- #1 Generic Space Game
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Matthew SneyersPub: Explosive Bolts LLC
Windows
Shoot your enemies! Acquire items! Fight Geometrical Bosses! In this exciting 2D bullet hell shooter, you will fight through infinite hordes of enemies, gather game changing items, and face off against vicious bosses!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, 2D Platformer 15.9%, Roguelike 13.9%, Platformer 8.6%
- #2 Kungfu Cowboy
96% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Soy Boy Games
Windows · Mac
Headshot, dash and dodge like a Kungfu Cowboy in this quirky, challenging run 'n' gun platformer with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated levels, acquire strong "gunfu" abilities and stack synergizible upgrades for a powerful build. Team up with friends in PvE or battle each other in PvP!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Difficult 12.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11%
- #3 Doomed to Hell
96% matchVery Positive83% of 235 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Roguelike 13.7%, Difficult 13.2%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #4 Later Elevator
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: blinyadebil
Windows
Find your daughter in the 100-floor afterlife hotel. Clue-based platformer rogue-like.
Why similar: Roguelike 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Roguelite 15.3%, Platformer 9.4%
- #5 Afloat
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: oussdev
Windows
Afloat is a RPG dodging game with Rouge-like elements where moving fast means staying alive! Sail on your trusty ice float, dodge quirky sea creatures, grab upgrades that shape your playstyle, meet charming travelers & unlock new playable characters and game modes as you sail toward warmer horizons.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 14%, 2D Platformer 12.8%, Difficult 12.2%
- #6 Operation Hardcore
94% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2016
Dev: Cosmocat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Operation Hardcore is an action-packed 2D side-scrolling shooter inspired by classic twitchy action games of yesteryear, but with modern touches and conveniences.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.4%
- #7 Shapes & Shots - Prologue
93% match8 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Visio Game Studio
Windows
Shapes & Shots is a Roguelite Shooter Bullet-hell, where you can control time as you make your way through a twisted and delusional universe. Your enemies will merge, creating infinite combinations to try to overwhelm you: only your skills, combined with upgrades you choose, can lead you to victory.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Difficult 15.5%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 13.7%
- #8 Hell is Other Demons
92% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Difficult 14%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 12.6%, Side Scroller 9.2%
- #9 Super Polished
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Steven Peregrine
Windows
Clean, Quota, Upgrade, Repeat. Super Polished is a Top-down cleaning roguelite where you clean up while the mess is still being made.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 14.1%, Bullet Hell 14%
- #10 Climbing Forever
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MalinDream
Windows
Climb in the hope of finding Forever, and fail finding it again and again, until you succeed or fall to despair. Learn from your mistakes and climb anew. You only need to find Forever once.
Why similar: Roguelite 24.4%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Platformer 12.3%, Side Scroller 11.4%
- #11 Eyes in the Dark
90% matchVery Positive80% of 163 reviews2022
Dev: Under the Stairs
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fight with light against the dark in this "roguelight" platformer starring Victoria Bloom! Drive back the darkness that's overrun Bloom Manor and conquer swarms of creatures as you discover powerful new items to upgrade your arsenal. Are you ready to enter the ever-changing manor?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Roguelite 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Difficult 12.4%, 2D Platformer 11.9%
- #12 HELLEVATORS
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kohl Meek
Windows
HELLEVATORS is a fast-paced action-roguelike where you must jump, dash, slide and BLAST your way through Hell's public transit system. Make friends with weirdos, amass mystical knick-knacks and get frighteningly rich as you battle your way out of eternal damnation. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20%, Difficult 16.3%, Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 13.5%, Side Scroller 11.1%
- #13 Gun Miner
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Return To Adventure Mountain
Windows
Gun Miner is a rogue-lite where you explore the ever-changing caves of a mysterious planet. Dig up treasure with your void-blaster rifle. Spend any loot you find on upgrades for your suit, for your gun, or for your ship. Yes you will die a lot, but each turn makes you a tiny bit more powerful.
