Games Like Maniac

Build a "legitimate" corporation via open world missions, shakedowns, sabotage and property acquisition.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Driving 16.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Open World 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world, top-down crime game that emphasizes destruction and business-building in a satirical setting.

Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, Top-Down 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A polished action-roguelike that focuses on screen-clearing bullet-hell combat and rapid progression.

Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33%, Bullet Hell 32%, Roguelike 9.9%, Score Attack 9.5%, Arcade 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive action-roguelike that popularized the bullet-hell survival loop found in Maniac.

Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelike 10.8%, Arcade 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines massive waves of enemies with twin-stick shooter mechanics for a chaotic survival experience.

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Action Roguelike 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Roguelike 20%, Arcade 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly intense, fast-paced action-roguelike experience with deep character customization and chaotic combat.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.1%, Roguelike 28.4%, RPG 13.4%, Funny 11%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox game that thrives on emergent chaos and crime-themed missions in an open city.

Inspired by classic top-down action games, Glitchpunk lets you brawl, shoot and drive your way through a dystopian future. As an android bounty hunter in a brutal world of gangs, cults and corporations there’s plenty of work for you. Lock and load, let her rip!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Dark Humor 24%, Open World 17.8%, Top-Down 14%, Action 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, cyberpunk-themed open-world game that features hacking and chaotic combat similar to Maniac.

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

Why similar: Top-Down 42.4%, Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Action 16.7%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same high-intensity, top-down violent action and fast-paced gameplay loop.

Prepare for bullet hell action and crazy driving! Your town is on fire, anarchy reigns the streets, aliens rampage in the sky! Grab your gun and join the fun!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 13%, Roguelike 6.2%, Arcade 6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic top-down shooter that embraces pure destruction and a simple, arcade-style gameplay loop.

Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 20%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Roguelike 13.2%, Top-Down 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell action-roguelike that focuses on mowing down thousands of enemies with creative weapon builds.

Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Top-Down 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique action-roguelike that blends farming elements with intense, screen-filling bullet-hell combat.

Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelike 9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-intensity top-down shooter where you destroy endless waves of enemies in a destructible city.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Roguelike 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 11%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down roguelike shooter that rewards aggressive play and chaotic movement.

Gunforged is a goofy fantasy roguelite shooter where you create broken builds every run. Forge your guns with randomized gun parts, collect passive abilities, and embed gun-changing runes into your guns to create the ultimate build.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16%, Roguelike 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that focuses on shooter mechanics and arena-based combat progression.

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.3%, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Top-Down 17.2%, Action 7.5%, Arcade 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic top-down shooter that focuses purely on surviving overwhelming waves of enemies with powerful weaponry.

A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Roguelike 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based twin-stick shooter that adds a layer of environmental interaction to the roguelike formula.

Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, Top-Down 14.4%, Action 6%, RPG 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic twin-stick shooter that features massive destruction and high-intensity combat against endless hordes.

A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelike 10.1%, Top-Down 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite shooter with destructible environments and a heavy focus on weapon upgrades.

Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelike 11.8%, Score Attack 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter roguelike that focuses on rapid-fire combat and constant character upgrades.

A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Roguelike 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action-roguelike that emphasizes fast movement and overwhelming enemy density.

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.9%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.1%, Roguelike 8.1%, Bullet Hell 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: An intense top-down shooter that emphasizes tactical combat and satisfying, high-impact weapon mechanics.

A top-down action roguelike about buying snakes, fighting them, selling their oil, and buying more snakes. Upgrade your weapons, get stronger snakes to fight, and chase down a high score with only ten days to live.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Dark Humor 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that blends hack-and-slash elements with intense bullet-hell survival.

An isometric roguelike third-person shooter about a ruined Earth and the unending chaos engulfing it. Fight hordes of the infected, gather loot, make allies, traverse spacetime, and venture into the depths of what we could've prevented.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelike 15.2%, Dark Humor 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled action-roguelike that emphasizes exploration and chaotic, bullet-hell combat.

