- #1 Spectron
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Fox Studios
Windows
A fast-paced, retro-style space shooter with challenging levels. Race against the clock as you blast and dodge through waves of enemies and obstacles, pushing your reflexes to the limit.
Why similar: Space 17.8%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Arcade 11%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #2 Anima Reaver
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EnricoBC
Windows
A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Roguelite 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #3 Neon Blitz
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Sunrise
Windows · Mac · Linux
Neon Blitz is a survivors-like where you aim your own way out. Read the swarm, blitz the openings, and stack explosive synergies into a devastating loadout. The horde never stops pouring out of the dark. How long can you hold the line?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 15.1%, Arcade 10.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.5%, Space 7.3%
- #4 Nova Strike
95% matchMixed64% of 25 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: Action Roguelike 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Space 11.4%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%
- #5 Space Horde Attack
94% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: GameProdTeam
Windows
Collect weapons and destroy enemy ships
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.1%, Space 15.6%, Roguelite 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Shooter 7.9%
- #6 Astrum Vanguard
94% matchNo user reviews
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: Action Roguelike 19%, Space 13.9%, Roguelite 11.2%, Bullet Time 10.8% ★, Top-Down 7.5%
- #7 Microbes and Machines
93% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2022
Dev: AndyzziGames
Windows
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Procedural Generation 11%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
- #8 Zoratharion
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: BlopeurPub: TGGAMES
Windows
Zoratharion is a fast-paced roguelite shoot 'em up. Choose your pilot, ship, and weapon to battle waves of enemies, liberate planets, and unlock upgrades. Every run is unique. Will you rise as the galaxy's savior?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Space 12.9%, Roguelite 10%, Action 9.1%
- #9 Meteor Rush
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Outpost Games
Windows
Meteor Rush is a high-intensity space Bullet Heaven where you defend a fragile core against endless cosmic threats. Harvest meteor gems, loot powerful gear, and evolve your ship and core into an unstoppable force of destruction.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.1%, Space 16.4%, Roguelite 15.3%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Bullet Hell 8.2%
- #10 SSS222: HyperSpace
91% 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: Action Roguelike 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Space 9.4%
- #11 The Way of Ping-Pong
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RoeBox
Windows
A roguelite bullet-hell shooter where table tennis meets ancient mythology. Wield your paddle to strike enemies with bouncing balls, retrieve them to attack again, and craft powerful builds through strategic upgrades.
Why similar: Roguelite 16.8%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Arcade 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, Action 9.9%
- #12 Lost Colony
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Sagas LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lost Colony is a sci-fi twin-stick shooter roguelike. Battle aliens and rogue drones with your evolving combat drone companion. Explore a shifting colony, collect alien tech to upgrade weapons, boost your drone's powers, and uncover the dark forces behind the colony's fall.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Space 8.7%, Arcade 7.8%
- #13 LOOPFANG
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MnD
Windows
A snake roguelite where your body is your arsenal. Collect weapon segments, fuse matching neighbors into higher tiers, and reorder them until they react with each other. Then close a loop with your own tail: everything trapped inside dies.
Why similar: Roguelite 17.9%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Arcade 12.8%, Action 10.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%
- #14 STARSHRED
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NEYSEGAMES
Windows
STARSHRED is a fast-paced, top-down action roguelike set in space. Shred the invaders, choose between powerful upgrades to create unique combinations, and survive boss battles that turn into bullet hell. Grow stronger with every run and destroy the threat invading the planet.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.9%, Roguelite 14.3%, Action 9.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
- #15 Starship Architect
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InventState Studio
Windows
Starship Architect is a high-octane roguelike where every decision counts. Battle relentless enemies, choose from a dynamic arsenal of weapons and upgrades, and strategically assemble your ship. Unlock powerful new parts after each run and craft the perfect starship.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.9%, Roguelite 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Space 10.5%, Arcade 9.5%
- #16 Rocky Mayhem
86% matchPositive87% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: SepSlitherPub: Frederik Holst
Windows
Systems are down and require time to repair, leaving you with a basic gunship with no hopes of escaping an aggressive asteroid event. Will you be able to survive the increasingly difficult 6 minutes to repair the ship's functions and escape? Also discover a variety of genres, all in one game!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Arcade 10.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.2%
- #17 Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
86% matchPositive95% of 21 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: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Roguelite 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Space 9.9%
- #18 Neon Null
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Warsong Studios
Windows
Reality is collapsing into the Null, a digital void that consumes entire sectors of existence. As the last surviving pilot, you dive into corrupted space to fight through hostile anomalies, recover lost data, and uncover the force behind the collapse before everything is erased.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.6%, Roguelite 15%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #19 Asterogue
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gillspee
Windows
A roguelite space shooter based around the classic arcade game. Shoot asteroids, ships, and take down the mothership in a multi-stage boss fight, avoiding lasers and explosions. Upgrade your ship during and after your run in this casual simple roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Bullet Hell 8.3%, Arcade 8.2%
- #20 Burning Skies
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Burning Skies is a frantic roguelite bullet hell. Join the resistance and assemble the ultimate warjet, shoot take down giant bosses and avoid many dangers to destroy the tyrants who are ruling the world.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Roguelite 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 7.7%
- #21 Drone Break
85% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.
