- #1 Chasm: The Rift
97% matchVery Positive84% of 448 reviews2022
Dev: Action FormsPub: SNEG
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 18.8% ★, 1990's 15.7%, Violent 15.3%, Retro 12.8%, Old School 11.8%
- #2 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,361 reviews2023
Dev: Big Z Studios Inc.Pub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now im 37, so i have life experience now.
Why similar: 1990's 25.9%, Retro 18%, Shooter 12.1%, Violent 11.9%, Old School 10.3%
- #3 The Apogee Throwback Pack
96% matchVery Positive90% of 346 reviews2013
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Why similar: Violent 22.2%, 1990's 20.7%, Retro 15%, Shooter 12.3%, Old School 11.6%
- #4 Rise of the Triad: Dark War
95% matchVery Positive84% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: Apogee SoftwarePub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 21%
You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.
Why similar: Violent 26.1%, 1990's 23.5%, Retro 12.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Old School 12.5%
- #5 CyClones
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: SNEG
Windows
CyClones is a first-person shooter (FPS) classic from the 90s that challenges players to explore maze-like environments and take down flesh-steel monstrosities using an impressive arsenal of hi-tech weaponry.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.5% ★, Arena Shooter 20%, 1990's 13.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Violent 9.5%
- #6 Hellbound
94% matchMixed64% of 1,496 reviews2020
Dev: Saibot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
Why similar: Violent 21.5%, Arena Shooter 17.8%, 1990's 14.2%, Retro 10.1%, Old School 9.5%
- #7 Project Warlock II
92% matchVery Positive81% of 1,284 reviews2025
Dev: Buckshot SoftwarePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21.5% ★, 1990's 17.8%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Retro 12.3%, Old School 12.3%
- #8 PowerSlave (DOS Classic Edition)
93% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Lobotomy SoftwarePub: Throwback Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Alien forces possessing horrifying powers have sealed off the once thriving city of Karnak from all outside contact. As a covert operations specialist, you have been trained for all forms of contingencies. Nothing can prepare you, however, for the nightmare you are about to enter...
Why similar: Violent 29.2%, 1990's 25.6%, Action 17%, Retro 12%, Shooter 10.7%
- #9 The Citadel
91% matchVery Positive93% of 2,744 reviews2020
Dev: doekuramori
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
Why similar: Violent 22.7%, Retro 17.4%, 1990's 15.6%, Old School 15.5%, Shooter 9.9%
- #10 Operation Body Count
91% matchMixed54% of 28 reviews2021
Dev: Capstone SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Capstone Software’s classic first-person shooter built on an upgraded Wolfenstein 3D engine brings the heat with 40 levels of intense action. Struggle to the top against hordes of bad guys – it’s time to put that training to the test, soldier!
Why similar: 1990's 26.4%, Retro 20.4%, Shooter 15.3%, Old School 14.1%, Violent 9.8%
- #11 No Fear
90% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: EKO Games
Windows
No Fear is a top-down arena shooter in which the player has to fight against hordes of various monsters. Challenge them using various weapons. You must survive!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Arena Shooter 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Top-Down 10%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
- #12 Paragone Bomb
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Millant
Windows
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down 16.5%, Violent 14.4%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 9.2%
- #13 Deck of Bullets
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liberinno Games
Windows
Unleash explosive action in a deck-building top-down shooter. Customize your bullets with a strategic deck of cards for devastating effects.
Why similar: 1990's 22.1%, Arena Shooter 18.7%, Hero Shooter 17.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Retro 14.2%
- #14 Warp Commander
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: AngrySodaCan
Windows
A top-down 2D arena shooter in the style of a retro arcade game. The player fights against waves of enemy spaceships to defend space as we know it.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Retro 14.4%, Shooter 12.9%, 1990's 12%
- #15 SOS: SPECIAL OPERATIVE STORIES
88% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: ATTACK MOUNTAIN
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
These are the tense, action-packed stories of a special operative's past.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 24.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, 1990's 15.7%, Top-Down 10.3%, Retro 10.3%
- #16 CYNOROID FORSAKEN
86% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Crush-vAdin
Windows
CYNOROID FORSAKEN is a free aim platformer that uses the mouse to aim and It is a free aim platformer where you aim with the mouse and move with the WASD keys. With multiple weapons, a laser chainsaw that can be used by right-clicking, and the ability to eat enemy carcasses.
