- #1 Deathopolis
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: TheGamesfortress
Windows
Deathopolis is an arcade style fast paced shooter. Take on a series of rooms collecting prizes and clearing out waves of enemies using guns and power-up abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16%, 1980s 12.8%, Violent 10.5%, Surreal 9.1%, Difficult 9%
- #2 METROPOCRE
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
METROPOCRE! A violent, bloody and animalistic adventure. Follow Felix, a mentally unstable rabbit, in his path to acquire his dreamed pair of wings.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Psychedelic 14.3%, Difficult 11.7%, 1980s 10.8%, Surreal 10.2%
- #3 Formilion
96% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: fdm-person
Windows
Kill till you get through. Formilion is a top-down arcade blood shooter about a searching a person.
Why similar: Violent 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Psychedelic 13.9%, Difficult 11.3%, Dystopian 8.8%
- #4 Tackle for Loss
95% matchVery Positive100% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Indifferent Penguin
Windows · Mac
Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game... but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.
Why similar: Noir 17.1%, Violent 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Difficult 10.6%, 1980s 10.2%
- #5 Man of Honor
94% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2017
Dev: Simbryo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Man of Honor is a mafia themed top down shooter / character study where you control Emilio Gallo, an ex-mafioso, as he fights to get revenge on his former friends in the waning rust belt city of Ferrousburgh.
Why similar: Noir 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Surreal 10.4%, Difficult 10.1%, Arcade 8%
- #6 FADING HAVEN
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GRIM RONIN
Windows
Two friends fall into the criminal world of cyberpunk in 1988 megacity. Drowning deeper into violent mafia showdowns, politics and corporate affairs, they are trying not to lose themselves. FADING HAVEN is a dark comedy neo-noir story-driven top-down action shooter with stealth elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Noir 17.8%, Violent 14.4%, 1980s 14.4%, Difficult 12.6%
- #7 I Can See the Future
93% matchVery Positive81% of 72 reviews2017
Dev: Sergey LirPub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
This is my job. Dying again and again. But I'm used to it. That's how I can see the future. What's waiting for me? Good question.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Violent 19.5%, Difficult 14.2%, Top-Down 12.2%, Arcade 11.2%
- #8 PAIN-TO-WIN
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: pain2.win
Windows
PAIN-TO-WIN is a violent, hostile top-down shooter set in a decaying asylum that functions like a meat grinder. You hunt those willing to go further than others and grow stronger only by increasing your capacity for harm. There is no redemption, and the story always ends in death.
Why similar: Violent 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Difficult 13.4%, Dystopian 9.4%, Dark 8.1%
- #9 Murder Inc
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: PigeonDev
Windows
Murder Inc is a top-down adrenaline-fueled shooter where time moves only when you do. Use this to dodge bullets, plan your attacks, and craft action scenes worthy of a blockbuster.
Why similar: Violent 20.7%, 1980s 18.4%, Difficult 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 10.5%
- #10 Hotline Miami
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 121,152 reviews2012
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Why similar: Violent 20.8%, 1980s 15%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Difficult 8.7%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #11 BORDERCIDE
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fice Studios
Windows
Play as a detective who suffers from borderline personality disorder. Be prepared to fight the mob, confront your nightmares and hallucinations as you chase after the murder suspect.
