- #1 Brutal Warrior
97% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Nathan Entertainment
Windows
Brutal Warrior is a brawler/action game
Why similar: Action 100%
- #2 Triton Wing
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Alien MindPub: SA Industry
Windows
Triton Wing is a top-down, open-world space shooter full of fast action.
Why similar: Action 60%, Top-Down Shooter 40%
- #3 Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Sykonest
Windows
Joe Blunt - Up In Smoke is a single player top down shooter game in which you "Joe Blunt" are trying to fight your way through an onslaught of cigarettes, with the sole purpose to track down your beloved Mary Jane from the clutches of evil Dr Hydro.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.6%, Action 41.9%, Indie 8.5%
- #4 Superstatic
96% matchMixed65% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: Sleepy Studios
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Superstatic is a top-down shooter where you're given the ability to possess and control your enemies. Using "copies", you're able to perform a variety of skills including killing enemies within a certain radius, chaining kills together based on your current combo, teleporting to your copy's position and more.
Why similar: Action 50.3%, Top-Down Shooter 40.5%, Indie 9.3%
- #5 ニンジャスレイヤー : AREA 4643
94% matchVery Positive99% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: DeathMofuMofuPub: Diehardtales Games
Windows · Mac
**NOW ON SALE!!** AREA 4643 is the cyberpunk action shooting game. It's based on the cyberpunk city Neo-Saitama and Ninja Slayer universe.
Why similar: Action 54.7%, Top-Down Shooter 34.6%, Indie 10.7%
- #6 OMG: One Million Guns
94% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Gotta Go StudiosPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
OMG: One Million Guns is a fast-paced, 2D, top-down, twin-stick shooter set in space, with LOTS of guns. Blast your way through waves of enemies with a multitude of weapons at your disposal. Full controller support included.
Why similar: Action 73.9%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%
- #7 Xenogunner
92% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2020
Dev: Happy Frog GamesPub: Clickteam
Windows
Blast your way past a large variety of bosses, from an imposing robot dragon to a fierce mercenary in a flying car, and save the universe from the evil Xenogunner in this intense boss-focused run-and-gun platformer!
Why similar: Action 55.5%, Old School 24.4%, Sci-fi 20.2%
- #8 Bit Bullet
93% matchPositive88% of 26 reviews2017
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Bit Bullet – Is a single player top-down shooter with an escalating difficulty level and complicated enemies, in which you will have to blow up and crush hordes of enemies using various weapons and skills.
Why similar: Action 46.3%, Top-Down Shooter 44.6%, Indie 9.1%
- #9 Kill The Humans
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Cold Beverage StudiosPub: Walsh Technologies Corp
Windows
Heavily armed homicidal robots have taken over Weapons Laboratory Delta Five. Something sinister is afoot in the dimly lit corridors of the science complex. Your mission: commandeer the last functional X-4 battle mech, breach the magnetically shielded entrance and wipe them out!
Why similar: Action 49.8%, Top-Down Shooter 39.9%, Indie 10.4%
- #10 IFF
88% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DJMBuilds
Windows
IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43%, Action 38.5%, Sci-fi 16%, Indie 2.6%
- #11 Bulletorium
91% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Trukhan Hryhorii
Windows
Bulletorium is a dynamic and fast top-down shooter with a lot of shootouts, base capture and management, AI controlling and various upgrades and boss fights.
Why similar: Action 53.4%, Top-Down Shooter 42.8%, Indie 3.8%
- #12 Alien Blitz
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Jean-Baptiste Simillon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Alien Blitz is a 3d action-shooter with lots of bullets, missiles, weapons, maps and monsters.Take your shotgun and go kill some Aliens !
Why similar: Action 42.3%, Top-Down Shooter 35%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Indie 8%
- #13 CoronaFighter
87% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Aaron W. CalhounPub: Self
Windows
A coronavirus-themed shoot-em-up in the classic arcade tradition.
Why similar: Action 81%, Top-Down Shooter 19%
- #14 A.I. Space Corps
89% matchMostly Negative25% of 20 reviews2016
Dev: GameArt Studio GmbH
Windows
A.I. Space Corps is a top-down space shooter, telling a new story of mankinds struggle against the merciless A.I. machines ruling over the universe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 46.8%, Action 27.4%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Indie 5.4%
- #15 De Mambo
78% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: The Dangerous Kitchen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spicy action for 1-4 players! De Mambo lets players take control of up to four characters locked in infinite Mambo! Help them escape this horrible—and somewhat provocative—despair!
