60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Arcade.
1992's home computer legend Apidya is making a comeback in this authentic 24-bit pixel remake, built from the ground up, but utterly faithful to the original. Take flight in Apidya' Special!
VERZEUS
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!
Pier Pressure
Take flight in one of three unique ships to battle a legion of enemies and massive bosses across a city sky, through a dark cave, along the bottom of the sea, and into a secret laboratory! Confront a buff, flamboyant crawfish scientist to retrieve the Power Pearl and save your job!
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 20.6%, Side Scroller 17.6%, Flight 14.4%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Retro 10.8%
Take flight in one of three unique ships to battle a legion of enemies and massive bosses across a city sky, through a dark cave, along the bottom of the sea, and into a secret laboratory! Confront a buff, flamboyant crawfish scientist to retrieve the Power Pearl and save your job!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Flight 10.7%, Shooter 10%, Retro 7.4%
Lead the vegetable revolution alone or with a friend in the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Rutabaga Desert Storm! Take down wave after wave of enemies, dodge their projectiles, and grab power-ups to boost your destruction! Can you defeat the oppressive humans and free the proletariat vegetable masses?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Arcade 6.3%
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 21.6%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Retro 9.8%, Shooter 9.1%
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 23.2%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Retro 9.2%
In this retro space shooter you will have the opportunity to take control of a space fighter and crush waves of enemies. Show all your agility and reaction!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Flight 21.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 6.4%
Origami Flight is a sidescrolling 2D shoot' em up where you control a paper airplane with a simple but challenging mission: to save the Origami World. Now you must beat 6 different stages with tons of enemies in order to save the Tsuru from the evil Origami Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Side Scroller 22%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Shooter 7.6%, Retro 7.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Side Scroller 18%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shooter 9.3%, Retro 6.7%
War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Flight 12.6%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 9.2%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Side Scroller 26.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 8.2%, Retro 6.9%
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Retro 9.3%
Experience chaos in this remastered, hyper-stylized roguelite. As bounty hunter Black Paradox, travel through space to defeat the Hellraisers – now with enhanced pixel art, rebalanced gameplay, and an intense endless mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Shooter 10.1%, Retro 8.4%
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 23.1%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 8.5%
Be guided anew into an epic tale set in the Taisho era with three titles from Cave's Akai Katana series that has captured the hearts of passionate shoot 'em up fans. New features include an online leaderboard and new musical arrangements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 8.3%
A gritty, non-stop blood bath from the creator of Insanity's Blade, Super Battle Princess Madelyn and the recently released GuardGrave. And a parody of beloved 60s and 70s classic action films, heroes and villains. Deathwish Enforcers... There's gonna be hell to pay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Retro 10.9%, Co-op 9.1%, Local Co-Op 8%
Celestia is a solo-developed indie game. An angelic bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you defeat enemies throughout the skies, and relax on a floating island with your companions.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 7.3%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 10.4%
In this addictive side-scrolling shoot-em-up from 1982, your mission is to penetrate through four defence rings, and blow up an illegal cache of neutron bombs - an almost impossible feat! Enemy missiles and radar bases track your movements, and the landscape is as treacherous as your enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Flight 19.2%, Retro 11.2%, Shooter 8.1%
Take to your ship to ensure the survival of humanity against an alien force determined to see you fail. Customize your ship with upgrades to raise your chance of success. Take a friend into battle to immediately become a stronger force and watch each others tail
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10%, Action 7.9%
Three years after Sengoku Ace. The long-awaited sequel arrives!! Saikyo's side-scrolling shooter. The first installment!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 8.7%
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Arcade 10.5%, Retro 10.3%, Co-op 8.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Retro 13.4%, Shooter 10.4%
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.4%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 5.8%
The giant hornets have destroyed your hive and taken the pollen. Fight the swarms alone or with a friend and destroy the dangerous hornet queen! The insect world is very dangerous but... what are you waiting for to get your revenge?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Shooter 8.8%, Retro 7.2%
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 24.9%, Side Scroller 21.8%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 7.8%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Flight 17.4%, Retro 10.2%, Arcade 8.5%
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 25.9%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Retro 11.7%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 6.7%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Retro 11.2%, Shooter 9.5%
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 29.9%, Side Scroller 20%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Retro 12.2%, Shooter 9.5%
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 28.2%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 13.1%, Arcade 8.9%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 7.3%
Draw your path to victory in Art Strikers! A unique art themed bullet hell shoot-em-up that looks and plays like a beautiful work of art.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Side Scroller 20%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 11%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Bullet Hell 12%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Retro 9.3%
Hypnorain is a vertical bullet hell shooter. The player guides a character through handcrafted levels, shooting and dodging their way through an army of enemies and their mesmerizing bullet patterns.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Retro 11.5%, Flight 10.7%, Shooter 8.1%
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Arcade 9.7%, Retro 7.5%, Local Co-Op 6.6%
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Side Scroller 13%, Flight 9.4%, Retro 7.4%
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage. Various scenes with rich colors Planets, Fire Stars, Jupiter Stars, Water Stars, and huge battleships. It's time to drive a space fighter and show your strength! !