Why similar: 1990's 24.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Old School 13.6%, Violent 12.2%, Retro 11.1%
- #17 Ripper
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unheard Software
Windows · Linux
Ripper is a top-down shooter with fully destructible environments, fog of war, and Steam multiplayer. Break through walls, survive enemy waves, and battle your friends.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Shooter 9.9%
- #18 The Last Feather
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven
Windows
The Last Feather is a high-octane top-down shooter packed with raw brutality, hard-edged gunfights, and bone-crushing close combat. Through neon-soaked streets and relentless encounters, it delivers a fierce journey of vengeance with every step.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 11.9%, Violent 11.8%, Action 9.8%
- #19 GUN KING
84% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: FROGBERT
Windows · Mac · Linux
GUN KING is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with unique gun mods that lets you play your way. Unlock and equip powerful gun mods to create wild synergies, amp up your firepower, and blast through hordes of enemies.
Why similar: 1990's 26.2%, Arena Shooter 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Old School 13.6%, Retro 10.5%
- #20 Bounty Hunter
85% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Avalon Studio
Windows
Top down shooter, with you as a cowboy on a mission to save the world from mad zombie scientist, and his horde of zombies. You are the only survivor in the area, so you will need lots of luck, and some bullets to clean the area. Go out there and be a hero
Why similar: Violent 40.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down 13.9%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.9%
- #21 Terminal Velocity™: Boosted Edition
82% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Terminal RealityPub: Ziggurat
Windows
In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron, flying the fastest, most dangerous crafts ever made. You're outgunned, outmanned, and strapped into a flying coffin.
Why similar: Old School 19.9%, Retro 18.5%, 1990's 18.3%, Shooter 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #22 Xeno Crisis
83% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2019
Dev: Bitmap Bureau
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Arena Shooter 22.3%, Retro 13.9%, Top-Down 11.9%, Shooter 10.5%
- #23 Bullets tracks: Son of
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefano Di Filippo
Windows · Linux
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Violent 14.3%, Retro 14.3%, Shooter 14%, Action 11.5%
- #24 JUST DEFENSE
81% 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 34.3%, Top-Down 18.6%, Shooter 17.4%, Action 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #25 LaserShotz
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: XcryptGames
Windows
LaserShotz is an online PvP competitive arena shooter! Compete for the best rating on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.7% ★, Arena Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #26 Cosmotrons
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeatherBeard Interactive LLC
Windows
Cosmotrons is a cosmic battleground where skill and strategy collide. Choose your ship and customize its weaponry, engage in epic dogfights, navigate treacherous environments and outmaneuver your opponents in intense, fast-paced multiplayer battles. Are you ready to become a true space ace?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Top-Down 12.5%, Shooter 9%, Retro 8.4%
- #27 Nevedomo
80% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Equilibrium Arts
Windows
Nevedomo is a dynamic arena first-person shooter with a Zetlex robot. Future. Two warring factions Bullets and Rockets participate in deadly competitions under the leadership of the Texer Force Corporation in order to capture the world's resources. Have a good fight!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.4%, Violent 16.6%, 1990's 15%, Shooter 11.9%, Old School 7.1%
- #28 Gun Gladiator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qubit Studio
Windows
Brutally defeat your enemies, upgrade your equipment, influence the crowd, master the arena and become the new champion in a gory and fast-paced retro FPS set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.9%, 1990's 18.8%, Retro 13.9%, Violent 11.9%, Shooter 10.6%
- #29 New Tanks
78% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
A new dizzying game about tanks. Dynamic battles that will not let you relax and get bored.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 12.7%, Top-Down 10.8%, Action 10.1%
- #30 Medved Hellraiser 2
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Cow Games, Falco Software
Windows
Continuation of the carbon monoxide trash shooter. The player has to go through all the levels, burning enemies with a fire ax, and shooting them with a shotgun and grenade launcher musket.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.9%, 1990's 22.4%, Violent 14.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Action 9%
- #31 Parsec
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbird
Windows
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down 14.2%, Shooter 13.6%, Old School 13.2%, Retro 12.3%
- #32 3 SECONDS REMAINING
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: tiny.ROM
Windows
3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37%, Violent 16.1%, Shooter 15.4%, Top-Down 15.1%, Action 8.3%
- #33 Galvanized
75% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Albino Moose Games
Windows
A fast paced, movement focused FPS in a foreboding, post-apocalyptic setting.
