- #1 Survivors Of The Zombie World
97% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Dafu Game Studio
Windows
Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Roguelike 11.6%, Zombies 10.9%
- #2 The Ember Guardian
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Tower Defense 23.3%, Building 12%, Roguelike 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10%
- #3 Z-Company
96% matchMixed65% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: MecHead Games
Windows
You and your friends can be part of the Z-Company. Defend Targets against huge hordes of zombies with all kinds of weapons and buildings in this Tower-Defense/Shooter hybrid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Building 10.4%, Zombies 9.9%
- #4 Zombie House Defense
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: AdamsaucePub: KAM Development
Windows
Defend your house from the hoards!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Roguelike 12.7%, Top-Down 7.9%, Base Building 6.5%
- #5 Defend the Fort
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Yunus KocamisPub: Yuko Software
Windows · Linux
2D topdown zombie survival shooter, build defences, survive the waves of zombies
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Top-Down 9%, Zombies 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%
- #6 Decision: Red Daze
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Tower Defense 18.8%, Zombies 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Building 8.7%
- #7 Cluckmech Oasis
92% matchVery Positive88% of 3,463 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Roguelike 15.8%, Building 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #8 Seed 2313
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DaShanGames
Windows
Seed 2313 is a roguelike with extraction gameplay. Explore an endless procedurally generated future world. Build structures to reshape the environment, collect gear to create powerful builds and enjoy fast-paced combat. Trade with NPCs or give them items.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Roguelike 18.2%, Building 9.5%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #9 WarShape
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: João Capobianco
Windows
WarShape is a "Top Down Shooter" where you face growing hordes of enemies. As you progress, the weapons and defenses of everyone in the arena evolve, starting from primitive equipment to technological weapons. Build, find weapons, recruit allies and buy upgrades to survive the attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 28%, Building 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Top-Down 7%
- #10 Zombie Battlefield Survivors
90% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ZHANG FANPub: TBD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Zombie Battlefield Survivors is a top-down view roguelike action shooter game. Fight against hordes of zombies, constantly upgrading attributes and collecting credits to enhance your character's abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, Action 5.6%
- #11 VERSUS SQUAD
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2016
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Zombies 11%, Survival 7.7%
- #12 FarmTech
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DuckStar Games
Windows
FarmTech is a pixel-art roguelike farming simulation game that combines tower defense and action elements. Embark on a mission in an alien-occupied world. During the day, plant your fields, harvest crops, gather loot and earn money. At night, defend your farm against waves of incoming enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Roguelike 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #13 Bullet Bunny
88% matchVery Positive87% of 126 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 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Roguelike 15.7%, Top-Down 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
- #14 Frontline Zed
89% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Zombies 10.2%
- #15 The Last Camp
86% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: TMM
Windows
This is a top-down survival-building game blending farming, tower defense, and micromanagement, requiring you to fend off zombie hordes, grow crops, and strategically deploy traps to defend your homestead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Building 14.8%, Top-Down 10.6%, Survival 9.1%
- #16 Hive Stampers
87% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Dual Wield Devs
Windows
Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.6%, Top-Down Shooter 33.4%, Top-Down 12.4%, Action 6.3%, 2D 3.5%
- #17 Don't Pop My Bubble
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: QDos
Windows
Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.2%, Tower Defense 21%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Roguelike 10.6%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #18 Drifters & Demons
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quite Fresh Games
Windows
As the leader of a small settlement in a demon-infested wilderness, you will have to shelter survivors and protect them with a variety of guns and abilities. Build homes, turrets, weapons, and traps, and when you're ready to face the horde, take out your guns and sound the klaxon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 7.7%
- #19 Scrap Bulwark Guide
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrazyDream Game
Windows
"Scrap Bulwark Guide" is a tower defense game blending exploration and RPG mechanics. As a survivor in a post-apocalyptic city, you must recruit others, scavenge building materials from ruins, build street barricades, and fend off nightly zombie hordes to ultimately lead your group to safety.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Zombies 12.9%, Base Building 9%
- #20 Messier111
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: MELPOT
Windows
The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 49.9%, Top-Down Shooter 30.8%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 7.8%
- #21 Nightfall
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Caiz
Windows
This is a top-down survival and building game where you scavenge for resources and construct a base to defend against zombie attacks when nightfall. Warning! The wilderness at night is extremely dangerous; please stay inside your base.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Building 17.8%, Survival 9.5%, Zombies 9.4%
- #22 Dawn of the Zombies: Survivors
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ES-Interactive
Windows
Face the horde in a world of shifting light and rainy nights. Choose from 4 heroes and 3 weapons to survive 2 deadly maps. Customize your run with 100+ nodes. Play solo or split-screen across 3 difficulties. Start at 6 AM. When the colors fade to gray, the real fight begins.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Survival 10%, Top-Down 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #23 Planetary Defense Force
83% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Blue Sunset Games
Windows
Jump into the shoes of an interplanetary defender! Grab weapons, build towers, expand ground economics and protect planets from space invasions in this unique mix of twin-stick shooter, tower defense and city builder game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Tower Defense 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #24 Acid Planet
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Building 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #25 Vermitron
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
They're Coming! Get ready to defend your lovely Flower from invading insect! Prepare your Bug Spray, Call your Holo-Pet, Fortify base and don't forget your mission: Find the Watering-Can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.9%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 7.7%
- #26 Metal War
81% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: ZihanSong
Windows
This is a fast-paced top-down shooting and tower defense game. You need to customize and upgrade your chariot, build defensive structures to protect your base, explore the world and destroy all enemies! Don't forget to come back and defend when the enemy attacks! Can you make it to the end?
