
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Roguelike.

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.

Bonfire Barrage
Play as a Bonfire Spirit, unleashing flaming bullets to fend off relentless waves of shadowy foes. Master dynamic movement, evolve your powers, and adapt to the ever-shifting chaos. Keep your flame burning in this fast-paced, stylized 2D action-roguelike, where every moment is a fight for survival!

Space Slinger
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Play as a Bonfire Spirit, unleashing flaming bullets to fend off relentless waves of shadowy foes. Master dynamic movement, evolve your powers, and adapt to the ever-shifting chaos. Keep your flame burning in this fast-paced, stylized 2D action-roguelike, where every moment is a fight for survival!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 16%, Perma Death 15%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 8.2%
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Difficult 7.8%
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 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%, Difficult 9.2%
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Perma Death 13.2%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14%, Perma Death 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Action Roguelike 12.3%
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: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Difficult 10.5%
In the dark depths of space, an unknown threat called Purgatory has begun to consume colonies throughout the cosmos. Now it’s up to Crome, the Consul’s best star pilot, to travel into the unknown and put an end to Purgatory before it overcomes the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 13%, Perma Death 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
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 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Perma Death 11.5%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11%
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 15%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Perma Death 13.8%, Roguelike 8.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Action Roguelike 14%, Perma Death 12%
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: Bullet Hell 13.7%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Perma Death 11%
A fast-paced action roguelike where explosive combat fuels 'Blitz' ultimates—a rage mode that dominates the battlefield. Endure relentless battles, enhance your arsenal, and evolve powerful abilities. Each run opens new tactical possibilities in this intense arena shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Roguelite 10.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10%
Hopeless Sea is arcade-inspired STG with roguelike elements. You pilot a ship to cut your way through hordes of procedurally generated, merciless sea monsters. Choose wisely from a variety of ships, weapons and traits since conquering this hopeless sea is the only option to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Perma Death 14.1%, Difficult 9.2%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelite 11.2%
You just have to kill the bugs and critters before they kill you, so you can kill the bugs EVEN BETTER. Defeat the 3 floors and their bosses to win the game! Fight through procedurally maps made of handcrafted rooms, in this action RPG shooter with heavy roguelike and bullet-hell elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 9.2%
The Journey of Piggy is a roguelike adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Choose from a variety of weapons, cards and power-ups to create unique builds and survive until the end.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Perma Death 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Roguelike 9%
You were created by a few scientists for a suicide mission. How long can you survive by clearing mutant slimes?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Action Roguelike 19%, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 9.5%
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: Bullet Hell 14.2%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Perma Death 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Difficult 9.9%
One-button bullet-heaven where a single shot mutates into neon chaos. Imagine Flappy Bird colliding with Vampire Survivors. Full version adds online leaderboards, challenges and unlockable gear.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Perma Death 14.3%, Roguelite 10.5%
In this fast-paced action roguelike, mutant cats hidden from the world for years find that life outside is so cool, they don’t want to go back home. For that, you'll have to fight through and conquer the heart of the zombie-infested County of Ravinbrook. It's the only way to Catland
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.4%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Perma Death 12.5%, Difficult 10.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Perma Death 13.2%
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Perma Death 13.2%, Roguelike 13%
A fast-paced endless roguelike that's all about upgrading and continuing.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Roguelike 14.5%, Perma Death 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%
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 20.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 10.7%, Perma Death 9.6%
As The House of God races towards heaven, Jack blasts their way to the conductor in this chaotic and fast-paced Rogue-Lite.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Roguelike 10.5%
Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelike 9.3%, Perma Death 9%
Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelike 9.9%
Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter with rogue-lite elements. You may be greatly outnumbered, but not outpowered. Evolve into the ultimate weapon of destruction!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Roguelite 9.3%
