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Top Bullet Hell Games

60+ bullet hell games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Action, Singleplayer, 2D, Arcade.

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  1. #1 Vampire Survivors
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 262,434 reviews2022
    Developer: poncle
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 19.1hMean: 39.8h≥1hr: 95%

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

  2. #2 Enter the Gungeon
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,698 reviews2016
    Developer: Dodge RollPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 6.1hMean: 31.1h≥1hr: 85%

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

  3. #3 Megabonk
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 101,885 reviews2025
    Developer: vedinad
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 15.9hMean: 31.1h≥1hr: 95%

    Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

  4. #4 Brotato
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 114,107 reviews2023
    Developer: Blobfish
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 10.4hMean: 36.0h≥1hr: 90%

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

  5. #5 DELTARUNE
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 100,260 reviews2025
    Developer: tobyfox
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 16.8hMean: 21.6h≥1hr: 92%

    Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

  6. #6 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 47,393 reviews2025
    Developer: Funday GamesPublisher: Ghost Ship Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.6hMean: 28.9h≥1hr: 93%

    DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!

  7. #7 Just Shapes & Beats
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 25,363 reviews2018
    Developer: Berzerk Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.9hMean: 14.5h≥1hr: 86%

    "Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

  8. #8 BALL x PIT
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,014 reviews2025
    Developer: Kenny Sun and FriendsPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 13.8hMean: 20.4h≥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.

  9. #9 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,609 reviews2019
    Developer: 东方幕华祭制作组
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 82%

    Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival part II is a danmaku shooting game, which is the second part of Touhou Makuka Sai. The repeat of incident is coming again. Can the girls going to the netherworld solve the mystery?

  10. #10 HoloCure - Save the Fans!
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 40,067 reviews2023
    Developer: KayAnimate
    Platforms: Windows

    Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.

  11. #11 Realm of the Mad God Exalt
    83% matchVery Positive83% of 47,515 reviews2012
    Developer: Wild Shadow StudiosPublisher: Deca Live Operations GmbH
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.2hMean: 54.1h≥1hr: 65%

    Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

  12. #12 Ikaruga
    83% matchVery Positive95% of 2,317 reviews2014
    Developer: TREASURE
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 65%

    Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

  13. #13 Awaria
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,035 reviews2024
    Developer: vanripper
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.8hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 72%

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

  14. #14 Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,524 reviews2017
    Developer: 上海アリス幻樂団Publisher: Mediascape Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 271.2h≥1hr: 67%

    桜を見ながら西瓜を割り、紅葉を見ながら鍋をつつく こんな季節に誰がした! イレギュラーでシーズナルなシューティング幻想!

  15. #15 Halls of Torment
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,421 reviews2024
    Developer: Chasing Carrots
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 11.7hMean: 24.1h≥1hr: 92%

    Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?

  16. #16 The Spell Brigade
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 15,341 reviews2026
    Developer: Bolt Blaster Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.3hMean: 20.9h≥1hr: 95%

    Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!

  17. #17 Death Must Die
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 21,526 reviews2023
    Developer: Realm Archive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 9.3hMean: 21.2h≥1hr: 89%

    Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.

  18. #18 Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,764 reviews2015
    Developer: Emad
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 36mMean: 10.1h≥1hr: 39%

    Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.

  19. #19 Mushihimesama
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,541 reviews2015
    Developer: CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD.Publisher: KOMODO
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 79%

    Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.

  20. #20 Nuclear Throne
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,540 reviews2015
    Developer: Vlambeer
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 5.2hMean: 24.2h≥1hr: 85%

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

  21. #21 20 Minutes Till Dawn
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 28,804 reviews2023
    Developer: flanne
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6.0hMean: 11.9h≥1hr: 88%

    20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?

  22. #22 Magicraft
    76% matchVery Positive93% of 16,375 reviews2024
    Developer: Wave GamesPublisher: bilibili
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 14.7hMean: 28.8h≥1hr: 92%

    "Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

  23. #23 Arrow a Row
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,038 reviews2023
    Developer: Lonerangerix
    Platforms: Windows

    Arrow a row is a game in which you shoot arrows (of course) in a row! or maybe two rows! (maybe three?) Choose your power-ups and defeat the Boss.

  24. #24 Soulstone Survivors
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 26,366 reviews2025
    Developer: Game Smithing Limited
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 19.4hMean: 36.6h≥1hr: 95%

    Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.

  25. #25 Rabbit and Steel
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,994 reviews2024
    Developer: mino_dev
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.6hMean: 19.0h≥1hr: 87%

    RABBIT & STEEL is a co-op action roguelike that recreates the essence of high-level MMO raiding in a randomized, simplified, bunny-sized package. Choose your class, gather your rabbit-eared companions and battle your way to the Moonlit Pinnacle!

  26. #26 Returnal™
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 10,290 reviews2023
    Developer: HousemarquePublisher: PlayStation Publishing LLC
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.1hMean: 17.2h≥1hr: 90%

    BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.

  27. #27 Beat Hazard
    74% matchVery Positive95% of 7,430 reviews2010
    Developer: Cold Beam Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.9hMean: 8.2h≥1hr: 88%

    Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

  28. #28 Bloody Hell
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,787 reviews2023
    Developer: Pun Intended
    Platforms: Windows

    A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

  29. #29 Nova Drift
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,456 reviews2024
    Developer: ChimericPublisher: Pixeljam
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 5.3hMean: 19.6h≥1hr: 75%

    Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

  30. #30 Danmaku Unlimited 2
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 482 reviews2014
    Developer: Doragon Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 42mMean: 10.9h≥1hr: 44%

    Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!

