Games Like The Swarm

The Network has been infested. Face a giant creature ruled by music to cleanse it. Fight while switching between 2 complementary Game Modes!

Why similar: Action 81.1%, Indie 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 9.4%, Top-Down 6.4%

The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 7.4%

Take control of a virtual organism in this unique indie arcade title, while unlocking Steam Achievements and climbing the leaderboards!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 6.7%

Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Action 19.8%, Arcade 12.5%, Indie 4.2%

An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.

Why similar: Top-Down 36.2%, Action 33.4%, 2D 22.9%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%

A Shrimp Based Bullet Heaven. Kill creatures, Level up & pick from 3 upgrades to unalive thousands more.

Why similar: Action 35.8%, Arcade 34.2%, Top-Down 13.8%, 2D 6.9%, PvE 5.9%

Clean’Em Up is a fast paced, arcade-style Top Down Shooter with neon graphics. You play as an Upgradable Antivirus. You seek and destroy tremendous viruses and threats, collect and protect files and survive huge Bosses. The story is simple: Your Computer has been hacked... Dozens of viruses and other threats have penetrated your System...

Why similar: Action 81.7%, Indie 18.3%

Obliterate a never-ending horde of enemies while you attempt to reach the 30 minute mark. Race to earn XP and level up to gain new items and opportunities for each run to become stronger than the last.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Arcade 19.9%, Action 13.7%, 2D 4.3%

Drone Swarm is a very unique take on tactical games. Control 32,000 drones in quick, fast-paced fights. Combine your swarm abilities and counter constantly evolving attacks of your opponents. Survive varying enemy waves, get upgrades to your swarm, and make it to the next system alive!

Why similar: Action 47.7%, Physics 34.2%, Indie 7.5%, Top-Down 7%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.

Why similar: Action 36.8%, Top-Down 32.1%, Dark 31.1%

Chroma Blast is a fast paced twin stick shooter with many different styles of play where you fight through waves of enemies while constantly leveling up your ships colorful arsenal. Beat your friends and challenge yourself in the leaderboards, or seek out a true test of skill for those good enough to find it.

Why similar: Action 82.2%, Indie 17.8%

Can you Survive the Swarm? Unlock mighty abilities and upgrades, find and collect Tems to evolve and become stronger, discover overpowered strategies, and battle massive bosses in this survivor-like bullet heaven! Play solo or online co-op with up to 3 players, building the wildest synergies.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.9%, Arcade 20.5%, Top-Down 11.8%, Action 11.7%, Colorful 7.8%

SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Arcade 14.1%, Top-Down 8.1%, Action 7.5%

Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Arcade 17.4%, Top-Down 10.1%, Action 9.4%

Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter with rogue-lite elements. You may be greatly outnumbered, but not outpowered. Evolve into the ultimate weapon of destruction!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 12%, Top-Down 7.7%

Fight for your freedom as you battle through wave after wave of alien adversaries. Destroy enemy fighters and collect XP to raise your level and become more powerful. Combine your skills and abilities with a huge range of power-ups to become the ultimate champion.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.5%, Top-Down Shooter 35%, Top-Down 9.6%, Action 9.5%, Indie 1.8%

Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Action 9.6%, Top-Down 6.9%

Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42%, Arcade 25.5%, Action 16.8%, Top-Down 13.6%, Indie 1.1%

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 38.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 38.1%, Action 12.5%, Arcade 7.9%, 2D 2.8%

A shoot'em up, with focus on choice and progressiveness, so you can choose between a wide selection of weapons, and upgrade them becoming way more powerfull as you play.Big multi-phase bosses and a dramatic story.

Why similar: Action 50.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, 2D 5.8%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Mind the Abyss is a fast-paced movement shooter that combines fourth-dimensional abilities and ever-evolving weaponry within an alien planet.

