60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, 2D, Bullet Hell.
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.
Kuny-Kuny Hog
Shoot, dodge and bounce your way through a chaotic cartoon bullet hell! Master your shield, smash enemies into each other and take on ridiculous bosses in a hilarious arcade adventure.
Hazelnut Hex
Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!
Shoot, dodge and bounce your way through a chaotic cartoon bullet hell! Master your shield, smash enemies into each other and take on ridiculous bosses in a hilarious arcade adventure.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Cartoon 9%
Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Cartoon 12.4%, Shooter 9.8%, Hand-drawn 7.1%
An auto-2D side-scroller shoot'em up game that aims to be beginner-friendly for someone who has never experienced a shoot'em up bullet hell game before.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shooter 12.2%, Cute 4.3%
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%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Side Scroller 15%, Cartoon 12.4%, Shooter 10.2%
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 26.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 4.4%
After a failed spell during a vegetable contest in the Middle Ages, the vegetables come to life and try to invade the civilization. A little witch with her magic powers will need to fight against this invasion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Cartoon 8.7%, Cute 5.8%
Once more, the hunt for Youkai begins! Across the ocean in a city far, far away, the side-scrolling shoot 'em up action of our two protagonists unfolds! Complete the Pietà of struggle that burns blue with its raging barrage!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 6.6%
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 31.8%, Side Scroller 30.5%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Action 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
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 21.6%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 6.4%
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shooter 13.6%, Cute 6.2%, Action 5.1%
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 27.6%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Shooter 14.9%, Action 8%
Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Cartoon 12.7%, Shooter 11.5%
A side scrolling shooter with a bullet hell influence. Does it explode? Yes. Everything does. Enemies show their battle damage through having chunks be blown off. There are multiple enemies all with unique behaviours, all which are designed in junction with each other.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
Save the universe with Rangerdog! A cute retro-style side-scrolling shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Cartoon 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Shooter 9.9%
This is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game set in a beautifully drawn Japanese world where you can slay enemies and bullets with simple controls. Parry enemy attacks and use a variety of special moves to defeat powerful demons and evil monsters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Side Scroller 19.3%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Hand-drawn 7.8%
Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Side Scroller 20%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Funny 5.4%
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Side Scroller 31.9%, Shooter 15.1%, Action 7%, 2D 5.4%
Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 35.6%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 6.9%, 2D 5.7%
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Cartoon 11.5%, Shooter 9.5%
Project Bullet is a side-scrolling bullet hell game, which sets in Pistalia, the fantasy world where people get the blessing from their god this power came to be known as ''Bullet'', Escape from the evil empire, find valuable allies, arm yourself with powerful gadgets and destroy all your enemies!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Fantasy 6.7%
A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Side Scroller 19%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Cute 6.5%
Run-and-gun action game with multi-stage boss battles. Play as Chester, world's most badass guinea pig, who is hell-bent on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Cartoon 14.7%, Shooter 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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Shooter 13.2%, Action 7.2%
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 33.1%, Side Scroller 24.3%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 9.3%, Colorful 6.2%
Enjoy boss battles in a cartoon world! "ShootStar" is a 2D shooting action boss battle game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Cartoon 18.7%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Shooter 9.6%
The world has gone mad and Flint Trucker must go down a long, creepy road to get back home and save his beloved Angelina. Blast your guns across different scenarios to fight hordes of ravenous beasts and bloodthirsty enemies.Will you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Cartoon 10.9%, Action 9%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Side Scroller 17%, Shooter 15.5%, Action 9.1%
Turn the incoming swarm of deadly bullets into your own weapon of chaos in this precision STG bullet hell. Grab and toss enemies, dodge and deflect torrents of bullets, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Side Scroller 24.3%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 3.7%
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 49.5%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Shooter 7%, Action 4.7%
Angels swooping across a disastrous sky! The shoot 'em up of gothic horrors is back
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Cute 5.3%
