- #1 The Elomont Raider
97% match1 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Louis & Happy Indie Game Studio
Windows
A retro top-down arcade shooter where every attack is a commitment. Move fast, lock in to cast, dodge patterns, and strike when the opening appears.
Why similar: Nostalgia 32.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Arcade 7.5%, Shooter 7%
- #2 Maze Blaze
96% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Revulo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Maze Blaze is filled with endless possibilities. Lock and load, then enter at your own peril.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Bullet Hell 11.1%
- #3 Deflect Boy
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Reima Project
Windows
Deflect Boy is a top-down arena shooter, that instead of guns, you only have a shield. Deflect the bullets and combine new skills to create unique deflection powers and survive until the nightmare ends.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Action Roguelike 19.8%, 1980s 11.8%, Shooter 8.6%
- #4 Polycar Blitz
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Yooper Game Studios LLC
Windows
Shift into high gear and defend the moon! In this top-down rougelike vehicle shooter, gun down monsters and upgrade your Polycar to fend off against increasingly difficult waves of alien invaders! Do you have what it takes to win?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, 1980s 13.9%, Arcade 8.7%
- #5 Mutants (C64/Amstrad/Spectrum)
95% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this unique top-down shooter, originally released in 1987, take on the role of a lone pilot of a scout ship fighting to eliminate the threat of the Macro-Genetic-Mutoids, bio-engineered organisms that threaten to destroy mankind.
Why similar: Nostalgia 34.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Retro 10.7%, 1980s 9.5%, Shooter 7.7%
- #6 Move Dodge and Kill
94% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: DjokaGames
Windows · Linux
Dodge the enemies shot and kill them with different weapons. Move, Dodge and Kill is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler in a neon environment.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, 1980s 11.6%
- #7 Asterogue
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gillspee
Windows
A roguelite space shooter based around the classic arcade game. Shoot asteroids, ships, and take down the mothership in a multi-stage boss fight, avoiding lasers and explosions. Upgrade your ship during and after your run in this casual simple roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 7.4%
- #8 Alchementalist
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Alchementalist is a procedurally generated rogue-lite dungeon crawler featuring spell-crafting. Fight your way through hordes of enemies, mine elemental nodes for materials and craft spell boosts, or even totally new spells, that allow you to manipulate the elements any way you choose!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Perma Death 14.2%, Bullet Hell 14%, Dungeon Crawler 14%
- #9 Eternal Curse
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mantas Butkus
Windows
Eternal Curse is a top-down twin-stick shooter roguelite bullet heaven. Burn, shoot, and slay your way through hordes of cursed residents on an unfortunate island. Loot and escape the island or die before succumbing to the corrupting power of the Eternal Curse!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Perma Death 17.5%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Arcade 7.1%
- #10 Bulletail
91% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ApeXPloit Studios
Windows · Linux
Snake-meets-bullet-hell roguelike where your tail is your ammo. Eat bullets to grow, spend length to shoot, and survive escalating waves, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 8.1%
- #11 HOTLIME
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Innopians
Windows
Chaotic PvP party game for 2–4 players. Citrus fighters battle to the death in a hellish skyscraper — one hit decides everything. Escape, if the bartender lets you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21%, 1980s 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Local Co-Op 13%, Shooter 10.9%
- #12 VASARA Collection
89% matchVery Positive82% of 146 reviews2019
Dev: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Nostalgia 13.9% ★, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Retro 8.4%
- #13 Boomerang Battles
88% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Gilded Rune Games
Windows · Mac
Boomerang Battles is a fast paced action roguelike where you battle your way through 100 floors of a deadly dungeon with your trusty boomerang in a bid for your freedom. Pick your favourite boomerang, learn its attack patterns, find upgrades, and battle against exciting bosses. Escape if you can.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Perma Death 19%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Dungeon Crawler 17.6%, Arcade 9.2%
- #14 Metis One
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Actuator GamesPub: Actuator Games LLC
Windows
Metis One is an action-packed co-op top down shooter in the design style of the arcade classics. Take command of the A6-Gravitus to defend the people of Jupiter Colony, Metis One, against an unrelenting alien onslaught. With Drop-In Co-op, Player Two can join the action at anytime!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Co-op 11.1%, 1980s 10.8%, Local Co-Op 8.3%
