
A top-down action shooter where you fight by aiming in **eight directions**! Don’t just read the bullet patterns and dodge— choose the right attack for the situation, take risks, and fire your way through the chaos to turn the tide.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Top-Down Shooter.

A top-down action shooter where you fight by aiming in **eight directions**! Don’t just read the bullet patterns and dodge— choose the right attack for the situation, take risks, and fire your way through the chaos to turn the tide.

Crucible
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.

Battle AirForce
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 6.6%
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, PvE 10.4%, Shooter 8%
MachineGunner 2 is a 2d top-down shooter game that Player controls four characters to clear stages and complete them as fast as possible. One hit will take you to the start line of the stage. So push it at your own pace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, PvE 14.1%, Shooter 7.8%
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 5.5%, Top-Down 4.1%
Enjoy mining, upgrades, and explosive growth in this all-directional scrolling shooter. Auto-upgrades allow idle play, with no time limits or game overs. Defaults work fine, story scenes can be skipped, 20 weapons unlock later, and levels can reach 900 million.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, PvE 11.2%, Shooter 8.2%
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 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shooter 9%, Top-Down 5.3%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 4.8%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, PvE 11.2%, Shooter 8.2%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 3.9%
The playful witch dances to unleash stunning magical moves! Witch Dance is an evolving action puzzle. The controls are simple, but the challenge is infinite. Right click to move, left click to cast. Gather your magic and dance your way to victory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, PvE 10.8%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 8.5%, Top-Down 5.3%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Female Protagonist 9%
Help Regina recover an important relic that was stolen from her shrine, while saving her sister and stopping a secret organization from creating the ultimate weapon in this unique danmaku adventure!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shooter 9.1%, Female Protagonist 6.9%
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shooter 8.2%, Top-Down 4.6%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 5.5%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, PvE 10.6%, Shooter 7.8%
Vertical scrolling bullet-hell 2D shooting game! Dodge and defeat the diverse magical attacks unleashed by the charming fox girl! All 4 stages + EX planned.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shooter 8.6%, Top-Down 3.9%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, PvE 10.9%, Shooter 8%
A bullet-hell dungeon game where you use colored gems to match the enemy in order to deal damage. Each enemy type has a unique attack style. Shoot and Dodge as you search for the evil toilet snake which lies deep within the dungeon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Bullet Hell 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25%, Top-Down 7.3%, Action 4.3%
Fight your way through this challenging Bullet Hell Shoot ‘Em Up, consisting of 5 stages full of beautiful, intricate patterns and bosses. Wield the magic sword “Behelade” to find out what is behind the mysterious power that made the forest creatures go on a mad Danmaku rampage!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, PvE 7.7%, Shooter 7.4%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 4%
A Touhou-inspired bullet hell shooting game where you play as magic-using anthropomorphic characters. Explore Lunamara, a land full of magical creatures and youkai, and discover why the moon's rotation around Earth has been halted.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9%
Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, PvE 10.9%, Shooter 8.2%
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 6.7%
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shooter 8.8%, Top-Down 8%
"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 31.6%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shooter 7%, Top-Down 4.9%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Action 7.2%
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Shooter 9.1%, PvE 6.4%
Dead-End Bounty is an open-world top-down shooter set in the wild west! A frontier with 3 kinds of people: the ones on wanted posters, the ones printing them, and people like Charlie—a bounty hunter with his eyes set on one particular bounty that has slipped through his hands a few too many times.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Exploration 12.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Lore-Rich 6.6%
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Top-Down 5.6%, Female Protagonist 5.3%
The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 6.1%
Fight your way through the mazes of Room Box. A minimalist 2d-style TopDown shooter. Your only way of escape is to survive countless and unique rooms. Fight dozen of enemies and defeat merciless Bosses
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 6.4%
All-out 360-degree assault! A roguelite shooter where you pilot an sci-fi fighter to eliminate grotesque enemies fused with fruit and machinery, constantly upgrading your weaponry.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shooter 9%, Top-Down 5.8%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Top-Down 6.2%, Action 4.5%