Entropy Survivors is a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control a powerful mech and a sharpshooting space frog, featuring outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Score Attack 10.4%, Roguelike 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelike that features cooperative play and intense bullet-hell survival.

The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Score Attack 14.9%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Roguelike 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, highly addictive action-roguelike focused on surviving massive zombie hordes.

Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showdown begin!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.4%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite that captures the frantic, high-energy combat of the Serious Sam series.

A magical, chaotic roguelike-survivor. Craft insane wands, evolve and fuse powerful spells, equip crazy gear, and wield the power of divine relics. Get ready to wipe out hordes of hungry frogs and face mighty bosses in unique, unpredictable runs.

Why similar: Gun Customization 26.3%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelike 14.7%, Top-Down 9.1%

A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.3%, Action Roguelike 25.2%, Arcade 13.4%, Top-Down 12.3%, RPG 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A shoot-em-up roguelike that focuses on managing multiple weapon systems while dodging complex bullet patterns.

Shoot Trip Die is a psychedelic, arcade, rogue-like romp! Finger blast your way through dozens of levels mowing down strange monsters and collecting even weirder items, all to get back to your pissed stained mattress! It's got Kick! It's got Bite! And It'll Mess. You. Up! You got what it takes?...

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Dark Humor 17.3%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelike 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter that emphasizes fast-paced action and roguelite progression systems.

Sodaman is a bullet-heaven roguelike where you play as a supersoldier fighting alien hordes with soda powers. Find game-breaking sodas and concoct custom cocktails. Discover planets, unlock weapons, sodas, cybernetics, power-up cards, and more. But first, crack open a cold one.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Score Attack 14%, Roguelike 11.3%

Grab a gun and take down hostile robots corrupted by synthetic emotions! Combine weapon modifications and wreak havoc in this roguelite shooter. Let your emotions shape combat and alter boss fights! Fight alone or join up with up to 4 players!

Why similar: Gun Customization 19%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11%

Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 49.5%, Top-Down 16.8%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 11%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on vehicle-based destruction and massive explosions in an open environment.

Wired from the ashes of twin stick Shooters, Arksync evolves the genre with breakneck player movement and combat. Survive and buy weapons, utilities, and upgrades; then risk it all as you fight to survive, and take a toy bear home.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Dark Humor 15.1%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Gun Customization 11.6%

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Dark Humor 18.4%, Open World 13.7%, Action 10%

Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.

Why similar: Gun Customization 29.1%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelike 16.9%, Arcade 8%

Fantasy Madness: Bloodbath is a roguelike action-survival game where forces of nature fight against hordes of evil. Gain new skills, loot powerful items and defeat all who stand in your way… By all means!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.6%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Dark Humor 17.9%, Roguelike 9.9%, Arcade 9.1%

Bloodshed is a Roguelite Survivors FPS; an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action!

Why similar: Score Attack 30.5%, Bullet Hell 30.1%, Action Roguelike 29%, Action 6%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Workaholic is a frantic rouge-lite FPS where you go on a rampage through a hellish office space as your grasp on reality crumbles.

Why similar: Score Attack 40.4%, Dark Humor 25.8%, Action 8.8%, Action Roguelike 8.7%, 3D 8.5%

A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Bullet Hell 16%, Roguelike 12.3%

Chaos Town is a top-down chaotic shooter game where everything is destructible!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 14%, RPG 13.3%, Action 11.4%

Welcome to Bloody Rally Show - a head-on smash between frenetic top-down arcade racing and hyperviolent reality TV. You must drift, boost, and blast to keep the viewers entertained and your paymasters happy. Go full throttle and drive to survive! Includes local multiplayer mayhem for up to 4 players

Why similar: Driving 21.7%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, Roguelike 12.1%, Character Customization 12.1%

Driveloop is a fast-paced driving roguelike shooter. Drift, blast and ram your way through waves of steampunk enemies. Upgrade your vehicle with powerful weapons, recruit unique crew members and survive intense battles as you build the ultimate combat machine. Can you survive the chaos?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Score Attack 11.3%, Action Roguelike 11.1%

This is an exhilarating action and shooting game where you fight using weapons with different abilities.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Action Roguelike 26.4%, Top-Down 11%, Action 3.3%

The craziest driver simulator!

