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A cross-platform twin-stick shooter and bullet hellish game. It's designed as a pickup game you can play in 3-5 minutes when you just wanna shoot a lot of bullets and dodge just as many. Survive as many waves as possible and pickup a few power-ups along the way (.. ahem... you'll need them). Enemies increase in number and difficulty as waves progress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Storm.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 544 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures. Alone or in cooperative mode (4 players online and 2 in local play), survive hordes of monsters ready to skin you alive and achieve unique and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Exam.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

87% User Score Based on 980 reviews

Shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty! Mr. Shifty follows a teleportation-fueled heist to break into the world's most secure facility. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mr. Shifty.

Hero's Revenge 2D Topdown roguelite arena shooter Source code: https://github.com/melisekm/HerosRevenge22.10.2022 - 18.12.2022 Overview Genre Roguelite Arena Shooter Single Player RPG Setting Fantasy Medieval castle like Camera 2D Top Down Follows player int he center of the screen Controls WASD – Moving, 1,2 – Ability selection, R - UltimateMouse – Aiming and shooting Features Cast abilities… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hero's Revenge.

Shoot - LeftClick. MeleeAttack - RightClick ChangeWeapon - Scroll Dash - LeftShift Movement - WASD or Arrows Q - Throw Bomb A Rogue Like game concept I made during my High Technician in Multi-platform Application Development course. This project include so many concepts of a Rogue Like as: - A spawner Game Object who include : 1.  A script that generates the different rooms. The method of … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RogueLike_CarlosRoig.

!!!! CONTENT WARNING: This game contains graphic violence, if that does not pertain to your interests this game might not be suitable for you. !!!! PLEASE NOTE: There's a build uploaded now. "ODS_P4_Build_0_08_2.zip", This is literally just a build, not a release. But it will take a while until I can work on this game again, so I thought I would let people mess with what's there already, run arou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to "P4" (Untitled game).

Welcome to Mage McDuffy's Last Buffet! Quick Summary: Mage McDuffy's Last Buffet is a top-down shooter with random spell attacks depending on what your spell dice roll every few seconds. Eat more food to gain more dice. Imagine this like a simplified Vampire Survivors with constant random rotating attacks. Made for GMTK Jam 2022 "Roll of the Dice". Mild Violence Warning - Contains bones and lots o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mage McDuffy's Last Buffet.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

87% User Score Based on 600 reviews

Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Trench Attack!.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 648 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 17 reviews

The Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above. So in a nutshell, pest control with machine guns in space. The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter "Super Pang" where you shoot vertically, but with modern day twists. You are Harry, a brash and tenacious exterminator who has a knack for decimating bugs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bug Butcher.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

68% User Score Based on 38 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defragmented.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

91% User Score Based on 136 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 2 reviews

It's the 1980's and an evil alien race has invaded Earth, turning all vegetables into crawling, bawling, mauling abominations. You are about to join Department Radical, the grooviest police force on Earth. Are you a rad enough dude or dame to smite these ravenous creatures? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Walking Vegetables.

This game was initially submitted to Craftpix jam 2025-2 jam with the theme "Cute but dangerous". I fixed and tweaked it afterwards for the Game Off 2025 jam with the theme "waves". Both jams overlapped and the game versions submitted to each jam were fully developed within the jam period. Spoilers There are two sections of the game after you go through the "Prologue" you will enable the secon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Turtle.

Dark Lord Soffar's Vacation Disruption Be the BOSS! Reverse the role of getting stomped on by the boss, and instead be the end dungeon BOSS to destroy heroes. Summon armies of minions, cast crazy spells, and defeat those pathetic heroes. Now you'll know what it's like to be a true Boss! Quick Summary: Top-Down Survival Shooter where you as an end Boss go up against single heroes. As a boss you hav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dark Lord Soffar's Vacation Disruption.

