Games Like Mine the Deep

Wirehawk is a retro boomer shmup: a top-down vertical bullet-heaven shooter in pure neon vector wireframe. Blast asteroids and alien waves, grab power-ups, dodge bullet storms and slow time with stasis - one ship, one laser, no mercy. Fly with mouse or gamepad. Autofire always on.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 8.8%, Top-Down 5.8%

a bullet heaven type game inspired by retro shoot'em up games of the 90s. Survive and defeat waves of enemies in an infinite space arena, acquire power ups and defeat the final boss !

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Space 6.9%, Arcade 6.4%

Papership is a modular, comic-book vertical-scroll shmup about building your ship block by block and learning how every block changes how you fly. Clear a procedural Voyage, then crack open the endless Atlas endgame and forge gear no campaign could give you. Your ship is whatever you make of it.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 5.6%

Crush the countless crabs while blasting your way through the cancer zone!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 51.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Arcade 10.6%, Space 9%, Action 6.9%

Can you survive the Empire's onslaught? Avoid the attacking enemies and upgrade your ship to last long enough to escape in this space survivorslike.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Space 7.9%, Arcade 6.9%

Shoot to the beat, charge your power and build screen-clearing weapon synergies in a neon bullet heaven where every song becomes a fight for survival. Play quick-fire Arcade runs or shape your own build in Survivors mode.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 7.6%, Action 5.2%

A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 5.1%

The signal is corrupted. Something is listening. Pick a hunter, load your weapons, and survive the broadcast before it silences you.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 7.8%, Action 5.4%

Survive massive amount of enemies in space in this top-down action auto-shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down 5.2%, Space 5.1%

GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite. Choose the perfect weapon combinations and upgrade your ship to destroy hordes of enemies and giant bosses, using strategy and a powerful arsenal.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 50.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.4%, Action 6.2%

ORBITCORE is a single-player bullet heaven game with roguelite features set in the deep cold vacuum of space. Wade your way through the galaxies fighting swarms of enemy ships and conquer a formidable foe at the end of each one!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 50.4% ★, Action 12%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.1%, Space 8.8%

Battle across the galaxy, defeat powerful bosses, and uncover the mystery of Kuma's missing sister in this fast-paced top-down space shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 47.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 6.3%, Action 5.1%

Become the galaxy’s deadliest hunter! Wield 7 weapons at once, unleash ricochet chaos, and conquer alien worlds in this fast-paced roguelite. Survive 10 minutes of madness, trigger your Rage, and slay the boss. Master unique Signature Weapons and craft your ultimate build!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 8.7%, Top-Down 5.8%

PhaigeX is a fast-paced "Bullet Heaven" space shooter, tasking the player to explore space sectors and contain a rising incursion of rogue AI-controlled units. Pilot a variety of ships, call in the support craft, and use a myriad of upgrades to lay down heavy firepower towards the enemy forces.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 8.3%, Space 5.4%

EpicSelectry is a bullet hell shooter where you choose between the dense Red World and the fast Blue World. Repeated choices raise each world's rank and intensify its patterns. Dodge aimed and random bullets, customize Extra Mode's difficulty, and compete on Steam leaderboards.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Action 13.7%, Top-Down 5%

You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 8.7%, Space 7.1%

Confectionery Tale is a persistent open world swarm shooter. Play as Kane and traverse Sweetopia while defeating a variety of different confections. Gain levels and collect drops to further increase your power.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 60.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Action 13%, 2D 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Manage your shields, evolve your ship, defend Earth. Nano Squadron is a top-down space roguelite where every run brings new upgrades and every mistake leaves you exposed.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Arcade 10%, Space 6%, Top-Down 6%

Strategize your base to build and defend off waves of enemies in an on going battle. Plan, Attack, Defend and Grow! In the stratigic tower defense shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 52.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Action 6%, Top-Down 4.1%

