60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Singleplayer.
Sci-fi survival horror, an unstoppable disease is killing the only alien alive, you will travel to a black hole stretching its last moments into centuries. Manage your resources and movements until a cure is developed.
Solbane
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.
BULLETnico
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
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: Souls-like 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Difficult 14.1%, Space 9.4%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Difficult 16.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Difficult 14.7%, Space 9.2%, Top-Down 8.2%
Red Ruin is a Space-Arcade-Shooter, in which you control two ships. Each ship has unique properties and they can switch position with each other. Using the advantages of both ships strategically will bring you victory.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 25%, Difficult 20.4%, Space 15.3%, Action 7.4%
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.3%, Bullet Hell 29.1%, Space 9.8%, Difficult 6.3%, Action 4.2%
Combining retro puzzles and a arcade space shooter. You and your crew found strange materials in the galaxy core to upgrade your ship to the most powerful. While collecting core materials you came across something unbelievable ... The Core Message. The Core Message changes everything.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 28%, Space 14.5%, Difficult 9.2%, Retro 6.8%
Arise Wyver and fly against overwhelming odds in this modern labor of love tribute to classic shoot'em ups!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Difficult 12.6%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%
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 34.6%, Bullet Hell 31.6%, Difficult 10.1%, Retro 6.3%, Action 5%
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 25.4%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Difficult 14.1%, Space 12.1%, Sci-fi 6.7%
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Bullet Hell 27.8%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Retro 5%
Evade is a fast paced bullet hell shooter focused on dodging attack patterns made of hundreds, even thousands of bullets. Shoot your way through over 30 different bosses, and recruit defeated enemies as powerful assists.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.3%, Bullet Hell 30.5%, Difficult 22.4%, Action 6.6%, Indie 1.6%
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: Bullet Hell 34.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 6.7%, Retro 5.8%
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: Bullet Hell 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Top-Down 10%, Space 8.1%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Dodge, defend, and destroy! Engage in a frenetic shoot 'em up, facing relentless bullet streams that test your reflexes. Experience dynamic shifts between vertical and horizontal views as you fend off endless enemy waves. Use polarity shields for defense and strike back fiercely. Conquer the chaos!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Difficult 18.6%, Space 14.5%, Futuristic 7.5%
Clusterbug is a space-themed, insect-filled, and futuristic bullet hell shoot 'em up. Travel through the insect-filled world as you cleanse it from a bio-mechanical virus that has turned any living being infected by it into frenzied mech mutations, bringing freedom and peace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.6%, Bullet Hell 31%, Top-Down 7.3%, Action 6.7%, Space 6.2%
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 42.9%, Bullet Hell 22%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Difficult 7.3%
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 37.8%, Bullet Hell 32.5%, Difficult 12.5%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Action 4.7%
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 26.2%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Difficult 14.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Spaceships 5.5% ★
Frenetic 2D action in the style of Space Invaders! Customize your spaceship, face hordes of enemies, and challenge yourself in multiple modes, including Campaign, Arcade, Invasion, and Survival. Upgrade your ship, collect power-ups, and face unique challenges in every battle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 18%, Space 13.9%, Top-Down 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Difficult 18.2%, Top-Down 8.9%, Space 8.6%
Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Bullet Hell 21%, Difficult 15.1%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.1%, Bullet Hell 26.9%, Difficult 18.7%, Futuristic 5%, Action 4.2%
A Bullet hell game about a man trying to escape from a strange world. Fight through increasingly difficult stages and try to find your way home.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Difficult 15.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Action 6.5%
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 42.9%, Bullet Hell 32.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Action 6.2%, Colorful 5.4%
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 35.8%, Bullet Hell 28%, Top-Down 8.8%, Space 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.4%
The Swan EM-43DSC... A experimental fighter jet blasts through the skies of the New East/West. And as the pilot clutches her yoke, she commits to her rebellion knowing full well, that her mission is not for the faint of heart....
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Futuristic 10.3%, Top-Down 7.5%, Space 7.3%
Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Bullet Hell 29.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Futuristic 6.7%, Space 6.2%
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 27.6%, Bullet Hell 26.9%, Space 12.4%, Top-Down 11%, Sci-fi 9.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Difficult 20.4%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Space 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%
Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Retro 6.9%
A shoot'em up, with focus on choice and progressiveness, so you can choose between a wide selection of weapons, and upgrade them becoming way more powerfull as you play.Big multi-phase bosses and a dramatic story.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Action 14.7%, Difficult 13.6%, Space 11.1%
Dive into a relentless roguelike boss-rush gauntlet where every run challenges your skill and strategy. Defeat ancient, myth-inspired deities in a bullet hell environment to collect and craft unique artifacts, and customize your abilities.
