Games Like Memory Lost: Chapter One

Memory Lost is a story-driven fast-paced cyberpunk shooter where you are not just fighting enemies — you become them. Possess enemies, adapt their weapons and skills, and fight ruthless corporations. Uncover secrets, upgrade abilities, and shape your own fate in this world.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Isometric 13.6%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The full version of the seed game expands on the body-swapping mechanics and narrative depth of the first chapter.

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

Why similar: Violent 23.5%, Gore 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Top-Down 14.4%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive top-down violent shooter that shares the high-stakes, one-hit-kill intensity of the seed game.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Gore 24.1%, Violent 18.2%, Top-Down 10.2%, Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the brutal, fast-paced top-down action of its predecessor with even more complex level design.

Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Gore 12%, Violent 10.7%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-lethality, cinematic gunplay with a focus on slow-motion mechanics and precise movement.

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.5%, Isometric 16.9%, Violent 11.6%, Gore 11.5%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense, fast-paced top-down combat set in a gritty, atmospheric cyberpunk world.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Violent 32.9%, Gore 28.8%, Action 27.6%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the high-lethality, one-hit-kill combat and atmospheric, story-driven approach found in the seed game.

Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.

Why similar: Gore 40%, Top-Down Shooter 38.4%, Action 16.6%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, fast-paced top-down shooter that strips away the fluff to focus purely on lethal gunplay.

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.4%, Shooter 13.9%, Top-Down 13.7%, Violent 11.7%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical top-down shooter that emphasizes stealth, precision, and careful planning in hostile environments.

Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Shooter 14.2%, Top-Down 9.1%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, top-down action game that rewards quick reflexes and tactical use of character abilities.

EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Why similar: Shooter 42.6%, Top-Down 31.6%, Action 14.6%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, top-down roguelite that emphasizes brutal combat and survival in a dark, industrial setting.

A former member of the criminal underworld is lured back into “the life” by a mysterious drone claiming they have until sunrise to prevent a citywide criminal takeover together.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 48.3%, Isometric 21.4%, Gore 10.3%, Violent 9.2%, Action 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers visceral, fast-paced top-down combat with a heavy focus on environmental interaction and movement.

The game is an isometric shooter. The story revolves around Yanus- a private investigator with a troubled past trying to solve the case of stolen data while fighting his inner demons, urban gangs and an omnipotent corporation responsible for the decay of the city he once used to call his own.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.1%, Shooter 21.5%, Action 12.9%, Top-Down 11.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that combines intense combat with a strong, atmospheric cyberpunk narrative.

An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 54.2%, Gore 18.8%, Violent 15.6%, Action 6.9%, Atmospheric 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, hyper-violent action game that captures the dark, atmospheric tone of the seed game.

Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!

Why similar: Beat 'em up 42.8%, Action 21.2%, Top-Down 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Indie 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features top-down action centered around unique movement mechanics that allow for aggressive, high-speed combat.

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.

Why similar: Action 56.8%, Indie 20.5%, Violent 18.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult, atmospheric action game that emphasizes survival and precise combat mechanics.

Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 29%, Shooter 14.7%, Top-Down 8.2%, Action 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure shooter that maintains a dark, atmospheric tone throughout its combat sequences.

Into the Fray is a fast action-shooter in the vein of Doom and Dark Messiah; using fast combat, reactive environments, and traps. Blast, kick, and dash your way through Rebels and Eldritch creatures to liberate the Isle of Portland; as it becomes consumed by Fog and the horrors therein.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Gore 14.2%, Violent 12.7%, Shooter 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines violent, top-down action with RPG elements for a challenging and gritty experience.

"Inside Me" is a top-down shooter in which you play as one of nanorobots embedded in the human body to fight infection.

Why similar: Action 75.8%, Indie 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes action and survival in a challenging, hostile environment.

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 13.1%, Top-Down 10%

Why You'll Like It: A kinetic, top-down action game that uses a unique aesthetic to emphasize raw, violent momentum.

The fast-paced twin-stick shooter game in the grim post-apocalyptic Renaissance setting. It had been more than a hundred years since the terrible plague devoured the whole continent and turned almost everyone there in the maddened mutants.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Isometric 17.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Gore 9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, top-down shooter set in a dark, plague-ridden world that demands constant movement.

Loplight is a twin-stick shooter taking inspirations from Hermetic lore and old alchemical concepts. Explore the ruins of this world, find out who's responsible, and defeat the monstrous creatures blocking your path.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 50.1%, Shooter 18%, Action 9.4%, Gore 9.3%, Violent 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that balances intense combat with a strong focus on story and atmosphere.

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

Why similar: Gore 26.8%, Violent 23.3%, Isometric 16.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on raw, uncompromising top-down shooter mechanics with a dark and gritty presentation.

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising.

Why similar: Gore 32.7%, Shooter 20.9%, Action 15.4%, Violent 14.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, high-stakes game that requires careful planning and precision to survive in a dark, atmospheric world.

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: Shoot 'Em Up 58.2%, Shooter 18.5%, Top-Down 12.1%, Action 9.2%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell style top-down action game that emphasizes survival and high-speed combat.

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 38.4%, Gore 30.7%, Violent 19%, Action 8.8%, Indie 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers visceral, chaotic combat with a focus on environmental interaction and high-intensity brawling.

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

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Action 15%, Shooter 11.3%, Gore 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie top-down shooter that focuses on fast-paced action and arcade-style combat.

Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.9%, Action 29.1%, Indie 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite that features unique combat mechanics and a focus on tactical positioning.

