- #1 Rocket Wars
97% matchVery Positive91% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: Rooftop Panda
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 29.5%, 4 Player Local 28.7%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Space 8.8%, Arcade 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features fast-paced, 4-player local arena combat that shares the same space-themed projectile-firing intensity.
- #2 STARWHAL
96% matchVery Positive89% of 707 reviews2014
Dev: Breakfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.3%, Sports 12.6%, 4 Player Local 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%, Indie 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a similar physics-based movement system that makes maneuvering as challenging and hilarious as the combat itself.
- #3 Astro Duel 2
95% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game combining top-down space dog fights with up-close platforming action. Whether versus or co-op, battle through space and on foot at the same time! Strike within the fully-destructible arenas or just nuke ‘em from orbit.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 44%, 4 Player Local 37.7%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down space dogfighting with platforming mechanics that perfectly mirror the physics-based combat of the seed game.
- #4 Hot Shot Burn
96% matchVery Positive91% of 193 reviews2020
Dev: Artifex Mundi
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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: Local Multiplayer 20.9%, 4 Player Local 20.5%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Sports 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane arena shooter that emphasizes quick reflexes and chaotic local multiplayer action.
- #5 TowerFall Ascension
94% matchVery Positive95% of 3,570 reviews2014
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 35.4%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Action 7.3%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for local multiplayer arena combat, offering tight controls and fast-paced, skill-based dueling.
- #6 Hyperdrive Massacre
94% matchMixed54% of 389 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 50.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, 4 Player Local 8.1%, Local Co-Op 5.2%, Arcade 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style space shooter that focuses on chaotic, physics-heavy combat in confined arenas.
- #7 Lethal League Blaze
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,626 reviews2018
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Sports 21.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.8%, Fast-Paced 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, 4 Player Local 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same high-speed, kinetic energy and rhythmic intensity found in the seed game's combat.
- #8 Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
93% matchVery Positive92% of 3,872 reviews2015
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A futuresport FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club and nail each other with dodgeball trick shots. Singleplayer + Local Multiplayer + Online Multiplayer with 27 different objective-based game modes...or create your own!
Why similar: Sports 21.6%, Local Multiplayer 19%, 4 Player Local 18.6%, Local Co-Op 15.2%, Arcade 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sports-shooter hybrid that emphasizes momentum and precision in a vibrant arena setting.
- #9 Rocket Fist
91% matchVery Positive89% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel SndPub: Bitten Toast Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Rocket Fist is an arena game with crazy robots in chaotic rocket fist battles. Aim against your frenemies and prove your dexterity by killing each other with rocket propelled fists in this frenetic mix of dodgeball and billiards!
Why similar: Action 53.9%, Indie 46.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on fast-paced, one-hit-kill arena combat using projectile mechanics that feel very similar to the seed game.
- #10 Astro Duel
91% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2016
Dev: Rusty MoyherPub: Wild Rooster
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.3%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Local Co-Op 12%, Action 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, top-down space combat game that prioritizes quick, twitch-based reactions and local multiplayer fun.
- #11 Lupinball
90% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: Craftven
Windows · Mac
Werewolves shooting fireballs at each other! Survive each round as it becomes more and more chaotic from everyone's fireballs bouncing around non-stop. Be the last wolf standing in this hilarious 2-4 player arcade deathmatch, local or online!
Why similar: Sports 35%, Action 14.9%, Indie 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, minimalist arena game where timing and projectile speed are the keys to victory.
- #12 Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
89% matchVery Positive89% of 478 reviews2016
Dev: Game SwingPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stikbold is a glorious and intense sport which will put your friendships to the test with fast-paced, hard-hitting and occasionally hilariously unfair action! Or play the co-op story mode to unlock the full roster of quirky sporting heroes and earn achievements.
Why similar: Sports 24.3%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Local Co-Op 15%, 4 Player Local 13.8%, Action 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sports game that uses chaotic, arena-style combat to create a fun, lighthearted experience.
- #13 Butsbal
89% matchMixed58% of 87 reviews2015
Dev: Xtase Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Fast Pace Shooter
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 31.7%, 4 Player Local 31%, Action 9.9%, Indie 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based, competitive local multiplayer game that captures the chaotic, sports-like feel of the seed game.
- #14 Lance A Lot: Enhanced Edition
88% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Brimstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenge your friends to a glorious duel of rocket jousting for up to four players! Settle rivalries and become the last knight standing in this fast-paced local multiplayer!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 29.3%, 4 Player Local 28.6%, Action 16%, Indie 13.3%, Casual 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based jousting in space that requires similar movement mastery to the seed game.
