- #1 Oh Ship Arena
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Kelkosoft LLC
Windows
Take command of your ship, step into the arena, dominate your opponents, and put your reflexes and skills to the test!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.1%, Arena Shooter 25%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 6.2%
- #2 Better Not Fall
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bacco Games Studios
Windows
Survive increasingly difficult rounds in a floating arena. Use weapons and powerful abilities to knock enemies into the void before they launch you off the edge, build your loadout during each run, and beat your highest score.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Arena Shooter 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 7.3%, Arcade 6%
- #3 Polyopthalmia
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: samooz
Windows
A top-down arena shooting game. You need to break every eyeball you see and survive in the arena full of gazes to get a high score
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Score Attack 8%, Shooter 5.5%
- #4 Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon
95% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Vector HatPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
It is the year 2084. Earth is ruled by evil robots. All music has been outlawed. Dancing is strictly forbidden. Still, in the underground, the beat goes on. Rainbow Laser Disco Dungeon: Half twin stick shooter, half rhythm game, half dungeon crawler. 150% groovy!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Rhythm 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 7.5%, Arcade 6.4%
- #5 Utopos
94% matchMixed41% of 114 reviews2021
Dev: Jani PenttinenPub: Utopos Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Utopos is a MOSA - Multiplayer Online Space Arena! Gameplay is from a top-down angle, dual-stick shooter and you can play against your friends online, or against AI-controlled opponents.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Space 5.6%
- #6 Warix
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Star-snuffing Black
Windows · Linux
Warix is a fast-paced 1v1 territory capture fighting game set in a dark, microscopic world. Control a glowing cybernetic nanobot, draw trails to claim turf, and destroy your rival in high-speed combat. Parry bullets, steal boost, and outsmart players online or battle a relentless solo AI.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.5%
- #7 Soundsaber
93% match5 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Sonorous Games
Windows
A twin-stick shooter where your music is your weapon. Whichever track you choose will power your engines and your lasers, but beware: your enemies are also driven by the music.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Rhythm 20%, Arena Shooter 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #8 Splitfire
92% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: @thr3mix
Windows
Splitfire is the homage to classic twin-stick shooters like Geometry Wars, that evolves the genre by answering the question, 'What if both thumbsticks controlled their own weapons?'.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Time 16.2% ★, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Shooter 7.5%
- #9 Void Prison
91% matchVery Positive81% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Lazy FlockPub: Untold Tales
Windows
Void Prison is a fast paced, endless arcade twin stick shooter that puts you inside of an ever shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don't get consumed by the void. Complete achievements to unlock new skins and powerups and get on top of the leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Arena Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Time 12.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Shooter 7.7%
- #10 Core Breach
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rencade
Windows
Core Breach is a fast-paced, twin-stick arcade shooter in a pixel art style. Play as a Trojan worm virus, outmaneuvering and destroying antivirus enemies. Upgrade your worm with powerful attacks and skills as you fight to breach the CPU core and uncover its secrets
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Arena Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 8.2%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #11 Devil's Sanctum
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zumb
Windows
Fight through escalating waves of demons in this fast-paced top-down arena shooter. Choose stackable abilities, create powerful builds and survive the Devil’s trials to earn your freedom.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 8.2%, Arcade 5.3%
- #12 ReversiBot
89% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Yeongho Kim
Windows
The roles of keyboard and mouse will be reversed
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Arcade 9%, Action 5.9%
- #13 Chromarena
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Kingsnake Games
Windows · Linux
Chromarena is a 2D top-down twin-stick arena shooter. Combine offense and defense to tear through hordes of color-coded enemies to unlock new guns and set high scores. Form short and medium-term plans, dodge attacks with fully responsive controls, and get into a flow state.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 34.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Arcade 5.6%, Top-Down 4%
- #14 The Zyrdain Sands
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FifoArtsPub: fknE
Windows
Visceral twin-stick shooter where desert gods sabotage your run with no-shots, sandstorms, and cursed upgrades while you evolve Zyrd's weapons to save the Sacred Stone.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #15 Chippy
86% matchVery Positive91% of 1,184 reviews2019
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Arena Shooter 18%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Moddable 9.7% ★, Shooter 6.6%