- #15 Chamberflame
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Jira Games
Windows
Chamberflame is an permadeath roguelike synergy shooter. Wake up with no memory, only to discover there is no easy escape. The only clue is a gateway that teleports you across monster infested lands.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.7%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Arcade 10.6%, Retro 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.4%
- #16 Goblins & Gun Runnin’
86% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Ewan Make Games
Windows
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Perma Death 13.8%, Shooter 11.7%
- #17 Strikers 1945
86% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
Nationwide shooting fans, the wait is over! Following Sengoku Ace and Gunbird, the third installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooter series!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 11.5%, Nostalgia 10% ★
- #18 Delve Down Under
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Viking Roo
Windows
Delve Down Under is a bullet hell rogue-lite set in wartime Australia, 1941. Play as mutated Aussie heroes battling Nazi occult forces and Dreamtime horrors. Dodge, shoot, and slash through chaotic combat, collect powerful relics, and strategize your way through procedurally generated dungeon runs.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Shooter 9.8%
- #19 Mushrooms vs Engineers
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chonky Dinosaur Studios
Windows · Linux
Mushrooms vs Engineers is a top-down arena shooter where you "The Engineer" battle the endless hordes of Mushrooms over 20 waves until you defeat the final boss of each area. Choose your own battles by upgrading the spawn rates of Mushrooms and using their spores to increase your own power.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Local Co-Op 17.1%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shooter 9.7%
- #20 MI10
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: mrmilo
Windows · Linux
Prepare for chaos in MI10, a fast-paced, top-down roguelike shooter where every mission could be over in an instant. Every run is a brutal test of skill. Adapt, dodge, and acquire upgrades as you battle enemies in fast-paced combat. Every mistake is costly, every success is earned.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.2%, Dungeon Crawler 19.3%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Action 8.5%
- #21 AREA WARS™
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: RexoPub: STUDIO.D0DO
Windows
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Bullet Hell 22%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 10.9%, 1980s 9.5%
- #22 Chorus of the Night
83% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Matt Sayer
Windows · Mac
Fight through hordes of burnt CDs, flying TVs, and faceless suits in this frantic, run-based, twin-stick shooter. Forget firing bullets, though - you'll be flinging vinyl records, throwing drumsticks and swinging guitars to fend off the enemies of music and maybe, just maybe, survive the night.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.6%
- #23 Warrior Next
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Elder Leaf Studio
Windows
Few against many... Fight with a handful of Spartans to save Greece. Destroy hordes of enemies until the fight with creatures sent by the Gods. Lots of action for everyone!
Why similar: 1980s 20.9%, Action Roguelike 20%, Perma Death 17.4%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down 10%
- #24 Primos Hermanos
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Bun Band Games
Windows
The only roguelike bullet hell where you are the bullet. Fight zombies, ninjas, and aliens with nothing but your strong forehead! Primos Hermanos is a retro-style arcade roguelike where Mexican luchadores dive head-first against endless waves of mobs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Retro 9.7%
- #25 Cat Watch
80% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Decimate SoftwarePub: Minicactus Games
Windows
A 2D arcade shooter minigame with roguelike progression where you control a cat defending an apartment against enemies that seek cover and strike at the right moment. Jump, attack, and eliminate waves of mosquitoes, rats, and bats as you advance toward the source of the infestation.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.2%
- #26 Vile
81% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2019
Dev: Ardentsquid
Windows
Vile is an action rogue-lite about fighting demonic creatures and other horrors throughout a vile world. Fight enemies and/or complete random objectives given to you in procedurally-generated dungeons to put a stop to the creatures forever! Collect souls, find new weapons, new artifacts, and battle EPIC bosses!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Bullet Hell 8.9%
- #27 Melee Spaceship
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jamjar Games
Windows · Mac
Melee Spaceship is a top-down shooter roguelite where you control a spaceship with...no guns?! To survive the invasion you must smash enemies while dodging danger to earn cash and unlock new powers and abilities for a variety of unique builds.
