60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Arcade, 2D.
It's 1996. Lightning strikes the strip-mall arcade and monsters pour from every screen. Grab a Super Soaker, load your VHS bombs, and survive until dawn in this neon-soaked bullet heaven where your weapons fight for you. One more quarter. One more run.
Wirehawk
Wirehawk is a retro boomer shmup: a top-down vertical bullet-heaven shooter in pure neon vector wireframe. Blast asteroids and alien waves, grab power-ups, dodge bullet storms and slow time with stasis - one ship, one laser, no mercy. Fly with mouse or gamepad. Autofire always on.
Capy Chaos
Become the galaxy’s deadliest hunter! Wield 7 weapons at once, unleash ricochet chaos, and conquer alien worlds in this fast-paced roguelite. Survive 10 minutes of madness, trigger your Rage, and slay the boss. Master unique Signature Weapons and craft your ultimate build!
Wirehawk is a retro boomer shmup: a top-down vertical bullet-heaven shooter in pure neon vector wireframe. Blast asteroids and alien waves, grab power-ups, dodge bullet storms and slow time with stasis - one ship, one laser, no mercy. Fly with mouse or gamepad. Autofire always on.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Arena Shooter 13%, Arcade 7%
Become the galaxy’s deadliest hunter! Wield 7 weapons at once, unleash ricochet chaos, and conquer alien worlds in this fast-paced roguelite. Survive 10 minutes of madness, trigger your Rage, and slay the boss. Master unique Signature Weapons and craft your ultimate build!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.2% ★, Arena Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Aliens 8.1%
Hyper Frenzy is a free arena-styled singleplayer 2D space shooter using top-down perspective. Fight in different modes against bots, collect various items and use one of the plenty weapons to defeat your opponents. Create your own maps and gametypes.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, 1980s 9.4%, Aliens 8.8%
Boing Bang Adventure is a 2D arcade game in the style of the classic arcade game "Pang" Face almost 50 levels, in 8 different world in single player or in local co-op!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Aliens 11.7%, 1980s 10%
The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Arena Shooter 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.8%, 1980s 8.2%
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, 1980s 11%, Aliens 10.6%, Shooter 9.9%
Battle relentless drone swarms, mine valuable resources, and upgrade your ship into a devastating weapon platform.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 9.9%, Action 7.8%
Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shooter 11.3%, 1980s 10.9%, Aliens 10.1%
EpicSelectry is a bullet hell shooter where you choose between the dense Red World and the fast Blue World. Repeated choices raise each world's rank and intensify its patterns. Dodge aimed and random bullets, customize Extra Mode's difficulty, and compete on Steam leaderboards.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, 2D Platformer 12%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Aliens 10.3%, 1980s 9.3%, Shooter 7.1%
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, 1990's 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Shooter 11.6%, 2D Platformer 11.5%
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15%, 1980s 13.4%, Aliens 12.7%, Shooter 10.1%, 2D Platformer 10%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, 1980s 12.2%, Shooter 11%, 1990's 9.6%
Orbital Survivor is a physics-based space survivor-like with rogue-lite elements. Forge your path to free the galaxy from the Necromancer’s hordes. All set in a retro-futuristic and space-fantasy universe inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.7% ★, Arena Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, 1980s 8.7%, Shooter 7.7%
A fast-paced sci-fi space survival shooter where you blast through relentless enemies, upgrade your ship, and climb the global leader-board.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.2%
DUMPLing is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter where you battle infinite waves of dumpling-like enemies inside a giant arena. Master fluid combat, survive escalating chaos, and create crazy upgrade combinations to last just one more run.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Arena Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Shooter 7.9%
The solar system is on the brink of collapse! Using powerful alien technology, you must battle enemies, players, and the forces of gravity to escape and survive. Redemption is optional. Survival is not.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.5%
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 9.7%, 1980s 8.4%
A fast pace retro arcade shooter. Fight waves of zombies and dragons with a great gun collection. Battle five wild bosses all while trying to keep the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 13%, 1980s 12.2%, Arcade 11.9%
Gunstorm is a space shooter loaded with playability. Wave after wave of alien craft attack your agile ship. Use the mouse to control your ship at the speed of thought in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, 1980s 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 10.3%
A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 16.6%, 1980s 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%, 2D Platformer 9.6%
Papership is a modular, comic-book vertical-scroll shmup about building your ship block by block and learning how every block changes how you fly. Clear a procedural Voyage, then crack open the endless Atlas endgame and forge gear no campaign could give you. Your ship is whatever you make of it.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 10.3%, Top-Down 4.7%
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Aliens 10.9%, Shooter 7.6%
An arcade arena top down shooter. fast paced action with a great sound-track. shoot your way through the approaching enemy shapes, upgrade your character and beat the high score.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shooter 12%, Top-Down 10%
Mushrooms vs Engineers is a top-down bullet heaven/hell where you are The Engineer, armed with your trusty nail-gun battle the hordes of Mushrooms over 20 waves until you face the final boss. The enemies you face are affected by your own choice of upgrades in the shop.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.4% ★, Arena Shooter 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 6.6%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, 1980s 15%, Aliens 13.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 11.2%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Arcade 16.3%, 1980s 15.2%, Shooter 14.9%, 1990's 10.6%
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 12.3%, 1990's 11.5%, Arcade 10.7%
Gem Raider 2 is an old-school move-and-shoot game. Your objective in each room is to destroy all of the Power Gems and return to the teleport pad to exit. Other Gems can also be destroyed to increase your score. There are 20 rooms and each of the 9 types of enemy Gems has unique weapons or skills.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Aliens 11.6%, Shooter 9.9%
