- #1 Xenomire
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Veilworks Games
Windows · Linux
XENOMIRE is a 2D sci-fi horror extraction shooter. Descend to a contaminated alien planet, complete contracts, gather loot, and extract before the horrors lurking there tear you apart. Upgrade your gear and create unique builds for each high-risk expedition.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39% ★, Looter Shooter 20.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 5.8%, PvE 5.6%
- #2 Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice Quake GamesPub: Ice Quake Studios
Windows
Project S.U.N.D.I.A.L. is a PvPvE extraction shooter playable in single-player or online. Explore a shattered Europe, battle hostile players, ruthless raiders, and terrifying Hollows, then fight your way to extraction.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 24.1% ★, Extraction Shooter 19.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, PvE 7%
- #3 Rontgard
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomasz Decker
Windows
A tense top-down post-apocalyptic survival shooter where every bullet, bandage, and inventory slot matters.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.2% ★, Looter Shooter 21.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Shooter 5.4%
- #4 Thrive Z
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CASHPub: GorillaGamesStudio
Windows
Thrive Z is a top-down zombie extraction shooter where every raid is a gamble between survival and greed. Enter dangerous locations, search containers for valuable supplies, fight infected and hostile scavengers, and extract before everything falls apart.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Lore-Rich 8.9%, PvE 8.2%, Shooter 7.6%
- #5 Omen
94% matchPositive86% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Codex Interactive LLC
Windows
Infiltrate the remnants of a fallen empire, extract valuable loot, establish defenses against hostile fanatics, and unlock the gateway to a dimension of cosmic dread that defies comprehension.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.7% ★, Looter Shooter 25% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, PvE 6.9%, Top-Down 5.5%
- #6 The Forever Winter
94% matchMixed68% of 24,980 reviews2024
Dev: Fun Dog Studios
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38% ★, Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Mechs 11.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, PvE 6.9%
- #7 SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada
93% matchMixed41% of 3,752 reviews2025
Dev: Game Studio Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 50.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
In this PvPvE extraction shooter, players, aided by an AI partner known as a Magus, must survive against xenomorphic creatures and other players in the hunt for resources.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 35.2% ★, Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Mechs 19.4% ★, PvE 6.2%, Shooter 4.8%
- #8 Modificator
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meomw Games
Windows
A multiplayer extraction shooter built around self-modification. Hunt creatures, trade with rival factions, and equip Modificators salvaged from your kills to upgrade health, damage, fire-rate and more, then extract before someone strips you for parts.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 50.2% ★, Looter Shooter 27.3% ★, PvE 6.2%, Exploration 5.5%, Shooter 5.4%
- #9 Dead Extraction
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bleachmamaPub: Studio Paperbox
Windows
Explore zombie-infested Tokyo, scavenge resources, and make it out alive. Expand your shelter, manage survivors, and face dynamic threats and deadly bosses in a top-down extraction survival roguelite.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.8% ★, Looter Shooter 18.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, PvE 6.1%
- #10 ZERO Sievert
91% matchVery Positive85% of 15,588 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 45.6% ★, Looter Shooter 22.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Open World 5.8%, Shooter 5.7%
- #11 Rebuild The Shelter
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JAM Game Studio
Windows
Rebuild The Shelter is a top-down PvE extraction survival shooter. Search randomized wasteland maps for supplies, fight zombie hordes and mutated enemies, unlock weapons, skills, and random buffs, extract with your loot, and gradually rebuild a safe shelter in the apocalypse.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 44.1% ★, Looter Shooter 17.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Shooter 7.2%, Post-apocalyptic 4.7%
- #12 Atomic Exile
89% matchVery Positive81% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Inferno Muse Interactive
Windows
Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.3% ★, Looter Shooter 23.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Shooter 6.7%, Open World 6.5%
- #13 HollowCity:EscapeFromSeoul
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StudioHeorang
Windows
'HollowCity' is a PvE top-down extraction shooter set in a ruined city. Solo or with up to 4 players, you must explore various zones and gather survival supplies. Hostile humans aren't the only threats to your life. Fight through monsters born from unknown causes and escape safely.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.9% ★, Looter Shooter 23% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, PvE 6.2%
- #14 Blood Running
88% matchMixed70% of 206 reviews2025
Dev: Dead Unicorn
Windows
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.8% ★, Looter Shooter 24.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Shooter 6.4%, Open World 6.4%
