Games like Shadowgrounds
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Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
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$9.99Shadowgrounds Survivor
Nov 14 · Frozenbyte
Both: Sci-fi · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
Surviving is only half the game. The award-winning atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original Shadowgrounds make a triumphant return in this spin off/sequel armed with a slick new feature set! Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.
ActionSci-fiShooterTop-Down ShooterIsometricSingleplayerTop-DownAliensTwin Stick ShooterAction RPG👍 583
$4.99Alien Shooter
May 27 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Gore · Shooter · Aliens
The endless darkness and the somber, long passages of a military complex have become the abode of evil, thousands of blood-thirsty creatures fill its offices, storehouses and mysterious laboratories. About 1,000 monsters on each map, showing up to 100 monsters simultaneously on one playing screen.
GoreShooterActionAliensHorrorTop-DownSingleplayerSci-fiIsometricAction RPG👍 3,922
$4.99Alien Shooter: Revisited
May 27 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Gore · Shooter · Isometric
Crowds of blood-thirsty monsters, crawling from every corner of the secret research base. Gloomy basements and modern labs, darkness changing into blazing bulbs. The only usual thing is: you're in a bad place alone, and there's no one to help you!
ActionRPGIndieGoreShooterSingleplayerIsometricTop-Down ShooterAliens👍 675
$9.99Alien Shooter 2 Conscription
May 18 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Gore · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
The Great War has begun! The world population capable of functioning is mobilized to serve in the army and the outcome depends on you!
ActionIndieRPGGoreShooterSingleplayerTop-Down ShooterAliensIsometricTop-Down👍 319
-90%$0.99Alien Breed 2: Assault
Sep 22 · Team17 Digital Ltd
Both: Shooter · Aliens · Isometric
Can you survive the alien onslaught? Gamers across the world will now have a chance to play the next chapter in this high-budget, high-quality series.
ActionShooterAliensIsometricCo-opThird PersonSci-fiTop-DownSingleplayerTop-Down Shooter👍 424
$9.99Zombie Shooter 2
Nov 18 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Gore · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
Just choose a character to the liking, get experience to develop skills, earn money and spend it at weapons, medications and useful devices. All of this will be used against thousands of enemies. The zombies fill the game screen, never letting you rest, even for a minute.
ActionZombiesIndieRPGGoreShooterTop-Down ShooterIsometricTop-DownSingleplayer👍 551
$14.99CyberCorp
Apr 22 · Megame LLC
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down · Isometric
Brutal fast-paced isometric Co-op Loot Shooter in Cyberpunk world. Equipment-based combos. Exotic Weapons and Armor. Easy to start, hard to master. Play solo or with friends.
Top-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterTop-DownSingleplayerCharacter CustomizationPvEIsometricTacticalViolentIndie👍 351
$19.99SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Mar 15 · Flow Fire Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Top-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieActionAction RoguelikeOnline Co-OpDifficultCo-opTwin Stick ShooterShooter👍 10,110
$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
$4.99Primal Fears
Jan 8 · DnS Development
Both: Gore · Top-Down · Horror
Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world.Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim.
ActionIndieGoreViolentCo-opTop-DownHorrorZombiesShooterTop-Down Shooter👍 183
$19.99SYNTHETIK 2
Nov 11 · Flow Fire Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down · Shooter
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
Early AccessRogueliteTop-Down ShooterAction RoguelikeTwin Stick ShooterModdableTop-DownShooterPerma DeathCharacter Customization👍 3,202
$14.99Trident's Wake
Jun 4 · Bacus Studios
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Sci-fi · Top-Down
Trident's Wake is an intense co-operative twin-stick shooter in an unforgiving sci-fi setting. Join up to three other players to take back humanity's last hope - the colony ship code-named Trident – from an unknown race of alien invaders!
Twin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterSci-fiTop-DownActionIndieViolentLocal Co-OpIsometricCo-op
$13.99Crimsonland
Jun 11 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Shooter · Top-Down · Gore
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
ActionShooterTop-DownGoreIndieTop-Down ShooterLocal Co-OpTwin Stick ShooterRPGClassic👍 2,107
$19.99Xeno Crisis
Oct 28 · Bitmap Bureau
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Aliens · Shooter
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
ActionPixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick Shooter2DAliensRetroArena ShooterIndieShooter👍 198
$8.99Tank Quest
Apr 12 · MasterDavicous
Both: Shooter · Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
The Tank Lord has taken over the land. Assemble a team or tread solo to defeat his evil forces and take back what is rightfully ours. Take control of a cute animal in a tank and blast through your enemies with your bullets and bombs!
ActionArcadeShooterTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterArena ShooterCartoonyCuteTop-DownIsometric
$29.99Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Aug 23 · Cold Iron Studios
Both: Shooter · Aliens · Horror
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Co-opShooterAliensActionThird-Person ShooterHorrorCharacter CustomizationOnline Co-OpSci-fiSurvival👍 21,677
$3.99Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
Aug 25 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Gore · Shooter
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
ZombiesTop-Down ShooterTower DefenseViolentGoreStrategyShooterMultiplayerArena ShooterBase Building👍 2,561
-80%$2.99From Space
Nov 3 · Triangle Studios
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
From Space is a solo and co-op action-shooter for squads up to four players. Take on the challenge of liberating the earth from an alien infestation with your friends, using over-the-top weaponry in a post-apocalyptic world with awesomely stylized graphics. The apocalypse has never been so much fun!
ActionCo-opOnline Co-OpTop-Down ShooterMultiplayerTwin Stick ShooterAdventureTop-DownAction-AdventureAction RPG👍 1,425
-80%$1.39Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Jun 4 · Dreamworlds
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
ActionTop-Down ShooterZombiesIndieTop-DownPost-apocalypticAdventureTwin Stick ShooterDestructionNoir👍 2,098
$14.99Neon Chrome
Apr 28 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down · Shooter
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
CyberpunkTwin Stick ShooterAction RoguelikeActionTop-Down ShooterRogueliteIndieLocal Co-OpTop-DownShooter👍 545
$4.99Alien Shooter 2: Reloaded
May 27 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Aliens · Shooter · Isometric
This is the unique alloy of arcade action and RPG elements which combines well-established world of classical games and unmatched dynamics of the first part.
AliensLooter ShooterShoot 'Em UpPvEShooterAction RPGCharacter CustomizationIsometricRPG3D👍 2,517
$0.99wonShot
Dec 2 · Didactricks
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Top-Down
Your job is to destroy as many enemy ships as possible with your giant laser, but it only fires once per day! Travel through the galaxy destroying the rebel army one shot at a time in wonShot!
Shoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterBullet HellTower DefensePuzzleShooterArcadeFemale ProtagonistTop-DownVoxel
$29.99Aliens: Colonial Marines Collection
May 1 · Gearbox Software
Both: Aliens · Sci-fi · Shooter
You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.
ActionFPSAliensCo-opSci-fiShooterMultiplayerHorrorSpaceOnline Co-Op👍 7,834
$39.99Aliens: Dark Descent
Jun 19 · Tindalos Interactive
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens · Top-Down
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
StrategyTacticalActionRTSReal Time TacticsSingleplayerSci-fiAliensTop-DownDark👍 15,320
$19.99Alien Rage - Unlimited
Sep 24 · CI Games
Both: Shooter · Sci-fi · Aliens
Unleash a fury of powerful weapons as you blast your way through armies of Alien forces hell-bent on taking you down! Battle through 14 intense levels and prepare to face a barrage of beastly-sized bosses that will test your every skill. Each of your 10 weapons comes with two firing modes and you’ll need all of them!
ActionShooterFPSFirst-PersonSci-fiMultiplayerAliensSingleplayerDifficultViolent👍 1,442
$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
$16.99Tesla Force
Nov 19 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Top-Down · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!
RogueliteProcedural GenerationActionLovecraftianIndieTop-DownGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerTop-Down ShooterShooter👍 148
$1.99Planetary Defense: An Orbital Turret Defense System
Aug 11 · SODEC Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Top-Down
2D space shooter and turret defense come together to create the Planetary Defense System this world needs! Shoot down asteroids and aliens and survive the bosses in this arcade like game featuring customizable satellites, projectiles, and upgradable Cannon and Planet Shield systems.
ActionTower DefenseTop-Down ShooterSpaceShooterStrategyPixel Graphics2DHand-drawnTop-Down
$4.99Congo
Mar 21 · Big Red Eight
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Grab some friends and dive into the jungles of CONGO - an online and local co-op, horror action game. Set in the dark and haunting jungle, light-fearing demons attack from the shadows. Work together as a team to find rescue from wave after wave of intense attack by scavenging an array of weapons and items.
Third-Person ShooterTop-Down ShooterPvEShooterAction-AdventureThird PersonLocal Co-OpCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpLocal Multiplayer👍 125
-90%$1.99X-Morph: Defense
Aug 30 · EXOR Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens · Top-Down Shooter
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Tower DefenseStrategyActionIndieSci-fiLocal Co-OpCo-opAliensTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down Shooter👍 3,281





