- #1 Spent Shells
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HelperWesley
Windows
Spent Shells is a high score top-down shooter with roguelike-y randomized elements. Players dive in to an everchanging dungeon to harvest a crystalized power source that will get them home. Fight through the dungeon using a variety of weapons, characters, upgrades, and your own skill! Each run ea...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Difficult 12%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Bullet Hell 10.4%
- #2 Witchinour
96% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Difficult 10.3%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Fast-Paced 10.1%
- #3 Timagi
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qurilla Studios
Windows
Master magic and slow motion in this action-packed top-down shooter. It is time to stand up to the danger and use time to your advantage. The fate of the kingdom rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.2% ★, Time Travel 16.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.3%, Action Roguelike 7%
- #4 Symphorix
95% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: OnTriggerJoy
Windows
Symphorix is a survivorlike roguelite that blends ambient music with strategic pre-planning ( Not a rhythm game). Customize your Core, configure to use recurring musical cues in your favorite songs, and shape your defenses to overcome challenging waves. Unlock new ways of using your favorite songs.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 19.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 12%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
- #5 Shapes & Shots - Prologue
94% match8 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Visio Game Studio
Windows
Shapes & Shots is a Roguelite Shooter Bullet-hell, where you can control time as you make your way through a twisted and delusional universe. Your enemies will merge, creating infinite combinations to try to overwhelm you: only your skills, combined with upgrades you choose, can lead you to victory.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Difficult 14.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.9%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Action Roguelike 11.8%
- #6 Super Polished
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Steven Peregrine
Windows
Clean, Quota, Upgrade, Repeat. Super Polished is a Top-down cleaning roguelite where you clean up while the mess is still being made.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Difficult 14.9%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Bullet Hell 10.5%
- #7 Gun Knight All Day
93% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Midge Makes Games
Windows
Gun Knight All Day is a close quarters bullet hell dungeon crawler about a knight who uses guns. Shoot, dodge, and scavenge your way through the procedurally generated dungeons one room at a time. Challenging boss fights test the sharpness of your skills and the lethality of your weapons.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Difficult 12%, Action Roguelike 10.7%
- #8 Rightfully, Beary Arms
92% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Daylight Basement Studio LLC
Windows · Linux
Don’t be fooled by its cuteness. Rightfully, Beary Arms is a bullet hell, roguelite that will punish and reward you. Augment weapons to create unique weapon builds, pick rewards as you explore levels, alter mechanics to your benefit and peril, fight, die, become stronger, and do it all over again.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Difficult 10.8%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #9 Planetary Dustoff
91% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Roguelite 12.2%, Bullet Hell 10.6%
- #10 Raining Blood: Hellfire
90% matchVery Positive91% of 233 reviews2025
Dev: TechBoohPub: SehLoiro
Windows
Inspired by the iconic Call of Duty Zombies experience, Raining Blood Hellfire 1.0 is an intense survival bullet hell where chaos reigns and every round is a brutal battle for life — and absolute power. Kill, upgrade, explore, die, repeat.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Difficult 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #11 UltraGoodness 2
91% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Rasul Mono
Windows
The struggle between Good and Evil continues in this bloody action, top-down action-roguelike shooter where time moves only when you move or shoot. Tear Satan's forces to pieces, leave oceans of their blood and mountains of demon's corpses in the name of Goodness!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 20.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Action Roguelike 8.9%
- #12 Mystic Gate
89% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Zoo Corporation
Windows
A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #13 Doomed to Hell
89% matchVery Positive82% of 238 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Difficult 13.2%, Action Roguelike 11.6%
- #14 Demons are coming!
88% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Kacper Soroka
Windows · Mac · Linux
Demons are coming! is a bullet hell rougelite shooter where you fight a high variety of demons that occupied your holy land. Use the upgrades you find to your advantage and create your ideal guns to help you kill the most terrifying monsters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Difficult 11.5%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #15 spellloom
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Byte Jazz Games
Windows
spellloom is a roguelike bullet-hell dungeon crawler with deep spell-building. Play as a Spellweaver—an intrepid QA tester employed by a cynical Dungeon Architect—and brave his chaotic creation. Prepare for fierce Combat, creative Spell Crafting, and perilous Exploration in the ever-shifting Void.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Difficult 11.8%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
- #16 BrainRot Defender
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SK Studio
Windows
Defend your Lifenode from waves of Scrollers, Trolls, and Doomscrollers in this chaotic 2D arena shooter. Upgrade, survive, and beat the algorithm.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #17 SirVive
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coffee Swirl
Windows
SirVive is a rogue-like horde shooter where the goal is simply to survive as long as you can (looking fabulous while doing so!). Choose 4 of over 20 different abilities to bring with you on each run, and whether to activate them manually or automatically.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #18 Overkill Squad
84% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Chillfox Games
Windows
Overkill Squad is a ultra high-speed top-down shooter roguelike built around intense 1-minute combat arenas. Choose your fighter, unleash overwhelming firepower, defeat brutal bosses, and collect relics to dominate every run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Difficult 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #19 LOCUS PROTOCOL
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dinobyte Softworks LLC
Windows
80 waves. 8 bosses. 17 logs that will make you question everything you've been defending. Locus Protocol is a twin-stick bullet heaven with an adaptive AI Director and a horror story hidden inside a cozy geometric shell.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #20 HYPERWIRED
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: SIDRALGAMESPub: SelectaPlay
Windows
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 16%, Difficult 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #21 Archon's Cube
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phluxworks
Windows
Blast through interconnected floors of a massive starship to reach the Archon’s Cube. Explore branching sectors, grab new weapons, stack upgrades, and fight otherworldly threats as you race to escape.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.4%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #22 Squared Notebook Fight
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Printed Cicada Games
Windows
Squared Notebook Fight is a hand-drawn, fast-paced top-down bullet hell shooter where chaos erupts right on the pages of a school notebook. Survive short intense run, dodge flying ink bullets, collect coins, and upgrade your hero with new weapons, shields, or health to become stronger each round.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Fast-Paced 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #23 UBERMOSH:OMEGA
82% matchVery Positive90% of 520 reviews2019
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
UBERMOSH:OMEGA, the apex of Walter Machado's Cult Classic series UBERMOSH.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.7%, Fast-Paced 15.4%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Action Roguelike 8.5%
- #24 Wild Island
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: InfiniteEngineer
Windows · Mac
You are stranded on a mysterious island, trying to escape. A sandbox where you stack items, craft synergies, and turn simple weapons into pure power. Experiment with runes, accessories, and pets. Discover the island’s mysteries and rebuild your sanctuary to uncover what the island truly wants.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #25 Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate Prologue
80% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Cosmos
Windows · Linux
Movement-based horde-escape. Weave through hungry geometry and blast away with dual-wield primary and secondary weapons. Deal damage to charge up your special and unleash havoc.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Difficult 13.9%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Fast-Paced 10.7%
- #26 Fast Food Wars
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 1FPS Games
Windows · Linux
Fast Food Wars is a bullet-hell shoot'em up rogue-lite game in a procedural generated restaurant with random power ups, weapons. You play as a burger fighting to claim back all the invaded burger restaurant from other fast foods
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #27 Space Redemption
81% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: SamDeePub: BekkerDev Studio
Windows
Space Redemption is a 2D shooter in which the protagonist is assigned the role of the savior of mankind!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Difficult 11.2%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Action Roguelike 8.9%
- #28 Huedini
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JuiceGoose
Windows
Huedini is a colour-matching action roguelike game. Play as Huedini, a powerful wizard with the ability to change his colour. By matching your colour, to that of the enemies you can absorb their colour essence. By combining these colour essences into the correct combination, you can cast spells.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Difficult 16.6%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #29 Enter The Lost Chamber
78% matchPositive97% of 31 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 26.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #30 Level Tank
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Bit Games
Windows
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Difficult 14.5%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #31 Lost Potato
78% matchVery Positive94% of 239 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 20.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Difficult 12.3%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #32 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
76% matchVery Positive94% of 13,068 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 32.7%, Roguelite 14%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.6%, Difficult 11.2%
- #33 UBERMOSH:SANTICIDE
77% matchVery Positive89% of 529 reviews2018
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
SANTICIDE is the sixth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH. A must buy for arcade and top-down enthusiasts.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.4%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Difficult 11.3%
- #34 HOT BULLET
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Renzy
Windows
HOT BULLET is a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Difficult 11.3%, Fast-Paced 5.7%
- #35 Nebula Cleanup Crew
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelite 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%
- #36 Woodpunk
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Difficult 13%
- #37 Chivalware
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Regal PigeonPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Chivalware is a frantic tile-matching action roguelite. Challenge your reflexes and coordination in real-time on a grid battlefield: evade attacks, match tiles to charge your weapons, and find the right opportunity to strike.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Difficult 15.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 11%
- #38 UBERMOSH:BLACK
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,661 reviews2016
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
UBERMOSH:BLACK is the second volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH. Cut bullets with your sword, shoot with heavy guns and splatter enemies with a rage fueled psionic wave.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Fast-Paced 16.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Difficult 9.6%
- #39 Go Nutz
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Deal Some Damage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Go Nutz is a platforming roguelike where you play as a time-stopping squirrel trying to save the forests. Fight, shoot, dash, and glide through branches, survive harsh weather, deposit nuts into squirrel holes, and unlock new skills. Can you reach the Edge and discover what's disturbing nature?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 28% ★, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Difficult 12.3%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Bullet Hell 10.7%
- #40 UBERMOSH Vol.5
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,590 reviews2017
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Difficult 12.2%
- #41 Bug Bane Survivors
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: The Cipher Ink.