- #15 Escape from Junglekov
86% matchMixed40% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: thinfat
Windows
Use limited resources to try to acquire more equipment, and then continuously explore the scene to survive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38% ★, Looter Shooter 22.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.4%, Shooter 6.5%
- #16 Escape from Ashville
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vial Addict
Windows
Loot, fight and extract — or lose everything. A high-risk extraction shooter focused on survival, tactical combat, and meaningful decisions.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.2% ★, Looter Shooter 25.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%, PvE 6.7%, Open World 6.6%
- #17 Terminal Falls
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Søren Interactive
Windows
Tense top-down extraction shooter. Build your gear, loot, fight until your last HP & discover mystery of a town devastated by a war that never was. Your chance for survival is low, but never zero...
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 44.2% ★, Looter Shooter 23.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Character Customization 4.8%, RPG 4%
- #18 No Escape from Madness
85% matchMixed66% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: qiqin
Windows
No Escape from Madness is a thrilling shooting adventure game that blends Lovecraftian elements with extraction gameplay. You will guide the self-sacrificing infantry operators into the Sector where The Elder One is poised to descend.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 55.5% ★, Looter Shooter 15.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%, Shooter 5%
- #19 Escape the Void
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YarnCat Games
Windows
Escape the Void is a top-down extraction shooter set in a magical fantasy universe. As a survivor in the void, work solo or in a party with up to 3 other players and uncover the truth about the void. Hunt, loot, craft items and gear, and try your best to survive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46.6% ★, Looter Shooter 18.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Open World 8.2%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #20 Escape From Duckov
82% matchVery Positive84% of 104,533 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.6% ★, Looter Shooter 24.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Shooter 7%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #21 Dreadweave
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: DeadGrass Games
Windows
A post-Soviet extraction horror shooter set in a ghost town split between reality and its dark reflection, where a creature hunts your heartbeat. Loot, fight, and extract before your pulse gives you away.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 43.1% ★, Looter Shooter 24.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Open World 6.9%, Shooter 6.7%
- #22 Walk in PENUMBRA
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YOK GAMES
Windows
Penumbra is a shadow-manipulating rogue-lite shooter. Step into the shadows for double damage. Navigate procedurally generated maps, create your own dark zones, and exploit the shadows of your enemies. A strategic "shadow-shooter" where positioning changes everything!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 26.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Looter Shooter 20.3% ★, Shooter 12.4%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #23 State Breakers
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Symbol Door
Windows
State Breakers is a chaotic top-down PvPvE extraction shooter. INTERSTATE A.I. has turned against humanity! They must be infiltrated and destroyed! Resist solo or in a team - kill zombies, hack the map, outwit rival humans, loot, level up - and overthrow the clanker scum!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.7% ★, Looter Shooter 20.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, PvE 5.3%
- #24 Deadline Escape
80% matchVery Positive85% of 447 reviews2026
Dev: DeadlineEscape
Windows
Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 40.5% ★, Extraction Shooter 35.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Shooter 3.6%, PvE 1.7%
- #25 Osteomalacia
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yellow Screen
Windows
Osteomalacia is a 2D top-down survival shooter set in a fog-covered city overrun by mutated beasts. Fight to escape by any means, upgrade your gear and skills, and uncover the story as you survive.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 31.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, PvE 8.8%, Shooter 8%
- #26 Haron: The Riverside
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ludos Studios
Windows
Explore the Riverside world, where dangerous enemies, mysterious anomalous phenomena and amazing artifacts await you. Make your own way in this unique story, make friends and defeat enemies. Choose your path and find a way out, because it will determine your fate in the end.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 25.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Lore-Rich 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, PvE 7.3%
- #27 Zero Pixel Dawn
79% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: LauMVP StudioPub: Victor Lau
Windows
Enter a brutal extraction shooter where every run matters. Scavenge dangerous zones, fight enemies, and escape with your loot — or lose everything. Use guns and magic to survive a collapsing pixel world. Take risks, push deeper, and face the unknown. Will you extract or die trying?
