Games Like Mages and Treasures

An action-adventure set in a weird fantasy world. Face levels where every shot counts: move silently to backstab enemies, use spells to unlock paths, and explore non-linear environments with multiple solutions. Choose your path, manage your ammo, and survive.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Nonlinear 24%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Top-Down 7%

The Monster Queen has invaded town and captured your friends! Pick your stage, explore, fight monsters, save your friends, and play as them in this top-down shooter inspired by classic handheld gaming!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Nonlinear 22.4%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Top-Down 11.2%, Action 5.8%

TV Boy is an action packed top-down shooter. Blast waves of weird and whacky enemies with even weirder weapons to rescue the captured citizens of TV Topia and restore peace to the galaxy!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Top-Down 12%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Old School 5.5%

A 2D top-down puzzle/adventure game about friendship featuring 2 players local co-op.

Why similar: Nonlinear 23.4%, Sokoban 21.6% ★, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Top-Down 10.9%, Puzzle 5.4%

Launch. Recall. Avoid.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.8%, Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Top-Down 9%, Puzzle 8.2%, Action 6.1%

Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Nonlinear 14.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Top-Down 9.3%

Inspired by the games we grew up playing on the Atari ST and Genesis/Mega Drive, Altorius is a hybrid 2D twin-stick shooter with platforming and puzzle elements. Includes two full gameplay modes for near-endless gameplay!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.4%, Top-Down Shooter 30.8%, Top-Down 11.9%, Action 8.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A non-linear, story-driven top-down shooter that lets you switch between two worlds upon death. Use conventional weapons and supernatural abilities to survive gunfights, solve puzzles, and defeat powerful bosses. Fight for freedom and peace—or pursue your own agenda.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Action 9.7%, Top-Down 8.5%

Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.3%, Top-Down Shooter 34.9%, Top-Down 13.3%, Action 7%, 2D 3.3%

Inferno 2 is an intense, atmospheric twin-stick adventure-shooter. Blast through 80+ levels full of enemies and secrets while upgrading your ship the way you want.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 49.6%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 4.2%

Action-Adventure - Enter broken realms. Become the hope. Discover the truth. Every kill, every power, every resource, every choice, shapes your path and transforms the world around you.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Action-Adventure 16.6%, Action 9.1%, Top-Down 8.6%

Get out there, young ranger, and help those in need. Your journey starts in Ranger of Ancuria, a retro game that recreates the experience of the adventures of the 8-bit era. Explore a full of life open world, find why monsters are multiplying and unveil the mysteries from the dungeons of Ancuria.

Why similar: Nonlinear 19.4%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Sokoban 13.7% ★, Action 8.5%, Adventure 8.3%

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 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Action 11.5%, Adventure 9.9%

The Lost and The Wicked is a Brutal Twin-Stick Psycho-Thriller. After a shipwreck you wake up in a wicked world with no memory of who you are. Fight through hectic gameplay with a unique grunge art style and original 2+ hour soundtrack as you discover your past and what you did to end up here.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.3%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action 4.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

Alpha Force Zero is an intense top-down bullet-hell adventure that requires skill and planning. Utilize multiple weapon systems including an Auto-Turret with adjustable firing modes and unlock upgrades that you can equip in your ship to give you the upper hand. Dodge, fight, survive!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Action 4.1%

Freeze time, outsmart your enemies and reverse the annihilation of your home in The Ambassador: Fractured timelines, a twin-stick fantasy shooter.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 54.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Top-Down 7.1%, Action-Adventure 5.5%, Action 3.3%

Choose your champion and fight until your last breath! Frenzy Force is a casual wave-survival game with a diverse set of weapons and unlockable characters, where you must fight through a variety of biomes against hordes of shadowy minions.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Nonlinear 19.3%, Top-Down 8.7%, Action 3.8%

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 33.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Action-Adventure 11.5%, Top-Down 8.4%, Adventure 4.5%

You are an invincible bodyguard. Your only weakness is the person you must protect. Control the crowd, spot the assassin, and execute the mission in this stylish, top-down tactical shooter.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Top-Down 12.7%, Action 7.3%, 2D 4.4%

Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl! After destroying 75% of the panels, move on to the next stage.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 44.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down 7.7%, Action 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Reticent Retribution is a top down twin stick shooter. A 3rd person action game. You must blast waves of space enemies. You can use the keyboard and a controller. 720p 60fps. Press 'esc' to quit, 'h' for help.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.7%, Top-Down Shooter 31%, Top-Down 12.5%, Action 7.4%, 2D 5%

Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34%, Nonlinear 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Top-Down 10%, Adventure 4.1%

A free 2-player co-op top-down survival shooter. One hit and you're out — survive together, climb the leaderboard, and unlock new characters!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Action 11.7%, Top-Down 9.2%, 2D 4%

Mow down hordes of Jellies in this action-packed twin-stick shooter! This is UJO Invasion: survive against hordes of Jellies, battle it out in night time boss rounds, find and upgrade an arsenal of weapons, all while playing from a cast of unlockable characters.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.9%, Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Action 8.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Indie 1.4%

Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 29.5%, Action 13%, Top-Down 13%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Face the horde in a world of shifting light and rainy nights. Choose from 4 heroes and 3 weapons to survive 2 deadly maps. Customize your run with 100+ nodes. Play solo or split-screen across 3 difficulties. Start at 6 AM. When the colors fade to gray, the real fight begins.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 8.8%

Blue Flame is a fast paced top-down action game set in a medieval fantasy world. Take the role of the last pyromancer and restore order to a kingdom in which fires only emit cold.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Top-Down 11.2%, Action-Adventure 7.1%, Medieval 5.3%

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 36.1%, Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Action-Adventure 12%, Top-Down 9.6%, Action 4.4%

A story-driven top-down action shooter. Venture into hazardous zones consumed by a biological catastrophe, battle mutated creatures of all shapes and sizes with firearms and melee weapons, and gradually uncover the truth behind the disaster as you advance through tense, tightly paced linear levels.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.2%, Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Action-Adventure 7.2%, Action 6.6%, Top-Down 6.3%

is a single player fast pace spaceship roguelike. Player controls a variety of rogue Ai ships ranging from destroyers to battleships, collecting resources and scavenging enemies. After upgrading tech and modifying modules all the data collected is uploaded to achieve the compleation.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Action 9.3%, Top-Down 8.5%

Helen in Hell is a bullet hell game where you fight & dash-dodge your way through dungeon waves of themed enemies. Unlock new weapons, abilities & power levels to help you defeat four challenging & unique bosses at the end of each dungeon.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Action-Adventure 13.8%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 7%

Pilot a combat salvager into a shifting starship graveyard in this top-down twin-stick action roguelite. Battle hostile machines, manage ammunition and hull integrity, choose risky protocols, recover valuable scrap, and build powerful weapon and module combinations.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.2%, Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Top-Down 8.2%, Action 7.6%, Action-Adventure 7.1%

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 30.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Top-Down 8.6%, Action 7.4%

Control Talus in this challenging boss rush where you'll face increasingly stronger enemies

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%

Every lightspeed jump is instant for you, but not for the world. Explore the crumbling colony of the Small Magellanic Cloud, intrude on lonely survivors, and outlive everyone you've met.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Nonlinear 18.3%, Action-Adventure 9.4%, Top-Down 8.7%

Eliminate your negative emotions (but save the good ones!) as Agent B. Cell, in this intense and wacky arcade style shooter!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.4%, Top-Down Shooter 31%, Top-Down 11.8%, Action 7.8%, 2D 4.7%

A retro-inspired action-adventure game with a focus on exploration and nonlinearity, Ahack Adventure 2 provides a journey through nine increasingly harrowing dungeons, and many genuine secrets to find!

