Games Like PARTICLE MACE

Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 16.3%, Indie 14.2%, Action 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Local Co-Op 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down space arena game that perfectly captures the retro, local-multiplayer intensity of the seed game.

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Indie 13.3%, 4 Player Local 12.4%, Action 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-speed space flight with physics-based combat in a vibrant, arcade-style environment.

The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.3%, Indie 14.5%, 4 Player Local 9.4%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Arcade 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based space combat that mirrors the momentum-heavy, chaotic movement found in Particle Mace.

Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.

Why similar: Action 64.1%, Local Multiplayer 7.9%, Arcade 6.7%, 4 Player Local 5.9%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: An 80s-inspired space shooter that focuses on fast-paced, local-multiplayer arena combat.

Shoot, reflect, and jetpack your way through ChargeShot -- a local-multiplayer, space-bounty-hunter, deathmatch game with a focus on fast-paced, twitch gameplay. Prove to your friends that you are the greatest warrior in the galaxy. No friends? No problem.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 35.9%, Indie 31.9%, Action 30.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic, physics-influenced arena shooter that emphasizes quick reflexes and local competition.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 22.4%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, 4 Player Local 14.5%, Indie 11.8%, Action 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for local-multiplayer arena combat, offering the same high-stakes, one-hit-kill tension.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.9%, Multiplayer 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Local Co-Op 13.4%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Relies heavily on physics-based combat and environmental hazards to create hilarious, chaotic multiplayer moments.

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.5%, 4 Player Local 18.5%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 8%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative space game that requires intense coordination and spatial awareness to navigate dangerous environments.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20.2%, 4 Player Local 18%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Action 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, absurdly chaotic local multiplayer game that rewards quick thinking and mastery of movement.

Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.5%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Arcade 13.8%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down arena shooter that emphasizes local multiplayer competition and unique character abilities.

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33.2%, 4 Player Local 27.9%, Multiplayer 22.8%, Indie 10.8%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on physics-based brawling where momentum and environmental interaction are key to survival.

A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Indie 16%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-packed arcade shooter that focuses on dodging and clearing screens of enemies in a confined space.

Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Arcade 17.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 13.2%, Action 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style shoot-em-up that delivers intense, pattern-based action with a nostalgic aesthetic.

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.8%, Arcade 19.5%, Local Co-Op 14%, Indie 13.1%, Action 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based brick-breaking game with a stellar soundtrack and intense, arcade-style gameplay.

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 21.7%, Multiplayer 19.5%, 4 Player Local 17.3%, Indie 11.8%, Local Co-Op 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive platformer that uses grappling hooks and momentum to create high-speed, physics-based racing.

Cannon Brawl is action RTS and artillery hybrid. Pilot an airship, command powerful weapon emplacements and use the destructible terrain to out think and destroy your enemy! It's a new take on artillery strategy!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 32.1%, Indie 19.5%, Multiplayer 17.2%, Action 11.9%, 2D 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An artillery game that utilizes physics and projectile arcs, requiring the same precision as swinging trash in Particle Mace.

Introducing ClusterPuck 99, a sporty competitive sports game about sports based on athletics! Featuring 8-player local competitive action for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 36%, Indie 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.4%, Multiplayer 14%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sports game that captures the same chaotic, momentum-driven feel of navigating a ship through hazards.

Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Indie 18.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Action 17.3%, Arcade 17%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell shooter that emphasizes precise movement and pattern recognition in a retro space setting.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20%, Multiplayer 18.5%, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Action 9%, Local Co-Op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, ever-changing local multiplayer game that demands constant movement and quick reactions.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.3%, 4 Player Local 20%, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive platformer where players use physics and traps to outsmart each other in a chaotic arena.

Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Local Co-Op 19.1%, 4 Player Local 11.6%, Arcade 9.8%, Local Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A polished, retro-inspired shoot-em-up that provides the same arcade-style satisfaction and high difficulty.

The Rogue-Lite shooter where you CRASH-KILL comical abominations! ​Pilot your spaceship as Swagthulhu in this original and wacky "Lovecraftian Parody"!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.5%, Arcade 20.2%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, roguelite shoot-em-up that embraces absurdity and high-intensity arcade action.

The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.2%, Action 20.8%, Indie 18.5%, Arcade 14%, Space 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style action game that requires constant movement and precise platforming.

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 23.4%, 4 Player Local 22.3%, Local Co-Op 17%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Indie 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled local multiplayer game that pits one hero against three ghosts in a dungeon-crawling arena.

Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.9%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Arcade 16.2%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style arena brawler that offers a wide variety of weapons and chaotic, fast-paced combat.

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 17.6%, Indie 17.4%, Action 16.1%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Arcade 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, local-multiplayer space shooter that focuses on arcade-style dogfighting.

Gravity Wars is an hardcore 90s Arcade local multiplayer game where you have to avoid waves of geometry entities.

Why similar: Indie 24.7%, Action 24.1%, Arcade 21.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses gravitational physics as a core mechanic, challenging players to navigate and fight within complex orbital fields.

