60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade.
Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!
Syder Reloaded
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.
Remnith
Remnith is a chaotic arcade style VR shooter where enemy units feed off of the energy of every shot that isn't lodged directly into them. The more you miss the stronger they get.
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 25.1%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.7%, Difficult 9.6%
Remnith is a chaotic arcade style VR shooter where enemy units feed off of the energy of every shot that isn't lodged directly into them. The more you miss the stronger they get.
Why similar: Indie 25.7%, Action 18%, Difficult 15.9%, Shooter 15.2%, Arcade 13.4%
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 29.9%, Action 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Retro 11.5%, Arcade 11.3%
Guide Heart and Soul, the guardian spirits of Soma, through a divided realm in a colorful RPG adventure where your choices decide the fate of the world.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.4%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Indie 8.4%
That witches come back undergone a power-up further! New character is entered! All 6stages Arcade version of all re-adjust the resolution of the base in 1280x720! "Magic Circle system" is easy-to-use adjustment! Full voice all by the story undergoes new writing.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.1%, Indie 25.3%, Action 25%, Arcade 6.6%
Create your own bosses to battle in this arcade action and adventure. Yep, there is a story as well as pure action modes for those who want to blast things. Explore worlds while you upgrade your tech and improve your base. Make new friends, adopt pets and even fly a kite.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Action 17.1%, Indie 14%, Arcade 12.8%, Retro 12.1%
In Global Soccer: A Management Game 2017 there are no restrictions, the whole world becomes playable! The 210 playable nations and the 4000+ playable clubs guarantees truely infinite hours to play.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Postsoviet shoot 'em up borne from and reflective of the listlessness that modern, hyperconnected society injects into our selves
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43%, Indie 29.2%, Action 27.8%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Indie 10.5%, Action 10.2%, Retro 9.6%
Call upon the gods of Olympus to help you rescue your beloved before all hope is gone! Unfolding with the scope of an epic fantasy adventure, Weather Lord: Legendary Hero – Collector's Edition will capture your imagination even as it draws you into hours of compelling gameplay!
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 33.3%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 9.1%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Difficult 12.8%, Retro 9.4%, Arcade 8.9%, Indie 8.9%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Indie 19.6%, Action 18.7%, Retro 11.8%, Arcade 10.8%
You are Deputy Dangle and today you're getting deputized. Everything is going great until the elusive criminal, known only as GMA, decides to crash the party. Within minutes of becoming a deputy you're now hot on the trail of Dangleton's most infamous criminal.
Matris is an easy to play but challenging logic puzzle game for everyone - casual and hardcore gamers.Relax in Puzzle Mode or fight for the High Score in Combo Mode and Time Attack. Play custom levels or create your own thanks to Level Editor.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Beekyr is a shooter game where you will lead a bee-fighter through 23 amazing levels in fields, dark forests, rivers and dangerous caves to avenge his queen and hive from the evil wasp queens and their soldiers… The vengeance will be served! Beekyr (Vanilla Edition)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Indie 19.3%, Action 19%, Shooter 12%, Difficult 11.5%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 12.1%, Action 9.9%
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 28.6%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Retro 14.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.6%
Help Digby dig, set off bombs, dodge cave-ins and evade a colourful cast of foes in Digby Extreme - an explosive new endless digger from 3 Sprockets! Get your modern retro gaming on!
The official Project X sequel ✨ Back after 30 years!🎮 A demanding, skill-based experience that rewards patience and mastery. Not every game is for everyone — this one is for players who love a real, fair challenge. Try the demo and see if you’re up for it. Failure teaches. Mastery rewards.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.9%, Shooter 14.4%, Retro 13.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 11%, Action 8.8%
Pilot the all-powerful cell destroying Desolazor gunship and eradicate the mutagenic genotoxic pathogen before it consumes the entire galaxy. Soar through waves of threatening enemies and bosses beyond 6 stages packed with action, explosions, and lasers!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.6%, Shooter 18.4%, Action 15%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 6.5%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Action 16.2%, Shooter 15.3%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Arcade 14.9%
Use your powers and find your playstyle to survive in Boiling Bolt, an immersive and explosive shoot-em-up! Slow down the time to make combos and enjoy the stunning 3D graphics. Help June to save the world alone or with a friend.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Action 19%, Indie 18.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Difficult 12%
Welcome to the secret elite facility where the world's deadliest and most talented warriors are brought together with one purpose - to find out who is the best out of 4. Defeat your opponents. Shoot them! Burn them! Dissolve them in acid or just simply blow them the f**k up!