Why similar: Nonlinear 38%, Action-Adventure 19.2%, Top-Down 8%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 7.1%

Drop Eggs on passing cars to cause as much public damage as you can. Use Banana Peels and Doughnuts to slip away from the pursuing police force. Complete your Missions before getting caught to make your getaway!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 45.2%, Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Top-Down 12.5%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.1%, Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action 7.2%, 2D 4.5%

In this top down twin-stick shooter, help Sector VIII defend themselves from T.O.M. Play as Damon, the cocky cadet, willing to aid Pete, Logan and Syncopia in saving their home from total destruction. Choose from a variety of 60+ Radical Skills to defeat the incoming viral attacks across 20+ levels.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Action 12.9%, Top-Down 12%, Indie 5.8%

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 44.3%, Action-Adventure 17.3%, Top-Down 14.6%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 7.1%

Lead Eliosi, a wanna-be bounty hunter, into making his dream come true in this hardcore top-down shooter and platformer.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Action 10.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Adventure 8.3%

Infiltrate the Mentoes Tower, avenge the death of your father, and bring Mr Mentoe’s dark secrets to light in this top-down, story-driven shooter.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.5%, Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Top-Down 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

RATOMON 2 is a continuation of medieval top-down adventure to stop the Plague. Investigate random generated dungeons, eliminate rat hordes and other villains, who stand behind the disease.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Nonlinear 18.5%, Top-Down 10%, 2D 3.9%

'Reviser' is a top-down twin stick shooter with RPG / Treasure Hunter-like elements. Your mission is to explore with the team members, get various weapons with random parameters and conquer all areas.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.3%, Top-Down Shooter 31.8%, Action 17.6%, Indie 8.3%

New york 1996, you play Michael Corvin a paranormal investigator. You have been contacted by the Mayor to investigate inside a former psychiatric clinic.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 8.5%

A vampire survival game with 10 bosses with their own unique moves, a dozen heroes, runes, unlimited gems, and Sun Wukong!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Top-Down 8.9%, Action 6.9%, Adventure 6.6%

“Vradark’s Revenge” is a fantasy game in the Action RPG genre.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.7%, Top-Down Shooter 31%, Top-Down 9.2%, Action 6.4%, 2D 3.6%

When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Action 12.1%, Top-Down 11.4%, Indie 5.7%

Trigger Witch is a 2D, twin-stick, action/adventure game set in an odd open world where magic is mundane, but firearms are the new unknown! You are Colette, and as you graduate from the Stock, a curious man invades your world... Welcome to the world of Witchcraft and Triggery!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Magic 5.6%, Action 5.3%

Local middle school teacher fights angry orange bald man army with marbles and furry creatures. Baula. Quest. BaulaQuest.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Top-Down 10.4%, Action 4.2%

Fight and dodge through hundreds of space bugs in Bug Blast! Go through each space station to protect from the hoards of bugs that come their way.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.3%, Top-Down Shooter 37%, Top-Down 9.1%, Action 7%, 2D 3.6%

A top-down shooter where you run and gun down bad guys as the vigilante, Rider. Vastly outnumbered, quickly kill and quickly die as you sweep through multifloored buildings bringing criminals to justice.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 28%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action 4.6%

An exciting twin-stick shooter with a progressively increasing difficulty. Fight waves of pathogenic enemies, face difficult boss fights and survive for as long as you can!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.6%, Top-Down Shooter 30.8%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action 7%, 2D 4.5%

It's 2025 and the country's mega research facility has gone bad. You are a lowly security guard gunning for his paycheck. Fight your way out in this twin-stick shooter. Reminiscent of Smash TV and the likes of Xeno Crisis.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.6%, Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Action 4.7%, 2D 4.6%

Once Upon a Slime will be the game that starts my career as a solo game developer. This game is an adventure / bossbeater game about a little slime trying to escape a dungeon full of bosses. Beat them all to solve the mysteries of these dark dungeons!

Why similar: Top-Down 23%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Action 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

Dodge, shoot, survive! Polygon pursuit is an arcade-style twin stick shooter where you are pursued by multiple enemies constantly. You play as a lone circle confined in a polygonal world fighting to survive against waves of unique enemies. This is not an easy game.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action 8.9%, 2D 8%, Top-Down 7.1%

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 38.2%, Top-Down Shooter 30.6%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Top-Down 8.5%, Action 5.8%

Fight your way through hordes of enemies, rescue the five forest spirits and bring them back to their tree, and lift the curse plaguing the Enchanted Forest!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Nonlinear 26.5%, Action-Adventure 14.4%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 5.5%