- #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 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #2 Regulators
96% matchPositive97% of 38 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 17.6%, Procedural Generation 13%, Artificial Intelligence 12.8%, Tactical 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11%
- #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 17.5%, Vehicular Combat 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Action Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #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 24%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Vehicular Combat 13.6%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
- #5 Berzerk: Recharged
94% matchMixed64% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #6 Project Dimension
94% 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 20.7%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Co-op Campaign 13.7% ★
- #7 REPLIKATOR
93% matchVery Positive86% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Science 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Action Roguelike 10%
- #8 Anima Reaver
92% 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 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11.9%
- #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 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Vehicular Combat 13.9%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
- #10 Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate
91% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Cosmos
Windows · Linux
Movement-based horde-escape. Weave through hungry geometry and blast away with dual-wield primary and secondary weapons. Deal damage to charge up your special and unleash havoc.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Artificial Intelligence 19.6%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 10.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.2%
- #11 Voidcutter Fuzor
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
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 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelike 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #12 Cyberscape
90% 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 18.8%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Artificial Intelligence 12.4%, Roguelite 12%, Robots 10.8%
- #13 Void Resurgence
89% matchVery Positive94% of 72 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 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #14 Hyper Sentinel Fusion
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac
Pilot an agile star fighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha—your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on explosive upgrades, ready for the next run.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #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 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Science 17.2%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #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 24.3%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Roguelike 10%
- #17 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 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Action Roguelike 19.7%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #18 Mallow
84% matchPositive85% of 13 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 32%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Roguelike 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #19 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 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #20 Entomophobia
82% matchPositive83% of 42 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 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, 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 27.3%, Action Roguelike 21.5%, Roguelite 18.4%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Retro 6.8%
- #22 The B.L.O.O.M Initiative
81% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Trema-CodingPub: Trema-Coding Ltd
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced top-down shooter where you harvest alien resources, grow living weapons, build battlefield defenses, and fight off alien birdmen and giant worms solo or in split-screen co-op
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 22.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #23 Burning Skies
82% 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 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 12%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #24 Retro Robot Rescue
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Z Digital
Windows · Mac
Guide M.R.1 through a corrupted robot factory, battle hostile machines, collect biomass, and upgrade at the Forge in this retro-inspired top-down arcade shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Robots 8.4%, Arcade 6.7%
- #25 Tiny Bomber
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pangolin Studio
Windows · Mac
Survive the countdown in a fast-paced vertical bullet-hell roguelite. Collect coins to extend your run, graze bullets to trigger aircraft-specific boosts, build wild upgrade combos, and push toward the final boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelite 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #26 Code of Shadows
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TillBlackPub: DECOL
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 24.1%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Artificial Intelligence 14.2%, Roguelite 12.6%
- #27 80s Horror Survivors
79% 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 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 15.6%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #28 BotNet
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: syffin
Windows
BotNet is a 2D bullet hell roguelike where you play as malware trying to infect the world. Collect powerful items along the way, discover synergies, and make your virus unstoppable.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #29 BroodStar
77% 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 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Roguelite 13%, Score Attack 8.7%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #30 Technoidium
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Ener the Techno Maze and master the swing of your dual directional combat tandem whip tether weapon. Seek and destroy the Corrupted Mechanoids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Robots 9.6%, Sci-fi 9%
- #31 BulletGarden
78% matchPositive90% of 21 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 29.3%, Roguelite 18.7%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Score Attack 9.5%
- #32 WATERPUNK
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: R_Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelite action game set in a post-apocalyptic water world. Shape your strategy by choosing which abilities shine by day and which awaken at night.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Roguelite 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12.3%
- #33 HiveCorp
75% 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 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 11.1%, Sci-fi 10%
- #34 MAKINE
76% 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 19.6%, Vehicular Combat 18.8%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Tactical 11.1%
- #35 Super Smash Asteroids
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelike 10.6%, Arcade 7.2%
- #36 Immunity Protocol
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ijijanbos
Windows
Pilot an immune-cell sentinel in a neon pixel-art horde-survival auto-shooter. Move manually, auto-fire evolving weapons, draft upgrades, equip symbiotes, and survive escalating pathogen swarms inside a collapsing biotech system.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #37 Seconds Till Destruction
72% 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 23.8%, Robots 12.6%, Score Attack 10.5%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #38 Run Build Pew!
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 566 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #39 Pandora's Arcade
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SSJMarx
Windows · Mac · Linux
A collection of bite sized arcade-style games with a frantic pace and game-changing modifiers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Action Roguelike 21%, Roguelite 16.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, Arcade 7.4%
- #40 Run and Gun
74% 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 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Robots 9.7%, Roguelike 9%
- #41 Weaponized
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vector Hound
Windows · Mac
Weaponized is a violent vector shooter. You are an asteroid miner whose employer recently expanded into mining hell. Use your machine gun to carve through asteroids and extract ore. Grab and hurl enemies, snipe through rocks, fight massive bosses. Make your quota and get out before it's too late.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Roguelite 15.2%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%
- #42 Death Before Decaf
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Overdose Interactive
Windows · Linux
Auto-combat roguelite. Your caffeine meter is the whole game — too little kills you, too much kills you faster. Three floors, one boss. 20 minutes. Don't crash.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #43 BALL x PIT
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,698 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Roguelite 17.4%, Action Roguelike 15%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #44 Novi Blaster
71% 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 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #45 Space Stranded
71% 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 23.8%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #46 Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate Prologue
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Cosmos
Windows · Linux
Movement-based horde-escape. Weave through hungry geometry and blast away with dual-wield primary and secondary weapons. Deal damage to charge up your special and unleash havoc.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Artificial Intelligence 21.7%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%
- #47 Space Slinger
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Action Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 12.9%, Roguelike 6.5%
- #48 Breaking Beaver
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crab Bucket Software
Windows
They took his dam. Now he’s taking revenge! Use a heavily armored bulldozer and arsenal of weapons to plow through buildings and enemy hordes alike. Raze entire city blocks, recruit unstable animal accomplices, and choose the right upgrades to become unstoppable in this Survivor-like beaver rampage.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Vehicular Combat 17.4%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #49 Shape Swarm
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows · Mac
Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics. Build powerful upgrade synergies, survive escalating waves, and hold the line long enough for the colony fleet to escape.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Roguelite 10%
- #50 Laboratory X-29
69% matchPositive94% of 17 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 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #51 The Outer Space Bugs
70% 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 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #52 100 Second Heart Attack
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Travisbluedev
Windows
100 Second Heart Attack is a fast paced bullet hell roguelike where survival is never guaranteed. Dodge overwhelming waves of demons, collect upgrades, and keep your heart beating just a little longer.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Action Roguelike 21.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #53 Homebrew32
69% 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 26.9%, Vehicular Combat 20.6%, Roguelite 16%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Action Roguelike 7.4%
- #54 D.A.R - Deadly Alien Rogues
68% 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 20.7%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Score Attack 12.4%, Roguelite 11.8%, Robots 9.9%
- #55 ASTROLANCER
67% matchVery Positive98% of 145 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 31.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Robots 12%, Retro 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #56 Roguevive
66% matchMixed69% of 26 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 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #57 The Way of Ping-Pong
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RoeBox
Windows
A roguelite bullet-hell shooter where table tennis meets ancient mythology. Wield your paddle to strike enemies with bouncing balls, retrieve them to attack again, and craft powerful builds through strategic upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Roguelite 17.8%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #58 Talas
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chillout Games
Windows
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #59 ExoSoul
65% 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 32%, Action Roguelike 21.8%, Roguelike 11.3%, Roguelite 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%