
Experience the thrill of a shmup game like the arcade classics. With just the right amount of story, lots of action, and many, many bullets.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Sci-fi.

Experience the thrill of a shmup game like the arcade classics. With just the right amount of story, lots of action, and many, many bullets.

The Battle of Aurinoxia
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!

PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Aliens 9%, Top-Down 6.2%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Aliens 13%, Shooter 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Shooter 11.4%, Retro 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Distant Space 2 - is an indirect continuation of the first part, in which you will find more dynamic gameplay. Your task is to destroy enemy ships on each level to go to the next of 26 available. In addition to conventional ships, you will have to wait for the boss ships, the battle with which will not be easy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Beat 'em up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Aliens 12%, Shooter 8.2%
ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Blast your way through a cosmic gauntlet of epic boss battles, addictive scoring, and hidden secrets in a thrilling arcade-style adventure through fantasy, sci-fi, and alien-themed worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17%, Aliens 15.1%, Shooter 10%, Futuristic 6.8%
NEURO is a narrative first-person shooter in a cyberpunk setting. The action is taking place in the future, in the 4th century of the Space Era, which starts after humans invent a hyperspace engine.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.2%, FPS 16%, Aliens 14.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Aliens 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Shooter 8%, War 7.4%
an action-packed arcade shooter that takes you deep into the heart of a computer under siege.You're the system's last line of defense.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 20% ★, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Cyberpunk 11.2%, Shooter 8.6%
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Aliens 12.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Galactic Slice sci-fi shooter game all about pizza, you use the WASD keys to move & the spacebar to shoot. Galactic Slice is all about an alien race wanting to destroy & ruin pizza forever, which simply cannot happen! Your job is to eliminate the aliens & save all pizzakind.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Aliens 14%, Sci-fi 5.8%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Aliens 13%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 6.5%
■Bullet Hell Shmup with a Huge Sword This game is a bullet hell shmup to have you satisfy with a beginner and the arcade senior player! Swing a huge sword around if you become dangerous!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 20.2% ★, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Aliens 12%, Shooter 8.8%
Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 20%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Retro 10.2%
The player takes the role of the last soldier of the highly specialized "Gastro Force", elite troopers trained to infiltrate the enormous alien guts to fight them from the inside!
Why similar: Aliens 20.2%, FPS 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Hero Shooter 8% ★
Thunderbird is a classic arcade-style STG. You will be the pilot of the space fighter, stepping onto the space stage, engaged in a war between many forces. Fly a fighter jet, experience the speed of a shot under fire, or learn the truth behind war.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shooter 10.5%, Retro 6.9%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Aliens 13.4%, Shooter 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Space 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Cross the universe, shoot aliens, upgrade your weapons and face powerful bosses with AB in this retro inspired lateral shoot 'em up to save the world. Adventure into Campaign Mode or face the never-ending waves of Endless Mode with suitable challenges for all skill levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Aliens 13.9%, Retro 8.6%, Shooter 7.5%
In deep space, your robot transport vehicle crash-landed on a barren asteroid. The robots have escaped and are hungry for both revenge and crunchy humans. You are their only hope. Battle your way through multiple waves of rouge robots to avoid being SWARMED in this retro, heart pounding game.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21% ★, Beat 'em up 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Aliens 12.2%, FPS 9.5%
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Futuristic 7.1%
A PIONEER OF THE BULLET HELL GENRE BY TOAPLAN IS BACK!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 11.1%, War 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%
STDB! is a rogue-like game about hardcore mercenaries and space marines escaping from a very cozy planet filled with monsters, nuclear fire, viruses and pixelated violence.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 14%, Aliens 10.6%, Futuristic 9.5%, Retro 8.4%
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Aliens 11.9%, Shooter 7.4%, Retro 7.3%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Cyberpunk 18.1%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Aliens 9.3%, Retro 7.5%
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Aliens 18.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Futuristic 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Survive 10 enemy stages! Shoot 'Em Up style, spaceship game, in pixel art and 8-bit retro music! Evolve your shot to the maximum level, use the energy bar for upgrades, and special abilities! Advance each stage by defeating Bosses and enemies to collect new skills, transformations and extra lives!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Aliens 20%, Space 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Bullet Hell 6.9%
Top-Down Shooter with a mobile APP interaction.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Shooter 12.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
Call on CELLs, change your weapon, and shoot however you want!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Shooter 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, War 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
X-Force Under Attack brings back all the charm of shmup games from the 80's/90's. It's a frenetic and chaotic space shooter with insane battles against extremely difficult bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.3%, Hero Shooter 13.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Beat 'em up 11.7%, Shooter 9.5%
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Aliens 15.4%, Shooter 10.5%, Futuristic 7.9%
