 2,002 reviews2015
Dev: Witch Beam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, 4 Player Local 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%
- #8 Rival Megagun
92% matchVery Positive93% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: RJ ArcadePub: KOMODO
Windows
Rival Megagun is a competitive split-screen shoot 'em up where you transform into a giant boss ship and battle your rival head-to-head in local or online PVP.
Why similar: Competitive 28.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, PvP 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 8.6%
- #9 Twin Shot Deluxe
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,021 reviews2026
Dev: Nitrome Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
The Angel Cats are back! Twin Shot Deluxe is a platform arcade shooter where players defend their homeland using bow and arrows. Take aim at 200+ brand new levels set across four worlds. Play solo or with a friends in local co-op (1-4 players) or competitively to see who will be crowned champion.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.6%, Local Co-Op 26%, Arcade 16.4%, Family Friendly 9.4%, Retro 5.8%
- #10 NoReload Heroes
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 96 reviews2018
Dev: Stupid Stupid Games
Windows
NoReload Heroes is a chaotic co-op party shooter for up to four people. Work as a team to beat the accidental evil you created, and be sure to pick up the best magitech guns on the way, or it's back to the bottom floor with you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Local Co-Op 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Action 7%
- #11 HyperBrawl Tournament
90% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2020
Dev: Milky Tea Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
HyperBrawl Tournament is the ultimate arena combat sport. Assemble your team of intergalactic heroes, arm them with outrageous weapons and score your way to victory in classic single player campaigns, couch or online play for up to four players.
Why similar: Party Game 15%, 4 Player Local 14.9%, Competitive 12.3%, Local Co-Op 11.8%, Local Multiplayer 11%
- #12 Stardust Vanguards
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2015
Dev: Zanrai Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local four-player dueling game combining arcade-style battling with the ability to summon your own NPC army as support! But be careful: a random event system dynamically alters the flow of battle with NPC space pirates gunning for victory themselves!
Why similar: Competitive 22.2%, 4 Player Local 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Local Co-Op 10.5%
- #13 DEAD
89% matchVery Positive88% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: George
Windows · Linux
a classic arcade shooter game. You can play with up to 4 people locally, or using Steam Remote play.
Why similar: Competitive 19.8%, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Local Co-Op 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%
- #14 Ultimate Chicken Horse
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,324 reviews2016
Dev: Clever Endeavour Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.
Why similar: Party 29.9% ★, Party Game 15%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Competitive 11.2%, 4 Player Local 9.9%
- #15 Hot Shot Burn
87% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29%, Local Multiplayer 21.2%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Arcade 9.9%, Competitive 9%
- #16 Super Treasure Arena
88% matchMixed63% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: Vennril
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Treasure Arena is a frantic, retro-inspired arena shooter for up to 4 players, where collecting and stealing loot from your opponents is the key to victory.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #17 Full Metal Furies
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,903 reviews2018
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 39%, Local Co-Op 36.9%, Local Multiplayer 9%, Puzzle 6.5%, Action 6.5%
- #18 The Horde Wants You Dead
84% matchMixed64% of 256 reviews2025
Dev: Bellyflop Games
Windows
The Horde Wants You Dead is a casual, top-down shooter with up to 4-player online co-op. Ambushed by an angry horde, you and your friends face a fight for survival against thousands of relentless enemies!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Top-Down 10.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 10.1%
- #19 TowerFall Ascension
84% matchVery Positive95% of 3,570 reviews2014
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 32%, Local Co-Op 23.8%, 4 Player Local 22.1%, Party Game 8.6%, Arcade 4.7%
- #20 Galacide
85% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, 4 Player Local 19.4%, Bullet Hell 9.6%, Shooter 8.6%
- #21 Retimed
82% matchVery Positive83% of 366 reviews2019
Dev: Team ManiaxPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Dash and dodge bullet clusters in nerve-wracking slow motion moments and challenge your friends online or offline to awesome and fast paced battles with up to 4 players!
Why similar: Party Game 26.5%, Local Co-Op 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.4%, Family Friendly 10.4%, 4 Player Local 10.2%
- #22 Astro Duel
83% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Retro 9.1%
- #23 Boomerang Fu
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,908 reviews2020
Dev: Cranky Watermelon
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.
Why similar: Party 15% ★, Competitive 14.9%, Party Game 13%, 4 Player Local 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%
- #24 Hyper Gunsport
81% matchVery Positive83% of 89 reviews2022
Dev: Necrosoft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An arcade action game about shooting a ball into a goal. It's cyberpunk volleyball with guns.
