60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Action, Arcade.
1982: Tenacious of the Air is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up set during the South Atlantic conflict. Pilot five historic Argentine aircraft, choose your ordnance, take off from aircraft carriers or from land, and relive missions inspired by true events.
Stranded in the Abyss
Stranded in the abyss is a shoot-em-up in a unique sci-fi sci-environment where you command a massive squad of ships in an endless war Against an evil rebellion. Shoot command and bomb your way through hundreds of enemy fighters, capital ships, and skirmishes.
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Stranded in the abyss is a shoot-em-up in a unique sci-fi sci-environment where you command a massive squad of ships in an endless war Against an evil rebellion. Shoot command and bomb your way through hundreds of enemy fighters, capital ships, and skirmishes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 12.4%, Military 6.8%, War 5.1%
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Bullet Hell 27.2%, Retro 10.4%, Arcade 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON. Dodge wave after wave of bullets, shoot the demons back to hell, and save the galaxy in this fresh, retro shoot 'em up/bullet hell experience!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.5%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Retro 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Action 6.7%
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 13.5%, Retro 12.6%, Action 8.7%
Take control of a hyper radical super-powered gunboat, and battle enemy drones through intense naval warfare! With stunning retro graphics, and chaotic enemy AI, this game will keep you on the edge of your seat! Prepare for waves of enemies, and unleash your thunder!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Arcade 12.2%, 1980s 9.2%, Military 7.6%
A small shoot 'em up that combines the charm of retro arcades with innovative gameplay mechanics, delivering a fresh yet familiar experience. A single coin gives you as many attempts as you want to get the world's high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.1%, Bullet Hell 32.9%, Arcade 20.8%, Action 1.1%, Retro 1.1%
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Arcade 15%, 1980s 9.2%, Action 7%
Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Arcade 13%, Retro 6.9%, Action 6.7%
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Arcade 12%, Retro 11.4%, Action 8.6%
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 29.4%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Arcade 13.8%, Retro 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
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 39.3%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Arcade 14.6%, Retro 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
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 38%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Arcade 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Retro 5.5%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Arcade 12.1%, Retro 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%
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 36.1%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Retro 6.7%, 1980s 6.2%
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Arcade 16.4%, Action 7.4%, Retro 7.1%
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.4%, Bullet Hell 27.8%, Arcade 14.9%, 2D 5.9%, Action 5.6%
TRI-GER is a top-down rouge-like SHMUP with technicolor vector based graphics. Fight endless waves of enemies, and be sure to match your color to get a high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Arcade 17.4%, Action 8.4%, Retro 8%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Arcade 15.2%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Arcade 15.1%, Retro 6.2%, 2D 6.1%
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Arcade 15.6%, Retro 5.3%, Action 4.3%
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Retro 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Bullet Hell 29.7%, Arcade 11.5%, Action 9%, Retro 7%
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 43.1%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Arcade 16.3%, 2D 6.6%, Action 3.8%
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.5%, Bullet Hell 27.8%, Arcade 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Action 3.2%
Hear the shrieks of colliding metal! Behold the true form of steel! An explosive onslaught of shooting action!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.6%, Bullet Hell 27%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 5%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Arcade 12.6%, 1980s 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
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 33.5%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Arcade 11.9%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
A synthetic race has come to your planet to steal your technology, And you have to fight them off. Fight off the Tecroroid invasion as they sent wave after wave of enemies to the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.5%, Arcade 19.4%, Retro 14.2%, 2D 7.8%, Action 6.2%
Addictive fast-paced shoot-em-up with beautiful 3D graphics and an amazing soundtrack. 5 ships to choose from and 5 action-packed Stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.7%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 7.2%, Indie 4.3%
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Arcade 9.6%, 1980s 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
Vanisha is a sci-fi arcade shooter where you dodge bullet waves, craft builds from collected cards, and climb through six sectors of increasingly dangerous space. Level up, spend skill points, hit shops along the way, and see how far your build can take you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Bullet Hell 25%, Arcade 14.2%, 2D 5.4%, Retro 5.1%
A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Arcade 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Action 5%
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.7%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42%, Bullet Hell 25%, Arcade 9%, Retro 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.3%, Arcade 14.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, 1980s 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Arcade 11%, Retro 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Arcade 14.8%, Retro 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
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 34.4%, Bullet Hell 29%, Arcade 13.6%, 2D 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
RED TITANS is a single player vertical shoot em up, use the resources available to stop the threat, you will have to be very skillful since there are no continues.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Arcade 15.9%, 1980s 9.8%, Action 7.3%
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.9%, Arcade 19%, 2D 7.8%, 1980s 7.7%, Retro 7.5%
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Retro 15.4%, Action 10.4%, Arcade 9.6%
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.3%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Arcade 16.5%, Retro 12.9%, Action 10.7%
In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a sci-fi adventure with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles,...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.7%, Arcade 15.9%, Retro 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Action 7.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 37.9%, Bullet Hell 31.5%, Retro 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Action 4.9%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 56.6%, Bullet Hell 25%, Arcade 11.1%, Action 4.1%, Indie 3.1%
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.3%, Bullet Hell 40.5%, Arcade 7.7%, Action 3.7%, Indie 2.7%
A short, free danmaku bullet hell following two gun-wielding angels as war unfolds in Heaven. Dodge dense Touhou-style patterns, face demanding boss fights, and uncover skill-based secrets in this tight retro experience. Survive the bullet hell and restore the bullet heaven!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Bullet Hell 29.5%, Arcade 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Action 5.5%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.6%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Arcade 16.7%, 2D 5.5%, Action 5.2%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Arcade 17.1%, Retro 12.4%, Action 7.2%
A retro styled Len'en fangame inspired by the Japanese PC-98 Touhou Project games. Enjoy a nostalgic shoot-'em-up experience with faithful graphics and music without the hang-ups of outdated hardware.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 31.3%, Arcade 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 3.9%
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.8%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 17.4%, Action 6.5%
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 30.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Arcade 14.7%, 1980s 9.3%, Action 6.9%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Bullet Hell 29%, Arcade 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Retro 5.8%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Bullet Hell 34.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 8.3%, Action 4.9%
Defeat 7 bosses in this radial Shoot 'em up game to obtain full power of color spectre and defeat hidden evil.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Bullet Hell 21%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.1%, Bullet Hell 30.7%, Arcade 13.6%, War 6.2%, 2D 5.4%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Arcade 15.8%, 2D 7.8%, Retro 7.2%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Bullet Hell 31.5%, Arcade 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, 2D 4.6%