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Space 9.1%, Aliens 9%, Retro 8.1%
Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Retro 12.2%, Shooter 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
Why similar: Aliens 21.4%, Hero Shooter 19.7% ★, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Bullet Hell 8.1%
Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 21.6% ★, Aliens 19.1%, FPS 12.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Shoot, run, climb, and fight against robots in Rustborn, a third-person bullet hell. Use an alien biomechanical arm and a limited arsenal to battle defective android hordes and fight for survival.
Why similar: Aliens 26.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Cyberpunk 8.3%
Soda Sabotage is a Sci-fi 2D top-down shooter, where the player guns his way through 25 levels and 5 bosses belonging to a soda weapon factory using their own weapons against in order to disable the evil soda weapon making factory. Shoot, dash but most importantly survive!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.7% ★, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Shooter 10.4%, Futuristic 6.9%
Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Futuristic 12.8%, Shooter 7.9%
Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Aliens 14.7%, Shooter 10%, Space 8.6%
A quick and action paced retro styled arcade shooter, or shoot 'em up (shmup) if you like. Perfect to play in short chunks, like when you are waiting for big games to download.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Shooter 9%, Space 8.6%, Aliens 8.3%
It is the year 2127, the closing of the great war is upon us. You purchase a starship to explore regions unknown and to extract untold riches from distant galaxies. Pirates and bloodthirsty alien beings wander the universe. It is a gritty and nasty period. Bravely go forth and seek your fortune!
Why similar: Aliens 18.9%, Cyberpunk 16.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Futuristic 8.4%
A shoot'em'up game for up to 4 players that combines advanced RPG advancement elements with pure space shooter action, 20 unlockable weapons & 4 heroes with varied strengths in their 10 primary stats, along with each ship's 10 aspects, add a huge variety of choices for all gamers.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Aliens 15.7%, Shooter 11%, Space 7.6%
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Aliens 10.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Blast your way through waves of space debris in order to reach what is waiting for you on the other side. Find your fighting style with multiple unlockable ships in this fast paced space adventure!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Space 12.1%, Retro 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a story-driven action adventure game set in the human-less galaxy far far away. Fly, climb, shoot, explore the world and fight the giant bosses in this 8 Bit style Space Opera, full of drama and epic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Aliens 13.4%, Action-Adventure 7.5%, Top-Down 7.5%
Blast through waves of alien enemies in Project AionIX! Master your piloting skills, dodge, and survive in this fast-paced space shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Aliens 12.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
Brace yourself for an intense bullet hell experience! Fight your way through challenging levels, defeat bosses, upgrade your weapon and get the highest score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Aliens 16.6%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Shooter 9.6%, Space 9.3%
Finding Mom is a Singleplayer Bullet-Hell following a boy who is trying to find his captured mom. Experience the story, and enjoy the atmosphere that is created through handmade pixel art, music, and gameplay.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Beat 'em up 17.7%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Destroy enemies, bosses and everything you see ahead!! Get crystals to buy better starships and get stronger. Have fun in three different game modes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.6%, Cyberpunk 16.7%, Aliens 11.1%, Shooter 9.3%, War 7.9%
A backpack building run-and-gun game! Fill your backpack with guns, blast away space bugs, and deliver noodles to hungry customers!
Why similar: Aliens 21.5%, Beat 'em up 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 10.1%, Space 7.9%
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 12.1%, Space 8.9%, Futuristic 8.1%
Starshot is a difficult space shoot-em-up with rogue-like elements and randomly generated levels. Will you be able to upgrade your ship and pilot it to safety, or be destroyed in your search for stardust inside the automated production facility?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Aliens 17.1%, Shooter 11.4%, Futuristic 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Wave Function is a PC-based FPS game. Its single-stage bullet hell design forces players to survive under intense barrages of bullets. With roguelike elements, each attempt offers different power-ups, enemy formations, and strategies. It’s easy to learn but hard to master.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 24.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 11.5%, FPS 11.3%
Electro Havoc: A retro twin-stick shooter set in a neon-charged battleground where you'll face waves of geometric foes. Lure more enemies into debris fields to trigger chain reactions, and grab power-ups to boost your multipliers.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Beat 'em up 13.8%, Space 8.9%
Destroy bugs and glitches in your astral body to recover data from the source of the light of your soul.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Shooter 8.6%
A top down shooter where you heal by getting near bullets, Little Blue allows you and 3 friends to bring Technitia down using nothing but their own technology and hubris.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Futuristic 8%
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Shooter 10%, Sci-fi 7.8%
ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Futuristic 9.9%, Space 7.8%
Space Savior Special. Shmup genre game. Help Earth in her last awakened attempt to save humanity from the Naggal Biomechanical Virus. Use everything you have to get through enemy forces! Your ship, your pods, your bombs, your faith and your reflexes to destroy your terrible enemy!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20%, Cyberpunk 19%, Shooter 10.9%, Action-Adventure 7.6%
Number19 is sent into a zombie-filled labyrinth through portals by Dimension Technology Lab. In this terrifying world filled with limited ammunition and mysterious enemies, it takes courage and strategy to survive and escape the labyrinth.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 20.4% ★, Cyberpunk 16.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, FPS 11.3%, Futuristic 9.7%