Why similar: Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.5%
- #14 Spent Shells
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HelperWesley
Windows
Spent Shells is a high score top-down shooter with roguelike-y randomized elements. Players dive in to an everchanging dungeon to harvest a crystalized power source that will get them home. Fight through the dungeon using a variety of weapons, characters, upgrades, and your own skill! Each run ea...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Difficult 13.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 12.6%
- #15 Iron Dungeon
87% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Iron Dungeon combines a twin-stick shooter, a 2d platformer and a roguelite. Explore a dangerous underground complex in search of dozens of weapons, gadgets and upgrades to find a way to the surface and find out if there is still life on Earth!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Roguelite 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Difficult 12%, 2D Platformer 11.2%
- #16 Two Sides of Hell
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Sky GamesPub: Stratos Gaming
Windows
Think fast, kill faster. Blast through shifting alien hellscapes in this roguelite platform-twin stick shooter, switching between Soldier precision and demonic destruction. Survive relentless hordes, brutal bosses, and endless roguelite chaos.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Roguelite 15.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Platformer 8.1%
- #17 Combat Cat
86% matchPositive91% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Brain BlockPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
A fast-paced, side-scrolling, bullet hell with an inventory system where a player can upgrade their weapons and player stats to survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Roguelite 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #18 Animal Kostume
85% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
No talk, compadre. It's Animal Kostume time! Follow kroc-boy in his path to overcome a series of difficult levels in this hardcore 2D platformer with a lot of enemies, bullets and surprises.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Difficult 17.6%, Side Scroller 17.1%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Platformer 11.5%
- #19 Overkill Squad
84% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Chillfox Games
Windows
Overkill Squad is a ultra high-speed top-down shooter roguelike built around intense 1-minute combat arenas. Choose your fighter, unleash overwhelming firepower, defeat brutal bosses, and collect relics to dominate every run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Roguelike 13.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #20 runz
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: sardin-ventures
Windows · Mac · Linux
RUNZ is game where every bullet in your magazine matters. Survive as the waves get harder, and master an original upgrade system. Build synergies, combine bullets, manage your economy and upgrade your gun in this twin stick shooter with auto battler elements.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.6%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Roguelite 18.3%, Roguelike 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #21 Pogo Rogue
82% matchVery Positive92% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Bounce Back Games
Windows
Bounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Roguelike 15.5%, Difficult 15.2%, 2D Platformer 13%, Roguelite 12.6%, Platformer 11.5%
- #22 Chaos Strider
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Novalith Studio
Windows
"Chaos Strider" is a 2D side-scrolling pixel style Roguelike shooting game. You will play as a Strider challenging the Chaos Realm to obtain corresponding rewards. Choose your weapons, select challenge levels, enhance upgrades, reforge and fuse, fight, and seize treasures.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.9%, Bullet Hell 12%, Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%
- #23 Plighters
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: viraelin
Windows · Linux
Fight. Loot. Die. Repeat. Begin your plight into this 2D rogue-lite, and try to survive. Battle enemies, bosses, charge orbs, enter portals, and try to make it farther than last time, uncovering new items, challenges, and secrets. Adventure alone or with up to 3 other friends in co-op.
Why similar: Roguelite 23.8%, 2D Platformer 23.5%, Roguelike 18%, Platformer 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #24 冒险小子 Adventure boy
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: ACE-Block
Windows
Adventure Boy is a pixel style 2D board adventure game. The character will automatically move and attack enemies, and skills need to be manually cast. Job transfer provides professional weapons and skills, paired with different weapons and skills to create your own professional genre.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.3%, Roguelike 17.5%, Side Scroller 16.1%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Platformer 11.7%
- #25 LootMage
81% matchPositive84% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: CurlyMango
Windows
LootMage is a bullet-hell action roguelite game set in a medieval fantasy world. As an adventurer in this realm, you must brave ever-changing dungeons, battle fierce enemies, collect treasures, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelite 17.2%, Roguelike 11.4%, Loot 7.5%
- #26 Uber Destruction
80% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Hayden Fisher
Windows
Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Roguelite 12.6%, Difficult 12%, Side Scroller 11.9%
- #27 Enter the Gungeon
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,643 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.9%, Roguelike 15.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Difficult 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #28 Touhou Silver Night Festival ~ Freedom Train
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO POCO
Windows
Once every thousand years, the Silver Night Festival held in Gensokyo! Strengthen your Hakurei Reimu and enjoybullet hell!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23%, Roguelite 18.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.4%
- #29 Freedom Squid Fighter
