- #1 Microbes and Machines
97% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: AndyzziGames
Windows
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #2 Regulators
96% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Regulators is a tactical top-down shooter where you lead a team of mercenaries to clear the city from mutating villains using your weapons, gadgets, special super powers and intelligence.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Procedural Generation 13%, Artificial Intelligence 13%, Tactical 11.8%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
- #3 Asteroids... But Roguelite
96% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Goats Games
Windows
Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Vehicular Combat 13.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 10%
- #4 Stahldrache
95% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Void Star Gamestudio, Limited
Windows
Stahldrache is a top-down shooter set in the skies of far-flung planets. The automated terraforming system has gone rogue, and must be stopped. Fight against time and waves of drones to make the planet safe! Bomb the control nodes and neutralize the AI before the defenseless colony ships arrive!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Vehicular Combat 13.6% ★, Procedural Generation 11.2%
- #5 Berzerk: Recharged
94% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #6 Run Build Pew!
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 560 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
- #7 Project Dimension
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MarzSandwich
Windows
Project Dimension is a noir-styled roguelike shooter in infinite randomly-generated dungeons where you push as far as you can. Grab your camera and whatever you can find to clear different theme of dungeons.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Action Roguelike 14%, Co-op Campaign 13.6% ★
- #8 REPLIKATOR
92% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Science 14.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10.1%
- #9 No Space For All
91% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Vehicular Combat 13.8% ★, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #10 Anima Reaver
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EnricoBC
Windows
A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.9%
- #11 Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate
90% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmos
Windows · Linux
Movement-based horde-escape madness. Weave through hungry geometry and blast away with dual-wield primary and secondary weapons. Deal damage to charge up your special meter and unleash havoc. Multiple different characters to choose from.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Artificial Intelligence 19.7%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 11.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%
- #12 Cyberscape
89% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Moose Games
Windows
Cyberscape is a top down round based action game with some rougelike elements. Play as different heroes with unique abilities and fight against the evil robot army. Level up and complete achievements to unlock new items and fight your way through different locations.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Artificial Intelligence 12.5%, Roguelite 12.2%, Robots 10.6%
- #13 Void Resurgence
88% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
- #14 Voidcutter Fuzor
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Howling Cat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Battle through waves of enemies, taking their power for your own in this retro-styled arcade shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #15 Crystal Quest: Electron
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stainless Games
Windows · Mac
A rogue-lite of reckless but technically legal science. Pilot generations of lab-grown Lovelies through evolving micro-caves, harvest Electron Crystals, splice DNA from your last run, and chase the mythical Mother Node.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Science 17.2% ★, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #16 Cookie Invaders
87% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Igniting Spark Games
Windows
Cookie Invaders is a roguelite shoot 'em up where you utilise a massive skill tree to evolve your ship to defend the earth from legions of invading cookies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #17 Void Scrappers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 608 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 11.5%, Score Attack 9.4%
- #18 Bread & Butter
85% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: DaniDangerStudio
Windows
A roguelite arena shooter starring you, a gutsy bread slice, and your butter buddy battling side by side. Survive waves of evil veggies, stack wild weapon combos, and unleash absurd builds in relentless top-down chaos.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #19 Mallow
84% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Goose Shroom
Windows
mallow is a fast paced topdown action roguelike game heavily inspired by nuclear throne. you can pick your own enemies as well as lots of different upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Roguelike 11.9%, Procedural Generation 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #20 Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
84% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Angry Pixel
Windows
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #21 Hat'venture
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Geloz Games
Windows
Jumping into a hole may not be the best idea, but your hair has been stolen. Master the powers of hats and get it back.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Roguelite 18.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Retro 6.8%
- #22 BloodDome Classic
82% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Score Attack 11.3%, Roguelite 8.7%
- #23 Entomophobia
82% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #24 Burning Skies
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Burning Skies is a frantic roguelite bullet hell. Join the resistance and assemble the ultimate warjet, shoot take down giant bosses and avoid many dangers to destroy the tyrants who are ruling the world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #25 Code of Shadows
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TillBlack
Windows
Code of Shadows is a fast-paced real-time roguelite where you fight alongside powerful support drones. Pause on demand, evolve mid-fight, and push back relentless rift-spawned hordes across shifting dimensions. Adapt your build, master the chaos, and survive each run.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Artificial Intelligence 14.3%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #26 80s Horror Survivors
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alligator Virtual
Windows
Battle endless hordes in an 80s horror nightmare. Stack insane upgrades, break the game, and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Roguelite 15.9%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #27 Supre-Immune
79% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Indion
Windows
Join a roguelike action where cute immune cells battle viruses. Collect data in fast-paced combat, gain weapons and abilities through evolution, or level up to grow stronger. The fun of building your own super immune cell with different combinations each run is up to you!
