- #1 Rumble
97% matchMixed50% of 38 reviews2015
Dev: Overflow
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rumble is a fast Arena Brawler. Throw rocks to stun and spears to kill, dash to avoid incoming hazards and be the last man standing.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, 4 Player Local 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Local Multiplayer 10%
- #2 Ogo
96% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Ogo is an arcade twin-stick shooter where you control yin and yang to defeat your enemies, complete varied levels or just relax in different endless game modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 8.8%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #3 Undercroft Warriors
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Fuzzy
Windows
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Shooter 6.7%
- #4 Pixel Ship Shooter
96% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Altope Interactive
Windows
Pixel Ship Shooter is a fast-paced retro shooter game, dodge bullets and zap your friends to death!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, 4 Player Local 14%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%
- #5 Two by One
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Javier Ortega
Windows
Do you have what it takes to beat two games at the same time? Prove your skills by controlling two ships simultaneously or join forces with a friend to overcome the challenge of this stylish Shoot'Em Up.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 9.1%
- #6 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
93% matchVery Positive92% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 7%
- #7 Death Carnival
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furyion Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Get ready for Death Carnival. Intense Top-Down Shooter with multi-elevation combat. Easy to start, thrilling to watch. Over a dozen characters with unique attacks and story. Adrenaline-fueled combat in singleplayer, online co-op, or competitive PvP.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, Bullet Hell 11.5%
- #8 CAST!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sizzlin Studios
Windows
Sling spells, craft powerful combinations, and defeat your friends in CAST! A local-PVP twin-stick shooter featuring a roguelite upgrade system, each game is unique and packed with unique spells and strategies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, 4 Player Local 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Bullet Hell 10.8%
- #9 Exovore
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tapzilla
Windows · Linux
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Shooter 7.3%
- #10 Horde Of Plenty
91% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: SMONCH, LLC
Windows
In this action-packed twin-stick shooter, construction worker Ron Mayhem's beloved pet, Puffy, a rather round and yellow puffer fish, has been captured by the forces of evil. Slay the hordes, collect mad loot, and bring Puffy back!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 7.8%
- #11 Starfighter Neon
89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: MadeOfDinosaurs
Windows · Mac
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Arcade 6.9%
- #12 Friday Night Bullet Arena
89% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2016
Dev: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Friday Night Bullet Arena is a top-down multiplayer shoot-a-thon with a twist: each player only gets one bullet! You can catch your own bullet to fire again, but catching other bullets is... not recommended.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, Arcade 6.7%
- #13 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
88% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: stdio.gypsy
Windows
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 9%
- #14 Acid Web
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Text Garden
Windows · Linux
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 7.9%
- #15 Super Blue Square
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FNDK
Windows
Step into the fast-paced world of Super Blue Square, where simplicity meets intense arcade action! In this top-down 2D twin-stick shooter, you'll face waves of relentless enemies in a vibrant, ever-changing battlefield.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Bullet Time 10.7% ★, Shooter 10.3%
- #16 Rock 'N Roll: G.E.O.S. Wars
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZaxtorGameS
Windows
Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Arcade 9.3%, Shooter 9.1%
- #17 Salt VS Pepper
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: teevy
Windows
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, 4 Player Local 7%
- #18 RGBY
84% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: HappyDaram Inc.
Windows
RGBY is 4 players local multiplayer Co-op game. Run around on screen and dodge bullets. Destroy your enemies with friends!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, 4 Player Local 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.4%, Shooter 9.4%
- #19 Little Elf Tanks
83% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Friendly Fire Software
Windows
A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Arcade 8.2%
- #20 KILL YOUR FRIENDS
84% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: James Robinson
Windows · Mac · Linux
A frantic arena shooter for up to 6 players. Play solo, or battle your pals online. Grab a weapon, don your comically oversized hat & an absurdly mismatched outfit, and KILL YOUR FRIENDS!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 8%, PvP 7.3%
- #21 Neon Fighter
82% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Arcade 9%
- #22 Assault Android Cactus+
81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,000 reviews2015
Dev: Witch Beam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, 4 Player Local 13.1%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Fast-Paced 9.8%
- #23 Generic Space Shooter
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Time 15.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Fast-Paced 11.5%
- #24 VCTR
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows
Shoot. Dash. Collect. Upgrade. VCTR is a kinetic arcade shooter where two simple actions create countless strategies. Read the field. Choose when to act. And turn the chaotic battlefield into a dance of high-risk, high-reward play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.7%
- #25 Polygun
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electric Turtle Games LLC
Windows
Welcome to the world of Polygun, an endlessly customizable hero shooter where you battle against an ever increasing hoard of bloodthirsty shapes! With an array of upgrades to choose from, you'll quickly build from humble beginnings into a hexa-bustin killing machine!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 9.7%
- #26 DOOMTANK
79% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: Unibear Studio
Windows
DOOMTANK is a fast-paced twin-stick shooter designed to put you in the hot seat. Enter an ever-changing room straight from the depths of Hell and slay its inhabitants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 7.8%
- #27 WE ARE DOOMED
79% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Vertex Pop
Windows · Mac
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Bullet Hell 7.4%, Action 5.8%
- #28 Crazy Appliances 疯狂电器
78% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: PopTea Games
Windows
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Arcade 9.3%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #29 Gods of the Arena Dungeon
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GasGod Games
Windows
Destroy arena vermin, level up, choose your class path, get loot, and slay other players. Destroy the bosses of the arena without being slain, and perhaps your ascent into arena God-hood will be recorded into legend! Now remastered!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Shooter 7.2%
- #30 Otter Space Rescue
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Your Otter Space crew has been captured by evil robots. Save your team and fight together through endless rooms of evil robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Arcade 6.8%
