- #1 Hatred
97% matchVery Positive84% of 30,035 reviews2015
Dev: Destructive Creations
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 32.8% ★, Gore 20.2%, Violent 19.5%, Isometric 6%, Top-Down Shooter 5.3%
- #2 Destroy All Humans!
96% matchVery Positive92% of 11,522 reviews2020
Dev: Black Forest GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.9% ★, Aliens 18.2%, Destruction 14.5%, Dark Humor 7.6%, Gore 6.5%
- #3 Wolf Commando
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nitro Games
Windows
An explosive 80s-inspired top-down military shooter where skill, guts, and firepower decide everything. Choose your route and fight for the highest score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, 1980s 15.8%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Military 11.4%, Arcade 11%
- #4 Meat Without Master
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neon Cocoa
Windows
Adapt or die as a failed lump of living meat. Hunt, devour, and evolve into a self-made abomination to break through the totalitarian meat lab that made you. Fail, and you will be fed into the grinder.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 37.2% ★, Destruction 14.2%, Dark Humor 10.9%, Gore 9.9%, Violent 9.6%
- #5 Vindefiant
94% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Blakey Games
Windows
A disgruntled employee is fired from his job, sparking a path of rage and destruction. Lead Alyx through his journey of vengeance and creatively kill enemies in this pixel-art adventure where you, are the villain.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.3% ★, Destruction 24.5%, Gore 8.3%, Supernatural 8.2%, Violent 7.1%
- #6 Insecta Vindicta
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: it matters gamesPub: NOTHING MATTERS
Windows
A revenge-action game where you play as insects outsmarting, humiliating, and destroying humans across a chain of open-ended levels in a comedic story campaign.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.8% ★, Destruction 19.5%, Score Attack 16%, Dark Humor 9.8%, Arcade 7.9%
- #7 Lucius III
93% matchMixed53% of 1,287 reviews2018
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lucius is back. In a whole new narrative experience, he now returns to his old neighborhood of Winter Hill. The path will be a difficult one, with trials and tribulations waiting ahead. Has he made the right choices? Is it finally time to end it all?
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.6% ★, Gore 16.3%, Violent 15.1%, Horror 10.9%, Action 1%
- #8 POSTAL
92% matchVery Positive92% of 14,516 reviews1997
Dev: Running With Scissors
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Dark Humor 12.1%, Difficult 9.6%, Isometric 8.6%
- #9 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Destruction 17.3%, Score Attack 14.7%, Gore 11.1%, Bullet Hell 10%
- #10 Furious Angels
91% matchVery Positive86% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: MorfeoDev
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!
Why similar: Destruction 22.4%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Score Attack 14.1%, Arcade 7.3%
- #11 Blast Rush LS
90% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Bipedal DogPub: indie.io
Windows
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Score Attack 18.4%, Destruction 15.5%, Aliens 13.1%
- #12 Buckshot Battlemage
89% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: squid_lawyer
Windows · Linux
Blast, cleave, and telefrag your way through hordes of felonious fellas with shotgun magic in this arcade twin stick shooter. Upgrade your spells to ludicrous levels and ascend to bullet nirvana, unlocking more weapons and stages as you play.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Score Attack 20%, Gore 14.4%, Difficult 12.8%, Arcade 10.8%
- #13 Chaos Brigade
89% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Storm
Windows · Mac
Chaos Brigade is a 2D arcade shooter where you control a team of six space exterminators and lead them in the ultimate space cleanse. Wipe out the enemies with your arsenal, but don't overdo or you'll risk destroying the spaceships you are meant to save!
Why similar: Destruction 21.7%, Aliens 16.9%, Score Attack 16.9%, Difficult 13.8%, Arcade 11.5%
- #14 Super Grave Snatchers
88% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Night Job Games
Windows
Use necromancy to smash villages, scare townsfolk, and generally cause a ruckus.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.1% ★, Dark Humor 14.3%, Difficult 10.8%, Violent 10.4%, 1980s 10.4%
- #15 I Come In Peace
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Fooya Games
Windows
Don't panic! survive this bullet hell action! As a goofy pacifist alien that crashed on Earth, use your defense abilities to evade paranoid humans whose deadly attacks on you cause destruction and mayhem. Navigate the chaos, collect your spaceship parts, and run the hell out of this planet!
