- #1 Smash Hyper Drive
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gare Games Inc
Windows · Mac
It's 2025 and the country's mega research facility has gone bad. You are a lowly security guard gunning for his paycheck. Fight your way out in this twin-stick shooter. Reminiscent of Smash TV and the likes of Xeno Crisis.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Retro 8.6%, Linear 7.1%
- #2 Bio-Breaker
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Claire the Game Dev
Windows
Fight against over 25+ different types of enemies in my super epic top-down retro wave shooter; Bio-Breaker! Buy weapons to upgrade, active abilities and passive perks to survive against the hordes!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Arena Shooter 16.1%, Zombies 14.4%, Shooter 7.2%
- #3 AREA WARS™
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: RexoPub: STUDIO.D0DO
Windows
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Robots 8.9%, Top-Down 8%
- #4 Vradark's Revenge
95% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Sanchez CrewPub: Drunk Fly Oy
Windows
“Vradark’s Revenge” is a fantasy game in the Action RPG genre.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 8.9%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #5 Trash Pit
94% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Francis Vace
Windows
A frantic twin stick shooter where you and your enemies are only ever one hit from death. Mow down relentless waves of robots, collect upgrades and claw your way to the highest score you can.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Arena Shooter 19.4%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9.1%, Robots 8.8%
- #6 Enfora Star
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Haapa Games
Windows · Linux
Enfora Star station is being overrun! Pilot your spacecraft and deploy defenses to survive droid swarms - but every purchase costs precious score points. Will you risk everything for maximum points or play it safe? Master the ultimate arcade challenge!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Difficult 12.3%, Shooter 6.7%
- #7 Galaxy Highways
93% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Shooter 7.4%
- #8 CRATES N' MOHAWKS
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: hslentz
Windows · Linux
CRATES N' MOHAWKS is a chaotic arena shooter where every crate swaps your weapon. Grab crates, adapt to constantly changing guns, dodge swarms of enemies, and survive as long as possible while pushing your score higher.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Arena Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Difficult 10.3%, Bullet Hell 9.7%
- #9 ANNIHILATOR
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLC
Windows
ANNIHILATOR is a gritty top-down shooter, originally made for the Game Boy Color. This is a modern adaption.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Arena Shooter 14.4%, Zombies 12.9%, Shooter 8.4%
- #10 Steel Alcimus
91% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, 1980s 11.2%, Shooter 8.3%
- #11 Zombie Soup
89% matchVery Positive92% of 95 reviews2023
Dev: AeonSparx InteractivePub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Mac
Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!
Why similar: 1980s 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Zombies 12.6%
- #12 Iron Crypticle
90% matchVery Positive84% of 121 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 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Zombies 13%, Arena Shooter 12%, Retro 8.3%
- #13 Undercroft Warriors
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 573 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 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Difficult 13.5%, Shooter 7.9%
- #14 Survivor
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Veilbreaker Entertainment
Windows
A retro 80's arcade-style top-down zombie shooter where you upgrade weapons, collect loot, and battle through increasing waves of undead and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Arena Shooter 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Shooter 7.2%
- #15 VCTR
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Enter Grip
Windows
Shoot. Dash. Collect. Upgrade. VCTR is a kinetic arcade shooter where two simple actions create countless strategies. Read the field. Choose when to act. And turn the chaotic battlefield into a dance of high-risk, high-reward play.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shooter 9.2%, 1980s 7.2%
- #16 Gun Up
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Horsepower Interactive
Windows
Kill the undead, get new weapons, combine weapons, kill even more undead! Over 20 weapons, INFINITE combinations. Featuring different locations to play and survive. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Zombies 13.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #17 Retromancer
86% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Spinfoam Games
Windows · Mac
What happens when nostalgia and necromancy mix? A Retromancer happens! Grab a few friends, choose your champions, and battle your way through 6 brutal zones filled with screeching bats, burrowing worms, deranged cultists, and giant ants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.9%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Arena Shooter 13.6%, Difficult 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
- #18 Yars: Recharged
85% matchVery Positive86% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Adamvision StudiosPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Robots 10.8%, 1980s 10.1%
- #19 Dead Oculus
84% matchPositive93% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Andrew Wilker
Windows
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Difficult 13.2%, Robots 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
- #20 Deep Deep Deep Nightmare
84% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Nato GamesPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare is a 2D Top Down Shooter. Survive by facing monsters in the nightmare of a little boy who didn’t heed his mother’s warnings that eating too much before bed can cause nightmares.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16%, Arena Shooter 15.6%, Shooter 8.8%