Join the Krimson Patrol and blast your way through mutants and demons in this simple Shoot`em up game. No real challenge, just hold the trigger and run ahead! 3 story episodes and new playable characters that unlock while you progress through the campaign.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Shooter 7.3%, Arcade 5.7%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 11.9%, 1980s 10.2%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, 1990's 11.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 7%
"Comet Soldier" is a 2D top-down view action shooting game. Advance through the battlefield and defeat the bosses that await.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, 1980s 13.4%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 10%
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shooter 14.7%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Action 10.1%
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Aliens 14.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.9%
Asteroids and Aliens, Arcade Shooter pays tribute to the Arcade Classic Asteroids. Destroy the Asteroids, save the humans, kill Aliens with Lasers, Missiles, Smart Bombs, or Nukes. You have unlimited Missiles/Bullets but limited Laser firepower and Shields, they can be recharged collecting powerups.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 8.7%
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, 1980s 15.6%, Retro 8.4%, Shooter 7.7%
This lightning fast arena shooter brings you right back to the highscore hunts of the arcade era. Use your arsenal of deadly weapons wisely against the increasingly ferocious monster hordes to survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Aliens 9.7%, Shooter 9.3%
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 12%, 1980s 11.2%, Aliens 10%
A roguelite bullet heaven where you dodge and auto-shoot through waves of enemies. Build devastating weapon, gear and mutation combinations with deep synergies. Face over 30 unique bosses across diverse biomes in this challenging arena shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44% ★, Arena Shooter 18%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arcade 6.4%, Top-Down 5.6%
Shoot to the beat, charge your power and build screen-clearing weapon synergies in a neon bullet heaven where every song becomes a fight for survival. Play quick-fire Arcade runs or shape your own build in Survivors mode.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 8.2%, Arcade 6.7%
An arcade-style 2D top-down space shooter. Blow up space rocks and space pirates for as long as you can. You'll also need to maximize a delicately-balanced economy of resources. Keep trying to out-do yourself! Five boss ships will break in at various points to make life difficult.
Why similar: 1980s 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.4%
Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 6.6%
A sci-fi survivor game focused on fast-paced combat and deep meta-progression. This is no walk in the park. You'll land on a hostile alien planet and face relentless waves of monsters. The only way to survive this hell is to fight, upgrade, and permanently strengthen yourself!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.2% ★, Arena Shooter 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Aliens 10%, Relaxing 4.4%
Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.7% ★, Arena Shooter 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 6.8%
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shooter 8.2%, Aliens 6.7%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Shooter 14.2%, 1980s 13.3%, Aliens 12.6%, Arcade 11.3%
Clear the asteroid field before the Corpos hunt you down with their AI weaponry!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, 1980s 15.1%, Shooter 13.7%, 1990's 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
Fast-paced top-down multiplayer steampunk tank battler where you build your war machine mid-match. Draft cannons, flails, arcane weapons, shields, and gadgets, then choose between rival paths of Magic and Technology.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 34.8% ★, Arena Shooter 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Top-Down 5.6%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down 7.7%
Fight endless waves of enemies in this arcade roguelite shooter. Build and level up your skillset, unlock synergies and become ridiculously overpowered!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.9% ★, Arena Shooter 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Shooter 7.6%
a bullet heaven type game inspired by retro shoot'em up games of the 90s. Survive and defeat waves of enemies in an infinite space arena, acquire power ups and defeat the final boss !
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Aliens 7.6%, Arcade 6%
Beyond The Space Wall is a story-driven brick-breaking action game, enriched with RPG elements and other original features. In addition to the usual brickbreaking, you’ll face plenty of choices and side quests that directly influence the direction of the main story. Can you find the path to victory?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, 1980s 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%
A fast-paced run-and-gun platformer set in a dynamically generating, unforgiving world. Climb endlessly to escape the deadly void below, unleash your abilities, and dodge through intense enemy crossfire to achieve the highest score.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 28.6% ★, Arena Shooter 17.4%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12%, 2D Platformer 10.3%
Gacha Fever is a suvivors like in a cute and colorful universe. You will fight waves of monsters with various weapons, from the machine gun to the magical girl wand and the Bubble Tea Canon ! Just be careful of the area !
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.5% ★, Arena Shooter 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 6.7%
Survive massive amount of enemies in space in this top-down action auto-shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Shooter 8.7%, Top-Down 6.4%
Join a roguelike action where cute immune cells battle viruses. Collect data in fast-paced combat, gain weapons and abilities through evolution, or level up to grow stronger. The fun of building your own super immune cell with different combinations each run is up to you!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Arena Shooter 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Shooter 7.2%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Aliens 15%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.3%
Gunstorm II is an space-shooter with bags of playability, character, pretty weapons, and lots of fun. The plot-based action takes you to five different worlds, in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, 1980s 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Shooter 10.1%
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Aliens 15.2%, 1980s 13%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Shooter 9.5%
