- #1 Cyber Strider
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Lorian PiercePub: Lorian Pierce
Windows
Blast your enemies! Create the ultimate build! Travel to the edge of space, in this epic rogue-lite action packed bundle of chaos inspired by slay the spire & FTL.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.8%, Perma Death 13.6%, Roguelite 12.7%, Action Roguelike 12%, Difficult 9.7%
- #2 Void Resurgence
96% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 12.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #3 Madlum
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BlindVoid
Windows
Madlum is a Bullet Hell Shmup with Roguelike elements with a dark hand-drawn style. Navigate through a shifting labyrinth, gather powerful upgrades to combat the ever increasing difficulty, annihilate your rivals and escape the Madlum Vault.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Perma Death 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
- #4 HYPERWIRED
95% matchPositive100% of 14 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: Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
- #5 Level Tank
94% 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: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Perma Death 11.9%, Roguelite 11.7%, Bullet Hell 11.4%
- #6 Eris One Stand
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Softcoat Studios
Windows
Join the Pook Star Legion in this shoot ’em up roguelike and battle through waves of enemies. Dodge incoming fire and choose your upgrades to transform your ship throughout each run as you fight to reclaim the Kryos Crystals stolen from the Pooks.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Perma Death 14%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%
- #7 Space Slinger
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Action Roguelike 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #8 Gravity Slugger
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oxybear Games
Windows · Linux
Gravity Slugger is an arcade-style wave defense game where you use gravity and orbital mechanics to fling projectiles at attacking enemy spaceships. Dodge enemies, gather salvage, and upgrade your skills with chaotic and deadly abilities in this physics-based 2D game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.8%, Space Sim 13%, Roguelite 12.2%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Arcade 7.8%
- #9 Star Knight: Order of the Vortex
91% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Void Knight Games
Windows
Star Knight: Order of the Vortex is a rogue-lite, bullet-hell, shoot-em-up with the ability to create unique builds and synergies as you test your skills in action-packed gameplay. Choose your crew, upgrade your ship, and explore the unknown depths of the Vortex.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Perma Death 15.1%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 8%
- #10 Rogue Space Convoy
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Delti LLC
Windows
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #11 Neon Blitz
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Sunrise
Windows · Mac · Linux
Neon Blitz is a survivors-like where you aim your own way out. Read the swarm, blitz the openings, and stack explosive synergies into a devastating loadout. The horde never stops pouring out of the dark. How long can you hold the line?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%
- #12 BALL x PIT
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 26,725 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.5%, Roguelite 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%
- #13 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Bullet Hell 14%, Perma Death 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #14 BroodStar
89% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Roguelite 12.1%, Perma Death 11.6%
- #15 Ark Defender
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Mischief & Mayhem Studios
Windows
Roguelike missile command. Survive as long as you can aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, in a hostile galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.7%, Perma Death 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Bullet Hell 9.5%, Roguelike 9%
- #16 Nova Strike
86% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Sanuk GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Sci-fi 9%
- #17 LOOPFANG
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MnD
Windows
A snake roguelite where your body is your arsenal. Collect weapon segments, fuse matching neighbors into higher tiers, and reorder them until they react with each other. Then close a loop with your own tail: everything trapped inside dies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.3%, Roguelite 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #18 The Way of Ping-Pong
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RoeBox
Windows
A roguelite bullet-hell shooter where table tennis meets ancient mythology. Wield your paddle to strike enemies with bouncing balls, retrieve them to attack again, and craft powerful builds through strategic upgrades.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.2%, Roguelite 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #19 Tri-Star
85% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Stardust Smithy
Windows
Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Action Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 9.3%, Difficult 9%
- #20 Quantum War
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Sheep
Windows
In this top-down 2D flat shooting game, you are piloting the most advanced spacecraft and must survive the unknown siege of extraterrestrial life, defeat the lord, and return to the human universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Roguelite 19.3%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Physics 9.9%
- #21 Operation STEEL
83% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Undermog Games
Windows · Linux
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Perma Death 13.1%, Action Roguelike 11.9%, Roguelite 10%
- #22 Cards and Guns
82% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Cards and Guns is a top-down arena shooter roguelite, where you’ll have to defeat hordes of creatures. Choose from a variety of cards and upgrades to create unique builds and survive to the end.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Perma Death 14%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 12.2%
- #23 Galaxy Survivors
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Emily Grey & Eve Grey
Windows
Shoot alien invaders, upgrade your ship, level up your weapons and save planets to defend against the invasion. Choose your favorite between the different unlockable ships and buy perks between your runs to ensure victory. After you triumph, hunt for achievements and ascend to save more universes
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 13.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #24 Bonfire Barrage
80% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Punch Games
Windows
Play as a Bonfire Spirit, unleashing flaming bullets to fend off relentless waves of shadowy foes. Master dynamic movement, evolve your powers, and adapt to the ever-shifting chaos. Keep your flame burning in this fast-paced, stylized 2D action-roguelike, where every moment is a fight for survival!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Perma Death 15.7%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.4%
- #25 Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory
82% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: Stumphead Games LLC
Windows · Mac
In the dark depths of space, an unknown threat called Purgatory has begun to consume colonies throughout the cosmos. Now it’s up to Crome, the Consul’s best star pilot, to travel into the unknown and put an end to Purgatory before it overcomes the entire galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Perma Death 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #26 Entomophobia
79% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2024
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelite 12.6%
- #27 The Outer Space Bugs
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Jhozao
Windows
Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 13.1%
- #28 No Space For All
79% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Perma Death 12%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #29 {HYPERLINK}
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astralflux Entertainment
Windows
A fast-paced endless roguelike that's all about upgrading and continuing.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Perma Death 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%
- #30 Spectron
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Fox Studios
Windows
A fast-paced, retro-style space shooter with challenging levels. Race against the clock as you blast and dodge through waves of enemies and obstacles, pushing your reflexes to the limit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Action Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #31 Endless Space Scrap
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GESpacecraft
Windows
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Arcade 8.1%
- #32 HiveCorp
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Counterspell
Windows
Join the HiveCorp mercenaries in their fight against an onslaught of enemies in this action rogue-lite auto-shooter. Avoid enemies, level up and combine powerful weapons and equipment to survive.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 13.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Roguelite 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%
- #33 Star Survivor
75% matchMixed68% of 563 reviews2024
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 13.6%, Space Sim 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #34 Stellar Destiny: The Last Survivor
74% matchPositive94% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Amazing Vibes
Windows
Stellar Destiny: The Last Survivor is a fast-paced roguelike game that is gonna test your skill. Slay alien monsters, explore worlds, craft and unlock new upgrades, and dominate the whole galaxy!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Roguelite 13.2%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #35 Waspkeeper
76% 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: Bullet Hell 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.8%
- #36 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 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Roguelite 15.4%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Difficult 9.5%
- #37 Spaced Liberation
75% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: hoiJesse
Windows
Spaced Liberation is a very small indie game about the liberation of a planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #38 Huedini
73% 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: Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 15%, Difficult 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Roguelite 12%
- #39 Novi Blaster
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Rand.Exe Studios
Windows
Bullet Hell or Heaven? A rogue-like where you upgrade yourself and your enemies. Strategize around your build choices and dominate the battlefields of Novi Blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Roguelite 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.6%
- #40 Talas
72% 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.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Perma Death 11.7%
- #41 Rustwing
71% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Crystal
Windows
Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.2%, Perma Death 12.3%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Difficult 10.8%, Roguelite 10%
- #42 Cookie Invaders
73% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Igniting Spark Games
Windows
Cookie Invaders is a roguelite shoot 'em up where you utilise a massive skill tree to evolve your ship to defend the earth from legions of invading cookies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Roguelite 14.1%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelike 10.3%, Arcade 8.7%
- #43 Hyperlight Survivor
71% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: WittGames
Windows