Why similar: Competitive 23.3%, Local Multiplayer 20.8%, Team-Based 18.3%, PvP 9.4%, Family Friendly 6.7%
- #25 Ballistic Tanks
82% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kirklight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ballistic Tanks is the best tank game you've played since the 80's. Battle in exhilarating local multiplayer, or challenge yourself in an intense solo/co-op arcade mode. Play 5 game modes in over 50 maps; and destroy your enemies in a frenzy of bullets, lasers, and explosions!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.8%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Local Multiplayer 14%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10.1%
- #26 Paper Planet
79% matchVery Positive85% of 520 reviews2023
Dev: DoodlegamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Paper Planet is a planet-defender, arcade roguelike with a doodley, Flash-inspired artstyle. Battle through waves of unique enemies and bosses. Combine items with strange and wacky effects for insanely overpowered runs. Play with 1-4 players, for some chaotic co-op fun!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.7%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%
- #27 Retrograde Arena
79% matchVery Positive93% of 531 reviews2020
Dev: FreemergencyPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, PvP 13.1%, Arcade 9.2%
- #28 Dragon Drop
78% matchVery Positive98% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: Cloudy Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drop the dragons and don't get dropped in this frantic party game for up to 4 players! In Dragon Drop, you'll compete on a checkerboard arena, where you can use fire breath to wipe away lines of cubes and drop your opponents. But watch your step, or you'll be the one getting dropped!
Why similar: Competitive 22.2%, Party Game 19.6%, 4 Player Local 17%, PvP 9.2%, Family Friendly 7.1%
- #29 The Spell Brigade
73% matchVery Positive81% of 15,341 reviews2026
Dev: Bolt Blaster Games
Windows
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 48.5%, Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 9.5%, Action 3.4%
- #30 Marooners
80% matchMixed64% of 676 reviews2016
Dev: M2H
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Play a wild mix of fun party games as the action regularly switches back and forth between games. Can you handle the switcheroo chaos? Join your friends both on the couch and online while sadistically laughing at their misfortune, or come back to haunt them if you die...
Why similar: Party 31.4% ★, 4 Player Local 15.9%, Party Game 15.4%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%
- #31 Zero-G Gunfight
77% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Devil's Cider GamesPub: First Peoples Digital
Windows
Battle 1-3 friends in the fast-paced & frantic arenas of Zero-G Gunfight. Pickup different guns that change how you move & fight. Dodge enemy bullets & avoid unique hazards as you strive to be the last one standing!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.5%, Local Multiplayer 24.1%, PvP 14.8%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10%
- #32 Arcadegeddon
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 959 reviews2023
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rise up and play with up to three friends in this ever-evolving cooperative multiplayer, roguelite shooter. Explore multiple biomes, mini games, find hidden chests, and defeat numerous enemies and bosses.
Why similar: PvP 22.8%, Arcade 20.5%, Party Game 18.5%, Retro 16.8%, Shooter 16.3%
- #33 Paper io 2
74% matchVery Positive85% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: VOODOOPub: QubicGames
Windows
Conquer territory solo or beat your friends in multiplayer mode with up to 4 players!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33.4%, Arcade 18.5%, 4 Player Local 17%, Top-Down 12.9%, PvP 12.8%
- #34 Demons with Shotguns
77% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: MindShaft Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The ultimate couch fragger gibfest! Armed with a powerful shotgun, bullet deflecting shield and power-up tarot cards, 2 to 4 local players will battle it out to collect each others souls in 9 different competitive game modes across 4 realms & 40 arenas. This is frantic local multiplayer action at its bloodiest!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.6%, Local Co-Op 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 22.8%, Retro 7.7%, Shooter 7.5%
- #35 Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,872 reviews2015
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A futuresport FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club and nail each other with dodgeball trick shots. Singleplayer + Local Multiplayer + Online Multiplayer with 27 different objective-based game modes...or create your own!
Why similar: Competitive 22.5%, 4 Player Local 14%, Team-Based 12.6%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%
- #36 Bang Bang Barrage
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 941 reviews2025
Dev: Monkey BreadPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.1%, Local Co-Op 23.9%, Local Multiplayer 23.3%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 6%
- #37 Hyperdrive Massacre
78% matchMixed54% of 389 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
Why similar: Action 39.8%, Local Multiplayer 20%, 4 Player Local 15.9%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Arcade 9.1%
- #38 HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
76% matchVery Positive82% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, 4 Player Local 17.7%, Local Co-Op 16.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, PvP 12.4%
- #39 Knight Squad
75% matchVery Positive87% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23%, Party Game 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 17.1%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Arcade 9.5%
- #40 PewPew Live
73% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Jean-François Geyelin
Windows
A fast twin-stick shooter where you compete for the top spot in the leaderboards.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 10%
- #41 Ballistic Craft
74% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Palladium SoftPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows
A bullet hell of your own making! Play the game where strategy and creativity meet - duel rival wizards in real time battle arenas with custom shot crafting to win the League of Crafters!
