- #1 Star of Providence
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,320 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.8%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 12%, Roguelite 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%
- #2 Planetary Dustoff
96% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.3%, Roguelite 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Bullet Hell 10.8%
- #3 Feral Fury
96% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Action Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelite 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Bullet Hell 10.8%
- #4 Skelly Selest
95% matchVery Positive93% of 286 reviews2018
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.5%, Roguelite 19.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #5 REPLIKATOR
94% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 16.2%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #6 Ether Loop
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 314 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Lens
Windows
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Roguelite 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%
- #7 Starward Rogue
93% matchVery Positive90% of 489 reviews2016
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Mechs 11.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%
- #8 Toroom
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 12.6%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%
- #9 Bullet Bunny
91% matchVery Positive86% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: penusbmic
Windows
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.9%
- #10 Witchinour
91% 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 19%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Bullet Hell 13%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #11 Mega City Force
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 329 reviews2023
Dev: Undreamed GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.1%
- #12 Voidigo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,782 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #13 Spaceship Looter
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.8%, Bullet Hell 15%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.4%, Roguelite 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.8%
- #14 Woodpunk
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.1%, Roguelite 9.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9%
- #15 WarSphere
86% matchVery Positive95% of 60 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 20.9%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #16 Tiny Rogues
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,556 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.3%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Roguelite 13%, Dungeon Crawler 11%
- #17 Laser Disco Defenders
87% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Out Of BoundsPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%
- #18 Doomed to Hell
86% matchVery Positive83% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
- #19 Cavity Busters
85% matchVery Positive96% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: SpaceMyFriend
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Cavity Busters is a roguelite toothpunk bullet hell where you bite and chomp cavity infested enemies. Run on the walls, dodge through bullet filled rooms and stomp baddies. Collect power ups, contract powerful diseases, and carve your way through a bloated body kingdom.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 13.9%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 10.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 9.8%
- #20 Overture
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Black Shell GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.8%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Roguelite 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #21 Null Vector
82% matchVery Positive96% of 269 reviews2018
Dev: Optical Override
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%
- #22 Danger Gazers
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 9%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%
- #23 Swarm Grinder
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,176 reviews2024
Dev: Last Bite GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
Why similar: Mechs 19.4% ★, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Roguelite 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #24 Rhythm Storm
79% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Radiangames
Windows
Rhythm Storm is a roguelike bullet heaven with stunning vector graphics, rhythmic action, and overwhelming swarms of enemies. Your vehicle aims and fires freely while everything else dances and moves to the beat in this spectacular audio-visual experience.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Roguelite 12%, Procedural Generation 11.7%
- #25 ATOMINE
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 362 reviews2017
Dev: Broken Arms Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #26 Operation STEEL
80% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Undermog Games
Windows · Linux
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.7%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Roguelite 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.8%
- #27 Uragun
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 245 reviews2023
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 14.8%, Mechs 13.8% ★, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
- #28 Flame Over
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Laughing Jackal LTDPub: Ghostlight LTD
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blending top down "squirt em-up" action and "Pyroguelike" game mechanics, Flame Over features fast-paced fire-fighting thrills, randomly generated levels, 4 different game zones and dastardly hazards at every turn!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #29 Gunlocked 2
77% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Roguelite 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%
- #30 Time Treker
78% matchMixed70% of 484 reviews2024
Dev: Fuse Game
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 13.9%, Mechs 12.8% ★, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Roguelite 10.4%, Action Roguelike 10.3%
- #31 BroodStar
76% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Roguelite 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #32 Danger Scavenger
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 503 reviews2021
Dev: Piotr WolkPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Roguelite 12.4%
- #33 Satellite Rush
78% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: Kimeric LabsPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #34 Galaxy Highways
75% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #35 Galactic Glitch
73% matchVery Positive90% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Hell 14%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #36 Sublevel Zero Redux