Why similar: 1990's 24.8%, Retro 19%, Shooter 18.2%, Violent 17.6%, Action 10.6%
- #34 ZombieMaze
77% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Junseok Oh
Windows
'Zombie Maze' is simple top-down shooter game with maze. You need to find way to escape. Only way to escape is helicopter on the roof!! RUN!!! and kill that ZOMBIES!!!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 34.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Top-Down 9.8%, Action 9.7%
- #35 Invention 8
74% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Falco Software
Windows
Invasion 8 is a continuation of a small indie shooter about the adventures of a group of cyborgs in the world of post-apocalypse and monsters.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.1%, Old School 21.4%, Violent 20.9%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 14.9%
- #36 Shoot 'm Up
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: DukeSoft
Windows · Linux
Tactical multiplayer chaos.That's what would describe this game in 3 words. It's fast, it's messy, it's challenging. Do you like blowing up zombies to bits together with your friends? Protecting your base from the enemy team? Grab your gear and start the chaos!
Why similar: Violent 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Arena Shooter 14.3%, Top-Down 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #37 Project Serotonin
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cable Games
Windows
A top-down 2D shooter where your health is happiness and the sad ones want to take it away from you.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 39.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 12.2%, Combat 4.5%
- #38 Meteor Storm
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Z Sculpt Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, 1990's 19%, Top-Down 12.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Old School 10.7%
- #39 Skyfire Legends
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Benjo Games
Windows
Battle through 4 action-packed levels with the pilot of your choice. Face relentless waves of enemies as you fight your way to 4 powerful bosses. Compete against players worldwide — can you be the fastest to conquer the top of the scoreboard?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18%, 1990's 15.9%, Top-Down 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%
- #40 Data Man
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Darkbits
Windows · Mac
Data Man is a new game for the original 8-bit NES console that brings arcade action to a home console.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 11.6%, Top-Down 11.1%
- #41 Santa's War on Christmas
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: ElgSoft
Windows
Santa’s War on Christmas is a top-down action game where Santa is fighting to stop the naughty Cabal with Coal, Gingerbread Stars, Candy Canes and Walnuts to once more be able to spread happiness and joy for all.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.6%, Top-Down 17.7%, Violent 17.2%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 13%
- #42 Super Hero I.T. Software
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: SurfDev
Windows
You are the I.T. Department's lowest paid security grunt, and a hacker is malware-bombing the company network. Your shift ends in an hour. The break room coffee pot is cold. Log in, 'cause it's gonna be a long night.
