- #1 Son of a Gun
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Crank GoblinPub: Untold Tales
Windows
A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Destruction 10.9%, Shooter 7.3%
- #2 Phantast
96% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Shoho Games
Windows
Help Phantast save his tribe in this atmospheric and quirky top-down shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Hand-drawn 8.4%, Cartoony 7.8%
- #3 Otter Space Rescue
96% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Noah LewinPub: Day Dreamer Games
Windows
Your Otter Space crew has been captured by evil robots. Save your team and fight together through endless rooms of evil robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Shooter 7.1%, Hand-drawn 6.8%
- #4 Acid Web
95% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Text Garden
Windows · Linux
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.8%
- #5 Ogo
94% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Ogo is an arcade twin-stick shooter where you control yin and yang to defeat your enemies, complete varied levels or just relax in different endless game modes.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 9.2%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #6 Chaotic Pursuit
94% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Vutune
Windows
Chaotic Pursuit is a hardcore Top-Down Shooter with cute graphics. You miss a shot and you're out!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Cartoony 9.4%, Shooter 8.4%
- #7 EON Trooper
93% matchPositive91% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: Square Wheel
Windows
Lead an elite squad on a hostile alien planet! Recruit and command up to 4 NPC soldiers with unique powers to complete missions and overcome waves of enemies. Level up and dominate the battlefield with strategy and teamwork. Get ready for action!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Point & Click 9.7%, Shooter 7.1%
- #8 The Neurochemical Conjob
91% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Mind Over Matter Entertainment
Windows
Eliminate your negative emotions (but save the good ones!) as Agent B. Cell, in this intense and wacky arcade style shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 10.9%, Cartoony 10%
- #9 GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire
92% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: LaPointe Joints
Windows
Sci-fi top-down twin-stick shooter with 9 weapons, 3 alts and secret hidden collectibles!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 7.3%
- #10 Polygun
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electric Turtle Games LLC
Windows
Welcome to the world of Polygun, an endlessly customizable hero shooter where you battle against an ever increasing hoard of bloodthirsty shapes! With an array of upgrades to choose from, you'll quickly build from humble beginnings into a hexa-bustin killing machine!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #11 Spacer Rescue: To Valhalla
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Colossal Robot Studios
Windows · Mac
In a universe full of opportunity and fortune as a Spacer two things are true: Space is really dangerous and big and two always remember to get paid. Pay your debts and stay safe!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #12 Devileader
89% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Devileader, a fearsome space demon who once have destroyed countless planets of the solar system is about to be resurrected by his minions and fanatics, who want to bring chaos to the universe. Pilot the agile space interceptor Deviship and survive the terror of this demon lord.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Shooter 8.6%, Destruction 7.4%
- #13 Escape the Kreegan
88% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Entropy Is Software Development
Windows · Linux
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #14 Cosmic Tank
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Game Masterminds
Windows · Mac
Cosmic Tank is a modern take on the classic game Asteroids. Mine your way to riches! Fight off hostile threats! Upgrade your ship and rent a few helpful drones! Survive epic boss fights!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arcade 9.6%, Shooter 9.6%
- #15 Insectoid Descent
87% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: IntraMentalDevPub: Intramental Studios
Windows
Shoot, slice and blow your way through the relentless swarm in a top-down pixel art world. At your service is a combat drone, reclaim scrap and use refinery for health & resupply. Explore and find upgrades, defeat the hive mind.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 6.9%
- #16 Technikiller
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LofiDev
Windows
Technikiller is a sci-fi shooter set inside a mega-factory. Hack in and take control of a hulking mech to blast your way through hordes of killer robots. Fight your way to the core and shut it down.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #17 Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain
86% matchPositive98% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Herosoft
Windows
The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.1%
- #18 Exovore
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tapzilla
Windows · Linux
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 7.3%
- #19 Little Elf Tanks
84% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Friendly Fire Software
Windows
A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.6%
- #20 kosmickop
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: megaeggz
Windows
In a post apocalyptic wasteland a jerboa is impersonating a police officer, much to the chagrin of a shadowy evil organisation.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Destruction 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Shooter 8.1%
- #21 打怪! Beat the Mons!
83% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: T工作室 T Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.8%
- #22 ZEROCRON
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: T.R.S.