Why similar: Destruction 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Aliens 15.8%, Difficult 11.4%, Military 11%
- #16 Quaxum Color Mayhem
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alympyan Arts
Windows
Battle through color soaked and mayhem paced arcade shooting action! Defend the Planetary Defense Shield (PDS) from the invading alien onslaught. Choose between charging the PDS and buying power ups to stay alive. You are the galaxy's final hope. Recharge, shoot, win! Will you save the galaxy?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Score Attack 15.9%, Aliens 15.8%, 1980s 14.9%
- #17 CARRION
85% matchVery Positive94% of 36,063 reviews2020
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.8% ★, Gore 17.7%, Violent 10.6%, Horror 8.7%, Action 2.2%
- #18 Lucius Demake
86% matchVery Positive94% of 596 reviews2016
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.4% ★, Gore 16.6%, Horror 10.4%, Violent 9%, Retro 8.2%
- #19 ION Shift
84% matchVery Positive90% of 162 reviews2024
Dev: Electro Soul Games
Windows
ION Shift delivers fast, high-stakes gameplay with precision controls and a unique sandbox-style approach to combat arenas. The campaign progressively challenges the player through evolving level design, tight mechanics, and a focus on player-driven mastery.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 51.4% ★, Difficult 14.4%, Violent 13.6%, Gore 8.9%, Aliens 6.7%
- #20 Psychopathy Assessment
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 146 reviews2024
Dev: Tarba Paul CornelPub: Galactic Crows
Windows
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 27.6% ★, Violent 22.4%, Gore 21.9%, 1980s 9.2%, Horror 6.4%
- #21 Lucius
82% matchVery Positive81% of 10,932 reviews2012
Dev: Shiver Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 56.6% ★, Horror 18.5%, Gore 13.9%, Violent 5.3%, Difficult 3.8%
- #22 Neon Dodge
81% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Mavixen
Windows
Neon Dodge is a frantic, vaporwave-themed bullet hell where you cannot shoot. Master the dodge to survive the impossible challenges that a mysterious Voice throws at you... Or watch your death counter ascend to infinity.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Difficult 23.6%, 1980s 19%, Arcade 18.8%, Retro 7%
- #23 Space Mayhem
82% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: Chronic Vagrant
Windows
Inspired by classic arcade shooters, Space Mayhem is a fast-paced score chaser with a retro style. Collect powerups, manage your ammo, obtain massive score multipliers, and blast your way through infinite, chaotic waves of enemies!
Why similar: Score Attack 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.6%
- #24 Castle of Shikigami 3
80% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Cosmo MachiaPub: Cosmo Machia Inc.
Windows
・A culmination of character shooting games set in a unique worldview! ・A wide variety of newly added playable characters and attack methods, as well as a 2P scenario that is different from 1P play. ・Features a high-tension MAX system that will satisfy your insatiable passion for shooting games!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Arcade 16%, Score Attack 12.9%, Horror 9.1%
- #25 Behold!
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Toster12D3
Windows
Behold is a 2D twin-stick shooter in a dark fantasy setting! Barbarians, insane wizards, total despair and bloody pieces.You are playing as a monster who is stuck between two armies.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Gore 15.5%, Action 5.9%
- #26 Carachnophobia
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Redactor Interactive
Windows
Step into a galaxy not far far away, where an alien race plotting the end of mankind discovered a spectacular creature that has the potential to create the necessary chaos. There is only one problem; it is not very intelligent and requires some training!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42% ★, Destruction 16.2%, Violent 12.6%, Gore 12%, Dark Humor 8.9%
- #27 Party Hard
79% matchVery Positive90% of 12,693 reviews2015
Dev: Pinokl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.4% ★, Violent 15.4%, Gore 12.2%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Difficult 6.3%
- #28 Dark Gravity: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive85% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: KorgorusPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!
