Top-down shooter games

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List of Top-down shooter games

This is a list of free/libre top-down shooter games:

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
Bloodmasters		2007-05-02	Top-down shooter, Arcade	Bloodmasters Genre Top-down shooter, Arcade Latest release 1.2 Release date May 2nd, 2007 Developer Pascal vd Heiden Code license GPL Libraries Microsoft .NET, DirectX Contribute Bloodmasters is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Bloodmaster Homepage Source Code Bloodmasters is a top-down Arcade shooter written by Pascal vd Heiden. The latest version of the game is 1.2 released on May 2nd, 2007. In February 26th, 2008, the game was released under GPL.
Donut Quest		2006-10-30	Arcade, Top-down shooter	Donut Quest Donut Quest Genre Arcade, Top-down shooter Latest release 1.0.0 Release date October 30, 2006 Developer Piga Software Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2, GFDL Engine Modified "1945" Example P. language Game Maker 6.1 Library Direct X Contribute Donut Quest is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Donut Quest is free software game for Microsoft Windows made by Piga Software for the Brogo web comic strip released on October 30th 2006. It features the Brogo character Ed Donut (Michelle the mechanic's lazy, dim-witted, and donut obsessed assistant who is also known to have confrontations with spiders), as he fights his way against spiders in a donut factory.
Flukz		2014-02-23	Top-down shooter	Flukz Flukz 0.2 in shoot'em up mode Genre Top-down shooter Latest release 0.4 Release date February 23th, 2014 Code license GPL v2 Media license GPL v2 or CC-BY-SA P. language C++ Library Qt4 Contribute Flukz is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Flukz is a shoot them up game, with levels that can be edited in the same way as a wiki. The latest version of the game is 0.4, released in February 2014.
Endless Sky		2023-10-21	Space	Endless Sky A fight in Endless Sky Genre Space Latest release 0.10.4  (Announcement) Release date October 21st, 2023 Platforms Windows, Linux, Mac Code license GPLv3 Media license Various (CC-BY-SA-4.0, CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC-BY-3.0 and public-domain) Contribute Endless Sky is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Endless Sky is a space exploration, trading and combat game inspired by the old proprietary game Escape Velocity. Players can earn money by trading, carrying passengers, and completing missions. It is also possible to go pirate hunting and participate in a civil-war. Or one can go exploring, leave human space behind, and hope to find some friendly aliens whose culture is more civilized than your own...
Pacewar		2020-05-17	Action	Pacewar Pacewar Genre Action Latest release 1.6.7  (Announcement) Release date May 17th, 2020 Developer onpon4 Code license GPL Media license various P. language Python Library Seclusion Game Engine Contribute Pacewar is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: pacewar Pacewar is a simple fighting game between two teams of ships. A team wins when it defeats the opposing team a certain number of times more than it is defeated by the opposing team. As a team gets closer to winning, it loses ships.
HeXon		2024-01-05	Action, Arcade	heXon Astral Arcade Genre Action, Arcade Latest release 20240105  (Announcement) Release date January 5th, 2024 Developer LucKey Productions Code license GPL Media license CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, CC0 Engine Dry P. language C++ Contribute heXon is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Chat Forum heXon is an arcade twin-stick-shooter created by LucKey Productions using Dry and other open source software. The game is available through GitLab, itch.io and the AUR.
Naev		2024-01-15	Space, Shooting	Naev Naev Genre Space, Shooting Latest release 0.11.2  (Announcement) Release date January 15th, 2024 Platforms Windows, Linux, Mac Developer Edgar "bobbens" Simo Code license GPLv3 Media license Varies (Generally CC-by-sa 3 or later) P. language C, lua Library SDL , OpenGL , OpenAL , libxml2 , freetype Contribute Naev is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Naev is a 2D space top-down shooting and trading game primarily developed by Edgar "Bobbens" Simo. It requires SDL, OpenGL, and OpenAL. The source code is licensed under the GPLv3. The project was inspired by the proprietary game Escape Velocity.
M.A.R.S.		2012-06-29	Top-down shooter	M.A.R.S. M.A.R.S. 0.7.5 Genre Top-down shooter Latest release 0.7.5 Release date June 29th, 2012 Developer Simon Schneegans and Felix Lauer Code license GPLv3+ Media license CC-BY 3.0, CC-BY-SA 3.0 (music), PD (some sounds) Library SFML, OpenGL Contribute M.A.R.S. is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: marsshooter M.A.R.S., a ridiculous shooter. In a far-future colonised galaxy, a GREAT WAR is raging between nameless adversaries. In one of several game modes, two opposing teams are fighting in a gravitational 2D space with a few planets, including their homes. Translations, numerous weapons and AI bots are implemented. Two players can join in the game on the same computer, network play was planned for a later version. The game's visuals provide ample effects and jarring colours, including pink. Initially, the game contained some non-free media. Hans de Goede provided a fully free version by replacing sounds and fonts, while the Hungarian symphonic metal band Obsidian Shell gave their permission to distribute the music tracks they contributed under CC-BY-SA 3.0, instead of the original CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0.