Beginner Welcome Bullet Hell Shooter. "Chapter Mode", which is starting from a simple stage and gradually becoming more difficult, is recommended for beginners. Once you get used to bullet hell, let's experience full-scale bullet hell in "Challenge Mode".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 6.7%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shooter 8.1%, PvE 4.5%
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Top-Down 6.4%
Defeat is not the end. After a game over, return to your base to strengthen with battle points and try again. Artificial Dawn is a shooting game designed to grow stronger the more you try, and anyone can clear it as long as they don't give up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 6.7%
die listening to techno bangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, PvE 9%, Shooter 6.7%
Pilot an A.C.E combat craft in a incremental retro styled sci-fi shoot 'em up where every run earns data shards, unlocks upgrades via 7 skill trees, fight bosses, conquer 100 prestige levels and push deeper into a war against the Worms invading the colony.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, PvE 10.8%, Shooter 7.2%
Water Festa is a top-down shooter inspired by Thailand's Songkran water festival. You play as a mermaid girl, balancing wetness to remain human, dodge water to avoid becoming too wet, but seek it when dry. Expect a casual bullet hell experience as people continuously shower you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
A fast-paced vertical shmup where a living brain controls a combat ship to battle grotesque alien creatures across biomechanical worlds filled with massive bosses and intense arcade action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 5.4%
Umbra Galaxy is a sci-fi shoot'em'up where you pilot a spaceship adrift in the restricted space filled with enemies. Destroy enemy generators, fight your way to the bosses and secure the obscure goal in the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, PvE 11.3%, Shooter 8.3%
Infinity Lancer is a high octane vertical shoot em' up. Race across the galaxy fighting to prevent humanity's annihilation and discover the dark truth behind the endless war.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shooter 6.4%, Score Attack 5.3%
Bullet-hell shooter with RPG-like elements such as exploration, growth and reinforcement. In each area, the situation changes, and you have to earn experience scores, acquire materials, level up and strengthen your weapons, and challenge the bosses
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 3.2%
Journey through Proximus-3 as Jaughn (pronounced “John”), and embark on a lighthearted and action-packed journey of redemption, quickly becoming embroiled in an unexpected Rebellion to save the galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, PvE 11.4%, Shooter 8.7%
Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 9.1%, Female Protagonist 8%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down 6.3%, Action 4.3%
A dramatic bullet hell shooter where you master your Shot, Bomb, and the Yatano Kagami System, which transmutes enemy bullets into resources, as you fight to overthrow AMATERASU, the Stellar Management System that has launched its assault on humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Bullet Hell 22%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 10.3%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 7.3%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 7.4%, Score Attack 5.9%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 5.3%
Gensokyo suddenly plunged into a huge miasma of toxic fog, and the lands are now gloomy and lifeless. The source of these strange phenomena is the Nameless Hill, a forgotten land of sin. It's a danmaku experience full of poisons and suffocation. That means, this is a shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Bullet Hell 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Action 5.4%, Indie 1%
"Warrior of Democracy" is an incredible 2D shoot 'em up arcade where you, like a true hero, control a helicopter, battling endless waves of enemy fighters on your path to victory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, PvE 14.4%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 6%
Gensokyo, the sacred land of the forgotten, mysterious spirits whisper silently from every corner. Burning torii lintels, an uncanny full moon—where do these visions of the present world lead? Become a maiden within the barrier and uncover the truth behind the strange tale of the world of stillness.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Historical 9.9%, Shooter 9.1%
Hexagonal Explods is a vertical shoot 'em up game where you need to defend the earth from aliens. Collect power ups, fight funny bosses and... well... SHOOT THEM UP!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, PvE 12.2%, Shooter 9.1%
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, PvE 9.2%, Shooter 7.6%
You just have to kill the bugs and critters before they kill you, so you can kill the bugs EVEN BETTER. Defeat the 3 floors and their bosses to win the game! Fight through procedurally maps made of handcrafted rooms, in this action RPG shooter with heavy roguelike and bullet-hell elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, PvE 11.3%, Shooter 8.7%
A mysterious midsummer downpour has caused Gensokyo's lakes and rivers to spill over. Not only that, but youkai and phantoms inhabiting those bodies of water have become unnaturally ferocious. Venture off on an adventure into the deep skies to find the cause of this classic rain-themed incident.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 5.2%
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 5.4%