Top-Rated Free Top-Down Games on Steam

110 free Top-Down games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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AFK Journey - Players say: Guide mage Merlin through Esperia, exploring seasonal storybook maps and assembling heroes for tactical, auto-battler fights. Players like: Seasonal Stories · Storybook Art · Relaxed Play ·
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Welcome to the enchanted land of Esperia! Play as the legendary mage Merlin and explore a beautifully illustrated storybook world. Outsmart your foes in strategic card battles and uncover the secrets of this world alongside other heroes.

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Apr 27, 2026
77% 👍
of 825
Cartapli : Fold Quest - Players say: As a paper hero, fold the battlefield to reposition fighters, redirect attacks, and survive turn-based roguelite battles. Players like: Paper-Folding Combat · Cute Art Style · Easy to Learn ·
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Cartapli: fold Quest is a turn-based combat game combining strategy roguelike mechanics with unique origami puzzles. Fold the paper to shift positions and defeat all enemies!

PUBG: BLINDSPOT - Players say: In 5v5 top-down rounds, choose an agent and coordinate sightlines, gadgets, and attacks to outplay the opposing squad. Players like: Top-Down Tactics · Squad Coordination · Satisfying Gunfights ·
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PUBG: BLINDSPOT is a 5v5 top-down tactical shooter built on clever positioning, tight teamwork, and shared vision. Choose unique Agents, create squad synergies and execute smart strategies that turn the tide of every round.

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Feb 4, 2026
70% 👍
of 3.5k
Power Fantasy - Players say: Choose a hero, dodge enemy projectiles, and survive escalating hordes by drafting upgrades across repeatable roguelike runs. Players like: Heavy Metal Soundtrack · Addictive Horde Combat · Unlockable Heroes ·
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Survive hordes of blood hungry enemies and hope for the best upgrades while you level up! Power Fantasy is a fresh rogue-survivors-like with unique heroes and tons of customization.

Chronigma - Players say: As Cygnus, solve Sokoban-style puzzles by recording actions, rewinding time, and coordinating with your past self. Players like: Past-Self Time Loops · Clever Room Puzzles · Father-Son Story ·
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Master time in this time-bending sokoban-like puzzle game with a story. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?

BAPBAP - Players say: Choose an offbeat fighter, dodge rivals in arena brawls, and stack random round-by-round powers into a custom build. Players like: Fun With Friends · Chaotic Power Builds · Distinct Character Kits ·
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Join BAPBAP, the Roguelike Party game where no two matches are ever the same. Round up your homies, pick a character, and build a giga-unfair build that'll make them hate you - then do it all over again!

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Aug 19, 2025
83% 👍
of 5.8k
Wires And Whiskers - Players say: Two players guide a lab-made gerbil and magnetic exosuit through a ruined world, combining combat, platforming, and puzzles. Players like: Enjoyable Co-op Sessions · Teamwork-Based Combat · Charming Visual Design ·
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Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

That One Otter Game - Players say: Guide two young otters through a local co-op rite of passage, tackling park challenges, exploring, and collecting stamps and hats. Players like: Co-op Laughs · Cute Otter Design · Playful Chaos ·
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That One Otter Game is a mischievous co-op adventure where two young otters take on a wild rite of passage to prove their worth. Complete silly park challenges to fill up your stamp card—catch a panicked penguin, race a hyped-up zebra, or haul a stolen radio to a mountaintop.

DOGWALK - Players say: Control a big dog on a snowy walk, explore a handcrafted forest, and tow a child toward the missing pieces of a snowman. Players like: Handcrafted Paper Art · Dog-and-Kid Antics · Cozy Winter Mood ·
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Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.

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Jul 11, 2025
98% 👍
of 3.0k
Poco - Players say: Guide a tiny banished clown through strange undergrowth, solving point-and-click puzzles and helping new friends build a rocket. Players like: Distinctive Visual Style · Memorable Soundtrack · Quirky Characters ·
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Poco is the story of the world's smallest clown, who is banished from the circus and finds themself in a mysterious undergrowth full of lost and broken things. Explore, meet strange creatures, solve puzzles, and help Poco return to the circus in this charming 2D/3D hybrid point-and-click adventure.

