
Abyss Prowler is an arcade inspired top-down arena shooter where you should always stay on the move to survive. Dash, reposition and strike. Demo is available.
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Abyss Prowler is an arcade inspired top-down arena shooter where you should always stay on the move to survive. Dash, reposition and strike. Demo is available.

Gunstorm
Gunstorm is a space shooter loaded with playability. Wave after wave of alien craft attack your agile ship. Use the mouse to control your ship at the speed of thought in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.

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Take on intense challenges and waves of enemies in this frenetic arena shooter that demands quick reflexes and nonstop action. Survive the onslaught and defeat powerful bosses while staying in motion, mastering arenas designed for those who crave adrenaline and intense combat.
Gunstorm is a space shooter loaded with playability. Wave after wave of alien craft attack your agile ship. Use the mouse to control your ship at the speed of thought in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, 1980s 9.7%, Arcade 7.6%
Take on intense challenges and waves of enemies in this frenetic arena shooter that demands quick reflexes and nonstop action. Survive the onslaught and defeat powerful bosses while staying in motion, mastering arenas designed for those who crave adrenaline and intense combat.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Difficult 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Space 6.8%
In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Difficult 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Arcade 8.1%
Defend Spacebase 19 from the asteroids swarming down on the station! Shoot down waves of stones and equip different powerful weapons. How many waves can you last? A simple nostalgic retro arcade turret defense shooter.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 10%, Bullet Time 8% ★
Two Mechs. One player. And an arena filled with alien bugs. Survive five rounds in the arena to become the new champion.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Difficult 12.7%
Fast paced top down shooter, you need to be fast and deadly, choose your character, pick new contract, prepare your weapons and kill your target !!! Get rewarded and buy new more deadly weapons.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Bullet Time 14.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Difficult 12.6%
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Difficult 12.8%, Arena Shooter 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
Hyper Frenzy is a free arena-styled singleplayer 2D space shooter using top-down perspective. Fight in different modes against bots, collect various items and use one of the plenty weapons to defeat your opponents. Create your own maps and gametypes.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Space 9%, Arcade 8.5%
Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Difficult 14.2%, Arcade 6%
Wirehawk is a neon vector shmup in the spirit of 80s arcade classics. Play it your way: razor-sharp mouse control, or a dedicated controller mode rebalanced for the stick. Blast asteroids and alien waves, dodge bullet storms, slow time with stasis. Autofire always on.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Difficult 11.7%, Arcade 7.7%
Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Bullet Time 15.2% ★, Fast-Paced 11.4%, Difficult 9.8%
ROBOHUNT - fast top-down action shooter where you have to destroy a lot of robots. You will have to uncover the secrets of abandoned robotics labs and find a way to escape from the planet.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Fast-Paced 16%, Arena Shooter 15.7%, Difficult 12.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%
Energy Tail is an oldschool arcade game where you fight enemies in relentless arena battles. It's free, so go and give it a try!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.2%, Difficult 18.7%, Arcade 12.6%, Fast-Paced 11.2%, Old School 10.7%
Shoot. Dodge. Climb. Repeat. BLOODCAST is a frenetic fast-paced 2D shooter buried in TV static and carnage
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 8.1%
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: Arena Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Arcade 9.3%
A top-down arcade shooter where one mistake ends the run. Punch enemies for ammo, shoot them for power, and learn the waves well enough to reach the boss.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.4%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Difficult 13.4%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 10.6%, Old School 7.6%
Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Difficult 12%, Arcade 7.3%
A top down shooter where the only way to move and fight is with the recoil of your blunderbuss. Whirl through waves of garden-destroying pests to defend Bert's garden, strive to reach higher and higher scores and become the Top Gnome!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Difficult 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Shooter 7.4%
Blast through overwhelming bullet storms, graze enemy fire for massive score boosts, and bend time to survive impossible odds in this intense arcade-inspired vertical shmup. Master unique ships, conquer brutal bosses, and chase the perfect run.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Time 14.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Difficult 13%, Arcade 8.2%
Royal Odyssey is a retro-style arcade space shooter where you pilot Prince Zayven’s ship through a deadly asteroid storm, blasting your way to survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Futuristic 9.1%, 1980s 9%, Top-Down 7.8%
A fast-paced sci-fi space survival shooter where you blast through relentless enemies, upgrade your ship, and climb the global leader-board.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 7.7%, Arcade 7.5%
Space. Anomalies. Throw down a challenge to mad alien mutants in dynamic firefights with continuous injection of adrenaline! Get ready for the most unforgettable and enchanting space confrontation of all time!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.1%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Difficult 12.7%, Space 8%
Will you have what it takes to avenge your father, defeat the evil DreadSkull and save the galaxy? Collect gems and customize your ship to get through six replayable sectors, annihilate your foes and fight epic bosses in this classic styled pixel art shoot'em'up with RPG progression.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Fast-Paced 13.6%, Old School 9.9%, Top-Down 7.5%
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 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 8%
CHROMACORE is a top-down arena shooter set in a futuristic super soldier training facility. Match your neon lights to the enemies in flow-inducing combat. Your task is simple: kill, adapt, survive, respawn.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Futuristic 6.8%
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Time 10.6% ★, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 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 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 10%, 1980s 6.9%
