60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade, Shooter.
Apidya is making a comeback in this authentic 24-bit pixel remake, built from the ground up, but utterly faithful to the original.
Monkey King: Master of the Clouds | 中華大仙
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Rangok Skies
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.
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.1%, Retro 15.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 11.7%
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 23.8%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Flight 12.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 9.2%
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON. Dodge wave after wave of bullets, shoot the demons back to hell, and save the galaxy in this fresh, retro shoot 'em up/bullet hell experience!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.3%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Retro 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Action 8.3%
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 24.2%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Retro 10.4%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Shooter 10.1%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 6.3%
22 years after its first appearance, the iconic Platypus is coming back, featuring updated gameplay, new weapons and additional content. Get ready to dive into the heart-pounding action of this fast, frantic, and incredibly fun arcade-style shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Shooter 9.6%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 21.9%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 11.2%, Action 9.1%
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 32.2%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Retro 10.1%, Arcade 7.7%
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 24.6%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 8.3%
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 22.6%, Side Scroller 19%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Retro 7.1%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.4%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17%, Retro 11%, Shooter 9.6%
Super Nano Blaster is a shoot-em-up for PC and Mac, offering single-player and local co-op modes, that transports you to a retro-style digital universe. Delve into technology with your vessel and destroy anything that gets in your way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Shooter 10%, Co-op 9.2%
Defend your spider web from an onslaught of bugs in this frenetic revival of the cult classic twin-stick shooter, all while jamming to an infectious original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Psychedelic 9.4%, Arcade 9%, Retro 8.7%
COTTOn Boomerang, the explosive and timeless witch girl shooting game, is finally back! There are team battles this time! Take full advantage of all the amplified action and push forward!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 9.1%, Retro 9%
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 32.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Retro 9.4%
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 21.3%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Flight 14.1%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Retro 10.6%
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Local Co-Op 11.9%, Retro 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
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 29.1%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Arcade 8.9%, Retro 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
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 25.4%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Local Co-Op 10%, Arcade 6.3%
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 21.7%, Side Scroller 17%, Flight 10.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 7.4%
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 27.7%, Flight 21.1%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 6.4%
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 23.8%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 10.3%, Retro 9.1%
Take flight in this fast-paced danmaku shoot 'em up! Dodge dense bullet patterns, graze enemy fire, and unleash spell cards across dynamic vertical and horizontal scrolling stages. Choose from 4 playable characters to defeat over 10 bosses and cure the glohm.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 7.9%
Buckle up for shoot ‘em up chaos in this fast-paced and hyper-stylized roguelite. As the infamous bounty hunter Black Paradox, it’s up to you to travel through space and defeat the Hellraisers – the most dangerous criminal organization in the galaxy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Bullet Hell 10%, Co-op 9.9%, Local Co-Op 9.3%
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 23.1%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 7.8%
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Retro 16.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Action 7.9%
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 30.5%, Side Scroller 22.1%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Shooter 7.7%, Retro 7.4%
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 21.8%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Retro 6.6%
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 27.3%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 9.5%, Retro 9.1%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Side Scroller 26.2%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 8.1%, Retro 6.8%
AquaNimble is about crazy intense shooter action with big quirky guns against underwater snake dragons, cybernetic sharks, swirling skeletons, submarines and so much more. It's a dynamic game that makes every play through different and lets you set your own challenge beyond a difficulty setting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.8%, Retro 12.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Co-op 10.6%, Action 10.3%
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 26.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Side Scroller 16%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 10%
Become the Black Bird in this dark-fantasy shooting game with an operatic twist! This is the tale of a young girl who dies a pitiful death, but is reborn as the calamitous Black Bird whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Retro 8.8%, Surreal 8.8%
Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling shooter with an original "Monster-Hunting" gameplay. Search and hunt down dreadful sea monsters and explore the post-apocalyptic underwater world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Retro 10.3%, Shooter 9.3%
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 23.7%, Side Scroller 18%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 8.5%
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 20%, Bullet Hell 15%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Retro 8.3%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Bullet Hell 17%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 10.4%
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 31.4%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 9.2%
Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14%, Flight 12.5%, Shooter 9.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Side Scroller 25.8%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 7.3%
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Side Scroller 24.6%, Arcade 9.7%, Retro 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
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 21.6%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Retro 10.8%, Co-op 8.8%, Local Co-Op 7.9%
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 22.7%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Flight 18.7%, Retro 11.1%, Shooter 8.2%
Dodge, dash, and blast through five handcrafted worlds in a fast pixel-art arcade shooter built for score chasing, boss fights, and perfect runs. Free demo available.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Side Scroller 16%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.1%
Three years after Sengoku Ace. The long-awaited sequel arrives!! Saikyo's side-scrolling shooter. The first installment!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 8.7%
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 25.5%, Side Scroller 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 7.8%
Battle through 16 action-packed levels, defeat massive alien bosses, unlock powerful ship upgrades, and fight to save humanity in this retro-inspired side-scrolling arcade shooter. Play solo or team up with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 10%, Action 7.9%
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 24.9%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Retro 13.1%, Shooter 10.5%
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 26.8%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Retro 11.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 6.7%
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 43.3%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 5.8%
“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 20.5%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Arcade 10.5%, Retro 10.3%, Co-op 8.4%
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 28.9%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 12.8%, Arcade 8.9%
A retro arcade space shooter where you blast alien fleets, dodge bomb swarms, collect power-ups, and fight solo or in local co-op to liberate occupied planets from the mind-controlling energy force code-named Xenmega.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Side Scroller 26.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 8.4%, Action 4.7%
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 30.6%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Retro 11.9%, Shooter 9.6%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 7.3%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Side Scroller 19.1%, Flight 17%, Retro 10.1%, Arcade 8.5%
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 24.1%, Side Scroller 20.7%, Retro 14.5%, Local Co-Op 9.8%, Shooter 8.2%
A retro mashup of a Galaga-style shoot-em-up and simple platforming action. Made in collaboration with Eisner-award-winning James Kochalka, based on his graphic novel series for kids.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Retro 10.3%, Shooter 8.8%