It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

Why similar: Violent 36.2%, Gore 31.4%, Action 14%, Top-Down 10.5%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down game that blends tactical stealth with violent, action-oriented execution.

Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.

Why similar: Beat 'em up 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Violent 9.6%, Shooter 9.5%

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Why similar: Top-Down 57.1%, Action 27.1%, Gore 14%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!

Why similar: Gore 45.4%, Action 25.7%, Top-Down 17%, Indie 8.8%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down game that captures a dark, atmospheric tone while focusing on tactical movement and stealth.

GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.

Why similar: Gore 36.6%, Violent 33.9%, Action 22.2%, Indie 7.3%

Have you ever faced your worst nightmare? What if you have no choice but to move on and see what’s behind it? Then you’d better arm yourself with a couple of big guns, stock up on ammo and show them all what a real nightmare is!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Gore 21.2%, Violent 13.1%, Action 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A violent, top-down shooter that shares the gritty aesthetic and action-heavy gameplay of the seed game.

A SHORT and sweet pixelated low fidelity 90s throwback hyper-fast action shooter. Survive and fight through a city overrun with manufactured monstrosities, biomass horrors, and a military authority trying to purge everything living. Heavy metal / techno soundtrack featuring BOD Music

Why similar: Shooter 38.1%, Action 21%, Gore 19.1%, Violent 16.9%, Indie 2.9%

Isometric action shooter with light RPG elements. Brutally kill tons of alien monsters, find over a dozen powerful weapons, skill up your hero & stop the blood thirsty invaders in a classic handcrafted campaign. Never ending waves await you in horde-mode!

Why similar: Isometric 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Violent 7.9%

One try, one kill - a gory TDS game, in which you must clean the areas of ruthless mercenary. The game is a top-down so you could view the battle situation as it's best.

Why similar: Action 74%, Indie 26%

Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.4%, Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down 13.9%, Action 9.1%, Violent 4.2%

Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Why similar: Gore 31.8%, Shooter 23.6%, Action 22.9%, Violent 13.4%, Indie 5.9%

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: Shooter 43.9%, Top-Down 33.5%, Action 18.7%, Singleplayer 3.9%

In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

Why similar: Gore 32.6%, Shooter 27.5%, Violent 17.9%, Action 12.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%

A murderer's only shot at redemption. Shatter hell portals, stack divine relics into devastating builds, and descend deeper into hell until you're strong enough to face Satan himself. A roguelike FPS about salvation through overwhelming holy firepower.

Why similar: Shooter 41.8%, Action 27.4%, Gore 19.6%, Atmospheric 6.6%, Indie 2.9%

Escape The City - It's a first-person shooter, about a city that was attacked by enemies.Prepare your gun and leave the city immediately. Fight your way past various enemies on different locations of the city and find your way out!

Why similar: Shooter 42.6%, Action 30.1%, Violent 21.3%, Indie 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 56.5%, Shooter 22.6%, Action 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Painted Memories is an Action/Adventure game that you journey through using various equipment in your arsenal, such as a crossbow or a torch. You will encounter different creatures, bosses, puzzles and more!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.7%, Action 25.8%, Shooter 15%, Top-Down 11.2%, Indie 6.8%

Cube Destroyer is a top-down shooter with a dynamic gameplay.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.6%, Top-Down 15.8%, Shooter 15.5%, Action 13.9%, Indie 7.7%

Task is to Survive - Is a first person shooter. You play as a soldier and you were sent by helicopter to the infected object in which there are a huge number of dangerous zombies. Do you have a special mission - to kill as many zombies before the time, until you die!

Why similar: Gore 43.4%, Violent 41.4%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Beat 'em up 23.8%, Gore 14.1%, Violent 11.9%, Shooter 8.9%

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Shooter 21.4%, Gore 19.9%, Violent 14.1%, Action 13.5%

Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Top-Down 41.5%, Action 31.7%, Gore 14.4%, Violent 7.9%, Indie 2.4%

1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.

Why similar: Isometric 49.8%, Shooter 31.9%, Action 14.5%, Singleplayer 3.7%

DED - a game in the shoot'em up genre. Your granddaughter has been kidnapped, and your daughter and son-in-law murdered. Having just bits and pieces of information about the abductors, you will have to save your granddaughter and find the masterminds behind these crimes.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 69.4%, Action 21.3%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Cube Gothic is a Story-driven Shoot 'em up Adventure. Shooting enemies and dodging projectiles while solving simple puzzles and trying to comprehend the surreal plot - these are the challenges you'll be facing in Cube Gothic.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 76.8%, Action 14.9%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 0.6%

Your character has lost his memory and finds himself in a godforsaken place. An adventure with a nonlinear storyline, lots of choices, and a unique combat system. Could he get out alive?

Why similar: Action 74.5%, Indie 25.5%

Fight hostile drones that try to keep their recently gained autonomy by either shooting or morphing into them.Biodrone Battle brings classic top-down action rooted in the pioneer gaming era of the 1980s into your living room.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Top-Down Shooter 30.7%, Action 15%, Top-Down 9.5%, Indie 3.7%

Project Remedium is a story-driven action shooter set inside a human body devastated by illness and bad circumstances. It's a post-apocalypse of sorts, a really tiny one, but for a nanobot named Nano+, the body is a whole world. So he is hell-bent on fixing it with his guns and a unique grapnel.

Why similar: Action 44%, Shooter 30%, Indie 14.3%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Singleplayer 3.1%

in My MIND. is a shooting game with metaphors about mind and feelings. Face 18 different negative emotions. Your goal is to overcome them without being defeated.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.8%, Shooter 23.2%, Action 17%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%