Top-down shooter games

Walk around and shoot things. You see the shooter from the top.

List of Top-down shooter games

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

Game	Screenshot	Last Release	Genres	Description
Azimuth		2018-06-25	Top-down shooter Adventure	Azimuth Azimuth Genre 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 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 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.
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. 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.
C-Dogs SDL		2019-01-07	top-down shooter	C-Dogs SDL C-Dogs SDL Genre top-down shooter Latest release 0.7-pre1  (Announcement) Release date Jan 7, 2019 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 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.
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.
Endless Sky		2019-05-27	Space	Endless Sky A fight in Endless Sky Genre Space Latest release 0.9.9  (Announcement) Release date May 27, 2019 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...
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.
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.
HeXon		2018-10-23	Action, Arcade	heXon Astral Arcade Genre Action, Arcade Latest release 20181023  (Announcement) Release date October 23rd, 2018 Developer LucKey Productions Code license GPL Media license CC-BY-SA Engine Urho3D 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 game logo heXon is an arcade twin-stick-shooter created by LucKey Productions using Urho3D and other open source software. Binaries are available through itch.io, source code through GitLab.
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 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.
Naev		2017-07-08	Space, Shooting	Naev Naev Genre Space, Shooting Latest release 0.7.0  (Announcement) Release date July 8th, 2017 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 Chat Forum 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.
Pacewar		2017-01-30	Action	Pacewar Pacewar Genre Action Latest release 1.6.6 Release date January 30th, 2017 Developer onpon4 Code license GPL Media license various P. language Python Library SGE 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 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.