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 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Futuristic 8.4%, 1980s 8.3%
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Difficult 12.9%, Fast-Paced 9.2%
An explosive arcade arena shooter inspired by the golden age of Amiga classics. Blast through asteroid fields, destroy alien forces, upgrade your ship, and unleash devastating weapons in a modern reimagining of a timeless genre.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 10.6%, Shooter 9.2%
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 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, 1980s 9.6%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.6%
Orbis Fractura is the next evolution in classic arcade action. Smash through dynamic sci-fi arenas with explosive power-ups, relentless enemy formations, and a pulse-pounding electro-metal soundtrack. Designed for old-school arcade fans, it’s a bold 3D reimagining of Breakout-style gameplay.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Old School 13.5%, Arena Shooter 9.8%
Fight through immense waves of enemies and test yourself in this difficult, top-down shooter. Swap between short and long-range weapons to tackle any situation. Unlock and upgrade dozens of weapon combinations to customize your loadout. How long can you survive before you get OVERRUN!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Difficult 11.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down 8.6%
Chromarena is a 2D top-down twin-stick arena shooter. Combine offense and defense to tear through hordes of color-coded enemies to unlock new guns and set high scores. Form short and medium-term plans, dodge attacks with fully responsive controls, and get into a flow state.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Difficult 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%, Arcade 7.3%
Guide M.R.1 through a corrupted robot factory, battle hostile machines, collect biomass, and upgrade at the Forge in this retro-inspired top-down arcade shooter.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 9.8%, Sci-fi 3.9%
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: Arena Shooter 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Time 10.6% ★, Arcade 7.9%
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Fast-Paced 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Difficult 11.7%, Space 7.8%
Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Fast-Paced 20.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Arcade 9.6%, Space 9.1%
Battle against bosses in a shoot'em up combined with RPG elements. Choose between three diverse classes, and create your combo build from a pool of over 50 abilities. The game features a variety of bosses that require different strategies and builds to conquer.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Difficult 15.1%, Arena Shooter 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 8.1%
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Difficult 16%, Arcade 9%, Old School 8.4%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Arcade 12.6%, Shooter 10.6%, 1980s 6.9%
GUACOMOLE is a classic arcade shooter with a twist... Survive endless waves of chip enemies with only one bullet. A seamless cross between classics such as Pong and Asteroids. Enjoy a challenging and strategical experience that will leave you hungry for more!
Why similar: Difficult 23.7%, Arena Shooter 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 9.6%
Deathopolis is an arcade style fast paced shooter. Take on a series of rooms collecting prizes and clearing out waves of enemies using guns and power-up abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Difficult 12.1%, 1980s 9.3%, Top-Down 7.3%
"Angles of Death" is an action RPG and roguelike game. It blends the intensity of real-time combat and the unpredictability of roguelike mechanics. The pixel art aesthetic adds a nostalgic yet modern visual appeal, while the atmospheric soundtrack immerses players in a dark and captivating world.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Old School 7.3%
Fight to survive an endless onslaught of aliens, upgrading your tank between levels to keep up with the horde. Death may be inevitable in the aftermath of the invasion, but it is up to you to bring down as many of the these creatures as you can.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 10.9%, Old School 6.6%
Gunstorm II is an space-shooter with bags of playability, character, pretty weapons, and lots of fun. The plot-based action takes you to five different worlds, in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, 1980s 11%, Old School 8.1%
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 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Top-Down 7.2%
Dodge and shoot your way through waves of enemies. REVO is a high speed, neon drenched space shoot ‘em up inspired by arcade classics of the 1980’s. Collect pickups, unlock powerful, ammo hungry weapons, and defeat giant bosses.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Old School 7.9%, Space 7.7%
Alien Wall is a powerful genre mix between a brick breaker and ‘shoot em up’. Modern retro Arcade fun at its best!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 10.1%
Raider Pheasant is a single-player arcade shoot ’em up viewed from a dramatic high-angle perspective. Blast through enemy formations, power up your fighter, defeat massive bosses, and chase high scores with keyboard or controller.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Arcade 10.2%, Shooter 10.1%, Space 6.2%
You Are The Bodies last defense against a bunch of Deadly Viruses. Fight off many Viruses, and save the Body with a High score. Can you be the greatest Defense?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 9.6%, 1980s 6.8%
In the vengeance business, you leave no loose ends. Four characters scour the city, searching for their mentor's murderer in a brutal ballet of bullets. Stylish neo-noir top-down shooter with one-hit-one-kill mechanics.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Time 13.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Difficult 12.4%
Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 7.4%, Old School 6.9%
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 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Arcade 12.3%, Top-Down 8.9%, Bullet Time 7.7% ★
We're in lockdown and you're our only hope! Grab your blaster, ready the cure and prepare to face the virus head on in this frantic, wacky and wild hospital. Don't be fooled, this is a task for only the best out there. Think you have what it takes?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.2%, Fast-Paced 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Shooter 8.6%
Only armed with a double barrel shotgun, go through waves of hell spawns to get your book back! A bullet hell arena shooter!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Difficult 16.5%, Shooter 8.1%
Challenge your skills and push your limits in Brain Damage, the intense 2D action roguelite shooter with wave-based gameplay. With each upgrade, brain damage increases, making the game more challenging as you progress. Push the game to its limits. Can you break the game before it breaks you?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Bullet Time 11.8% ★, 1980s 7.9%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Old School 9.3%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 7.8%