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across towering, fully destructible landscapes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 12.5%, Platformer 11.9%
- #30 Skellies Ain't Scary
78% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: JBroook
Windows
Skellies Ain't Scary is a bullet hell rogue-like with minimalist graphics. Delve into dungeons, collect guns and items. Build the strongest synergies and beat all the bosses. Uncover the secrets of the dungeon and collect the lost treasures that await you.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Difficult 20.6%, Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #31 Huedini
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JuiceGoose
Windows
Huedini is a colour-matching action roguelike game. Play as Huedini, a powerful wizard with the ability to change his colour. By matching your colour, to that of the enemies you can absorb their colour essence. By combining these colour essences into the correct combination, you can cast spells.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.9%, Difficult 17.6%, Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Loot 8.4%
- #32 Swarmbreak
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CallOfPort
Windows
Swarmbreak is a twin-stick roguelike shooter where you aim every bullet, stack every perk, and push every run to its breaking point. The only thing between you and oblivion is your crazy build cobbled together from 28 stackable perks, 10 weapons, and a character passive that bends the rules.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.5%, Bullet Hell 26.7%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 14%, Action 4.7%
- #33 Elite Exorcist Miko
74% matchVery Positive96% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
A bullet hell shoot 'em up featuring hololive’s Sakura Miko! hololive has been possessed by evil spirits! Combine melee and ranged combat with a variety of items to fight your friends and set them free!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Roguelite 15.5%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #34 Toroom
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Difficult 17%, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.8%
- #35 Mixed Guns
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noel Jasik
Windows · Linux
Thirsty for a good old Side Scrolling shoot 'em up? Well i got ya covered, fight your way through levels, covered with countless unique enemies, grab your guns and mix them togheter with sick upgrades, to create even sicker guns!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Platformer 8.9%
- #36 Rise & Shine
76% matchMixed69% of 908 reviews2017
Dev: Super Mega TeamPub: Adult Swim Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Difficult 12.6%, Side Scroller 12.6%, 2D Platformer 12.2%
- #37 Dead Oculus
74% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew Wilker
Windows
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 14.8%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 13.4%
- #38 Elsie
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Shift GamesPub: Playtonic Friends
Windows · Linux
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.6%, Roguelite 14.3%, 2D Platformer 12.6%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Roguelike 11.6%
- #39 Jump Journey
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Inspiring Games
Windows
Jump Journey is a rogelike 2d side scrolling platformer. Avoid obstacles in this fast-paced game, where the movement never stops. Get gems to unlock upgrades for each run. Play enough runs and you can get permanent upgrades. Each level plays a bit differently, learn to master them all.
Why similar: Roguelite 23.6%, 2D Platformer 22.5%, Roguelike 17%, Platformer 14.3%, Linear 8.3%
- #40 Rightfully, Beary Arms
71% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Daylight Basement Studio LLC
Windows · Linux
Don’t be fooled by its cuteness. Rightfully, Beary Arms is a bullet hell, roguelite that will punish and reward you. Augment weapons to create unique weapon builds, pick rewards as you explore levels, alter mechanics to your benefit and peril, fight, die, become stronger, and do it all over again.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #41 Rogunky
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kiroxas
Windows
Descend into the unknown in this unique roguelike platformer! Brave a constantly shifting dungeon filled with deadly monsters, traps, and powerful relics. The deeper you go, the greater the challenge. Uncover secrets, explore diverse environments, and fight to discover what awaits at the bottom.
Why similar: Difficult 21%, Roguelike 20.1%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Roguelite 13.5%, Platformer 9.1%
- #42 Peace Data
72% matchVery Positive90% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: BITach
Windows
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Roguelite 13%, Difficult 10.2%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #43 Gun Crate Raccoon
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rad Horse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fast-paced arcade mayhem! Gun Crate Raccoon is a high-speed 2D platformer shooter where every crate gives you a new random weapon. Climb, shoot, and survive in a procedurally generated tower filled with chaotic battles, crazy perks, and non-stop action! Can you dominate the leaderboards?
Why similar: Roguelite 19.4%, Difficult 18.6%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Roguelike 14.1%, Platformer 12.2%
- #44 Malfortune
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Andy ImmPub: Restful Panic ltd
Windows
A twin-stick shooter where your actions have consequences. Engage in blood-pumping boss fights, soothing casual puzzles, and chats with quirky locals. This planet's fate lies in your capable, albeit confused, hands.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.9%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Difficult 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 6.5%
- #45 The Dark Realm
70% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Palek
Windows
The Dark Realm is a fast-paced action-roguelike with bullet hell elements where you are put into a mysterious realm as a cat traveller. Traverse the intense landscapes picking up nifty new trinkets and gradually improving your gear. But stay careful, adventurer, as the Realm doesn't forgive...
