- #1 Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke
97% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sykonest
Windows
Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke is a single player top down shooter game in which you "Joe Blunt" are trying to fight your way through an onslaught of cigarettes, with the sole purpose to track down your beloved Mary Jane from the clutches of evil Dr Hydro.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 69.4%, Action 18.3%, Indie 12.3%
- #2 Dome Drive
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zampa
Windows
Dome Drive is a story-driven, single-player, top-down color-based shooter about androids and humans trapped under a dome
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Story Rich 13.8%, Shooter 4.7%, Adventure 2.9%
- #3 Operation : Escape
96% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: ICT@SUPub: ZDKHub
Windows
A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Action 15%, Shooter 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #4 Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
95% matchVery Positive89% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: Winning Entertainment Group Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The original cute and hardcore shrine maiden shooter is now available on Steam! Completely new game, a sequel to the home original "Pocky&Rocky" (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)! The adventures of Pocky&Rocky begin once again.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.7%, Action 13.2%, Shooter 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #5 魔棒少女みらくるくるん -Magical stick girl Miracle Kurun-
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: desunoya
Windows
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.6%, Action 12.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #6 ReCoil
94% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Sisyphean Games
Windows
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 62.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Action 9.2%, Shooter 5.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #7 Space Jammers
93% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Spread Shot Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Jammers is a 1-4 player Sci-Fi rogue-ish top-down shooter. Guide an alien rock band of space kitten pirates through a fractured multi-verse. Fly starfighters, board space ships and loot local populations to fund your musical tour.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 66.1%, Action 16.8%, Indie 11.4%, Adventure 5.7%
- #8 Conjunctivitalizer
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Kanipro Games
Windows
Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Action 14.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Indie 3%
- #9 SPEARHEAD
91% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: BulletCow
Windows
Spearhead is the story of agents who join secret organizations in a chaotic world surrounded by infectious diseases. Experience the story of six agents joining.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58.1%, Pixel Graphics 22.4%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 4.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #10 Bit Bullet
91% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Bit Bullet – Is a single player top-down shooter with an escalating difficulty level and complicated enemies, in which you will have to blow up and crush hordes of enemies using various weapons and skills.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 65%, Action 21.1%, Indie 13.9%
- #11 摩尼遊戯TOKOYO
90% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: STUDIO TOKOYO
Windows · Mac
Maniyugi TOKOYO is a Pixel-art shooting game inspired by Japanese Buddhist worldview. The player becomes a priest, goes on a journey round the Rokudo, aims at constant life while accumulating merit.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.1%, Action 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 6.7%
- #12 いるかにうろこがないわけ
89% matchVery Positive91% of 187 reviews2023
Dev: 月刊湿地帯Pub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
こんな時間まで起きているわがままハニーマスタードちゃんには特別に、いるかにうろこがないわけを教えてあげようかねえ。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Action 13.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #13 Superstatic
89% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: Sleepy Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Superstatic is a top-down shooter where you're given the ability to possess and control your enemies. Using "copies", you're able to perform a variety of skills including killing enemies within a certain radius, chaining kills together based on your current combo, teleporting to your copy's position and more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 61.5%, Action 23.8%, Indie 14.7%
- #14 Survivor: Unknown Village
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shobota
Windows
"Survivor: Unknown Village" is a shooting game where you blast through oncoming hordes of zombies. Collect power-up panels to increase your soldier count and lead your squad to victory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.8%, Action 15.7%, Shooter 11.6%, Story Rich 11.1%, Indie 3.5%
- #15 Beyond The Veil
87% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Incubator Creations
Windows
Beyond the Veil is a dark, hybrid-genre game. Guide the wanderer in his journey across ancient lands. Gather food, water, weapons, and resources to overcome the challenges that lie before you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Action 14%, Indie 7%, RPG 6.1%
- #16 Ribbit Rampage
86% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Patricia Norton
Windows
An arcade-style top-down shooter where your only weapon is your froggy tongue. Eat hoardes of enemy insects in frantic, high-precision fights that demand clever decision-making. Don't get surrounded - it's one hit and you're croaked.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 79.6%, Action 14.3%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 2%
- #17 Arcadia
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 69.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Action 9.7%, Shooter 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #18 Main Action
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: nn
Windows
Main Action - 3d top-down shooter with pixel graphics, not a long game with magic and monsters. In this game you will save the world and the villagers from evil. You are a magical creature who alone must cope with evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 67.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #19 Dark Knight
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: AXIMOX
Windows
👑 Can you restore the honor of the fallen knight—or be consumed by the shadows you once served?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.4%, Action 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Shooter 9.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #20 Paragon Protocol: V X V
