60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, 2D, Shooter, Side Scroller.
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
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A free-to-play 90s-style bullet-hell shooter with high-res graphics, unlocked 60+ FPS, single-player campaign, and online co-op multiplayer!
Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
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: Cyberpunk 18.2%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Aliens 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, 1980s 7.5%
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
Why similar: Aliens 17.5%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Cyberpunk 12.2%, Platformer 8.5%, 1980s 8.2%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.1%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Aliens 11.7%, 1980s 6.6%
"Mikaira (Archived)" is a 2D, shoot 'em up, side scroller. You can shoot through enemies with guns, bust through them with superpowers, or dodge your way through their attacks.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.2% ★, Side Scroller 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Bullet Hell 7.9%, 2D Platformer 7.6%
Welcome to "Dinopunk: The Cacops Adventure"! You're an amphibious dinosaur with the power of water. Face challenges, recover your stolen egg from a ninja, and surf in championships. 2D Jurassic action awaits!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.4% ★, Side Scroller 14.8%, Cyberpunk 13.7%, 1980s 7.8%, Platformer 7.7%
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Why similar: Aliens 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, 1980s 10.1%, Platformer 7.8%
Inspired by old NES games, Ragnar is a 2D run-and-gun action platformer that will be difficulty and fair. We would like to bring back the classic and retro feel to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.4% ★, Side Scroller 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, 2D Platformer 7.8%, Platformer 7.7%
Don't tick him off! After losing everything he loved, Kevin returns as a raging cyborg. Unleash chaos with devastatingly diverse combat suits in this explosive, high-speed action platformer!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.6% ★, Aliens 15.9%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.9%, Platformer 7.6%
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 17.9% ★, Aliens 13%, Side Scroller 13%, 1980s 11.2%, 2D Platformer 8.1%
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 18.5%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, 1980s 7.5%
In the year 2073, the Skolovan Empire attacked and subdued planet Earth. The rebels gathered technology from whatever they could to build a prototype ship, the Dominus Solaris. Now it's up to you, the ship's sole pilot, to fight and liberate the Earth from the usurpers.
Why similar: Aliens 19.4%, Hero Shooter 16.7% ★, Side Scroller 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, 1980s 8%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.8%, Aliens 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, 1980s 8.4%, Bullet Hell 7.3%
Save the planet SU-42 and join the fight! 🚀🔥 SU42: HIRED GUN is a fast-paced 2D shooter inspired by 80s/90s games! Choose two out of eight mercenaries and switch between them in battle. Enjoy hand-painted graphics, giant robots, a synth-wave soundtrack, explosions, and lasers!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.1% ★, Side Scroller 17.7%, 1980s 8.4%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Platformer 7.3%
There isn't anything better than punching things in 8-bit that will end up leaving you with RAW FISTS! *Warning, this game contains old school difficulty* (Blowing in the cartridge is not required.)
Why similar: Side Scroller 14.4%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 8.8%
Area 37 is a 16-bit retro action platform game, set in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by machines, where the protagonist, Pink, risks his life performing dangerous missions to earn money.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 19.4%, 1980s 9.2%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, Side Scroller 9%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.8%
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: Side Scroller 22.3%, Aliens 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, 1980s 8.7%, Retro 6.9%
A flying saucer chases you all over the galaxy. Run away, defeat enemies, and evolve to avoid getting abducted
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Aliens 14%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Platformer 9.9%
Master a modular arsenal and survive a biomechanical nightmare in this intense cinematic shmup. Face grotesque aberrations, unlock achievements, and conquer the hardcore mode. The first level of an expanding saga!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Aliens 12.8%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, 2D Platformer 8.7%
Experience the thrill of a shmup game like the arcade classics. With just the right amount of story, lots of action, and many, many bullets.
