60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade, Shooter.
Cross the universe, shoot aliens, upgrade your weapons and face powerful bosses with AB in this retro inspired lateral shoot 'em up to save the world. Adventure into Campaign Mode or face the never-ending waves of Endless Mode with suitable challenges for all skill levels.
Space Dragons
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Escape 2 Space
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Aliens 10.7%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Side Scroller 8.3%, Arcade 6.1%
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Arcade 8.8%, Shooter 8.2%
Escape Space is a classic arcade space shooter with RPG mechanics. Fight for various factions against swarms of enemies or bosses and improve your standings, level up your rank, unlock new gear and weapons, and upgrade your spaceship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Space 10.2%, Gun Customization 10%, Arcade 7.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Retro 12.9%, Aliens 8.3%, Shooter 7.8%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Aliens 10.2%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 7.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Shooter 7%, Aliens 6.7%
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Aliens 13.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Shooter 9%, Futuristic 8.1%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Arcade 9.2%, Shooter 9.2%, Aliens 7.4%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Side Scroller 12%, Retro 9.6%, Space 9.4%
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 26.7%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Arcade 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Anime 8.8%, Retro 7.7%, Side Scroller 7.2%
Survive 10 enemy stages! Shoot 'Em Up style, spaceship game, in pixel art and 8-bit retro music! Evolve your shot to the maximum level, use the energy bar for upgrades, and special abilities! Advance each stage by defeating Bosses and enemies to collect new skills, transformations and extra lives!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Aliens 15.2%, Space 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Retro 6.4%
The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Arcade 8.8%, Shooter 8.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 12%, Retro 11.6%, Side Scroller 11%, Shooter 8.1%
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 22.8%, Retro 12.2%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Space 10.5%, Arcade 10.4%
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Space 10.9%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Retro 8.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Shooter 8.7%, Retro 8.3%, Arcade 8.1%
ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 9.3%, Futuristic 8.8%, Shooter 8.7%
Guide the Gamma Brothers through waves of alien attacks, blasting your way home from work in this frantic twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Aliens 10.1%, Arcade 8.4%, Space 8.3%
Pilot a miniaturized ship and save humanity from the inside out! Herodes is a fast-paced action SHMUP where you enter the human body to hunt a deadly virus. Destroy organic defenses and survive visceral bosses in this tribute to genre classics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Arcade 9.3%, Shooter 9.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Side Scroller 13%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Retro 10.6%, Aliens 10%
Blast through five worlds, claim the Cosmic Gems, defeat Lord Zorkannan, and master every run in this fast arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 15%, Side Scroller 10.6%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 7.4%
Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Aliens 11.2%, Space 8.5%
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Retro 9.5%, Space 9.3%, Bullet Hell 9.1%, Side Scroller 7.4%
A wormhole has opened up letting aliens terrorize your city. Pilot your spacecraft and destroy the aliens using flamethrowers, missiles, gatling guns, shockwaves, and more!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.9%, Aliens 14%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Arcade 10%, Futuristic 8.1%
Turn the incoming swarm of deadly bullets into your own weapon of chaos in this precision STG bullet hell. Grab and toss enemies, dodge and deflect torrents of bullets, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 8.2%
Defend Terra against the onslaught of hostile invaders in this 2D top-down space shooter. Upgrade and empower your ship's different systems to stand a chance against the growing threat. If you fall, Terra falls, and the rest of the galaxy will soon follow.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Aliens 9.6%, Space 9.1%, Side Scroller 9%
A bullet hell shmup with a secret. 100 waves, 20 bosses, and the slow realization that the sector you're purging isn't a sector. You are not crossing the void. You are inside it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Aliens 12.1%, Arcade 8.5%, Futuristic 8.4%
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Aliens 12.1%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 8.5%
Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 12%, Side Scroller 11%, Shooter 10.4%
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 21.7%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Space 9.8%, Retro 9.5%
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Aliens 10.3%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Shooter 10%
Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Retro 13.3%, Arcade 10.3%, Space 7.8%
Clear hordes of cosmic critters in this simple 2D shooter but be carefully, bullets that exit the arena will warp behind you and become dangerous to you ship. Whatever goes around comes around.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Retro 9.6%, Space 9.5%, Shooter 9%
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Arcade 10.7%, Futuristic 8.9%, Shooter 8.5%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Arcade 10.8%, Aliens 10.7%, Shooter 9.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 22%, Retro 10.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Arcade 7.9%, Shooter 6.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Gun Customization 10.9%, Aliens 9.3%
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 26.1%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Retro 11.8%, Arcade 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.4%
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Aliens 12.4%, Space 11%, Arcade 7.2%
A side-scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by 8-bit games and 80s Sci-Fi movies. Play as Automatic Eltron, a cybernetic law enforcer, and save the city from the machine domination.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Gun Customization 14.4%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Retro 7.7%, Bullet Hell 7.5%
A fast-paced retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 1980s side-scrolling space combat. Weave through organic obstacles, survive relentless enemy waves, and defeat powerful end-level bosses in a pure, skill-driven singleplayer experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Retro 10.6%, Arcade 9.9%, Space 7.5%
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 8.4%, Retro 7.3%
A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Retro 11%, Space 9%
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 36.2%, Bullet Hell 14%, Arcade 9.7%, Space 7.6%, Side Scroller 7.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Retro 8.7%
A spectacular, satisfying, and super-watchable defense battle! The ultimate 8-bit shoot 'em ups born in the 21st century, ""Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE"", is now on Steam!
Why similar: Side Scroller 14.6%, Aliens 14.4%, Shooter 10.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shooter 10.4%, Female Protagonist 7.8%, Futuristic 6.7%
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Anime 7.6%, Space 6.6%, Retro 6.5%
ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter originally designed 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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Aliens 8.1%, Shooter 8%
A backpack building run-and-gun game! Fill your backpack with guns, blast away space bugs, and deliver noodles to hungry customers!
Why similar: Aliens 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Gun Customization 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.4%, Bullet Hell 7.9%
Stellar Space is a new take on a classic arcade game with a modern, rogue-like, form for new players to enjoy!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Aliens 10.5%, Bullet Hell 8.6%, Arcade 8%, Space 7.4%
Zone of Lacryma is a story driven vertical shmup with 11 levels, highscores, speedrunning, upgrades and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 13%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Futuristic 7.9%, Space 7.6%
First instalment in the series of 2D action side-scrollers, taking place in very distant galaxy and not so distant future. Gameplay main hallmarks are fast-paced laser guns shootouts, punch 'n' kick combats, managing obby-like obstacles, using wits in overcoming deadly traps and witty dialogues.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Arcade 12%, Action 9.2%, Adventure 7.6%
Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Retro 10.8%, Space 8.5%, Arcade 8.1%
Simple remake of Space Invaders adding destructions and physics
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Aliens 14%, Arcade 12.8%, Action 9%, Futuristic 8.4%
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Retro 13.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Aliens 9.2%
Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Aliens 9.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.6%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