Why similar: Destruction 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Score Attack 12.9%, Arcade 10.8%
- #29 Great Gun Gauntlet
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: GoldenCrab Studios
Windows
Dodge and deflect incoming bullets from turrets while avoiding obstacles as they travel down the arena's conveyors in this fast paced arcade style survival arena. The high intensity gameplay from the randomly generated gauntlets creates a highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Destruction 25.7%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Military 10.9%, Score Attack 10.5%
- #30 Rheum
77% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: SpaceMyFriend
Windows
Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Difficult 17.1%, Arcade 10.9%, Horror 10.6%
- #31 Terror of Hemasaurus
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,049 reviews2022
Dev: Loren Lemcke
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.1% ★, Destruction 21.9%, Dark Humor 14%, Gore 10%, Arcade 7.5%
- #32 Planes, Bullets and Vodka
76% matchVery Positive85% of 3,067 reviews2016
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
Why similar: Destruction 23.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Score Attack 14.2%, Difficult 11.1%, 1980s 10.4%
- #33 Meteorite Defense Command
77% match4 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Software
Windows
Meteorite Defense Command is a fun, color-full and fast game, inspired by the classical coin-operated arcade games of the golden era.
Why similar: Destruction 25.1%, Aliens 19.2%, Bullet Hell 17%, Difficult 11.7%, Score Attack 11.6%
- #34 Xenocide
76% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Confused GeniusPub: Spawn Point OSK
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Xenocide, the savage struggle to survive against an endless horde of enemies intent on tearing you a new one.
Why similar: Violent 22.4%, Gore 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Aliens 19.1%, Survival 11.9%
- #35 Wirehawk
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TraxPub: Walker & Volf
Windows
Wirehawk is a neon vector shmup in the spirit of 80s arcade classics. Play it your way: razor-sharp mouse control, or a dedicated controller mode rebalanced for the stick. Blast asteroids and alien waves, dodge bullet storms, slow time with stasis. Autofire always on.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Score Attack 18.1%, Aliens 13%, Difficult 12.5%
- #36 Kill The Cute
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Witchcraft Entertainment
Windows
Slaughter the adorable without mercy! Choose your fighter, harvest souls, and forge devastating skill builds. Upgrade, adapt, and unleash pure chaos in this fast-paced 2D action frenzy.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Gore 11.4%, Survival 7.2%
- #37 CONTAINMENT
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Planet X Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fun, uniquely challenging and brutal arcade game with beautiful 3D visuals inspired by the Breakout games. You must try to control FOUR different paddles at the same time on each edge of the screen, trying to “contain” and destroy the bricks before they drift out of the screen!
Why similar: Destruction 32.3%, Score Attack 25.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Arcade 14.9%, Isometric 6.6%
- #38 Police Shootout: Prologue
73% matchMixed60% of 506 reviews2022
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Police Shootout Prologue is a new turn-based FPS game. Put on your uniform and get ready to respond the most surprising calls in your policeman’s career. Solve cases and gain experience, and find out why a good young policeman gave up his career in a big city and moved to a small town of San Adrino
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 61.7% ★, Gore 17.4%, Violent 17.1%, Action 3.8%
- #39 Voidrun
73% matchPositive84% of 37 reviews2019
Dev: Benjamin Soulé
Windows
Voidrun is a fast-paced bullet-hell arcade game where you have to encircle your enemies to defeat them.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43% ★, Difficult 13.5%, Arcade 11.8%, 1980s 11.3%, Retro 7.4%
- #40 Assault Zeta
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Katapult Ridge
Windows
Pilot your alien space ship in an assault to wipe out all Earthling civilization. They're no match for your technology, but they won't go down without a fight. ASSAULT ZETA is an old-school, UFO-flight simulator. Master the unconventional alien spaceship and unleash destruction on the resistance!
Why similar: Aliens 23.9%, Destruction 16.2%, 1980s 15.8%, Difficult 13.2%, Score Attack 11.3%
- #41 Dark Gravity
72% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: KorgorusPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!
Why similar: Destruction 19.3%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Score Attack 15%, Difficult 10.9%
- #42 Forest Fire
71% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 45.1% ★, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Destruction 16.6%, Dark Humor 14.5%, Retro 3.5%
- #43 Xentron Attack
72% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Xentron Attack is a multi-directional shooter. The evil alien forces called Xentron have invaded your galaxy and spreading dangerous meteors and missiles in the space. Fight with smart enemies who calculates your movements. Turn your ship precisely and use the borderless space wisely.
