Games Like Always Surrender

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 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Score Attack 13%, Shooter 4.8%

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 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Score Attack 9.7%, PvE 9.4%

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 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Score Attack 11.8%, PvE 9.4%

Tring! is a short score-attack game where you bounce balls off enemies and walls to gain scores. Reach the highest score you can, and try to beat and everybody else again!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 14%, Bullet Time 13.9% ★, PvE 8.6%

Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Score Attack 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 6.5%

A fast-paced addicting space shooter with an inspiration taken from many modern games. A project I have been passionately working solo for 2 years+!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Bullet Time 11.2% ★, Score Attack 8.9%

Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Score Attack 15.9%, Bullet Hell 10%, Shooter 9.5%, Top-Down Shooter 8.6%

ShapeNeon Chaos is an old school style space-shooter. You are a ship facing off waves of deadly enemies. This game was made to give you a shot of adrenaline in a couple of minutes. Lots of bullets and neon in an arcade psychedelic shooter!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Score Attack 15.7%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Arcade 6.8%

Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 8.8%, Bullet Time 8.3% ★

Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Score Attack 16.1%, Top-Down 5.7%

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

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Score Attack 10.4%, Shooter 8.6%

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 25.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Score Attack 10.1%, Shooter 8.1%

The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Score Attack 8.2%

Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Score Attack 11.7%, Shooter 8.8%

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 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 16%, Score Attack 9.9%, PvE 8%

A simple and fun space shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, PvE 10.6%, Shooter 8%

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 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, PvE 9.9%, Score Attack 9%

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 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Score Attack 12.1%, Shooter 8.6%

Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Score Attack 19.5%, Arcade 8.3%, Shooter 6%

Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.

Why similar: Score Attack 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Arcade 7.5%

Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Score Attack 11.2%, Shooter 10.8%

Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Score Attack 14.5%, Arcade 9.3%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%

Take control and annihilate every invading enemy and stronghold! is a score-attack vertical shmup supporting 1-2 players. Featuring pure mechanics that emphasize destruction and dodging, satisfying explosion effects, and deep hidden secrets, the fight awaits you.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Score Attack 21.3%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Shooter 8.3%, PvE 7.6%

"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 26.7%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Score Attack 9.1%, Shooter 6.8%

Jump into endless fights in this arcade game. You have just one job: Survive as long as you can and beat your score over and over. The enemies are stronger with each wave so your journey to great score would not be easy.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Score Attack 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 9.9%, Bullet Hell 9%

Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Bullet Time 11.9% ★, Shooter 9.1%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 20%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.5%

Super Forklift 3000 is an arcade space shooter with a twist: you drive a forklift that carries and shoots up to three boxes. Defeat enemies and bosses while managing your different box types. Be careful not to run out of ammo!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Score Attack 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Space 6.7%

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 23.9%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 7.1%

A precision bullet-hell boss rush. Dodge 15 escalating attack types, chain perfect grazes into devastating combos, and strike during vulnerability windows across 28 handcrafted boss fights. Three difficulty modes, risk contracts, and deep upgrade progression keep every run fresh.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Time 16.3% ★, Shooter 8%

It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 8.5%

SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 7.9%, Arcade 6.9%

Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 9.2%, Score Attack 9%

Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Score Attack 10.7%, Shooter 9.3%

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 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 6.7%

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 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 5.7%

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 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Score Attack 13.2%, Shooter 8.5%

Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Score Attack 15.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7.5%

Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.5%, Score Attack 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 7.4%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 24%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 6.1%

SHOOT 'EM UP!Starlight: Eye of The Storm is a 2D Vertical SHMUP set in a 3D background. Unleash your special powers, upgrade your weapons! Take on 10 Arcade stages or 15 Campaign missions! Drift (auto-pivot mode) behind your enemies and take them on with style!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 7%

You’re stuck out in the middle of space alone in ship, see how long you can survive with endless enemy ships and do all it again.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Score Attack 15.4%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, PvE 8.4%

A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Score Attack 14.7%, Shooter 10%

The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Time 14.4% ★, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Score Attack 8.4%

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Score Attack 11.2%, Shooter 6.6%

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 24.7%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, PvE 14.6%, Shooter 8.3%

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 25.2%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 7.9%, Score Attack 7.5%

An old arcade style 2d shmup.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Score Attack 14.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 8.4%

A small game where you cannot stop moving forward. Your bullets get stronger and stronger after they bounce enough times. Bounce your Bullets! is a casual yet increasingly difficult colorful shmup where you survive for as long as possible against growing waves of enemies.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Score Attack 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Space 8.3%, Shooter 8.2%

Cosmic Paradox: Noire is a 2D top-down shoot ‘em up adventure set in a world of two overlapping dimensions. Witness the battle between the Vex Accord and the Oronix Empire, increase your odds of survival with the right upgrades and choose a ship that is best suited to your playstyle.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Score Attack 17.3%, PvE 11%, Shooter 7.3%

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 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, PvE 10.7%, Shooter 8%

An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 22%, Arcade 10.2%, Top-Down 6.3%

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 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shooter 8.8%, Top-Down 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 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 9.2%

Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Score Attack 9.9%, Shooter 8.8%

Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Time 15.5% ★, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Score Attack 12%

Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 10.5%, Score Attack 10.4%, Arcade 9.5%

You thought geometry was difficult? Now it's got a gun! Face the fury of the Seven Deadly Shapes and blast your way through a barrage of bullets and lasers in this highly accessible bullet hell.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Score Attack 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Shooter 7.2%

Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.

Why similar: Bullet Time 18.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 6.7%

A high-risk, high reward shoot em up as you power yourself and your enemies up to bring utter chaos to the battlefield!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Score Attack 20.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 7.6%