- #1 Bionic Shield: Battle for Space Nebula Omega
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koding Nights
Windows
In this 2D twin-stick shooter you fly your spaceship, fight in epic space battles, discover new planets, invade new terrain, avoid traps, dodge bullets, customize your weapons and shoot your way through hordes of enemies. A different experience every time you play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Gun Customization 18%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Loot 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #2 Cosmic Carnage
96% matchPositive95% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
With 3.68 quintillion possible builds, no run is the same. Mix 10 astronauts, 10 ships, and 100+ upgrades in a relentless roguelite top-down shooter where alien swarms and brutal bosses push every skill to the limit. Adapt, experiment, and fight to survive the chaos
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Gun Customization 16.3%, Perma Death 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Space 5.3%
- #3 Seven Rounds
96% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: VoyagerLab
Windows · Mac
Parry to reload. A neon top-down roguelite where every bullet is earned — deflect attacks to refill your revolver, chain perfect parries for slow-motion charged shots, and survive an endless swarm of geometric foes. No parry, no bullets.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 14.4%, Gun Customization 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.6%
- #4 Alchemickal
95% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: rodbot
Windows · Linux
A skill-based action roguelite where you imbue your weapons with chemickals to exploit enemy weaknesses on the fly. Scour dungeons, upgrade your arsenal, and master alchemy to thwart an arcane invasion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Perma Death 16.5%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Gun Customization 14.8%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #5 Hyper Sentinel Fusion
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac
Pilot an agile starfighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha - your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on epic upgrades, ready for the next run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Perma Death 14.9%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #6 CIPHER 61
94% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Fawncy Games
Windows
CIPHER 61 is a fast-paced, action-packed top-down-shooter, with tons of temporary and permanent upgrades. Can you make it through all 61 rooms?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Perma Death 15.2%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Robots 8.1%
- #7 Starwreck Reclaimer
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Starwreck Studio
Windows
Pilot a combat salvager into a shifting starship graveyard in this top-down twin-stick action roguelite. Battle hostile machines, manage ammunition and hull integrity, choose risky protocols, recover valuable scrap, and build powerful weapon and module combinations.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Action Roguelike 21.1%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #8 SYNTHETIK 2
92% matchVery Positive80% of 3,473 reviews2021
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Gun Customization 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Perma Death 13.9%, Action Roguelike 12.1%
- #9 HEAVEN SEEKER ――The Savior of This Cruel World
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
Windows
"HEAVEN SEEKER ――The Savior of This Cruel World" is a twin-stick rogue-lite shooter where you take your own shot at the castle in the sky! A dungeon with a different structure each time you enter, a variety of magic bullets - and a formidable barrage of bullets - await you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Gun Customization 16.6%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, PvE 7.4%
- #10 Soulcaller's Tower
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kenan Torres Pérez (Resker)
Windows
Soulcaller's Tower is a 2D survival game where you play as a Soul Mage, collecting souls from defeated enemies in your tower. As you gather souls, you can spend them on upgrades for yourself or your tower. Your tower attracts enemies, so be careful not to attract too many.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Perma Death 14.1%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #11 Gung Beetle
90% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Secretly Ants Studios
Windows
Gung Beetle is a twin-stick action roguelike where you play as Rollo, a dung beetle just trying to protect his ball by covering it in as much firepower as possible, swap and upgrade the parts in your guns to create insane and devastating combos, and decimate the ant menace.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Gun Customization 20.4%, Action Roguelike 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #12 Space Show edition 17
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Vercin Games
Windows
Space Show is an explosive space shoot’em up blending fast-paced arcade action with roguelite progression. Destroy waves of asteroids, battle enemy fleets, and defend Earth in an endless war where only survival… and glory matter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Gun Customization 13.6%, Perma Death 13.4%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #13 Gunmancer
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Štěpán Meister
Windows · Linux
Gunmancer is a science fantasy roguelike top-down shooter. Summon guns as you shoot your way through mysterious randomly generated dungeons full of ancient forbidden magic of guns and dangerous monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Perma Death 14.9%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #14 Space Bandit
87% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Sam Murray
Windows · Linux