Why similar: Aliens 21.4%, Hero Shooter 19.7% ★, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Bullet Hell 8.1%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Aliens 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, 1980s 10.2%, Shooter 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.3%
A retro 2D platformer based around the story of Starletta's debut album "Neon Cowboy". Travel out west, defeat enemies with your tears, and fight for true love-it's out there. A world where 80s nostalgia and country live together to make THE Neon Cowboy come to life!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Cyberpunk 14.4%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Platformer 10%, 2D Platformer 8.9%
Nebular Crush is 2D retro shooter that delivers non-stop arcade action. Armed with a magical surfboard and guitar, you must shred your way to victory through over 50 action-packed levels.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, 1980s 7.8%, Platformer 7.6%
ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Blast your way through a cosmic gauntlet of epic boss battles, addictive scoring, and hidden secrets in a thrilling arcade-style adventure through fantasy, sci-fi, and alien-themed worlds.
Why similar: Aliens 22.2%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, Shooter 7.9%
Boom Blaster is a hand-drawn, side-scrolling shoot'em up with intense boss fights! Blast your way through each level with a range of weapons and unique hero abilities in this exciting and challenging action game.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 24.2% ★, Cyberpunk 16%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Bullet Hell 6.8%
A side scrolling side-on shooter from the depths of a long-lost arcade cabinet where you take the role of a UFO on the hunt for human prey! Capture them alive with your tractor beam and pull them into your saucer while unleashing your heat ray upon tanks, planes, and all manner of military might!
Why similar: Aliens 33.4%, Side Scroller 20%, 1980s 17.8%, Old School 9.1%, Bullet Hell 6.8%
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: Side Scroller 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Aliens 14%, Shooter 8.3%, 1990's 7.7%
GUN DEVIL is an explosive platformer about rescuing your kidnapped hell wife from Satan's child, the Caramelized Dumbass and his Pimp Legion.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.6% ★, Side Scroller 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Bullet Hell 7.8%, 2D Platformer 7.7%
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Aliens 12.9%, 1980s 10.3%, Bullet Hell 8.7%
Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle".
Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Aliens 8.8%, 2D Platformer 8%, Platformer 7.8%
Control the captain after receiving a distress call from the biggest Factory of robots of the world. Discover the utopian world that hide a big mystery, and find out who are the Robot's Syndicate behind the truoubles.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.1% ★, Side Scroller 16.1%, Cyberpunk 14.4%, 1980s 9.1%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
Robo50 is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter. Equip the mechanised Robo50 body armour and administer excessive force to eliminate the criminal scourge and clean up the streets. Destroy gang hideouts and weapon stores, track down the criminal kingpin’s lair and unleash an armoury of enhanced weapons.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 28.1% ★, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Platformer 5.9%
SPACEMAN is a short, nostalgic, retro Shoot-Em-Up
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Aliens 15.5%, Side Scroller 14.4%, 1980s 8.8%, 1990's 8%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, 1980s 10.4%, Bullet Hell 8.5%, Aliens 8.4%
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: Side Scroller 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Aliens 17.3%, Retro 9.7%, Shooter 8.4%
DRUNKEN BARON is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter inspired by classic flappy-style games. Keep your plane in the air by tapping the button, fly through chaotic corridors, shoot invading aliens, drop bombs, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Aliens 18.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 8.9%
Fast-paced survival shooter where space mechanic Chelsea Crisp fights off hordes of alien invaders. Upgrade, jump, dodge, and blast your way through many levels of this humorous 90's style anime pixel adventure.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 32.1% ★, Cyberpunk 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, 2D Platformer 8.6%, Aliens 7.1%
Death Striker is a Couch Co-op, run'n'gun shooter. Fight through the hordes of enemies. Take out punishing bosses to find out what caused the mutation. Your choices will decide how this apocalypse ends.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.7%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Aliens 18.9%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Platformer 7.6%
A collection of 4 small games by The Voices Games Ascendshaft: A vertical scrolling shootemup Violetti Goottii: A 2d Platformer Dragons in Space: A sidescrolling Shootemup Endless Shaft: A score attack survival game
Why similar: Aliens 25.3%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Arcade 7.4%
The 7th Sign Project is a classic 2D-platformer action game inspired by Doom, Quake, Abuse, and Painkiller games. Our goal is to entertain the player with massive enemy fights, boss fights, and stirring music.