Why similar: Competitive 39.1%, Local Multiplayer 24.3%, PvP 19.7%, Action 16.9%
- #42 Astro Duel 2
70% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game combining top-down space dog fights with up-close platforming action. Whether versus or co-op, battle through space and on foot at the same time! Strike within the fully-destructible arenas or just nuke ‘em from orbit.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 20.6%, PvP 13.2%, Arcade 9.1%
- #43 Royal Revolt Survivors
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 222 reviews2026
Dev: Team WarriorsPub: Headup
Windows · Linux
Unleash chaos in an electrifying 1-4 player co-op where survival and action-roguelite collide! Battle through relentless enemy hordes with a powerful mix of melee and ranged combat, navigating varied and dynamic environments.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.1%, Local Co-Op 34.9%, Arcade 19.7%, Action 5.4%
- #44 Impact Point
69% matchVery Positive90% of 2,084 reviews2022
Dev: Kontrollable
Windows
IMPACT POINT! – An ultra satisfying, fast paced, 2-4 player, arena based, multiplayer, top down 2D shooter. Grab what you can and battle it out with 2-4 players to be the last man standing in a game heavily inspired by retro and vaporwave shooters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, PvP 20%, Retro 12.5%, Top-Down 11.6%, Shooter 9.6%
- #45 BattleCap
68% matchVery Positive97% of 166 reviews2024
Dev: MechAlmond Productions
Windows
Dive into an exhilarating maritime battle for 1 to 4 players! Assemble warships with a variety of bottle caps, allowing the warships to transform and break, experiencing flexible physics that brings a refreshing maritime battle! Fight monsters together, or engage in a battle with your friends.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Local Co-Op 17.2%, Party Game 15.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%
- #46 Meltdown
72% matchVery Positive85% of 822 reviews2014
Dev: Phenomenon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Meltdown is a tactical arcade shooter featuring both singleplayer and intense online multiplayer. Become the most skilled soldier, choose your weapons, get the best upgrades, buckle up and start your mission. Be careful, each enemy has it’s own combat style, special AI and gear. Adapt to them to survive!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.4%, Arcade 27.4%, Action 18.8%, Shooter 18.5%
- #47 Samurai GUNN
72% matchVery Positive92% of 464 reviews2013
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Why similar: Competitive 23.6%, 4 Player Local 21.4%, Local Multiplayer 15.8%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, PvP 9.9%
- #48 Jamestown+
71% matchVery Positive88% of 248 reviews2019
Dev: Final Form GamesPub: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Set sail for 17th-century British Colonial Mars in Jamestown+: a cooperative shoot-em-up for 1-4 brave souls, designed to be exciting for players of all skill levels.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%
- #49 Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾
67% matchVery Positive100% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Dot bloodPub: Targem Games
Windows
Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Arcade 9.3%
- #50 Butsbal
73% matchMixed58% of 87 reviews2015
Dev: Xtase Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Fast Pace Shooter
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.6%, Local Multiplayer 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Minimalist 12.4%, PvP 10.5%
- #51 Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック
70% matchVery Positive82% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: KaleidoGames
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode.A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century.WARNING: Highly addictive.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%, Arcade 10.1%, Local Co-Op 9.8%
- #52 Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky
69% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: boxedworks
Windows · Linux
Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky is a fast-paced action game featuring tight controls and slow-motion combat. Unlock items, customize your gear, and take out your enemies one by one! Co-op included.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 18.6%, 4 Player Local 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Top-Down 11.4%
- #53 Tango Fiesta
71% matchMixed54% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Tango Fiesta is a top-down cooperative shooter for 1-4 players. Imagine the events from every single 80’s action film ever made really happened to one guy - you & up to 3 friends get to blast, shoot & knife your way through procedurally generated levels as the ultimate one (or 2, 3, or 4) man army!
Why similar: Competitive 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, 4 Player Local 12.7%, Local Co-Op 12.1%, Local Multiplayer 8.9%
- #54 The Amazing Crackpots Club!
64% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Astrobard GamesPub: IguanaBee
Windows
A spellslinging dueling game for up to 4 players. Choose among seven cracked mages and use their unique abilities to shoot down your opponent’s magical flask while defending yours! Destroy your friends (and loved ones) in local or online modes!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.5%, Local Multiplayer 20.6%, Team-Based 19.7%, PvP 15.4%, Arcade 10.2%
- #55 Trigonarium
69% matchVery Positive89% of 76 reviews2015
Dev: Kimmo LahtinenPub: Kimmo Factor Oy
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Trigonarium is a hardcore twin-stick shooter for fans of challenging arcade gaming. Fight your way through multitudes of enemy formations in constantly shifting battle arenas to face the colossal level bosses.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Arcade 8%, Shooter 5.9%
- #56 Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
65% matchVery Positive97% of 367 reviews2021
Dev: YOTSUBANEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Arcade 8.3%
- #57 Dimension Drive
68% matchVery Positive80% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: 2Awesome Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
This intense space shoot ’em up challenges you to fight across two battlefields on one splitscreen. Instantly switch between them to dodge waves of bullets, reach secret areas, or surprise your enemies. Play solo or turn it up to 11 with a local co-op partner.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Arcade 8.7%
- #58 Super Retro Fighter
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: Syndrome interactivePub: Cat God Studio
Windows
Classic STG game Have fun with your friends just like your childhood!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%
- #59 TANKNAROK
66% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Polyblock Studio
Windows
TANKNAROK is a fast paced couch/online action game where 2-4 tanks duke it out in a wide range of arenas, with tons of explosive powerups and deadly hazards.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33.2%, Local Multiplayer 20.8%, PvP 13.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Top-Down 6.3%