
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
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In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.

Blue Jay Joyride
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.

Voidronaut
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Action 9.7%, Arcade 9.6%, Aliens 7.8%, Retro 6.9%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, Action 10.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Shooter 9.1%, Retro 7.2%
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.1%, Retro 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Shooter 7.8%, Arcade 7.8%
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.1%, Arcade 9.5%, Retro 9.4%, Action 8.8%, Shooter 8.7%
AstroWars is a top down 2d shooter with monsters and a blue gun. Earn score by killing monsters and try to beat your top score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.4%, Action 11.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Aliens 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.8%, Action 13.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Top-Down 6.8%
Maelstrom is an open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.9%, Arcade 11%, Retro 9.4%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.5%, Retro 18.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 10.5%, Arcade 10.2%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.9%, Retro 7.5%, Score Attack 7.3%
Stop the Saturnians is a shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Dodge enemy fire, destroy procedurally generated alien waves and fight massive bosses. Collect resources in the midst of combat to upgrade your ship or improve Earth's defenses. Protect yourself and the planet both!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.2%, Space 8.6%, Retro 8.4%, Arcade 8.1%, Shooter 7.7%
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Top-Down 8.7%, Action 8.4%, Arcade 7.1%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Action 10.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Retro 7.7%
Join Captain Rijk as he attempts to escape from the clutches of one of the most villainous species in the galaxy. Help to uncover the horrors that are being carried out on the fringes of the civilised galaxy and become the divine being prophesised to inspire an uprising and destroy The Domain.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.2%, Aliens 10.2%, Space 10%, Shooter 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%
A retro-inspired 2D space shoot-em-up. Mine asteroids! Shoot alien saucers! Get rich or die flying!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Retro 13.2%, Space 10.1%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 8.2%
In this innovative top-down shooter from 1985, pilot the Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid (N.O.M.A.D.) through the heavily armoured homeworld of galactic supervillain Cyrus T. Gross, solving tricky puzzles, dodging deadly hazards, and shooting fiendish enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.2%, Retro 16.7%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 8.7%, Action 7.2%
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 34.6%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 10.2%, Retro 9.9%, Shooter 9.3%
Influenced by classic top-down shooters like Sinistar and Bosconian, Shibui Coliseum is a multidirectonally scrolling shoot ‘em up for fans of fast-paced arcade action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.4%, Retro 13.9%, Action 10%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down 6.3%
Simple yet fun top-down blaster with power-ups
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.3%, Arcade 13.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Retro 10.2%, Score Attack 8.3%
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Top-Down 8.4%, Action 8.1%, Space 6.3%
Help Haru defeat the armada of the astral void in a fast-paced roguelite retro space shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.5%, Arcade 9.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 7%, Space 5.6%
Escape the Maze of Malice in this frantic 2D top-down shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.3%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Top-Down 8.3%, Arcade 7.6%
Fast Paced, Bullet Hell Retro Shooter! Shoot down enemies and dodge everything. Fight through 17 intense levels with 6 insane boss fights. Do you have what it takes to beat the game?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Retro 10.2%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 9.1%, Space 7.7%
Frantic 4-player laser ricocheting top-down shooter. Keep it casual and enjoy the chaos, or master the surprisingly deep mechanics to obliterate your enemies. Duke it out locally in free-for-all or 2v2.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.7%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 9%, Aliens 7.6%, Top-Down 7.1%
ZANAC-like Ultra High-Speed Scrolling 2D Shooter Humanity suffered a crushing defeat in the war against the sentient AI, RA6 the Great Sovereign, losing 70% of the global population. Now, you board the anti-AI fighter MSX-3 Arondight, and launch into the final battle against the Sovereign.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 9%, Space 6%, Old School 4.7%
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 38%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Aliens 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Trapped in a sprawling hedge maze, Simon Rhodes must survive for as long as possible while being chased by ghoulish monsters. A tribute to top-down maze shooters of the early '80s, defeat as many enemies and go for the high score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43%, Arcade 11.3%, Retro 10.2%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-driven, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games like Star Control, Solar Winds, and Lightspeed. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat; build out modular, upgradable ships; and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.5%, Retro 12.1%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 6.5%, Action 5.8%
"Just Defense" is a simple Topdown view defense game.Upgrade your weapons, build turrets and kill enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 50.7%, Action 14.3%, Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%
An arcade-style top-down shooter where your only weapon is your froggy tongue. Eat hoardes of enemy insects in frantic, high-precision fights that demand clever decision-making. Don't get surrounded - it's one hit and you're croaked.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 67.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 12.7%, 2D 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.1%, Arcade 8.6%, Shooter 8.4%, Score Attack 7.2%, Space 7.1%
