Games Like MagicArchitect

Greatswords, all greatswords. Hold your greatsword tightly and kill the enemy!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.7%, Top-Down 28.6%, Action 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A roguelite arena shooter starring you, a gutsy bread slice, and your butter buddy battling side by side. Survive waves of evil veggies, stack wild weapon combos, and unleash absurd builds in relentless top-down chaos.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.2%, Action Roguelike 32.4%, Action 11.5%, Top-Down 10.9%, Comedy 9.3%

Astra Quest is a small arcade-style space shooter with modular starship building. Assemble cores, base parts, and devices, then fight real-time battles in Adventure Mode and Evolution Mode.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.8%, Action Roguelike 39.5%, Action 16.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Shoot waves of monstersFight your way from wave to wave and kill all the monsters. Collect coins to buy weapons, ammunition and special items like dynamite or gun turrets in the shop machine. Be quick, because the shop is only open for 30 seconds between each wave. Each level has four rounds.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.9%, Action 29.4%, Top-Down 21.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Retro space shoot'em up with nice AI, physics, story and RPG elements.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 62.1%, Action 37.9%

Collect loot. Kill Monsters. Do it Quickly. Oh...and DON'T DIE! Quickly navigate your character through a series of levels filled with monsters trying to take you down. Unlock class-specific power-ups, minions, and other bonuses to help you on your quest.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 61.1%, Action 38.9%

Fly the famed Platypus fighter through a fantastic landscape of carefully molded clay to protect inhabitants of Mungola from the Collosatropolians! Collect power-ups and bonus stars to give your Platypus the boost you need. Every level of this gorgeous arcade challenge bursts with original fun that's perfect for gamers of all ages.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 60.7%, Action 39.3%

In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WWIII, was not nearly sufficient to repel the numerous Kreton attacks.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 59.1%, Action 40.9%

Zenohell is a 90s inspired shoot-em'up (shmup) that is all about simple gameplay, just dodge, shoot, score, with vibrant pixel visuals and a kicking 28 track soundtrack, with lots of content to boot.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 59%, Action 41%

Two classic Wonderswan games, now on PC! Battle the mysterious Judges in Judgement Silversword. Cardinal Sins is a score trial marathon, based on the theme of the Seven Deadly Sins. Will you face Judgement?

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 56.2%, Action 43.8%

Jumping into a hole may not be the best idea, but your hair has been stolen. Master the powers of hats and get it back.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.6%, Action Roguelike 36.3%, Action 24%, Singleplayer 2%

Zoratharion is a fast-paced roguelite shoot 'em up. Choose your pilot, ship, and weapon to battle waves of enemies, liberate planets, and unlock upgrades. Every run is unique. Will you rise as the galaxy's savior?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Action 18.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Bosorka is an exciting action roguelike where a young witch saves the world from insidious and cruel demons. Combine runes, master a variety of brooms, and try all possible and impossible spells until you gain enough power to fight evil.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Action Roguelike 31.1%, Action 14.8%, Top-Down 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Fight pests and insects to protect your garden!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Action 16.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Touhou: Bullet Monsoon is a rogue-like-inspired bullet hell shooter and a fan-made derivative work based on the Touhou Project series. Survive by weaving through dense bullet patterns, build your own combat style through a wide variety of upgrades, and fight against the bosses.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Action Roguelike 32.9%, Action 17.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Stahldrache is a top-down shooter set in the skies of far-flung planets. The automated terraforming system has gone rogue, and must be stopped. Fight against time and waves of drones to make the planet safe! Bomb the control nodes and neutralize the AI before the defenseless colony ships arrive!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.5%, Action Roguelike 36%, Top-Down 12.8%, Action 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Slice through a sushi army as a cybernetic ninja in this fast-paced rogue-like dungeon crawler and uncover what lies beneath it.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.2%, Action 26.3%, Top-Down 19.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Survive waves of alien invaders. Upgrade your weapons and create insane builds. Addictive arcade roguelike action awaits you!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 41.4%, Action 16.1%, Singleplayer 1%

This is a vampire survivor game, players get experience points by killing monsters, and then upgrade spells or props, there are a variety of spells and props for players to upgrade, players can choose spells or Props, how to clear the level, survive for 10 minutes and then defeat the final boss.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.3%, Top-Down 25.6%, Action 24.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Mysterious Space is a rogue-like side-scrolling action space shooter. Explore alien worlds for the fuel and equipment you'll need to survive the mysterious Sector ZZ-Omega-9...

