- #1 Juicy Realm
97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,669 reviews2018
Dev: SpaceCanPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Juicy Realm is a roguelike game in which players must square off against bizarre fruits all across the world. The line between the animal and the plant world has become blurred, and the food chain has been completely disrupted.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.9%, Co-op 11.5%, Roguelite 9.9%, Action 8.1%
- #2 Black Future '88
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.9%, 1980s 20.4%, Roguelite 11.8%, Co-op 11.4%, Action 10.5%
- #3 Dead End Job
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Ant Workshop Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.
Why similar: Action 30.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Indie 15.8%, Split Screen 11.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #4 Zombie Party
95% matchVery Positive85% of 698 reviews2016
Dev: Peach Pie Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.7%, Action 11%, Indie 6.3%, Roguelite 4.4%
- #5 NeuroVoider
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 906 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 16.5%, Roguelite 8.1%, Action 6.9%
- #6 Alien Death Mob
94% matchVery Positive94% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Aliens have invaded Earth! Towns, cities, deserts, they're everywhere! Take on the role of Earth's last super soldier and confront the alien menace in this intense twin stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 72.2%, Action 15.6%, Indie 5.7%, 2D 3.9%, Colorful 2.6%
- #7 Feral Fury
93% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.8%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Roguelite 10.7%, Action 7%
- #8 Woodpunk
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Co-op 9%, Action 8.8%, Roguelite 7.7%
- #9 Donuts'n'Justice
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 151 reviews2016
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.
Why similar: 1980s 45.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Action 15.4%, Indie 9.7%, 2D 6%
- #10 Tesla Force
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2020
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.2%, Roguelite 27.7%, Action 16.9%, Indie 10.2%
- #11 Voidigo
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,843 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.7%, Action Roguelike 36.9%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action 4.7%, Colorful 4.7%
- #12 HyperParasite
89% matchVery Positive82% of 148 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 51%, 1980s 25.5%, Roguelite 15.2%, Action 8.2%
- #13 Of Carrots And Blood
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 104 reviews2016
Dev: Trite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Of Carrots And Blood is a twin-stick survival arena shooter about kissing bunnies, hungry mutants and a lot of blood.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #14 Rift Loopers
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Action Roguelike 31%, 1980s 10.9%, Co-op 9.2%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #15 Nuclear Throne
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,651 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.5%, Great Soundtrack 14.1%, Roguelite 9%, Action 6%
- #16 Xeno Crisis
86% matchVery Positive86% of 215 reviews2019
Dev: Bitmap Bureau
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 50.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.4%, Co-op 10.8%, Action 10.3%, Indie 5.4%
- #17 Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队
86% matchVery Positive92% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: DG Games Workshop
Windows
A retro arcade style Top down shooting game. Shooting them with a machine gun, blasting them with missiles, dashing them with a vehicle, whipping them with an energy chain, or burning them with a napalm...No matter how you get it done, “ALIEN BUGS MUST DIE!”
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.1%, Roguelite 15%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.1%, Action 11.2%, Indie 8.2%
- #18 Iron Crypticle
85% matchVery Positive84% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: Confused PelicanPub: TIKIPOD
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 61.1%, Action 20.1%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 6.4%
- #19 Danger Gazers
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 9.3%, Roguelite 7.3%, Action 6.6%
- #20 Super Mutant Alien Assault
84% matchVery Positive86% of 177 reviews2016
Dev: CybernatePub: Surprise Attack
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 70.1%, Action 16.1%, Indie 9.2%, 2D 4.5%
- #21 Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
80% matchVery Positive94% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Combo Game StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
Why similar: 1980s 74.6%, Action 25.4%
- #22 From Space
82% matchMixed68% of 1,949 reviews2022
Dev: Triangle StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 58.4%, Co-op 23.7%, Action 11.9%, Indie 6%
- #23 Massive
83% matchMixed68% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Rootify
Windows · Linux
"Massive" is a stylized feast of frantic and action shooter for 1-4 players.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Great Soundtrack 11.2%, Action 9.9%, Co-op 9.3%
- #24 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
82% matchVery Positive89% of 79 reviews2019
Dev: Threaks
Windows
Battle Planet - Judgement Day is a planetary rogue-lite top-down shooter. You are one of the universe's 3 most wanted criminals on the run, fighting your way through hordes of aliens, military and police units. There is only one way to reclaim your freedom - destroy them all...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Roguelite 12.5%, Co-op 8.6%, Action 7%
- #25 Bite the Bullet
81% matchMixed56% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Mega Cat StudiosPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.
