The Best Top-down shooter twin-stick zombies Games

Update : 3XTINCTION added at rank #16.
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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 (2021)

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A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

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  • shooter
  • top-down
  • loot
  • twin-stick
  • zombies
  • shoot-em-up
  • music
  • multi-directional
  • procedural
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • arena
  • abstract
  • destruction
  • dystopian

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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD (2017)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?


  • zombies
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • cooperative
  • twin-stick
  • local
  • tower-defense
  • base-building
  • wave
  • gore
  • violent
  • strategy
  • 4-player

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Weird West (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Weird West is an action-heavy isometric story-based game with a unique Western horror twist and immersive sim mechanics. You play as a former bounty hunter in search of vengeance, travelling across deserts, swamps, towns, and mines to uncover dark secrets and ultimately save the West from destruction.


What we like:
  • Flexible scope with plenty of replay value
  • Deep world with memorable characters
  • Dark humor and darker secrets to uncover
  • Shifts and changes with the passage of time
  • Combines action shooter elements with RPG and immersive sim mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Combat can be overly convoluted when using controller

  • stealth
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • twin-stick
  • supernatural
  • western
  • shooter
  • combat
  • top-down
  • action
  • narrative
  • simulation
  • fantasy
  • zombies
  • cover

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Zombie Soup (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Android

Zombie Soup is a top-down shooter combined with hack and slash action that follows Ricky, a backpacker who is thrown into an unexpected adventure in an unfamiliar town as he shoots and dodges his way through hordes of bizarre creatures and challenging bosses to save a kidnapped girl!


  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • zombies
  • rogue-like
  • psychedelic
  • 1980s
  • bullet-hell
  • dungeon-crawler
  • surreal
  • boss-fight
  • post-apocalyptic

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Kickass Commandos (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Android

You have been chosen to lead the ultimate mission across the global to rescue your comrades, wipe out all of the enemy's bases, and kill everyone else you encounter!. Each mission pack has a unique theme including deadly jungles, frozen arctic tundra, and scorching desert wastelands.


  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • pixel
  • action
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • over-the-top
  • cult
  • shoot-em-up
  • zombies

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Alienation (2016)

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psn Playstation 4

Isometric shooter set in the fantasy/science-fiction, which is the spiritual successor of similar conceptually, Dead Nation. The player takes the role of a mercenary who fights against all the hordes of invading aliens. In addition, the Alienation offers an optional cooperative mode for four people.

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  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • cooperative
  • aliens
  • top-down

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Crimsonland (2014)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? In Crimsonland you will unlock new weapons and perks constantly improving your abilities and arsenal. Your screen will be filled with literally hundreds of monsters and thousands of giblets. Grab your gun and prepare for endless hours of intense top-down shooter fun! The original Crimsonland was released in 2003. After the game was greenlit at the end of 2013, 10tons decided to give the game a complete tune-up. The brand new 2014 version introduces countless gameplay fixes, a new chapter with new enemies, new perks, and new weapons. On top of that we've done a complete art overhaul!


  • twin-stick
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • cooperative
  • survival
  • local
  • aliens
  • zombies

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Nation Red (2009)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.


  • zombies
  • cooperative
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • local
  • survival
  • addictive

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Over 9000 Zombies! (2015)

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PC Windows

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?

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  • zombies
  • cooperative
  • twin-stick
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • tower-defense
  • memes
  • local
  • rogue-like
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • pixel
  • 4-player
  • survival
  • metro

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Dead Nation (2014)

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psn Playstation 4 Playstation 3 vita

Dead Nation is a top-down shoot 'em up video game for the PlayStation 3 developed by Finnish video game developer Housemarque. It was released on November 30, 2010 in North America, and December 1 in Europe, on PlayStation Network. Dead Nation takes place in a fictional world afflicted by a zombie apocalypse. The player can play as a male or female character and fight different types of zombies. Dead Nation was one of the games given by Sony as part of their 'Welcome Back' package because of the PlayStation intrusion. In February 2014 a PlayStation 4 version of the game titled the Apocalypse Edition was announced. The Road of Devastation DLC was released at launch, while the main game was free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in March 2014.

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  • zombies
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • cooperative

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