Brutal twin stick shooter with fun and clever enemies. Also has roguelite and Sci-Fi stuff.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Perma Death 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Procedural Generation 9%, PvE 6.9%
- #15 Hover Point
86% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: chaqibrahim
Windows
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 15%, Gun Customization 13.8%, Action Roguelike 12.8%
- #16 Cargo Runner: Faction Fracture
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aech
Windows · Mac · Linux
One wrong delivery can start a war. Smuggle cargo in a Tetris-style hold. Dodge faction inspections. Betray whoever pays. A pixel-art space rogue-like where every run is one bad jump from total loss.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Space 7.8%
- #17 The Tombs of Ultra 5
88% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: OFTNGames
Windows
A Topdown Rouge like shooter. Defeat enemies and collect randomized buffs to help you survive and find the keys needed to progress.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Perma Death 21.8%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Procedural Generation 9%, PvE 8.2%
- #18 Tomb of the New God
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Three Amigos
Windows
Tomb of the New God is an isometric action shooter roguelite. Explore a vast underground cave network long forgotten since the apocalypse. Collect items, weapons and powerful abilities to combat the inhabitants of the forgotten caves as you attempt to reach the source of a mysterious energy source.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Perma Death 17.7%, PvE 6.1%
- #19 Vesper Hollow
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: IronRoot Studios
Windows
A veteran salvager. A dead mining station. A routine job that was anything but. Explore Vesper Hollow — a sci-fi horror roguelite where oxygen is always draining and the station's secrets run deeper than you think.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, PvE 7.6%
- #20 Drifters & Demons
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Fresh Games
Windows
As the leader of a small settlement in a demon-infested wilderness, you will have to shelter survivors and protect them with a variety of guns and abilities. Build homes, turrets, weapons, and traps, and when you're ready to face the horde, take out your guns and sound the klaxon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Gun Customization 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Action Roguelike 14%, Loot 9.1%
- #21 AEther Heist
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DigiArcana
Windows
Plunder magic from the anonymously-owned public internet in this Roguelite Twin-Stick Shooter. Use the essence you steal to research new weapons or augment the ones you already have, to better battle against the network defenses and steal even more power.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Gun Customization 16.7%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #22 RATOMON 2
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: justalexi
Windows · Linux
RATOMON 2 is a continuation of medieval top-down adventure to stop the Plague. Investigate random generated dungeons, eliminate rat hordes and other villains, who stand behind the disease.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Perma Death 18.4%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Procedural Generation 13%
- #23 Puma Cowboy
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Agility Horse
Windows
Puma Cowboy is an arena shooter with roguelite elements. Play as a cowboy cat with revolver loaded with special bullets. Begin the hunt for invisible ghosts. Star with observing enemies, predicting their movements and destroying everyone wave after wave.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Perma Death 16.9%, Gun Customization 16.9%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #24 Blacksea Odyssey
82% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Perma Death 14.8%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #25 WATERPUNK
79% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: R_Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelite action game inspired by the legendary Enter the Gungeon and Nuclear Throne, set in a post-apocalyptic aquatic world. Shape your strategy by choosing which abilities shine by day and which awaken at night.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Perma Death 14.9%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #26 Monsters Loot Swag
81% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: YorkshireRifles
Windows
BLAST MONSTERS -> WIN LOOT -> GET SWAG. Top-down, twin-stick, power-up collectathon shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Loot 14.9%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 13.6%
- #27 SANDRIPPER
79% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Mack
Windows
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Perma Death 10.5%, Robots 9.2%
- #28 Space Scavenger
80% matchVery Positive87% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Perma Death 15%, Action Roguelike 14%, Loot 10.4%
- #29 No Space For All
78% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Perma Death 15.8%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #30 WarSphere
78% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Last Tuesday Games
Windows
WarSphere is a fast-paced, roguelike top-down shooter. As a spherical death robot, you blast, dash and loot your way through procedurally generated worlds. It's all about the pew pew.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Perma Death 15.3%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #31 CyberVault
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voctal Studios
Windows
Fast paced bullet hell roguelike. Upgrade your weapons and abilities as you collect attribute blocks. Highly customisable with lots of combinations. Fight bosses, pick up items and improve your stats. Unlock new items and achievements for the next run through the ever-changing dungeon.
