- #1 ArchRobo - Robotic Annihilation
97% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Ameet Sharma
Windows
This is ArchRobo, a top-down shooter. Featuring incredible visuals, 28 intense levels ranging from easy to incredibly challenging, with 5 large Bosses, dozens of enemies, and a plethora of creative weapons such as the Laser Sword, and Juggernaut power-up.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Action 14.8%, Local Co-Op 14%, Indie 10.7%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%
- #2 World Destroyers
96% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: HardHead Games
Windows
World Destroyers is a fast-paced, skill-testing, multiplayer space shooter that pays homage to classic games such as Asteroids, but with modern high-speed action.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.9%, Action 21.4%, Local Co-Op 20.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.7%, Indie 16%
- #3 Lazer Cops
96% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2017
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lazer Cops is a retro bullet hell for up to four buddy cops. Grab your favourite buddies and sit down on the couch for some quality cooperative game-play or play alone and test your multi-tasking.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 28%, Action 21.8%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Indie 16.3%, Co-op 14.8%
- #4 Depths of Limbo
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2017
Dev: Evgiz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Depths of Limbo is a difficult action roguelike with a dark theme. The fast-paced combat is spiced up with a variety of unique items and weapons found throughout the procedurally generated world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Action 17.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Roguelike 14.1%, Indie 13.4%
- #5 Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition
94% matchMixed52% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Tiny PixelPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Boss Defiance - Heroic Edition is an arcade action competitive and asymmetric game, with semiprocedural level creation. Play as a Boss or fight it as a hero, through retro-inspired, pixel art battle arenas.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.9%, Local Co-Op 22.9%, Co-op 14.7%, Action 10.9%, Indie 10.8%
- #6 Gunnheim
94% matchMostly Negative40% of 337 reviews2015
Dev: SIEIDI Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Dish out carnage of hellish proportions in Gunnheim, a top-down co-op shooter where the equation is simple: Vikings + Guns = Mayhem!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, 4 Player Local 11.4%, Co-op 10.3%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Gore 9.1%
- #7 Solstice Chronicles: MIA
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 313 reviews2017
Dev: Ironward
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Local Co-Op 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Aliens 9.5%, Futuristic 8.8%
- #8 Resistance is Fruitile
91% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: PhasePixel
Windows · Mac
Resistance is Fruitile is a challenging retro twin stick shooter with co-op play that's jam-packed with sinister fruit monsters and plenty of firepower to take them on!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Local Co-Op 21%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action 12.2%, Indie 9.3%
- #9 Ages of Mages: The last keeper
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: YFC games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take the princess back! Ages of Mages: The Last Keeper is the perfect TPS beat 'em up game for a great weekend on your couch with family and friends.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.3%, 4 Player Local 20.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.1%, Action 8.8%
- #10 Axes and Arrows
90% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2015
Dev: The Net Champs
Windows
Axes and Arrows is an intense action-combat platformer inspired by nostalgic and modern couch multiplayer games.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.2%, Local Co-Op 19.6%, Action 16.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Co-op 13.8%
- #11 Hastilude
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost Crab Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hastilude is a competitive and co-op action game for 1 to 4 players. Climb atop your mount and soar into battle using your wits, reflexes, and an array of weapons and special abilities against your opponents. Dismount your foes and swoop in for the score!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.4%, Local Co-Op 24.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.1%, Action 15.7%, Indie 11.8%
- #12 BrambleLash
89% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Bytesprite
Windows · Mac
BrambleLash is a spritely local multiplayer co-opetition with team swapping action. Enchanted sprites tether together to defeat slimey hordes, whilst plotting the demise of their teammates to get ahead. Connect, co-operate or betray to win!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, Action 16.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, Co-op 12.1%
- #13 HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
87% matchVery Positive82% of 101 reviews2018
Dev: SkyGoblin
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 46%
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.2%, Local Co-Op 13.3%, 4 Player Local 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Aliens 9.8%
- #14 Trailer Trashers
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Sakari Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
PLAY ONLINE WITH STEAM REMOTE PLAY TOGETHER! Join with up to four players in this Hectic twin stick bullet bouncing frenzy. Challenge your friends in Death-match, Last Man Standing, Shotgun Soccer or crown yourself king of the "couch" in the all-including Party Mode!