- #16 CRATES N' MOHAWKS
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: hslentz
Windows · Linux
CRATES N' MOHAWKS is a chaotic arena shooter where every crate swaps your weapon. Grab crates, adapt to constantly changing guns, dodge swarms of enemies, and survive as long as possible while pushing your score higher.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Arena Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Arcade 7%, Score Attack 6.5%
- #17 XenoFeud
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Downforce Games
Windows
XenoFeud is an insane top-down twin-stick arcade alien shooter, where you must survive hordes of alien intruders while defending a mysterious object in space.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Arena Shooter 12.8%, Shooter 8%, Space 7.6%
- #18 Waves 2: Notorious
85% matchVery Positive93% of 323 reviews2015
Dev: Squid In A Box Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Arena Shooter 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Bullet Time 13.9% ★, Procedural Generation 6.8%
- #19 Solaroids
84% matchVery Positive96% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Chad YatesPub: DynF/X Digital LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Arena Shooter 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 7.3%, Space 6.5%
- #20 Paint Chips
83% matchVery Positive88% of 242 reviews2021
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Arena Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 6%
- #21 Defenders of the Last Colony
84% matchMostly Negative37% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Knitted Pixels
Windows
Defenders of the Last Colony is a Top Down Shooter with Strategy gameplay mechanics, where you have to protect the Colony's core while you gather resources and build defenses. You play as one of the 4 classes: Fighter, Engineer, Striker or Carrier. Defenders features coop up to 4 players and 3D graphics.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #22 Delta Epsilon Warriors
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AugEx
Windows
Become a Delta Epsilon Warrior and battle your friends in this fast paced, twin-stick arena shooter. Plan your shots carefully and cut off your target's escape route with your hazard creating lasers. Deny. Eliminate. Win. Join the fight and outwit and outmanoeuvre your way to victory.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Arena Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 8.3%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #23 Pew Pew Magic Wizard Fighter
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Benevolent Creative Technologies LLC
Windows
It's Wizard VS Wizard in this isometric arcade battle blaster! Dominate a gauntlet of Best-of-5 duels across unique, destructible arenas that change with every match. Out-maneuver rivals with your chosen fighter's special moves to an eclectic electronic score by inflexi0n.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Procedural Generation 6.8%, Arcade 6.3%
- #24 Nebula Strike
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 杨羽灰
Windows
Nebula Strike is a space-themed 2.5D top-down twin-stick shooter game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.9%, Space Sim 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 8.6%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #25 Dark Galaxy
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dominik Drozdz
Windows · Linux
Dark Galaxy is a fast-paced action roguelike top-down shooter. Pilot a space drone to battle an invasive insectoid species. Illuminate the darkness and grow stronger as you travel to different star systems. Can you free our galaxy from the invaders?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Time 22.1% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #26 Frayspace
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: MTTHKL
Windows · Linux
Fraypace is a local multiplayer top-down space arena shooter for up to 8 players. Choose your fighter, select your weapon, and enjoy the fast-paced and physics-based action with friends or AIs in fully destructible maps.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Arena Shooter 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shooter 7.6%, Space 6%
- #27 Total Tank Tapout
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: OXGameStudio's
Windows
A Local Multiplayer Top Down Shooter with a specialized control scheme making you focus under high stake situations. This mixed with destructive environments and different tank upgrades provides a fun and flexible local game for you and your friends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Arena Shooter 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Arcade 8.9%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #28 Solar Core
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aileron InteractivePub: Mangos For Hire
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive to the end of each track in fast, rhythm-driven combat in this top down twin-stick roguelike.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Arena Shooter 17.6%, Rhythm 15.8%, Arcade 5.8%
- #29 Max Raider
79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Kairoscope
Windows · Mac
Max Raider is a top-down 3D action shooter where you fight waves of enemies on procedurally generated arenas. Rest and prepare for the next series of waves by buying a variety of weapons and items from your allies. Protect the Bunker, your only hope for a home.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Arena Shooter 23%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Shooter 7.8%
- #30 NOXE
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DSX
Windows
NOXE: 100 unique Steam achievements to decorate your profile.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Space 11%, Score Attack 8.7%, Shooter 5.5%
- #31 Alien Wall
78% matchNo user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Stefan Preuss
Windows · Mac
