- #1 Malfortune
97% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Andy ImmPub: Restful Panic ltd
Windows
A twin-stick shooter where your actions have consequences. Engage in blood-pumping boss fights, soothing casual puzzles, and chats with quirky locals. This planet's fate lies in your capable, albeit confused, hands.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.6%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Difficult 17.5%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #2 THOTH
96% matchVery Positive84% of 522 reviews2016
Dev: Carlsen GamesPub: Double Fine Presents
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
THOTH is a challenging twin-stick shooter you can conquer alone or cooperatively with a friend. Each stage is handcrafted to test coordination and puzzle-solving skills. Colorful minimalist graphics combine with an intense unnerving soundtrack, making for an exciting mix of art and arcade.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.2%, Difficult 20.3%, Minimalist 13.9%, Action 11.1%, Indie 8.5%
- #3 Gridform
96% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Sherbb
Windows
Fight in an arcade arena against tons of enemies with weaknesses to be exploited. Progress through a campaign of 75+ levels each presenting a new challenge with different win and fail conditions. Gameplay so tight and colorful it will bring tears to your eyes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.9%, Difficult 19.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Old School 9.4%, Action 5.5%
- #4 Golden Hornet
95% matchVery Positive93% of 178 reviews2017
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.5%, Bullet Hell 21%, Difficult 16.8%, Old School 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #5 Overclocked: The Aclockalypse
94% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Timewind LLC
Windows · Mac
Overclocked: The Aclockalypse is a roguelike bullet hell following The Keeper’s time-twisting battle to reclaim The Eternal Sands from Greenwich and her clockwork army.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 50.5%, Bullet Hell 30.4%, Action 10.7%, Indie 8.3%
- #6 ShopFront
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3DEN
Windows
ShopFront is a fast paced top down twin stick action arcade-like game set in a fantasy world full of heroes. Play as Keeper, an elderly shop keeper with a poor temper fed up with all the heroes destroying his pottery and decides to take matters into his own hands.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.7%, Bullet Hell 30.3%, Old School 9.6%, Action 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #7 Scoregasm
93% matchVery Positive83% of 142 reviews2012
Dev: RC KnightPub: Charlie's Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Scoregasm is an incredible, variety rich shooter with a non-linear, branching paths style galaxy to explore. It's pretty, accessible, fun and really rather good! Blast your way through the galaxy's many varied levels and use your skills to change your route, find new levels, new enemies, unlock bonus challenge stages and fight the bosses...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 56.6%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #8 Space Smash
92% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
A retro-style, fast-paced, and addictive shoot 'em up. A throwback to the classic arcade games of the 80s. Great for playing while waiting in line for another game. 🎮 (shmup)
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.5%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Difficult 15%, Old School 12.5%, Minimalist 8.4%
- #9 ABYSS SEEKERーーWhat Do You See Deep in The Abyss
91% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
Windows
A dungeon known as the Abyss has suddenly appeared. To open the "Door of Darkness" at its deepest point, the Seeker plunges into the dungeon gate... in search of the truth. Survive the onslaught of dark forces in this twin-stick survival shooter! — Are You Ready to Face Your Destiny?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.5%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, PvE 6.2%
- #10 WE ARE DOOMED
91% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 64.8%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Action 8.6%, Minimalist 6.4%, Indie 6.2%
- #11 Galaxy Highways
90% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.3%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Difficult 18.1%, Minimalist 7%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #12 Avenger Sharks
89% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Tristan Greaves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avenger Sharks is a retro twin-stick shooter. Featuring sharks. OUT FOR VENGEANCE. Save your fishy friends! Destroy the evils of the deep! Collect power-ups, health potions and upgrades! Invoke the sheer fury of FISH FRENZY or your dinosaur friends to even the odds!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.1%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, PvE 12.4%, Old School 7.6%, Action 5.4%
- #13 Undercroft Warriors
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Fuzzy
Windows
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.7%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Difficult 17.7%, Old School 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #14 Menacetide
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quarantine Entertainment
Windows
Menacetide is a top-down sci-fi shooter where every second counts and every upgrade could mean the difference between extinction and survival. Dodge, destroy, and dominate as you unravel the mysterious forces behind a tide of chaos.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.4%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Old School 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Action 5.6%
- #15 GEOTRA
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Random
Windows
In this colorful twin-stick shooter inspired by 2000's-era Flash games, survive several waves of uniquely deadly enemies with your wits and skill. Choose wisely from a tree of upgrades after each wave to refine your strategy and bring down your foes. Live to see what lies at the end of the horde.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.7%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, PvE 13.6%, Minimalist 7.8%, Old School 5.6%
- #16 Mustache in Hell
87% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 26%, Difficult 18.6%, Action 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #17 Monsters!