You’re trapped in a lightning storm in an asteroid belt. Pick a ship, pick a weapon, fly the belt, and break asteroids for Fulgurite. Every minute grants an upgrade. Every run ends with a boss standing between you and the way out. Escape, unlock more ships and weapons, and run the belt again.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Arcade 12.4%, Space 10.4%, Action 9.2%

It's 1996. Lightning strikes the strip-mall arcade and monsters pour from every screen. Grab a Super Soaker, load your VHS bombs, and survive until dawn in this neon-soaked bullet heaven where your weapons fight for you. One more quarter. One more run.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 9.9%, Action 7.8%

Welcome aboard, Confiner! As PhaigeX Megacorp’s newest specialist, you’re tasked with curbing the AI incursion into hyperspace sectors. Choose your ship, upgrade your modules, accept commissions, and deploy adaptive strategems to fend off the relentless AI invasion.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Arcade 7.4%, Space 6.5%

Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Action 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Arcade 19.2%, Top-Down 6.6%

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: Bullet Heaven 79.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9%, Arcade 5%, Top-Down 3.4%, Action 2.2%

Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 8.1%, Top-Down 5%

Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 49.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Arcade 8.3%, Top-Down 5.3%

SMASH your way into roguelite breakout styled chaos. Launch projectiles, swing your trusty hammer, crush enemy hordes, and collect tools to change the gameplay. Swing fast. Smash waves. Survive the chaos. You got this.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 47.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 9%, Top-Down 6.5%

Another version of the classic Asteroids game

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Arcade 16.3%, Action 15.2%, Top-Down 6.9%

A Bullet-Heaven roguelike in the Approaching Infinity universe with both spaceship and away team missions. The exit of the galaxy's dominant races left a power vacuum that everyone wants to fill. Survive, pick a side, or kill'em all. No time to think when the horde's advancing.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 50.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 7.2%, Space 6.7%, Action 5.7%

Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Action 6.1%, Space 5.7%

Start as a tiny mech, spread as a cosmic parasite, or rewrite reality as a living cursor. Destroy enemies, unlock hundreds of upgrades, evolve through massive transformations, and grow from scrapyard survivor to universe-shaping power.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 49.6% ★, Action 15%, Arcade 14.5%, Top-Down 7.1%, 2D 6%

Arcanith is a roguelike survivors-like game where you control a wizard and face endless hordes of enemies. Master your incredible powers, evolve your spells, survive the chaos, and become an unstoppable force.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 54.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Action 9.7%, Top-Down 4.7%

Aboard your ship, destroy the hordes of aliens attacking you by choosing your weapons and upgrades as you play, and defeat the final boss! In this roguelite, each ship has a different weapon layout, giving each one its own unique playstyle. Then create your ship and develop your own strategy!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 56.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Action 7.5%, Top-Down 5.9%, Space 5.7%

You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Space 10.2%, Action 8.3%

Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 5.9%

Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Space 13.4%, Action 12%, Arcade 9.3%

Merge Mutants is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter where hostile scientists try to keep you locked up. Synthesize their remains into healing, abilities, and loyal mutants, then merge matching units into bigger and more powerful ones. Break out of the lab or die trying.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 56.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Action 9.7%, Top-Down 5%, Sci-fi 3.9%

DUMPLing is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter where you battle infinite waves of dumpling-like enemies inside a giant arena. Master fluid combat, survive escalating chaos, and create crazy upgrade combinations to last just one more run.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 9.4%, Top-Down 5.1%

An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Arcade 17%, Action 11.5%, Top-Down 7.1%

Break monster swarms, lockdown rescue missions, and crush apex bosses as you weave through deep story driven chaos. Welcome to a bullet heaven roguelite where survival demands strategy. Master the chaos, it takes a real Voxie Survivor to conquer all!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 84.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 7.6%, Arcade 4.2%, Top-Down 3.1%, Indie 0.4%

Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Arcade 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Action 13.9%, Top-Down 6.5%

