Twin-stick shooter

Game genre concept

A shooter sub-genre characterized by two (joy)stick control with no buttons needed to shoot, one stick controls movement while the other stick controls shooting (both direction and the action).

117
games
21
platforms

Alternate name: Twin-analogue shooter

The emphasis here is that no button is needed to be pressed to shoot, only to twist the (joy)stick in direction you want to do so. Exception being that the player has buttons separately for each direction and are independent of movement.

This is NOT synonym for shooters which use dual-analog controllers.

This can also apply to games without any stick controlllers, such as each attack/shooting direction (not different attack) has separate button (e.g. numpad).
Implied: independent aiming (at least if it's top-down perspective), dual analog gamepad

Popular tags

actionrpg arenashooter endlessrunner manicshooter mmog multidirshooter roguelite runandgun

Parent group

Shooter

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The first Twin-stick shooter video game was released in 1980.

Bitmap Bureau, Witch Beam and Plug In Digital published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 58
Windows 14
Mac OS X 5
X360 4
PS3 4
Xbox One 4
Switch 3
PS Vita 3
Arcade 3
Android 3
Tandy Coco 2
PS4 2
Neo-Geo 2
Atari 5200 2
iOS 2
Wii U 1
NES 1
Apple II E 1
N64 1
Dreamcast 1
Mega Drive 1

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