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XerxestheFowl
Windows
Top-Down Shooter, Platformer, Mazes, rolled into one experience. Having trouble with a level? Try some Secondary Objectives. Want a more casual contest? Try the arcade mode, and don't forget to check the in-game leaderboard!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 66.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Action 12%, Indie 3.2%, RPG 3.2%
- #21 Operation Thunder
83% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: Flashblack Games
Windows · Linux
Operation Thunder is a top-down shooter with a tactical twist and destructible walls. Use your guns, gadgets and wits to outsmart your enemies and become a hero. Good luck, Soldier.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 59.9%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, Action 9.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Indie 3.9%
- #22 Kill The Humans
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Cold Beverage StudiosPub: Walsh Technologies Corp
Windows
Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your mission: commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58.9%, Action 22.9%, Indie 16%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #23 Pain 'n Dave: The Maze of Malice
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: missingnoge
Windows
Escape the Maze of Malice in this frantic 2D top-down shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.9%, Indie 8.9%, Action 8.3%, Shooter 3.4%
- #24 Metronium
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blake PiercePub: Pierced Games
Windows
You are in the Metronium, a realm of cyber space ruled by the Creator. You are known as the user, the chosen one and savior of the Drivers who have been inflicted by the Trojans. Fight through the horde of Trojans to complete your objectives and take down the father of the Trojans, the Creator.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 69.4%, Action 18.3%, Indie 12.3%
- #25 L30-P4RD
81% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: 김정표Pub: L30-P4RD
Windows
L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 65.1%, Action 19%, Shooter 13.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #26 Unaided: 1939
80% matchMostly Positive67% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Drix Studios
Windows
Unaided: 1939 is a hardcore Top-Down shooter with stealth elements, set in the year 1939 before the start of World War II. Germany has not yet attacked Poland but tensions have already risen in central Europe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 71.9%, Action 17.3%, Indie 10.7%
- #27 Magnetron Rebellion: Fully Loaded
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Sabre Rael
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 65.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 9.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #28 AISZplus
78% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: takayakata
Windows
You destroy the runaway electronic organ AISZ. Vertical scroll STG with all 5 levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 63.8%, Action 17.3%, Shooter 13%, Indie 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #29 Loplight
78% matchVery Positive88% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: Scumhead
Windows
Loplight is a twin-stick shooter taking inspirations from Hermetic lore and old alchemical concepts. Explore the ruins of this world, find out who's responsible, and defeat the monstrous creatures blocking your path.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.9%, Story Rich 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 8.7%
- #30 Ship Battle
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: arice
Windows
本游戏是一款以英雄帆船为主角的动作射击游戏,游戏中多种敌人分阶段出现,具有不同攻击和移动方式,击败敌人可获得分数和随机道具,提升帆船属性与技能。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 60.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Adventure 6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 怒首領蜂大往生DX
77% matchPositive88% of 43 reviews2021
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
“You will die.” Confirm it with your own eyes. See with your own eyes the most deadly barrage ever spread across your palms.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58%, Pixel Graphics 16.1%, Action 12.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #32 Do Not Respond!
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 千年工作室
Windows
"Do not respond!" Experience an absurd tale where modern firepower clashes with magic. The adventure begins quirky but descends into unsettling horror.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.3%, Drama 17.8%, Shooter 10.9%, Story Rich 9.9%, RPG 9.6%
- #33 Over My Dead Pixel
76% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Minosh Digital
Windows
Over My Dead Pixel is a top down shooter where you command antivirus software to defend your computer from malware. Beware, firing your weapons will shrink your playspace. Maneuver deftly to avoid the enemies and the walls, as one single hit means restarting.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 68.8%, Action 19%, Indie 12.2%
- #34 Triton Wing
76% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Alien MindPub: SA Industry
Windows
Triton Wing is a top-down, open-world space shooter full of fast action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 68.2%, Action 31.8%
- #35 Ded Inside
75% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2019
Dev: Oblom studioPub: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Ded Inside is a topdown shooter in a large open location, where you destroy the demons who invaded our world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 62.1%, Action 14%, Indie 9.9%, Shooter 9.2%, Adventure 4.7%
- #36 ニンジャスレイヤー : AREA 4643
74% matchVery Positive99% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: DeathMofuMofuPub: Diehardtales Games
Windows · Mac
**NOW ON SALE!!** AREA 4643 is the cyberpunk action shooting game. It's based on the cyberpunk city Neo-Saitama and Ninja Slayer universe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.1%, Action 27.1%, Indie 17.8%
- #37 RD Mars
74% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Tye Abbott
Windows
A top-down and dream-filled shooter with a story that demands to be told.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.9%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 7.2%
- #38 TCSTRIKERS1
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Project Anthem
Windows
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.8%, Action 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #39 School ! Love ☆ Reflex
73% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SLR Production CommitteePub: 楊 志庄
Windows
主人公は好きな女の子がいる。ある日、彼は彼女に、告ってしまった。「ごめんなさい。あたしには好きな人がいるの」と断られた彼は、どうしても彼女を「まもり」たくなった。
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 65.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Action 9.4%, Indie 3%
- #40 Sleep
73% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: STuNT
Windows
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 72.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 10.6%, Indie 3.4%, Adventure 1.8%