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 35.7% ★, Looter Shooter 20.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Shooter 8.2%
- #28 Exul: Beyond the Gate
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Jaroslav Krninsky
Windows
Exul: Beyond the Gate is a top-down retro-sci-fi action RPG shooter where you play as an Exul on his journey to an unknown galaxy. Play with your friends in a Co-Op experience where you loot, shoot, pilot, explore, trade, and much more — all to stay alive.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, PvE 8.6%, Shooter 8%, Exploration 6.1%
- #29 SCP
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DHOLE.
Windows
Infiltrate breached SCP facilities in this tactical co-op horror extraction shooter. Survive surreal anomalies, recover forbidden intel, and escape.. or lose everything. The deeper you go, the stranger and deadlier it gets.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38% ★, Looter Shooter 23% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, PvE 6.8%, Shooter 5.6%
- #30 External
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sinners Bytes
Windows · Linux
RPG extraction-shooter in a post-apocalyptic setting. Survive in the ruins of the old world, loot gear, level up skills, improve your equipment and shelter. Fight various factions, or complete missions to become their ally.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 38.1% ★, Looter Shooter 21% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Open World 6.3%
- #31 Liberators Inc.
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kokoon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Governments are gone. The goddamn bugs are everywhere. And somebody has to get rid of them! Enter the Liberators: mercenary crews that survivors of the bugapolypse hire to exterminate the vile Swarm. Grab your weapons, get yourself a vehicle, team up with your friends, and get rich or die trying!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46.6% ★, Looter Shooter 26.1% ★, Shooter 7.6%, Top-Down 6.4%, PvE 5.9%
- #32 Extinction Zone
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 171Dev
Windows · Linux
EXTINCTION ZONE is a zombie themed combat action survival game with 2D pixel art environments, puzzles to solve and a conspiracy to unravel.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #33 Internal Incident
75% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Deadly Donut
Windows
Internal Incident – a top-down survival horror extraction shooter. Explore the hidden corners of a vast facility in search of resources while fighting off terrifying creatures lurking in the dark. Unveil the secrets of the abandoned complex and do everything you can to make it out alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 56.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Top-Down 8.3%, PvE 8.1%, Shooter 5.9%
- #34 No Such Place
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Welcome to the Unknown Research Consortium (U.R.C.), where you’re tasked with conducting reconnaissance missions, terminating unknown threats, gathering crucial information, and reaching the evacuation point in this treacherous top-down extraction shooter.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46% ★, Looter Shooter 25.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%, Shooter 6.7%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #35 The Old Front
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Camppyre Productions
Windows
The Old Front is a single-player top-down extraction shooter set in an alternative WW1, where you must scavenge the abandoned frontline for weapons, gear and supplies. Band together with former enemies to build up your base and fight against the rise of the undead.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 34.7% ★, Looter Shooter 21.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Shooter 5.9%
- #36 HOPE 01
73% matchVery Positive93% of 168 reviews2026
Dev: Bending Boy Games
Windows · Linux
HOPE 01 is a single player extraction survival RPG with multiple endings. Explore, Loot, and Fight your way through the dangerous enemies and bosses of the hab cluster and solve the mystery of the legendary HAB 01.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 44.6% ★, Looter Shooter 25.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, PvE 7%, Multiple Endings 5.7%
- #37 Last Extract
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loinkham Studio
Windows
Last Extract is a brutal extraction looter set in a collapsing world ruled by greed. Scavenge, shoot, and survive in a blend of hand crafted and procedural generated landscapes. In a broken society, survival is the only currency.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.8% ★, Looter Shooter 23.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%, RPG 5.2%, Shooter 5.1%
- #38 Extreme Survival Club!
