- #1 GALAXIUM
97% matchMostly Negative27% of 223 reviews2019
Dev: Tony MuñozPub: Wulum LTD
Windows · Mac
Arcade shoot game inspired on 80’s classics with extra features as you progress.
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Casual 31.8%, Space 31.4%
- #2 Space Aces
95% matchMixed63% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: DewEnforcerPub: Space Aces
Windows
Space Aces is an indie space shooter that plunges you into an online universe full of action, strategy, and fierce competition. Step into the cockpit and evolve from a rookie pilot into the most feared Ace in the galaxy!
Why similar: Space 53.7%, Action 34.2%, Casual 12.1%
- #3 Heavy Weapon Deluxe
96% matchVery Positive86% of 422 reviews2006
Dev: PopCap Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
It's shoot-'em-up arcade action at its best! Use an incredible assortment of heavy artillery to blast away enemy tanks and planes, and fight your way to victory. What are you waiting for? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get into the action!
Why similar: Casual 74.8%, Action 25.2%
- #4 Space Elite Force
94% matchVery Positive89% of 185 reviews2018
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
Why similar: Space 48.8%, Action 26.5%, Casual 24.7%
- #5 Duke of Alpha Centauri
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 546 reviews2016
Dev: EGAMERPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Duke of Alpha Centuri is a space shooter with amazing graphics. The main goal of our game is to have a lot of fun while blowing up hordes of different types of enemies. Engage in boss fights, upgrade your ship and ship systems until you are able to show off in an endless mode.
Why similar: Action 54%, Casual 46%
- #6 Rigid Force Alpha
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: com8com1 Software
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Why similar: Space 49%, Action 27.7%, Casual 23.3%
- #7 SpaceShot
92% matchVery Positive81% of 289 reviews2017
Dev: Shevchenko Technology
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
SpaceShot - a complex arcade game in which you must destroy the alien invaders and collect bonuses. Three game modes, fast gameplay and a lot of achievements are waiting for you.
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Casual 46.4%
- #8 Block Blowout
91% matchMostly Negative33% of 125 reviews2016
Dev: EnsenaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Block Blowout offers original brick-breaker arcade action inspired by the timeless classic. Blast your way through 84 challenging levels and collect useful upgrades and weapons of mass-destruction.
Why similar: Action 53.6%, Casual 46.4%
- #9 Luminosity
91% matchVery Positive84% of 62 reviews2015
Dev: Windmill Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Luminosity is a fast paced arcade game. You take the control of a space ship and your objective is to close off the enemy drones and conquer a certain percent of the map in order to blow them up. Things quickly escalate and you face an increasing number of unique and challenging enemies and environments all trying to destroy your laser...
Why similar: Casual 89%, Action 11%
- #10 ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
89% matchVery Positive91% of 912 reviews2016
Dev: BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.Pub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!
Why similar: Action 68.4%, Space 31.6%
- #11 Galactic Arms Race
90% matchMixed47% of 86 reviews2014
Dev: Evolutionary Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Top-down 2.5D action that combines old-school shooters like Star Control, action-RPGs like Diablo, with a system that evolves unique weapons to player preferences. Single-player and 32-player online coop and PVP.
Why similar: Action 35.7%, Space 33.2%, Casual 31.1%
- #12 Switch Galaxy Ultra
89% matchMixed45% of 110 reviews2015
Dev: Atomicom LimitedPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Switch Galaxy Ultra is an insanely addictive, fast-paced arcade challenge. Weave your way past obstacles and enemies as you travel across the galaxy collecting Tantalum for Dakur Technology. It’s loaded with content and features that will have you blazing across the galaxy at breakneck speeds.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #13 Intergalactic Bubbles
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,192 reviews2015
Dev: Hellscape Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blast your way through space in this innovative 3D bubble puzzler! Bounce, bobble, swing, and explode bubbles across the universe. Intergalactic Bubbles advances the classic match-3 genre into the 21st century with stellar graphics, 3D action, and upgrades.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #14 Stellar 2D
87% matchMixed41% of 975 reviews2015
Dev: quad gamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.
Why similar: Action 50.6%, Casual 49.4%
- #15 Blast Off Far Away
84% matchVery Positive95% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: C405Pub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Shoot to move, move to live, live to shoot! Blast Off Far Away (B.O.F.A.) is a space-themed, top-down arena shooter, with a focus on fast-paced arcade-esque gameplay, with the unique twist where movement is limited through the use of the player's gun.