- #41 Uprising on Altyyr 5
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funky Monkey Games
Windows
Join Captain Rijk as he attempts to escape from the clutches of one of the most villainous species in the galaxy. Help to uncover the horrors that are being carried out on the fringes of the civilised galaxy and become the divine being prophesised to inspire an uprising and destroy The Domain.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.3%, Story Rich 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Action 7.5%
- #42 Bullets tracks: Son of
72% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefano Di Filippo
Windows · Linux
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 60%, Action 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Shooter 10.5%, Indie 3%
- #43 Breach
70% matchNo user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: collaris
Windows
YOU are a living bullet in a dungeon dashing through rooms trying to escape the dungeon.Breach is a top down action game that requires YOU to use your limited amount of abilities to max efficiency
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 75.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #44 Paragone Bomb
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Millant
Windows
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 71%, Action 12.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Epizo
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8-Bit-Dev
Windows
Epizo is a top‑down survival shooter where you fight endless waves, collect gold, unlock doors, and build powerful ability‑based loadouts in a medieval dungeon.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.8%, Action 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Indie 4.9%
- #46 Quin Excluder
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: MEGAAK SOFT
Windows
A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 60.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 9.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #47 Savage Vessels
70% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: KPas
Windows
Rogue-like top-down-shooter with pixel-art, physics and hard survival.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 63.4%, Action 21.8%, Indie 14.7%
- #48 Bulletorium
70% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Trukhan Hryhorii
Windows
Bulletorium is a dynamic and fast top-down shooter with a lot of shootouts, base capture and management, AI controlling and various upgrades and boss fights.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 67.5%, Action 26.2%, Indie 6.3%
- #49 True Galactic Mission
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Davila Games
Windows
There are 5 pilots in training, each with unique characteristics. It is the day of the final level and everyone wil l face a test to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be you one of the selecteds!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 65.7%, Action 20.8%, Shooter 13.6%
- #50 Daedalus - No Escape
69% matchVery Positive81% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Patrice Meneguzzi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 34%
If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 64.8%, Action 21.6%, Indie 13.6%
- #51 AstroWars
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jonathan Silverman
Windows
AstroWars is a top down 2d shooter with monsters and a blue gun. Earn score by killing monsters and try to beat your top score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58.3%, Action 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Shooter 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #52 Mortal Mythos: Island of Fairies
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Timur Bondar
Windows
Dodge waves of bullets in cover shooter + shmup-inspired combat, as you strike back with powerful attacks of your own! Use clever cover spots to gain an advantage over your enemies, find treasures to make yourself stronger, and avoid taking damage to raise your score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.4%, Shooter 12%, Action 9.5%, Story Rich 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #53 Bots Crusher Arena
68% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Cow Games
Windows
Bot Crusher Arena is an open top-down shooter where the player takes on the role of a cyborg participating in an arena elimination with other cyborgs. The task is to survive in the arena and defeat all enemies. Don't let the enemies hit you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 75.7%, Shooter 12.1%, Action 7.4%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #54 Nine Lives
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SofyCat
Windows
Nine lives is a horde, round-based zombies experience inspired by multiple known games! Labeled "The most polished topdown shooter ever" this game is made for and by the community!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 14%, Shooter 11.2%, Adventure 3.3%
- #55 Steel Seraph
69% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Green Lander Games (Jordan S. Thomas)Pub: Self-Published
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steel Seraph is a shooter-adventure hybrid set on a colony planet in the distant future. Fly, run, strafe, dodge and shoot your way through a variety of stages and take down powerful invasion leaders and their minions.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 10.5%, Shooter 7.4%, Indie 6.4%
- #56 Vietnam Communist: Against U.S. Invasion
66% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: AXIMOX
Windows
is an action shooter where you play a Vietnamese soldier with an AK-47, fighting for unity and freedom. "CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM" – "Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc".☭ ★"Socialist Republic of Vietnam"–"Independence - Liberty - Happiness".
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 58%, Shooter 11.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, RPG 10.8%, Action 5.1%
- #57 Cuboton
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rustam ShafigullinPub: rshafgames
Windows · Mac
You are ordered to destroy a secret laboratory on the planet Cuboton. Complete the mission by fighting hordes of mutated creatures and find out what caused their existence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54.9%, Action 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Shooter 12%, Indie 3.3%
- #58 JUST DEFENSE
67% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: BlueFogs
Windows
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 67.1%, Action 18%, Shooter 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #59 Xander the Monster Morpher: Universe Breaker
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Karatkuro
Windows
A Monster-Catching top-down shooter! Fuse monsters together to create the ultimate team!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.1%, Story Rich 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Action 5.3%, Indie 5.1%