Why similar: Gun Customization 20.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%
- #32 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
77% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Perma Death 17.4%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Shooter 5.5%
- #33 Steel Circuit
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MammalProductions
Windows
In "Steel Circuit" You control a resilient robot on a mission to overthrow a malevolent rogue AI. Craft potent weaponry, battle enemy robots, and explore the facility to reclaim it for unseen benefactors. Beware, death comes at a high price!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.5%, Perma Death 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Robots 10.6%
- #34 REPLIKATOR
76% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Perma Death 12.2%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #35 Hive Jump 2: Survivors
74% matchVery Positive83% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Midwest Games
Windows · Linux
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Gun Customization 17.9%, Perma Death 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Action Roguelike 13.4%
- #36 Starwave Defender
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brandon Garvin
Windows · Linux
Starwave Defender is an intense twin-stick shooter based around wave survival. Dodge swarms of enemies while exploring procedurally generated levels and collecting resources to upgrade your ship. You have a limited number of ships; make your time count, Defender.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Action Roguelike 13%, Space 9.5%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #37 Tekla
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: PhantomTouchPub: PhantomTouch
Windows
Blast your way through an endless horde of enemies in this pixel art top-down shooter. Collect their remains in order upgrade your character for increased combat abilities. Tekla is a top-down shooter with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Perma Death 19%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 9.1%, PvE 7%
- #38 Don't Pop My Bubble
73% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: QDos
Windows
Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Perma Death 16.6%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, PvE 8%
- #39 Reinforced Machine
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astral Punch Studios Pty Ltd
Windows
A fast-paced mech arena shooter mixing arcade intensity with skill-based unlocks. Unleash powerful ultimate forms, mix and match skills to define your playstyle, and master each unique combat machine to unlock their signature abilities.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Gun Customization 17.3%, Robots 9%, PvE 7.2%
- #40 Swarm Me
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: KBGS
Windows
A minimalist horde survival arena where you’re hunted by an endless swarm of drones - kite the horde, bait them into deadly traps, upgrade your defenses, use special items and survive as long as you can. Every minute the swarm grows denser, faster, and deadlier.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Robots 9.4%, Score Attack 6.3%
- #41 Hertz
73% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Arcaludi
Windows
Launch into a fierce roguelite action in this top-down twin-stick shooter with bombs! In a robotic world, control Lizzy and their team of unlockable beasty bots in a quest for upgrades. But beware, needed resources are guarded by swarms of Steel Sentinels. Survive them to craft synergistic builds.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Robots 15%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #42 Hex.Plan.X
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Fandango
Windows
Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, PvE 10.1%, Action Roguelike 7.9%, Robots 6.6%
- #43 Phobos Down
70% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: FRACTiLE Games
Windows · Linux
A sci-fi twin stick shooter stripped down to the bare essentials with focus on smooth controls and satisfying action.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Gun Customization 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Sci-fi 5.5%
- #44 Witchinour
72% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Perma Death 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #45 Forebloomed: Evergreen Edition
70% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Cloudy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
An action rogue-like about garden plants fighting back against the hungry pests that threaten their home. Spend the day blasting through hedges to find loot, but take care to make it back before dark! Gather synergistic items, confront formidable bosses, and play as several unique characters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Perma Death 18.5%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #46 Shape Shooter
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
Shape Shooter is an action-packed, colorful, and hectic roguelike game. Survive increasingly harder random generated stages and collect relics, weapons, and active items to help you on your way. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Perma Death 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14%, Procedural Generation 13.5%
- #47 RATOMON
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: justalexi
Windows · Linux
RATOMON is a medieval top-down adventure to stop the Plague. Investigate random generated dungeons, eliminate rat hordes and other villains, who stand behind the disease.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Perma Death 20.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Procedural Generation 15%
- #48 We're All Going To Die
71% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2021
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows
Gather a squad and fight for survival in We're All Going To Die. Work together with a squad using abilities, equipment and exploring different levels to make the most of your fight against your demise, after all, you're all going to die at some point.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Robots 10.1%, Space 6.1%
- #49 Knights In A Different SpaceTime
68% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Destreon Games
Windows
A Knight with a gun. Something's happened to time. Deadly robots invading. A twin-stick, action, top down shooter, with in depth gun customization, special abilities, and classic swords. Shoot your way through linear levels and secrets, and develop the ultimate guns and futuristic weapons.
