The Best Twin-stick Games

Update : Data Drift added at rank #1.
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Data Drift (2025)

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Fight through a neon cyberpunk city in this fast-paced top-down action game! Hack, upgrade, and battle high-tech enemies with a stylish cartoon look and an electrifying synthwave soundtrack.

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  • twin-stick
  • linear
  • action-adventure
  • futuristic
  • high-adrenaline
  • shooter
  • colourful
  • action
  • strategy

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Space Defender (2025)

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early access apple ii PC Windows Android

Space Defender is a top-down 2D arcade space shooter with some RPG elements.


  • fixed
  • twin-stick
  • space
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • flight
  • arcade
  • top-down
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • open-world
  • management
  • single-player
  • fight

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Poly-Vinyl Pests! (2025)

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Poly-Vinyl Pests! takes place many years in the future, where humans are long gone but plastics still litter the earth. Play as two ants from rival colonies in this twin-stick shooter to both squash plastic-laden pests and to prove the superiority of your colony!

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • twin-stick
  • post-apocalyptic
  • arcade
  • pvp
  • pve
  • 3d
  • cooperative
  • strategy
  • controller-support
  • team
  • local
  • action

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CHROMA+ELEKTRON (2025)

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early access j

CHROMA+ELEKTRON is a 2D twin-stick shooter. Increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Collect their energy and unleash powerful weapons and abilities. Return all chromatic energy to its proper state. Your speed and power will know no equal.

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  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • attack
  • score
  • abstract
  • 2.5d
  • shooter
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • difficult
  • platform
  • pve

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Electro Havoc (2025)

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early access j PC Windows

Electro Havoc: A retro twin-stick shooter set in a neon-charged battleground where you'll face waves of geometric foes. Lure more enemies into debris fields to trigger chain reactions, and grab power-ups to boost your multipliers.

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  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • cyberpunk
  • minimalist
  • beat-em-up
  • space
  • abstract
  • arena
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • casual
  • colourful
  • retro

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Grabbus (2025)

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early access j

Grab, Throw, Build, Explore, Upgrade, Fuse, Shoot, and Loot in this surreal, high-energy adventure where breaking the limits and reaching further is encouraged!

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  • shooter
  • base-building
  • loot
  • twin-stick
  • procedural
  • city-building
  • cartoony
  • dungeon
  • open-world
  • mystery
  • bullet-hell
  • rogue-like
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • sci-fi

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Pixelpusher (2025)

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Pixelpusher is a drone-based team combat game that emphasizes positioning and momentum above all else. Control space and manage risk with every move of your drones. Play capture the flag with up to 32 players.

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  • twin-stick
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • top-down
  • minimalist
  • mmo
  • retro
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • drone
  • shooter
  • combat

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OBLITACRATER (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Dive into an action-packed shoot 'em up where every drop onto the planet is a high-stakes gamble. Fight through endless waves of increasingly deadly alien monsters while collecting powerful upgrades to aid you in battle. You can escape at any time, but beware — death resets your score to zero!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • attack
  • score
  • twin-stick
  • bullet-hell
  • local
  • cooperative
  • space
  • stylized
  • aliens
  • top-down
  • cartoony
  • choices
  • survival
  • 3d

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GUNPYRE (2025)

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PC Windows

Hold your Gunpyres akimbo in this fast-paced twin-stick shooter, set in the Crypt Alchemist’s semi-procedural dungeon. Remember, Vampyres are your guns and blood types are your bullets, so be assured to brutally steal them from your enemies in order to collect upgrades and take down your target.

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  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • pve
  • isometric
  • dungeon-crawler
  • shooter
  • rogue-like
  • stylized
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • colourful
  • controller-support
  • 3d
  • atmospheric

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meldpit (2024)

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meldpit is an arcade roguelike twinstick shooter. conquer the chambers of meldpit with various perks that make you stronger along the way. defeat unique types of enemies and see how far you can go !

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  • bullet-hell
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • top-down
  • twinstick
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • casual

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