Why similar: Action 21.9%, Indie 16.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.9%, 4 Player Local 11.3%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%
- #15 Think of the Children
88% matchMixed56% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Jammed Up StudiosPub: Surprise Attack
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Little Bobby’s dead, the BBQ is on fire, Jen’s eating poisonous berries and the birthday cake still needs icing. It’s just another wonderful day out with the kids in Think of the Children, a frantic co-operative parenting simulator.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.7%, Action 19.5%, Local Co-Op 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Co-op 12.6%
- #16 Tiny Brains
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 544 reviews2013
Dev: Spearhead Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.3%, 4 Player Local 20.5%, Co-op 14.7%, Action 9.5%, Adventure 8.9%
- #17 Superstition BlackCat
80% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Local Co-Op 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%, Co-op 9.6%
- #18 Angry Arrows
84% matchVery Positive90% of 166 reviews2015
Dev: DanielDavisGames
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Angry Arrows is a cooperative archery game about rescuing hostages from enemy strongholds using nothing but bows and arrows. Just remember, one fatal mistake and it's back to square one.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.3%, 4 Player Local 25.2%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 14.1%
- #19 Astrotoons
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NotDemo Games
Windows
Astrotoons is a party-shooter offering both co-op and PvP modes up to four players. Cooperate with friends to complete missions and escape, or compete against each other in exciting PvP matches.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.7%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.8%, Co-op 11.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%
- #20 The Last Crystal
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Falling Flames
Windows · Mac
The Last Crystal is a co-op adventure game for 1 or 2 players. Team up to explore a dangerous magic temple with its lively forest and dark caves, defeat epic foes, join helpful allies, acquire unique powers and solve enigmatic puzzles to unravel the secrets behind the last and most powerful crystal.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 19.8%, Action 18.5%, Adventure 16.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Indie 13.8%
- #21 Crimsonland
82% matchVery Positive93% of 3,083 reviews2014
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Gore 9.8%, Action 9.7%
- #22 AIPD - Artificial Intelligence Police Department
83% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Blazing BadgerPub: mamor games
Windows
Enter the AI universe and fight evil AIs with a variety of weapons and modifications. AIPD is a top-down coop twin-stick shooter where you can enjoy thousands of possible combinations of enemy and arena permutations that give you an unprecedented and nearly unlimited arcade experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.4%, Local Co-Op 25.8%, Action 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Indie 12.2%
- #23 Zombie Vikings: Stab-a-thon
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: Zoink Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Battle your friends in this free to play game based in the Zombie Vikings universe! With weapons like Blunt Fish Trauma and The Pülverizer for Patient People you'll hack and slash for your life in this brawler game for up to 4 players.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.7%, 4 Player Local 27.5%, Local Multiplayer 19.7%, Action 14.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #24 SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance
84% matchMixed57% of 30 reviews2015
Dev: Brainshape GamesPub: BA Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance is a cooperative twin-stick shooter that features a variety of complementing ship classes to choose from. Upgrade your ships, defeat hundreds of enemies, save the galaxy all with some friends from the comfort of your couch.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, 4 Player Local 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Action 7.3%
- #25 Backfire Brigade
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
Backfire Brigade is a chaotic couch co-op firefighting game for two to four players. Coordinate with your fellow firefighters to rescue victims trapped in burning buildings while extinguishing the flames.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.4%, 4 Player Local 18.7%, Co-op 16%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, Action 11.4%
- #26 Dual Core
81% matchPositive85% of 26 reviews2016
Dev: Gray Fin Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A vibrant, futuristic, twin-stick style, co-op, action adventure for 1-4 players. Battle through a world of explosive robotic mayhem - Add a generous helping of sci-fi intrigue, and a dash of RPG ELEMENTS!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, 4 Player Local 21.4%, Local Co-Op 16.7%, Local Multiplayer 12.2%, Action 11.5%
- #27 Porcunipine
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 203 reviews2015
Dev: Big Green PillowPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A party game / arena fighter where balding porcupines with only a single quill left fight to the death for honour, glory, and their enemies' skulls!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Action 17.6%, Local Co-Op 17.2%, Indie 12.8%
- #28 Galaxy Champions TV
76% matchVery Positive92% of 121 reviews2018
Dev: aQuadiun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Galaxy Champions TV is a super intense top-down closed arena shooter game inspired by the classic arcade game Smash TV. Get powerful weapons and power-ups, kill huge amounts of enemies, level up, unlock upgrades and beat all the bosses to become the champion of the most violent TV show of all time!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Local Co-Op 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Action 14%, Indie 9.9%
- #29 Nom Nom Apocalypse
76% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Deadleaf Games
Windows
Nom Nom Apocalypse is a twinstick shooter set in a post-apocalyptic city plagued by mutant food monstrosities.Shoot! dodge and OUTLAST the plague of greasy beasts and candy creatures that lurk around every unknown corner.
