- #1 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
97% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: stdio.gypsy
Windows
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 11.7%
- #2 The Mad House Season One
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Carrot Studios
Windows
Step into The Mad House, a futuristic cyberpunk game show! Battle waves of enemies, conquer unique room challenges, and climb the Leaderboard. Upgrade your gear, master each fight, and earn your place in the legendary Hall of Legends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 13.7%, Bullet Hell 9.1%
- #3 Horde Of Plenty
96% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: SMONCH, LLC
Windows
In this action-packed twin-stick shooter, construction worker Ron Mayhem's beloved pet, Puffy, a rather round and yellow puffer fish, has been captured by the forces of evil. Slay the hordes, collect mad loot, and bring Puffy back!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Shooter 10.4%
- #4 Exovore
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tapzilla
Windows · Linux
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 9.8%
- #5 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
94% matchVery Positive92% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 9.8%
- #6 Gods of the Arena Dungeon
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GasGod Games
Windows
Destroy arena vermin, level up, choose your class path, get loot, and slay other players. Destroy the bosses of the arena without being slain, and perhaps your ascent into arena God-hood will be recorded into legend! Now remastered!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shooter 9.5%
- #7 Dead-End Bounty
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dodgem Games
Windows
Dead-End Bounty is an open-world top-down shooter set in the wild west! A frontier with 3 kinds of people: the ones on wanted posters, the ones printing them, and people like Charlie—a bounty hunter with his eyes set on one particular bounty that has slipped through his hands a few too many times.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Action-Adventure 10%, Exploration 9.8%
- #8 Gunslinger Express
92% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #9 Steel Alcimus
91% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shooter 10.2%
- #10 Zombie Cubes 2
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: MayoNinja Games
Windows
Survive relentless waves of Zombie Cubes in this action-packed shooter! Explore redesigned maps, battle unique bosses, uncover secrets, and craft traps to gain the upper hand. Upgrade weapons, collect PowerUps, and compete for the highest score in this fast-paced fight for survival!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 12%, Action 5.9%
- #11 Variator
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruin Software
Windows
Variator is a new 2.5D shoot 'em up that's all about blowing up enemies and grazing bullets! Playable both as a fun blaster and as an advanced high-scoring game, the game features approachable difficulty and scoring mechanics that are easy to understand yet reveal more depth the more you play.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, 2.5D 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Cinematic 14%
- #12 Prologue for a Vacant Kingdom
89% matchVery Positive95% of 241 reviews2019
Dev: shru
Windows · Mac
Vacant Kingdom is a synthesis of bullet hell and story-driven action-RPG. Explore a whimsical yet desolate land and uncover the mystery of why everyone disappeared.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Action 5.9%
- #13 cyber_serpent
89% matchPositive94% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: Q-Bit Digital
Windows · Mac
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, 2.5D 12.8%
- #14 Phobos Down
87% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: FRACTiLE Games
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi twin stick shooter stripped down to the bare essentials with focus on smooth controls and satisfying action.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, 2.5D 14.3%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #15 Stella Voyager
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: KESOFTGAMES
Windows
Open World Space Exploring Trading Shmup RPG. Space sheriff fighting outlaws. King of inter planet trade. Investor who contribute to the development of the planets. The choice Is yours.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 6%
- #16 Iron Skys
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Daniel MacLeod
Windows
Iron Skys is a top down bullet hell shooter with rouge like elements. As a lone pilot in an untested prototype vessel, you must defend the empire against a seemingly endless fleet of rebel ships.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Steampunk 15.7% ★, Shooter 14.7%
- #17 Spacer Rescue: To Valhalla
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Colossal Robot Studios
Windows · Mac
In a universe full of opportunity and fortune as a Spacer two things are true: Space is really dangerous and big and two always remember to get paid. Pay your debts and stay safe!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.1%
- #18 Neuroma
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NextLayer
Windows
A fast-paced vertical shmup where a living brain controls a combat ship to battle grotesque alien creatures across biomechanical worlds filled with massive bosses and intense arcade action.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, 2.5D 14.3%, Shooter 12.1%
- #19 Monsters 'til Midnight
84% 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: Steampunk 20.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 20%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.3%
- #20 Operation REMODE
83% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Ragoo RumblePub: AIV - Accademia Italiana Videogiochi
Windows
Welcome to WI Corp, Moddie Operator! Proceed through various levels inside WI Corp's headquarters while defending it from a perilous threat to its secrets using M.O.D.D.I.E, an high tech modular rifle, in this new single player, low-poly style, Twin-Stick Shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Action-Adventure 8.4%
- #21 ESTEN
84% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Discade Project
Windows
A highly experimental bullet hell that plays unlike anything else. No auto scrolling, No credits, No holding back. Let Heaven's Chaos Reign!
