Games You'll Love

Curated recommendations based on I Hate Running Backwards

Super Dash
78% match

Super Dash

Indie

Dash through enemies, collect power ups and survive waves of enemies in this fast paced bullet-hell

Guns and Rush
78% match

Guns and Rush

Action

Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in this intense horde combat shooter that combines roguelike and bullet-hell elements. Battle relentless waves of monstrous foes as you strive to survive and conquer challenging levels. In my game no vampire, survive 20 minutes!

Bunker Punks
77% match

Bunker Punks

Indie

Bunker Punks is a fast paced rogue-light FPS set in a dystopian future. Run a group of revolutionaries and raid corporate strongholds for supplies, weapons and armor. Customize your bunker, train your gang and tear down the corporate government.

Rogue'n Roll
76% match

Rogue'n Roll

Indie

Rogue'n Roll is a fast paced roguelike top-down shooter. Kill nasty monsters, get rewarded !

Joggernauts
75% match

Joggernauts

Indie

Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.

Versus Purgatory
75% match

Versus Purgatory

Action

Versus Purgatory is a micro-roguelike shoot-em-up with mind-bending gameplay in which you delve into a dungeon, controlling two characters at the same time.

Spacewing War
75% match

Spacewing War

Indie

Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!

Combat Rush
74% match

Combat Rush

Indie

This 'snake', but instead of the snake you have mercenaries with weapons in their hands! Gather your own squad of professional mercenaries and defeat enemies who threaten the world with their weapons!

SpeedOverflow
74% match

SpeedOverflow

Indie

Who is not obsessed with the passion and pleasure brought by speed? This is an exhilarating roguelite hack-and-slash game with fast-paced action. You can choose different characters and level up to face hordes of enemies, embark on an unstoppable path, and conquer the unforgiving challenges!

Riot Ride
74% match

Riot Ride

Action

Riot Ride is a car-combat roguelike where you play as a car in retro and Tron-like vibes. Speed, drift, and pull off the craziest maneuvers while crushing challenging enemies and bosses with endless synergies of weapons and items.

Rogue Robots
73% match

Rogue Robots

Indie

A roguelite twin-stick shooter. Your mission is to defeat the cops gone mad in this action-packed game. Beware, their mission is to destroy humanity. The fate of the whole mankind is in your hands. Are you brave enough to take on the mission?

Shoot 1UP
73% match

Shoot 1UP

Indie

Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!

Running Riot
73% match

Running Riot

Action

Pick a class and blast your way through rooms of cyber enemies in this roguelite twin-stick shooter! Choose your abilities and your path wisely, because you've only got one life to make it through the gauntlet. Rack up those points and spend them on even more ways to RIOT!

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter
73% match

Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter

Indie

Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001!

Loopback
73% match

Loopback

Indie

Loopback is an arcade-style scrolling shooter game where you will battle through waves of enemies, fight unique bosses, and build new weapons as you complete the loop.

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter
73% match

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

Indie

Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month February 2002!

Hit Zero: Chronos
72% match

Hit Zero: Chronos

Indie

Hit Zero: Chronos is a 2D shooter game. You’re given the power to control time, time moves only when you move! Use your time stopping powers to erase every enemies in the area.

Daemonic Runner
72% match

Daemonic Runner

Indie

Grab a rusty sword, gain some momentum, and send everyone flying in this aggressive joust. Sweep your foes away like a hurricane and cross bottomless chasms with giant leaps.

So Many Zombies
72% match

So Many Zombies

Indie

So Many Zombies is a fast-paced top-down shooter with roguelike elements that leverages your GPU to render mind-boggling numbers of 3D animated zombies! Face relentless waves of the undead where every second counts. How long can you last against the swarm?

Nary
72% match

Nary

Action

Nary is a hardcore pseudo-endless runner about multitasking. If you want to survive, you'll have to both avoid the randomly generated obstacles and defeat your foes by mashing correct button sequences!

Rocket!
72% match

Rocket!

Indie

Rocket is a Bullet Hell, High Stakes Arcade Shooter & Score Chaser. Use your skills to survive the onslaught of asteroids, enemies, black holes and the chaos of rockets and bombs everywhere. Upgrade your ship over time and enjoy the challenge. How high can you score?

Skybreakers
70% match

Skybreakers

Indie

Skybreakers is an action roguelike thriller. Choose from various characters, arm yourself with a vast array of weapons, and create your own unique build by combining artifacts, random talents, abilities, and bonds. Plunge into exhilarating combat and use unique abilities to defeat the evil.

Hellbreaker
70% match

Hellbreaker

Indie

Fast-paced first person shooter that will pit you against hordes of monsters.

Retro/Grade
70% match

Retro/Grade

Indie

Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse!

Sector Assault
70% match

Sector Assault

Indie

In this arcade space shooter, combine weapons and equipment to create the perfect loadouts. Battle an enemy fleet as diverse as your own arsenal, dodging cruise missiles, phasing through lasers, and ramming targets as you fight to reclaim the sector!

NeverGoingHome
69% match

NeverGoingHome

Indie

Ready for a fast paced rogue-like action shooter with upgrades, abilities and loads of weapons?, well you found it!

Stray Shot
69% match

Stray Shot

Indie

Monsters come from missed shots! Learn the monster's behaviours, shoot wisely and balance the difficulty to maximize scoring!