Why similar: Destruction 22.5%, Aliens 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Score Attack 15%, 1980s 12.2%
- #44 Ghost Keeper
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Quest Craft
Windows
Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.6% ★, Supernatural 16.4%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Isometric 11.2%, Horror 8.9%
- #45 BUTCHER
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,419 reviews2016
Dev: Phobia Game StudioPub: Crunching Koalas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 30.3% ★, Gore 24.8%, Difficult 16.1%, Violent 15.8%, Action 5.1%
- #46 Serious Bigness
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gutsy Games
Windows
You’re a tiny kaiju dreaming of becoming a titan! Topple everything from dominoes to skyscrapers in a fully physics-driven world to grow big, seriously big! But move fast: kaiju are sleepy creatures and can't stay awake forever. How big can you get before time runs out?
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 51.4% ★, Destruction 35.2%, Difficult 8.2%, Action 2.7%, Stylized 2.6%
- #47 Uberkill: Moon Blood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crack Head Studio
Windows
A hard test, shootouts on the edge, and space… full of screams of pain. Stop the cloned psychos and put an end to their disgusting experiments!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Violent 23.3%, Gore 20.2%, Dark Humor 12.7%, 1980s 11.5%
- #48 Twisty's Asylum Escapades
71% matchMixed55% of 60 reviews2016
Dev: Twisted Jenius
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 34.2% ★, Violent 22.5%, Gore 22%, Dark Humor 9%, Horror 7.8%
- #49 KAIKAN
69% matchVery Positive97% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: zakichi
Windows
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
Why similar: Destruction 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Score Attack 17%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Arcade 9.1%
- #50 Oh My Gore!
69% matchVery Positive87% of 547 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Control the Powers of Evil to crush the Good Guys! Take control of the revived God of War Raelius, recruit evil minions, build bastions of doom and command your groveling servants.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.7% ★, Gore 29.3%, Violent 15.3%, Dark Humor 11.6%
- #51 Beyond Solar
66% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: COREGAME Studios
Windows · Linux
Beyond Solar is an intense pixel art bullet hell shooter that captures the feel of retro arcade classics while introducing modern systems. Master tight controls, dodge relentless enemy patterns, and survive increasingly chaotic encounters through skill and smart decision-making.
Why similar: Destruction 24.9%, Bullet Hell 19%, Aliens 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Arcade 10.6%
- #52 Zenvader
67% matchPositive97% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: RyiSnow
Windows
Zenvader is a super retro shooter mixed with roguelite elements. Dodge the barrage of bullets, improve your unit, and try to defeat the Alien King!
Why similar: Aliens 19.7%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Score Attack 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, 1980s 15.2%
- #53 Munch
67% matchMixed64% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Mac n Cheese Games
Windows · Mac
Kill. Eat. Evolve. METAL! \m/
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 48% ★, Destruction 20.1%, Gore 12.6%, Violent 11.9%, Horror 5%
- #54 KILL KNIGHT
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2024
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Score Attack 16.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Gore 9.4%
- #55 The Happyhills Homicide
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,243 reviews2024
Dev: Copperbolt
Windows
Welcome to Happyhills, the town where you can indulge your deepest desires, make your wildest dreams come true, and slaughter anyone in your path. In this case, all three of these are the same. Welcome the citizens of Happyhills in your way!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 23.3% ★, Gore 16.3%, Dark Humor 15.5%, Horror 14.9%, Violent 14.5%
- #56 Decurion
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: whatislore
Windows
Decurion is a skill-based, top-down shooter about scoring under a one-shot, one-kill rule. You get the score via combo chaining while trying to defend your base.
Why similar: Score Attack 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Difficult 15.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Isometric 13.2%
- #57 USA 2020
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 262 reviews2018
Dev: GAMES FOR HUMANS
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The year 2020 has arrived. A herd of fuckin' ugly reptilians are rushing from the outer space. Crime rate skyrocketed! United States of America is ruined! Wipe out all 12 billion of the green scum!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Aliens 17.5%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Violent 13.5%, Gore 9.8%
- #58 TERROR SQUID
68% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Rubarb
Windows · Mac
Create your own bullet hell in this escalating symphony of destruction. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Difficult 20.8%, Arcade 15%, Action 6.5%