Why similar: Noir 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Violent 13.9%, Difficult 10.2%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #12 Ritual: Crown of Horns
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: Draw DistancePub: Feardemic
Windows
Ritual: Crown of Horns is a violent, horde mode, top-down fast-paced action game set in an alternate Wild West, an absurd, acid-fueled vision of hellish frontier.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Psychedelic 14.6%, Violent 10.9%, Demons 10.7%, Surreal 10.2%
- #13 Sefir: Mafia Story
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Septime Studios
Windows
Sefir: Mafia Story is a reflex and fast thinking based 2D top down shooter game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Difficult 17.5%, Top-Down 11.3%, Arcade 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #14 Meteor Havok
88% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Alchemy Skunkworks
Windows
Meteor Havok is a take on the classic Asteroids arcade shooter. Enter the asteroid fields to blast a path to safety with your agile ship and powerful lasers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, 1980s 25.6%, Arcade 19%, Action 13.4%, 2D 6.1%
- #15 Vengeance is His
87% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: SSamBBas
Windows
An unforgiving top-down shooter about the forgiveness of God.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Supernatural 10.8%, Top-Down 9.8%, Dark 7.5%
- #16 Arcadice
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roope Korpela
Windows · Mac
Load dice as bullets. Shoot d-heads. Survive the arcade machine that wants you dead.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Violent 16.3%, Surreal 15.9%, Arcade 9.8%, Dark 9.5%
- #17 Frenzy
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Retro 13.5%, 1980s 12.8%, Arcade 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #18 Dap
85% matchVery Positive95% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Melting Parrot
Windows
Dap is a horror-action-adventure about gathering and protecting a pack of fragile creatures called Daps. Lead your Daps to safety through an eerily beautiful world, fighting off threats, solving puzzles, and avoiding the infection that twists your companions into something alien and terrifying…
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Surreal 16.2%, Psychedelic 16.2%, Dark 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #19 Codename Incubus
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mastermind
Windows
Slice, dash, and parry your way through your inner demons in this fast-paced psychedelic journey! Dodge an onslaught of deadly projectiles and unleash your blade upon nightmarish foes that lurk within your subconscious. Follow a dissident dealer and a jaded philanderer on their never-ending trip.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18%, 1980s 15.9%, Violent 15.1%, Difficult 13.2%, Surreal 10.5%
- #20 Cult of Icarus
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riley CodenPub: Deerskirt Studios
Windows
Cult of Icarus is a methodical, mythological and brutal bullet hell. Bestowed with the ancient, holy technology of the ANGEL unit, enact zealous revenge against the archenemy of the Lord, who are surely equally as bent on your destruction as you are theirs. Thou shalt kill. Thou shalt kill them all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29%, Demons 11%, Violent 11%, Top-Down 8.8%, Supernatural 7.8%
- #21 The End o,,,o
84% matchMixed63% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: xrrawva
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Face the grim reaper at 3 frames per second.
Why similar: Demons 17.8%, 1980s 17.2%, Supernatural 15.9%, Dark 10.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #22 MAD
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayJoy Studios
Windows
MAD is a hardcore top-down action shooter set in a violent, 90s-inspired dystopia, featuring light RPG progression and inventory management. The story unfolds in a corrupt city of the future, where the elite stage and broadcast a deadly show — and you are the next contestant.
Why similar: Violent 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Difficult 10.9%, Dystopian 10.9%, Action 8%
- #23 MENOS: PSI-SHATTER
82% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Jack Goddard
Windows
A high-impact, physics based Shooter with a Telekinetic protagonist. Throw enemies and pick up weapons with your mind while battling through the depths of Site Echo, a research facility losing control of a world consuming force.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Difficult 15.4%, Supernatural 14.8%, Violent 14.5%, Surreal 8%
- #24 Arcade Classics
81% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Reza MirzaeiPub: Dreamware Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, 1980s 19%, Arcade 14.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #25 DeadWire
79% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Shotgun AnacondaPub: The CoLab
Windows · Linux
Use weapons and your hacking ability to trigger chain reactions by linking enemies and the environment in clever ways. Shoot, stab, throw grenades, hack, or whatever it takes to kill everyone and save yourself and your mentor.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Noir 24.3%, Difficult 17%, Top-Down 9.5%, Violent 6.5%
- #26 My Nuclear Octopus
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Tea Monster Games
Windows
My Nuclear Octopus is a psychedelic retro arcade game for fans of pure out-and-out arcade blasters that takes two minutes to learn and hours to master! It's an overload of sight and sound for you to lose yourself in. Can you make it to the top of the leaderboard?
Why similar: Psychedelic 39.9%, Retro 12.9%, 1980s 12.7%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 9.3%
- #27 Nocturne Maze: Shadows in the Hedge
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Xayba
Windows
Trapped in a sprawling hedge maze, Simon Rhodes must survive for as long as possible while being chased by ghoulish monsters. A tribute to top-down maze shooters of the early '80s, defeat as many enemies and go for the high score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Arcade 16.6%, 1980s 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action 9%
- #28 ABSCONDER
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: obleak games
Windows
ABSCONDER is a fast-paced game about quick decisions and limited vision. In this top-down action runner, you are escaping from the compound of a totalitarian regime. Use every shortcut, find every hidden passage to reach the edge of the city before your pursuers catch up to you.
Why similar: Difficult 22.7%, Violent 22.1%, Noir 16.7%, Arcade 9%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #29 NYX: The Awakening
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Sail Games
Windows
Imprisoned by the ancient goddess Nyx, Vicky has to overcome her fears and fight the creatures that have invaded her town. Go back to the 80's and prepare yourself for a blast of neon nostalgia. Save your world and escape the nightmare!
