- #1 Yawnoc
97% matchVery Positive98% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: DaFluffyPotato
Windows · Linux
Destroy hordes of strange machines that have invaded the forest. Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter roguelite focused on immersion into the world of Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata.
Why similar: Bullet Time 18.6% ★, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Roguelike 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #2 High Score
96% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: NaKoGames
Windows
High Score is a top-down arena shooter where you face off against relentless waves of numerical enemies. Rack up points and earn medals to unlock a variety of unique classes and powerful items. Dive into the action, enhance your arsenal, and aim for the highest score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Time 18.5% ★, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Action Roguelike 11%
- #3 Super Smash Asteroids
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Switchback
Windows
"Super Smash Asteroids" is a high-speed, twin-stick, top-down, rogue-like space shooter. Choose from 6 unique ships, upgrade with 70+ items & blast through epic bosses. Level up for intense, action-packed battles in a futuristic universe. Buckle up for a thrilling journey to glory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Time 16.6% ★, Roguelike 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #4 Stellar Interface
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2016
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Why similar: Bullet Time 22% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.3%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #5 {HYPERLINK}
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astralflux Entertainment
Windows
A fast-paced endless roguelike that's all about upgrading and continuing.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Roguelike 20.5%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #6 Lobstar: Arcade Version
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Lobstar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Bullet Time 15.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #7 Insectipede
94% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: LoadUpGames.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Bullet Time 21.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #8 The Outer Space Bugs
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Jhozao
Windows
Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Roguelike 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Action Roguelike 11.9%
- #9 Entomophobia
91% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 16%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelike 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.5%
- #10 Always Surrender
91% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: The Covert Sheep Example
Windows
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Bullet Time 25.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Top-Down 8%
- #11 Wizard Fight!
90% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Thomas AdamsPub: Mindblowing Apps & Games
Windows
Wizard Fight is a bullet hell game where you play as the blue wizard and battle various types of monsters. Enjoy dodging curtains of bullets with a retro aesthetic. Collect keys to venture deeper into the dungeon to claim the holy grail and secure epic victory!
Why similar: Bullet Time 49.9% ★, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Top-Down 9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, 2D 3.8%
- #12 Missile Man
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Budget Racing Co.
Windows
A precision bullet-hell boss rush. Dodge 15 escalating attack types, chain perfect grazes into devastating combos, and strike during vulnerability windows across 28 handcrafted boss fights. Three difficulty modes, risk contracts, and deep upgrade progression keep every run fresh.
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #13 SSS222: HyperSpace
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: HyperGamesDevPub: HaipaStudios
Windows
A fast-paced addicting space shooter with an inspiration taken from many modern games. A project I have been passionately working solo for 2 years+!
Why similar: Bullet Time 22.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #14 Hover Point
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chaqibrahim
Windows
Hover Point is a minimalist bullet hell where your mouse is the only weapon. Experience pure arcade action, dodge chaotic patterns, auto-fire at swarms of enemies, and take down massive bosses, all without pressing a single button. It’s high-intensity survival made simple. Just move to survive.
Why similar: Bullet Time 20.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #15 Generic Space Shooter
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.
Why similar: Bullet Time 33% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #16 Evorales
86% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Hechelion
Windows
Defeat the gnu-demon and his army and save the day in this top-down bullet hell focused on slowdown and bullet time mechanics. Easy to play but hard to master, it requires great strategy if you aim for a hi-score while dodging bullets across 12 hand-drawn, steampunk aesthetic stages.
Why similar: Bullet Time 37.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Top-Down 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #17 Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
85% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Angry Pixel
Windows
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Roguelike 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.9%
- #18 HOUSE OF GOD
86% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Glass Revolver
Windows
As The House of God races towards heaven, Jack blasts their way to the conductor in this chaotic and fast-paced Rogue-Lite.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Action Roguelike 10.8%
- #19 HELLAXY
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: AlchemistsGames
Windows
fast-paced, high-difficulty 2D space dogfighting roguelite game.
Why similar: Bullet Time 32.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Roguelike 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%
- #20 Nova Strike
84% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Sanuk GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Roguelike 10.7%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #21 Chromadi
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kleanup Games
Windows
Mix and match colors and blast your way through waves of Chromies in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Play as the Hue-Men to defend the Rainbar and restore color to the fading planet of Chromara!
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #22 Tring!
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: siriculo
Windows · Linux
Tring! is a short score-attack game where you bounce balls off enemies and walls to gain scores. Reach the highest score you can, and try to beat and everybody else again!
Why similar: Bullet Time 29% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down 9%
- #23 Red Zirion
82% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Sinned Games
Windows
Red Zirion is a retro shooting game with upgradeable attributes in the roguelike style. Game inspired by groups of heroes and animated series from the 80s.