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Roguelike 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 8.8%
- #27 There Are Millions of Goblins
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BiG INC. CO. LLC.
Windows
Fight gigantic hordes of goblins with a supercharged vehicle and arsenal of crazy weapons, in a chaotic physics-based battle for survival
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Action 8.6%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #28 Section 13
77% matchMixed70% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Supernatural 11.6%, Roguelike 11.6%, Zombies 10%
- #29 SCAD
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NAISU
Windows · Mac
SCAD is an action packed roguelite apocalypse adventure. Fight against zombie hordes, craft & upgrade your weapons and prepare for new missions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Roguelike 12%, Tower Defense 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #30 Bugs and Bullets
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Ludificor
Windows · Mac
As a lone military engineer on a strange planet you must survive the constant swarms of the hive! Shoot your way through millions of bugs! Collect upgrades and turn your turret into an unstoppable bug killing machine!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #31 Battlefleet Gust Wind
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TigerQiuQiu
Windows
About:The solar system was invaded by aliens of unknown origin. The earth has fallen. As the commander of the surviving space fleet, return to the solar system from outer space and save the earth.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Tower Defense 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Top-Down 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #32 Gore Storm
77% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Gundorado
Windows
Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Tower Defense 22.3%, Top-Down 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #33 Devil Hunters
76% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WaterWood Games
Windows
A vampire survival game with 10 bosses with their own unique moves, a dozen heroes, runes, unlimited gems, and Sun Wukong!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Roguelike 14%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #34 NTD: Tower Defense x Arcade
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Disco69
Windows
Be the Gun & the Architect. Arcade-Tower defense hybrid with controller-first design for a snappy tower building and twin-stick shooting. Every kill feeds the machine. Adapt to roguelike chaos with unique items and synergies. Can you build the ultimate defense & survive the Derp?
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Roguelike 16.1%, Top-Down 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #35 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 33.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Roguelike 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #36 Office Outbreak Savior
74% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Creaky Door Studios
Windows
The office is under zombie attack! Recruit coworkers and survive the outbreak.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 45.2%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Zombies 14.5%, Top-Down 5%, Action 3.7%
- #37 Space Battle
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Adrián Corbalán
Windows · Linux
Pilot your ship through dangerous space and defend against relentless imperial attacks in Space Battle, a high-intensity round-based strategy game. Upgrade your ship, mine for essential resources, and survive the onslaught to protect the galaxy!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Roguelike 10.7%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #38 Night Light
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: DennisPub: SimDen Studio
Windows
Defend against the creatures of that night! Protect yourself and your lamp by building and upgrading your base. Equip yourself with the best weapons to deal with the incoming waves.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Tower Defense 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Building 12.2%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #39 Crossroads of life
73% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: RenPixelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Crossroads of life - a game in which you have to fight off waves of enemies while protecting your life.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.8%, Top-Down Shooter 29%, Top-Down 12.2%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #40 Helen in Hell
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Soined
Windows
Helen in Hell is a bullet hell game where you fight & dash-dodge your way through dungeon waves of themed enemies. Unlock new weapons, abilities & power levels to help you defeat four challenging & unique bosses at the end of each dungeon.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Supernatural 12%, Top-Down 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #41 The Last Drop
71% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Bonobos Games
Windows
The Last Drop is a pixel art top-down shooter where you control the last water droplet on Earth. Battle waves of enemies with unique weapons, customize the map, and compete on the online leaderboard.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Survival 10.7%, Building 10.5%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #42 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ash & Adam's Games
Windows · Mac
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Building 9.8%, Top-Down 8.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #43 GunflareEpoch
70% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: FatBird Game
Windows
"Gunflare Epoch" is a roguelike top-down shooter. Earth has fallen. As rebel rangers—humanity's last hope—plunge into randomized dungeons, arm yourself,and survive endless hordes. Uncover the rebellion's truth in a storm of bullets and scrap.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Roguelike 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #44 Temple Trashers
72% matchMixed65% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Hackerspace NTNU
Windows
A couch co-op tower defense game, in which the towers you build can hurt you and your friends just as much as they can hurt your enemies. Build towers, aim them towards your foes and collect the crystals that drop in order to build more turrets and survive the endless hordes of enemies!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.1%, Tower Defense 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Building 9.6%, Supernatural 7.7%