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Action 24.1%

A 2D comic-style squad survival game. Command triangle, square, and pentagon characters through waves of increasing difficulty. Mount weapons on every edge — blades, guns, flamethrowers, and more. Stack same weapons for gear combo bonuses. Burn, freeze, or shatter foes using material weaknesses.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.8%, Action 30.5%, Top-Down 23.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A virus has breached the system. You have 3 minutes to contain it. Build a weapon system from cards, survive escalating chaos, and earn bits that compound into exponential power. A survivors-like with an incremental twist.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Action Roguelike 26.9%, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Action 11.4%, Top-Down 5.7%

Void Survivors is a fast-paced action roguelike game where you have to survive relentless hordes of monsters for 20 minutes!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.7%, Top-Down 26.5%, Action 22.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Unleash mayhem in this bloody, hand-drawn roguelike where Christmas meets metal and Santa fights for survival!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Action Roguelike 28.5%, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Top-Down 14%, Action 8.2%

Pick a Hero, Build your Battle deck and destroy endless hordes of enemies. The Final Oath is a Deck-building, Rogue-like, Survivor game. Chase your power fantasy by acquiring powerful cards, min-max your stats and destroy everything in your way. Most Importantly, Fulfill your Oath to Protect!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 37%, Action 23.3%, Deckbuilding 20.1%, Top-Down 18.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

What is that... a cat!? A mysterious enemy has invaded from outer space. Break through a storm of bullets in your super fighter in this unique full-scale shooting game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.3%, Action 29.2%, Top-Down 21.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Splat Arena is a over the top violent top down shooter inspired by the madness combat series.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Action 23%, Top-Down 13.1%, Singleplayer 1%

Help to restore the power of the last crypt in the fantasy world! With the power of Death herself, obtain new heroes, guns and skills to create powerful combinations in this roguelite top down survivors game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Action 21.7%, Top-Down 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Simplistic roguelike shooter, Blast your way through countless enemies while earning powerful upgrades which turn you into a shape obliterating machine! 50+ upgrades with countless synergies and stacking effects!, Unique enemies which have unique abilities

Why similar: Action Roguelike 37%, Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Action 12.9%, Top-Down 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 68.3%, Action 31.7%

Kilemol is a top-down shooter where you'll have to destroy all spawn capsules and enemies using different weapons in a dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 52.9%, Action 23.7%, Top-Down 21.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Your balls are droopy. The floor is piss. Dodge turds, blast toilet demons, and stay dry in the dumbest, most legendary 2D survival game of the year. Power up, level up, and whatever you do… don’t let your sack touch the soup. It’s Droopy Balls Simulator 2025, baby.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.2%, Action 24.6%, Comedy 22.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Join the endless arena battle. Select your pilot, upgrade your ship, upgrade your guns, upgrade your drones. Fight, upgrade, die, repeat.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.3%, Action Roguelike 36.4%, Action 12.3%, Top-Down 12%

Verisim Skies is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up with an emphasis on story and cinematic action. Go forth, Champion. Find your purpose. Fulfill your destiny. Accept your fate.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 66%, Action 19.7%, Top-Down 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Mobocalypse is a shooter roguelite where you have to kill hordes of mobs to save the world - and youself!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.6%, Action Roguelike 36.8%, Action 23.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter where bullet heaven meets bullet hell. Evolve your ship, master your loadout and turn the tide against hordes of enemies. You may be outnumbered, but you are far from outpowered.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Action Roguelike 29.5%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Action 12%, Top-Down 11.1%