Why similar: Space 35.2%, Action 34.8%, Casual 30%
- #16 Roche Fusion
86% matchVery Positive94% of 96 reviews2015
Dev: amulware
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Roche Fusion is a retro, over the top space shooter. An all you can shoot buffet; fast paced and procedurally generated; with crazy waves of enemies, awesome upgrades and wicked boss-fights! Also: Explosions. Lots of explosions.
Why similar: Action 51.5%, Casual 48.5%
- #17 Ion Assault
86% matchMixed69% of 181 reviews2010
Dev: CoreplayPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Why similar: Action 55.3%, Casual 44.7%
- #18 Hyper Sentinel
85% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Four5Six PixelPub: Huey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 21%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #19 Switch 'N' Shoot
84% matchVery Positive96% of 154 reviews2016
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Space 43.5%, Casual 38.2%, Action 18.4%
- #20 Jets'n'Guns 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,284 reviews2020
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #21 Particle Wars
81% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2019
Dev: HaDe GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Particle wars is a super cool and colorful survival shooter with crazy particle effects, tons of weapons and power-ups! Beat the levels with different approaches and get some great highscores at the infinite mode!
Why similar: Space 54.5%, Action 45.5%
- #22 Aeve:Zero Gravity
82% matchMostly Negative24% of 135 reviews2018
Dev: DIG Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
"Aeve:Zero Gravity" is an arcade space shooter about battles in open space. In a classic mode "Shoot'em'all"
Why similar: Action 100%
- #23 Luxor Evolved
81% matchVery Positive93% of 360 reviews2012
Dev: MumboJumboPub: Accelerate Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
In an all-new, completely revamped LUXOR Evolved, the chains are faster, the power-ups more awesome, the shooters more stealthy. In this retro-styled arcade shooter, you’ll experience a faster, more intense LUXOR, unlike any you’ve seen before.
Why similar: Casual 52.6%, Action 47.4%
- #24 Space Battlecruiser
80% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: Less Describable Games
Windows
Space Battlecruiser is an arcade style, top down space shooter where you control a heavily armed capital ship. Battle against squadrons of fighters, fleets of warships, heavily defended space stations, and powerful command ships. Learn to master weaponry and special abilities like the Energy Shield.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #25 Starblast
77% matchVery Positive81% of 1,077 reviews2017
Dev: Neuronality
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Why similar: Space 53.6%, Action 25.5%, Casual 20.9%
- #26 Super Destronaut
79% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Petite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
Why similar: Space 61%, Action 30.4%, Casual 8.5%
- #27 Grav Blazer Squared
79% matchMixed40% of 85 reviews2017
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Space 49.8%, Action 26.2%, Casual 24%
- #28 Space Codex
77% matchVery Positive81% of 412 reviews2016
Dev: takk
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #29 Bit Blaster XL
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,141 reviews2016
Dev: Adamvision Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Space 50.4%, Action 25.7%, Casual 24%
- #30 Astral Gunners
70% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Sati Bros
Windows
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #31 Galactic Rangers VR
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: DGMA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Galactic Rangers VR is a first-person space action VR game, deeply immersive, just as arcade shooter should be. Grab your pair of blasters and fight through endless waves of enemies for as long as you can!
Why similar: Space 56.6%, Action 26.6%, Casual 16.9%
- #32 $1 Ride
76% matchMixed48% of 963 reviews2016
Dev: BeHappy StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
$1 Ride is a casual game with a fast paced, timing and reflex testing game-play style. Travel through space at warp speed! Collect power ups to increase your speed or risk your fuel to collect money, missiles and more.
Why similar: Casual 84.3%, Action 15.7%
- #33 Hyper Fighters
78% matchMostly Negative23% of 425 reviews2014
Dev: Team 6 StudiosPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 15%
Hyper Fighters brings back the rail shooter as you know it from the arcade: fast, explosive, addictive, and easy to learn: but so hard to beat the number one highscore! Fourteen trigger-happy arcade-fun stages are now available for one or two players: Shoot dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of enemies out of the sky and water with...
Why similar: Action 100%
- #34 Grav Blazer
76% matchMixed48% of 157 reviews2017
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 12%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Space 42.4%, Action 30.6%, Casual 27%
- #35 Action Ball 2
73% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Rionix
Windows
Take to the skies with the thrilling, brick-busting excitement of Action Ball 2, the electrifying sequel to the hit arcade game! Soar above the clouds in your paddle-equipped ship and fight back the relentless robots in level after level of eye-popping fun.