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Roguelike 12.5%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Action Roguelike 8.1%
- #24 Dungeon Man
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neverknow247
Windows
A bullet-hell dungeon game where you use colored gems to match the enemy in order to deal damage. Each enemy type has a unique attack style. Shoot and Dodge as you search for the evil toilet snake which lies deep within the dungeon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Bullet Hell 25%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Top-Down 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #25 Asterogues
79% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: pipotchi600Pub: indie.io
Windows
Beat up planets in Asterogues, a cosmic bullet hell shoot-em-up hybrid! Pick your character from a band of outcasts banished to the Asteroid Belt, dodge and shoot your way through a brutal onslaught of bullets, and take revenge against the Solar System!
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.8% ★, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Roguelike 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10%
- #26 Astrum Vanguard
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JCW
Windows
In Astrum Vanguard, a 2D horde-survival with bullet hell components, you pilot and upgrade your spaceship to defeat countless alien creatures. Survive the endless onslaught in the cosmic battlefield!
Why similar: Bullet Time 28.7% ★, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action Roguelike 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Top-Down 10%
- #27 Hummingz - Retro Arcade action revised
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Stefan Preuss
Windows
Up for some retro arcade action spiced with extra bullets and BOSS enemies? Shoot your way through many different levels filled with nasty bugs, spiders, frogs, bees and more. Fight huge BOSS enemies and collect extras and play bonus waves. Retro Arcade action at its best!
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #28 PickaLegend
79% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 2kblater (5)
Windows · Mac · Linux
PickaLegend - A bullet hell game about visiting interesting places and destroying everything in sight with your pets.
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Action Roguelike 11.3%
- #29 GLASS x CANNON
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DominokaPub: Dominoka x PUDZH115
Windows
GLASS x CANNON is a risky top down shooter roguelike. You are always very low health so you'll have to dodge and use blood to survive. Collect items and get stronger to defeat a powers, crossing into our world.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16%, Roguelike 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Bullet Time 13.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13%
- #30 Time to Strike
78% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Ravernt
Windows
Time to Strike is busted build bullet hell roguelike. Create overpowered builds and break the game by collecting powerful weapons, modifying them with whacky mods and discovering crazy synergies!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Bullet Time 14.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.2%
- #31 Exo-Calibre
76% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Vampixel GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Top-Down 8.8%, Cute 5.8%
- #32 Level Tank
76% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Hyper Bit Games
Windows
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Perma Death 10%, Action Roguelike 9%
- #33 BroodStar
77% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Roguelike 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Perma Death 9.3%
- #34 DuckLaserDuck
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Michael Aaron Denny
Windows
You just have to kill the bugs and critters before they kill you, so you can kill the bugs EVEN BETTER. Defeat the 3 floors and their bosses to win the game! Fight through procedurally maps made of handcrafted rooms, in this action RPG shooter with heavy roguelike and bullet-hell elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Roguelike 14%, Action Roguelike 12.4%
- #35 BALL x PIT
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,880 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Roguelike 17%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #36 Void Rhythm
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DeepStream
Windows
Fight through unending swarms of enemies and blast your way out of the siege. When the odds are stacked against you, trigger Bullet Time to turn the tide, slowing the world down to dismantle your enemies one by one. Strike hard, strike fast—offense is your best defense.
Why similar: Bullet Time 41.8% ★, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Roguelike 10.2%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #37 ROTATO
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows
Spin. Shoot. Survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Roguelike 20%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #38 DUCKLYTE
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: LGV
Windows · Mac · Linux
DUCKLYTE is a top-down shooter with roguelite elements where you play as a constipated little duck trying to stay alive as long as possible in a randomly generated farm with progressively stronger enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Roguelike 15.7%, Action Roguelike 12%, Top-Down 9.2%
- #39 Maze Mice
71% matchVery Positive89% of 311 reviews2025
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace.
Why similar: Bullet Time 37.8% ★, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelike 10.6%, Retro 5.4%
- #40 Gamba Gun
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nolamo Softworks
Windows
Gamba Gun is the idiotic fusion of top-down shooter and deck building rogue-likes. Experiment with endless ammo combinations, and create powerful synergies to fight against a colorful cast of enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Roguelike 15%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Action Roguelike 10.3%
- #41 Destropolis
74% matchVery Positive87% of 287 reviews2020
Dev: Igrek GamesPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Roguelike 11%
- #42 The Journey of Piggy
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
The Journey of Piggy is a roguelike adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Choose from a variety of weapons, cards and power-ups to create unique builds and survive until the end.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Perma Death 12.5%, Action Roguelike 12.4%
- #43 Too Many Cooks
72% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: Dr Jammy Games
Windows
Fired and blackballed by Chef Hamsey, you are a chef looking to find your next position. Unfortunately, the employees of any restaurant you walk into want you dead! Fight off hordes of enemies while upgrading through a food-themed upgrade tree.