Why similar: Programming 32.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 9.1%
- #22 Psyvariar 3
81% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Banana BytesPub: Red Art Games
Windows
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, 2.5D 14.6%, Shooter 12.1%
- #23 Quantum of Hope
82% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Fetysenko Games
Windows
Quantum of Hope is an action-packed Twin-Stick shooter game set on Earth overrun by aliens. Use your Fabricator and different weapons to shoot your way through alien swarms to rescue mysterious Princess in distress.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shooter 9.4%
- #24 Steel Hail
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: MegaBanana
Windows · Linux
Become humanity's last hope. Gear up, upgrade, and unleash hell in a relentless third-person sci-fi shooter against a ruthless robotic army. The future is yours to forge in fire and steel.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shooter 11%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
- #25 Aqua Populo
82% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
Pilot your sub through waves of angry sea-life and punishing bosses in this aquatic twin-stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #26 Storm Mined
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hémisphère gauche
Windows · Linux
Inspired by the cult classic Mine Storm, Storm Mined modernizes arcade space shooting with rogue-lite upgrades and rhythm-based stages.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, 1980s 10.4%
- #27 Rabbit Simulator
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sharkbird
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rabbit Simulator is an Action Adventure game with a strong emphasis on gun violence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 10.9%
- #28 Bartlow's Dread Machine
79% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2020
Dev: Beep Games, Inc.
Windows
An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.
Why similar: Steampunk 25.6% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
- #29 Illvelo Swamp
77% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: RS34
Windows
Multiple goals. Multiple routes. Multiple endings. Complete missions to unlock new paths in a branching stage layout. As soon as you dip your toes in, you'll find yourself sucked deeper and deeper into this bottomless quagmire of a shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Action 7.2%
- #30 Monkey Barrels
78% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Good-Feel Co., Ltd.Pub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Monkey Barrels is an action-packed twin-stick shooter in which you blast waves of weaponized electronic devices with tons of crazy unlockable weapons. You can experiment endlessly with different combinations and find the loadout that best suits your playing style.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, 2.5D 15.6%, Shooter 11.7%
- #31 Pizza Death
77% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: BronxTaco Games
Windows
Grab a slice of this fast-paced, pixel art, top-down shooter.. Pizza Death! Made by members of the Australian thrash band Pizza Death, the main soundtrack is a NES chiptune cover version of their entire debut album, Slice of Death!!!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, 2.5D 16.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Action-Adventure 9%
- #32 Acid Web
76% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Text Garden
Windows · Linux
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 5.4%
- #33 DRONES AND RUINS
78% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Threaded Pixel Studios
Windows
Drones & Ruins is a dynamic top down twin stick shooter where you become the intelligence of a scout drone that has agreed to assist an ally pilot reunite with a loved one. You will need to fight hard and anticipate the enemy's next attack so that you can glide into cover before you go up in smoke.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 9.6%
- #34 Little Elf Tanks
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Friendly Fire Software
Windows
A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shooter 11.8%
- #35 NEON Ultra
76% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: Pixelbark Games
Windows · Mac
The year is 20XX. Everything is neon, because it's the future. NEON Ultra is a radiant fast paced arcade shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 14%, Action 7.7%
- #36 EON Trooper
73% matchPositive92% of 36 reviews2024
Dev: Square Wheel
Windows
Lead an elite squad on a hostile alien planet! Recruit and command up to 4 NPC soldiers with unique powers to complete missions and overcome waves of enemies. Level up and dominate the battlefield with strategy and teamwork. Get ready for action!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shooter 9.2%
- #37 Amazoom Blimp Jockey '69
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Lofty Games
Windows
A 2D Shoot-Em-Up with a focus on crew management, exploration, procedural generation, and corporate espionage.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Shooter 9.4%
- #38 Berzerk: Recharged
73% matchMixed64% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 9.8%