- #21 Disfigure
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,120 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Brew Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arena Shooter 12%, Difficult 10.1%
- #22 Vermitron
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2021
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
They're Coming! Get ready to defend your lovely Flower from invading insect! Prepare your Bug Spray, Call your Holo-Pet, Fortify base and don't forget your mission: Find the Watering-Can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Arena Shooter 11.1%, Robots 10.5%
- #23 Rock Boshers DX: Directors Cut
82% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2014
Dev: TIKIPOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to take a trip back to the 80s, the 1880s! Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure! Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Retro 12.9%, 1980s 12%, Zombies 12%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%
- #24 Overrun
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Total Involve
Windows
Fight through immense waves of enemies and test yourself in this difficult, top-down shooter. Swap between short and long-range weapons to tackle any situation. Unlock and upgrade dozens of weapon combinations to customize your loadout. How long can you survive before you get OVERRUN!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Arena Shooter 12.4%, Difficult 10.2%
- #25 GARAGE: Bad Trip
81% matchMixed67% of 818 reviews2018
Dev: Zombie DynamicsPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drug dealer Butch slays hordes of living dead to save a girl. Garage is a bloody topdown shooter inspired by VHS era B-movies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.9%, Zombies 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Top-Down 9.8%, Difficult 9%
- #26 ULTRABUGS
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arena Shooter 13.9%, Difficult 11.6%
- #27 Overkill Squad
78% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Chillfox Games
Windows
Overkill Squad is a ultra high-speed top-down shooter roguelike built around intense 1-minute combat arenas. Choose your fighter, unleash overwhelming firepower, defeat brutal bosses, and collect relics to dominate every run.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.6%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Difficult 11.3%, 1980s 8.1%
- #28 Hyper Bullet
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Tony Wang
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hyper Bullet is a top-down action game replenished with agreeable vaporwave aesthetics, pure joy of combat and gunplay rhythm.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, 1980s 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #29 SANDRIPPER
78% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Mack
Windows
Tear across the desert, obliterating wave after wave with your nuclear missile powered dual-wielding hover tank. A tight, punchy wave survival sandbox with ludicrous weaponry, exhilarating rocket-tank combat, and daily leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Arena Shooter 11.6%, Robots 10.9%
- #30 Mustache in Hell
79% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Difficult 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Arena Shooter 10.6%
- #31 Space Ace
77% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Closed Bracket Studios
Windows
Space Ace is a 2D top-down shooter that focuses on upgrading your ship to fight through levels of Bosses and smaller enemies. Play with keyboard + mouse or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Arena Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 7.9%
- #32 Chippy
77% matchVery Positive91% of 1,184 reviews2019
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.4%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Arena Shooter 12.1%, Difficult 11.5%
- #33 Deathopolis
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: TheGamesfortress
Windows
Deathopolis is an arcade style fast paced shooter. Take on a series of rooms collecting prizes and clearing out waves of enemies using guns and power-up abilities.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, 1980s 15.5%, Difficult 11%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #34 Hex.Plan.X
75% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Pixel Fandango
Windows
Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Robots 7.7%
- #35 Frenzy
76% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean SoftwarePub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Retro 15%, Robots 12.7%, 1980s 11.6%, Shooter 11%
- #36 Nebula Cleanup Crew
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.3%, Difficult 12.2%, Top-Down Shooter 9.1%, Arena Shooter 9.1%
- #37 JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Stas Shostak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
JASEM is insanely hard and ridiculously unforgiving low-poly twin-stick arcade blastathon set to an electronic beat and filled with bright explosions and neon effects.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Robots 16.9%, Difficult 13.5%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #38 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,940 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Zombies 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Difficult 9.2%
- #39 Spent Shells
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HelperWesley
Windows
Spent Shells is a high score top-down shooter with roguelike-y randomized elements. Players dive in to an everchanging dungeon to harvest a crystalized power source that will get them home. Fight through the dungeon using a variety of weapons, characters, upgrades, and your own skill! Each run ea...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #40 Gun Predict
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gabry Corti
Windows
Gun Predict is a top-down strategy shooter where you must carefully choose the type of bullets to use in order to complete the levels. Create a strategy to eliminate all enemies and overcome obstacles using special projectiles.
