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Is Mr. Venturi just a subject of study, or is he something else? Violent Selection is a bloody top-down shooter where you may find this out by surviving a series of challenging levels from the T.R.A.U.M.A. Unnatural Selection Case Study #9.

Why similar: Blood 41.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Violent 18.1%, Hack and Slash 15.7%, 2D 3%

Cold Shell is a top-down, sci-fi, arcade brawler with persistent RPG elements. Bash thugs and change wallpapers.

Why similar: Blood 31.5% ★, Hack and Slash 16%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Cyberpunk 11.4%, Arcade 7.7%

Gun Predict is a top-down strategy shooter where you must carefully choose the type of bullets to use in order to complete the levels. Create a strategy to eliminate all enemies and overcome obstacles using special projectiles.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 28.4% ★, 1980s 20.9%, Top-Down 13.4%, Action RTS 11.8% ★, Arcade 9.7%

You play as a Saint fighting in a gun-filled pit, defeating as many opponents as you can in a 90 seconds match, the UBERMOSH, an enlightenment ritual of combat.

Why similar: Blood 30.8% ★, Hack and Slash 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Violent 12%, Cyberpunk 11.3%

Meteor Havok is a take on the classic Asteroids arcade shooter. Enter the asteroid fields to blast a path to safety with your agile ship and powerful lasers.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.6%, 1980s 30.7%, Arcade 15.9%, Action 8.5%, 2D 6.3%

Bad Business is an extremely challenging top-down tactical shooter game where Mr. Bunny Rabbit, a hitman for the Mob, has been tasked to neutralize the rival Gang. A hard task for any organization, an impossible task for a hitman.

Why similar: Violent 32%, Blood 29.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Top-Down 6.3%, Indie 5.6%

Boom Bits is a single-player twin stick shooter set in the distant future where humans have been forced to leave the planet. You must protect the cargo and get to the launch site.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Hero Shooter 24.1% ★, Robots 23.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Arcade 7.6%

Crimson Frontier – a fast‑paced top‑down shooter in the world of cyberpunk with the vibe of 90s action movies in single player mode, like super‑macho who crushes every enemy standing in his way.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Violent 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Spit at zombies to purify them and earn points. Upgrade your spit's range, fire rate, and special skills. A roguelike where death resets everything. Purify zombies to advance to the next map.

Why similar: Action RTS 36.5% ★, Hero Shooter 32.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Top-Down 8%, Action 2.1%

Oh! Robot is a top-down shooting game featuring the catchphrase 'NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER SURRENDER!' It follows the journey of a brave young girl who pilots a robot named ZeroBot to save the world from rampaging machines driven mad by a rogue AI. Engine start let’s go!

Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Hack and Slash 18.5%, Robots 10.6%, Arcade 7.7%

Build a battleship and fight through unforgiving space to save your people. Make strategic decisions, guide your people, meet allies and foes, and battle for your right for a home. The tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission from Voidship: The Long Journey greatly enhanced and updated!

Why similar: Action RTS 41% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Destruction 17.4%, Top-Down 7.8%, Sci-fi 4.7%

This game is only for those who willing to take challenge or hurt themselves.

Why similar: Violent 30.5%, Blood 26.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Cyberpunk 8.6%, Indie 5.4%

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 37.1%, Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Top-Down 8%, Indie 6.9%

One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.

Why similar: Blood 37.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Violent 16%, Hack and Slash 13.1%, Top-Down 8.2%

Space Revenge is an action-exploration game. With a top down perspective, twin stick controls and a sci-fi mood to explore the enemy base full of dangers. Embark in this adventure and hunt down the responsible of your fathers dead. The only way is REVENGE!

Why similar: Action RTS 30.8% ★, Hero Shooter 28.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Arcade 7.1%

Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.

Why similar: Blood 37% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Violent 17.5%, Top-Down 8.1%, Arcade 6.6%

Soda Sabotage is a Sci-fi 2D top-down shooter, where the player guns his way through 25 levels and 5 bosses belonging to a soda weapon factory using their own weapons against in order to disable the evil soda weapon making factory. Shoot, dash but most importantly survive!

Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Cyberpunk 10.9%, Robots 10.4%, Top-Down 7.9%

In the vengeance business, you leave no loose ends. Four characters scour the city, searching for their mentor's murderer in a brutal ballet of bullets. Stylish neo-noir top-down shooter with one-hit-one-kill mechanics.

Why similar: Blood 33.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, 1980s 15.8%, Violent 15.3%, Arcade 6.3%

MUTEIGHT is a brutal, unapologetic tribute to the golden age of arcade gaming. Wake up mutated, unleash plasma carnage, and master the tentacle slingshot to survive a gruelling, high-score gauntlet. One credit. No saves. Can you survive the trial?