Why similar: Gun Customization 26%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Robots 12.4%, Shooter 5%
- #50 C6: Frontlines
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: comwpPub: Federation of C6
Windows
C6: Frontlines is a bullet hell co-op roguelike where only YOU (and your friends) can bring the Azapall galaxy to peace. Wield 30+ weapons and gadgets of mass destruction to even the playing field, wave after wave, against a seemingly endless onslaught of evil!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, PvE 8.1%, Shooter 5.5%
- #51 Far Flight
70% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Franteous Games
Windows
Far Flight is a rogue-lite top-down space shooter where you shape your own way to shoot all the bad guys.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.8%, Action Roguelike 24.1%, Gun Customization 20.7%, Space 6.7%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #52 Chase Ace Sole Survivor
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Biodome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chase Ace Sole Survivor is a top-down space shooter with survivors-like and roguelite elements, big juicy explosions and sweet fluid controls. Fight off aggressive alien invaders. Survive and rid The Planetary Shield of the alien infestation.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, PvE 7.5%, Space 7%
- #53 Dark Galaxy
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dominik Drozdz
Windows · Linux
Dark Galaxy is a fast-paced action roguelike top-down shooter. Pilot a space drone to battle an invasive insectoid species. Illuminate the darkness and grow stronger as you travel to different star systems. Can you free our galaxy from the invaders?
Why similar: Perma Death 19.7%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%
- #54 Starcore Survivor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starseek
Windows
Starcore Survivor is a top-down arena auto-shooter roguelite. Move, dodge, collect materials, and shape each run through 20 waves of combat, upgrade choices, between-wave shops, weapon fusion, evolution recipes, relics, bosses, and escalating Danger levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Perma Death 18.9%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Loot 9.2%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #55 Baby Redemption
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun Anaconda
Windows
Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Perma Death 14.4%, Gun Customization 11.5%
- #56 Hive Stampers
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Dual Wield Devs
Windows
Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.5%, Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, PvE 9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #57 Star Scavenger
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Nathaniel Jones
Windows
Dig your way out of debt. Star Scavenger is a roguelike top-down shooter about blasting asteroids to get the precious minerals inside. Scavenge, dodge pirates, and beat the market to free yourself from an unjust punishment.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Perma Death 20.4%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Space 11.7%
- #58 Hate Me Not
66% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: NotJustGames
Windows · Linux
A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Perma Death 18%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, PvE 7.2%
- #59 Archon's Cube
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phluxworks
Windows
Blast through interconnected floors of a massive starship to reach the Archon’s Cube. Explore branching sectors, grab new weapons, stack upgrades, and fight otherworldly threats as you race to escape.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Shooter 5.8%
- #60 NINE ROUNDS RAPID
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SOUTH WESTERLY GAMES
Windows
Blast your way to freedom, solo or with a friend in online or local co-op, through a possessed, fragmenting space station. Upgrade abilities, mod your weapon builds, and manipulate time to defeat the station's nine gatekeepers. Power up, progress, and learn the ugly truth with every escape attempt.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Gun Customization 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Perma Death 14%, Action Roguelike 12%