Why similar: 1980s 16.5%, Top-Down 12.9%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Arena Shooter 10.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #41 Paint Chips
73% matchVery Positive88% of 242 reviews2021
Dev: PhatRobit
Windows · Mac
Paint the ground! Paint your enemies! Paint your enemies ground! The ground is your enemy! Paint it!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 12.5%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #42 Iron Fisticle
73% matchVery Positive83% of 520 reviews2014
Dev: Confused PelicanPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Arena Shooter 13.5%, Zombies 12.4%, Top-Down 9%
- #43 Endocrisis Hyperactive
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arturo Buschmann
Windows
Endocrisis Hyperactive the next top-down shoot em up with intense action. Absorb bullets to increment your power and pass through levels with tons of enemies and bullets and, of course, intense boss battles.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, 1980s 13.6%, Shooter 8.9%
- #44 Witchinour
72% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Difficult 11.7%, 1980s 7.7%
- #45 GUN KING
71% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: FROGBERT
Windows · Mac · Linux
GUN KING is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with unique gun mods that lets you play your way. Unlock and equip powerful gun mods to create wild synergies, amp up your firepower, and blast through hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.2%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Arena Shooter 13.5%, Shooter 8.1%
- #46 Chaos Machina
70% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Marko Zovko
Windows · Linux
Chaos Machina is a fast-paced action roguelike designed for immersive, bite-sized runs. Enter the flow state as you weave with your robot through enemy fire. Unleash powerful upgrades, and master 10-minute bursts of adrenaline before the Chaos reclaims the map.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Robots 11.3%, Shooter 9.2%
- #47 Falconet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iruka Software
Windows
Falconet is a retro-style twin stick shooter with smooth weapon switching and quick reaction gameplay. Travel through unique levels, solve puzzles, and use your diverse arsenal of weapons to efficiently eliminate an army of rogue machines, rescue human survivors, and rack up high scores.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Robots 14.9%, 1980s 12.6%, Retro 8.9%
- #48 Arc’s Glitch Defender
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Raivela Games
Windows
Flood the arena with bullets. Dash, shockwave, and mow down endless robot hordes at breakneck speed.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Robots 15.2%, Arena Shooter 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Shooter 9.9%
- #49 Chromarena
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Kingsnake Games
Windows · Linux
Chromarena is a 2D top-down twin-stick arena shooter. Combine offense and defense to tear through hordes of color-coded enemies to unlock new guns and set high scores. Form short and medium-term plans, dodge attacks with fully responsive controls, and get into a flow state.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Arena Shooter 23.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Difficult 10.4%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #50 ROBOHUNT
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alexander Kozlov Games
Windows · Linux
ROBOHUNT - fast top-down action shooter where you have to destroy a lot of robots. You will have to uncover the secrets of abandoned robotics labs and find a way to escape from the planet.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Robots 14.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Arena Shooter 12%
- #51 Vacubot
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Ohbit
Windows
Vacubot is a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Players must survive increasingly challenging battlefields by using a variety of weapons to fight off swarming enemy robots and powerful bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Shooter 15.5%, Robots 13.7%, Top-Down 11.2%
- #52 Gunning for Jean: The Final Update
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Aiden Blishen Cuneo
Windows
A difficult top-down shooter with 4 bosses (featuring Big Jean). Each boss will try to stop you with their unique abilities. Despite this, you are still gunning for Jean.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Arena Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Top-Down 9.4%
- #53 Crocogame
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: alehooleo
Windows
Crocogame is a fast-paced roguelite game with intense moment-to-moment combat and flexible character customization. Use your resources efficiently to take on increasingly difficult threats. Great challenges also bring great rewards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Arena Shooter 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #54 Monday Meltdown
66% matchVery Positive96% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: NF MynsterPub: Footstomp Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Arena Shooter 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 10%
- #55 In The Valley of Death -Prologue-
69% 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 22.8%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #56 Cosmo Piercers
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MAGICBOX
Windows
A vertical scrolling shooter where you fire your main shot and strategically switch between limited ammo special weapons to take down enemies. Earn bonus points by clearing areas, and defeat as many enemies as possible before the game ends to achieve a high score.
Why similar: 1980s 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Retro 12.1%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #57 Super Polished
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Steven Peregrine
Windows
Clean, Quota, Upgrade, Repeat. Super Polished is a Top-down cleaning roguelite where you clean up while the mess is still being made.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.4%, Difficult 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Shooter 8.7%
- #58 NanoHive
67% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2022
Dev: Empty Box
Windows · Linux
Manage your hive of nanobots in a Free-to-Play top-down arena shooter and exterminate all the bacteria and viruses infecting the body. Multiply the hive by absorbing bacteria to save people's lives as fast as possible while competing with others in order to become the fastest NanoHive Operator.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Arena Shooter 15.6%, Robots 15.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Retro 7.5%
- #59 BloodDome99
66% matchVery Positive96% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
BloodDome99 is a game about nostalgia, capitalism, violence, and over-the-top absurdist fun. 80s arcade meets modern horde-survival roguelike. Create unique builds, master more than 40 weapons, and kill ever-growing hordes of contestants in the retro-futuristic gladiator gameshow BLOODDOME99
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, 1980s 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Arena Shooter 8.7%
- #60 Enter The Lost Chamber
66% matchPositive97% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Game Academy
Windows
Explore dungeons, battle hordes of monsters, and defy fate in “Enter The Lost Chamber,” an action-packed pixel art roguelike. Discover new challenges, collect powerful weapons, and prepare to face the final boss at any time. Dive into the darkness!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 8.4%