A Competitive Bullet Hell with roguelite mechanics. Fight against endless hordes of enemies in ever-changing arenas, unlock new spaceships and upgrade them with devastating weapons and Power-Ups. Complete contracts and reach new ranks to become the ultimate Champion!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Perma Death 16%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelite 13.7%
- #44 Ark Odyssey
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BinaryStella
Windows
Ark Odyssey is a top-down arcade shooter that lets you command an army of starships to fight against the force of void! Gather your fleet into formations, and build your team of evolving synergistic compositions. Order your army of Starforce through space and protect the cosmos!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #45 80s Horror Survivors
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alligator Virtual
Windows
Battle endless hordes in an 80s horror nightmare. Stack insane upgrades, break the game, and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.7%, Roguelite 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Action Roguelike 13.6%
- #46 Roguely
72% 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: Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Perma Death 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 13.2%
- #47 Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
70% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Angry Pixel
Windows
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #48 La Furia de las Trenzas
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: La Romero Estudio
Windows · Linux
La Furia de las Trenzas is a survivor-like roguelite where you'll face relentless hordes of British soldiers trying to capture Buenos Aires. Recruit your platoon of soldiers with special abilities and defend the town square!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Roguelike 7.7%
- #49 Teleglitch: Die More Edition
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,903 reviews2013
Dev: Test3 ProjectsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 12.9%, Difficult 11.3%
- #50 Flying Pew Pew
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NoName
Windows
The alien hordes have attacked us for no reason. We must throw all our forces to repel our planet from the alien invaders!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%
- #51 Intergalactic Battle Roosters
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Rock Games
Windows
It’s time to cluck around and find out. Gear up and pull on the helmets of the Battle Roosters, a hotshot space brigade of poultry with panache. In this quirky, roguelike, bullet hell adventure you’ll combine weapons, upgrades and killer strategies to recover space’s best taco ingredients. Bwark!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Bullet Hell 14%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Roguelite 11%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #52 Void Strike
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BareboneDev
Windows · Linux
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Roguelite 10.4%, Action Roguelike 8.9%
- #53 Cole Hunter: Payback
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldways StudiosPub: Oldways Studios AB
Windows · Mac
A retro-inspired 2D bullet hell roguelite where you pilot a customizable ship, scavenge enemy cores to upgrade your arsenal, and chase bounties across a high-stakes space rogue odyssey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Roguelite 12.7%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Space Sim 11.9%
- #54 Wisterix
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Limit
Windows
Wisterix is a fast-paced top-down shooter. As you enter an ever-shifting void, you’ll face relentless hordes of monsters guarding the gates to deeper, more treacherous dimensions. Fight through shifting worlds, collect weapons, and adapt your strategy as the void twists and turns against you.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Perma Death 14.7%, Action Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #55 Cats Kill Zombies
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Matheus Antonio
Windows
In this fast-paced action roguelike, mutant cats hidden from the world for years find that life outside is so cool, they don’t want to go back home. For that, you'll have to fight through and conquer the heart of the zombie-infested County of Ravinbrook. It's the only way to Catland
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.8%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Perma Death 11.9%, Difficult 11.6%
- #56 FARLUME: Into the Silent Dark
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Farlume Studio
Windows
A roguelite bullet heaven bathed in neon geometry. Grab weapons that evolve into screen-filling chaos, survive multi-phase bosses, and chase humanity's last signal through the silent dark.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Perma Death 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Roguelite 13.4%, Action Roguelike 13.2%
- #57 Damocles Gaze
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
A radical and mystical action roguelike top-down shooter where every run takes 12 minutes. How far can you go? What will you find?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 11%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%
- #58 Outnumbered
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 250 reviews2022
Dev: Amped Horizon
Windows
Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter where bullet heaven meets bullet hell. Evolve your ship, master your loadout and turn the tide against hordes of enemies. You may be outnumbered, but you are far from outpowered.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%
- #59 Astro Fighters 3
65% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
The aliens have returned. Fight through relentless waves of enemies, dodge impossible bullet patterns, unleash devastating special weapons, and unlock 70 powerful cards that reshape future runs in this action-packed arcade shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Roguelite 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 8.3%