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May 20, 2025
99% 👍
of 10k
Sirocco - Players say: Command a ship in 5v5 naval arena battles, combining auto-firing weapons and skill-shot abilities to destroy the enemy base. Players like: Fun Naval Combat · Distinctive Ship Classes · Flexible Ship Builds ·
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Sirocco is an infinitely replayable 5v5 arena. Rally your team as you swap abilities mid-match, craft unique builds and load up auto-firing weapons as you craft strategies on the fly. No rules — just fun.

Blackjack 21: Blackjackist - Players say: Play chip-based blackjack against the dealer and other players, enter tournaments, and place bets on side-hand outcomes. Players like: Easy Blackjack · Casino Game Variety · Online Tables ·
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Blackjack is an exciting game that any player is sure to enjoy. Place your bet, get more points than the dealer and win chips. Feel the risk as you dive into the casino atmosphere and hit the big time!

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Apr 29, 2025
74% 👍
of 1.0k
The Chef's Shift: First Course - Players say: Type orders, cook and serve impatient diners, and handle kitchen distractions as Lorenzo begins his chef career. Players like: Typing Meets Cooking · Funny Story Characters · Busy Restaurant Rushes ·
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A fast-paced typing game in a restaurant setting, where you’ll both cook & serve food to hungry customers, all done by TYPING. Play through the Italian restaurant and get a taste of The Chef's Shift!

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Feb 7, 2025
98% 👍
of 529
Awaria - Players say: Repair failing generators in haunted tunnels by finding and delivering parts while dodging ghosts, projectiles, and lethal hazards. Players like: Challenging, Rewarding Runs · Distinctive Character Art · Ghost Romance ·
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Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

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Dec 16, 2024
96% 👍
of 19k
Slappyball - Players say: Play as a floating hand in volleyball, bumping, setting, spiking and slapping the ball in 1v1–3v3 matches. Players like: Fun With Friends · Chaotic Matches · Unusual Hand Volleyball ·
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It's hands playing volleyball. Compete online and show who has the better ball handling skills. Style on your opponents through skill and a superior fashion sense.

Haven & Hearth - Players say: Build a homestead in a mutable online wilderness, gathering and crafting to grow stronger amid open PvP and permanent death. Players like: Deep Crafting Systems · Quality-Based Progression · Worldbuilding and Exploration ·
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A free-to-play MMORPG with crafting, building, landscaping, foraging, hunting, fishing, a dash of poetry, and open PvP combat,

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Nov 1, 2024
73% 👍
of 1.0k
Hollow Survivors: Prologue - Players say: As a sane Hollow, fight monster hordes, shape each run with soul cards, and climb the Tower to confront a cult. Players like: Pixel-Art Atmosphere · Build Experimentation · Run-Based Progression ·
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The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades, new weapons, and save the Tower.

Slider - Players say: Use an artifact to slide pieces of a shattered world, solve evolving grid puzzles, help its people, and search for your cat. Players like: Inventive Sliding Puzzles · Distinct Regional Mechanics · Generous Free Content ·
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Slide chunks of the world to solve puzzles and help others. Control an ever-growing set of tiles and mechanics. Explore nine unique areas, unravel the mysteries of the universe, and reconnect the world -- one slider at a time.

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Jul 24, 2024
97% 👍
of 646
Illusion Carnival - Players say: A paper soul explores a corrupted storybook carnival, solving riddles and fighting anomalies while searching for a way out. Players like: Distinctive Visual Art · Memorable Character Designs · Atmosphere and Music ·
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A lost soul wanders through a whimsical, eerie pop-up book like amusement park. Dive into fun-filled stages, encounter unique characters, fend off spirit erosion, and uncover the park's hidden secrets. The enchanting yet dark Illusion Carnival begins now.