Why similar: Score Attack 29.7%, Top-Down 20%, Arcade 16.3%, Action 15.6%, Funny 13.4%

The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.5%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Top-Down 18.5%, Roguelike 16.4%, Action 5.8%

Simplistic top-down shooter that will put a smile on your face. Fulfill your inner sociopath as you mow down enemies with guns and cars alike, in a bid to pull off the world's largest heist!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.7%, Funny 18.1%, Simulation 15.9%, Action 13.4%, Singleplayer 3%

Matthew Taurus, after losing everything in a horrifying event, turned from honorable policeman into vengeful outlaw. Get ready to rage through dangerous spaceships in this frantic twin-stick shooter roguelite, where you must find your enemies and destroy them.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.8%, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, 3D 7%, Action 5%

A vehicular shooter with roguelike elements, offering a wild take on an alternate future of the Soviet Union. Build your combat vehicle and show nature who's boss!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31%, Character Customization 22.5%, Top-Down 18.4%, Simulation 11.6%, 3D 8.1%

Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Dark Humor 18.8%, Roguelike 14%, Open World 10.9%

REDLINE CROOKS is a fast-paced roguelite combat racing game in which you destroy cops, walls and possibly yourself in a chaotic pursuit of freedom and riches. Upgrade, Slam, Taunt and Boost your way out of imprisonment through the lawless roads that lie ahead, and you may find personal absolution.

Why similar: Driving 22.7%, Action Roguelike 21.1%, Score Attack 12.6%, Roguelike 12.1%, Top-Down 10.4%

Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.9%, Top-Down Shooter 30%, Top-Down 14.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Action 4.4%

Deliver At All Costs is a thrilling action game where destruction, absurdity and intrigue collide! Step into the shoes of Winston Green — a down-on-his-luck courier with a fiery temper and a mysterious past — as he delivers highly unconventional cargo, leaving a trail of havoc and chaos behind him.

Why similar: Driving 22.8%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 12.3%, Arcade 9.3%

An arcade-action vehicle combat game with rogue-lite progression. Drift, blast, and outdrive your enemies across a war-torn Europe. Upgrade your car with powerful weapons and mods, survive deadly delivery missions, and challenge insane mega-machine bosses.

Why similar: Driving 31.5%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Top-Down 15.3%, Arcade 12.8%, 3D 6.7%

Pest Apocalypse is a hyper-realistic post apocalyptic physics based pizza delivery action rogue-lite! Boost, jump, and drift across different maps in a bouncy pizza van. Pick up kooky passengers along the way and focus on the driving while they handle the shooting!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Driving 22.1%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelike 12.4%, Arcade 8.8%

Roguelite Overpowered Wizard Simulator. Slay hundreds of cultists using the power of ancient cards and your magical steampunk arsenal. Choose from a diverse set of cards to create unique, game-breaking builds and shoot down the horde trying to stop you.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Gun Customization 8.1%

Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14%, Score Attack 10.6%

Cavity Busters is a roguelite toothpunk bullet hell where you bite and chomp cavity infested enemies. Run on the walls, dodge through bullet filled rooms and stomp baddies. Collect power ups, contract powerful diseases, and carve your way through a bloated body kingdom.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Dark Humor 11.6%

20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

Why similar: Gun Customization 24%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Score Attack 13.8%

Destroy hordes of strange machines that have invaded the forest. Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter roguelite focused on immersion into the world of Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Top-Down 12%, Roguelike 10.8%

Hell Shooter is a roguelike dungeon crawler game. It features unique attack methods, exhilarating action, an oriental hellish atmosphere, and each character's storytelling.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Roguelike 22.9%, Funny 13.8%, RPG 11.5%, 3D 8.2%