
Take control of humanity’s last resort in defending the planet from the many dangers outer space has to offer. Shoot or deflect incoming projectiles, harvest them from the moon and spend the loot on upgrades.
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Take control of humanity’s last resort in defending the planet from the many dangers outer space has to offer. Shoot or deflect incoming projectiles, harvest them from the moon and spend the loot on upgrades.

Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S-Tribute
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!

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A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down 9%
A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 7.6%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 9%
Containment Breach is a wave-based zombie survival game where you can blow the limbs off of enemies. Earn points to unlock doors, buy and upgrade weapons, perks, and equipment. See how fast you can escape the facility or choose to stay and go for the highest round possible.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Perma Death 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 7.9%
TROID BLASTER 2 is a physics based asteroids tribute game, featuring: * Random Levels * Gachapon random generated pilots and ships * 30 weapon types to unlock * Physics based! * Hundreds of bite sized levels to play * A graveyard to bury and remember your fallen pilots
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 13%, Action 8.1%
A fast paced singleplayer arena shooter. Choose one of three goals to win each stage, try different maidens and defeat 10 bosses on the way to meet the devil on stage 66. What's the highest score you can reach?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Perma Death 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 8.9%
Space & Pixels is a top-down space shooter with classic gameplay. Battle through each level, blast lots of enemies, upgrade your ship's firepower, and uncover the truth behind your dangerous mission.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Shooter 17.1%, Arcade 16.7%, Action 11.6%, Top-Down 10.3%
Two-dimensional game in New York. You must play as a secret agent so that he can gain immortality.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Perma Death 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 9%
Blast through waves of chaos in this retro inspired space shooter. Simple mechanics, high energy rock/electronic soundtrack, and a gloriously goofy tone make Nova Rebellion a cosmic throwback Back when space shooters were all the rage.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down 10.4%, Futuristic 6%
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Destruction 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 8.2%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 9.9%
It's Christmas! Pelt the humans with gifts! Quickly!!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Arcade 14.3%, Futuristic 9.4%, Action 9.3%
Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Perma Death 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9.1%
Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Top-Down 8.7%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down 8.2%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Action 10.7%
A distant human colony faces an enigmatic alien threat. As commander of a spherical battle droid, infiltrate alien spacecraft to neutralize the menace from within. Face AI-enhanced droids, upgrade your arsenal, and engage in high-speed action, mini-games and test your strategic skills and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shooter 11.4%, Futuristic 10.9%, Arcade 10.1%
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 10.9%, Futuristic 9.8%
You thought geometry was difficult? Now it's got a gun! Face the fury of the Seven Deadly Shapes and blast your way through a barrage of bullets and lasers in this highly accessible bullet hell.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Perma Death 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Futuristic 8.1%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 7.2%
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 10.9%, Top-Down 10%
A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Destruction 13%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 10.3%
Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down 9.7%
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 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 9%
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 15.4%, Futuristic 11.5%, Action 9.8%
Narcissus is an adrenaline-pumping, top down, action-horror game that puts you in the shoes of the last survivor on a doomed spaceship. The clock is ticking, and danger lurks around every corner.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Perma Death 16.8%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 8.6%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 12.3%, Top-Down 9.5%
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.8%, Top-Down 10.1%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 12.1%, Top-Down 9.3%
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 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Top-Down 9%, Arcade 7.5%
Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 15.3%, Top-Down 10.6%, Space 6.5%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 12.6%, Top-Down 10.7%
ZOMBIES!!! Overloaded waves of undead chaos! Armed with crazy weapons and power-ups, you’ll fight, dodge, and nuke your way through endless hordes. Face intense bosses, survive outrageous room filling hordes, and climb the leaderboards! It’s fast, it’s gory, it’s OVERLOADED!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13.7%, Top-Down 10.1%
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 11.5%, Top-Down 8.8%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Top-Down 8.8%, Action 6.2%
An arcade arena top down shooter. fast paced action with a great sound-track. shoot your way through the approaching enemy shapes, upgrade your character and beat the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shooter 14.2%, Top-Down 13%, Arcade 11.9%
Cosmic Paradox: Noire is a 2D top-down shoot ‘em up adventure set in a world of two overlapping dimensions. Witness the battle between the Vex Accord and the Oronix Empire, increase your odds of survival with the right upgrades and choose a ship that is best suited to your playstyle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 9.8%
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down 12.9%, Arcade 12.1%, Futuristic 12%
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 27%, Shooter 15%, Top-Down 12.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down 8.5%
Alien Space Bastards is a procedurally generated 3D arcade style shooter. The aliens are attacking in force and you must utilize all the weaponry you have to survive the onslaught and bring piece to the galaxy. Multiple power ups will assist you on your suicide mission, good luck and fight bravely!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12.5%, Futuristic 10.5%
Kilemol is a top-down shooter where you'll have to destroy all spawn capsules and enemies using different weapons in a dynamic gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.5%, Shooter 15.6%, Top-Down 15.2%, Futuristic 13.5%, Action 10.6%
A fast pace retro arcade shooter. Fight waves of zombies and dragons with a great gun collection. Battle five wild bosses all while trying to keep the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 15.5%, Action 11.3%
With 3.68 quintillion possible builds, no run is the same. Mix 10 astronauts, 10 ships, and 100+ upgrades in a relentless roguelite top-down shooter where alien swarms and brutal bosses push every skill to the limit. Adapt, experiment, and fight to survive the chaos
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Perma Death 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.3%
A shoot 'em up that tests your wits and reflexes! Mastering the ability to change color between red, green and blue is the key to beating this game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 10.2%
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 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Arcade 14.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Action 8.8%
The world is infested with giant mutated spiders. In Spider Crisis you operate a small remote control tank equipped with deadly weapons. Use your weapons to shoot, bomb, and burn these creatures back to where they came from.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.1%, Destruction 8.2%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Arcade 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 8.7%
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Shooter 17.6%, Top-Down 13.5%, Futuristic 8.8%, Action 7.5%
Dodge enemy beams with your space fighter, kill huge bosses, and sing along to seven distinct songs in this unique rock opera videogame.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 9.5%, Top-Down 8.4%
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 13.6%, Futuristic 10.9%
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Arcade 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Action 13.6%, Top-Down 9.5%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Perma Death 16.4%, Destruction 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Shooter 8.7%
In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Bullet Time 11.5% ★, Arcade 9.8%
Resurrection Core is vertically scrolling Bullet Hell Shoot ´Em Up game. It honors the arcade classics but also adds modern touch and unique game-play mechanics to the genre. Master the unique weapon systems and resurrect enemy cores to become the ultimate fighting machine!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 12.6%, Action 9.5%
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Space 10.7%, Arcade 8.9%, Action 7.8%
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 13.3%, Top-Down 8.8%
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 30.7%, Arcade 15%, Shooter 13.8%, Futuristic 13.6%, Perma Death 8%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 15%, Arcade 9.3%, Top-Down 7.9%