- #15 PARTICLE MACE
87% matchVery Positive88% of 1,373 reviews2015
Dev: Andy Makes
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Indie 13%, 4 Player Local 12.9%, Action 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style combat game that relies on physics-based momentum to swing weapons and destroy opponents.
- #16 Duck Game
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,980 reviews2015
Dev: Landon PodbielskiPub: CORPTRON GAMES CORP.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 27.9%, 4 Player Local 18.8%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Fast-Paced 12.4%, Local Co-Op 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers chaotic, fast-paced local multiplayer combat with a high skill ceiling and endless replayability.
- #17 Disc Jam
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,563 reviews2017
Dev: High Horse Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A fast-paced action-sports game that pits 2-4 players against each other in a frantic combination of air hockey and tennis. Players scramble to retrieve and throw a glowing disc while unleashing devastating abilities and defending their end zone.
Why similar: Sports 61.8%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Action 12.4%, Indie 8%, Arcade 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, competitive sports-action game that emphasizes quick reflexes and precise movement.
- #18 Knight Squad
85% matchVery Positive87% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Local Multiplayer 24%, 4 Player Local 23.1%, Local Co-Op 17%, Arcade 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, fast-paced arena game that offers a variety of chaotic modes similar to the seed game's arcade feel.
- #19 SpeedRunners
82% matchVery Positive94% of 37,081 reviews2016
Dev: DoubleDutch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.5%, Racing 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.5%, 4 Player Local 11.8%, Multiplayer 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-speed, competitive platformer that shares the same frantic, adrenaline-fueled energy as the seed game.
- #20 Arclight Cascade
84% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Hexdragonal Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In the Arclight Arena, you fend off Glass Drones and other Player Pilots by swiping and slashing them away in glorious 4-way Sabre clashing combat!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 29.7%, 4 Player Local 29%, Action 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Indie 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style space action game that focuses on intense, reflex-based combat.
- #21 Super Sportmatchen
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: Kaj Forell Video Game BrandPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Super Sportmatchen is a fun and fantastical retro party sports game for up to four players!
Why similar: Sports 36%, 4 Player Local 25.1%, Local Multiplayer 24.5%, Action 7.8%, Indie 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style, competitive sports game that captures the lighthearted, fast-paced spirit of the seed game.
- #22 Move or Die
81% matchVery Positive89% of 23,288 reviews2016
Dev: XeluPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 25.3%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, 4 Player Local 16.7%, Multiplayer 14.3%, Local Co-Op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, competitive local multiplayer game where the environment and mechanics change constantly to keep players on their toes.
- #23 Galacide
83% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.1%, 4 Player Local 20.7%, Space 14.2%, Action 14%, Indie 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A shoot-em-up that incorporates arena-style movement and space-themed combat mechanics.
- #24 Nidhogg 2
82% matchVery Positive81% of 1,296 reviews2017
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 54.7%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Action 11.1%, Indie 9.6%, Casual 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes, fast-paced dueling game that focuses on momentum and quick reactions in a competitive arena.
- #25 Gang Beasts
79% matchVery Positive85% of 64,849 reviews2017
Dev: Boneloaf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 30.7%, 4 Player Local 19.6%, Soundtrack 16.7% ★, Multiplayer 12.9%, Colorful 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based brawler that prioritizes chaotic, hilarious movement over traditional combat mechanics.
- #26 Screencheat
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,927 reviews2014
Dev: Samurai Punk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.3%, 4 Player Local 23.7%, Local Co-Op 19%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: An arena shooter that adds a unique twist to local multiplayer by forcing players to look at their opponents' screens.
- #27 Brawlhalla
78% matchVery Positive80% of 406,173 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Mammoth GamesPub: Ubisoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 73.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An epic platform fighter for up to 8 players online or local. Try casual free-for-alls, ranked matches, or invite friends to a private room. And it's free! Play cross-platform with millions of players on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android & Steam! Frequent updates. Over sixty Legends.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.2%, 4 Player Local 21.8%, Local Co-Op 18.8%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, platform-fighting arena game that offers deep, competitive gameplay for local groups.
- #28 Ballistic Tanks
80% 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 20.8%, Local Multiplayer 19.5%, Local Co-Op 17.6%, Action 8.9%, Indie 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, tank-based arena combat game that emphasizes fast-paced, arcade-style action.
- #29 Birdsketball
79% matchVery Positive97% of 67 reviews2016
Dev: Waynetron
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Local multiplayer basketball with birds.
Why similar: Sports 67.9%, Action 17.3%, Indie 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sports game that uses chaotic arena combat to make every match feel unpredictable.
