List: Auto-Shooters - Family Gaming Database

Shooting is a popular way to engage players in video games. There's something innately rewarding about getting good at aiming and feeling powerful when you hit your target. One interesting twist on this experience is games that do the shooting for you, but leave it down to you to efficiently get around the levels and make strategic weapon choices.

These auto-shooter games usually pit the player against waves of enemies to see how long they can last. Being freed from the job of aiming completely transforms the challenge. Rather than reflexes and accuracy, these games require forward planning and enemy management as much as quick reflexes.

These games are sometimes called Reverse Bullet Hell games, as it's the player rather than the computer who is filling the screen with bullets to avoid. However, this often includes games that aren't technically auto shooters where you control your shooting in Twin-Stick Shooter style - so don't count for our list.

This list includes 8 games from the last 5 years, with 666 likes. They come from a range of different genres and play-styles and are all good games if you want to survive by your wits and guile.

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Cursorblade

Cursorblade is a shooting game where you are a mouse cursor and use your mouse motion to move, attack and deftly dodge the deluge of bullets.

Cursorblade is a shooting game where you are a mouse cursor and use your mouse motion to move, attack and deftly dodge the deluge of bullets. Control is one-to-one with your mouse, in this way, you move through the anthropomorphized flora and fauna to kill them and avoid getting hit by bullets.

Out Now: PC

Vampire
Survivors

Vampire Survivors is a simple silly survival game where you battle to stay alive against waves of enemies.

Vampire Survivors is a simple silly survival game where you battle to stay alive against waves of enemies. The twist is that you can only control your movement, not your attacks.

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One and iOS

Survivor.io

Free

Survivor.io is a shooting game where you survive hoards of zombies.

Survivor.io is a shooting game where you survive hoards of zombies. You play by controlling the direction of your character and nothing else.

Out Now: Android and iOS

Switch
'N' Shoot

Switch 'N' Shoot is a shooting game controlled by a single button.

Switch 'N' Shoot is a shooting game controlled by a single button. You pilot a star-fighter, and each time you press to shoot you change direction.

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch

Rogue:
Genesia

Rogue: Genesia is a shooting game where you battle hundreds of enemies at the same time to defend a desperate world.

Rogue: Genesia is a shooting game where you battle hundreds of enemies at the same time to defend a desperate world. Like Vampire Survivors, you use one stick to control your movement and the other for aiming and struggle not to be overwhelmed by the creeping onslaught of enemies.

Out Now: PC

Army
of Ruin

Army of Ruin is an action shooting game where you progressively choose weapons, abilities and upgrades to defeat powerful waves of numerous enemies.

Army of Ruin is an action shooting game where you progressively choose weapons, abilities and upgrades to defeat powerful waves of numerous enemies. Play focuses on precise movements and strategic upgrade choices as your weapons auto-fire at the swarming monsters.

Out Now: Mac, PS4, Switch and Xbox One

Brotato

Brotato is a shooting game where you play a potato crashlanded on an alien planet.

Brotato is a shooting game where you play a potato crashlanded on an alien planet. Play involves picking the right auto-firing weapons to disperse the onslaught of enemies.

Out Now: Android, PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox X|S

Deep Rock Galactic:
Survivor

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shooting game where you play a dwarf who must survive waves of aliens.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shooting game where you play a dwarf who must survive waves of aliens. Like other auto-shooters, you focus on movement and weapon selection while the game shoots for you.

Out Now: PC

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