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.1%, 1980s 19.9%, Surreal 14.6%, Action 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%
- #30 Dap: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive96% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Melting Parrot
Windows
Dap: Prologue is a short dive into the eerie world of Dap, the upcoming horror-action-adventure about protecting a pack of fragile creatures against the creeping corruption tainting the woods and its inhabitants. Lead, scavenge, and fight, in a race for survival against otherwordly horrors.
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.6%, Surreal 20%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #31 Megalotrain
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Novagama Studios
Windows
Megalotrain is a top-down adventure game where you explore the cars of a magical train, collecting items, battling enemies, and unraveling secrets to find a way to escape.
Why similar: Violent 16%, Supernatural 15.5%, Surreal 14%, Demons 13.6%, Arcade 11.2%
- #32 Christmas Massacre
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,065 reviews2021
Dev: Puppet Combo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Christmas is coming and Larry's got a big problem - his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Lead him through his murder rampage.
Why similar: Violent 17.4%, 1980s 17.4%, Psychedelic 16.1%, Difficult 13.6%, Surreal 10.9%
- #33 Happy Game
76% matchVery Positive90% of 3,400 reviews2021
Dev: Amanita Design
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?
Why similar: Psychedelic 30.6%, Surreal 13.8%, Horror 12.5%, Dark 12.5%, Violent 11.4%
- #34 ARONDIGHT アロンダイト
74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: COPIKAL
Windows
ZANAC-like Ultra High-Speed Scrolling 2D Shooter Humanity suffered a crushing defeat in the war against the sentient AI, RA6 the Great Sovereign, losing 70% of the global population. Now, you board the anti-AI fighter MSX-3 Arondight, and launch into the final battle against the Sovereign.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.7%, 1980s 26%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Retro 7.9%, 2D 6.4%
- #35 Insanity's Blade
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 297 reviews2014
Dev: Causal Bit Games Inc.Pub: Monster Bath Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.
Why similar: Violent 23.6%, 1980s 12.9%, Demons 12.8%, Difficult 10.6%, Arcade 8.4%
- #36 Stellar Fight
74% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Sunny Blaze
Windows
is a 2D arcade game. The main goal of which is to kill all the enemies on the field and get points...
Why similar: Psychedelic 23.8%, 1980s 18.7%, Arcade 13%, Top-Down 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #37 The Void
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexander RushPub: Pint Point Game Studio
Windows
The Void - a psychological horror game A surreal dimension called the Void is filled with eerie dreams that have become reality.
Why similar: Psychedelic 25.3%, Noir 24.7%, Surreal 14.3%, Dark 10.1%, Arcade 8.8%
- #38 Molar Maul
75% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this bizarre game from 1983, fight the unrelenting attacks of the Dentorium Kamikazium (deadly bacteria that assault the teeth) with your toothbrush and Imagico toothpaste, which contains a supply of the only substance known to combat the DKs: the newly developed chemical DKX 11.
Why similar: Surreal 24.9%, 1980s 17.4%, Arcade 16.9%, Retro 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #39 Hurley The Hyrax
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Justin Ayres
Windows
Hurley The Hyrax is an arcade-style game inspired by early 1980s arcade classics. The devious Serval Squad has taken all your flowers! You must bring them all back to your cave to move on to the next level. Fight the servals with various power-ups and your...tongue...? How far can you make it?
Why similar: 1980s 22.8%, Arcade 22.8%, Retro 15.5%, Top-Down 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%
- #40 Void Escape
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ASBUX
Windows · Linux
In Void Escape you do your best to survive through waves of enemies and shoot them, Gain a handful of useful items, And fight the boss to beat the levels. Play your best to get as far as possible, and unlock new powerful items, characters, and weapons to escape the void.
Why similar: Demons 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Dark 11.6%, Arcade 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #41 The Void Project
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Silver Demon Studios
Windows · Linux
Fight through relentless demon hordes in a fast-paced and retro-inspired arena shooter, where mastering speed, strategy, and precision will push you to the top of the leaderboard.
