The Best Top-down Games

Update : Die Again added at rank #1.
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Die Again (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X j Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Die Again is an innovative top-down shooter game filled with action and strategy. If you die, you can possess the closest enemy's body to keep playing. But be careful: if no one is near you, game over!


  • top-down
  • shooter
  • blood
  • violent
  • post-apocalyptic
  • twin-stick
  • linear
  • military
  • fast-paced
  • stealth
  • gore
  • story
  • realistic
  • innovative

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Yet Another Fantasy Title YAFT (2024)

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PC Windows

Become a rogue in a fantasy action adventure game filled with absurd humor. Go on a quest to kill the dragon - and realize this is only the beginning. Learn spells from a wizard and brawling from an orc. Save the kingdom, destroy a ring, fight a monstrous beaver!


  • top-down
  • humor
  • horses
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • open-world
  • dark
  • comedy
  • crime
  • sandbox
  • funny
  • story
  • rpg
  • shooter

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Truxton 2 (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • vertically
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • linear
  • shooter
  • shoot
  • space
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • 2d
  • aliens
  • controller-support
  • pixel

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Grind Stormer (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows genesis arcade

Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • reality
  • arcade
  • shoot
  • shooter
  • aliens
  • linear
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • local
  • sci-fi

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Dogyuun (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows arcade

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.


  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • vertically
  • linear
  • pixel
  • futuristic
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • graphic
  • robots
  • scrolling
  • retro

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Twin Hawk (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows sega mega drive PC Windows engine cd-rom² PC Windows engine arcade

Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • vertically
  • scrolling
  • linear
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • military
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • experimental
  • old-school
  • vertical
  • cooperative

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Grand Canyon (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox 360 wii Playstation 3 ps2

Survive on your own while trying to meet your basic needs such as food, water and shelter, interact with the survivors and fulfill the tasks they give you, plan to escape from the island.

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  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • zombies
  • survival-horror
  • survival
  • horror
  • nature
  • single-player
  • action
  • shooter

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Maniac (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!


  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • gun
  • customization
  • humor
  • twin-stick
  • attack
  • score
  • bullet-hell
  • character
  • dark
  • shooter
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • 3d

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Kona & Snowrabbit (2024)

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PC Windows

Kona, an ice artist with a reputation for mischief, and Snowrabbit, a white-furred snow rabbit full of desire. After hearing the story of Aquus, the mermaid goddess, the two down-on-their-luck artists break into the monastery of Aquus, nicknamed "the sea on land," to make a statue of a goddess.

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  • top-down
  • detective
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • first-person
  • walking-simulator
  • survival
  • inventory
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • quebec
  • humor
  • casual
  • massively

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Bad Egg (2023)

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early access PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

One egg stands alone vs an army of zombie chickens! Get to the chopper or you're clucked. A free-range frenzy from the eggheads behind Shell Shockers, Slayaway Camp and Plants vs Zombies.


  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • auto-battler
  • shooter
  • surreal
  • cartoony
  • family-friendly
  • comedy
  • 2d
  • funny
  • arcade
  • cute
  • controller-support

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