Why similar: 1990's 39.3%, Top-Down Shooter 34.5%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 8.9%, Combat 4.3%
- #43 MSCR
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sahl Ibrahimi
Windows
Control EMET, a highly advanced Combat Android produced by YAD, a Military Technologies company working for the government, the android was made for tyrannical purposes, but thanks to a mysterious event, your mission now is to bring justice to the world
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.4%, Violent 28.4%, Top-Down 11%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 10.1%
- #44 Chlorofell
71% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Laughing StockPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Master an arm cannon built from the scraps of your enemies, specialized ammo, and quick thinking, to tear your way to the heart of the mechanical scourge threatening your planet.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.4%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Top-Down 12%, Action 6.6%
- #45 Survivor's End
71% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Grab your guns and get ready to take on the zombie apocalypse like never before!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Violent 15%, Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down 12.8%
- #46 Pepe's Revenge
70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Carlos Bott
Windows
A sci-fi themed FPS (Frog and Pepe Shooter). Wave after wave of amphibian-based mayhem. Choose your weapon and put those stinkin' frogs in their place. Git Gud, scrub
Why similar: Hero Shooter 34.3% ★, 1990's 17.1%, Shooter 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Action 10.8%
- #47 Legume Of Zeldoom
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ramzi Mukhar
Windows
This is a top-down 2D shooter focused on fast movement and responsive combat. Take on enemy hordes and switch between a variety of weapons to survive. The game draws on classic inspirations, offering a focused experience. Tight action, simple controls, and shaped over two years of development.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.7%, Shooter 15.5%, Old School 12.4%, Arena Shooter 11.8%, Action 9.7%
- #48 Space Force Bargain Bin
69% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Sled Dog Games
Windows · Linux
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, 1990's 14%, Shooter 14%, Retro 12.5%, Action 10.8%
- #49 A Minor Pest Problem
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: SN PixelWorks
Windows
In "A Minor Pest Problem," Pilot a heavily armed truck through environments in this 2D top-down shooter. Prove that no problem is too big for a trucker with enough firepower. Drive, shoot, survive, and show the wilderness what a real pest looks like.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.5%, Violent 15.5%, Top-Down 15%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 10.9%
- #50 Nightmare Trails
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows
Fight off monsters in a national park and send them back to their own dimension!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.5% ★, Arena Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down 10%, Shooter 9.1%
- #51 SNOT
69% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: BRIAN DAMAGE
Windows
SNOT is a top-down shooter minigame that's all about keeping cool and reloading. Stuck on a floor tile, brace your (booger) self and face endless hordes of micro organisms - fighting to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 28% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Arena Shooter 18%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #52 Toxastra
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: AmalGame
Windows
Toxastra is a science fiction top-down shooter-RPG where you take control of Dale Custer—the chief of security aboard the CFV Janus, a ship of colonization mining. After an explosion that has plunged you into a coma, you wake up in the chaos of the ship invaded by mutants.
Why similar: Violent 39.4%, Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, Action 11.1%, Top-Down 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #53 Voidronaut
69% 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 30.2%, Shooter 15.7%, Top-Down 13.1%, Action 12.7%, Old School 11.7%
- #54 Dan's Odyssey
68% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Dan J Haynes
Windows
An arcade arena top down shooter. fast paced action with a great sound-track. shoot your way through the approaching enemy shapes, upgrade your character and beat the high score.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Top-Down 17.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Retro 8.4%
- #55 Frenzy
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Retro 20.4%, Shooter 12.9%, Top-Down 12.3%, Action 7.3%
- #56 Pet Hero vs Zombie
66% matchVery Positive79% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: CatLowe
Windows
The zombie apocalypse has begun! Choose your animal hero – a cat with a pistol, a crocodile with a bazooka, or a chicken with a revolver! Survive endless zombie waves, collect coins, upgrade weapons, and unlock new heroes. How long can you last?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.1% ★, Arena Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 11.3%, Top-Down 10%
- #57 Wizard Blaster
66% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Goodline Games
Windows
Wizard Blaster is a top-down time survival roguelite where you play as a wizard. Use magic to fight off hordes of evil. Choose from different characters and abilities to survive.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.4% ★, Arena Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 7.6%
- #58 Castle Champion
67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: JackLombardo
Windows
Fight the bosses and save the king. In this top down shooter your goal is to go through each of the three bosses and save the king! With 3 health and bosses that you can't touch, have fun trying to get through this challenging top down shooter!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 37% ★, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Top-Down 10.1%, Arena Shooter 7.8%
- #59 Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S-Tribute
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2022
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, 1990's 21.4%, Top-Down 13.8%, Shooter 13.4%, Retro 10.9%
- #60 Arcadia
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: ImaginePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.7%, Retro 15.1%, Top-Down 10.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Action 9%