Azimuth		2018-06-25	Top-down shooter, Adventure	Azimuth Azimuth Genres Top-down shooter, Adventure Latest release 1.0.2  (Announcement) Release date Jun 25th, 2018 Developer Matthew D. Steele Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 P. language C Library SDL Contribute Azimuth is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: azimuth Azimuth is an action-adventure game, combining 2D top-down shooter action with exploration of a large map. The gameplay involves piloting a freely rotating forwards-thrusting ship through a variety of environments, shooting and dodging the attacks of various enemies, solving environmental puzzles, and the gradual revelation of a science-fiction plot.
C-Dogs SDL		2023-07-28	top-down shooter	C-Dogs SDL C-Dogs SDL Genre top-down shooter Latest release 1.5.0  (Announcement) Release date July 28th, 2023 Code license GPLv2 Media license CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, CC0 P. language C Library SDL2 Contribute C-Dogs SDL is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Available as a package in:   Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Arch AUR: cdogs   OpenSUSE: cdogs-sdl  Flatpak: io.github.cxong.cdogs-sdl C-Dogs SDL is a 2D top-down shooter game. It is a continuation of a DOS game started in 1997 named C-Dogs, whose source code and media were released as free in 2002. Some of its features include multiplayer, coop AI, and many community made maps and campaigns.
Excellent Bifurcation		2007-10-15	Top-down shooter	Excellent Bifurcation Excellent Bifurcation Genre Top-down shooter Latest release 0.0.20071015-8 Release date 2007-10-15 Code license GPLv2 Media license GPLv2 P. language C Contribute Excellent Bifurcation is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Excellent Bifurcation is an abstract vertical shooter with two sides to play on. It was made as an entry to a 2007 game jam.
Bring Them On		2021-08-06	Top-down shooter, arcade	Bring Them On Genres Top-down shooter, arcade Latest release 1.0  (Announcement) Release date August 6, 2021 Developers Piga Software Code license GPLv3 Media license GPLv3 Engine Gambas Arcade Engine 2.0 P. language Gambas 3.x Libraries Qt, SDL, and the Gambas Runtime Environment. Contribute Bring Them On is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Bring Them On is a game made by Piga Software for the August 2021 LibreJam. It is a top-down shooter game with a science fiction theme. Upon developing a teleportation device, the player is pursued by monsters from another plane of reality. It was written in Gambas 3.15.2 and uses Qt 5 for windowing and SDL 2 for audio. Created in six days, it features a new revision of the Gambas Arcade Engine. Graphics are sourced from the CC0 libraries from Openclipart and OpenGameArt.org with sounds from the public domain portion of Freesound. Development tools used include the Gambas IDE, Inkscape, Audacity, GIMP and KolourPaint on top of Fedora GNU/Linux.
Shotgun Debugger			Top-down shooter	Shotgun Debugger Genre Top-down shooter Code license GPL Contribute Shotgun Debugger is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Shotgun Debugger is a shooting game which uses a 3d engine but allows 2d gameplay. It is licensed under the GPL.
XTux		2003-03-06	Top-down shooter games	XTux XTux Genre Top-down shooter games Release date March 6, 2003 Developer Dave Lawrence, James Andrews Code license GNU General Public License v2 or later Media license GNU General Public License v2 or later P. language C Library X11 Contribute XTux is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker XTux is a single and multiplayer deathmatch game inspired by Gauntlet featuring Tux, Beastie and various other project mascots. A version was included on the 100 Great Games for Linux shovelware collection.
Tuxánci			Top-down deathmatch game	Tuxánci Tuxánci Genres Top-down deathmatch game Latest release 0.21.0 Platforms Linux, Windows Developer Dušan Ďurech, others Code license GPL 2-or-later P. language C Library SDL Contribute Tuxánci is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Available as a package in:   Fedora: tuxanci?   OpenSUSE: tuxanci Tuxánci is a free software top-down deathmatch game inspired by the Czech game Bulánci featuring Tux fighting another penguin with firearms.
Push to Kill		2022-08-14	Top-down shooter, arcade	Push to Kill Genres Top-down shooter, arcade Latest release 8e660120e8  (Announcement) Release date August 14, 2022 Developers CLion, Elouin Code license AGPL 3 Media license CC-BY-SA 4.0 Engine Godot 3.5 P. language GDScript Contribute Push to Kill is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Push to Kill is a game made for the August 2022 LibreJam whose theme was "replication". It is a top-down shooter game with a science fiction theme. Stranded on a planet, an astronaut is suddenly beset by alien attackers. Each shot of his weapon causes the aliens to replicate, but also pushes them back a little. They can be killed only by pushing them into other objects, but colliding with those will also kill the astronaut. The objective of the game is to survive as long as possible and set a new high score. The player is moved using the WASD keys and their weapon is fired using the left mouse button. The graphics were drawn on paper using a coloured pencil and then digitzed by means of being photographed using a cellular phone. CLion previously worked on Gate Secure Force for the February 2022 jam.