Why similar: Action 83.9%, Indie 16.1%
- #16 Dantes Bullet Inferno
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Red Pentagram Studios
Windows
Dantes Bullet Inferno is a shoot-em-up where the player fights against hell as Dante. This top down shooter includes a speedrun mode called time-dilation.
Why similar: Action 61.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Indie 12.4%, Old School 10.2%
- #17 Omega Squad
82% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: AstroMonkey
Windows
Lead a team of marines inside a space station infested with monsters. Level up your squad and upgrade your weapons in order to clean the station of any threat. But don't forget to manage your squad as health and fatigue will play a big role in your squad's performance.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, Action 38%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Indie 2.6%
- #18 Operation : Escape
77% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: ICT@SUPub: ZDKHub
Windows
A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.2%, Action 40.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%
- #19 Space Jammers
86% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Spread Shot Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Jammers is a 1-4 player Sci-Fi rogue-ish top-down shooter. Guide an alien rock band of space kitten pirates through a fractured multi-verse. Fly starfighters, board space ships and loot local populations to fund your musical tour.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 50.4%, Action 41.2%, Indie 8.3%
- #20 JUST DEFENSE
83% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: BlueFogs
Windows
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.7%, Action 38.4%, Sci-fi 16.8%
- #21 Metronium
85% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Blake PiercePub: Pierced Games
Windows
You are in the Metronium, a realm of cyber space ruled by the Creator. You are known as the user, the chosen one and savior of the Drivers who have been inflicted by the Trojans. Fight through the horde of Trojans to complete your objectives and take down the father of the Trojans, the Creator.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.6%, Action 41.9%, Indie 8.5%
- #22 Savage Vessels
84% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: KPas
Windows
Rogue-like top-down-shooter with pixel-art, physics and hard survival.
Why similar: Action 47.5%, Top-Down Shooter 43%, Indie 9.6%
- #23 Over My Dead Pixel
84% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Minosh Digital
Windows
Over My Dead Pixel is a top down shooter where you command antivirus software to defend your computer from malware. Beware, firing your weapons will shrink your playspace. Maneuver deftly to avoid the enemies and the walls, as one single hit means restarting.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.6%, Action 43.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #24 Ribbit Rampage
76% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Patricia Norton
Windows
An arcade-style top-down shooter where your only weapon is your froggy tongue. Eat hoardes of enemy insects in frantic, high-precision fights that demand clever decision-making. Don't get surrounded - it's one hit and you're croaked.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 61.6%, Action 35.4%, Indie 3%
- #25 Retro Space Shooter
82% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Gable Games
Windows
Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses.
Why similar: Action 62.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Indie 12.5%
- #26 Apolune
81% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Lost Astronaut Studios
Windows
Apolune is a minimalist, endless procedural evolutionary space war. Enjoy fighting wave after wave of enemy starships in a classic "2D" simulation that evolves and mutates as you fight on, victorious. Defend the Earth from hordes of vile aliens in your simple craft: point-and-shoot.
Why similar: Action 44.7%, Top-Down Shooter 32.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Indie 9%
- #27 Rogue Protocol
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: CR Games
Windows
Rogue Protocol is a space-themed rogue-like top-down shooter where you warp between sectors and fight off waves of enemies. Fight and collect scrap to upgrade your ship and help your allies find and terminate the universe's central threats.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.3%, Action 37.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Indie 2.6%
- #28 Voidronaut
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Aztyrael Studios
Windows
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.6%, Action 35.2%, Old School 15.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #29 Unaided: 1939
81% matchMostly Positive67% of 18 reviews2016
Dev: Drix Studios
Windows
Unaided: 1939 is a hardcore Top-Down shooter with stealth elements, set in the year 1939 before the start of World War II. Germany has not yet attacked Poland but tensions have already risen in central Europe.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.2%, Action 40.3%, Indie 7.5%
- #30 Halo: Spartan Assault
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,811 reviews2014
Dev: Vanguard GamesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.7%, Action 34.7%, Sci-fi 17.7%
- #31 Daedalus - No Escape
80% matchVery Positive81% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Patrice Meneguzzi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 33%
If Quake 3 Arena and Alien Breed had a baby ... it would be named Daedalus - No Escape.