Alien Wall is a powerful genre mix between a brick breaker and ‘shoot em up’. Modern retro Arcade fun at its best!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1%, Arena Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Space 10.7%
- #32 Split Drive
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SmallBigSquare
Windows
Split Drive is a roguelite arena shooter where you have to find your way home through a hostile galaxy, numerous locations and a variety of bosses, all generated procedurally.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Arena Shooter 22%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shooter 9.7%, Space 6.2%
- #33 Bug Blast
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Giga GruntsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Fight and dodge through hundreds of space bugs in Bug Blast! Go through each space station to protect from the hoards of bugs that come their way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 7.3%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #34 Xeno Crisis
76% matchVery Positive86% of 217 reviews2019
Dev: Bitmap Bureau
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Arena Shooter 20.3%, Shooter 7.8%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #35 Black Hole Survivor
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Trike
Windows
A physics based twin-stick shooter. Survive as long as possible and get a high score. Use your gravity beam or your gravity mine to destroy endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29%, Arena Shooter 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Space 8.9%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #36 Deep Deep Deep Nightmare
73% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Nato GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare is a 2D Top Down Shooter. Survive by facing monsters in the nightmare of a little boy who didn’t heed his mother’s warnings that eating too much before bed can cause nightmares.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Arena Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 6.7%
- #37 Circus Interstellar
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Ettinsoft
Windows
Circus Interstellar is a brutal arcade shooter featuring high-octane action, and killer music! Earth voyagers encounter a sadistic alien race with a terrifying clownish appearance and a nasty appetite. Will the survivors escape the gory circus? Or will they be assimilated like all the rest?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Arena Shooter 23%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 7.3%
- #38 ANNIHILATOR
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLC
Windows
ANNIHILATOR is a gritty top-down shooter, originally made for the Game Boy Color. This is a modern adaption.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.6%, Arena Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 9.1%, Top-Down 5%
- #39 Space Bandit
73% matchVery Positive94% of 81 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 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Time 18.2% ★, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Shooter 7.9%
- #40 Messier111
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: MELPOT
Windows
The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 45.6%, Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Shooter 11.9%, Top-Down 9.3%, Action 5.2%
- #41 Sektori
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Kimmo LahtinenPub: Kimmo Factor Oy
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Arena Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Arcade 7.5%, Shooter 6.6%
- #42 Deadlocked
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive Games
Windows
Deadlocked: an adrenaline-packed Cartoon top-down shooter. Customize your loadout with unique weapons, unlock fun little pets, and upgrade your character. Master responsive gameplay and become a cutesy robot killing machine, There's one rule, Defy Deadlock
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Arena Shooter 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Time 16% ★, Shooter 7.7%
- #43 Arc’s Glitch Defender
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Raivela Games
Windows
Flood the arena with bullets. Dash, shockwave, and mow down endless robot hordes at breakneck speed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Arena Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 9.8%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #44 Earth Space Defenders
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Hetocode
Windows
Earth Space Defenders is a starship twin-stick real-time shooter action game. Experience story of menacing green smoke that plagues whole universe. Supports steam multiplayer and party play with multiple controllers.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.3%, Space Sim 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 8.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #45 Tanks Target Challenge
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Set Sail Games
Windows · Mac
Shoot and smash targets as you navigate through dynamic environments filled with moving targets and obstacles! Unleash your firepower to destroy as many targets as possible before time runs out.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.4%
- #46 Halo: Spartan Assault
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,916 reviews2014
Dev: Vanguard GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down 9.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #47 Groov
71% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Funkmasonry IndustriesPub: Metronomaton
Windows · Mac · Linux
Groov is a frenetic dual-stick shooter that makes you the conductor of an intergalactic jazz fusion orchestra. Every action in Groov has a musical reaction, and with three unique modes, randomized music, and powerups that slow down the song (and your enemies), no two playthroughs are ever alike!