Why similar: Space 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelite 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #22 Yawnoc
82% matchVery Positive98% of 65 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: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Roguelite 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Arcade 9.7%, Top-Down 9%
- #23 Run Build Pew!
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 573 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.3%, Space 12.5%, Roguelite 11.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #24 Space Slinger
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 8bitditsPub: D^2
Windows · Mac
Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Roguelite 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.9%, Bullet Hell 7.8%
- #25 Hullbreakers
81% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Isaac Wolf
Windows
Hullbreakers is a space arcade game with fast paced combat, quick maneuvering, and strategy. Use an ever-evolving spacecraft to wipe out endless hordes of enemies and relentless bosses in order to make your mark on the leaderboard.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Space 16.2%, Roguelite 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%, Arcade 9.6%
- #26 Galactic Exile
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikolai UsachevPub: USANIK STD
Windows
This is a single-player survivor-like auto-shooter. Fight against fleets of spacecraft, gather resources, research technologies, unlock upgrades, and create devastating builds using modern arsenal.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.9%, Space 16.6%, Roguelite 16%, Arcade 10.5%, Bullet Hell 8.7%
- #27 Endless Space Scrap
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GESpacecraft
Windows
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Space 12.8%, Arcade 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #28 BALL x PIT
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,314 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 20.7 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: Action Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 17.3%, Arcade 12.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9%
- #29 Null Orbit
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yupea
Windows
Put together experimental weaponry to fill the screen with bullets and defend yourself from endless waves of foes
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Roguelite 14.4%, Bullet Time 13% ★, Space 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%
- #30 Crush The Rebellion!
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GameBeast Productions
Windows · Linux
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.7%, Arcade 11.6%, Space 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%
- #31 Hyper Sentinel Fusion
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac
Pilot an agile starfighter to tear down alien megastructures under fire, then pull off a high-stakes heist from within before everything explodes. When you die time rewinds, sending you back to Moonbase Alpha - your hub for reinvention. Spend your bounty on epic upgrades, ready for the next run.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Roguelite 10.7%, Space 10%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%
- #32 Signal Zero
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Seosul Games
Windows
A sci-fi roguelike shooter where aim and movement are unified into one mouse. Pilot a Simuler, command your ship, deploy escorts, and tear through colossal bosses. Easy to grasp, ruthless under pressure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Space 12.7%, Bullet Time 12.3% ★, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #33 Void Strike
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BareboneDev
Windows · Linux
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Roguelite 10.5%, Space 10%, Arcade 9.8%
- #34 No Space For All
75% matchPositive97% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: Dudindie
Windows
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Roguelite 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #35 Cookie Invaders
78% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Igniting Spark Games
Windows
Cookie Invaders is a roguelite shoot 'em up where you utilise a massive skill tree to evolve your ship to defend the earth from legions of invading cookies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Roguelite 14.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Space 10.3%
- #36 Crimsonwood
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: nodoxi
Windows
Crimsonwood is a roguelike top-down shooter in a cursed national park. Collect various weapons, gain perks and battle hordes of enemies to survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24%, Roguelite 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Bullet Hell 8.5%
- #37 Void Resurgence
73% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
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: Action Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%, Space 9.3%
- #38 Astro Fighters 3
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
The aliens have returned. Fight through relentless waves of enemies, dodge impossible bullet patterns, unleash devastating special weapons, and unlock 70 powerful cards that reshape future runs in this action-packed arcade shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Roguelite 15.2%, Arcade 10.9%, Bullet Hell 9.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.4%
- #39 Cosmic Blastards
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team 5 Steps
Windows
Battle time and terror in a shoot & survive extraction roguelite. Select your hero and survive the relentless cosmic surge. Shoot, level up, topple bosses, and amplify your powers to cosmic levels. Embrace the Blastard within and unlock new heroes, powers, and perks to use on future runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 13.3%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 8.2%
- #40 GUNBUTCHER: RELOADED
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOMBCAKE
Windows
Survive a round of alien invasion in 90 seconds while collecting cards in a random roulette.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, Action 11.6%
- #41 Chorus of the Night
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Matt Sayer
Windows · Mac