- #45 Goblin Takes No Argument[s]
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Zeroject
Windows
In this retro style tower defence, we have created a short experience for all of you seeking a true Atari-like experience. This is off cause bull___. This was a school project completely made with Python and Pygames. Be sure to give us a grade;)
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.6%, Building 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Top-Down 11.6%, 2D 5.4%
- #46 Circle TD:Defence War
71% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: 小东马
Windows
A tower defense game.In the wave after wave of enemy attacks like a tide, constantly configure defense tower ties, player talents, props and equipment, build a powerful defense position, and eliminate the enemy before they fill the map!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Roguelike 17.4%, Building 15.1%, Top-Down 10.3%, Base Building 8.9%
- #47 Devoid
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminous Bits
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devoid is a twin-stick shooter where energy drains with every move. Fight enemies to regain it in a procedurally generated space dungeon. Survive station to station and escape with skill.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.3%, Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, Top-Down 9.1%, Action 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #48 Bug Bait
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Chimera Unchained
Windows · Linux
Defend your base against relentless hordes of bugs in this single-player survival tower defense game. Strategically build and upgrade your defenses, manage vital resources, and adapt to ever-evolving threats. Can you outsmart the infestation and survive the chaos?
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, Building 11.4%, Survival 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #49 Tower Survivors
70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Linux
Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Roguelike 8.3%, Zombies 7.3%
- #50 Slaycation Paradise
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 177 reviews2022
Dev: Affordable AcquisitionPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Are you tired of the same boring old vacations? Then boy have we got the tonic for you! Slaycation Paradise offers the ultimate in multi-dimensional apocalyptic tours. Slay away your worries with Twin-Stick action mixed with Tower Defence as you visit the end-of-world scenarios of your dreams!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Zombies 14.8%, Action 7.5%
- #51 Soulcaller's Tower
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kenan Torres Pérez (Resker)
Windows
Soulcaller's Tower is a 2D survival game where you play as a Soul Mage, collecting souls from defeated enemies in your tower. As you gather souls, you can spend them on upgrades for yourself or your tower. Your tower attracts enemies, so be careful not to attract too many.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down 5.9%, Action 3.8%
- #52 ExoSoul
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Get Ready Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exosoul is an adrenaline-fueled top-down shooter that will test your skills and reflexes. Fight for your life against relentless enemies while trying to synchronize your body and soul. You have a powerful arsenal of weapons at your disposal, but you'll need to use them wisely if you want to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Roguelike 18%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #53 Z-GYUBAAN!
66% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Yogurt Neko
Windows
Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl! After destroying 75% of the panels, move on to the next stage.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.3%, Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Top-Down 7.2%, Action 6.7%
- #54 (square)
68% matchPositive92% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Brennan Curtis Cottrell
Windows
Launch. Recall. Avoid.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.6%, Top-Down Shooter 35.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Action 6.2%, 2D 4.9%
- #55 Over 9000 Zombies!
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,530 reviews2015
Dev: Loren Lemcke
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Roguelike 11.7%, Zombies 11.3%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #56 Galaxy Critter Co.
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rat2 Studio
Windows
Galaxy Critter Co. is a cute chaotic roguelike where tower defense meets top-down shooting: build by day, fight by night, and craft broken synergies to survive the Swarm.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Roguelike 14.7%, Building 12.7%, Base Building 9%
- #57 Plumbum
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: JMAA Games
Windows
PLUMBUM is a retro top-down roguelike shooter where you'll have to survive the innumerable hordes of mooks and goons in the cursed corridors of this cursed game. Will you survive as long as you can, or will you die trying?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Roguelike 15%, Top-Down 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #58 Project: Vaccine A
67% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Birb Games
Windows
Firewall, vaccine, cleaner... Place various blocks to protect your CPU! Vaccine A is a sandbox defense game, filled with parody of various programs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #59 Project P
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: MabkaGames
Windows · Linux
Explore the maze, run for your life and aim your arrows carefully in this minimal top down survival game.Use the layout of the maze to sneak around, take your shot and run before you get spotted by the monster you are trying to take down.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Roguelike 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Top-Down 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #60 One Clone Left
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: ButtonSoft
Windows
Team up with friends to fight hordes of zombies and mutants that roam post-apocalyptic earth. Need extra lives and allies to help you fight? Just clone yourself and your weapons! Protect your fabricator to become an unstoppable force, able to take on any mutant in your sights.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Zombies 15%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.9%, Top-Down 9.7%