- #31 Steel Alcimus
77% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Shooter 7.5%
- #32 Scrap Galaxy
76% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Catalope Games
Windows
Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.7%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Fast-Paced 10.2%
- #33 HyperShot
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pirate Dog Games
Windows
In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Arcade 8.6%
- #34 Dininho Space Adventure
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Dininho
Windows
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 17%, Arcade 12.3%, Shooter 11.4%
- #35 SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance
76% matchMixed57% of 30 reviews2015
Dev: Brainshape GamesPub: BA Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance is a cooperative twin-stick shooter that features a variety of complementing ship classes to choose from. Upgrade your ships, defeat hundreds of enemies, save the galaxy all with some friends from the comfort of your couch.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, 4 Player Local 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Shooter 7.2%
- #36 Hummingz - Retro Arcade action revised
75% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Stefan Preuss
Windows
Up for some retro arcade action spiced with extra bullets and BOSS enemies? Shoot your way through many different levels filled with nasty bugs, spiders, frogs, bees and more. Fight huge BOSS enemies and collect extras and play bonus waves. Retro Arcade action at its best!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Time 14.4% ★, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 7.6%
- #37 cyber_serpent
72% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Q-Bit Digital
Windows · Mac
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Arcade 8.1%
- #38 BULLET PARTY
73% matchVery Positive95% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: Awoker Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, 4 Player Local 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Fast-Paced 10.7%, Bullet Hell 10.2%
- #39 Storm Mined
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hémisphère gauche
Windows · Linux
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Arcade 7.6%
- #40 Vectrix
73% matchMixed61% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Poco a PocoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Vectrix is a rhythmic, techno, top-down shoot 'em up with a synthwave soundtrack and a grid of enemies based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Arcade 11.7%, Bullet Hell 9.7%
- #41 Circuit Breakers
73% matchMixed58% of 116 reviews2015
Dev: Triverske
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, 4 Player Local 10.8%
- #42 Watchlist
72% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Fletcher's Games
Windows · Mac
Accused of committing a crime affecting the nation's security, you are now tasked with tracking down various undesirables in order to redeem yourself in the eyes of the powers that be. Blast through procedurally generated levels and complete the Watchlist in this retro arcade shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Bullet Hell 9.8%
- #43 Cyberpulse
69% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Scherzo GamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Slam your way through waves of viruses and hurl your friends through cyberspace in this flashy arcade thrower that combines classic twin-stick action with inventive physics for an electrifying adventure.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Arcade 7%
- #44 TANKNAROK
70% 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: Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Fast-Paced 21.7%, 4 Player Local 16.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Shooter 5.1%
- #45 打怪! Beat the Mons!
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: T工作室 T Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.8%
- #46 Manic Archers - Bullseye DEMO
70% match5 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Ancient Most High Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manic Archers is the very first topdown Zelda-type versus game ever! It features simplistic and on-the-point gameplay with amazing game mechanics and lovely arcade style pixelart-details. It is playable with up to 4 players simultaneously on one screen in several variants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Bullet Time 9.6% ★
- #47 Contract Killers
71% match9 user reviews0% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Kapi Kapi Games
Windows
Fast paced top down shooter, you need to be fast and deadly, choose your character, pick new contract, prepare your weapons and kill your target !!! Get rewarded and buy new more deadly weapons.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.8%, Bullet Time 16.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 7.6%
- #48 GyroGunner
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 8.6%
- #49 UBERMOSH Vol.5
69% matchVery Positive94% of 1,275 reviews2017
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%
- #50 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive93% of 69 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 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Shooter 7%
- #51 Cuboid Keeper
70% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2019
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
Cuboid Keeper is a fast-paced arena shooter with a gripping storyline and an unique spaceship building system. Take control of the legendary Guardian of the Cube and face four advanced civilizations hell-bent on defeating you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Fast-Paced 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 11.4%
- #52 Lobstar: Arcade Version
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Lobstar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Bullet Time 8.1% ★
- #53 Monday Meltdown
65% matchVery Positive95% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: NF MynsterPub: Footstomp Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 13%, Bullet Time 9.1% ★
- #54 Pew-casso
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Made From Strings
Windows
Choose your loadout, choose your art brushes, and blast your way to a masterpiece! Pew-casso is a top-down action-roguelite shooter where you defeat enemies to level up and create a piece of art. The longer you last, the more complex your unique piece of art will become.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Time 9.3% ★, Shooter 6.7%
- #55 The Mad House Season One
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Carrot Studios
Windows
Step into The Mad House, a futuristic cyberpunk game show! Battle waves of enemies, conquer unique room challenges, and climb the Leaderboard. Upgrade your gear, master each fight, and earn your place in the legendary Hall of Legends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Bullet Hell 8.4%
- #56 VASARA Collection
67% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2019
Dev: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, 4 Player Local 15.2%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Arcade 7.1%
- #57 Retromancer
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Spinfoam Games
Windows · Mac
What happens when nostalgia and necromancy mix? A Retromancer happens! Grab a few friends, choose your champions, and battle your way through 6 brutal zones filled with screeching bats, burrowing worms, deranged cultists, and giant ants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, 4 Player Local 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.9%
- #58 4D:XD
66% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Brammen
Windows
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 8.8%
- #59 #Funtime
67% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: OneGuyGamesPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac · Linux
#Funtime is an explosive twin-stick shooter where shooting isn't your only weapon. Swap your ship's color to destroy enemies, avoid damage, and ultimately control the battlefield.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Fast-Paced 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10%