Why similar: Action 43.9%, PvE 30.1%, Colorful 17.8%, Indie 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.5%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Physics 9.9%, Top-Down 9.3%, Action 9%

Void Prison is a fast paced, endless arcade twin stick shooter that puts you inside of an ever shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don't get consumed by the void. Complete achievements to unlock new skins and powerups and get on top of the leaderboards!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Arcade 18.2%, Action 10.1%, Top-Down 9.6%

Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 6.2%

A team based top-down shooter game. Pick up weapons and fight enemies with allies. Mission-based storyline leads you into this fantasy world.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 36.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Action 8.5%, Top-Down 6.4%

Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Arcade 11.4%, Top-Down 6.7%

Fight hostile drones that try to keep their recently gained autonomy by either shooting or morphing into them.Biodrone Battle brings classic top-down action rooted in the pioneer gaming era of the 1980s into your living room.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Action 21.8%, Top-Down 8.1%, Dark 6.9%

Take part in wormkinds heroic struggle for freedom from their archnemesis. Upgrade your arsenal, tools and submarine to decimate the fish population to reach the ultimate goal: to boldly go where no worm has gone before.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.9%, Submarine 31.3% ★, Action 15.3%, 2D 6.1%, Colorful 5%

Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Arcade 24.4%, Top-Down 12%, Action 10.7%, Colorful 8.8%

Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Arcade 12.1%, Action 6.6%

Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 6.5%

Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!

Why similar: Action 83.8%, Indie 16.2%

Jump, shoot, and throw a lot of barrels in this self-contained FPS boss fight against a massive tornado.

Why similar: Action 87.2%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Battle your way through waves of robots as you attempt to survive in an unforgiving, grungy arena. Bathe in glory as you put on a good show for the audience, and be rewarded with upgrades. Try to last as long as you can to put your name down in history!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 34.4%, Action 13.3%, Top-Down 9%, 2D 5.1%

Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Arcade 15.4%, Action 8.6%, Top-Down 8%

Blast it all to hell.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 4.5%

Battle the evil hordes on your way to Valhalla. Annihilate thousands of monsters with overpowered attacks and upgrades.

Why similar: Action 61.7%, 2D 27.6%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Apollon 88 is a 2D Top-Down, survival, shooter game. You play as 88, where your goals are to survive by destroying the one who hunts you.

Why similar: Action 50.4%, Top-Down Shooter 38.7%, Indie 10.9%

SWARMRIDERS is a FREE "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. A "machine gun swarm surfing minigame" made as a bonus content for the UBERMOSH community.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Arcade 19.4%, Action 12.5%, 2D 4%

Nebulock is a short bullet-hell game with intense gameplay, where the player must destroy bosses made of blocks, collect resources and upgrade his spaceship.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Arcade 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Top-Down 5.5%

Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Arcade 15.6%, Top-Down 9%, Action 8.4%

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 33.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Arcade 16%, Top-Down 7%, Action 6.4%

Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Arcade 11.9%, Top-Down 7.1%

Go to save the world from HellFurnace. HellFurnace is a 2D boss rush game in which the protagonist, who has fallen into another world, defeats the boss. Avoid enemy attacks to collect beads and create weapons to defeat the boss.

Why similar: Action 73.7%, 2D 17.2%, Indie 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Action 11.5%, Arcade 11.3%

Cyber Assassin is a fast-paced arena shooter where you control a robot annihilating waves of enemies. Survive, upgrade your character after each wave, and become more powerful to dominate the arena!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 54.8%, Action 21.2%, Top-Down 16.5%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Play as big boss of a final level. Heroes will come to kill you and you have to resist.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 55.3%, Arcade 24.1%, Action 13%, 2D 4.8%, Indie 1.8%

Star Vortex is a fast paced Action-RPG inspired by classics of the genre. Design your ship, fight your way through hostile alien sectors, upgrade as you salvage rare weapons and experiment with different builds until nothing can stand against you.

Why similar: 2D 29.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Action 17.1%, Top-Down 6.7%

Survive hordes of blood hungry enemies and hope for the best upgrades while you level up! Power Fantasy is a fresh rogue-survivors-like with unique heroes and tons of customization.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 56.4%, Action 20.2%, Top-Down 14.9%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.6%, Action 23.7%, Top-Down 15%, 2D 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%

A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 57.6%, Action 18%, Top-Down 14.1%, 2D 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 31.2%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 7.5%, Top-Down 7.4%

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 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Arcade 16.5%, Action 9.6%, Top-Down 8.1%

Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 7.7%

SSA is a 5v5 twin-stick shooter MOBA with vehicular combat in a fully destructible city. Fight huge swarms, complete missions, and blast through buildings to ambush your enemies. Positioning matters and every shot is a skill shot!

Why similar: PvE 100%

Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Action 26.6%, Arcade 21%, Top-Down 8.7%, Indie 5.4%