Why similar: Demons 15.6%, Violent 14.3%, Noir 13.7%, Difficult 13.3%, Retro 9.6%
- #42 OctoQuest
72% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: Your Infamous HarpPub: Your Infamous
Windows · Mac
Your Infamous Harp presents OctoQuest, a mash-up of your favorite retro NES games. Play as a highly evolved octopus on an eight-fold quest to retrieve extraterrestrial mushrooms from subterranean caves. Experience a cerebral journey through the ruins of mankind set to a bass-heavy soundtrack.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.2%, Surreal 15.6%, Dystopian 14.3%, Arcade 10.2%, 1980s 9.2%
- #43 GOST of Time
71% 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: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Psychedelic 17.8%, 1980s 16.6%, Difficult 12.8%, Surreal 10.2%
- #44 BACKFIRE
69% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: SQYD.studio
Windows · Linux
BACKFIRE is a tense horror-themed arcade shooter about a haunted 80's arcade cabinet with a sinister twist- Your weapons fire backwards. Engage in intense combat, bend time to your advantage, and die to demented bosses. Upgrade your power after each attempt until you are strong enough to prevail.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, 1980s 14.8%, Demons 13.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #45 Bullet Noir
68% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: WOLCEN Studio
Windows
In the vengeance business, you leave no loose ends. Four characters scour the city, searching for their mentor's murderer in a brutal ballet of bullets. Stylish neo-noir top-down shooter with one-hit-one-kill mechanics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Noir 17.3%, Violent 15.9%, 1980s 14%, Difficult 12.4%
- #46 The Great Below
69% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Dobra StudiosPub: ByteSize
Windows
Immerse yourself in a haunting map-based horror experience, reminiscent of the iconic PS1 era. Navigate between 2D and 3D perspectives to break free from the loop in a mysterious mansion. Solve challenging puzzles to unveil the secrets hidden beneath it all.
Why similar: Noir 28.7%, Psychedelic 17.7%, Surreal 13.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, Retro 7.5%
- #47 Utopium
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aspyrian Labs
Windows · Linux
Flow state combat in a drug-addled lore-rich dystopian megastructure. Can be enjoyed as a mindless brawler or a primer on the philosophy of industrialisation.
Why similar: Violent 18.5%, Difficult 18%, Top-Down 11.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%
- #48 Centipede: Recharged
70% matchVery Positive84% of 161 reviews2021
Dev: Adamvision StudiosPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Arcade 14.4%, 1980s 11.3%, Retro 10.9%
- #49 Jerry Frog's Retro Arcade
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Purple Galaxy Games
Windows
In Jerry Frog's Retro Arcade asteroids from space have hit the city. Jerry Frog must help rescue the citizens, so they can relocate to a safer area. Reach the highest score in "High Score Mode".
Why similar: 1980s 22.4%, Difficult 20.3%, Action 15.6%, Arcade 12.6%, Retro 11.8%
- #50 QUACK ATTACK 1985: TURBO DX EDITION
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2016
Dev: ATTACK MOUNTAIN
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Duckster doesn't give a crap about any one or any thing.
Why similar: 1980s 23.6%, Psychedelic 23.5%, Arcade 14.5%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #51 Angel at Dusk
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,638 reviews2024
Dev: AkiragoyaPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.3%, Noir 18.8%, Dystopian 13.3%, Top-Down 9.4%, Dark 8.5%
- #52 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
67% matchVery Positive94% of 76,956 reviews2015
Dev: Dennaton GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Why similar: Violent 21.1%, Difficult 14.9%, 1980s 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #53 Myristica
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: XUM Studios
Windows
XUM studios' singleplayer horror game Myristica takes place in Karnataka, India. You have ran out of fuel on your way home from a long day of river fishing, only to stumble upon a mystifying, yet deadly swamp. Can you get out alive before you fall prey to the elements?
Why similar: Supernatural 24.2%, Surreal 19.1%, Demons 18.1%, Violent 12.8%, Horror 11.4%
- #54 Hyper Bullet
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Tony Wang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hyper Bullet is a top-down action game replenished with agreeable vaporwave aesthetics, pure joy of combat and gunplay rhythm.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30%, 1980s 24.7%, Retro 10.6%, Arcade 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #55 Space Force Bargain Bin
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Sled Dog Games
Windows · Linux
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Arcade 17%, 1980s 15.1%, Action 10.6%, Retro 9.2%
- #56 Road Frog
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for home microcomputers by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, guide a small frog across a busy road, then across logs floating in a river, to reach safety on the other side.
Why similar: Arcade 20.5%, 1980s 19.1%, Retro 17.9%, Top-Down 15.6%, Action 10.7%
- #57 GARAGE: Bad Trip
67% matchMixed67% of 809 reviews2018
Dev: Zombie DynamicsPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
Why similar: Violent 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down 10.8%, Difficult 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #58 Arcadia
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.8%, Arcade 12.2%, Retro 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action 8.7%
- #59 Maelstrom
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sam Lantinga
Windows · Mac · Linux
Maelstrom is an open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.5%, Arcade 18.6%, Top-Down 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Retro 9.1%