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Jul 11, 2024
98% 👍
of 7.4k
Tap Wizard 2 - Players say: Build an elemental wizard for automatic enemy-wave battles, then turn each time-loop defeat into lasting upgrades. Players like: Idle-Action Blend · Build Customization · Music and Graphics ·
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Choose your Spells, Perks, and Traits, then let the Wizard do all of the work in this unique Idle RPG! Tap Wizard 2 is a fusion of the Idle, Incremental, ARPG, and Twin-Stick Shooter genres, resulting in a game like no other!

Mini Airways: Prologue - Players say: Direct aircraft through takeoffs, landings, and routes on busy airport maps, then upgrade your airspace between shifts. Players like: Simple Controls · Satisfying Micromanagement · Route Planning ·
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A real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!

The WereCleaner - Players say: As a rent-strapped werewolf janitor on night shift, clean the office, evade coworkers, and manage the messes your instincts cause. Players like: Charming Visual Style · Funny Story and Dialogue · Stealth-Cleaning Gameplay ·
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Kyle is a Janitor. He's also a Werewolf. And now he's got the night shift. Try not to kill anyone while working to get your paycheck - in a stealth-comedy game with surprises around every corner.

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May 7, 2024
99% 👍
of 13k
The Braves - Players say: Choose a hero, battle monster hordes from a top-down view, combine skills and weapons, and upgrade between runs. Players like: Enjoyable Horde Combat · Distinct Hero Roster · Skill-Build Combos ·
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Demolish hordes of enemies and survive against all odds! Unlock different characters, find powerful skill combinations and embark on an exciting journey through the variety of very different worlds in this cute but unforgiving roguelike game!

Mini Settlers: Prologue - Players say: Build island settlements, connect factories by roads, trains and ports, and balance deliveries to meet residents’ needs. Players like: Simple City Building · Resource Logistics · Relaxing Minimalist Style ·
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Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

驱煞 - Players say: Play a novice Daoist defending against demon hordes in a top-down survivor game built around talismans, spells, and upgrades. Players like: Chinese Visual Style · Casual Short Runs · Quick Power Growth ·
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QUSHA is a Chinese-style roguelike survivor game where you take on the role of a novice Daoist disciple in a world overrun by demons. As you progress through the game, you'll master a variety of talismans and Daoist techniques, unlocking powerful spells to combat evil forces and defend the peace.

WOWOWOW KORONE BOX - Players say: Play as Inugami Korone in a top-down shooter, collecting score-boosting boxes that swap your weapon as enemy waves grow. Players like: Cute Korone Charm · Quick Arcade Runs · Random Weapon Variety ·
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A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!

Slapshot: Rebound - Players say: Play physics-driven 3v3 hockey, manually control your stick and puck, and work with teammates to pass, shoot, and defend. Players like: Distinctive Puck Control · Rewarding Skill Growth · Fun With Friends ·
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Slapshot: Rebound is a physics-based multiplayer game where you play an arcade style match of hockey. No shoot button, no puck glue, no RNG. It’s up to you and your team to take control of the puck, pass, shoot, outplay your opponents. Play with your friends or team up with other Slapshot players!

FROM ASHES, BLOOM - Players say: Defend Earth’s oldest tree from human attackers by planting projectile-firing trees and battling waves as a tentacled creature. Players like: Fun Short Sessions · Tree-Based Defense · Colorful Cute Style ·
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A minimalist rogue-like tower defense where you protect Earth against humanity.

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Mar 11, 2024
93% 👍
of 767
Asgard's Fall: Origins - Players say: Lead a Norse warrior through escalating top-down horde battles, building abilities and rune-enhanced relics across repeated runs. Players like: Ability Upgrades · Combat Feel · Norse Theme ·
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Embark on an epic saga in Asgard's Fall, a Norse Survivors-like Roguelite. Fight your way through hordes of creatures and let the gods feel your relentless wrath. How will your saga unfold?