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.3%, 1980s 26.1%, Destruction 17.4%, Arcade 13.3%, Sci-fi 4.6%

A nightmare with a toy Kalashnikov assault rifle. Survive killing monsters, which are increasing every minute.

Why similar: Action RTS 43.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 6.3%, Artificial Intelligence 6%

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 34%, 1980s 15.8%, Robots 14.6%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down 9.5%

Survive the night. Play as Frank the Werewolf for a wave based cage fight for survival. Tear through a convenience store to fend off a mechanized infantry platoon of mercenaries.

Why similar: Blood 31% ★, Violent 19.4%, Destruction 18%, Hack and Slash 15.7%, Top-Down 9.5%

A top-down wave shooter. Use gross and weird movement mechanics and abilities. Survive, and enact revenge on the black military division that abducted you and made you the way that you are. BRING FORTH THE SHARTENING.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 40.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, Top-Down 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%, 2D 5%

Endocrisis Hyperactive the next top-down shoot em up with intense action. Absorb bullets to increment your power and pass through levels with tons of enemies and bullets and, of course, intense boss battles.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, 1980s 18.4%, Top-Down 9.6%, Cyberpunk 9.1%

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 45.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 7.8%, 2D 3.7%

In a world where medals have power, players can choose from a variety of jobs, including knight, mage, priest, and archer, to fight monsters and strengthen their characters to their liking. This is an online action shooting game that can be enjoyed alone or with others.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 38.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Hack and Slash 19.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Top-Down 7.2%

Take No Prisoners is a hard-core top-down 3D shooter that allows you to blow away enemies. As Slade, a mercenary surviving on the fringes of a post-nuclear world, you'll fight through 20 non-linear territories populated by hordes of twisted mutants and refugees.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.5% ★, Violent 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Top-Down 12.1%, Sci-fi 5.2%

Cosmic pilot has lost his ship on the remote asteroid populated by disaster human colony. Hungry zombies, villainous mercenaries and monsters are everywhere. Only you ... and his awesome arsenal could lead hero to freedom.

Why similar: Blood 27.8% ★, Violent 23.7%, Hero Shooter 20.9% ★, Hack and Slash 11.4%, Indie 6.2%

You become the enemy that you killed!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.7%, 1980s 21.4%, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Top-Down 12%, Action 6.5%

IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.9%, Arcade 17.3%, Top-Down 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action 9.2%

Breakout game + physics + shooting + building. Use your mouse like in air hockey to kick enemy bombs back into the evil Black Castle! Destroy enemy towers rockets and lasers. Build your base to protect your little dudes - you need them to win

Why similar: 1980s 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Robots 18.8%, Arcade 11.4%, Top-Down 7.1%

’Save Me, My Hero’ is a defense game with roguelike elements.Complete your own battle style with the hero's various skills and special abilities.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 35.4% ★, Hack and Slash 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 5.2%

These are the tense, action-packed stories of a special operative's past.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 33.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, 1980s 19.8%, Top-Down 8.9%, Story Rich 5.9%

Juicy top down intense old school shooter!

Why similar: Blood 42.2% ★, Violent 29.4%, Top-Down 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%, Indie 5.3%

Destroy blocks through 20 levels and 5 unique bosses with different mechanics. Do it in the best possible time!

Why similar: Hero Shooter 38% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Destruction 20.6%, Top-Down 9%, 2D 4%

Crowds of enemies, explosions and blood - this is what awaits you in Endless Savagery! Survive, collect new weapons and shoot waves of enemies growing with every minute, try to survive as long as possible.

Why similar: Blood 37.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Violent 15.4%, Indie 13.9%, Action 11.6%

Riley In The Abyss is a stealth action shooter. You wake up as 'Riley'in an underwater facility to research the depths of the ocean. Upon waking up, something is wrong... Everyone is seemingly dead. Sink or swim in this short psychological horror game.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 35.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, 1980s 20.5%, Top-Down 9.3%, Sci-fi 4.5%

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 52.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 31.2%, Action 7.5%, 2D 5.2%, Indie 2.9%

Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.

Why similar: Blood 34.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Violent 21.7%, Top-Down 10.8%, Indie 3.7%

Falconet is a retro-style twin stick shooter with smooth weapon switching and quick reaction gameplay. Travel through unique levels, solve puzzles, and use your diverse arsenal of weapons to efficiently eliminate an army of rogue machines, rescue human survivors, and rack up high scores.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, 1980s 17.4%, Robots 17.3%, Cyberpunk 9.3%, Top-Down 8.2%

Who will be the last one standing? Choose your hero from a wide range of universes and play with friends in this party shooter packed with colorful graphics and rogue-like features. It's just plain fun, online or locally, for one to four players.