Why similar: Co-op 33.5%, Roguelite 29.6%, Action 22.8%, Indie 14.1%
- #26 Black Paradox
81% matchMixed68% of 133 reviews2019
Dev: Fantastico Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Buckle up for shoot ‘em up chaos in this fast-paced and hyper-stylized roguelite. As the infamous bounty hunter Black Paradox, it’s up to you to travel through space and defeat the Hellraisers – the most dangerous criminal organization in the galaxy.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.9%, 1980s 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 14%, Co-op 13.4%, Roguelite 12.1%
- #27 Doomsday Hunters
77% matchVery Positive90% of 788 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 47.3%, Action Roguelike 32.5%, Roguelite 10.6%, Action 6.6%, Indie 2.9%
- #28 Savage Halloween
78% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2020
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In Savage Halloween the world is taken over by monsters from the afterlife who were trapped in the Earth after a Halloween party, and now they have decided to make their new home here.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.1%, Action 31.4%, Indie 19.7%, 2D 7.9%
- #29 It came from space and ate our brains
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 518 reviews2015
Dev: Triangle Studios
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
It came from space and ate our brains is a unique Arcade top-down shooter. Looking for addicting gameplay, four-player co-op mode, and tons of aliens to send into oblivion? You’ve come to the right place!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.9%, Split Screen 39.5% ★, Action 7.6%
- #30 Rogue Invader
77% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: 1980s 40.9%, Roguelite 35.6%, Action 23.4%
- #31 Death Road to Canada
74% matchVery Positive93% of 10,331 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.5%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Co-op 9.6%, Action 7.5%, Roguelite 6.7%
- #32 Riddled Corpses
78% matchMixed65% of 248 reviews2015
Dev: Diabolical Mind
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frenetic arcade style twin-stick shooter. Fight your way through hordes of enemies alone or with a friend!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 52.7%, Action 30.3%, Indie 17%
- #33 Dead Pixels
75% matchVery Positive87% of 2,424 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Co-op 27.5%, Indie 23.1%, 2D 11.3%
- #34 Good Robot
76% matchVery Positive84% of 265 reviews2016
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Action 10.3%, Indie 7.3%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #35 Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: RogueCode (PTY) LTD
Windows
The world's best mass llama-slaughter roguelike-lite-ish couch co-op top-down twin-stick shooter.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Action 11.8%, Roguelite 7.7%, Indie 7.7%
- #36 Atomicrops
71% matchVery Positive92% of 6,276 reviews2020
Dev: Bird Bath GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 33.7%, Roguelite 12%, Action 9.4%, Indie 5.8%
- #37 RAD
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 964 reviews2019
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.7%, Roguelite 20.1%, Action 17.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.6%
- #38 Veggie Menace
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: DigiPen Europe-BilbaoPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
After a failed spell during a vegetable contest in the Middle Ages, the vegetables come to life and try to invade the civilization. A little witch with her magic powers will need to fight against this invasion.
Why similar: Action 31%, Co-op 29.6%, Colorful 21.3%, 2D 18.2%
- #39 Outer Terror
73% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLCPub: VoxPop Games, Inc.