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZephyrStudioPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
You're forced to participate in a game of survival on a deserted island, all because your buddy used you as collateral for a personal debt. Now armed with little more than a gun and a handful of supplies, your girlfriend group must struggle to make it out alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 58.9% ★, Looter Shooter 25.2% ★, Exploration 5.3%, Top-Down Shooter 5.1%, Action 3.3%
- #39 ZERO Sievert 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnderdogPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
ZERO Sievert 2 is a top-down PvE extraction shooter set in the ruined country of Zakov. Hunt alone or with a crew, face anomalies, bandits, and mutants, and make it out alive.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 39.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Lore-Rich 10.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Shooter 6.7%
- #40 Die Trying
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Plunge into a world ravaged by the dead in this hilarious co-op shooter. Blending silly antics with open-world sandbox freedom. Escape with a plethora of loot, or Die Trying!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 46.8% ★, Looter Shooter 27.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 6.7%, Open World 6.5%, PvE 6.2%
- #41 Embargo
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Embargo Team
Windows
Embargo is a multiplayer extraction shooter set in a persistent world inspired by Cuba. Leave your apartment, explore the world, fight other players and hostile AI, gather valuable loot, and make it back home alive
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 57.3% ★, Looter Shooter 21.8% ★, PvE 7.7%, Exploration 5.9%, Shooter 5.4%
- #42 30 Mikes ’Til Extraction
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8 Slice Games
Windows
Scavenge for resources, while avoiding lethal robots in 30 MIkes 'til extraction.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.4% ★, Looter Shooter 28.8% ★, Shooter 7.8%, PvE 6.4%, Horror 5%
- #43 Shell Runner
71% matchMixed55% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Reija
Windows
2045. Life's never been cheaper. Shells mean you can come back if you have money. You used to. Now you're on the bottom in a cyberpunk sprawl. Claw your way back up through wet work as a Shell Runner, in a PvE extraction looter shooter, where a gig can make you rich - or broke.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.4% ★, Looter Shooter 25.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Shooter 7.3%, PvE 4.2%
- #44 Nuclear Epoch
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Nuclear Epoch: Open-world survival mixing base building & extraction shooting. Explore with friends, raid dangerous instances for loot, but death means losing everything. Craft weapons with fully customizable stats in this post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.2% ★, Looter Shooter 27.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Open World 8.3%, Shooter 5.5%
- #45 Dead On Arrival
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jacob CPub: Studio Vacant
Windows
Dead On Arrival is a gritty hybrid top-down / first-person zombie survival shooter. Build barricades, scavenge weapons, resources and hold your ground against relentless undead waves—solo or with friends.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 31.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, PvE 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Shooter 8.3%
- #46 STALZONE
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 109,490 reviews2022
Dev: EXBO
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 100.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.2% ★, Looter Shooter 14% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Open World 8.9%, PvE 6.1%
- #47 CRAST
70% matchMixed43% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Qazaq Games Studio
Windows
A first-person online shooter where every match is a fight for resources, upgrades, and survival. Gather loot, craft attachments, extract with your rewards, or become the last player standing.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 49.9% ★, Looter Shooter 15.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, PvE 8.7%, Shooter 7.6%
- #48 Last Helion
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TruePlayers
Windows
Last Helion is a roguelike, extraction inspired shooter. Take down wanted fugitives across procedurally generated worlds. Battle warring factions and bosses to secure valuable loot. Craft gear, build your ship, and upgrade your character each run. Death resets the hunt, so kill, earn, die, repeat.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.8% ★, Looter Shooter 26.2% ★, Shooter 8.1%, Open World 7.8%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #49 Cold Sweat
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FreezeFire Games
Windows