Why similar: 1980s 18.2%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Perma Death 13.7%, Local Co-Op 12.4%
- #28 Pangaroids
79% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Adam Wozniak
Windows · Mac
Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Perma Death 17.2%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, 1980s 13%, Shooter 9%
- #29 Proto Trigger
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Busted Atlas
Windows
An arcade shoot'em up with unique power-infusion gameplay. Face down an unknown army alone or with a friend in online or local co-op. Navigate the cosmos to save the remants of humanity, or join them in extinction!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Co-op 13.1%, Shooter 7.8%
- #30 Simply Survive
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Lorenzo St. LucePub: Descent Games
Windows
Simply Survive is a 2D bullet hell survival experience where you the player battle through waves of enemies to just survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 12.6%, Retro 9.4%
- #31 Elementum
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zozonias
Windows
Elementum is a spell-crafting roguelike with bullet-hell elements. Fight your way out by defeating a wide range of enemies and discover a variety of spells and items to customize your build and play style!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, 1980s 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%
- #32 Talas
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chillout Games
Windows
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike filled with mysterious encounters and dangerous bullet hell bosses
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Perma Death 13.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.2%
- #33 Rock 'N Roll: G.E.O.S. Wars
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZaxtorGameS
Windows
Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 11.4%, Local Co-Op 10.8%
- #34 Dragon Dodge Valley
77% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Anorak On A Girl
Windows
An intense, bullet hell, arcade style game with old school mechanics and art. Fast action, dodging fireballs and waves of enemies while aiming accurately. Can you survive dragon dodge valley?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Perma Death 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, 1980s 10.2%, Shooter 8.9%
- #35 Enter The Lost Chamber
75% matchPositive97% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Game Academy
Windows
Explore dungeons, battle hordes of monsters, and defy fate in “Enter The Lost Chamber,” an action-packed pixel art roguelike. Discover new challenges, collect powerful weapons, and prepare to face the final boss at any time. Dive into the darkness!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Action Roguelike 22.3%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #36 Life Saver
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ZaxtorGameS
Windows
Earth is on the verge of World War 3. All life as we know it will be gone tomorrow. Take control of "Super Star Dan" to build a super SSD that can store every DNA on earth before the world goes up in flames. "Life Saver" is a twin stick shooter that you don't want to miss out on!
Why similar: 1980s 22.2%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 10.9%
- #37 Uber Destruction
74% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Hayden Fisher
Windows
Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Perma Death 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Local Co-Op 11.3%
- #38 Tiny Rogues
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,556 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Action Roguelike 19%, 1980s 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%
- #39 Star Jet Alpha
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valles Games
Windows · Mac
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, 1980s 15.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11.3%
- #40 BloodDome99
72% matchVery Positive96% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
BloodDome99 is a game about nostalgia, capitalism, violence, and over-the-top absurdist fun. 80s arcade meets modern horde-survival roguelike. Create unique builds, master more than 40 weapons, and kill ever-growing hordes of contestants in the retro-futuristic gladiator gameshow BLOODDOME99
Why similar: 1980s 18.9%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Perma Death 9%
- #41 Pathogenic
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aberrant LabsPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Perma Death 11.9%
- #42 The Last Game
72% matchVery Positive91% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Frédéric Julian
Windows · Mac
Traverse the dungeon in this awesome action / bullet-hell roguelite where every choice could make or break your run. Stack over 130 different items and create powerful synergies to become truly overpowered with 13 unique characters!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Co-op 9.6%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #43 Castle of Shikigami 3
71% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmo MachiaPub: Cosmo Machia Inc.