Why similar: Action 23.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Indie 17.3%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%
- #30 To The Death
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Rob Ager
Windows
Fast-paced top down shooter. Single player or 2-4 players in local multiplayer / co-op. Sci-fi setting. 3D physics makes the gameplay more dynamic / immersive than traditional 2D shooters. Varied weapons, enemies and interactive environments. All set to a pounding rock / electronica score.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.6%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%
- #31 HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
73% matchVery Positive90% of 32,984 reviews2015
Dev: Arrowhead Game StudiosPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Co-op 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, 4 Player Local 13.2%
- #32 Children of the Eclipse
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nutfarm Games
Windows
Children of the Eclipse is a traditional 2-player retro shooter at heart, wrapped in next gen graphics, set in a unique far future utopian sci-fi world teeming with life.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Local Co-Op 14.4%, Action 11%, Adventure 10%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%
- #33 Ghosts 4 Everybody
79% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: MaruxPub: Stasch-IT
Windows
Fight countless armies of enemies with up to 4 players! Collect ghosts and gold from fallen enemies to become stronger. Dead players can still support the living players. The fight only ends when all players are dead!
Why similar: Action 26%, Indie 19.4%, 4 Player Local 18.3%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%
- #34 Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures
77% matchMixed70% of 122 reviews2015
Dev: Never Don't Play
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Stick 'Em Up 2: Paper Adventures is a run'n'gun/platform game of stick figure characters fighting through beautiful paper and card levels. Fly across city rooftops firing rockets from a helicopter, leap between pirate ships with a sword, race buggies on the moon, and more!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.8%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Action 14.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Co-op 12.6%
- #35 Exorcise The Demons
74% matchPositive80% of 25 reviews2019
Dev: Midnight Games EIRL
Windows
Play as an exorcist in the grip of mysterious demons. Your goal is simple: to defeat them! You will need your friends to guide you through the Book of Rituals. Together, it's up to you to communicate and cooperate to exorcise them ...
Why similar: Action 20.2%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, Adventure 18.4%, Indie 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%
- #36 Geometry Boxer
75% matchMixed68% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: The Geometry Boxers
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Beat the shapes outta your enemies using special powers, melee weapons, or the old fashioned fisticuffs way - solo or cooperatively - in this physics based, geometric, mob fighter.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 41%, Co-op 21.7%, Action 21.3%, Indie 15.9%
- #37 Real Winners: Victoryball
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Pizza Curse Studios
Windows · Mac
In Real Winners: Victoryball, you'll operate as a sports robot doing their best to win. Pick up and play rules that change the match and end up with a game that's nothing like where it started. Rules can change everything from the size of the players to adding buzz saws to the field.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.3%, Local Co-Op 24.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.7%, Co-op 12.7%, Indie 9.7%
- #38 Groundless
74% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Root121 Games
Windows · Mac
Groundless is a local multiplayer arena game where you build and destroy the ground you walk on.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.5%, Local Co-Op 24.1%, Local Multiplayer 20.8%, Action 15.2%, Indie 11.4%
- #39 Cossanox
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Steven RaganPub: Cossanox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a journey through space and time, battling a cosmic menace to save the Universe. Using the all powerful Cossanox this alien seeks to reshape the known universe in order to spread and consume. You and your crew must put an end to the threat and recover the Cossanox.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 17%, Gore 16.8%, Action 16%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Indie 12%
- #40 Alfelus
77% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: MB Lev
Windows
Alfelus is an arcade action game where the blue warrior Alfelus must fight against the infinite army of the enemy Red Kingdom. Alfelus must use a combination of his sword, his wits, and randomly appearing magical artifacts in order to survive as long as he can and try to obtain a high score.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.4%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Action 18.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Indie 13.8%
- #41 Quest of Souls
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: King Crow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Quest of Souls is a twin-stick fantasy shoot 'em up RPG inspired by the 90's era of SNES games, about a corgi dragonslayer, a goodly lich, a lizardman samurai, and their quest to track down a powerful magical artifact that was stolen by a mysterious dark sorcerer.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Local Co-Op 17.9%, Co-op 12.9%, Action 12.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%
- #42 Scissor Girl's Weed Crisis
64% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: 雪花yyy
Windows
This is a game that can be played alone or with two players. Players play as a girl using scissors to fight against weed enemies. They need to avoid the attacks of weed enemies, find opportunities to attack them, and eliminate all enemies.