Ballistic Tanks is the best tank game you've played since the 80's. Battle in exhilarating local multiplayer, or challenge yourself in an intense solo/co-op arcade mode. Play 5 game modes in over 50 maps; and destroy your enemies in a frenzy of bullets, lasers, and explosions!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Action 20.6%, Indie 20.3%, Arcade 14%, Retro 12.5%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Action 16.1%, Shooter 16.1%, Arcade 15.2%, Retro 8.2%
Buzz Kill™ Zero takes gameplay influenced from retro 80's arcades & blends it with elements of modern bullet-hells. Use your ship's weapons & abilities to conquer the 5 Missions... & everyone else's scores on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Indie 18.7%, Action 18.4%, Difficult 12.3%, Retro 11.3%
Do you miss the times when games were not holding your hand? When they did not forgive mistakes and controls and rules were clear and simple to learn? YES? So you miss the 90s!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Indie 15.7%, Action 15.4%, Difficult 10.9%, Retro 10.5%
Infinite Shooter is a top down arcade shooting game, also known as a "Shmup", with the emphasis squarely on the action. With no story in the way of your fun, simply choose an opponent and take them down to earn powerful weapons, upgrades, ships, and power-ups!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Indie 17.7%, Action 16.1%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12%
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Side Scroller 26.7%, Shooter 14%, Action 11.6%, Indie 9.6%
DECONSTRUCTION is a fast-paced, hardcore, shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, Indie 21.5%, Action 20.6%, Shooter 18.2%
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 13.6%, Arcade 13.1%
Play as Sam, a kid that controls the dead! Defeat your enemies with magic and control their bodies to solve challenging puzzles!
C-RUSH is an old school Shooter, with HD graphics.A new threat is coming from the space; the plasma insects. Exterminate the vermin!!Beat your own score and compare it with the other players !Key Features:- One ship with different positions to use- Different Gameplay according to the positions and shoots- A Schmup where you need...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.5%, Indie 13.9%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.5%
Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Indie 16.5%, Action 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Retro 9.7%
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.3%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 11.7%, Retro 6.7%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 14.5%, Indie 12.2%, Side Scroller 5.9%
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Side Scroller 25.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 12%, Shooter 7.2%
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 31.7%, Action 16.7%, Retro 12.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Arcade 10%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 13.9%
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Why similar: Action 100%
Vulture Strike is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you have the ability to travel between 2 parallel timelines whenever you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Action 13.6%, Difficult 13.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.8%
Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Difficult 10.6%, Retro 10.2%, Indie 9.8%, Action 9.8%
Stop time and project yourself through space with “Time-stop warp” magic, pass through physical obstacles, dodge incoming bullets and shoot down your enemies! A satisfying shooter, filled with dark humor!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.4%, Difficult 14.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 12.3%, Indie 12.1%
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 30.2%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 13%, Action 9.2%
Zamarian is a fast-paced shoot 'em up classic arcade action game brought to you in an exciting, colorful, and challenging new way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Action 20.5%, Indie 18.8%, Arcade 15.3%, Retro 14%
Zombie Killin' is a cooperative action game that can be played locally with up to four players. In it, your team must shoot its way through an endless onslaught of zombies while at the same time individually accumulating cash and purchasing upgrades.
Hypersensitive Bob is roguelike sky-platform crawler where Bob fights his myriad forms of allergies. Some extreme situations may require Lobotomy or Surgery - even Laxative may prove to be necessary for Bob's survival. Loot vaccine vials, discover crazy item combos & encounter waves of enemies.
A free-to-play 90s-style bullet-hell shooter with high-res graphics, unlocked 60+ FPS, single-player campaign, and online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%
Chronoblast Maximum Force is a fast paced bullet shooter inspired by arcade classics. Keep your finger on the trigger at all times in this challenging arcade game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.2%, Indie 23.8%, Action 23%, Arcade 15.1%
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Retro 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Action 12%
Thunder Tiger is a fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up, blending 1980s arcade style with futuristic flair. Blast enemies, grab power-ups, and chase high scores in intense 2D stages. Classic retro vibe meets modern gameplay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Arcade 12.1%, Shooter 10%, Sci-fi 9.2%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Retro 13.6%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 8.6%
In this Shoot'em, you fight against an alien swarm of pollinators taking over the system! With your laser beam, Blast through waves of enemies, traverse challenging puzzles, and reclaim control in this fast-paced shooter. Step up to the challenge and push back the alien invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 8.9%
Super Psy Penguin is a Cyber Penguin Hero Simulator in which you play a realistic Cyber Penguin, giving you the power to save the galaxy! The game is inspired by Parodius and Xenon-II and many other Shmups from our childhoods.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.7%, Shooter 17.8%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 11%, Indie 8.8%
Icarus, a classic side-scrolling space shoot-em-up tribute! - Thumping soundtrack, Bosses, Multiples, Power-ups, Secrets, BIG levels... ...Give the (free) work in progress / teaser demo a try!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Retro 12.3%, Action 9.7%, Shooter 8.5%
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42%, Indie 11.9%, Action 11.6%, Arcade 9%, Retro 8.4%
Super Puzzle Sisters is a brand new ‘Action Puzzle’ Designed like Old School 90 Arcade Puzzle Games but with a twist! Choose when you unleash your combos with the Punch Attacks and unleash devastating combos while battling in 4 player Local Multiplayer Battles!!