Balder2D		2008-06-14	Top-down shooter	Balder2D Balder2D version 1.0 rc1 screenshot Genre Top-down shooter Latest release 1.0 Release date June 14th, 2008 Developers Bjørn Hansen, Reuben Lord Code license GPL Media license GPL Contribute Balder2D is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Source Code Balder2D is a game that involves zero-gravity combat. The game is being developed by Bjørn Hansen and Reuben Lord. It is the successor of Balder3D. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Naikari		2023-11-20	Space, Shooter	Naikari: Eye of Chaos Naikari Genre Space, Shooter Latest release 0.11.0  (Announcement) Release date November 20th, 2023 Developer The Diligent Circle Code license GPL Media license Generally CC BY-SA P. language C Library OpenGL Contribute Naikari: Eye of Chaos is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Naikari: Eye of Chaos is a 2-D freeform space mystery game featuring exploration, trading, and combat mechanics similar to games like Endless Sky and Starsector, and a branching mystery storyline written in a manner inspired by works like Star Control 2 (The Ur-Quan Masters) and The Expanse. You assume control of a space ship and are free to advance through the game however you want. Naikari started as a fork of the Naev project by a former contributor to the Naev project due to creative differences. Other than this history, the two projects have no affiliation with each other.
Trophy		2019-12-30	Top-down arcade racing game	Trophy Trophy Genres Top-down arcade racing game Latest release 2.0.4  (Announcement) Release date December 30, 2019 Platforms Linux, Windows Developers Andrew Mustun, Matthieu Lecesne Code license GPL 2-or-later Media license GPL 2-or-later P. language C++ Libraries ClanLib, Hermes, zlib Contribute Trophy is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Available as a package in:   Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: convert: command not found Arch AUR: trophy  Debian: trophy  Fedora: trophy?   Gentoo: games-sports/trophy Trophy is a top-down arcade racing game where cars can shoot each other as well as get ahead. There are a variety of car models to purchase as well as upgrades for the engine, tires and armour, using cash from wining races or collecting bonuses. The car is controlled using the arrow keys, with turbo boosts accessed with the a key, while the mounted gun is fired by pressing the x key and bombs are dropped with the c key. Ammo and cash is collected on the tracks, along with other powerups. The earliest hosted release is version 1.0.1 from August 13, 2000, while the earliest mentioned release is 0.0.1 from June 2, 2000.
Powermanga		2015-06-25	Top-down shooter arcade game	Powermanga Genre Top-down shooter arcade game Latest release 0.93.1  (Announcement) Release date June 25th, 2015 Developers Bruno Ethvignot, Emmanuel Founaud, Etienne Sobole, Jean-Michel Martin de Santero, Sam Hocevar Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C99 Libraries SDL, SDL Mixer Contribute Powermanga is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Powermanga is a 2D shooting arcade game. It is licensed under GPLv3. The latest version of the game is 0.93 released on September 20th, 2014. While beginning as a C++ game, Powermanga now uses C99. A version was included on OpenSource Game Power volume 2.
Chromium B.S.U.		2016-09-06	Arcade	Chromium B.S.U. Screenshot of Chromium B.S.U. Genre Arcade Latest release 0.9.16.1  (Announcement) Release date September 6th, 2016 Platforms Windows, Linux Code license Clarified Artistic License Media license Graphics: Clarified Artistic License, Sound: Expat License P. language C++ Library SDL, OpenAL Contribute Chromium B.S.U. is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Development Project Source Code Bug/Feature Tracker Forum Available as a package in:   OpenSUSE: chromium-bsu Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced arcade space shooter. It is written using the SDL and OpenAL libraries. According to the license file in the Debian package, the game is published under the "Clarified Artistic License". The official homepage contains a license which is somewhere between the too-unclear-to-consider-free-for-FSF Artistic License 1.0 and the Clarified Artistic License.
Kraptor		2004-04-03	Top-down shooter	Kraptor Kraptor is a side-scrolling shoot em up Genre Top-down shooter Latest release final_apr_03_2004  (Announcement) Release date April 3rd, 2004 Developer Kronoman Code license MIT License Media license MIT License P. language C Contribute Kraptor is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Homepage Kraptor is a shoot them up game, similar to the proprietary game Raptor: Call of Shadows. The game was considered complete by its developer in 2004.
Geki2		2001-08-12	Top-down shooter arcade game	Geki2 Genre Top-down shooter arcade game Latest release 2.0.3  (Announcement) Release date August 12th, 2001 Developer Katsuyoshi Sato Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C Contribute Geki2 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Source Code Geki2 is a top-down shooter game created by Katsuyoshi Sato.
Geki3		2002-12-11	Top-down shooter arcade game	Geki3 Genre Top-down shooter arcade game Latest release 1.0.3  (Announcement) Release date December 11th, 2002 Developer Katsuyoshi Sato Code license GPL Media license GPL P. language C Contribute Geki3 is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. Source Code Geki3 is a top-down shooter game created by Katsuyoshi Sato.

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