60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Bullet Hell, 2D.
Broken Sky is a fast paced dogfighting shooter featuring unlockable planes, explosive weapons, special abilities and Shoot 'em up madness. Responsive controls combined with super fast air combat will have you coming back for more in your bullet hell quest to defeat the alien takeover.
Space Elite Force
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
Space Elite Force II
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
Why similar: Jet 26.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.4%, Aliens 8.1%
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
Why similar: Jet 27.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Score Attack 7.6%
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 16.1%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Aliens 12.2%, Side Scroller 11.4%, War 8.6%
Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!
Why similar: Jet 24.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Aliens 10.4%
BURN BRIGHT!! YOU ARE THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Dystopian 9.2%
Engage in an action packed shoot em' up adventure! Choose from 4 powerful fighters and fight through 5 intense stages! Multiple tough and challenging bosses stand in your way, so use the insanity system BLANK STAND to erase them all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 11.3%, Dystopian 10.5%, Arcade 6.6%
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Aliens 10.2%, Shooter 9.4%
Space Force Squadron is a horizontal 2d shmup. Choose between 4 pilots with different spaceships and different attributes. Buy upgrades for ships using points earned in battles. This is arcade style game, meaning there is no possibility to save.
Why similar: Jet 27.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Arcade 5.9%
Mouse-only for super simple gameplay, but the challenge ramps up. Survive waves of enemies bombing your city. Shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 10.9%, Destruction 8.8%, War 7.9%
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Why similar: Jet 26% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Aliens 10.3%, Shooter 10.2%
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Why similar: Jet 29% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Aliens 11.8%, Arcade 6.3%
Blood Aliens 3 is a cinematic, story-driven space shooter where every alien wave burns hope into defiance.
Why similar: Jet 27.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Side Scroller 13%, Aliens 8.8%
It's a bullet-hell spaceship shooter. Can you survive the battlefield? Let's prove your shooting skills!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Side Scroller 17%, War 11.9%, Shooter 10.5%
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Shooter 11.9%, Aliens 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Side Scroller 13%, Shooter 12.8%, Aliens 10.8%
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 23.5%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Aliens 11.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
In a future Earth of machine overlords, warrior chieftain Ramek enacts a terrible revenge upon his mechanical enemy. Fly Ramek's genetically-engineered war-budgie through five levels of non-stop carnage, from the irradiated sands of the Dead Zone, to the iron towers of Machine City.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Dystopian 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Score Attack 12.2%, Shooter 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 19.7%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Aliens 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
A story-driven 2D bullet hell shooter set in the afterlife. An emotional journey of young heroines as they confront the science worshippers known as "Chemistians" Vibrant pixel art vividly portrays the world and narrative. "Welcome to 'The Crystal Palace'..."
Why similar: Steampunk 19.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Shooter 9.4%
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 20.2%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Side Scroller 15%, Aliens 13.3%, Shooter 11.3%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shooter 13%, Aliens 8.5%, Arcade 7.6%
The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 7.1%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Aliens 11%, Shooter 9.3%
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 11%, Dystopian 9.1%, Arcade 8.3%
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 7.1%
Zone of Lacryma is a story driven vertical shmup with 11 levels, highscores, speedrunning, upgrades and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Dystopian 18.8%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Shooter 9.2%
Explosive, balls-to-the-wall bullet hell shooter with novel shooting mechanics (and surreal comedy)
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Shooter 10.2%, Destruction 8.1%
Master a modular arsenal and survive a biomechanical nightmare in this intense cinematic shmup. Face grotesque aberrations, unlock achievements, and conquer the hardcore mode. The first level of an expanding saga!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Shooter 10.3%, Aliens 7.9%
Dogfighting seadogs! Command a rocket propelled pirate ship in this aerial combat roguelike, in 2.5D! Equip your ship, train your crew, optimize your build, get blown up, and do it all again!
Why similar: Jet 35.5% ★, Steampunk 21.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Shooter 7.6%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 14.1%, Aliens 11.9%, Arcade 8.1%
A fast action arcade game revamped into Virtual Reality. Shoot with your weapon, dodge bullets with your body, deflect bullets with your swords, and launch missiles and ultimate skills!
Why similar: Jet 30.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Aliens 12.8%, Shooter 9.2%
Destroy Huge Bosses, dodge thousand of bullets and resolve quick puzzles with your powerfull space ship ! New and remade stages with improved graphics and 3D environments. More enemies and more bullets !
Why similar: Jet 34.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 9.2%, Aliens 7.4%
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.2%
A semi-procedural shoot-'em-up that will test your skills. Level up your ship, unlock amazing weapons, and defeat 5 formidable bosses. Challenge the infinite by facing real-time waves of enemies after completing all missions. Become the intergalactic hero now!
Why similar: Jet 34.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Score Attack 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 10%
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 21.1%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Aliens 12.6%, Shooter 10.9%
Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Side Scroller 11.9%, Score Attack 8.1%, Sci-fi 6.5%
Facing annihilation, a plucky crew of space salvagers fight dirty using the best tool in their belt - the salvage claw. Grab and toss enemies, deflect attacks, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 6.5%
Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Score Attack 6.4%
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 22.1%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 8%
Classic 80s inspired shooter
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Shooter 12.6%, Aliens 10%, Destruction 7.5%
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Aliens 10.6%, Retro 7.4%
Metal Head Warfare is one of the best fast-paced shooting games in 4K and 120 FPS, modern and with wonderful graphics, where players collect super powers and become increasingly powerful to defeat chaos and evil in a world on the brink of the abyss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Jet 19% ★, Shooter 12%, Arcade 7.6%
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 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Aliens 8.1%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 6.5%
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Skies of Chaos is an arcade 'shoot em up' with 100+ levels of explosive action. Take on a sprawling campaign as you build your team of pilots to take down an evil empire in a vibrant post apocolyptic world.
Why similar: Steampunk 23.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Shooter 9%
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Celestia is a solo-developed indie game. An angelic bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you defeat enemies throughout the skies, and relax on a floating island with your companions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Side Scroller 24%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 6.9%
classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Destruction 12.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Score Attack 8.6%
Short Warp: Deep Space Bounty is a modern arcade shoot ’em up mixing top-down and side-scrolling missions in a rugged sci-fi universe. Pilot stock ships or craft custom builds across multiple game modes. Cast a short warp and Lower Away!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Side Scroller 14%, Aliens 13%, War 12.8%, Shooter 10.4%
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Aliens 10.7%, Score Attack 10.5%, Shooter 8.1%
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 19%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 7.4%
Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Score Attack 14.3%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 7.1%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.3%, Bullet Hell 28.4%, Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 10%, 2D 5.4%