Why similar: Action 50.7%, Casual 49.3%
- #36 Space War: Infinity
73% matchVery Positive90% of 124 reviews2019
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
A semi-procedural shoot-'em-up that will test your skills. Level up your ship, unlock amazing weapons, and defeat 5 formidable bosses. Challenge the infinite by facing real-time waves of enemies after completing all missions. Become the intergalactic hero now!
Why similar: Space 51.6%, Action 25.1%, Casual 23.2%
- #37 Habroxia 2
71% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Lillymo Games
Windows
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Action 59.2%, Space 40.8%
- #38 Redout: Space Assault
72% matchMixed46% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows
Redout: Space Assault is arcade space battle, coupling the trademark Redout adrenaline with the thrill of combat. Outsmart, outmaneuver, overpower, outclass your opponents in lightning-fast, adrenaline-inducing single-player space combat.
Why similar: Space 58.5%, Action 26.9%, Casual 14.5%
- #39 Incandescent
74% matchMixed68% of 172 reviews2015
Dev: Stephen Crabb
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Action 77.1%, Casual 22.9%
- #40 DELTAZEAL
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: TRIANGLE SERVICEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #41 Chicken Invaders Universe
65% matchVery Positive91% of 3,731 reviews2022
Dev: InterAction studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.
Why similar: Space 52.7%, Action 24.7%, Casual 22.6%
- #42 Cosmic Tempest
64% matchVery Positive93% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows
Blast through the stars in this high-octane platformer-shooter!
Why similar: Action 53.2%, Casual 46.8%
- #43 Galactic Bulwark Strike
71% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Josep G. Camarasa
Windows
An addictive physics-based mix of a shoot'em up and arkanoid. Defeat all the enemies while you keep the ball alive in this frantic retro-styled arcade game.
Why similar: Action 51.5%, Casual 48.5%
- #44 Space Wars
70% matchVery Positive83% of 122 reviews2020
Dev: High and WidePub: khukhrovr
Windows
Defend Earth's orbital station from alien invaders in SPACE WARS, a fast-paced arcade shooter. Customize your ship, upgrade weapons, and battle through intense levels to save humanity in this action-packed space adventure.
Why similar: Space 71.9%, Casual 28.1%
- #45 Galaxy Highways
63% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Space 41.8%, Action 30.7%, Casual 27.4%
- #46 Gal-X-E
72% matchVery Positive86% of 91 reviews2016
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Gal-X-E aims to revive the old-school shoot em up genre, and adds modern elements to it! Fight your way through endless waves of randomly generated madness! Collect spaceships and show the enemy who's boss!
Why similar: Action 50.5%, Casual 49.5%
- #47 Galaxy Idle Clicker
61% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,122 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 333.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Space 71%, Casual 29%
- #48 Grand Brix Shooter
69% matchVery Positive93% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Intragames
Windows
Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot!
Why similar: Space 43.2%, Action 31.8%, Casual 25%
- #49 Rocket Riot
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Codeglue
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Get ready for Rocket Riot, an action-packed, side-scrolling, 8-bit shooter where the rockets and the fun never stops! With over 200 levels and over 300 characters, blowing things up has just reached a new level of awesome!
Why similar: Action 51.5%, Casual 48.5%
- #50 GalaxIverse
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 59 reviews2016
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GalaxIverse is a top down fast paced vertical blastathon, Battle Fleets and formations of aliens with the occasional boss thrown in for good luck.
Why similar: Action 53.3%, Casual 46.7%
- #51 AngerForce: Reloaded
67% matchVery Positive91% of 382 reviews2017
Dev: Screambox Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
- #52 Mr Blaster
69% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: ENTERiPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mr Blaster is a higher-level space adventure with an aim to conquest the universe. It’s a way to test strategic playing skills and the precision of shooting. A galactic war over the conquest of a planet and seizing the opponent’s flag
Why similar: Action 55.8%, Casual 44.2%
- #53 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,088 reviews2007
Dev: Bizarre CreationsPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
Why similar: Casual 70%, Action 30%
- #54 Space Elite Force II
66% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
Why similar: Space 49.6%, Action 27.8%, Casual 22.6%
- #55 Sun Blast: Star Fighter
68% matchMixed66% of 782 reviews2015
Dev: OBLONE SoftwarePub: Senpai Industrial Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Sun Blast is the best 3d space shooter on Steam. Earn upgrades as you fight your way through a huge seleciton of levels. Full gamepad support!
Why similar: Action 52.1%, Space 47.9%
- #56 Nova Drift
56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,407 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Space 52.7%, Action 24.8%, Casual 22.5%