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 27%, Side Scroller 23.5%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shooter 13.4%, 2D 4.5%
Apidya is making a comeback in this authentic 24-bit pixel remake, built from the ground up, but utterly faithful to the original.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
Avoid bullets and eliminate enemies to earn points.Take on challenging enemies and bosses across multiple stages, each with its unique design and challenges. Use your skills to stay ahead of the enemy and emerge victorious.Help the CDF stop the separatist uprising and restore peace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Cute 5.4%
Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31%, Bullet Hell 28.8%, Shooter 18.7%, Action 10.2%, 2D 5.3%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Side Scroller 12%, Shooter 7.9%, Cute 6.1%
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 27%, Side Scroller 23.3%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Colorful 4.8%
Twinkle Hunter is a 2D action game focused on boss battles. Become a hunter whose teddy bear was stolen by the great villain 'Twinkle Thieves', and experience journey to retrieve the teddy bear. Can you hunt the thieves who attack you in various ways and rescue the teddy bear 'Mari'?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Side Scroller 26.6%, Shooter 14%, Cute 6.4%, Funny 5.7%
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 25.9%, Side Scroller 23.7%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shooter 14.2%, 2D 4.4%
A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Cartoon 13.9%, Shooter 11.9%, Colorful 4.8%
Shape-shifting Kitsune Mio battles the mischievous Tanuki army in this fast-paced, comedic side-scrolling shooter! Unleash powerful yōjutsu and transformations to dodge bullet barrages. Packed with modes for both casual and hardcore players, offering plenty of content to master!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Cartoon 12.2%, Shooter 10.8%
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 31.3%, Side Scroller 29%, Shooter 15.1%, Cute 5.6%, Action 5.2%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.3%, Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Action 8.4%, Side Scroller 7.4%
Skyfire embers is an explosive dragon adventure seeking its final resolution. Dodge, weave and fire your way through challenging bullet patterns in this hand-animated shoot ‘em up!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Shooter 13.4%, Action 7.7%
Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40%, Bullet Hell 30.9%, Shooter 17.8%, 2D 5.9%, Action 4.6%
A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Side Scroller 16%, Cartoon 7.6%, Cute 6.5%
2D Side Scrolling Shoot Em Up action. Cinematic cut-scenes carry the story on a quest to locate Mother Gator's secret weapon. Unlockable cheats will mix-up the gameplay or enjoy a randomizer mode. Game includes commentary by the developer and musical composer on the process of making the game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Shooter 13.5%, Colorful 5.3%
Galaxi Taxi is a hybrid of Story-Driven Action-Adventure, Shoot’em and Boss Fight, and you’re a taxi crew in the classy 90s animation art style. Drive your taxi and discover the depths of a rural outer space, a muddy milky way, a cosmic dust flooding the taxi and an ubiquitous smog.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Bullet Hell 16%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Cartoon 13%, Shooter 10%
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 19.7%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Cartoon 13.5%, Shooter 10.7%
Dive into the exciting aquatic-themed space world of Marianara Deep! A vigorous shoot 'em up bullet hell, filled with area-denying bullet patterns to challenge players! Join one of our crew members to shoot 'em all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Bullet Hell 30.3%, Shooter 19.8%, Action 11.1%, 2D 5.5%
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.8%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 6.9%, 2D 5.3%
In this fun and frenetic shooter, you'll play as Bombardiro Crocodilo, who's trying to save Ballerina Capuchina from Tralalero Tralala's shoed fins. Embark on an action-packed journey with tons of shooting, different weapons, and skins from the Brainrot universe!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Cartoon 9.2%
AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.6%, Bullet Hell 34.3%, Shooter 23.1%
Erika America is an bullet hell video game. Fly and shoot your way through 5 levels, each culminating in a boss battle with a supervillain.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Shooter 16.2%, Action 8.7%, 2D 5.5%
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 30%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Shooter 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Show Lil' Beezey who the boss of Winkletown is in this addictive and fast paced 2D action roguelite! Created from scratch in only 14 days and nominated for GDWC Game Jam GOTY, Soulvester comes to Steam for the first time, now with controller support and achievements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Side Scroller 21%, Shooter 11.2%, Hand-drawn 6%
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 28%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Cartoon 12.1%, Shooter 7.9%
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 34.7%, Bullet Hell 32.3%, Shooter 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Action 5.9%
Big guns have begun an attack on YOUR communities, and trust, bredren, YOU DI ONLY BLACK MAN DAT CYAN STOP DEM ...and di only way to stop dem, is to run-right and shoot everything that moves!!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Side Scroller 22.8%, Shooter 15.1%, Cartoon 13.3%, Hand-drawn 7.4%