Why similar: Flight 20.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, Retro 9.5%, Shooter 8%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Retro 14.8%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Shooter 8.3%
“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Co-op 10.9%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 10.7%
Warding Witches offers a classic, unapologetic bullet hell shoot ‘em up challenge while also putting defense into players’ hands. Experience an adrenaline-filled flow alternating between attacking, defending and dodging, amplified by an intuitive scoring system that weaves into gameplay seamlessly.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Local Co-Op 8.2%, Shooter 5.6%
Particle Storm is challenging 2D run n gun blending bullet hell and shmup mechanics with striking pixel art, nonstop action, and an energetic soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.9%, Bullet Hell 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Retro 8.7%
In a world of miracles and challenges, where steam technology meets magic on a vast archipelago continent, you become Lea, an ace pilot. Your mission: conquer enemies, unveil conspiracies, and bring peace. Are you ready to be the hero who stops the war?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Flight 19.6%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shooter 11%
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 10%, Retro 10%
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter: ‘The Adventure of the Little Girl in the Red Hood and Little Bird Companion in a World of Swords and Magic!’ If you can read the enemy attacks and dodge the ones you should avoid, it might be surprisingly straightforward (All dodging them is perfectly fine too).
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Side Scroller 31.3%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Action 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Side Scroller 22.1%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 7.9%
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 27.2%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Retro 16.9%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 7.6%
A coalition of large corporations trying to destroy the root flowers is invading Daejeon. Protect the root flowers. It's not going to be easy. Because... Roots Need Control.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27%, Shooter 13.5%, Retro 9.8%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Arcade 9.1%
OH MY KAIJU!!! IT'S...KAIJU!!! KAIJU KITE ATTACK!!! The FIRST EVER SHMUP-platformer! Get your kite in the sky now! The Kaiju are coming to town to burn it down. Save your Meemaw! Save the universe! FLY OR DIE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Retro 10.7%, Shooter 9.7%
Herodes is an exhilarating shoot 'em up game set in a future where cutting-edge technology meets the depths of the human body. Step into the role of a courageous agent tasked with the ultimate mission: saving humanity from a mysterious and deadly virus that defies all known cures.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 9.8%
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 31.8%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Shooter 12.9%, Retro 12%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Save the world from Dinah's threat by defeating angels, demons, beasts, and aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Co-op 10.8%, Retro 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Retro 10.5%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Shooter 9.9%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Arcade 6.9%, Shooter 6.2%
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Side Scroller 29.7%, Retro 13.5%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 6.9%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Shooter 12.1%, Retro 8%, Arcade 8%
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 8.6%, Retro 6.8%
Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Flight 16.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 7.4%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Flight 12%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.5%
In 1985 N.O.M.A.D. pushed the boundaries of what the 8-bit computers of the day could achieve with both their graphics and their gameplay. A fast-paced, all-out action shoot ’em up, this retro classic still retains a fan base to this day.
Why similar: Flight 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 7.4%