Join the Krimson Patrol and blast your way through mutants and demons in this simple Shoot`em up game. No real challenge, just hold the trigger and run ahead! 3 story episodes and new playable characters that unlock while you progress through the campaign.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 53.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Arcade 7.7%, Action 7.6%, 2D 2%

Play as Lumi, a tiny glowing Lumibun, in a cute & cozy survivor roguelite. Dodge wild creatures, collect XP gems, and discover magical upgrades as you journey across Lumibloom to wake a world lost to magical sleep.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 53.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Action 9.7%, Arcade 9.4%, Top-Down 5.2%

Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26%, Arcade 13%, Action 10.1%, Top-Down 6.9%

Pick one of three rule-breaking dogs and turn staplers, coffee, keyboards, and resignation letters into 24 absurd auto-firing weapons. Fuse and evolve your build, shred task swarms and 12 bosses across six fast workplace stages, then clock out on time.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 50.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Arcade 10.7%, Action 7%, Top-Down 5.9%

Sci-fi action-roguelike survivors bullet-heaven with companions, dialogs and quests. Play as Operator - an independent agent operating on the fringes of known space, looking to make profit. Collect minerals, destroy or avoid hostile aliens. Buy new weapons, upgrade your stats and survive!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 60.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Action 7.2%, Top-Down 3%

move fast → build weapon evolutions | crack elites + bosses | chase a high score | pixel-art bullet heaven | free updates forever

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 55.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 8.3%, Top-Down 5%, Action 4.5%

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 Heaven 46.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Action 6.3%, Top-Down 5.5%

A free neon survivors-like. You're the Core, auto-blasting endless swarms across a digital grid. Stack weapons, trigger explosive synergies, and evolve your build — then survive the weekly seed everyone shares and climb the global leaderboard.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 56.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Arcade 8.8%, Action 8.1%, Top-Down 3.8%

A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 9.8%, Top-Down 6.6%

A roguelite bullet heaven where you dodge and auto-shoot through waves of enemies. Build devastating weapon, gear and mutation combinations with deep synergies. Face over 30 unique bosses across diverse biomes in this challenging arena shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 56.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 5.5%, Action 3.9%

An incremental bullet hell about shooting orbs at enemies, collecting resources, and becoming powerful!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Mining 17.7% ★, Arcade 8.8%, Top-Down 5.8%

Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics. Build powerful upgrade synergies, survive escalating waves, and hold the line long enough for the colony fleet to escape.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Arcade 8.9%, Action 5%

Steel Eagle is a reference to the 80's and 90's shooters. Your task is to reach the landing pad at the end of the level, destroying as many enemy units as possible, for which you collect points that can be exchanged for force and strength, which allows you to upgrade your “Steel Eagle”.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Action 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Arcade 15%, Indie 5.8%

WARLANCER - Armored Survivor is a top down survivor shooter where you employ weapons within weapons to decimate hordes of enemies with multiple waves of firepower. Configure your mech with upgrades and randomly generated weapons to survive the relentless tide of alien invaders.

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 51.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Arcade 8%, Top-Down 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.3%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Arcade 18.4%, Action 18.3%, Top-Down 6.6%

IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Action 22.2%, Arcade 20.9%, Top-Down 12.1%, Sci-fi 9%

RushGirl LUCA is a fast-paced 2D action shooter roguelite. With nothing but a mouse, weave between bullet heaven and bullet hell by your own hand, hold back the alien assault, upgrade a wide arsenal of weapons and parts, and push the counterattack all the way out into space!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 52.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Action 7.6%, Space 7.4%, Top-Down Shooter 6.8%

It's Christmas! Pelt the humans with gifts! Quickly!!!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Arcade 16.5%, Action 15.9%, Top-Down 6.9%

Clothing Damage + Survivor + Gear Mods >>> A woman is in danger! Do what must be done… Rip her clothes off! Oh, get your mind out of the gutter, it's the only way to save the world! Grab awesome weapons, sick skills and gear, and get ready for a unique, roguelike shoot-em-up each time you play!

Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Arcade 7%, Space 6.1%