Games like Droid Assault
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Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
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$6.99Insect Swarm
Sep 11 · Parallel Portal
Both: Shooter · Top-Down · Top-Down 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
$19.99STAR WARS™: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles™
Jan 23 · Aspyr
Both: Retro · Arcade · Sci-fi
Take back the Theed Royal Palace in this fast and furious lightsaber action game. You will have the power of the Force and your trusty lightsaber to help you ward off legions of battle droids, destroyer droids, assassins, and other creatures from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Hack and SlashRetroArcadeSci-fiBeat 'em upActionSpaceAdventureOld SchoolCasual👍 355
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Local Co-Op
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
$4.99X Invader
Aug 12 · ALLAF GAMES
Both: Top-Down Shooter · 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
$8.99Gunstorm
Feb 23 · Cornutopia Software
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Arcade
Gunstorm is a space shooter loaded with playability. Wave after wave of alien craft attack your agile ship. Use the mouse to control your ship at the speed of thought in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.
Arena ShooterTop-Down Shooter1980sShooterArcadeShoot 'Em Up2D3DTop-DownFunny
$9.99Cluckmech Oasis
May 9 · BlackLight
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
StrategyRoguelikeTower DefensePixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterCuteRogueliteBuildingActionShooter👍 3,078
$39.99Contra: Operation Galuga
Mar 12 · WayForward
Both: Arcade · Shooter
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
ActionArcadeShooterPlatformer2D PlatformerShoot 'Em UpSide Scroller2D1980s1990's👍 810
$11.99Sublight
6 days ago · CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Both: Arcade · Top-Down · Sci-fi
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteArcade3DTop-DownActionCasualLootSci-fi
$19.99XeGrader plus
Jul 6 · Tokihiro NAITO
Both: Shooter · Top-Down Shooter · Retro
A fantasy shooter where exploration and gimmicks are keys to victory. In a world of meticulous pixel art, uncover secrets hidden in every stage. Collect powerful upgrades, defeat fantasy monsters with precise shooting, and forge the world's fate!
ShooterTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsRetroActionScore AttackCollectathonArcadeExplorationFantasy
$14.99Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Aug 20 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Arcade
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeZombiesTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieArcadeSingleplayerAction RPGRoguelike👍 14,162
$7.99Survivors of the Dawn
Nov 6 · indieGiant
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Sci-fi · Shooter
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeBullet HeavenBullet HellTop-Down ShooterSci-fiTwin Stick ShooterCasualRogueliteShooter👍 695
$5.99Stray Shot
Mar 19 · PUNKCAKE Délicieux
Both: Arcade · Robots · Local Co-Op
Monsters come from missed shots! Learn the monster's behaviours, shoot wisely and balance the difficulty to maximize scoring!
Score AttackArena ShooterBullet HellArcadeRobotsTwin Stick ShooterLocal Co-OpIndieShooterPixel Graphics
$7.99Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Jan 26 · Luciano Bercini
Both: Arcade · Top-Down Shooter
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteArcadeAction RoguelikeBullet HellProcedural GenerationTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterSpaceAliens👍 110
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Robots
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
New$1.90BABU - Blow All Blocks Up!
Yesterday · Hoopdy Woopdy Games (UG)
Both: Arcade · Shooter
A sci-fi 80s retro shooter and bullet hell. Use your plasma cannon and bombs to repell an alien invasion. Either defeat the alien robots building and upgrading the blocks and turrets - or blow all of their blocks up! 20 straightforward levels.
ActionCasualArcade2DPixel GraphicsOld School1980sShooterReal Time Tactics1990's
-20%$10.39ODDCORE
Jan 7 · ODDCORP
Both: Retro · Shooter · Arcade
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Early AccessRoguelikeArena ShooterBoomer ShooterRetroFPSShoot 'Em UpBullet HellShooterArcade👍 1,083
$1.99Mars 2099
3 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Both: Arcade · Retro
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
ActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsSpaceRetroDifficultControllerSingleplayerMars
FreeWar Robots: Frontiers
Mar 4 · MY.GAMES
Both: Robots · Sci-fi
Gear up for tactical mech action in War Robots: Frontiers, a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter. Construct and customize, squad up with Pilots online, and fire up your engines in massive intergalactic battles.
Free to PlayThird-Person ShooterMechsPvPMultiplayerActionArena ShooterRobotsSci-fiFuturistic👍 739
$24.99M.A.S.S. Builder
Sep 14 · Vermillion Digital
Both: Robots · Sci-fi · Shooter
Commander, customize and build your Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit (M.A.S.S.) and lead the fight against an alien invasion bent on exterminating the human race. The fate of humanity is in your hands.