Symmodance
69% match

Symmodance

Action

Dive into the symphonic chaos of geometric warfare! Unleash futuristic weaponry, customize your hovering platform, conquer relentless foes and dance to victory in this mesmerizing reverse bullet hell shooter.

Combat Labs
68% match

Combat Labs

Indie

No two rounds are the same. Memorise each weapon and master the movement in a demanding PvP combat game featuring round-randomised weapons and abilities. Play against friends, online, or offline with a Bot in either a 1v1 duel or 4 player free-for-all on one of 6 themed maps.

Full Effect
68% match

Full Effect

Indie

FULL EFFECT is a wicked piece of software that ended up being a side scroller with FPS mechanics. Complete your mission and run'n'gun every enemy who opposes you. This challenge will not tolerate a skill issue: They Fear You Less Than You Fear Them

Lost Wing
68% match

Lost Wing

Indie

Pilot a super fast ship through brutal environments, and try to top the leaderboards! Featuring numerous challenges, ships, enemies and traps, Lost Wing is a shot of pure unadulterated adrenaline.

Fight'N Rage
68% match

Fight'N Rage

Indie

Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90's arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time!

Round 99
68% match

Round 99

Action

Round 99 is a fast-paced shooter combined with a platformer that focuses on jumping around colorful environments and making a variety of enemies explode! Jump around 12 levels and bombard nearly 20 different enemies and bosses alone or with friends.

HellCrunch
68% match

HellCrunch

Indie

HellCrunch is a First Person Shooter with a focus on run and gun gameplay inspired by 1990s classics. Battle against demonic hordes as you fight your way through a series of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror environments, while racing to uncover the mystery behind their mysterious leader!

Cyber Runner
67% match

Cyber Runner

Indie

'Cyber Runner' is a small cyber-style arcade running and avoiding game. In the game, your only goal is to continuously break the score records you have previously created.

SuperTotalCarnage!
66% match

SuperTotalCarnage!

Indie

Slay never-ending legions of monsters while running in circles! SuperTotalCarnage! is a gory and dark horror casual game with rogue-lite elements. Choose from a variety of weapons and perks and make every playthrough a different experience. Unlock many characters each one with different abilities.

Go To Heck
66% match

Go To Heck

Indie

Go To Heck is a fast-paced 2d sidescrolling action roguelite, descending through Cyberheck and using your railgun to destroy all the devils in your way.

Rotund Rebound
66% match

Rotund Rebound

Indie

Sentence has been passed on the dark carrot, so hop down the rabbit hole and hold on tight. An epic retro platforming adventure unfolds as you brave nightmare worlds and encounter a colorful cast of quirky characters on the road to rescuing your friends and conquering the shadows!

Rush On
65% match

Rush On

Arcade

Fast runner roguelite in which you blast through gorgeous abstract landscapes. Dodge lasers, avoid lava and score as much as you can. Perfect for a quick game whenever you got a few minutes.

Wrack
65% match

Wrack

Indie

Wrack is all about action - spectacular action! The addictive kill chain system encourages you to mow down as many enemies in a short period of time as possible. No hiding - keep your chain going by getting out there and kicking some alien ass!

Delta Zero
65% match

Delta Zero

Indie

A fast-paced action platformer with non-linear world progression and level design! Challenging gameplay with 3 difficulty modes, 2 playable characters and local co-op! Fight bosses in any order and experience the world change with each victory, enemies become harder, faster and smarter!

Adrenaline Rampage
65% match

Adrenaline Rampage

Action

Survivor platformer. Action Roguelike. You are trapped in a distorted space city. You need to survive and return home. Standing in your way are hordes of techno zombies. And something strange is going on in this space city.

Super Slam Dunk Touchdown
65% match

Super Slam Dunk Touchdown

Indie

Assemble your squad, grab a ball and demolish the opposing team! All sports combine and up to 6 players compete in the ultimate sports mashup -- locally or with Steam Remote Play! 6 unique sports characters. Epic 3 player Season Mode. 6 player Quick Matches. All the sports and none of the rules!

CounterAttack
64% match

CounterAttack

Indie

CounterAttack is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

Blast-off
64% match

Blast-off

Indie

Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.

Super Rolling Heroes
64% match

Super Rolling Heroes

Indie

Super Rolling Heroes is a challenging platformer. Destroy every object while maintaining momentum, exploding, bouncing, using power-ups and avoiding deadly obstacles. Compete against players around the world to be the fastest in the online leaderboards.

Super Punchy Face
64% match

Super Punchy Face

Action

Super Punchy Face is a roguelite beat 'em up where every single thing is a weapon. Choose from dozens of techniques to create your unique fighting style, save your uncle's dojo from getting demolished, and smash your way to the Landlord’s mansion to give him a piece of your mind.

Stop Dead
63% match

Stop Dead

Action

A rogue AI is hell-bent on destroying its creators and has swept you up in its plans. Use your superhuman abilities to run, jump, slide, and pull hundreds of objects as projectile weapons to blast everything in your path in this funny and chaotic first-person telekinetic brawler, STOP DEAD.

Retro Wars
63% match

Retro Wars

Casual

Take on an entire army in this 80s inspired retro top down vertical scrolling shooter. Be a one man war machine or take a friend into battle for some fun 2 player local co-op.

Universal Enemies
63% match

Universal Enemies

Action

Join Riana and her team to stop a conspiracy of monsters that have gone berserk. A depth-scrolling action shooter with lots of characters and monsters!