  31. #31 Roboquest
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,988 reviews2023
    Developer: RyseUp Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.2hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 90%

    Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.

  32. #32 東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,454 reviews2018
    Developer: 東方幕華祭制作组
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.9hMean: 199.0h≥1hr: 84%

    Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Touhou Project fanfiction STG with colourful danmaku, beautiful remix music and original music. Besides the characters we know in Touhou Project, there is also a brand new original character named Nix in this game! With the Scarlet Devil mansion as their stage, the girls are soaring in the sky of Gensokyo!

  33. #33 Tiny Rogues
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,556 reviews2022
    Developer: RubyDev
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.9hMean: 24.5h≥1hr: 87%

    Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

  34. #34 Touhou Luna Nights
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,739 reviews2019
    Developer: Team LadybugPublisher: WSS playground
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.4hMean: 42.3h≥1hr: 77%

    Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

  35. #35 Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,674 reviews2024
    Developer: GAMEPULSE 游戏脉冲
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.0hMean: 11.2h≥1hr: 84%

    Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy is an indie game developed by GAMEPULSE.Step into the shoes of Cirno, the Hero of Ice, as she embarks on a journey against evil, liberating Gensokyo and saving her dear princess.

  36. #36 Everhood
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 13,956 reviews2021
    Developer: Chris NordgrenPublisher: Foreign Gnomes
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 87%

    An UNCONVENTIONAL ADVENTURE RPG that takes place in an inexpressible world filled with amusing musical battles and strange delightful encounters. To put it simply: You are in for a ride.🍄

  37. #37 LUFTRAUSERS
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,499 reviews2014
    Developer: VlambeerPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.0hMean: 14.7h≥1hr: 78%

    The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

  38. #38 Rabi-Ribi
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,200 reviews2016
    Developer: CreSpirit
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 11.9hMean: 64.2h≥1hr: 87%

    Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...

  39. #39 AngerForce: Reloaded
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 383 reviews2017
    Developer: Screambox Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.8hMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 93%

    AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.

  40. #40 Minishoot' Adventures
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,565 reviews2024
    Developer: SoulGame Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 8.8hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 91%

    Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!

  41. #41 Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,376 reviews2021
    Developer: GAMEPULSE 游戏脉冲
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 48mMean: 7.1h≥1hr: 44%

    Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy Prologue is a fanmade indie game developed by GAMEPULSE.To save the Princess of Misty Lake "Daiyousei", from the evil who took her captive. You must play as the brave Hero of Ice Fairy "Cirno" and face "Remilia Scarlet" of the Kouma Castle

  42. #42 Furi
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 13,850 reviews2016
    Developer: The Game Bakers
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 83%

    The jailer is the key, kill him and you’ll be free. Fight your way free in this ultra-responsive, fast-paced sword-fighting and dual-stick shooting game.

  43. #43 Rogue: Genesia
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 8,452 reviews2025
    Developer: Ouadi Huard
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 11.7hMean: 25.8h≥1hr: 87%

    Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.

  44. #44 Disfigure
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,390 reviews2023
    Developer: Cold Brew Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.4hMean: 8.6h≥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!

  45. #45 Jamestown
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 2,360 reviews2011
    Developer: Final Form Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 48mMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 44%

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

  46. #46 Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,540 reviews2019
    Developer: 上海アリス幻樂団Publisher: Mediascape Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.9hMean: 18.8h≥1hr: 71%

    月の都から敵が攻めてきた! その弾幕が過去最狂難易度を誇るのは当然だろう? ピュアーでルナティックなシューティング幻想!

  47. #47 Star Saviors
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,684 reviews2016
    Developer: Sharpened Edge Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 92%

    Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

  48. #48 Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,801 reviews2021
    Developer: 上海アリス幻樂団Publisher: Mediascape Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.7hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 71%

    買う、売る、貰う、手放す いつから人間は所有権を自由に扱えると勘違いしたのか レインボーでイマモリアルなシューティング幻想!

  49. #49 Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
    66% matchMixed68% of 6,013 reviews2026
    Developer: NANOO
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6.7hMean: 19.7h≥1hr: 88%

    Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!

  50. #50 ZeroRanger
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,161 reviews2018
    Developer: System Erasure
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.3hMean: 12.2h≥1hr: 81%

    This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

  51. #51 Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,492 reviews2019
    Developer: SlimeSmile
    Platforms: Windows

    This is a fan-made Touhou shmup with one single stage, similar to the extra stage of official Touhou games. This game has an auto dodging system, which gives you a choice to ignore all the danmaku and only focus on the story.

  52. #52 Atomicrops
    66% matchVery Positive92% of 6,194 reviews2020
    Developer: Bird Bath GamesPublisher: Raw Fury
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.8hMean: 22.8h≥1hr: 58%

    A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!

  53. #53 Archvale
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,371 reviews2021
    Developer: idoz & phopsPublisher: Balor Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.4hMean: 8.4h≥1hr: 85%

    Take up your weapon in this RPG bullet-hell world and embark on a journey to right wrongs from long ago. Only you can defeat the evil forces of the Undying guardians and reunite the world with the fabled Archvale.

  54. #54 Seraph's Last Stand
    65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,312 reviews2022
    Developer: Sad Socket
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.5hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 74%

    Create insane builds and break the game in all possible ways to get your name into the leaderboards! Every round you get stronger, but so does the enemies...

  55. #55 Bullet Heaven 2
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 558 reviews2015
    Developer: Matt Roszak
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.6hMean: 8.2h≥1hr: 87%

    Bullet Heaven 2 is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up inspired by games like Touhou and Jamestown. It's all about shooting every cute thing that moves, while dodging hundreds of shiny bullets per second!

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