Why similar: Action RTS 37.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Hero Shooter 20.7% ★, Top-Down 8.1%, Arcade 6%

Finding Mom is a Singleplayer Bullet-Hell following a boy who is trying to find his captured mom. Experience the story, and enjoy the atmosphere that is created through handmade pixel art, music, and gameplay.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Hack and Slash 18%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Robots 11.6%, Arcade 9.3%

Rendagor is a 2D Top-down Shooter starring a service bot. Just a simple machine... or something more? Uncover dark secrets in Story Mode or master the challenge of Arcade Mode. Shoot, smash, and demolish enemies and destructible environments with a devastating arsenal.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Robots 16.4%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Top-Down 11%, Arcade 10.5%

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 42.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Violent 12.8%, Top-Down 8.4%, Action 6.4%

ROBOHUNT - fast top-down action shooter where you have to destroy a lot of robots. You will have to uncover the secrets of abandoned robotics labs and find a way to escape from the planet.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Violent 20.4%, Robots 17.1%, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Top-Down 7.9%

Cyber Psychosis is a pseudo-3D dynamic first-person shooter in a cyberpunk setting with a lot of enemies, blood and drive

Why similar: Blood 39.1% ★, Robots 16.1%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Artificial Intelligence 12.9%, Indie 7.5%

Byterage: Epic Battle Against the Quantum Legion

Why similar: Hack and Slash 29.5%, Violent 21.4%, Cyberpunk 18%, Arcade 14.3%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Hardcore top-down pixel shooter with action-adventure elements. Play as a mysterious adamantium mercenary and immerse yourself in the game's dark history.

Why similar: Violent 33%, Hack and Slash 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Indie 5.1%, Action 3.3%

Blast through enemies, build defenses, launch fighters, and upgrade your way to victory in this fast-paced space shooter/action RTS hybrid.

Why similar: Action RTS 48% ★, Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Arcade 7.4%, Sci-fi 4%, Action 3.1%

Dreadfire is a thrilling ultraviolent FPS game. Shred your enemies with a large destructive arsenal. Destroy them until none remain. They won't stop until you're dead.

Why similar: Blood 64.9% ★, Violent 27.6%, Action 3.7%, Sci-fi 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

A chaotic action game featuring physics-based destruction and light environmental puzzles. Clean up Cola Corp's disastrous attempt at replacing its workers with AI bots, one explosion at a time.

Why similar: Destruction 22.5%, Robots 22.5%, Arcade 18.5%, Top-Down 15.6%, Capitalism 9.7%

ZANAC-like Ultra High-Speed Scrolling 2D Shooter Humanity suffered a crushing defeat in the war against the sentient AI, RA6 the Great Sovereign, losing 70% of the global population. Now, you board the anti-AI fighter MSX-3 Arondight, and launch into the final battle against the Sovereign.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.8%, 1980s 32.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%, 2D 6.8%, Top-Down 6.7%

Survive in a city controlled by a game corporation. Residents have to buy DLC for every unfinished product, developers are forced to make endless sequels, and lootboxes are now sold even at the grocery store. Stop the madness or join it in the cybernetic stealth-shooter Geeksos.

Why similar: Violent 30.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Cyberpunk 15.6%, Top-Down 7.4%, Sci-fi 7%

You Will Die is a indie game survival shooter top-down with waves of zombies to kill.

Why similar: Hero Shooter 42.9% ★, Destruction 23.4%, Violent 12.9%, Top-Down 11.5%, Action 6.5%

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.

Why similar: Blood 36.7% ★, Violent 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Top-Down 10%, Arcade 6.5%

A first-person shooter where you have 45 seconds to massacre fleeing ragdolls. Pile up bodies, earn points, and dominate the global leaderboard. The more brutal you are, the higher you score. Happy massacre!!

Why similar: Blood 45.5% ★, Destruction 27.1%, Violent 24.2%, Action 2.5%, Indie 0.4%

Humanity has been destroyed - and it's up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose AI companion, CH1-P, to shred and slay the evil Adorable Army!

Why similar: Blood 45.6% ★, Destruction 19.6%, Hack and Slash 16%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Action 2.3%

John Mambo is a frenetic Retro Arcade Game with an isometric top down view. Meet John, a one man army, crazy enough to embark on a dangerous mission in the heart of a jungle all by himself...

Why similar: Blood 31.4% ★, 1980s 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Arcade 11.1%, 2D 5.1%

Blindia is an abstract top-down shooter puzzle game where you have to go through the difficulties using sound. Use the visualized sound waves to take down the enemies and make your way to the exit. At the end, you will face the truth of this blind world.

Why similar: Blood 37.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Violent 15.3%, Top-Down 8.4%, Indie 6.4%