Why similar: Action 20.9%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Co-op 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%
- #43 Dead End Job
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: Ant Workshop LtdPub: Headup
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.1%, Action 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Indie 11.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 8.5%
- #44 When It Hits the Fan
72% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Heartfelt Games LLC
Windows
When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Local Co-Op 20.8%, Action 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%
- #45 Ultra Mega Planet Battles
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Solindie Games
Windows
Ultra Mega Planet Battles is an intense arcade-style, space-based, twin-stick shooter. Players can play by themselves, or with up to 3 friends local co-op or Steam Remote Play (total of 4 players). Select your character, select and modify your ship, then get shooting!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, 4 Player Local 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Aliens 10.8%, Action 6.7%
- #46 Toto Temple Deluxe
71% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Juicy Beast
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Toto Temple Deluxe is a fast-paced, local-multiplayer king-of-the-hill style game in which players must steal an egg-laying goat from their friends and try to keep it on their own head for as long as possible. You know, normal stuff.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.7%, Local Co-Op 24.2%, Local Multiplayer 22%, Action 12.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #47 Highlaundry
68% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: BigFrog Studios
Windows
Highlaundry is an intense cooperative laundry game for up to four players. Join your friends to wash and dry as many clothes as you can before time runs out. Each level, a new element plays against you!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.1%, 4 Player Local 22.9%, Local Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 12.7%, Action 7.6%
- #48 TDS - War Games
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Joseph Alban
Windows
TDS - War Games is a fast paced, local 2-4 player split-screen shooter where you and your friends competitively combat each other over the objective set. Customize your player loadout, choose an arena, setup a game-mode and start battling. Only the merciless will claim victory.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Action 6.1%
- #49 Shadowgrounds
72% matchVery Positive81% of 1,601 reviews2006
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Aliens 15%, Local Co-Op 10.6%, Gore 8.2%
- #50 MPaliens
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Skull Box Games
Windows
MPAliens - 2D Arena Platformer. It's a local party game with intense PVP matches, hardest COOP missions and different Bosses on different maps.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.7%, Local Co-Op 18.2%, Action 16.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.2%, Indie 12%
- #51 Miraculous: Rise of the Sphinx
66% matchMixed50% of 192 reviews2022
Dev: Magic PocketsPub: GameMill Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Paris needs a hero! Once again, the city of lights is in trouble as it faces a new menace! As you take on the personas of the globally renowned superheroez Ladybug and Cat Noir, you’ll need to unveil the diabolical plan hatched by archvillain Hawk Moth—and squash it!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.5%, Co-op 19.9%, Local Multiplayer 19.5%, Adventure 18.3%, Action 12.8%
- #52 Fallen
71% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: BT Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Story of a Father who is in search of his son who has fallen in a cave. You play as Father and fight with monsters,ghosts and deadly animals to save your son. This game has also local multiplayer which can be played upto four players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21%, Action 17.6%, Adventure 15.6%, Local Multiplayer 15.3%, Indie 12.8%
- #53 Astervoid 2000
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: Mad Capacity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Astervoid 2000 is a 1 to 4 player local-multiplayer space brawler, combining classic arcade action with modern gameplay. Explosive, indestructible, and icy asteroids will slam against your ship, or can be weaponized against your opponents. Perfect support for gamepads & keyboard and mouse.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.1%, Local Co-Op 16.7%, Action 15.2%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%
- #54 Former Future
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Quinn MorrisonPub: FuturoVision
Windows
Vaporize evil robots and reclaim Saturn’s cities in this strategic shooter. The path you choose shapes the enemy's strength, the tools at your disposal, and the final stand you'll face. Overcome adaptive AI in solo or co-op play where distinct characters and synergistic abilities reward teamwork.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Action 18.7%, Indie 14%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Co-op 11.7%
- #55 Rail Fights
55% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Korner Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced one-screen arcade shooter built for chaotic couch party matches and score-driven survival runs. Ride the rail, bump and total opponents solo or in teams with friends, or push your limits against ever-stronger AI in endless, leaderboard-focused challenges.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.3%, Local Co-Op 22%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, Co-op 10.4%, Shooter 8.9%
- #56 Ballistic Tanks
69% matchVery Positive82% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kirklight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ballistic Tanks is the best tank game you've played since the 80's. Battle in exhilarating local multiplayer, or challenge yourself in an intense solo/co-op arcade mode. Play 5 game modes in over 50 maps; and destroy your enemies in a frenzy of bullets, lasers, and explosions!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.3%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Action 10.3%
- #57 Shakes on a Plane
66% matchMixed68% of 65 reviews2020
Dev: Huu GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Shakes on a Plane is a chaotic co-op shaking game for one to four players. Flying on various planes with your flight crew, serve up a variety of tasty shakes, burgers, fries and many more dishes before the plane lands on the airport and your passengers rate your services.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 30.3%, Local Co-Op 26.7%, Local Multiplayer 19%, Action 10%, Indie 4.9%