Windows
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 8.3%
- #23 Tanks Target Challenge
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Set Sail Games
Windows · Mac
Shoot and smash targets as you navigate through dynamic environments filled with moving targets and obstacles! Unleash your firepower to destroy as many targets as possible before time runs out.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.8%
- #24 The Mad House Season One
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Carrot Studios
Windows
Step into The Mad House, a futuristic cyberpunk game show! Battle waves of enemies, conquer unique room challenges, and climb the Leaderboard. Upgrade your gear, master each fight, and earn your place in the legendary Hall of Legends.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 7.3%
- #25 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
79% matchVery Positive92% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 6.3%
- #26 GyroGunner
80% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.7%
- #27 Retro Rocket Raiders
81% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Zed Zeek
Windows
An old school fast action twin stick shmup, featuring more than 20 weapons that you can equip your ship with and 30 different enemies
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #28 Zombie Cubes 2
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: MayoNinja Games
Windows
Survive relentless waves of Zombie Cubes in this action-packed shooter! Explore redesigned maps, battle unique bosses, uncover secrets, and craft traps to gain the upper hand. Upgrade weapons, collect PowerUps, and compete for the highest score in this fast-paced fight for survival!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 5%
- #29 Neon Shooter
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Busy B Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Neon Shooter is a fast-paced dual stick style shooter that is full of neon colors, bright particle effects, and enemies to destroy. Be ready to jump in and destroy enemies, collect coins and power ups, and upgrade your traits to reach the highest score possible!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 12.6%, Action 8.3%
- #30 Alpha Force Zero
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: osm games
Windows
Alpha Force Zero is an intense top-down bullet-hell adventure that requires skill and planning. Utilize multiple weapon systems including an Auto-Turret with adjustable firing modes and unlock upgrades that you can equip in your ship to give you the upper hand. Dodge, fight, survive!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.9%
- #31 cyber_serpent
76% matchPositive94% of 48 reviews2023
Dev: Q-Bit Digital
Windows · Mac
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Arcade 8.4%, Shooter 7.5%
- #32 KILL YOUR FRIENDS
77% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: James Robinson
Windows · Mac · Linux
A frantic arena shooter for up to 6 players. Play solo, or battle your pals online. Grab a weapon, don your comically oversized hat & an absurdly mismatched outfit, and KILL YOUR FRIENDS!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 7.6%
- #33 GoobnBalloonsDX
75% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: IconicArtsLLP
Windows
Fight off waves of evil balloons and save the galaxy - solo or co-op! Travel between worlds in an extensive story mode, save your friends, and recruit them to challenge dastardly bosses in this arcade shoot ‘em up adventure!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 8.3%
- #34 Cloud Cutter
76% matchVery Positive87% of 127 reviews2021
Dev: Just Two ltd.
Windows
Cloud Cutter brings you classic arcade shoot ‘em up gameplay in top notch graphics. Enjoy intense fast-paced explosive action full of epic destruction, arcade style power-ups, lasers and of course huge multi-stage boss fights.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.8%
- #35 Operation Zero
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Grab your biggest gun and jump into this story-driven top-down run-and-gun sci-fi arcade shooter starring the ultimate bio-engineered hero-manchild TASKILLER!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Shooter 8.1%, Arcade 7.9%
- #36 DRONES AND RUINS
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Threaded Pixel Studios
Windows
Drones & Ruins is a dynamic top down twin stick shooter where you become the intelligence of a scout drone that has agreed to assist an ally pilot reunite with a loved one. You will need to fight hard and anticipate the enemy's next attack so that you can glide into cover before you go up in smoke.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #37 Chicken Invaders 1
73% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: InterAction studios
Windows
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.9%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #38 Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops XL
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Epiphany GamesPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Tiny Troopers Joint Ops is an epic bite-sized arcade shooter, filled to the brim with action-packed mini maps of mayhem!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.9%
- #39 Horde Of Plenty
74% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: SMONCH, LLC
Windows
In this action-packed twin-stick shooter, construction worker Ron Mayhem's beloved pet, Puffy, a rather round and yellow puffer fish, has been captured by the forces of evil. Slay the hordes, collect mad loot, and bring Puffy back!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 7.9%
- #40 Pond Scum
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: NeuroDump
Windows · Linux
Life is about sacrifices....Well in this case it's about eating, shooting, killing, reproducing and then deciding when to sacrifice your offspring. Pond Scum is a Top-down shooter survival game. You must Eat, shoot and move your eggs to safety, or alternatively sacrifice them....