Windows
DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.7%, 1980s 27.3%, Co-op 10.6%, Action 10.2%, Colorful 7.2%
- #40 Noxious Weeds
72% matchVery Positive80% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Solar Eclipse Games
Windows · Linux
Face the corruption that poisons your harvest! Noxious Weeds is an action rogue-lite where you slay hordes of creatures with the help of cute veggies and a combination of your favorite tools. The harvest is power. Choose wisely!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 69.3%, Roguelite 20.2%, Action 10.5%
- #41 Brotato
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 116,135 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 36.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.4%, Co-op 16.8%, Roguelite 16%, Action 8.3%, 2D 4.5%
- #42 Planetary Dustoff
73% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Roguelite 12.7%, Action 9.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #43 Zombieville USA 3D
68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,281 reviews2025
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.4%, Co-op 20.9%, Roguelite 17.1%, Action 11.6%
- #44 Legacy Of Evil
69% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Uruca Game StudioPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Join legendary RPG heroes in 'Legacy of Evil,' a classic arcade Shoot 'em Up. Battle the sinister Dravlo Stradinic and his dark forces. Upgrade your heroes and face terrifying bosses. Can you defeat the vampire and save Stygia?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 50.5%, Co-op 18.8%, Roguelite 15.8%, Action 9.9%, 2D 5%
- #45 AIPD - Artificial Intelligence Police Department
72% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Blazing BadgerPub: mamor games
Windows
Enter the AI universe and fight evil AIs with a variety of weapons and modifications. AIPD is a top-down coop twin-stick shooter where you can enjoy thousands of possible combinations of enemy and arena permutations that give you an unprecedented and nearly unlimited arcade experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 62.1%, Action 22.7%, Indie 15.3%
- #46 Over 9000 Zombies!
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,532 reviews2015
Dev: Loren Lemcke
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.4%, Action Roguelike 37.4%, Co-op 14.8%, Action 5.5%, 2D 2.9%
- #47 Mars Survivors
70% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Leguas Intrepidas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 38.3%, Roguelite 8.9%, Action 6.7%, 2D 2.7%
- #48 Vortica
67% matchVery Positive83% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Vortical StudiosPub: Caketown Interactive
Windows
Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens. Loot up, suit up, and shoot up as you battle against enemy hordes, explore derelict outposts, and hunt giant bosses. But remember to bring the right tools for the job!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.6%, Action Roguelike 35.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Action 6.1%
- #49 CRYPTARK
70% matchVery Positive82% of 1,940 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Action 8.8%, Roguelite 8%, Great Soundtrack 6.6%
- #50 Mega City Force
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Undreamed GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, 1980s 19.1%, Action 8.6%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #51 Tower 57
71% matchMixed64% of 816 reviews2017
Dev: PixwerkPub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 29%, Indie 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.3%, 2D 2.8%
- #52 ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: jounitus
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 67%, Roguelite 22.6%, Action 10.3%
- #53 Project Starship X
68% matchVery Positive95% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Panda Indie Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Rogue-Lite shooter where you CRASH-KILL comical abominations! Pilot your spaceship as Swagthulhu in this original and wacky "Lovecraftian Parody"!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.9%, Great Soundtrack 35.1%, Roguelite 18.5%, 2D 5.5%, Action 4.1%
- #54 Regain Earth: First Strike
69% matchVery Positive85% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: GameFlow Studios
Windows
Take the challenge of surviving waves of increasingly difficult evil MuTecs! Grab a friend to hunt and slay them. Crush each wave with randomly dropped weapons & gadgets. Earn Achievements, new maps and top ranks in this Community-driven, solo-dev project. Help shape the future of this game!
Why similar: Co-op 44.6%, Roguelite 39.9%, Indie 15.5%
- #55 Alien Hominid Invasion
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,729 reviews2023
Dev: The Behemoth
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.2%, Co-op 25%, Action 12.8%
- #56 Freaky Awesome
71% matchMixed56% of 261 reviews2017
Dev: Mandragora
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.9%, Co-op 20.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Action 10.7%, Indie 6.3%
- #57 Laser Disco Defenders
69% matchVery Positive83% of 52 reviews2016
Dev: Out Of BoundsPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 59.3%, Action 12.4%, Roguelite 11.3%, Indie 7.6%, Colorful 5%
- #58 The Crackpet Show
66% matchVery Positive86% of 844 reviews2022
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.9%, Action Roguelike 33.8%, Co-op 12.8%, Roguelite 10.3%, Indie 4.3%