- #39 Otter Space Rescue
74% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Your Otter Space crew has been captured by evil robots. Save your team and fight together through endless rooms of evil robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Shooter 9.5%
- #40 Endline
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Miniced
Windows · Linux
Endline is a 2.5D psychedelic bullet hell experience, combining rhythm and bright colours.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, 2.5D 15.1%, Shooter 12%
- #41 Project Vanguard
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: MrBastionPub: Bastion Studios
Windows
A neon-drenched arcade shooter. Pilot your ship, obliterate endless waves, collect upgrades, and survive bosses that will test everything you've got.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 10.5%
- #42 Retrograde Arena
72% matchVery Positive93% of 533 reviews2020
Dev: FreemergencyPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, 2.5D 13.4%
- #43 Cowboy In Space
72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Da Waffle H8ter
Windows
Be THE Cowboy in this top down shooter that allows you to upgrade your health, dash speed, and sword strength, as well as 19 weapons, with the souls you collect from your slain enemies!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, 2.5D 13.1%
- #44 Passing Into Fantasy
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Project StunseedPub: N/A
Windows
Otaku culture inspired top-down danmaku shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 12.6%
- #45 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 弾幕検定死験-大往生編-
71% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Shooter 16%, Action 6.4%
- #46 Sleeper Agent
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POWERBOMB
Windows
Sleeper Agent is a top-down, couch co-op where you play as two mischievous aliens with unique abilities, JUMBO and SLIM, tethered together as they drag along the unconscious body of a secret agent! THRASH, STUMBLE, and SMASH your way through the levels! Oh! And be sure not to wake the agent..
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, 2.5D 11.4%, Shooter 8.3%
- #47 Startide
71% matchMixed62% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Swimming ScorpionsPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 14.9%, Action 11.4%
- #48 VCTR
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows
Shoot. Dash. Collect. Upgrade. VCTR is a kinetic arcade shooter where two simple actions create countless strategies. Read the field. Choose when to act. And turn the chaotic battlefield into a dance of high-risk, high-reward play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shooter 12.1%, 1980s 6.2%
- #49 E.Y.E.R.I.S.
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: AbstrAKT Games
Windows · Linux
A short, experimental, twin sticker shooter, E.Y.E.R.I.S. is about making choices based on your first visual reaction. Each choice will have both an immediate and delayed affect on gameplay. Create your own meaning for the decisions you make, and uncover the changes they cause.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 7.5%
- #50 Galaxy Highways
67% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #51 GunSpectre
69% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: BlackRXPub: Clickteam
Windows
GUNSPECTRE is a twin-stick adventure game featuring a large open world, an equally sized subsurface, and a ton of action!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 14.7%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Action 10.6%
- #52 Operation Zero
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Grab your biggest gun and jump into this story-driven top-down run-and-gun sci-fi arcade shooter starring the ultimate bio-engineered hero-manchild TASKILLER!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 9.8%
- #53 Insectoid Descent
68% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: IntraMentalDevPub: Intramental Studios
Windows
Shoot, slice and blow your way through the relentless swarm in a top-down pixel art world. At your service is a combat drone, reclaim scrap and use refinery for health & resupply. Explore and find upgrades, defeat the hive mind.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Sandbox 14.2%, Shooter 10.2%
- #54 ISPELL
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RayMim
Windows
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shooter 10.6%
- #55 Dualism
69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 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 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shooter 9.3%
- #56 GyroGunner
67% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 12.3%, 1980s 9.4%
- #57 Yars: Recharged
67% matchVery Positive86% of 124 reviews2022
Dev: Adamvision StudiosPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 10.3%
- #58 Let it ride!
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Retro DecadancePub: Radio Decadance
Windows
SkiFree meets Survivors! Shred down a procedural mountain, blasting monsters to hard-rock Christmas tunes. Dodge trees, jump enemies, and yes—you can run over squirrels. Fast-paced winter chaos for any season!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, 1980s 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%