Cold Sweat is a PvE single player extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Collect loot, complete missions for traders, upgrade your base, customize your firearms, and shoot your way through other survivors and the undead.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.5% ★, Looter Shooter 28% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, PvE 8.2%, Shooter 4.5%
- #50 Exit Ways
68% matchMostly Negative23% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: ASKES
Windows
Exit Ways is a PvEvP survival extraction shooter. Grow your community in a zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, craft gear and build a base.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.1% ★, Looter Shooter 14.5% ★, PvE 9.1%, Shooter 8%, Open World 6.4%
- #51 Waste Force
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: H.O.P.EPub: Outsiderkids
Windows
is a post-apocalyptic PvE extraction shooter. Drive a garbage truck with your crew and survive oncoming mutants and scavengers. Repair the vehicle during chases and collect resources. Connect special trailers to complete your own vehicle. Cleanse the surface as part of Waste Force!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 41.8% ★, Looter Shooter 20.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Lore-Rich 7.3%
- #52 Dead Zone
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gathering Storm Studio
Windows
Gathering Storm Studio proudly present Dead Zone. Inspired by Retro Top-Down Arcade Shooters : Dead Zone offers a unique gaming experience within the modern zombie apocalypse genre. Where you have to loot, trade, craft and shoot your way to survival.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, PvE 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Shooter 8.7%
- #53 Gum Squad
66% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: FernMakesGames
Windows
Gum Squad is a co-op PvE shooter set in a quiet world gone sticky. Start with a peashooter, explore together, and gear up to survive the gum epidemic with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Open World 10.1%, PvE 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%
- #54 Vindictive Drive 2: Maidbot Archive
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Bokensha Studio
Windows
Mecha-Moe bullet hell action meets sandbox exploration and souls-like boss hunting! Experience the thrill of a classic twin-stick shooter, reimagined for keyboard and mouse precision. All Maidbots are fully voiced, bringing every battle to life. Fans call it "The Maidbot Game".
Why similar: Mechs 20.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Lore-Rich 11%, Shooter 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #55 Lost Light
68% matchMixed55% of 28,188 reviews2022
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Join the "Firefly" task force and unveil the sinister plot behind the exclusion zone in the world of Lost Light. You could either scavenge for supplies or go out with guns blazing and plunder. Survive the brutal domain where danger lurks in every corner!
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 52.2% ★, Looter Shooter 27.7% ★, Shooter 10.2%, Open World 4.8%, Post-apocalyptic 3.7%
- #56 ApocaShift
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GrimArc
Windows
ApocaShift is a solo-developed extraction looter that throws you into high-stakes expeditions across the wasteland, where survival hinges on the gear you carry, the base you build, and the few allies you can count on.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 37.6% ★, Looter Shooter 22.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #57 Gravebound
65% matchMixed60% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Crater Studios
Windows
Gravebound is a 6-player co-op extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by rogue machines. Scavenge valuable loot, survive intense firefights, complete dynamic objectives, and extract alive to keep what you earn. Push deeper for rarer rewards, tougher enemies, and higher stakes.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.1% ★, Extraction Shooter 28.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, PvE 9.3%, Shooter 9%
- #58 Peace Island
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: intiny
Windows
Twenty years ago, the paradise was revived. After the signing of the "Tide City Peace Agreement", the Atlantic United States and the Blazing Sun Empire hired desperate individuals to delve into the cursed inner islands in search of those lost angels.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 41.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%, RPG 6.6%
- #59 Extraction Manifest
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hello Mirror
Windows
Extraction Manifest is a fast-paced loot-and-extract game. Drop into a hostile zone, grab mission loot and high-value gear, then get out alive. Will you carry a wounded teammate? Call in an airdrop mid-search? Build a top-tier gun for your rover dog? Every call is yours.
Why similar: Extraction Shooter 59.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 7.1%, Top-Down 5.9%, RPG 3.3%