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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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$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
$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
$4.99D'LIRIUM
Oct 25 · B52 Development Team
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Horror · Shooter
An experimental 2D-shooter with the elements of a horror game. D'lirium brings together some mechanics back from 90s classics. Non-linear levels, search for the keys, violence and a lot of other things. Including the colourful ponies.
Top-Down ShooterAction-Adventure2DHorrorPsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsSurrealMultiple EndingsActionShooter👍 987
$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
-80%$1.19ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Jan 12 · jounitus
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Isometric
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Action RoguelikeRPGRogueliteArena ShooterTop-Down ShooterShoot 'Em UpRoguelikeIsometricBullet HellSupernatural👍 154
$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
$8.99Gunstorm
Feb 23 · Cornutopia Software
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Top-Down
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
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Top-Down Shooter
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
$14.99Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Aug 20 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Top-Down Shooter
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
-75%$4.99Level Zero: Extraction
Jan 29 · Doghowl Games
Both: Aliens · Shooter
Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror. Play as rival mercenaries fighting for loot, or as alien monsters hunting humans from the shadows. Solo or with friends, experience this unique dark take on asymmetrical PvPvE multiplayer.
Survival HorrorPvPExtraction ShooterAliensFPSPvEMultiplayerTacticalEarly AccessShooter👍 2,448
$5.99Night Raider
Jan 26 · TSUKUYOMIC
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
AdventureGun CustomizationTop-Down ShooterInventory ManagementPixel GraphicsZombiesPerma DeathDarkExplorationShooter👍 1,910
$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
$19.99Intravenous 2
Aug 15 · Explosive Squat Games
Both: Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
TacticalShooterStealthRealisticSingleplayerActionGun CustomizationTop-Down ShooterViolentCombat👍 4,070
$39.99Alien: Rogue Incursion VR
Dec 19 · Survios
Both: Aliens · Shooter · Sci-fi
Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.
AliensVRActionStory RichShooterCombatSingleplayerSci-fiRealisticAtmospheric👍 1,341
$7.99Graveyard Gunslingers
Nov 8 · PyroPhysics
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
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
$24.99Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Feb 10 · KillHouse Games
Both: Top-Down
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
TacticalTop-DownReal Time TacticsMilitaryReal-Time with PauseActionStrategyModdableCo-opIndie👍 12,331
$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
$9.99Cluckmech 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
$1.99Rasant
May 21 · Cledson Lopes Marta de Oliveira
Both: Top-Down Shooter · 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
$6.99FatalZone
Sep 17 · Midhard Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Action RoguelikeBullet HellZombiesSurvivalRogueliteTop-Down ShooterArena ShooterActionAction RPGTop-Down👍 2,126
-50%$4.99Apocalypse Party
Nov 30 · Breaker Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter
Apocalypse Party is a 3D top-down action Roguelike game. In this game, you will embark on a new mission to traverse through the Middle Ages and gradually master abilities, and arm yourself to become the strongest survivor through numerous choices.
CasualSingleplayerAction RoguelikeOnline Co-OpTop-Down ShooterBullet HellRogueliteShoot 'Em UpRoguelikeZombies👍 4,658
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: Shooter · Horror
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
$12.99Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Sep 18 · nodayshalleraseyou
Both: Top-Down Shooter
Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.
HackingTop-Down ShooterRPGStory RichBullet TimeCyberpunkActionSimulationTranshumanismFuturistic👍 840
$4.99The Last Stand at Camp Zombie
Feb 12 · Sweet Dreams Studio
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter · Top-Down
Face hungry zombies and explore the hidden secrets of the campsite while working together with a friend in local multiplayer. The tension is high and every bullet counts - will you be able to survive until you escape?
Arena ShooterLocal Co-OpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterPvEShooterArcade2DTop-DownLinear
$4.99Picayune Dreams
Dec 4 · Stepford, Andyland, milkypossum
Both: Top-Down Shooter
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Bullet HeavenBullet HellAction RoguelikePsychedelicColorfulTop-Down ShooterStory RichSpaceTranshumanismPsychological Horror👍 4,168
$19.99XeGrader plus
Jul 6 · Tokihiro NAITO
Both: Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
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
$29.99Starship Troopers: Extermination
Oct 10 · Offworld
Both: Sci-fi · Aliens
Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Online Co-OpActionFPSSci-fiFirst-PersonCo-opMultiplayerCombatAliensPvE👍 29,725
-80%$4.99WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Feb 27 · KillPixel Games, Slipgate Ironworks
Both: Gore · Shooter · Horror
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
ActionBoomer ShooterFPSRetroViolentGoreOld SchoolFirst-PersonShooterHorror👍 1,976
-60%$5.19Greedland
Sep 15 · VaMP He
Both: Sci-fi
"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
$19.99RIPOUT
May 28 · Pet Project Games
Both: Horror · Shooter · Sci-fi
Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.