Why similar: Action 47.1%, Top-Down Shooter 44%, Indie 8.9%
- #32 Mark One
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Orfeas Eleftheriou
Windows
Robots built by humans are retaliating. Step in to dispose rogue robots, defeat powerful foes and save the human race in this sci-fi action shooter.
Why similar: Action 54.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Indie 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #33 Blue Jay Joyride
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Simmuk
Windows
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.6%, Action 33.1%, Old School 14.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Indie 2%
- #34 Trigger Time
78% matchPositive80% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: Shephf GamesPub: Creative Mobile
Windows · Linux
Trigger Time is a story-driven, top-down Shoot 'em up with a fun gravity gun and physics puzzles to solve. Blast your way through 9 levels filled with enemies, hazards and bizarre bosses. Along the way you'll take control of vehicles, pick up weapons, items and boosters.
Why similar: Action 44.7%, Top-Down Shooter 34.4%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Indie 9%
- #35 Vintage Year
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: Nooner Bear Studio LLCPub: Clique Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Explore the dark underbelly of a massive wine cellar contested with cult bandits, traps, and paranormal bosses. Select from an array of different characters with unique abilities, and opportunities for customization.
Why similar: Action 49%, Top-Down Shooter 41.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #36 Astrog
77% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: DigitalArtefact
Windows · Linux
ASTROG is a roguelike top-down action game with exploration and a simple progression system. Explore dynamically generated space, collect relics and artefacts, mine resources, upgrade your ship, experiment with skill combinations and fight hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action 49.9%, Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Indie 9.4%
- #37 Centauri Dominion
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: J P Termaat
Windows
Centauri Dominion is a top down space shooter set in the Centauri sector where a new colony is being established. There are others arriving seeking to dominate the sector for themselves and will not take no for an answer.
Why similar: Action 42.8%, Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Indie 8.6%
- #38 Bones 'n' Bullets
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wolfgame
Windows
Grab a gun, learn your magick and jump into the boots of an undead soldier hellbent on saving the universe from the evil Lord Naglfaar!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #39 Starfighter X
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kingdom Games
Windows
Anarchy throughout the galaxy has forced all pilots to kill or be killed. The stars are a savage battlefield where only the best will survive. Claim your rightful place as the top captain in free-for-all combat. Compete for position on the galactic leaderboards to become Starfighter X.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #40 Foam Dart Frenzy
73% matchMixed58% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: MNI Labs, LLC
Windows
Foam Dart Frenzy is a 2D, top-down, online multiplayer shooter. Grab a dart gun and take aim at your friends!
Why similar: Action 59.3%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Indie 12.2%
- #41 Quest 4 Papa: Reloaded
71% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2020
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Quest 4 Papa: Reloaded is a story-driven top-down shooter experience where the player will upgrade its equipment as it progressively faces greater dangers through its adventure.
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Top-Down Shooter 39.6%, Sci-fi 15.3%
- #42 Neon Kicks
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Proper Panda, LLC
Windows · Mac
In Neon Kicks, you’ll take down a border wall or die trying. Using teleporting light-up shoes, shut down as many of the border wall defenses as you can.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #43 Halo: Spartan Strike
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,647 reviews2015
Dev: 343 IndustriesPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces. Delve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. *DirectX feature level 10 required*
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.8%, Action 30.3%, Sci-fi 20.9%
- #44 The Zero Dome
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pillow Head Games
Windows
Float, build and shoot in VR in the zero gravity arena known as "The Zero Dome" . Mixing elements of arcade and survival games, The Zero Dome is a sandbox arcade game like no other, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #45 Destoria: The Withering
67% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Destoria Studios
Windows · Mac
Destoria: The Withering is a mini top down shooter game with a sole objective to survive as many waves as possible.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.2%, Action 37.7%, Sci-fi 14%
- #46 Steel Eagle
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: enrjuPub: Andrzej Cudzilo
Windows
Steel Eagle is a reference to the 80's and 90's shooters. Your task is to reach the landing pad at the end of the level, destroying as many enemy units as possible, for which you collect points that can be exchanged for force and strength, which allows you to upgrade your “Steel Eagle”.