Paper Lily - Chapter 1 - Players say: Guide anxious Lacie through a supernatural hidden world, exploring, solving flexible puzzles, and making choices that shape outcomes. Players like: Intriguing Story · Flexible Puzzles · Memorable Art And Music ·
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Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

Intravenous 2: Mercenarism - Players say: As mercenary Gideon, take paid jobs in a top-down tactical shooter where you can infiltrate quietly or fight with customized weapons. Players like: Tactical Freedom · Tense Stealth · Weapon Customization ·
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Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.

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Jan 19, 2024
94% 👍
of 2.7k
TEST TEST TEST - Players say: An overworked office employee relives a 15-minute day, searching rooms and cracking cryptic, real-world-linked puzzles to escape. Players like: Unexpected Puzzle Solutions · ARG-Style Puzzles · Satisfying Breakthroughs ·
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Escape a time loop as an overworked office employee by solving cryptic puzzles with alternate reality game elements.

Gatekeeper: Infinity - Players say: Fight machine enemies across alien locations in a top-down roguelite shooter as you seek the stolen Heart of the Universe. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Distinctive Enemy Designs · Character Challenges ·
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Prologue version of the game Gatekeeper. Gatekeeper: Infinity is a fast-paced rogue-lite shooter where you'll search for the stolen Heart of the Universe and battle machine enemies! Play solo or join forces with friends in co-op mode.

Eternium - Players say: Choose a Mage, Warrior, or Bounty Hunter and battle through loot-filled stages, drawing gestures to cast skills. Players like: Relaxing Short Sessions · Loot And Progression · Gesture-Based Casting ·
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Hack & slash against the dark forces threatening your home-world. Experience intense tactical fights in this fast paced, old school action RPG.

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Aug 21, 2023
81% 👍
of 4.4k
EMERGENCY - Players say: Command fire, police, medical, and technical crews in timed missions, containing emergencies alone or in co-op. Players like: Co-op Coordination · Tense Incident Management · Casual Short Sessions ·
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Save lives – be a hero! Join forces against the chaos in the newest title of the award-winning EMERGENCY series. Take up your shift as incident commander and coordinate with other players to fight fires, arrest gangsters and rescue injured civilians. Your city needs you!

Eternal Return - Players say: On Lumia, choose a fighter, scavenge and craft gear, hunt creatures, and battle rival teams to survive the island experiment. Players like: Distinctive Battle Royale · Character Variety · Deep Build Choices ·
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Eternal Return is a free-to-play, 2.5D perspective Battle Royale game. Search, Craft, Hunt, and Fight using a variety of characters. Plan your strategy and become the last survivor on this eternal experiment.

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Jul 19, 2023
81% 👍
of 12k
Vacuum Warrior - Idle Game - Players say: Vacuum piles of dust, sell the haul, upgrade industrial cleaners and robots, and unlock new locations to clean. Players like: Relaxing Dust Cleanup · Robot Automation · Easy Background Play ·
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Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!

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Jun 29, 2023
79% 👍
of 916
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare - Players say: Command a fantasy warband in turn-based, dice-resolved battles, building armies and surviving a procedural campaign. Players like: Tabletop-Style Battles · Formation and Positioning · Faction and Unit Variety ·
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SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.

Quasimorph: End of Dream - Players say: Lead a PMC through turn-based raids on space facilities, fight mercenaries and demons, and extract valuable gear to your ship. Players like: Prologue Story · Tactical Challenge · Loot Design ·
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Quasimorph: End of Dream is the first chapter of the extraction turn-based RPG Quasimorph. Confront your fears in brutal shootouts with PMC -fighters and demons and try to survive to complete your mission and bring the gear back to your spaceship!

Pinball FX - Players say: Play digital pinball on classic, original, and entertainment-themed tables, chasing high scores in solo modes and online events. Players like: Classic Table Re-creations · Wide Table Selection · Fun Pinball Sessions ·
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Pinball FX is digital pinball evolved. Get the highest score on tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment. New tables arrive frequently!

