Games like Incandescent
by Stephen Crabb
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.
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-60%$7.99Go Mecha Ball
Jan 25 · Whale Peak Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.
Shoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterArcadeRoguelikeBullet HellArena ShooterActionRogueliteAction RoguelikeShooter👍 371
$9.99Savant - Ascent REMIX
Sep 29 · D-Pad Studio
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Savant - Ascent REMIX is an explosive shoot-em-up / scrolling shooter, starring an acrobatic wizard on an elevator-ride. Unlock destructive spells & acrobatic moves as you survive through a tower brimming with robotic fiends!
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterScore AttackTime AttackArcadeMusicDark FantasyGothicShooter👍 330
$9.99Space Defender: Frontier Squadron
May 5 · Petit Vaisseau
Both: Twin Stick Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Lead a squadron against the Drone invasion in a top-down space shooter with RPG depth. Take contracts across three galaxies, outfit and upgrade your ship, recruit wingmen, and push the story through to the Nexus.
Early AccessSpaceTwin Stick ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterRPGSpaceshipsActionArcadeSci-fi
$4.99X Invader
Aug 12 · ALLAF GAMES
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
Shoot 'Em UpArena ShooterAction RoguelikeBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRogueliteHack and SlashPvEShooter👍 531
-60%$5.19Greedland
Sep 15 · VaMP He
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
"Greedland” is a roguelike game mixed with survivor-like elements. It's reminiscent of Crimsonland and Vampire Survivors, and as the battle progresses your character will become a mobile arsenal of destruction!
Shoot 'Em UpRogueliteTwin Stick ShooterBullet HellThird-Person ShooterRoguelikeSci-fiScore AttackMechsAdventure👍 2,924
$6.99Insect Swarm
Sep 11 · Parallel Portal
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!
ShooterTop-DownShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterMechsHack and SlashRPGBeat 'em upExploration👍 2,491
$7.99Graveyard Gunslingers
Nov 8 · PyroPhysics
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
Shoot hordes of zombies in a bullet hell roguelite arena. By day, harvest resources, unlock map areas, and prepare for the upcoming night. Craft unique strategies by combining characters, weapons, and exploring a vast ability tree.
ActionAction RoguelikeBullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterTop-DownRoguelite3DAtmospheric👍 225
-66%$6.11Nova Drift
Aug 12 · Chimeric
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
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.
Action RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpRogueliteArcadeShooterRoguelike2DAction RPG👍 12,987
$14.99Necromancers' Arena
Oct 30 · Slime Games
Both: Twin Stick Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
Enter the Necromancers' Arena with up to three other players in this cute, dystopian, twin-stick shooter!
Twin Stick ShooterParty-Based RPG2.5DCuteDark FantasyPsychedelicHand-drawnArena ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down Shooter
$6.50Pesticide Not Required
Mar 18 · Jampacked Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteShoot 'Em UpAction RPGTop-Down ShooterFarming SimActionTwin Stick ShooterSingleplayer👍 817
$2.99Nebulock
Mar 5 · LostVolBytes
Both: Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Nebulock is a short bullet-hell game with intense gameplay, where the player must destroy bosses made of blocks, collect resources and upgrade his spaceship.
Bullet HellIncrementalTwin Stick Shooter2DSpaceArcadeExperimentalDifficultArena ShooterAbstract👍 583
$9.99Space Dragons
Aug 2 · TEAM Black Hat Robot
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
ActionShoot 'Em UpBullet HellPixel GraphicsArcadeShooterSide ScrollerAliens2DAnime
$5.99Chromacell
Sep 24 · 171Dev
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Side ScrollerBullet HellShoot 'Em UpShooterArcade2DActionControllerLinearColorful
$9.99Deleted
Dec 18 · EpiXR Games UG
Both: Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade
Take control of a powerful drone and prepare to face off against hordes of enemies standing in your way. Collect currency and upgrade your drone with new weapons and skills. Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?
ActionTwin Stick ShooterAdventureArena ShooterFuturisticArcadeRoguelikeDungeon CrawlerMystery DungeonRoguelite
$19.99Alien Hominid Invasion
Nov 1 · The Behemoth
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Old friends and bitter enemies await as you invade Earth alongside a Mothership full of alien friends! Blast, beam, and bite your way through an endless swarm of enemies as you and up to three of your fellow hominids cause mayhem with a huge arsenal of weapons, mutations, and acrobatic maneuvers.
Online Co-OpMultiplayerShoot 'Em UpAction RoguelikeSingleplayerCasualArcadeBeat 'em upRPGAction👍 1,572
$14.99Rogue: Genesia
Mar 7 · Ouadi Huard
Both: Arcade · Twin Stick Shooter
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.
Bullet HeavenBullet HellAction RoguelikeRogueliteArcadeTwin Stick ShooterPvEChoices Matter2.5DAction👍 8,115
$2.99Twilight Survivors
Apr 1 · DORIDORI STUDIO
Both: Shoot 'Em Up
A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!
Action RoguelikeBullet HellShoot 'Em UpIndieAction RPGRogueliteCombatSingleplayerActionRoguelike👍 1,071
$1.99Zyrcon
Jul 23 · DIGITALICA
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.
Bullet HellIndieShoot 'Em UpBullet HeavenTop-Down ShooterArcadeScore AttackAction2DFast-Paced