Easy to learn and fast to play party brawler with sweet pixel art. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yahrit!.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

65% User Score Based on 20 reviews

STORY:Player controls woman character in this third person low poly shooter. Player character is called Lara and She is only who can defeat zombie armies in place called Valkeala. Valkeala is separated 4 different small open world maps, which are full of different zombies. 4 different zombie types. Player Lara can use melee knife to beat zombies or then 2 different weapons: Pistol and Rifle. Playe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombies In Valkeala.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

88% User Score Based on 26 reviews

A small game about hunting animals. made by faxdoc and nostalgiatree. Controls: wasd: move shift: run space: attack Left click: command foxes If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rev.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

54% User Score Based on 78 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 6 reviews

Circuit Breakers is an action racing game. Use a mighty array of devastating weaponry and rack up combos and upgrades to inflict maximum mayhem on the robot army, fighting your way through its massive manufacturing plant. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Circuit Breakers.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

63% User Score Based on 333 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 5 reviews

When the evil railroad baron Clayton Boon decided to build a track to Hell, he didn’t reckon on a crazed shaman raising a posse of embittered psychopaths from the dead to stop him. Now they’ll pursue him across the whole Wild West, fighting their way through hordes of bandits, bears, braves and boogeymen just to find Boon and repay their debt with… A FISTFUL OF GUN!Select one of eleven unique play… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Fistful of Gun.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

95% User Score Based on 2,498 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 37 reviews

APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz. Build up nearly unstoppable momentum and use your captors as both weapons and shields to crush everyone on your procedurally generated path to freedom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to APE OUT.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 5,742 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

Ruiner is a top-down action shooter created in the spirit of cult cyberpunk anime and game classics. Ruiner is quick and brutal but sophisticated gameplay, original world with mature storyline and unique visual style. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RUINER.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

93% User Score Based on 257 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Ubermosh: Omega, the apex of Walter Machado's Cult Classic series Ubermosh. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UBERMOSH:OMEGA.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story

83% User Score Based on 590 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Over 9000 Zombies!.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

73% User Score Based on 215 reviews

Death Goat is a bloody arcade shooter featuring hordes of brutal enemies & eardrum destroying Heavy Metal. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Death Goat.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

78% User Score Based on 5,050 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Survivalists.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

87% User Score Based on 337 reviews

In Castle of Alchemists, a tower defense/top-down action hybrid game with amazing pixel art graphics, play as the Bellator, alchemically enhanced defender, to fight against invaders from other worlds. Delve into the castle, set your traps, equip powerful weapons and gears, and reclaim the castle piece by piece. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Castle Of Alchemists.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

56% User Score Based on 614 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 13 reviews

Manage your escape from an onslaught of walkers in this cross-over between the time management escape game The Escapists and the blockbuster zombie franchise The Walking Dead. Using the retro graphical style of The Escapists, the game gives you control of Rick Grimes as he tries to secure the safety of a number of familiar characters by seeking out a safe escape route from each area, fending off t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Escapists: The Walking Dead.

OBS: CHECK THE VOLUME IN "Options". About the Game Your mission is very simple: protect the base from the enemies and keep yourself alive.  You have three guns with you and a landmine and you can change your character. Be careful because there are several types of enemies, but don't worry because on the map there are some power lives to recover you. Controls W, A, S, D to move  E to interact. 1,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 4Defenses.

Synopsis: Within a society where time is traded as currency, the elusive Rose of Immortality holds the key to eternal life. With your lifespan slipping away, armed solely with a gun, you undertake a daring journey. Each bullet fired exacts a toll on your diminishing time. Traverse hazardous terrain, face formidable guardians, and carefully weigh the cost of sacrifice against the urgency of surviv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rose of Immortality.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

85% User Score Based on 496 reviews

Void Miner is a incremental roguelite bullet hell that is about mining asteroids, collecting resources and upgrading your ship to blast through waves of asteroid belts. Start with a simple ship, picking off as many asteroids as you can. Explore the upgrade tree. Lay waste to the entire asteroid belt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

89% User Score Based on 98 reviews

SLYDERS is an action-packed bullet hell shooter that plays like a mix between Serious Sam and Vampire Survivors with the silly vibes of a Saturday morning cartoon. Slyders is currently in development and this is the free Demo! WISHLIST ON STEAM  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2607870 GAMEPLAY Action-packed shooter action on massive battlefieldsBig arsenal of weapons, active and passiv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SLYDERS.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

73% User Score Based on 118 reviews

This is an immersive horror game where you have to find your dog by shouting for "ROY" on your microphone. Microphone input is totally optionally and can be turned off which will switch to voice-acting instead for calling, but microphone input is highly recommended for the full experience. If you enjoyed it, please considering getting the game on steam here or on itch.io. It really support… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

60% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Mona, a young butterfly, is disguised in the hood of a moth’s design for her own protection. But from what, Mona does not yet know. There are many things about the world Mona has been purposefully kept from knowing. Holed up in her nestroom, she looks out of her window and gazes upon the distant, glittering, twinkling lights of an alluring place which lies near the heart of this unknown world of b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sect-Machina.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization

62% User Score Based on 166 reviews

A cross-platform, cooperative, multiplayer, zombie death-fest. Slaughter your way through many different maps, game modes and enemies - With tons of weapons and customization options! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Grinder.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

88% User Score Based on 59 reviews

Boss 101 is an action adventure game with you taking the role of Max, a teenager with a jetpack. Help your brother and save the world at the same time. Buy weapons, hats, upgrades while you battle millions of randomly generated bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boss 101.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

50% User Score Based on 135 reviews

Critic Score 20%Based on 1 reviews

Dinocide is a classic NES inspired old-school single-player platformer in a prehistoric fantasy world. Dinocide tries to capture the drive and fun of that era and recreate it in a modern way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinocide.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

71% User Score Based on 104 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 3 reviews

Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Donuts'n'Justice.

19%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

27% User Score Based on 22 reviews

NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NightmareZ.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

79% User Score Based on 67 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 5 reviews

Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feral Fury.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

40% User Score Based on 370 reviews

Shoot your way through intense levels with a swiftly increasing difficulty, in a world completely built with handcrafted models. Invest your score in upgrades, or save it to gain interest with the risk of losing it all. Use your greed wisely to beat your friends and climb up the score table. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blue Flamingo.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

95% User Score Based on 19 reviews

The Earth's looking a bit Grim, but so would you after 5000 years and countless alien invasions! Grab your spacesuit (the air's not so great any more) and go for an adventure in what is still a beautiful world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grim Earth.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

88% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Final Directive is a story driven shooter set in a space station disastrously infested by alien mutants. Find the crew, contain the infestation, and most importantly: make it out alive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Directive.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

86% User Score Based on 56 reviews

In this top-down light strategy game, you take control of a small pack of foxes as you explore the map and try to track down a new prey each day. You'll need to use your abilities to sneak, set up ambushes and manage your foxes to secure food for the pack and bring it back to your shelter before time runs out. Each day you'll get to upgrade your foxes with new skills. It takes about 2 hours to co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rev.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 1,160 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 5 reviews

Marooned on the desolate planet Gravoria, the trio of adventurers finds the only method of escape awaits at the top of a tower - a tower renowned for its deadliness and its propensity to be filled with monsters! Lizard-men! UFOs! Nuclear ants! Dinosaurs! Robot Apes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Deadly Tower of Monsters.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

62% User Score Based on 676 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 6 reviews

Norse adventure in open world Vikings action survival RPG. Your path to Asgard! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Niffelheim.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Beat the Machine: Rebooted is a top down retro arcade shooter where you must defeat the virus T.O.M (Totally Overpowered Machine) that is invading Sector VIII. Play as Damon, the cocky cadet, willing to aid Sector VIII from total destruction. Guided by Logan, Syncopia and Pete, natives of Sector VIII, traverse across 25 levels corrupted by T.O.M’s virus brigade. Story: If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beat the Machine Rebooted.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

71% User Score Based on 390 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

Climb a procedural tower in an alternate version of 1988 to kill its insane owner. Then do it again, and again. The constantly evolving world is influenced by other players as you experience this bold and wildly exciting dungeon crawler. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Future '88.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Hi! My name is Dmitry, and i am an indie developer ;) This is the action story about the Mutant Bear with a Gun!The game is still in active development. Please be advised and enjoy your playing!Something will be added, polished and balanced all the time. There is more content, interesting levels and groovy monsters on their way :) And you can make it better!Please make video play-tests at YouTube… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BORIS the Mutant Bear with a Gun.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

79% User Score Based on 1,169 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to protect those close to him. The original game set a new standard f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shank 2.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

76% User Score Based on 485 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

Livelock is a cooperative top-down shooter where you and up to two others must work together to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of "The Few" remaining Capital Intellects, you will need quick reactions and decision-making to overcome the chaos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Livelock.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

83% User Score Based on 258 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Droid Assault.