- #30 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
78% matchVery Positive93% of 4,036 reviews2015
Dev: Asteroid Base
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.6%, Local Multiplayer 21.9%, 4 Player Local 20.5%, Space 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #31 Lethal League
77% matchVery Positive94% of 6,070 reviews2014
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.3%, Sports 14.9%, 4 Player Local 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%, Fast-Paced 7.9%
- #32 RoboDunk
73% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Jollypunch Games
Windows
DUNK FROM SPACE in the 1st basketball roguelite! Smash and blast in the replayable single player and coop campaign: buy robots, upgrade their stats and unlock tons of new skills. Choose your path among different opponents, traps and rewards.. Up to 4 players versus where every match is different!
Why similar: Sports 25.6%, 4 Player Local 17.8%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Arcade 8.7%
- #33 Beat Hazard
77% matchVery Positive95% of 7,430 reviews2010
Dev: Cold Beam Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Why similar: Space 23.2%, Local Co-Op 16.5%, Indie 10.8%, Arcade 10.7%, Action 10.2%
- #34 LUFTRAUSERS
76% matchVery Positive91% of 4,499 reviews2014
Dev: VlambeerPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23%, Fast-Paced 22.2%, Arcade 20.4%, Action 14.2%, Indie 13.4%
- #35 Trailblazers
76% matchMixed53% of 102 reviews2018
Dev: SupergonkPub: Rising Star Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Get ready for high-speed thrills with an explosion of colour in Trailblazers, the first-ever second-to-second co-operative arcade racer. Paint the track with dynamic racing lines, boost on your team's colour and blaze your way to victory!
Why similar: Sports 27.5%, Racing 20.2%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Fast-Paced 8.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #36 The Amazing Crackpots Club!
66% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: Astrobard GamesPub: IguanaBee
Windows
A spellslinging dueling game for up to 4 players. Choose among seven cracked mages and use their unique abilities to shoot down your opponent’s magical flask while defending yours! Destroy your friends (and loved ones) in local or online modes!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 24.6%, 4 Player Local 23.4%, Sports 23.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Arcade 7.6%
- #37 Lance A Lot: Classic Edition
75% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Brimstone
Windows
RUIN FRIENDSHIPS. ON ROCKETS. Challenge your friends to a GLORIOUS tournament of rocket jousting! Up to 4 players can fight each other locally – but only one will be left standing when the dust settles.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 35.1%, 4 Player Local 34.2%, Action 11.5%, Indie 10.3%, Casual 9%
- #38 Horizon Chase Turbo
72% matchVery Positive93% of 5,833 reviews2018
Dev: AQUIRIS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Why similar: Racing 23.9%, Sports 16.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, 4 Player Local 9.6%, Arcade 7.5%
- #39 Obliteracers
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 240 reviews2016
Dev: Varkian Empire
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Award-winning same-screen party racing for up to 16 players! Race brutal-cute aliens on exotic planets, using weapon powerups and physics-based vehicles to annihilate your competition in frantic round-based combat. Connect spare gamepads, laptops and smart devices as extra controllers.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Fast-Paced 15.3%, 4 Player Local 14.9%, Racing 14.8%, Local Co-Op 11.3%
- #40 One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift
74% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2015
Dev: HYPYRYL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Redshift Blueshift is a tournament-ready pong-like 2D shooter in which two pilots fight for glory in their variable paddle ships! Power up your shields, unleash a horde of drones and homing missiles on your opponent and keep the hyper-ball in play! Supports local multiplayer and single player vs AI. Gamepad strongly recommended.
Why similar: Sports 53.8%, Action 16.8%, Indie 15%, Casual 14.4%
- #41 Stardust Vanguards
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2015
Dev: Zanrai Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
STARDUST VANGUARDS is a local four-player dueling game combining arcade-style battling with the ability to summon your own NPC army as support! But be careful: a random event system dynamically alters the flow of battle with NPC space pirates gunning for victory themselves!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 29.5%, 4 Player Local 28%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Space 10.3%, Arcade 8.9%
- #42 Rocks and Rockets
72% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Metal Fox
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Rocks and Rockets - a terrific action game where you have to control the rocket and to cope with a very hostile environment.