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Apr 13, 2023
73% 👍
of 2.7k
Gatekeeper: Eclipse - Players say: A rogue-lite shooter prologue where you defend gates from machine hordes and pursue a stolen cosmic heart. Players like: Nerve-Racking Tension · Gate Defense ·
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Fast-paced rogue-lite shooter. Gatekeeper: Eclipse is a prologue ver. of the game Gatekeeper. Go on a quest to find the stolen Heart of the Universe and shoot your way through the hordes of machine enemies!

SkyIsland - Players say: After a creature crashes Pino onto four themed islands, help him repair his plane by exploring, fighting monsters, and upgrading weapons. Players like: Colorful Island Scenery · Short Relaxing Adventure · Enjoyable Simple Combat ·
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"SkyIsland" is made by a group of students in a college, quarter-view action-adventure game. Enjoy the wonderful world and beautiful environments as you help the protagonist, Pino, fix his broken plane and defeat monsters to return home safely.

X Invader: Prologue - Players say: As hacker X, move and shoot through digital enemy waves, combining weapons and hacking add-ons to defeat a boss. Players like: Pixel-Art Visuals · Build Choices · Fast Arcade Action ·
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Free version of X Invader, an Action Rogue-lite game. Become a master hacker 'X' and hack into the digital world. Use a variety of weapons and hacking add-ons to create your own combat build and wipe out disturbing enemies. Please enjoy the hack and slash action!

Bloody Hell - Players say: Play an angelic bird battling through Hell in a top-down bullet-hell adventure, unlocking abilities and routes on the way to Satan. Players like: Enjoyable Boss Fights · Responsive Combat · Exploration And Secrets ·
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A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?

Handshakes - Players say: Guide two hands through Sokoban-style puzzles, pushing obstacles and using unusual mechanics to bring them together for a handshake. Players like: Clever Puzzle Design · Approachable Challenge · Fun Local Co-op ·
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Take your brain for a walk in Handshakes, a simple yet tricksy sokoban puzzle game. Guide two hands through puzzles designed to stump, not frustrate, so that they may achieve their dream of a warm, firm handshake.

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Jan 13, 2023
99% 👍
of 2.9k
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE - Players say: As a volunteer sent to a Japanese island facility, explore shifting corridors, scavenge gear, solve puzzles, and fight creatures. Players like: Industrial Horror Atmosphere · Randomized Replayable Runs · Tense Exploration ·
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EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Chicken Invaders Universe - Players say: Join humanity's fight against vengeful space chickens in a top-down shooter of missions, ship upgrades, and galactic exploration. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Classic Shooting · Silly Chicken Humor ·
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A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

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Dec 15, 2022
91% 👍
of 3.8k
Bombergrounds: Reborn - Players say: Play as a cute animal in bomb-filled arenas, outlast rivals in Battle Royale, or team up to grab Golden Ducks and defend them. Players like: Fun With Friends · Cute Animal Cast · Quick Simple Matches ·
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BOMBERGROUNDS: Immerse in a free-to-play massive multiplayer action-packed arena inspired by classic bomber games. Dash, bomb, bat, and explode your way to victory. Your realm of relentless arcade action is just a click away—dive in and rule the grounds!

Mist Legacy - Players say: Stranded beyond the Mist, a trained explorer uncovers a fantasy world through skill-gated travel, crafting, and turn-based combat. Players like: Flexible Material Crafting · Relaxed Slow Pace · Skill-Based Progression ·
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Mist Legacy gives you a new way to experience the thrills and adventures of an MMORPG. Handcrafted by a small team of passionate developers, the game features an easy to play top-down world, turn-based combat and a skill-based progression system. Try our game for free. We hope you like it!

Soulstone Survivors: Prologue - Players say: Fight through enemy hordes as a Void Hunter, learn skills, craft weapons from gathered materials, and challenge powerful bosses. Players like: Highly Addictive ·
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Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.