Fight through hordes of burnt CDs, flying TVs, and faceless suits in this frantic, run-based, twin-stick shooter. Forget firing bullets, though - you'll be flinging vinyl records, throwing drumsticks and swinging guitars to fend off the enemies of music and maybe, just maybe, survive the night.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.5%, Roguelite 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 8.7%
- #42 80s Horror Survivors
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alligator Virtual
Windows
Battle endless hordes in an 80s horror nightmare. Stack insane upgrades, break the game, and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Arcade 8.7%
- #43 Stellar Interface
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 225 reviews2016
Dev: ImaginationOverflow
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.7 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: Action Roguelike 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Roguelite 10.6%, Bullet Time 9.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
- #44 Vectorfall
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nubgamerz
Windows · Linux
Vectorfall is a fast top-down space-shooter extraction roguelite built around risky sector runs. Swap between six ships mid-fight, raid hostile signals, break the Command Node, and extract your modules before Alert brings the patrols down on you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23%, Arcade 12.4%, Roguelite 12.1%, Action 9.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%
- #45 That's My Space
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Cezar Roveda Coelho
Windows
The universe is yours to conquer in That's My Space. Gather resources, craft powerful weapons, upgrade your spaceship and battle against enemy nations to become the ultimate space explorer.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.8%, Space 14.5%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%
- #46 Starfall Survivors
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Z.A.Games
Windows
Star Abyss Unrivaled is a sci-fi action game combining Roguelike random exploration and screen-clearing hack-and-slash. On each landing, you’ll face massive monster waves. Collect and combine weapons and gear, use your outstanding mobility to break through the siege.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27%, Space 15.4%, Roguelite 15%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #47 Rogue Space Convoy
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Delti LLC
Windows
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Roguelite 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 8.1%
- #48 The Variant Void
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Glistening Leaf Games
Windows
This roguelike spaceshooter pits waves of enemies against you in your pursuit to reach the end of the galaxy. Improve your ship with permanent upgrades and select temporary upgrades during a run to pursue achievements and and kill bosses.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.5%, Roguelite 16.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Bullet Hell 8.7%
- #49 Proper Bullet Hell
69% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: IGE
Windows
Roguelike Shooter Where Your Bullets Hurt You!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.8%, Arcade 13.9%, Roguelite 12.5%, Action 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%
- #50 Smashteroids
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Switchback
Windows
A twin-stick Asteroids roguelite where you stack 190+ absurd upgrades until one fragile ship fills the whole screen with firepower. 22 ships with unique kits, 22 handcrafted bosses, mini-boss packs that crash your stage, 100+ colour palettes, and a branching campaign toward a dying star. Free demo out now.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Roguelite 10.6%, Bullet Time 9.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%
- #51 Spaced Liberation
70% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: hoiJesse
Windows
Spaced Liberation is a very small indie game about the liberation of a planet.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Space 10.7%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%
- #52 Rick Henderson: Eternal Arena
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fat Pug Studio
Windows
Join the endless arena battle. Select your pilot, upgrade your ship, upgrade your guns, upgrade your drones. Fight, upgrade, die, repeat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Roguelite 16.4%, Arcade 9.2%, Shooter 8.5%
- #53 Blacksea Odyssey
71% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: Action Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelite 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%
- #54 Entomophobia
67% matchPositive83% of 42 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: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Roguelite 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 9.6%
- #55 Hexical
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ArchDrone Games
Windows
Hexical is a retro twin stick action rogue-lite. Make your way through a hostile digital world while installing upgrades, solving puzzles, and defeating bosses.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.1%, Arcade 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Shooter 11.1%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #56 Bullet Banshee
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Megasoma
Windows · Linux
An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Roguelite 14.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Bullet Hell 8.6%
- #57 The Outer Space Bugs
69% 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: Action Roguelike 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Roguelite 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Bullet Hell 7.9%
- #58 Planet Killer
64% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Talisman One Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.9%, Roguelite 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Action 9.8%
- #59 Talas
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chillout Games
Windows
Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Roguelite 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Space 8.7%
- #60 Okay, Panic
67% 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: Action Roguelike 23.9%, Roguelite 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Bullet Time 8.2% ★, Bullet Hell 8.1%