The Best Top-down Games

Update : Cosmic Clash added at rank #1.
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Cosmic Clash (2025)

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Battle your friends for space superiority in this arcade style space shooter. Select your star fighter and jump into Cosmic Clash where you try and eliminate your friends while surviving the perils of space.


  • local
  • top-down
  • bullet-hell
  • multiplayer
  • shooter
  • pvp
  • casual
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • space
  • controller-support

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Recoil (2025)

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PC Windows

An action platformer on a distant planet, where your objective is getting home after crashing behind enemy lines. You'll need your trusty pistol; not to kill, but to explore. Along the way, you'll come face-to-face with the enemy, and find you have far more in common than you ever expected.

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  • top-down
  • lore
  • 2d
  • platform
  • casual
  • pixel
  • choices
  • multiple-endings
  • shooter
  • sport
  • war-fight
  • vehicle
  • action
  • single-player

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QUICKN (2024)

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PC Windows

Shoot, blast and slash your opponents to win this dynamic top-down shooter in luscious neon colors.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • beat-em-up
  • loot
  • 2.5d
  • dynamic
  • cyberpunk
  • pve
  • arena
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • psychedelic
  • narration
  • colourful

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Border Town (2024)

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PC Windows

Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.

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  • building
  • farming
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • shooter
  • survival
  • top-down
  • old-school
  • first-person
  • cartoony
  • simulation
  • adventure
  • magic

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NAIAD (2024)

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Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.

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  • minimalist
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • top-down
  • puzzle-melody
  • exploration
  • cute
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • linear

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Return Alive (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Return Alive is a Free-to-Play Top-down Tactical Shooter Game.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • tactical
  • lore
  • steampunk
  • pvp
  • cyberpunk
  • post-apocalyptic
  • arena
  • casual
  • trading
  • real-time
  • 2d
  • visual-novel

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FALL (2024)

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PC Windows xbox ps2

In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!


  • top-down
  • rogue-like
  • post-apocalyptic
  • zombies
  • destruction
  • survival
  • action
  • god-game
  • physics
  • horror
  • 3d
  • tps

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Bomball (2024)

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Linux PC Windows IOS iPhone

Bomball is a thrilling 2D top-down shooter PvP game where players juggle a bomb-ball to score against their opponent's car. Play locally with friends or practice solo against AI. With dynamic physics and chaotic gameplay modes, every match is a fast-paced battle for victory!

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  • top-down
  • boomer
  • shooter
  • cyberpunk
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • local
  • 2d
  • bullet-hell
  • action
  • pixel
  • dark
  • arcade

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Rum & Gun (2024)

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PC Windows

Rum & Gun combines fast-paced shooter action with ARPG loot and character building. Journey across the Indian Ocean, uncover the secrets of the Drunken God, and become a legendary pirate captain. You're not on the Caribbean anymore...

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  • naval
  • top-down
  • pirates
  • loot
  • hack-and-slash
  • shooter
  • editor
  • level
  • dungeon-crawler
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • action
  • historical
  • arpg
  • funny

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Retaliate (2024)

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You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!

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  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • space
  • retro
  • scroller
  • linear
  • scrolling
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • vertical-scrolling

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