- #1 HYPERWIRED
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIDRALGAMESPub: SelectaPlay
Windows
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%, Difficult 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.4%
- #2 Nebula Cleanup Crew
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Roguelite 11.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 11%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #3 Overkill Squad
96% 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 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Action Roguelike 9.3%, Difficult 8.3%
- #4 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
95% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Perma Death 12.5%, Bullet Hell 9.3%
- #5 Dead Oculus
94% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew Wilker
Windows
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 14.3%, Perma Death 10.7%, Difficult 10.4%, Action Roguelike 9.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%
- #6 Talas
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chillout Games
Windows
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike filled with mysterious encounters and dangerous bullet hell bosses
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Perma Death 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #7 Damocles Gaze
93% match7 user reviews86% of 7 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 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Perma Death 10.3%, Difficult 10.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.1%
- #8 Hate Me Not
92% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: NotJustGames
Windows · Linux
A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Perma Death 13.2%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #9 Cubed and Dangerous
91% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Ace High Arcade
Windows
Blast your way through infinite hordes while completing objectives in this chaotic twin-stick looter shooter with frantic juicy combat. Upgrade gear, recruit heroes, tackle cumulative escalating challenges in your quest for the build of ultimate destruction.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Roguelite 11.5%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Bullet Hell 10%
- #10 Super Polished
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Steven Peregrine
Windows
Clean, Quota, Upgrade, Repeat. Super Polished is a Top-down cleaning roguelite where you clean up while the mess is still being made.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 14.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #11 Star of Providence
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,320 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.1%, Roguelite 11.7%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #12 Doomed to Hell
89% matchVery Positive83% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.4%, Perma Death 11.7%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Action Roguelike 11%
- #13 No Space For All
89% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Perma Death 12.3%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #14 Madlum
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlindVoid
Windows
Experience relentless bullet hell shmup gameplay in a dark hand-drawn style. Salvage powerful relics from fallen rivals to push through the ever-rising pressure and escape Madlum's Vault.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Perma Death 13.2%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #15 Dualism
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Noah Judson
Windows
Intense arcade shoot 'em up / bullet hell with twin-stick controls, roguelite upgrades, and a white & black twist where opposites damage and similars heal. An addicting, challenging, and relentless experience where you must control light and dark to succeed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Difficult 10.6%, Bullet Hell 10%
- #16 Demons are coming!
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Kacper Soroka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Demons are coming! is a bullet hell rougelite shooter where you fight a high variety of demons that occupied your holy land. Use the upgrades you find to your advantage and create your ideal guns to help you kill the most terrifying monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Action Roguelike 10.3%
- #17 Raining Blood: Hellfire
85% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: TechBoohPub: SehLoiro
Windows
Inspired by the iconic Call of Duty Zombies experience, Raining Blood Hellfire 1.0 is an intense survival bullet hell where chaos reigns and every round is a brutal battle for life — and absolute power. Kill, upgrade, explore, die, repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Perma Death 12.3%, Difficult 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10.3%
- #18 Spaceship Looter
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Bullet Hell 10.7%
- #19 Mars Survivors
84% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Leguas Intrepidas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Action Roguelike 13.2%
- #20 Salt VS Pepper
83% 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 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 11%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
- #21 Witchinour
84% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 14.2%, Roguelite 10.3%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #22 Astrochibbi
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XGAME
Windows
Survive endless waves of cosmic chaos in Astrochibbi! Fight through escalating battles where every wave brings new monsters, new patterns, and new challenges. Dodge, shoot, and adapt as the battlefield evolves and only the strongest survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Bullet Hell 11.5%
- #23 Space Slinger
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #24 Spent Shells
81% 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 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Difficult 11.1%, Bullet Hell 9.5%
- #25 Slay To The End
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maxim
Windows · Linux
"Slay To The End" is an intense and thrilling survival roguelite game that plunges you into the edge of the apocalypse. Faced with hordes of terrifying creatures, your only option is to wield your weapon and embark on a brutal journey of slaughter, battling until the very last moment.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11.3%
- #26 Orbit Run
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MoxensGameDev
Windows
Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Roguelite 12%, Perma Death 12%, Bullet Hell 11.3%
- #27 Baby Redemption
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun Anaconda
Windows
Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Perma Death 11.2%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #28 Lost Potato
79% matchVery Positive94% of 234 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.5%, Perma Death 13.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Difficult 10.1%
- #29 Woodpunk
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Bullet Hell 11%, Difficult 10.5%
- #30 Dusky Depths
78% 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 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Difficult 11.5%, Bullet Hell 10.3%
- #31 Hyper Sentinel Fusion
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac
Pilot an agile star fighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha—your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on explosive upgrades, ready for the next run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 13.4%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #32 Rustwing
76% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Crystal
Windows
Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Perma Death 13%, Difficult 11.5%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%
- #33 Skycliffs
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Perma Death 13.4%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #34 Entomophobia
75% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Bullet Hell 12%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #35 Huedini
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JuiceGoose
Windows
Huedini is a colour-matching action roguelike game. Play as Huedini, a powerful wizard with the ability to change his colour. By matching your colour, to that of the enemies you can absorb their colour essence. By combining these colour essences into the correct combination, you can cast spells.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Difficult 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #36 Planetary Dustoff
76% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Bullet Hell 9.2%
- #37 BloodDome99
73% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
BloodDome99 is a game about nostalgia, capitalism, violence, and over-the-top absurdist fun. 80s arcade meets modern horde-survival roguelike. Create unique builds, master more than 40 weapons, and kill ever-growing hordes of contestants in the retro-futuristic gladiator gameshow BLOODDOME99
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%
- #38 Undercroft Warriors
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 502 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 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Difficult 12%, Bullet Hell 11.2%
- #39 Laboratory X-29
74% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: BlayzbyFill Games
Windows
Laboratory X-29 is a sci-fi roguelite-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist takes his chances to escape from the Lab after an accident. Shoot your way out to freedom, clear rooms full of other dangerous experiments, find out the secrets hidden in this place and eat chicken to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Difficult 9.9%
- #40 Shapes & Shots - Prologue
74% match8 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Visio Game Studio
Windows
Shapes & Shots is a Roguelite Shooter Bullet-hell, where you can control time as you make your way through a twisted and delusional universe. Your enemies will merge, creating infinite combinations to try to overwhelm you: only your skills, combined with upgrades you choose, can lead you to victory.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.6%, Difficult 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Bullet Hell 11.2%
- #41 Voidigo
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,782 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Bullet Hell 9.8%
- #42 Hostile Lands
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Perceiving Light
Windows
Hostile Lands is a 2D top-down, roguelite shooter where a crash landing is mistaken for an act of war. LOOT tons of unique guns. ENHANCE your skills. RESCUE surviving crew members and ESCAPE...if you can.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Perma Death 12.6%, Bullet Hell 9.5%
- #43 Uber Destruction
72% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Hayden Fisher
Windows
Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Perma Death 13.1%, Bullet Hell 10.1%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #44 Gunblade Ranger
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astral Flow Games
Windows
Gunblade Ranger is a post-apocalyptic Roguelike top-down shooter. You will use guns and blades to hunt monsters in randomly generated radiation zones, collect mutant abilities, break into the source of the radiation, and face the final challenge.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Perma Death 12.7%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #45 Gunslinger Express
71% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Glinnor
Windows
Defend a moving train against relentless bandit attacks. Shoot enemies, repair wagons and upgrade your character as you explore diverse regions each with unique guns, enemies and upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Bullet Hell 10.8%
- #46 Animal Rogues
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: manProduction
Windows
Animal Rogues is a dark rogue-lite dungeon crawler bullet-hell with rpg elements. You play as an animal who fights against one possessed beast after another! Discover unique interactable objects such as slot machines, dices.. Collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Perma Death 13.2%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Bullet Hell 11.1%
- #47 Void Resurgence
69% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Perma Death 12.5%, Roguelite 11.2%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
- #48 Hover Point
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: chaqibrahim
Windows
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Perma Death 13.2%, Bullet Hell 9.7%
- #49 Evil Egg
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: Ivy Sly
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Blast it all to hell.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Perma Death 12.7%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #50 Hyperlight Survivor
70% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: WittGames
Windows
A Competitive Bullet Hell with roguelite mechanics. Fight against endless hordes of enemies in ever-changing arenas, unlock new spaceships and upgrade them with devastating weapons and Power-Ups. Complete contracts and reach new ranks to become the ultimate Champion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Perma Death 17.2%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #51 Wisterix
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Limit
Windows
Wisterix is a fast-paced top-down shooter. As you enter an ever-shifting void, you’ll face relentless hordes of monsters guarding the gates to deeper, more treacherous dimensions. Fight through shifting worlds, collect weapons, and adapt your strategy as the void twists and turns against you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Perma Death 15.7%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Difficult 10%
- #52 GunDeck[100]
68% matchPositive92% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Dos Jamones
Windows · Mac · Linux
GunDeck[100] is a lightning-fast twin-stick shooter where you’ll build your arsenal from randomly-dealt cards. Weapons fire in a rainbow of elements with unique effects. Dart and dodge to survive the fireworks unleashed against you, and retaliate with your own display! Can YOU survive to wave 100?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Perma Death 15%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #53 Monsters 'til Midnight
68% matchVery Positive85% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: Retro Dreamer
Windows
Use steampunk weaponry to vanquish the legions of evil and survive until the clock strikes midnight! In this fast-paced horde survival game, each powerful upgrade can help turn the tide. Go it alone, or join another player in your pursuit to outlast the inevitable march of time itself!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #54 Pinball Storm: Lokanta
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 343 reviews2025
Dev: Aastral DynamicsPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Pinball Storm:Lokanta is a RPG game combing Roguelike and pinball gameplay. You will be part of the resistance against plutocracy. Use your marble pinballs to eliminate waves of enemies, and collect resources to further enhance your marbles. Save the world from hell!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 12.5%
- #55 BroodStar
67% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Perma Death 13.6%, Roguelite 11.9%, Bullet Hell 11%
- #56 Rush Rover
69% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Roguelite 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12%
- #57 Mechanophagia
66% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Apamate Studio
Windows
Aim. Dodge. Survive. Battle through a sci-fi hell in this intense Twin-Stick Roguelite Shooter. Survive the endless swarm for 10 minutes, defeat the level boss, or die trying. Draft powerful synergies in every run and purchase permanent upgrades to outlast the extinction.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Action Roguelike 11.5%
- #58 Waspkeeper
67% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Waspkeeper is an action roguelite game where your main goal is to survive as long as possible in a field full of venomous wasps with one out of four playable characters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Difficult 13.3%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Action Roguelike 13.2%
- #59 Odinfall
65% matchVery Positive87% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: Ember Paw GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Ragnarok was just the beginning… of the end! Odinfall is a Viking-themed, rogue-lite, twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through procedurally generated levels, upgrade your character, modify your weapons and take down robotic Norse gods to earn your freedom!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Difficult 10.4%, Roguelite 9.7%