The Best Twin-stick Games for IOS iPhone

Update : Metal Slug: Awakening added at rank #5.
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Tesla vs Lovecraft (2018)

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Tesla vs Lovecraft is a classic twin-stick shooter with an intriguingly zany premise that pits horror against science. Play as the celebrated inventor and futurist Nikola Tesla and battle hordes of undead monsters using a suite of perks and abilities like jetpack teleportation, increased health and a mech suit.


What we like:
  • Responsive and tight gameplay
  • Constant sense of empowerment
  • Varied areas perfect for short-burst play
  • Three difficulties to choose from
  • Emphasis on constant movement
What could be improved:
  • Enemies come at you from all angles
  • Story doesn't take itself too seriously

  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • mech

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Dust & Neon (2023)

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Step into the post-apocalyptic Wild West with Dust & Neon, a twin-stick roguelite shooter packed with action. Test your mettle against menacing robots, dive into intense boss fights and explore a vast world full of unique weapons and power-ups. With twitch-trigger precision, strategic gameplay, and a unique reloading mechanic, you're in for a thrilling ride!


What we like:
  • Engaging combat mechanics
  • Unique and strategic reloading mechanic
  • Wide variety of weapons and power-ups
  • Intense boss fights
  • Captivating post-apocalyptic Wild West setting
What could be improved:
  • Fast-paced combat can feel repetitive
  • Maze-like levels can be frustrating
  • Limited content and replayability

  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • loot
  • western
  • robots
  • rogue-like
  • cover
  • top-down

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Chippy (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone

Your purpose is to eliminate all pixel-based lifeforms by breaking off their limbs and destroying their cores. Compete to be fastest on the leaderboards, watch replays from other players to learn their tricks, or team up with a friend in local co-op.


  • shooter
  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • moddable
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • attack
  • score
  • destruction
  • abstract
  • arena
  • time-management
  • space
  • pixel
  • colourful

4

Cyberhunt (2017)

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Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!


  • twin-stick
  • sandbox
  • tactical
  • shoot-em-up
  • next-generation
  • fast-paced
  • shooter
  • parkour
  • top-down
  • retro
  • casual
  • farming
  • skill
  • arcade

5

Metal Slug: Awakening (2024)

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Metal Slug: Awakening continues the classic gameplay loved by fans, with exciting new features like World Adventure, 3-player Team-up, and Roguelike challenges. Join forces with your friends online to take on powerful bosses anytime, anywhere!


  • 3-player
  • beat-em-up
  • shoot-em-up
  • twin-stick
  • tanks
  • shooter
  • side-scrolling
  • pve
  • run
  • platform
  • mech
  • arcade
  • action-adventure
  • heart-pounding
  • gun

6

PewPew Live (2022)

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A fast twin-stick shooter where you compete for the top spot in the leaderboards.


  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • moddable
  • abstract
  • top-down
  • minimalist
  • attack
  • score
  • retro
  • stylized
  • arcade
  • cooperative

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Bulletz (2024)

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Bulletz is a chaotic local multiplayer twin stick shooter with a plethora of wacky guns and levels. You play a series of rounds in destructible levels trying to kill your opponents with guns, items and powerups that randomly spawn. The first player to 10 kills wins the match!


  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • beat-em-up
  • arena
  • 2d
  • strategy
  • gore
  • local
  • grid
  • violent

8

Twinworld Survivor (2024)

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Twinworld Survivor is a survival roguelite where you play a girl just become an investigator and entered the twinworld by accident. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds, and defeat waves of monsters to survive, and uncover the secrets of the twinworld.


  • rogue-like
  • shooter
  • rpg
  • bullet-hell
  • twin-stick
  • beat-em-up
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • post-apocalyptic
  • shoot-em-up
  • cute
  • casual
  • arcade

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Absence of Light (2024)

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"Absence of Light" is an exploration based shoot 'em up that combines intense bullet-dodging combat with a metroidvania-style level design. Solve, shoot, and shine your way through the kingdom of Luminara and reawaken the light!


  • soundtrack
  • metroidvania
  • bullet-hell
  • nonlinear
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • stylized
  • abstract
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • minimalist
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • open-world

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Gravity Waves (2023)

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Gravity Waves is a twin stick shoot 'em up in space with waves of enemies and realistic gravity to provide constantly changing gameplay.


  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • space
  • flight
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • minimalist
  • physics
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • realistic
  • stylized
  • controller-support

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