76% matchVery Positive87% of 527 reviews2015
Dev: Sigtrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.1%, Procedural Generation 16%, Roguelite 14.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #37 Mars Survivors
75% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Leguas Intrepidas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.8%
- #38 Ogre Chambers DX
73% matchVery Positive91% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Roguelike bullet hell shooter, where you fend off waves of attacking monsters in a constantly transforming arena. You are rewarded with upgrades to your vulnerable spaceship if you survive long enough.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.5%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Roguelite 9.5%, Dungeon Crawler 8.7%
- #39 CRYPTARK
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,927 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.1%, Mechs 13.1% ★, Roguelite 10.8%, Bullet Hell 7.3%
- #40 Enter the Chronosphere
70% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Effort StarPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based bullet hell roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Roguelite 17.3%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Procedural Generation 6.9%
- #41 Moss Destruction
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 114 reviews2019
Dev: Shotgun with Glitters
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced rogue-lite with procedurally generated, action packed levels. Rank up and install Mech Tech upgrades from an overstock! Snap on ability cartridges to your battle-mech, slay huge bosses through 3 distinctive worlds and guide your tiny green heroes towards victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Roguelite 17.7%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Action 10.1%
- #42 Galactic Glitch: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive97% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Galactic Glitch: Prologue is a stand-alone Action-Roguelike game with physics-based combat mechanics. Fight through bubbles of glitched Spacetime, dodge projectiles, bounce foes off walls and hurl giant rocks in challenging twin-stick combat. Play it for free today!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.9%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9.9%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #43 Devader
73% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Falkenbrew
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devader is an intense 90's-style twin-stick shooter, complete with crazy old-school bosses, powerful strategic abilities and multiple endings. Upgrade your robot with nukes, shields, turrets and more to exterminate the relentless invaders.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Mechs 14.8% ★, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%
- #44 Gunlocked
71% matchVery Positive87% of 505 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Roguelite 15%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #45 Jetboard Joust
72% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Roguelite 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Roguelike 7%
- #46 Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队
72% matchVery Positive92% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: DG Games Workshop
Windows
A retro arcade style Top down shooting game. Shooting them with a machine gun, blasting them with missiles, dashing them with a vehicle, whipping them with an energy chain, or burning them with a napalm...No matter how you get it done, “ALIEN BUGS MUST DIE!”
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Roguelite 17.1%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 8.2%
- #47 Vital Shell
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,526 reviews2026
Dev: MarvinWizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.
Why similar: Mechs 23.2% ★, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 14.4%
- #48 Nowhere Patrol
70% matchVery Positive98% of 224 reviews2018
Dev: Slugsoft
Windows
Nowhere Patrol is a boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements. Inspired by classic action arcade games with it's steep difficulty curve and non-stop action.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Difficult 13.3%, Action 11.8%, Indie 9.2%
- #49 NETHER DUNGEONS
68% matchVery Positive83% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Roguelite 16.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Shooter 8.8%
- #50 Bibots
71% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Square SquidPub: PID Games
Windows
Bibots is a top-down shooter rogue lite set in a futuristic world. Play as Tayar, an explorer in control of a nervy robot and clear rooms filled with monsters, powers and secrets to unveil. Die, try and repeat until you face your world’s final threat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.2%, Bullet Hell 30.2%, Mechs 18.7% ★, Difficult 10.8%, Action 4.9%
- #51 Schism
67% matchVery Positive97% of 155 reviews2025
Dev: FamiPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.7%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%
- #52 Lost Potato
69% matchVery Positive94% of 234 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #53 Destropolis
69% matchVery Positive87% of 287 reviews2020
Dev: Igrek GamesPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%
- #54 Half Hour Hexagon
68% matchVery Positive84% of 113 reviews2023
Dev: Carson Kompon
Windows
Obliterate a never-ending horde of enemies while you attempt to reach the 30 minute mark. Race to earn XP and level up to gain new items and opportunities for each run to become stronger than the last.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Roguelite 12.5%
- #55 Straimium Immortaly
69% matchVery Positive90% of 173 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Roguelite 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.7%
- #56 Cyclo Chambers
68% matchVery Positive84% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Hobofeller
Windows
Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Roguelite 13.1%
- #57 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive93% of 71 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 17.8%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%
- #58 Blacksea Odyssey
70% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 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 18.3%, Action Roguelike 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelite 11.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%
- #59 Robot Resistors
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Crablacksmith Studios
Windows
Robot Resistors is an irreverent robot-themed auto-shooter with a 16-bit style. Each of the over 100 enemies you face is distinct, with unique abilities and hand-pixeled animations. A huge roster of playable characters, tons of weapons, and five wildly different procedurally generated stages await!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.5%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Roguelite 16.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%