BulletGarden is a 2D vertical shooting gamewhere you explore a planet where the seeds you sow blossom into weapons.You can handle about 300 different types of weapons,each with its own unique characteristics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.6%, Retro 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Score Attack 7.5%, Shooter 7.2%
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.5%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 6.6%, Top-Down 6.2%
IFF is a top-down action-packed shooter where you play a railgun-equipped tank against an army of invading hostiles. Clear each area and move on to the next until your mission is done!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.8%, Action 15.2%, Arcade 13.8%, Top-Down 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Engage in an intense space shooter that you can play in single-player or multiplayer with up to 6 players. Play a variety of different spaceships, each with their own unique stats, components, and playstyles!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.3%, Retro 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Space 8.1%, Top-Down 8%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.9%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Aliens 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
A top down, twin stick shooter inspired by classic retro arcade games with loads of enemies, fast paced bullet hell combat, big boss battles and tons of bullets.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Aliens 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Top-Down 7.7%, Action 6.3%
There are 5 pilots in training, each with unique characteristics. It is the day of the final level and everyone wil l face a test to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be you one of the selecteds!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 50.7%, Action 16.9%, Arcade 14.9%, Shooter 13.1%, 2D 4.4%
this is a legendary story of crime, you fight aganist the crime for go to the liberty, in this epic adventure you shot and move by side of enemy bullets, you go and become action legend
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.5%, Retro 12.5%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 5.7%
Slimestoppers is a top down horde shooter that pits the technology of man against a relentless army of sentient slimes from space. Choose from an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, abilities, perks, and equipment to forge the perfect Slimestopper. Supports multiplayer up to 4 players!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.6%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 8%, Top-Down 7.8%, Aliens 5.9%
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: Top-Down Shooter 32%, Retro 9.1%, Arcade 6.9%, Aliens 6.6%, Space 6.2%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Shooter 8.2%, Action 6.6%
A fast, addictive space run where you weave through meteors, blast obstacles, collect coins, and survive wave after wave of rising danger.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.8%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Retro 7.9%, Space 7.1%
A rougelite top-down shooter where you collect random upgrades to kill hostile color entities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.9%, Retro 16.3%, Action 14%, Arcade 11%, Combat 5%
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.4%, Space 13.3%, Action 8.8%, Arcade 6.6%, Sci-fi 5.5%
Top-down shooter with a bird's-eye view. Epic hunt against various enemies using tactical maneuvers, different weapons, and the protagonist's abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 10.7%, Top-Down 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.3%, Action 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Top-Down 8%, Shooter 7.5%
The vertical scroll type Shoot em Ups Game. The player-controlled fighter jet have the durable and can't be shot down in one hit. You will fight through the total of 5 stages, attacking enemies with missiles and lasers, blocking enemy bullets with shields.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Action 7.7%
Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.5%, Action 14%, Shooter 12.6%, Retro 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
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: Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Arcade 9.4%, Aliens 9%, Shooter 8.7%, Retro 7.8%
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 41.5%, Action 13.7%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 11.8%, Retro 9.2%
A stylish sci-fi arcade shooter about cleansing the galaxy of pesky demons! Cosmic Cleaner is a fast-paced, high score chasing action game that progressively gets more challenging. Designed for quick and easy fun.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Retro 14.3%, Action 11.5%, Arcade 11.3%, Score Attack 10.9%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.9%, Retro 8.4%, Action 7%
What if Asteroids but roguelike? Destroy space rocks to unlock better weapons, abilities, and equipment so you can ... destroy more space rocks. Choose upgrade paths, select sponsors to match your play style, and compete with friends for the high score in this retro-modern top-down space shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 47.7%, Retro 14.1%, Score Attack 10.9%, Top-Down 8.4%, Shooter 6.7%
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.3%, Action 12.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Retro 7.7%, Score Attack 6.6%
PROJECT: FIRMAMENT is a top-down horde shooter where you blast through missions using a unique aiming system that puts quick-minded positioning, map knowledge, and loadout planning as the main contributors to your success.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42%, Action 12.3%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Top-Down 6.8%
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.5%, Arcade 9.2%, Top-Down 7.5%, Aliens 6.9%, Retro 6.5%
Blast through waves of alien enemies in Project AionIX! Master your piloting skills, dodge, and survive in this fast-paced space shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.5%, Shooter 9.4%, Aliens 6.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Top-Down 6.1%
L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56%, Action 17.2%, Shooter 14.8%, Top-Down 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Tank Blitz: is a retro-style 2D top-down tank shooter where you engage in intense battles against a variety of enemy tanks, armored trains, and devastating railguns. Utilize the terrain for cover as you outmaneuver and outgun your foes in strategic combat scenarios.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39%, Action 12.3%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 10.7%, Retro 7.8%
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: Top-Down Shooter 35.6%, Score Attack 9.3%, Space 9.2%, Retro 8.8%, Arcade 8.1%