Windows
Mother Nature has no mercy! Turn bug swarms into fertilizer as a mutated plant. Take root, evolve, and create your garden of death with unique combos. You are the top of the food chain in this chaotic arena!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #42 Bat Blitz
71% matchPositive83% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Beef Dust Studios
Windows
Bat Blitz is a fast paced, top down shooter, roguelike where you have to kill bats to stay alive as long as possible.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #43 Roguely
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SQRL Studios
Windows
Roguely is a fantasy themed top-down shooter pixel art action roguelite with some bullet hell thrown in. Fight and dodge your way through the randomly generated maps to rescue your friends. Find upgrades along the way and save up arcane fragments for permanent blessings from the gods.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Difficult 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #44 Undercroft Warriors
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 539 reviews2024
Dev: Fuzzy
Windows
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Difficult 15%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 5.4%
- #45 Rush Rover
72% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #46 Skycliffs
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 13%, Difficult 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #47 Warlocked
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Def Mane()
Windows
Warlocked is a fast-paced action rogue-like game with extraction elements where you create the spells that you use to destroy, freeze, electrocute, or incinerate anything that stands in your way as you attempt to free yourself from the wrath of a King hell-bent on your destruction.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.1%, Bullet Hell 14%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 11%
- #48 Dualism
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Noah Judson
Windows
Intense arcade shoot 'em up / bullet hell with twin-stick controls, roguelite upgrades, and a white & black twist where opposites damage and similars heal. An addicting, challenging, and relentless experience where you must control light and dark to succeed.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.2%, Difficult 13.9%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Action Roguelike 11%
- #49 Zombie Soup
69% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: AeonSparx InteractivePub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Difficult 13.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.7%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Fast-Paced 11.2%
- #50 Disfigure
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,533 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Brew Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Difficult 11%
- #51 Waspkeeper
70% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
Waspkeeper is an action roguelite game where your main goal is to survive as long as possible in a field full of venomous wasps with one out of four playable characters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Difficult 16.2%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #52 Dusky Depths
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bow Echo Games
Windows
Withstand an onslaught of enemies and survive against all odds in this rogue-lite twin-stick shooter. Stranded on an uncharted planet, you will need to scavange for rare loot, upgrade your ship, and unlock ancient mechanisms to escape this strange and hostile place – solo or with friends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Difficult 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #53 Nuclear Throne
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,651 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Difficult 16.1%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #54 Cubed and Dangerous
67% matchPositive98% of 43 reviews2024
Dev: Ace High Arcade
Windows
Blast your way through infinite hordes while completing objectives in this chaotic twin-stick looter shooter with frantic juicy combat. Upgrade gear, recruit heroes, tackle cumulative escalating challenges in your quest for the build of ultimate destruction.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13%, Difficult 11.8%
- #55 Mars Survivors
68% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Leguas Intrepidas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #56 Space Ace
67% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Closed Bracket Studios
Windows
Space Ace is a 2D top-down shooter that focuses on upgrading your ship to fight through levels of Bosses and smaller enemies. Play with keyboard + mouse or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #57 ExoSoul
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Get Ready Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exosoul is an adrenaline-fueled top-down shooter that will test your skills and reflexes. Fight for your life against relentless enemies while trying to synchronize your body and soul. You have a powerful arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely if you want to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Action Roguelike 17%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.9%, Roguelite 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #58 CRATES N' MOHAWKS
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: hslentz
Windows · Linux
CRATES N' MOHAWKS is a chaotic arena shooter where every crate swaps your weapon. Grab crates, adapt to constantly changing guns, dodge swarms of enemies, and survive as long as possible while pushing your score higher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, Difficult 12%, Bullet Hell 8.9%
- #59 GOST of Time
66% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: IzHard
Windows
42 and more ways of using your own dead body in time travel. GOST of Time is an absurdist top-down action and puzzle game with time-traveling mechanics.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Time Travel 13.8% ★, Fast-Paced 12.8%, Difficult 11.4%
- #60 Superstition BlackCat
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LUDO Thinking
Windows
A roguelite where superstitions take shape as items! Face enemies, collect drops with negative effects that can be traded for advantages. Explore always different rooms, with challenges inspired by beliefs that make us think twice before taking a risk.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Difficult 9.9%, Roguelite 7.2%