Online Co-OpFPSHorrorFirst-PersonShooterPvESurvivalSci-fiActionAtmospheric👍 783
$24.99SULFUR
Oct 28 · Perfect Random
Both: Shooter
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.
Early AccessGun CustomizationStylizedRogueliteBoomer ShooterExtraction ShooterFPSDungeon CrawlerDifficultShooter👍 9,653
$24.99Starcom: Unknown Space
Sep 2 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Sci-fi
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
SpaceExplorationOpen WorldSpace SimAction RPGTop-Down ShooterSci-fiStory RichIndieRPG👍 4,465
-75%$1.24Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Oct 31 · Konfa Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteDeckbuildingRoguelike2DShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterHack and SlashShooter👍 1,585
$3.99Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn
Feb 22 · MrDoth
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Dark Sword is a frenetic action game that mixes bullet-hell and hack-n-slash in the midst of a devastating and dark open world with a tragic backstory, where the player must immerse himself in order to defeat the powerful guardians that guard it.
Bullet HellTop-Down ShooterHack and SlashSouls-likePvEShooterRPGAction RPGMetroidvania2D
$7.99Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Jan 26 · Luciano Bercini
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Aliens
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
$3.99Slime Wars
Dec 15 · Guilherme Gonçalves
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Slime Wars is a cooperative multiplayer game that combines elements of the Top Down Shooter and Party-Games genre. The game recreates an arena capable of supporting up to 4 players simultaneously, in which players must face enemies in frenetic combat.
MultiplayerTop-Down ShooterCuteStylizedPvEShooterCharacter CustomizationActionCo-opCasual
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Sci-fi
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
$4.99Hertz
Jan 9 · Arcaludi
Both: Top-Down Shooter
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
$6.50Pesticide Not Required
Mar 18 · Jampacked Games
Both: Top-Down 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
$9.99Glyphica: Typing Survival
Oct 9 · aliasBLACK
Both: Top-Down Shooter
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
Early AccessTypingAction RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellTop-Down ShooterActionRogueliteWord GamePvE👍 2,491
-60%$7.99Go Mecha Ball
Jan 25 · Whale Peak Games
Both: Shooter
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
-30%$13.99BIG SHOTS
Apr 17 · AlterEyes
Both: Aliens · Shooter
Gear up, team up, and exterminate! Become the ultimate mech pilot in BIG SHOTS, the action-packed VR roguelite where you’ll battle alien hordes, earn upgrades, and forge an unstoppable mech to reclaim Earth.
VRCartoonyAliensOnline Co-OpSingleplayerMechsRogueliteSteampunkRoguelikeShooter
$14.99Beyond Citadel
Jan 2 · doekuramori
Both: Shooter · Gore
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
FPSBoomer ShooterFemale ProtagonistAnimeShooterGore2.5DFirst-PersonCuteAction-Adventure👍 4,419
$9.99The Anacrusis
Dec 5 · Stray Bombay
Both: Shooter · Sci-fi
Battle for survival against endless alien hordes with your friends! The Anacrusis is a first-person shooter that dynamically adjusts difficulty to you. Experience intense 1-4 player co-op action or play as the aliens and stop your friends in 1-8 player Versus mode. Full Steam Workshop support!
PvEFPSCo-opPvPShooterAction-AdventureModdableSci-fiSpaceFemale Protagonist👍 617
$14.99Minishoot' Adventures
Apr 2 · SoulGame Studio
Both: Top-Down
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!
Twin Stick ShooterBullet HellMetroidvaniaExplorationTop-DownAdventureRPGCute2DCasual👍 7,820
-40%$7.79Odinfall
Mar 11 · Ember Paw Games
Both: Top-Down Shooter
Ragnarok was just the beginning… of the end! Odinfall is a Viking-themed, rogue-lite, twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through procedurally generated levels, upgrade your character, modify your weapons and take down robotic Norse gods to earn your freedom!
Early AccessRoguelitePixel GraphicsIndieDifficultBullet HellActionTop-Down ShooterShoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike👍 193
$7.99Dogyuun
Apr 8 · Bitwave Games, Toaplan
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down
A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterArcade2DTop-DownActionFuturisticLinearPixel Graphics
-30%$20.99The Forever Winter
Sep 24 · Fun Dog Studios
Both: Horror
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!
Early AccessExtraction ShooterPvEPost-apocalypticLooter ShooterThird-Person ShooterHorrorDifficultDystopian Third Person👍 21,384
$3.99Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors
Oct 23 · Coby Dox, Chudd Howard
Both: Shooter · Horror
Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS
ActionBullet HellShooterStylizedStrategySurvivalHorrorScienceDark HumorRoguelike👍 1,046
-50%$12.49Echo Point Nova
Sep 24 · Greylock Studio
Both: Shooter
Echo Point Nova is an open-world FPS that offers unparalleled freedom and thrilling speed. Designed for both singleplayer and coop. From the creators of Severed Steel.
FPSShooterOnline Co-OpExplorationArena ShooterActionFirst-Person3DParkourStylized👍 7,528