Why similar: Indie 35.3%, Great Soundtrack 28.2%, Arcade 22.6%, Colorful 10.8%, Singleplayer 3%
- #43 Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
71% matchVery Positive84% of 605 reviews2015
Dev: SynsetPub: New Blood Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Why similar: Action 25.1%, Arcade 22%, Indie 21.4%, Great Soundtrack 15.2%, Space 12.1%
- #44 Radical Rabbit Stew
68% matchVery Positive96% of 198 reviews2020
Dev: Pugstorm
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Radical Rabbit Stew is a hare-raising action-arcade game, featuring fast-paced whack-a-rabbit gameplay, scintillating puzzles, super-sized boss fights, juicy pixel graphics and a sizzling soundtrack, perfect for new players and 16-bit retro fans alike!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 38.3%, Action 11.9%, Arcade 11.7%, Indie 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%
- #45 TANKNAROK
69% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Polyblock Studio
Windows
TANKNAROK is a fast paced couch/online action game where 2-4 tanks duke it out in a wide range of arenas, with tons of explosive powerups and deadly hazards.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 27.1%, 4 Player Local 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 17.9%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Action 9.3%
- #46 SUPER RECOILFIGHT
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: O. KayaPub: OKSoft
Windows
SUPER RECOILFIGHT is a one-button projectile brawler-shooter that recalls the fun of a coin-op arcade for up to 4 players on a single keyboard. Time your shots right to win against your friends, AI or both.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, Action 13.7%, Indie 10.7%, Casual 10.6%
- #47 Really Big Sky
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,890 reviews2012
Dev: Boss BaddiePub: Ripstone
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Why similar: Indie 29.5%, Space 21%, Action 18.8%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
- #48 Wee Tanks!
64% matchVery Positive91% of 589 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Kit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Explosions. Tanks. Bosses. And more explosions. Crazy fun with your friends. Hundreds of maps. Boom.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 39.8%, Local Co-Op 32.8%, Action 11.8%, Co-op 9%, Colorful 6.6%
- #49 Astervoid 2000
71% matchMixed70% of 69 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 23.1%, Local Multiplayer 22.1%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Action 12.2%, Indie 10.7%
- #50 Death Stair
70% matchMixed68% of 287 reviews2016
Dev: Fun Sponge GamesPub: Missing Link Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Missing the days of split screen multiplayer or wanting to play with actual in-person friends in the same room? Death Stair is a local multiplayer stair climbing game. Play locally with maximum three friends and race to the finish while the fourth, armed to the teeth with an arsenal of unconventional ammo types, does everything to stop...
Why similar: Sports 19.4%, Fast-Paced 13.4%, 4 Player Local 12.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Racing 9.3%
- #51 Super Slime Arena
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: JellyTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Super Slime Arena is a 16-bit style, party-fighting game embracing equal parts accessibility and chaos. One attack, one hitpoint, all slime! Use nearly any controller in fast and frantic 2-50+ multiplayer matches across the many lands of Planet Blorb!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 24.5%, 4 Player Local 22.4%, Action 11.2%, Indie 10%, Casual 9%
- #52 Robot Soccer Challenge
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 68 reviews2019
Dev: Render System
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Robot Soccer Challenge is a football game in which robots on remote control stand against each other. Show your abilities and skills in robot control and bring your team to victory. Dynamical and fast game, in which there is no lack of exciting and amusing moments.
Why similar: Sports 17.8%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Local Multiplayer 17.2%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Racing 10.6%
- #53 Collider
70% matchMixed70% of 66 reviews2016
Dev: Binary Cocoa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Collider is a fast paced arcade game for 1 to 8 players.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 27.9%, 4 Player Local 24.5%, Local Co-Op 17.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Action 5.3%
- #54 Joggernauts
67% matchVery Positive86% of 140 reviews2018
Dev: Space MacePub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 23.5%, Local Co-Op 23.1%, Space 11%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Action 8%
- #55 Rocket Bots
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 71 reviews2020
Dev: ic3bug
Windows · Linux
Rocket Bots is a fast-paced arena shooter where you blast through escalating waves of killer machines. Master a brutal arsenal, survive solo or in Steam co-op, climb the damage leaderboard, and push deeper into the swarm.
Why similar: Indie 31.9%, Action 31.2%, Casual 21.4%, Colorful 11.6%, Singleplayer 4%
- #56 Tiny Tanks
68% matchMixed68% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: LeadFollow Games
Windows
Tiny Tanks is a fun multiplayer party game about colorful tanks, an endless flood of game modes and absolute destruction mayhem. To top it all off, everything is "physically accurate".
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 20.5%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Fast-Paced 15.2%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Great Soundtrack 7.4%
- #57 Super Destronaut
68% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Petite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.9%, Local Multiplayer 22.8%, Space 15.4%, Arcade 11.6%, Action 9.2%
- #58 Nova Drift
57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,456 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Space 22.5%, Arcade 17.9%, Action 12.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Colorful 10.2%