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.1%, Roguelite 21.7%, Difficult 20.3%, Roguelike 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #46 Full Moon Rush
71% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: Silkworm
Windows
Take on a howling challenge in Full Moon Rush! This classic shoot 'em up is a bullet hell masterpiece with a boss rush twist. With 15 epic battles and old-school graphics, you'll need expert shooting skills to survive. Customizable health and Assist Mode make it accessible to all.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.3%, Difficult 17.3%, Side Scroller 16.9%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Platformer 10.6%
- #47 Rustwing
70% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Crystal
Windows
Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Roguelike 15.4%, Difficult 15.1%, Roguelite 12.8%
- #48 Spaceship Looter
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Roguelite 16.2%, Roguelike 14.3%, Difficult 10.3%
- #49 TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity
69% matchVery Positive89% of 504 reviews2022
Dev: //commentoutPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You find yourself trapped in a mysterious tower – one that transforms its very structure every 24 hours, where you must surpass countless poor fallen souls and make your way to the heretofore unseen top!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Roguelite 16.7%, Difficult 15.6%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Roguelike 12.3%
- #50 HYPERWIRED
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SIDRALGAMESPub: SelectaPlay
Windows
Hyperwired is a classic top-down action shooter, where your spaceship has a plug hanging from it. Wire yourself into sockets, gather upgrades, and unlock ships as you explore a procedurally generated galaxy with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Difficult 15.3%, Roguelike 11%
- #51 Sprout Lands
70% matchMixed63% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: REACTORJOYPub: kovalevviktor
Windows
Sprout lands - Explore the green expanses of a fairy tale world in this platform game with the main character trying to harvest his crops from the beds that have been stolen!
Why similar: Roguelite 18%, Side Scroller 17.9%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Difficult 16.2%, Roguelike 12.7%
- #52 The Isolated Town
68% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tossu
Windows · Linux
Shoot down enemies and avoid danger in an attempt to save your new friends on a grand adventure!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.8%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Roguelite 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Platformer 8.6%
- #53 Metroloop
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: WackyCoati
Windows
Loot post-apocalyptic metro tunnels in side-scrolling mode and survive waves of monsters at stations in top-down twin-stick shooter mode. Upgrade your skills and weapons endlessly. How far will you get?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Roguelike 16.7%, 2D Platformer 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #54 STAND-ALONE : Ep.0
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LIFUEL
Windows
[Stand-Alone: EP.0] is a pixel-art side-scrolling action Roguelite game that tells an unknown prequel story from the main game. Additionally, it will continuously present some interesting test battle content to players!
Why similar: Roguelite 18.1%, Difficult 17.4%, Roguelike 13.9%, Platformer 11.4%, 2D Platformer 10.8%
- #55 Golden Hornet
69% matchVery Positive93% of 179 reviews2017
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Bullet Hell 20%, Difficult 16.4%, Side Scroller 16%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #56 Star of Providence
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,310 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelite 18.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Difficult 13.2%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #57 Jetboard Joust
68% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.2%, Roguelite 15.8%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Roguelike 13.3%, Difficult 10.9%
- #58 Enter the Gungeon 2
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Enter the Gungeon 2 is a reloaded, high-caliber sequel to the iconic bullet hell dungeon crawler, reinforced with a new 3D art style, new weapons and enemies, and new gameplay tricks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Bullet Hell 26.6%, Roguelite 16.8%, Roguelike 14.1%, Action 3.5%
- #59 无极之境:放置
65% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: 彩虹工坊
Windows
The Infinite Realm: Idle is a cultivation-themed idle RPG. auto-battle, and grow through endless reincarnations with permanent % stat boosts. Collect hundreds of gear pieces, forge your build, and raise spirit pets. Challenge core realms for Dao Source. Idle cultivation, freely attain the Tao.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Roguelite 19%, Roguelike 15.5%, Loot 7.9%
- #60 Wild Island
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: InfiniteEngineer
Windows · Mac
You are stranded on a mysterious island, trying to escape. A sandbox where you stack items, craft synergies, and turn simple weapons into pure power. Experiment with runes, accessories, and pets. Discover the island’s mysteries and rebuild your sanctuary to uncover what the island truly wants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Roguelite 13.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Roguelike 11.2%