MechsAction RPGCharacter CustomizationRobotsGun CustomizationIndieHack and SlashSci-fiAnimeShooter👍 3,729
$4.99Commando Collection
Jul 26 · Macrojoy
Both: Shooter · Arcade
A reboot of classic 2D side-scrolling shooters, featuring a new Survival Mode and Workshop system. Fight as a WWII Allied soldier across diverse battlefields with imaginative weapons. Survival Mode brings fresh enemies, epic bosses, and new challenges—relive childhood memories with a twist!
ActionShooterBeat 'em upBullet HellArcadeCombatMilitaryTanksWarSuperhero👍 1,415
$1.99Rasant
May 21 · Cledson Lopes Marta de Oliveira
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Arcade · Shooter
With your ship, face several exciting space battles, full of shots and powerful enemies. Customize your spaceship by making it more and more powerful and get ready for a space trip that will make your adrenaline skyrocket!
Top-Down ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpAdventureActionCasual1980sArcadeSpace SimShooter
$2.99GAIA Survivors
Oct 5 · TORITEN GAMES
Both: Sci-fi · Retro · Top-Down
Control a variety of robots and destroy invaders from outer space in order to save the destroyed earth! "GAIA Survivors" is a 'Shoot 'Em Up' type sci-fi rogue-lite casual game with a retro-futuristic worldview.
ActionRoguelite2DCasualPixel GraphicsSci-fiRetroTop-Down1980sMechs
-65%$8.74Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
Oct 5 · Exit Plan Games
Both: Local Co-Op
A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.
CombatCo-opOpen WorldLocal Co-OpSandboxSingleplayerAdventureSplit ScreenOnline Co-OpAction👍 4,335
$11.99Cavalry Girls
Oct 20 · 中子星游戏研究所
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
In this refreshing and exciting shooting game, lead the brave and fearless girl soldiers to fight with the enemy. Refit different types of machine armour, reasonably deploy machine soldiers with different skills, repel all kinds of enemies, and protect the Empire behind you in the gunfire.
Top-Down ShooterMechsAnimeGun CustomizationShooterFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerTower DefenseRTSReal Time Tactics👍 1,877
-10%$7.19Bot slash Bot
3 days ago · Traveller's Box
Both: Arcade · Top-Down
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Fast-PacedHack and SlashArcadeIndieDifficultTop-DownPost-apocalypticCombatTime AttackSwordplay
$0.99Blasteroids
Dec 30 · Crossy
Both: Retro · Sci-fi · Top-Down Shooter
Blast your way through waves of space debris in order to reach what is waiting for you on the other side. Find your fighting style with multiple unlockable ships in this fast paced space adventure!
RetroStrategySpace2DSci-fiTop-Down ShooterActionPixel GraphicsCasualHand-drawn
$8.99HSS:Reload
Sep 20 · SmokingBear Studio
Both: Top-Down Shooter
This is a very fast God's perspective roguelike shooter, the player will pilot the mech, explore the alien frontier, enjoy the "Crimsonland + Vampire Survivors (Vampire Survivors)" endless killing!
RogueliteSingleplayerActionCuteAnimeTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterLooter ShooterSpaceThird-Person Shooter👍 181
$9.99Space Defender: Frontier Squadron
May 5 · Petit Vaisseau
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Arcade · Sci-fi
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
$4.99BANAN'EM UP!
Jul 1 · SkyBrave
Both: Shooter · Arcade · Top-Down
BANAN'EM UP! is a tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive for challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The MONKE". Die, learn, repeat: get stronger, be powerful!
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpPvEShooterArcade2DTop-DownControllerGun CustomizationLinear
$24.99Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26 · Team Ranger
Both: Robots · Sci-fi
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,637
$11.99ROBOCRACY
Nov 29 · DGMA
Both: Sci-fi · Arcade · Shooter
Take on the challenge and face off against a rogue AI bent on enslaving humanity! Strap on your VR headset, step into the boots of a Galactic Ranger, and tear through waves of robots with explosive blasters, devastating shotguns, and an insane arsenal — just like classic arcade shooters!
AtmosphericColorfulSci-fiOld SchoolActionVRSpaceArcadeShooterShoot 'Em Up
$14.99Rogue: Genesia
Mar 7 · Ouadi Huard
Both: Arcade
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
$4.99Hertz
Jan 9 · Arcaludi
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Robots · Arcade
Launch into a fierce roguelite action in this top-down twin-stick shooter with bombs! In a robotic world, control Lizzy and their team of unlockable beasty bots in a quest for upgrades. But beware, needed resources are guarded by swarms of Steel Sentinels. Survive them to craft synergistic builds.
Twin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRobotsAction Roguelike3DActionArcadeCharacter CustomizationTacticalSingleplayer