Why similar: Action 51.7%, Top-Down Shooter 37.9%, Indie 10.4%
- #47 Lonecastle
70% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Rainkioutou Interactive
Windows
Lonecastle is a top-down shooter where the player attempts to survive countless enemies. Defend your little castle from the incessant waves of enemy ships and soldiers. Collect gold and gain experience to improve your castle.
Why similar: Action 50.8%, Top-Down Shooter 38.6%, Indie 10.6%
- #48 MY FIGHT
72% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2018
Dev: TrisPix Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MY FIGHT - a computer game in the fighting game genre , performed in the best traditions of the genre . It allows players to fight for their favorite bloggers and show everyone how much he is cool , but the game , meanwhile , will record the results and compare them with other players !
Why similar: Action 92.4%, Indie 7.6%
- #49 CODE SHIFTER
71% matchMixed41% of 63 reviews2020
Dev: LAND HO! Co., Ltd.Pub: Arc System Works
Windows
Characters from all the iconic Arc System Works franchises, including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and the River City series, all meet in a 2D pixel art side-scrolling action game!
Why similar: Action 89.4%, Old School 10.6%
- #50 The Juicer
72% matchVery Positive90% of 349 reviews2015
Dev: Anvate Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The game is a cheerful shooter with a user-friendly gameplay in an original setting.
Why similar: Action 95.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #51 STEELPAW
69% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: DAIRYDOG
Windows · Mac
STEELPAW is a 4-player online brawler where cape-bearing, jet-equipped animals compete for glory, financial independence, and high fives all around.
Why similar: Action 91.6%, Indie 8.4%
- #52 Zorbit's Orbits
71% matchMixed57% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: Happyrock StudiosPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Started by two pals with no experience while they were working at a dry cleaners, Zorbit's Orbits involves hardcore platforming elements, puzzle solving, and intense boss fights. The levels are circular, requiring the player to consider each planet's gravity as they hop or orbit between them.
Why similar: Action 97.9%, Indie 2.1%
- #53 Bigwig Flint
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Kanselsprot Entertainment
Windows
Bigwig Flint is a challenging, thrilling, and hilarious top down shooter. A soulfully crafted game with emphasis on perfect classic retro gameplay. Waldemar, the circumcised square, must fight against Bigwig Flint and his many allies. At stake is not only the Universe, but also your sanity.
Why similar: Action 69.5%, Indie 14%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Old School 5.4%
- #54 Really Trash Game
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: VGStudioPub: KuKo
Windows
The Mafia wages war on you! Cut your way through cohorts of gangs and dirty cops in this bloody battle. Grab the guns, use the med kits to heal your wounds, and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 61.2%, Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Indie 12.1%
- #55 The Warrior
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAWAIFU
Windows
After an prison outbreak has gone wrong, surviving inmate Tom Feltrod comes face to face with an inmate who considers himself a "Warrior".
Why similar: Action 100%
- #56 Radical Spectrum: Volume 2
70% matchMixed46% of 28 reviews2017
Dev: Autonomic InteractivePub: New Reality Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Radical Spectrum Volume 2 is an arcade-style platformer, featuring constant, endless action. Doc DuBrane is gearing up once again to save Nucleusport. After a crushing defeat, the reckless alien Prince FaceBox and his minions have relocated to the in-construction Sine Wave Tower, the tallest building ever (almost) built.
Why similar: Action 98%, Indie 2%
- #57 Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers
69% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2016
Dev: Nerf Game Co. Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set off in chase of the lost Sock! Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers is a brand new platformer set in a crazy world, with infinite fun and hardcore challenges. What sets this game apart is that the main character simply can’t stop, so the onslaught of enemies, barbs and bullets will be intense!
Why similar: Action 91.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #58 Dark Places
68% matchMixed55% of 142 reviews2019
Dev: Madbox Entertainment
Windows
Dark Places is a psychological single-player game set in a surreal world filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. Solve puzzles and try to survive.
Why similar: Action 98.7%, Old School 0.8%, Indie 0.4%
- #59 Fire Fighter
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Dataware
Windows
Deus Apparatus, an evil machine, has set fires to five regions. In this action packed game, it is your job as a fire fighter to extinguish all the fires. Put out fires before they destroy buildings and trees. These fires spread rapidly, but you can use your ax, water, and shovel to gain control of the fires. Fire Fighter as 50 levels.
Why similar: Action 100%