Why similar: Rhythm 31.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.4%, Shooter 12%, Space 6.7%, Top-Down Shooter 6.6%
- #48 Don't PANIC!
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: YuTech
Windows
A fast‑paced symphony of destruction where you are always outnumbered. Survival demands constant motion, sharp evasion, and smart arsenal management.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Arena Shooter 19.6%, Space Sim 19.5%, Space 9.3%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #49 Space Ace
68% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Closed Bracket Studios
Windows
Space Ace is a 2D top-down shooter that focuses on upgrading your ship to fight through levels of Bosses and smaller enemies. Play with keyboard + mouse or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Arena Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shooter 8.2%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #50 Mothership Forever
70% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectorGames
Windows
Fight against an ever-evolving threat in this skill-based twinstick shooter 14 years in the making.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Space Sim 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 8.2%, Arcade 6.5%
- #51 Acropalypse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delightful Team
Windows
In this bullet time twin-stick shooter you murder the crops you plant. Complete orders by planting your own enemy waves. Use the power of the rocket gun to fly through the air and string together incredible combos.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Bullet Time 27.9% ★, Arena Shooter 18.3%, Arcade 6%, Action 5.4%
- #52 Devastator
69% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: RadiangamesPub: 2Awesome Studio
Windows
Devastator is a retro-modern arcade twin-stick shooter. Featuring spectacular, fluid visuals (with 4k and 120hz+ support), heart-pounding music and sound, and intuitive, intense, and varied gameplay, Devastator is the ultimate twin-stick shooter for people who love twin-stick shooters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Arena Shooter 15.4%, Score Attack 9%, Arcade 7.6%
- #53 Reticent Retribution
71% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Seth Billick
Windows · Linux
Reticent Retribution is a top down twin stick shooter. A 3rd person action game. You must blast waves of space enemies. You can use the keyboard and a controller. 720p 60fps. Press 'esc' to quit, 'h' for help.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Shooter 13.1%, Space 10.6%, Top-Down 9.2%
- #54 Monday Meltdown
66% matchVery Positive96% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: NF MynsterPub: Footstomp Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Time 11.8% ★, Shooter 10.1%
- #55 Strike Wings
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strike Wings Games
Windows · Mac
A top-down modernized retro space combat epic. Choose from over fifty warships and be part of massive fleet actions with hundreds of ships on the field. Fly for Earth's church-state or the Martian forge that armed it. Play solo, in split-screen co-op, or in max 24-pilot online attrition battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 10.9%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #56 WAVEBEAM
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan Collins
Windows · Mac
2-4 local players navigate the darkness while battling one another to be the last ship left. Fire your BEAM to destroy other ships and stay hidden while navigating the arena. Your PING not only reflects enemy BEAMs, but also reveals your surroundings and your location to everyone, so use it wisely!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.4%, Arena Shooter 30.7%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 7%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #57 Null Root
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: James Suret
Windows · Linux
A fast-paced survivor action roguelite where your daemon and cursor attack independently. Aim, place and chain devastating abilities, build lethal combos, and survive escalating digital swarms and bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Arena Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Shooter 7.4%
- #58 Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain
66% matchPositive98% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Herosoft
Windows
The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Arena Shooter 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 6.5%
- #59 CIPHER 61
67% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Fawncy Games
Windows
CIPHER 61 is a fast-paced, action-packed top-down-shooter, with tons of temporary and permanent upgrades. Can you make it through all 61 rooms?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Arena Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Shooter 7.6%
- #60 Abominable Asteroids
65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Fractal Fungus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lost in deep space and surrounded by deadly asteroids, your survival will depend on your shooting and piloting skills in this retro-inspired action game!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.5%, Space Sim 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Space 7.1%