Ready for a fast paced rogue-like action shooter with upgrades, abilities and loads of weapons?, well you found it!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Action 22%, Singleplayer 1%

An incremental shoot 'em up with an oldschool aesthetic and an intense gameplay loop. Fight through 9 levels of a grueling training simulation, growing stronger with every loop, and realize ignorance truly is bliss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.7%, Action Roguelike 33.6%, Action 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

An intense arcade shooter where you dodge and destroy waves of projectiles in fast-paced, evolving runs.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Action 24%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A fast-paced roguelike extraction shooter focused on movement and risk. Pilot a combat Float Bot on a hostile planet, destroy enemies, collect money, and choose when to extract. Stay longer for greater rewards, but die and lose your upgraded Float Bot.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38%, Action Roguelike 36.7%, Action 24.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Redux: Dark Matters is a fast-paced space shooting game with fresh scoring elements - a bastard-hard shooter and definitely a must have for every shmup fan!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 62.7%, Action 37.3%

This is a Village defense game in which you have to defend the shrines of the villages. After destroying the shrines, darkness will take over the world, only you can stop the forces of evil.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.1%, Action 27.9%, Top-Down 21.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A high-intensity, Touhou Project survivor-like action game set in Gensokyo, playable in just 5–10 minutes! Break through overwhelming enemy hordes and bullet hell attacks using your own unique builds and pure player skill.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.6%, Action 27%, Top-Down 20.4%

Velocity®Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a collapsed black hole, you’ll need to use both firepower and quick-wits to catapult the Quarp Jet through 50 levels of sci-fi action.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 61.9%, Action 38.1%

"Battle Crust" is a 80's-90's arcade-style shooter. You make full use of "Charge shot" that is available by obtaining the item, And let's Complete all of the 6 stage!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 62.6%, Action 37.4%

A roguelite game using angelic and demonic powers. The protagonist evolves with each stage clear, changing abilities and appearance. Select random abilities upon leveling up to build the strongest character and defeat evil spirits from all directions.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.1%, Action Roguelike 31.4%, Action 11.7%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Top-Down 9%

Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.8%, Action Roguelike 34.1%, Action 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 62.5%, Action 37.5%

Fire Arrow and Fire Arrow X are time attack style shooters with a heavy emphasis on scoring. Otherwisely, you can call them coffee break shmups.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 59.1%, Action 40.9%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Action Roguelike 31.7%, Action 22%, Top-Down 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 63.3%, Action 22.7%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Old school 2d shooter with crazy music by the indie band 8bit Phantom Galactic! -Challenging retro space shooter -Fight your way through various stages and enemies. -Intense Boss fight! -Master the use of your shield to survive. -Use powerups to upgrade your ship's weapons!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 63.1%, Action 36.9%

Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 59%, Action 41%

Become a mercenary of the future and pilot the super-tech Raptor. Embark on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp, battle against hordes of relentless enemies and spend the bounty to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hardcore weapons!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 70.6%, Action 29.4%

Skycore Reboot is an action roguelike game centered on skill-building. You will venture through randomly generated floating cities, freely assembling acquired skills and equipment, defeating the ultimate magitek weapon, and rebooting the skycore to alter the fate of the falling sky islands.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Top-Down 13.8%, Action 10.2%

In the far distant future, an epic war for survival takes place... Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.6%, Action 34.4%

Maelslime is an action, arcade, rouge like, twin stick shooter. Squelch a bunch of slimes, survive a couple storms, and maybe enjoy some bonus game modes I threw in as a treat.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.7%, Action 31.6%, Top-Down 23.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A roguelike action game in which beautiful girls fight against hordes of hordes to reclaim their castle. Strengthen her skills during the battle or enhance them in a shop. Become stronger and defeat their enemies.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.1%, Action Roguelike 30.4%, Action 12%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Top-Down 8.5%