Windows
・A culmination of character shooting games set in a unique worldview! ・A wide variety of newly added playable characters and attack methods, as well as a 2P scenario that is different from 1P play. ・Features a high-tension MAX system that will satisfy your insatiable passion for shooting games!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Arcade 14.9%, Local Co-Op 8.9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #44 Rescue bomber
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Laughing Fox Games
Windows
Experience an upgraded version of Bomberman-like with more game modes and challenging levels! Play casually a VS mode with computer or your friends or try to complete intense story mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Local Co-Op 23.7%, Arcade 14.3%, Retro 12.2%, Top-Down 12.1%
- #45 Paws (CPC/Spectrum)
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Artic ComputingPub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this unique top-down game from 1985, you are a mother cat whose twelve young kittens have wandered off into a labarinthine town prowled by fearsome dogs. Can you save them all?
Why similar: Nostalgia 36.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Retro 11.7%, Shooter 8.4%, 1980s 6.7%
- #46 Crush The Rebellion!
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GameBeast Productions
Windows · Linux
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Arcade 11.3%, Shooter 11.1%
- #47 I AM KILT
69% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Servohead
Windows · Linux
I AM KILT is a twin-stick shooter roguelite where you fend off endless hordes of enemies. Combine upgrades to overwhelm the opposition and dominate the field. Do you have the forethought and skill to survive?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, 1980s 17.1%, Action Roguelike 17%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shooter 9.1%
- #48 GanaBlade
68% matchVery Positive96% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Liao Kai
Windows
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage. Various scenes with rich colors Planets, Fire Stars, Jupiter Stars, Water Stars, and huge battleships. It's time to drive a space fighter and show your strength! !
Why similar: Nostalgia 37.4% ★, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Local Co-Op 12.2%, Retro 9.3%, Shooter 8.2%
- #49 Voidcutter Fuzor
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Howling Cat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Battle through waves of enemies, taking their power for your own in this retro-styled arcade shoot'em up.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Nostalgia 16% ★, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.9%
- #50 THUNDER STRIKER
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: RETSUZANPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, 1980s 20.4%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Retro 13.7%, Arcade 8.3%
- #51 WayDown
70% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: CakeNeq Games
Windows
After a traumatic battle, you've been cursed to walk the earth unable to truly die, you're thrust into battle after battle, dying over and over unable to rest. Until you find the last Nazi bunker, Bunker 666.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Action Roguelike 21.9%, Dungeon Crawler 19.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Retro 8.5%
- #52 Eagles of World War 2
67% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
A fantasy based arcade shooter set in World War 2 with frantic bullet hell shooter style gameplay and a bullet time slo motion mechanic. Take on the enemy forces solo or with a friend either in local co-op or online with STEAM's remote play together.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Arcade 12.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Retro 8.1%
- #53 Leatherneck
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MicroDeal Ltd.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this arcade-style top-down shooter, originally released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga, take on the role of members of a 4-man squad fighting through a treacherous jungle environment. Play with up to 4 player local co-op.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, 1980s 13.9%, Retro 11.9%, Co-op 11.5%, Local Co-Op 9.6%
- #54 Insectipede
70% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: LoadUpGames.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17%, 1980s 16.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 11.2%
- #55 2nd Shot
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Chad BarrettPub: Chaotic Entertainment, LLC
Windows · Mac
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
Why similar: 1980s 21.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 10.9%
- #56 DELTAZEAL
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2015
Dev: TRIANGLE SERVICEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Arcade 8.5%, Co-op 8%
- #57 Crimsonwood
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: nodoxi
Windows
Crimsonwood is a roguelike top-down shooter in a cursed national park. Collect various weapons, gain perks and battle hordes of enemies to survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #58 Splicer
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PolarBytes-Studio
Windows · Linux
Blast enemies, get ship upgrades and defeat bosses in this arcade inspired space bullet hell
Why similar: 1980s 24.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Arcade 14.9%, Shooter 13.3%, Simulation 9%