Show Lil' Beezey who the boss of Winkletown is in this addictive and fast paced 2D action roguelite! Created from scratch in only 14 days and nominated for GDWC Game Jam GOTY, Soulvester comes to Steam for the first time, now with controller support and achievements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Perma Death 16.3%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 9%
This game is an intense bullet hell roguelike shooter, evolve and destroy the celestial army to try to open the hell's gate. Items, references and transformations based in : Lovecraftian universe, biblical sins, and all types of angels and celestial creatures.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Perma Death 16.4%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 8.9%
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 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Roguelite 9%
Roguely is a fantasy themed top-down shooter pixel art action roguelite with some bullet hell thrown in. Fight and dodge your way through the randomly generated maps to rescue your friends. Find upgrades along the way and save up arcane fragments for permanent blessings from the gods.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Perma Death 14.8%, Difficult 10.4%
Gun in a Well is an action roguelike where the only way to dodge is to shoot. Jump around using recoil, kill enemies with bullets, destroy them with electricity or burn them to crisp. Manage health and ammo, choose your upgrades, break the game and reach the bottom of the well!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.8%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Roguelite 10.5%, Arcade 10%
2 Many Pixels is an endless & fast-paced 2D minimal shooter. Blast enemies & unlock upgrades to help you survive for as long as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Perma Death 14.9%, Difficult 8.9%
Cleanup Crew is a fast-paced survival action roguelite. Complete emergent objectives, customize your build and put your skills to the test to survive nerve-wracking hordes of creatures across bizarre worlds. Will you be able to survive until extraction?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Roguelite 8.5%
In Luck's Labyrinth you're a ghostly gambler in a monochromatic afterlife. Every step is a dice roll, shaping your fate. With luck as your only weapon, uncover secrets or succumb to fate's twists. Survive spectral challenges to grow stronger, but beware luck's fickleness
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Difficult 8.5%
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: Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Perma Death 16.1%, Roguelike 8.9%
Zunius - A Psychedelic Rogue-Like Bullet Hell. Beneath the stars, the moon and the infinite you will navigate this celestial journey as the mysterious traveller. Whom are you? Where are you? What is the nature of this universe? How can you possibly dodge all these bullets? Play this game to find out.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.1%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Perma Death 8.8%, Roguelite 8.3%
Battle endless hordes in an 80s horror nightmare. Stack insane upgrades, break the game, and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Roguelite 11.2%
Prepare for a radical shift in Bullet Hell gameplay! In Cursor Survival, you're not piloting a character - you embody the... CURSOR! Unleash a new, utterly insane way to evade, strike, and endure in a chaotic universe of projectiles and adversaries.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Perma Death 15.7%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelike 10.7%
Toy Battlegrounds is a shoot 'em up survival game set in a kid’s bedroom. Battle endless waves of toys using a variety of weapons in atmospheric nighttime surroundings. Survive against different enemy types, collect power-ups, and prove your skills in this action-packed toy war!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Roguelike 10%
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 10.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Roguelite 8.9%
The alien hordes have attacked us for no reason. We must throw all our forces to repel our planet from the alien invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Roguelike 10.1%
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 20.9%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Perma Death 10.8%, Roguelike 10.1%
Bullet Hell or Heaven? A rogue-like where you upgrade yourself and your enemies. Strategize around your build choices and dominate the battlefields of Novi Blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelike 9.9%
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Roguelite 9.1%
Westale: Peelgrimage is an ink-style survivor-like game. Player can evolve their characters in the game, use marvelous magical treasures, experience the mysterious 72 transformations, and synthesize artifacts. Let's get into this Journey-to-the-West world and experience addictive combat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Roguelike 8.4%
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: Bullet Hell 17.7%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelike 10%, Perma Death 9.7%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Difficult 11.6%, Roguelike 10.5%
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 9.4%
La Furia de las Trenzas is a survivor-like roguelite where you'll face relentless hordes of British soldiers trying to capture Buenos Aires. Recruit your platoon of soldiers with special abilities and defend the town square!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Roguelite 12.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Roguelike 8.5%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Difficult 11.5%, Arcade 6.9%
A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Arcade 7.6%
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 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Perma Death 18%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Roguelite 9.8%
Relax, Hop & Pop! and battle bugs in this froggy survivor game!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Roguelike 11.5%
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 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Perma Death 14.2%, Roguelite 9.5%