86% matchPositive85% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: QuadraTron Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 58.2%, Action 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 4.6%
- #18 Enfora Star
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Haapa Games
Windows · Linux
Enfora Star station is being overrun! Pilot your spacecraft and deploy defenses to survive droid swarms - but every purchase costs precious score points. Will you risk everything for maximum points or play it safe? Master the ultimate arcade challenge!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Difficult 17%, Old School 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #19 Prologue for a Vacant Kingdom
85% matchVery Positive96% of 239 reviews2019
Dev: shru
Windows · Mac
Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and uncover the mystery of why everyone disappeared.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Difficult 16.3%, Action 6.7%, Funny 5.4%
- #20 Galaxy Champions TV
84% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: aQuadiun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Galaxy Champions TV is a super intense top-down closed arena shooter game inspired by the classic arcade game Smash TV. Get powerful weapons and power-ups, kill huge amounts of enemies, level up, unlock upgrades and beat all the bosses to become the champion of the most violent TV show of all time!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.8%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Difficult 14.2%, Action 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #21 Overkill Squad
82% 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 42.3%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Difficult 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Action 3.2%
- #22 RGBY
83% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: HappyDaram Inc.
Windows
RGBY is 4 players local multiplayer Co-op game. Run around on screen and dodge bullets. Destroy your enemies with friends!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.5%, Bullet Hell 30.2%, Minimalist 11.3%, PvE 9.3%, 2D 3.3%
- #23 Lifeless Vanguard
82% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Zeus Game Studio
Windows
Shoot, dodge, get more powerful, defeat a massive fleet of enemies, take part in the toughest boss fights you've probably ever been in in this twin-stick/bullet-hell shooter. Do you have what it takes to survive and win?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.7%, Bullet Hell 29.2%, Action 15.4%, Indie 10.7%
- #24 Time of the Wizard
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hermit Studios
Windows
Time of the Wizard is a Magic Roguelike. Lead the Wizard through challenging combat in a procedurally generated dungeon as you combine the different elements together to create all sorts of fun spells! Dive into a game where every run is unique, every room is dangerous and every death is permanent.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Difficult 18.1%, PvE 9%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #25 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: stdio.gypsy
Windows
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.7%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Old School 12.3%, Minimalist 9.9%, Action 6.8%
- #26 Dusky Depths
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bow Echo Games
Windows
Withstand an onslaught of enemies and survive against all odds in this rogue-lite twin-stick shooter. Stranded on an uncharted planet, you will need to scavange for rare loot, upgrade your ship, and unlock ancient mechanisms to escape this strange and hostile place – solo or with friends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.9%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Difficult 17.9%, PvE 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #27 Salt VS Pepper
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teevy
Windows
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.1%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Difficult 17%, Minimalist 7.6%, Funny 5.1%
- #28 VCTR
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows
Shoot. Dash. Collect. Upgrade. VCTR is a kinetic arcade shooter where two simple actions create countless strategies. Read the field. Choose when to act. And turn the chaotic battlefield into a dance of high-risk, high-reward play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.3%, Bullet Hell 30.6%, Old School 7.1%, Minimalist 6.8%, Action 5.9%
- #29 Shmadow
79% matchVery Positive82% of 200 reviews2015
Dev: Extrokold Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.2%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Difficult 17.9%, Action 6.8%, Indie 5.5%
- #30 HYPER DETONATOR
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
HYPER DETONATOR is a chain-reaction bullet hell shooter set in cyberspace. Blast through the virus spreading across the mainframe, and detonate bombs to set off devastating chain reactions. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 50.5%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Minimalist 8.9%, Action 5.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #31 Bionic Tadpole
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SaGa76
Windows
A run-n-gun, non-stop action platformer-shooter! Pick up a weapon. A jetpack. A force shield. All while evading bullet-hell madness! Oh, and be mindful not to let your gun overheat...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 45.5%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Old School 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Minimalist 6.3%
- #32 Diced Up!