Why similar: Science 23.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #28 Swarm Me
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: KBGS
Windows
A minimalist horde survival arena where you’re hunted by an endless swarm of drones - kite the horde, bait them into deadly traps, upgrade your defenses, use special items and survive as long as you can. Every minute the swarm grows denser, faster, and deadlier.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelike 9.4%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%
- #29 Gunlocked 2
77% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #30 BALL x PIT
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,880 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Roguelite 17.1%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #31 BulletGarden
79% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: StudioTwilight
Windows
BulletGarden is a 2D vertical shooting gamewhere you explore a planet where the seeds you sow blossom into weapons.You can handle about 300 different types of weapons,each with its own unique characteristics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29%, Roguelite 19.1%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Score Attack 9.6%
- #32 BroodStar
78% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Score Attack 8.8%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #33 Shape Swarm
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows · Mac
Survive the evolving Shape Swarm in this fast-paced bullet heaven. Enemies adapt, grow stronger, and counter your build as the chaos escalates. Every upgrade buys you time—but the swarm never stops evolving.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.9%
- #34 MAKINE
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: The Feature Creep
Windows
A tactical top-down action roguelike where you pilot a customizable vehicle through intense bullet-hell combat while managing power/heat systems and collecting game-changing relics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Vehicular Combat 18.7% ★, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Tactical 11.1%
- #35 Seconds Till Destruction
73% matchPositive100% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: The Eagle Studios
Windows
Kill everyone in six seconds! Seconds Till Destruction is a lightning-fast and randomized top-down shooter. Use a massive array of guns and quick thinking to destroy humanity, one floor at a time!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Robots 12.5%, Score Attack 10.6%, Roguelike 10%
- #36 Super Smash Asteroids
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Switchback
Windows
"Super Smash Asteroids" is a high-speed, twin-stick, top-down, rogue-like space shooter. Choose from 6 unique ships, upgrade with 70+ items & blast through epic bosses. Level up for intense, action-packed battles in a futuristic universe. Buckle up for a thrilling journey to glory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Roguelike 10.8%, Arcade 7.3%
- #37 Run and Gun
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Inspiring Games
Windows
Run and Gun is an action roguelike shooting game where you mow down thousands of enemies while unlocking newer and deadlier weapons. The enemies won't stop spawning, and your guns won't stop firing. Earn gold each run to unlock permanent upgrades to make your next run deadlier.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Robots 9.6%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #38 Novi Blaster
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Rand.Exe Studios
Windows
Bullet Hell or Heaven? A rogue-like where you upgrade yourself and your enemies. Strategize around your build choices and dominate the battlefields of Novi Blaster.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #39 Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate Prologue
74% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Cosmos
Windows · Linux
Movement-based horde-escape madness. Weave through hungry geometry and blast away with dual-wield primary and secondary weapons. Deal damage to charge up your special meter and unleash havoc. Multiple different characters to choose from.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Artificial Intelligence 21.9%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Roguelite 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.9%
- #40 Space Stranded
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: indiegates
Windows
A top down, action bullet hell roguelike with customizable weapons, perks and seed based random generated runs! Can you shoot your way home?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Procedural Generation 21.4%, Action Roguelike 18.4%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #41 Space Slinger
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 6.6%
- #42 HiveCorp
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2025
Dev: Counterspell
Windows
Join the HiveCorp mercenaries in their fight against an onslaught of enemies in this action rogue-lite auto-shooter. Avoid enemies, level up and combine powerful weapons and equipment to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.3%, Sci-fi 10%
- #43 Laboratory X-29
72% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: BlayzbyFill Games
Windows
Laboratory X-29 is a sci-fi roguelite-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist takes his chances to escape from the Lab after an accident. Shoot your way out to freedom, clear rooms full of other dangerous experiments, find out the secrets hidden in this place and eat chicken to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #44 The Outer Space Bugs
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Jhozao
Windows
Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Action Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #45 Beavageddon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crab Bucket Software
Windows
Humans destroyed your dam - now take your revenge! Reduce cities to rubble while fighting off hordes of enemies trying to stop your rampage. Upgrade your bulldozer, enhance your arsenal, and unlock new animal pilots with unique skillsets in this roguelike auto-shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Vehicular Combat 17.3% ★, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #46 D.A.R - Deadly Alien Rogues
70% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Delicious Software
Windows
DAR is an arcade-style single-screen shoot-em-up inspired by the classics, with some modern rogue-like twists! Pick your character, plot a course through the galaxy, grab upgrades and destroy the enemy! The ultimate goal? Saving the galaxy! Or just getting a really, really high score - your call.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Score Attack 12.5%, Roguelite 12.1%, Robots 9.8%
- #47 Homebrew32
71% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: MON Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Drawn into your PC by an antivirus, control a multi barrel tank in this Action Roguelike, 2D Shooter. Defeat motherboard viruses to unlock new zones. The 'UPGRADE MACHINE' grants enhancements every 1-10 seconds. Use points to add upgrades in this Arcade, Top-Down Adventure.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Vehicular Combat 20.4% ★, Roguelite 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Action Roguelike 7.5%
- #48 ASTROLANCER
69% matchVery Positive98% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Hexeye
Windows
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience! Devise your own playstyle with a huge variety of weapons. Hardcore and casual players alike are welcome!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Robots 12.1%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #49 Roguevive
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Chiorco
Windows
Roguevive is an roguelite survive bullet heaven. Survive against hordes of enemies getting ever stronger. Level up, unlock upgrades and new guns in this multiplayer action roguelite.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 21.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #50 Forecast Death
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chabreck
Windows · Linux
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Action Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 16%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #51 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 31.7%, Action Roguelike 22%, Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #52 Evil Heart Fever
70% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Sinned Games
Windows
This game is an intense bullet hell roguelike shooter, evolve and destroy the celestial army to try to open the hell's gate. Items, references and transformations based in : Lovecraftian universe, biblical sins, and all types of angels and celestial creatures.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Roguelite 13.5%, Score Attack 9.7%
- #53 Rush Rover
70% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Roguelite 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.4%
- #54 Zombie Exterminator
68% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Huhi Games
Windows
Zombie exterminator is a top-down shooter roguelite where you play a soldier. Combine weapon parts and create unique weapons. Use gadgets and relics to exterminate zombies. Fight against zombies and horrendous creatures.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Roguelite 12.5%
- #55 Level Tank
67% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Bit Games
Windows
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #56 Void Blitzing
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Felix Pretorg
Windows
Get ready for the ultimate space challenge! In this top-down action roguelite you’ll pilot your ship through a low-gravity environment, dodging obstacles and fighting enemies along the way. But be careful, one wrong move could mean the end of your journey. Are you ready to take on the challenge?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Action Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 13%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #57 Rysen
69% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: nkmr appworks
Windows
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Score Attack 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Arcade 7.9%
- #58 DRFT
64% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Big Bang Studio
Windows
DRFT is a physics-based arena shooter. Weaponize the raw momentum of every drift to supercharge into an invulnerable wrecking ball. Shred waves of foes and bounce off walls to survive. Between runs, stack upgrades to turn your hard-to-handle hatchback into a screen-clearing machine of destruction.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Vehicular Combat 14% ★, Roguelite 11.8%
- #59 Mobocalypse
65% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Leimar Games
Windows · Linux
Mobocalypse is a shooter roguelite where you have to kill hordes of mobs to save the world - and youself!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Roguelite 19.2%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #60 HOUSE OF GOD
67% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Glass Revolver
Windows
As The House of God races towards heaven, Jack blasts their way to the conductor in this chaotic and fast-paced Rogue-Lite.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 10.8%