
Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!
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Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!

Incandescent
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.

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Dash attack and blast swarms of enemy ships in this boss fight centered insane bullet hell frenzy. Combined with a heavy metal sound track and a hardcore difficulty curve, this twin stick arcade space shooter will definitely bring out the Shoot 'em Up beast in you.
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Action 22.2%, Indie 15.6%, Arcade 8.2%
Dash attack and blast swarms of enemy ships in this boss fight centered insane bullet hell frenzy. Combined with a heavy metal sound track and a hardcore difficulty curve, this twin stick arcade space shooter will definitely bring out the Shoot 'em Up beast in you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Action 24.4%, Indie 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Arcade 7.9%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Action 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Indie 16.3%, Arcade 9.7%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Action 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Retro 10.9%, Indie 10%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Action 24.7%, Indie 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Arcade 8.5%
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Why similar: Action 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Indie 22.4%, Arcade 13.8%, 2D 5.9%
Explosive twin stick shooter. Lots of upgrades. Full controller support. Awesome soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.1%, Indie 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action 15.9%, Arcade 11.1%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.1%, Action 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Indie 17%
Two classic games collide to create one amazing experience you can always just pick up and play. Enjoy Endless levels and see how high of a score you can get.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Action 22.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Indie 12%, Retro 11.9%
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Why similar: Action 45.7%, Indie 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Arcade 8.3%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Action 28.6%, Indie 20.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Casual 10.6%
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Why similar: Action 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Indie 21%, Arcade 11.3%, Retro 11.1%
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Why similar: Action 30.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Indie 19.1%, Arcade 15.1%, Retro 12.3%
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Why similar: Action 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Indie 18.8%, Arcade 12.6%, Retro 11.5%
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Why similar: Action 28.3%, Indie 20.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Arcade 6.8%
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Why similar: Action 36%, Arcade 19.7%, Retro 16%, Casual 12.1%, Indie 8.5%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.1%, Action 26.3%, Indie 18.1%, Arcade 12.5%
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Why similar: Action 37.3%, Indie 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Arcade 13.2%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Action 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Arcade 14.1%, Indie 5%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Action 31.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Indie 23.5%, Arcade 10.6%, Retro 10.4%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 14.3%, Retro 5.5%
Experience waves upon waves of viruses that have infected your computer. 5 Chapters with over 125 Waves of enemies! Play with your friends in local or online co-op! Can you destroy all the viruses?
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 11.7%, Casual 11.4%
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Death Ray Manta is an arcade game where you shoot lasers to kill bad guys, flash lights at yourself and move to the next screen to do it all over again. Sorry, no T-Rex.
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In this arcade style shoot em up that lets you earn more punishing difficulties, you are Sylvester, a hero pilot in his glory days turned space janitor on a space station. After an attack on said post, it is up to him to retrieve the fabled Fang Shards. Turn your Beast Mode on, you're going to need it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Action 28.3%, Indie 20.5%, Arcade 14.8%, 2D 6.2%
Inspired by the classic Amiga 500, you take on the role of a sniper, eliminating all the enemies without showing you.
Why similar: Action 40.4%, Indie 29.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Casual 3.5%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Action 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Indie 23.5%, Retro 13.8%
“A fast-paced action roguelite arena shooter where you battle relentless enemy waves, unlock new weapons and upgrades, and push your limits with every run. Survive dynamic challenges, face unique bosses, and become the final line of defense in 2130.”
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Why similar: Action 36.5%, Indie 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Arcade 13%
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Why similar: Action 42.4%, Indie 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Casual 3.1%
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Why similar: Action 42.2%, Indie 30.5%, Arcade 11.3%, Retro 11.1%, 2D 4.8%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Action 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Indie 12.4%, Arcade 12.4%
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Why similar: Action 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Indie 23.5%, Arcade 14.2%
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Why similar: Action 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Indie 18.6%, Retro 13.7%, Arcade 12.5%
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Why similar: Action 29.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Indie 20.6%, Retro 14.9%, Arcade 7.9%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Action 21.7%, Arcade 14%, Retro 7%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32%, Action 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Arcade 14.1%, Retro 6.4%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.2%, Action 33.5%, Indie 24.2%, 2D 5%
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Why similar: Action 40.1%, Indie 29%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Casual 5.1%
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Why similar: Action 27.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Indie 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Casual 10%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Action 28.9%, Arcade 19%, Retro 13.6%, 2D 6.3%
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Why similar: Action 36.8%, Indie 26.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.4%, Arcade 14.6%, Retro 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.7%, Action 8.6%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Action 29.4%, Arcade 18.9%, Retro 13.4%, 2D 6.4%
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Why similar: Action 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Indie 23%, Retro 13.3%, 2D 4.9%
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Why similar: Action 36.1%, Indie 25.3%, Retro 12.9%, Arcade 12%, Casual 8.5%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.1%, Action 32.9%, Arcade 19.3%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 6.8%
An exciting 2D action platformer in the vein of arkanoid.
Why similar: Action 33.6%, Indie 24.3%, Arcade 13%, Casual 12.4%, Retro 11.7%
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Why similar: Action 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Indie 21.8%, Retro 13.7%, 2D 4.9%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Action 18.4%, Arcade 16.4%, Retro 14.2%, Indie 8.8%
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Why similar: Action 33.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Indie 25%, Arcade 15.2%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Arcade 12.5%, Action 9.9%, Retro 7.9%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.5%, Action 34.9%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 5.8%
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Why similar: Action 39.5%, Indie 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, 2D 5.9%