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: slameron
Windows · Mac
Survive as long as you can in an endless bullet hell with randomized stats and weapons.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.1%, Bullet Hell 28.2%, Action 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, PvE 6.1%
- #33 Zodiac - Hellish Memory
76% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: JOZGamerPub: JOZGames
Windows
Challenge your ability, your reflexes and your memory to avoid from the bullets to defeat the zodiac spirits while memorize the cards and survive of a real bullet hell with difficulties for all playstyles.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.8%, Difficult 24.7%, PvE 18.6%, Puzzle 9.9%, Action 5.2%
- #34 Journey Through The Nightmare Realm II
76% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: taxicomicsPub: BeanCanStudios
Windows · Linux
Retro pixel-art bullet hell meets arcade action. Collect cards, spin slots, and blast through enemies in this nostalgic roguelite with local co-op
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.8%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, PvE 13%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Old School 4.1%
- #35 Smash Hyper Drive
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gare Games
Windows · Mac
It's 2025 and the country's mega research facility has gone bad. You are a lowly security guard gunning for his paycheck. Fight your way out in this twin-stick shooter. Reminiscent of Smash TV and the likes of Xeno Crisis.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 49.8%, Bullet Hell 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Indie 5.4%, Action 4.3%
- #36 Nex Machina
75% matchVery Positive87% of 2,168 reviews2017
Dev: Housemarque
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.8%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Action 5.5%, Indie 2.9%
- #37 Yoiyami Biscuit
72% matchVery Positive96% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: tripper_roomPub: Mediascape Co., Ltd.
Windows
Gensokyo is overflowing with snacks! A roguelike twin-stick shooter starring Rumia where you fight using the power of snacks and items.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.9%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Action 11.6%, 2D 3.7%, Indie 2.8%
- #38 BULLETHELL
73% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
BULLETHELL is an experimental, retro-hardcore, barely playable, ultra-fast-paced arena top-down shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.4%, Difficult 26.6%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Minimalist 11.3%, Action 4.4%
- #39 Two by One
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Javier Ortega
Windows
Do you have what it takes to beat two games at the same time? Prove your skills by controlling two ships simultaneously or join forces with a friend to overcome the challenge of this stylish Shoot'Em Up.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.6%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Difficult 18.6%, Minimalist 10.1%, Action 4.3%
- #40 Spent Shells
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HelperWesley
Windows
Spent Shells is a high score top-down shooter with roguelike-y randomized elements. Players dive in to an everchanging dungeon to harvest a crystalized power source that will get them home. Fight through the dungeon using a variety of weapons, characters, upgrades, and your own skill! Each run ea...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.1%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Difficult 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Indie 4.1%
- #41 Rodent and Plank: Secret Origin
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Lodder Digital Media
Windows · Linux
A cosmic plank turns a rat into a gun-blasting 90s mascot in a world packed with fairy tale monsters and reality-shifting mayhem. Fuse weapons, wreck everything, and try to figure out what on earth is going on. It’s weird, it’s loud, and it does not slow down.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Difficult 16.7%, Old School 14.8%, Funny 5.4%
- #42 Arksync
71% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Dykom Software
Windows
Wired from the ashes of twin stick Shooters, Arksync evolves the genre with breakneck player movement and combat. Survive and buy weapons, utilities, and upgrades; then risk it all as you fight to survive, and take a toy bear home.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.8%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Difficult 17.3%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #43 Git Gud or Get Rekt
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: IQ Software
Windows · Linux
Classic bullet hell, easy to learn, difficult to master. Stop whining and git gut.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 41.3%, Difficult 29.7%, Action 14.3%, Indie 10.6%, Casual 4.2%
- #44 Damocles Gaze
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
A radical and mystical action roguelike top-down shooter where every run takes 12 minutes. How far can you go? What will you find?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Difficult 18%, PvE 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #45 XenoRaptor
71% matchVery Positive82% of 173 reviews2019
Dev: Peter ClearyPub: -
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of a cyberdragon and annihilate swarms of rocket propelled chainsaws either online or via LAN in this high speed, high skill 8 player co-op twinstick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.8%, Bullet Hell 33.6%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.1%
- #46 ULTRABUGS
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Difficult 16.3%, PvE 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #47 P-3 Biotic
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: BatCat Games
Windows
P-3 Biotic is an intense twin-stick shooter featuring advanced real-time lighting and gorgeous particle effects. Pilot the MK4s nano-ship inside a petri dish against 14 waves of infectious bacteria as they attempt to destroy the Nucleus, a bio-engineered organism growing at the center of the dish.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 71.2%, Action 16.8%, Indie 12%
- #48 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
68% matchVery Positive92% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.6%, Bullet Hell 28.5%, Action 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Difficult 5.7%
- #49 Slayers, Inc.