Dodge, jump, and dash your way through hundreds of terrifying geometric levels and epic bosses. Too tough? Bring your friends!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.6%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, Arcade 16.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-difficulty action game that focuses on fluid movement and dodging in tight arenas.

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

Why similar: Local Multiplayer 37.1%, Indie 19%, Action 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Local Co-Op 7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based fencing game that captures the intense, one-on-one competitive spirit of arena combat.

Collider is a fast paced arcade game for 1 to 8 players.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based arcade game that focuses on momentum and precision in a minimalist, high-speed environment.

Set sail for 17th-century British Colonial Mars in Jamestown+: a cooperative shoot-em-up for 1-4 brave souls, designed to be exciting for players of all skill levels.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.8%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Indie 9.2%

A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.

Why similar: Action 48.6%, Space 44%, Singleplayer 7.4%

A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Local Co-Op 16.1%, Indie 13%, Arcade 12.5%, Action 12.3%

Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Great Soundtrack 18%, Indie 13.1%, Action 12.8%, Arcade 10%

Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Indie 16.6%, Action 16.3%, 4 Player Local 13.9%

A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 13.5%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Action 10%, Space 9.1%

Particle wars is a super cool and colorful survival shooter with crazy particle effects, tons of weapons and power-ups! Beat the levels with different approaches and get some great highscores at the infinite mode!

Why similar: Indie 30%, Action 28.6%, Arcade 25.1%, Space 16.3%

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Indie 30.5%, Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Arcade 14%, Space 8.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 6.4%

Hyper Space is a “Dodge ’Em Up” Arcade game. Collect stars while avoiding space hazards to reach the highest score, unlock new skins, compete with your friends and travel through space to the most distant galaxies.

Why similar: Arcade 22.4%, Local Multiplayer 17.6%, Indie 12.8%, Space 12.4%, Action 12.4%

Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.

Why similar: Indie 24%, Action 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Space 9.4%

Beat up planets in Asterogues, a cosmic bullet hell shoot-em-up hybrid! Pick your character from a band of outcasts banished to the Asteroid Belt, dodge and shoot your way through a brutal onslaught of bullets, and take revenge against the Solar System!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Space 11.2%, Action 11.1%, Multiplayer 10.1%

LICHTSPEER is an unforgiving fast-paced lightspear-throwing simulator set in an ancient germanic future. Get ready to feel that beloved 80’s arcade rush in this brutal, stylish and psychedelic adventure. Co-op mode for 2 players included!

Why similar: Indie 17.9%, Action 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Adventure 13.2%, Arcade 11.7%

An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.

Why similar: Action 24.1%, Adventure 21.7%, Retro 18.8%, Space 15.6%, 2D 11.1%

Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.3%, 4 Player Local 25.4%, Indie 16.3%, Action 15%, Space 9.6%

Experience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space.

Why similar: Action 18.5%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, Indie 18.3%, Arcade 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%

Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.2%, Indie 21.4%, Action 11.2%, Adventure 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8%

Earth Overclocked is a frantic rogue-lite adventure starring a scientist who is terrible at making time machines, but great at blasting bad guys. Use a diverse selection of weapons to fight off monsters while searching for pieces of your time machine in randomly generated environments.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 18.9%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Indie 13.6%, Action 12.7%

Trace Vector is a modern take on tough as nails, high speed, vector, action arcade games from the 1980's. Turn up the music, navigate your ship through high speed warp networks, maintain your fuel reserves, avoid deadly hazards, and try to safely return home! Quarters not required.

Why similar: Indie 32.2%, Great Soundtrack 25.9%, Action 24.3%, Adventure 17.6%

"Massive" is a stylized feast of frantic and action shooter for 1-4 players.

Why similar: Indie 25.5%, Action 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Adventure 17.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.

Why similar: Space 31.4%, Action 22.7%, Multiplayer 16.2%, Indie 15.6%, Adventure 14.1%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.6%, Indie 21.2%, Action 17.4%, Adventure 16%, Retro 10.1%

Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.

Why similar: Indie 58.3%, Action 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Casual 4.9%, 2D 4.4%

Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?

Why similar: Indie 33.3%, Action 31.1%, Adventure 25.2%, Space 10.4%

Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.1%, Local Multiplayer 24.5%, Action 13.8%, Retro 13.4%, Adventure 10.8%

Endless arcade action takes a modern twist, creating a uniquely challenging open space shoot-em-up experience. From brutal bosses to black holes and beyond, countless hazards await discovery. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Arcade 27.9%, Indie 27.8%, Action 25.5%, Space 18.8%

Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Action 19.3%, Indie 17.7%, Adventure 12.3%

Galactic Thunderdome is a 2D sci-fi platform brawler with a focus on physics-based mayhem. Best your friends with a vast array of weapons and gadgets in a world rich with emergent gameplay, explosive antics, and bloody remains.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.5%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Action 12%, Arcade 11.3%

A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Arcade 16.1%, Indie 11.7%, Action 10.5%

Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Arcade 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Space 10.5%, Action 10.4%

Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Arcade 21.3%, Indie 13.3%, Space 12%, Action 8.7%