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Arcade 12.2%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #41 Asteroids and Aliens
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: JBJon
Windows
Asteroids and Aliens, Arcade Shooter pays tribute to the Arcade Classic Asteroids. Destroy the Asteroids, save the humans, kill Aliens with Lasers, Missiles, Smart Bombs, or Nukes. You have unlimited Missiles/Bullets but limited Laser firepower and Shields, they can be recharged collecting powerups.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #42 Polygon Pursuit
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crumbleworks
Windows
Dodge, shoot, survive! Polygon pursuit is an arcade-style twin stick shooter where you are pursued by multiple enemies constantly. You play as a lone circle confined in a polygonal world fighting to survive against waves of unique enemies. This is not an easy game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.7%, Arcade 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Shooter 8%, Casual 6.8%
- #43 Sektori
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 704 reviews2025
Dev: Kimmo LahtinenPub: Kimmo Factor Oy
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 8.8%, Destruction 8%
- #44 Tommy Gun Carnage
72% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Jade Owl AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
A colorful run-and-gun shooter with hordes of enemies, powerups, perks and diverse environments!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 8.7%
- #45 EON Fighter
70% matchVery Positive90% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Square Wheel
Windows
Embark on an action-packed adventure with "EON Fighter," a thrilling spaceship shooter game with roguelite elements. Pilot your fighter through space, collect resources, and battle your way to victory. Strive to become the last survivor in the universe!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Point & Click 10.3%, Shooter 7.3%
- #46 BioGun
69% matchVery Positive87% of 611 reviews2024
Dev: Dapper Dog Digital
Windows · Linux
Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Hand-drawn 10%, Shooter 8.6%, Cartoony 8.4%
- #47 Zurarararush!!!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Appare Factory, LLC
Windows
“Wear it. Dodge it. Shoot like crazy! Blow those viruses away with your ZURA!” A fast, funny twin-stick shooter where wigs are your weapons! Stack multiple ZURAs to boost your firepower, chain combos, and dive into short bursts of pure arcade flow as you compete for the top score worldwide!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Cartoony 9.1%, Shooter 7.9%
- #48 Devastator
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: RadiangamesPub: 2Awesome Studio
Windows
Devastator is a retro-modern arcade twin-stick shooter. Featuring spectacular, fluid visuals (with 4k and 120hz+ support), heart-pounding music and sound, and intuitive, intense, and varied gameplay, Devastator is the ultimate twin-stick shooter for people who love twin-stick shooters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arcade 8.9%, Stylized 7.9%
- #49 Space Waves
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.6%, Hand-drawn 9.6%
- #50 The Cabbage Effect
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ninja Garage
Windows
A cartoon-pop-surrealistic twin-stick shooter with brawl elements that takes place in an apocalyptic narrative.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Destruction 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 8.3%
- #51 Mothership Forever
70% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: ProjectorGames
Windows
Fight against an ever-evolving threat in this skill-based twinstick shooter 14 years in the making.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.6%
- #52 Undercroft Warriors
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Fuzzy
Windows
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 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 7.8%
- #53 Cheftastic!: Buffet Blast
69% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Not A Goose
Windows
Cheftastic!: Buffet Blast is a new exciting top-down arcade shooter! Take back the Isle of Verdura from swarms of mutant vegetables and climb your way to the top of the leaderboard!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 9.4%, Arcade 7.2%
- #54 Neon Fighter
68% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: kurigamedev
Windows
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 10%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #55 Storm Mined
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hémisphère gauche
Windows · Linux
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.2%
- #56 Bug Blast
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Giga GruntsPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Fight and dodge through hundreds of space bugs in Bug Blast! Go through each space station to protect from the hoards of bugs that come their way.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34%, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #57 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive93% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 7.2%
- #58 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: stdio.gypsy
Windows
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Action-Adventure 10.3%
- #59 Paradise Defense Force
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kraken Up GamesPub: Ouroboros Gaming
Windows
Dive into Paradise Defense Force, a twin-stick tower defense game. Cast spells, upgrade your wizard and strategize as you repel waves of enemies in a fantasy world teetering on the brink
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Cartoony 8.8%, Arcade 8.6%
- #60 Frenzy Force
65% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Clutch Design
Windows
Choose your champion and fight until your last breath! Frenzy Force is a casual wave-survival game with a diverse set of weapons and unlockable characters, where you must fight through a variety of biomes against hordes of shadowy minions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 8.7%, Shooter 8.5%