Why similar: Side Scroller 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Bullet Hell 10.6%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
Why similar: Aliens 22.7%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, 1980s 10.3%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
This is a horizontal shooter game. The story takes place in a city infected by "coal", where most people have become coal zombies. When the government learned of the great changes in the city, it sent two elite soldiers to investigate the situation.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Platformer 11.9%, Shooter 10.2%, 2D Platformer 9.9%
Cybertrash STATYX is a story-driven 2D action-platformer with tactical elements, set in a cyberpunk world.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 21.7%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Shooter 8%, 2D Platformer 6.5%
NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.8%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%, Platformer 7.2%
Immerse yourself in a 2D pixel style game where you control a spaceship against enemy motherships. Your mission: destroy their towers with accurate shots. Face constant attacks and dodge asteroids, satellites and black holes. Beat levels to face more challenging enemies.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.1% ★, Aliens 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, 1980s 7.6%, Bullet Hell 6.9%
Run and gun while you shoot down hoards of alien space ships in a bullet hell shooter/endless runner. Upgrade your gun with various power ups and weapon types like rockets, grenades and lasers. And finally defeat menacing boss ships to save the world from the scourge of alien invaders.
Why similar: Side Scroller 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Aliens 12.1%, Bullet Hell 9%, Platformer 7%
Battle through 4 action-packed levels with the pilot of your choice. Face relentless waves of enemies as you fight your way to 4 powerful bosses. Compete against players worldwide — can you be the fastest to conquer the top of the scoreboard?
Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.9% ★, Aliens 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, 1990's 6.9%, Shooter 6.6%
A retro space themed action shooter where your bullets send you flying through the air!
Why similar: Aliens 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Platformer 11.5%, 2D Platformer 10.7%, Old School 7.7%
Reblica is a cyberpunk-style action platformer shooting game. In Ark, a city full of chaos and crime, become the mercenary Bianna, defeat various enemies and complete quests.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 24.8%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Platformer 13.3%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Shooter 10.2%
Fight back against a chaotic alien invasion in this fast-paced retro shooter! Blast through 54 levels, master wall-jumps and dash moves, and take down the mischievous beboks before they overrun the planet.
Why similar: Aliens 18.3%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.4%
Jump into this new battle in this new side-scrolling shoot’em-up, face enemies and obstacles from every corner of the Milkdromeda Galaxy and encounter strange fun transformations that change the way the game plays.
Why similar: Aliens 23.6%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, 1990's 9.4%, Retro 7.2%
Play as fierce feline heroes and battle villainous gangs to reclaim Feral City in this chaotic arcade adventure. Scratch, claw, and unleash your fury as adrenaline propels you through destructible environments.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, 1980s 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 9.2%
A fast-paced, side-scrolling retro shooter where you play as “Blit" on a mission to rescue orb pods. Blast enemy swarms and face off against bosses in this bullet-hell shoot 'em up. Earn power-ups and get ready for fluid arcade action in a stylish world with an 80s synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, 1980s 14%, Bullet Hell 10.6%, Aliens 7.9%
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Why similar: Aliens 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Side Scroller 16.4%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Bullet Hell 9.9%
Ralph is a smart dinosaur, and a great shooter.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 26.5% ★, Side Scroller 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Platformer 10.5%, 2D Platformer 9.1%
Space is dark and full of terror... and raw resources! Mine asteroids, upgrade your equipment and blast cosmic aliens.
Why similar: Aliens 23.6%, Side Scroller 21%, Platformer 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Shooter 10.1%
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.1%, Aliens 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, Local Co-Op 8.6%
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a story-driven action adventure game set in the human-less galaxy far far away. Fly, climb, shoot, explore the world and fight the giant bosses in this 8 Bit style Space Opera, full of drama and epic.
Why similar: Aliens 19.7%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Cyberpunk 9.3%, Bullet Hell 8.7%
In the year 2,000,000,009, a team of bounty hunters infiltrates a massive facility swarming with hostile AI. Can they find Zurd?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Side Scroller 20.8%, 1980s 8.9%, Retro 8.8%, Action 8.6%
Endocrisis Hyperactive the next top-down shoot em up with intense action. Absorb bullets to increment your power and pass through levels with tons of enemies and bullets and, of course, intense boss battles.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.9% ★, Cyberpunk 14.8%, 1980s 10.3%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.1%