Why similar: Souls-like 33.3%, Bullet Hell 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Story Rich 4.3%, Action 3.6%
Vostok 2061 is a modern-graphics vertical scroll shooter. Gorgeous alien worlds, spaceships, and bosses. Explore mysteries as you listen to a great soundtrack!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Space 11%, Spaceships 8.6% ★, Sci-fi 7.8%
Remain untouchable. Slip through the bowels of vast inorganic monsters and take them down with grace.
Why similar: Souls-like 20.5%, Bullet Hell 18%, Difficult 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 35.2%, Space 11.3%, Action 10.2%, Retro 4.3%
Cell #31 is a fast-paced and intense twin-stick shooter where you play as a cell fighting to survive an ever-increasing barrage of bullets and enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Difficult 16.6%, Top-Down 9%, Sci-fi 5.9%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Bullet Hell 30.4%, Difficult 18.4%, Top-Down 7.9%, Action 3.9%
Fiery Rivaz - Reanimate Shmups !!! It's time to revive the shmup genre. You can expect a shooter that focuses on varied and innovative level design. It is accompanied by cool 3d graphics and a great soundtrack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Space 11.3%, Top-Down 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%
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: Bullet Hell 32.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 31%, Top-Down 9%, Space 8.2%, Action 6.9%
Shoot your way through a thrilling action adventure of 120 waves in 4 different game modes while fighting against waves of enemies and 12 extreme bosses. Save the world from The General by yourself or with a friend locally and play 10 different Challenges.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Difficult 18.6%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metal🤘🏻. The gameplay blends classic Shoot 'em up mechanics with modern low poly graphics, particles, shaders, and a hardcore soundtrack. Annihilate an army of machines, and afterward, annihilate their bosses—go all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.2%, Bullet Hell 26.5%, Difficult 23.5%, Action 11.4%, Indie 3.4%
Armored Firestorm is an intense top-down shoot'em up action game in a futurist environments. At the controls of your Hovertank, survive against the attack of the machines in the orbital city of the federation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Top-Down 13.7%, Space 9.3%, Futuristic 8.2%
Test your strength in Shell of a King! A precision bullet-hell adventure that will push your dodging skills to the limit. Challenge tough bosses, uncover secrets, and explore a world left to ruin in this top-down RPG.
Why similar: Souls-like 34.7%, Bullet Hell 26.9%, Difficult 19.9%, Top-Down 9%, Action 4.1%
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Difficult 18.2%, Space 9%, Sci-fi 7.6%
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 34.1%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Difficult 18.9%, Action 10.1%, Retro 7.3%
Grab up to 3 friends and defend the sun from swarms of enemies in this local coop twin stick shooter. Siphon energy from the sun and shoot as many attackers as you can to claim the high score before it explodes! Fight over experience and upgrade your ship to keep up with the ever-mounting pressure.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 26.7%, Difficult 11.5%, Top-Down 8.6%, Space 6.2%
A relentless action-puzzle game about surviving a strange prison full of traps.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Difficult 17.4%, Top-Down 12.1%, Story Rich 7.4%
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Futuristic 6.8%, Action 5.6%
Star Waker allows you to command customizable spaceships with the mission to show your agility in order to save mankind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Difficult 18%, Space 14.8%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Story Rich 6.4%
Bullet shooter with no visible bullets
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 28.3%, Difficult 17.1%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%
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 36.3%, Bullet Hell 29.9%, Difficult 15.1%, Action 7.8%, Retro 4.4%
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 33%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Difficult 8.6%, Action 7.7%
Cross blades with space knights in this epic physics-based roguelike where space-age and medieval combat collide. Die often, upgrade, and battle your way across the galaxy, defeating rival ships in methodical skirmishes on a quest to save your kingdom from destruction!
Why similar: Souls-like 24.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Spaceships 11.1% ★, Space 10.3%, Top-Down 9.3%
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 36.4%, Bullet Hell 31.5%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%, 2D 5.5%
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 43.5%, Bullet Hell 35%, Sci-fi 11%, Action 8.2%, Indie 2.3%
Radar Warfare is a bullet hell/fast paced arcade shoot 'em up with radar theme and retro style. 27 stages will challenge you with different waves and enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Difficult 17.1%, Action 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%
This is the legacy version of Buzz Kill Zero. A rebuilt version, Buzz Kill Zero: Version B, is currently in development and will have a separate Steam page. This version will be retired from sale soon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Difficult 20.1%, Action 11.6%, Retro 6.9%
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 36.5%, Space 17.1%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Difficult 13.8%, Retro 4.3%
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 44.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 40.4%, Difficult 9.7%, Action 3.2%, 2D 1.9%