Why similar: Bullet Time 41.9% ★, Roguelike 19.3%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #44 Captain Puff MacFly
70% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: MVCAO Studios
Windows
Epic farewell to the shmup genre that brought so much joy to gamers in the 80
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Roguelike 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #45 Dualism
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Noah Judson
Windows
Intense arcade shoot 'em up / bullet hell with twin-stick controls, roguelite upgrades, and a white & black twist where opposites damage and similars heal. An addicting, challenging, and relentless experience where you must control light and dark to succeed.
Why similar: Bullet Time 18.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Action Roguelike 10.6%
- #46 Okay, Panic
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GotANormalJob
Windows
A top-down space survival roguelite. Harvest crystallized spacetime, build your arsenal from 40+ absurdly named weapons, and hold off increasingly hostile void entities until the universe runs out of things to throw at you. It usually doesn't.
Why similar: Bullet Time 20.9% ★, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelike 12%
- #47 Deadlocked
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive Games
Windows
Deadlocked: an adrenaline-packed Cartoon top-down shooter. Customize your loadout with unique weapons, unlock fun little pets, and upgrade your character. Master responsive gameplay and become a cutesy robot killing machine, There's one rule, Defy Deadlock
Why similar: Bullet Time 26.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #48 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
70% 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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Roguelike 12.2%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #49 Bullet Bunny
69% matchVery Positive87% of 126 reviews2024
Dev: penusbmic
Windows
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.9%, Roguelike 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #50 Pixel Survivor - Pixel Up!
70% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Panda Indie Studio
Windows
A pixel SURVIVOR ROGUE-LITE that will give you a hypnotic addiction! You do all the usual "Survivor" stuff, but this time you'll have to hire a therapist in order to stop playing!
Why similar: Bullet Time 21.6% ★, Bullet Hell 21%, Roguelike 15.6%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #51 Goblins & Gun Runnin’
69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Ewan Make Games
Windows
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Roguelike 20.5%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Perma Death 9.3%
- #52 Shoot till you meet Death
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lupus Greymatter
Windows
You can’t outrun Death — but you can make him wait. Shoot till you meet Death is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter. Survive endless waves, forge powerful bullet synergies, and push your limits until you finally meet DEATH himself.
Why similar: Bullet Time 22.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #53 Ophelia's Paradise
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ARTIN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Ophelia’s Paradise is a 2D roguelike with a top-down view where you defend paradise against invading shadows. Collect weapons and unique items to create powerful synergies. Each run offers new combinations, challenges, and ways to save paradise from darkness.
Why similar: Bullet Time 32.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Roguelike 14.8%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
- #54 Fair and Square
66% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Canis Minor
Windows
Fair and Square is a fast-paced bullet hell platformer roguelike where everything revolves around squares. Survive relentless enemy waves, upgrade your skills in the shop, and face epic bosses. Customize your playstyle, adapt on the fly, and prove your mastery in this chaotic challenge!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Roguelike 20.2%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Action Roguelike 9.6%, Retro 8.7%
- #55 Mallow
65% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Goose Shroom
Windows
mallow is a fast paced topdown action roguelike game heavily inspired by nuclear throne. you can pick your own enemies as well as lots of different upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Roguelike 20.1%, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Top-Down 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #56 Voidcutter Fuzor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Howling Cat Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Battle through waves of enemies, taking their power for your own in this retro-styled arcade shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Roguelike 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #57 Guns and Rush
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: MYP
Windows
Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in this intense horde combat shooter that combines roguelike and bullet-hell elements. Battle relentless waves of monstrous foes as you strive to survive and conquer challenging levels. In my game no vampire, survive 20 minutes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Roguelike 13%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Action Roguelike 11.2%
- #58 Rodent Company
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel RodentsPub: Judatone Studios
Windows
Rodent Company is an action roguelike for 1-4 players where you play as a number of rodents fighting to ensure the survival of their kind. Wield randomized weapons and use special abilities to exterminate your enemies and save rodent-kind!
Why similar: Bullet Time 30.3% ★, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Roguelike 13.8%, Perma Death 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11.5%
- #59 Poly
65% matchPositive80% of 45 reviews2025
Dev: Joe RickwoodPub: Egg Carton Games
Windows · Mac
Simplistic roguelike shooter, Blast your way through countless enemies while earning powerful upgrades which turn you into a shape obliterating machine! 50+ upgrades with countless synergies and stacking effects!, Unique enemies which have unique abilities
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelike 16.4%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #60 Crime District
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: RPK-studio game
Windows
The city of Jusan, a fusion of the characteristics of many developed cities, is also the city with the highest crime rate.And you, just a vigilante STG agent, need to find out the truth and get revenge.
Why similar: Bullet Time 38.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Bullet Hell 10.1%, Top-Down 6.2%