A mark of 200,000 copies sold was hit by the top-down shooter Escape From Duckov just one day after its release on Oct. 16, 2025. The game appeared on 400,000 Steam wishlists two weeks before launch.

Despite being one of the more recognisable sub-genres in gaming, you may be surprised by just how precious few looter shooters there actually are. Putting together a list of the best of them revealed ...

Indie game developer and publisher Kipi Interactivex announced their latest video game in development, as we get our first look at SunderBound. This particular title is a co-op top-down shooter with ...

Good stories in video games can shine through with top-down views and atmospheric storytelling. Shooter games like RUINER demonstrate how narrative can enhance gameplay beyond reflexes. Top-down ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

Over the years, games like Metal: Hellsinger, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and Hi-Fi Rush have proved the value of mixing rhythm action mechanics with other genres. There's also BPM: Bullets Per Minute, ...

Top-down 2D soulslike games are few and far between, with very few instances of games in the genre getting much attention, but the upcoming Tombwater looks like it could change that. Tombwater is a ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

The Razorform features dynamic top-down shooter action, cinematic camera angles, and a sci-fi setting as players battle through a classified research lab. The Razorform is an upcoming action game that ...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2, a game that came out in 2017, shot up to become the 12th best-selling game in the U.S. by dollar sales for the month of May, likely thanks to renewed interest from fans of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The game takes a PvPvE shooter approach to the mech suit genre, as players power up their mechs to ...