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Woogedy Games
Windows
Slayers, Inc. is a roguelite twin-stick shooter about killing hordes of demons. Acquire items to brutalize them in new and unique ways, empower yourself with Artifacts to kill 'em with style, don't forget to keep your combo going, and give those infernal fools the boot!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.1%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, PvE 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Action 4.7%
- #50 Enter the Gungeon
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,241 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 46.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Difficult 16%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Funny 2.4%
- #51 The Crackpet Show
68% matchVery Positive87% of 825 reviews2022
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.7%, Difficult 22.8%, Dark Humor 18.1%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Funny 7.8%
- #52 Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,577 reviews2014
Dev: Lucid GamesPub: Sierra
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 62.2%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Action 8.2%, Difficult 5.8%
- #53 Story of a Cube
70% matchMixed77% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: TinyAtomGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Story of a Cube is an action packed shooter about a lone cube and his quest for revenge. Mixing elements of twin-stick shooters and bullet hell games, this is a hardcode arcade game with a crazy amount of explosions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 50.1%, Difficult 22.2%, Action 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Indie 8%
- #54 Steel Hail
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: MegaBanana
Windows · Linux
Become humanity's last hope. Gear up, upgrade, and unleash hell in a relentless third-person sci-fi shooter against a ruthless robotic army. The future is yours to forge in fire and steel.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.3%, Bullet Hell 31.8%, PvE 14.8%, Action 5.5%, Indie 1.9%
- #55 Christmas Rampage
69% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Lamina Studios
Windows
Christmas Rampage is a 2D twin-stick shooter game. A fun adventure of Rudolph v2.0 in a shooting rampage eliminating evil Santa and his minions from ruining the spirit of Christmas. May the spirit of good buffs and useful weapons be with you in defeating Santa's diabolical creations and minions!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 54.8%, Action 18.3%, Indie 13.6%, Funny 8.5%, 2D 4.3%
- #56 CometStriker DX
69% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Iced Lizard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.9%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Difficult 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Action 4%
- #57 Doctor Nanobot
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Maika Games
Windows
Small robot, big battles! Doctor Nanobot is a retro style arcade shooter where you take on bacteria, viruses and more using a variety of high tech medical weaponry!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.8%, Bullet Hell 27.2%, Old School 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Action 7%
- #58 Two Sides of Hell
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Sky GamesPub: Stratos Gaming
Windows
Think fast, kill faster. Blast through shifting alien hellscapes in this roguelite platform-twin stick shooter, switching between Soldier precision and demonic destruction. Survive relentless hordes, brutal bosses, and endless roguelite chaos.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.7%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Old School 14.2%, PvE 11.1%, Action 5.6%
- #59 Bat Blitz
65% matchPositive83% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Beef Dust Studios
Windows
Bat Blitz is a fast paced, top down shooter, roguelike where you have to kill bats to stay alive as long as possible.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.3%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Old School 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Action 6%
- #60 Spacen: The Beginning
67% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: ECHTNICE GmbH
Windows
As Gary Rogers, the player battles through hordes of enemy spaceships in several missions, evading projectiles, asteroids and defeating powerful bosses. Gary collects debris from destroyed enemies and exchanges them at the home base for ship and weapon upgrades.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Action 20.2%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Difficult 15.7%, Indie 15%