60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Arcade, Shooter.
A modern spin on an old classic! Asteroids Millennium provides exciting new game play without departing from the feel of its predecessors. Collect power-ups, dodge threats, and blast away at asteroids and enemies alike in this survival game that is truly fun to play.
Andromeda Wing
An action-packed retro arcade shoot 'em up featuring organic and bio-mechanical alien life, including ammonites, centipedes and spiders!
Cycle 28
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
An action-packed retro arcade shoot 'em up featuring organic and bio-mechanical alien life, including ammonites, centipedes and spiders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Action 22.4%, Indie 15.3%, Space 13%, Retro 9.7%
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Score Attack 13.9%, Space 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.
Why similar: Classic 13.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Action 11.9%, Fast-Paced 11.4%, Space 10.1%
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Action 18.3%, Indie 11.8%, Space 7.5%
Scud Frenzy, the Biggest Game Show in the Cosmos, brings you a fast paced eight-directional shooter about destruction, chaos, rewards and high-scores.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 23.5%, Action 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Score Attack 16.6%, Indie 13.1%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Fast-Paced 22.2%, Action 17.6%, Indie 12.4%, Retro 11.8%
Is an easy to play arcade space shooter, with an endless area to play in and countless Enemies to destroy. There are 18 ships to unlock and play as. Many different enemies to blast away at. Boss ships. HD graphics. Awesome Music. Lots of Weapons to blast away at the enemy ships with.
Why similar: Action 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Indie 15.9%, Space 14.1%, Casual 13.3%
Vertical Scroll Shooting Game with Lock-on Missile
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Score Attack 20.1%, Shooter 12.7%, Retro 9.9%, Action 9.9%
Fuel is life. Survive relentless alien swarms in this fast-paced arcade shooter featuring auto-targeting weapons, deadly terrain navigation, and score-chasing chaos.
Why similar: Classic 14.4% ★, Action 11.5%, Fast-Paced 9.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.2%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Action 16.7%, Space 14.6%, Casual 14.5%, Indie 11.2%
Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
Why similar: Classic 22.4% ★, Action 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Indie 12.5%, Space 10.7%
Retro Wing Prime is a minimal, polished, retro-inspired, one button arcade game. Easy to learn and hard to master, it's a classic concept with modern gameplay elements and a unique control scheme. Unlock 5 unique ships and many helpful power-ups as you try for a high score!
Why similar: Classic 17.4% ★, Action 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.1%, Indie 9.7%, Score Attack 8.8%
Rock 'N Roll is an action/arcade deep space adventure where your purpose is to save the Earth via collecting powerful G.E.O.S. gems (Galactic Emeralds of Sacrifice) It offers tons of upgrades, power-ups, and replay-ability in an easy to understand but difficult to master retro adventure!
Why similar: Classic 30% ★, Action 27.8%, Indie 18.4%, Arcade 12.1%, Retro 11.7%
8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.
Why similar: Classic 22.7% ★, Action 22.3%, Casual 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Arcade 7.7%
MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Action 18%, Casual 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Indie 12.7%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Action 21.5%, Indie 14.5%, Shooter 11.7%
Space Wars is an exciting 2D space shooter. It has tons of powerups, tons of action, and tons of hardcore gameplay!
Why similar: Action 17.1%, Casual 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Indie 12%
Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Action 12.3%, Space 11.9%, Classic 11% ★
Inspired by classic arcade games, Viper Attack is a fast, addictive arcade shoot-up! Master the challenge and fight your way through many brutal levels
Why similar: Action 17.8%, Casual 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Indie 12.5%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Score Attack 11.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 8.4%
Frantic Dimension is a retro twin-stick shooter inspired by the earliest twin-sticks, 'Space Dungeon' and 'Robotron 2084'. Never stop moving and shooting... or you'll die.
Why similar: Classic 16.6% ★, Action 14.4%, Fast-Paced 11.4%, Indie 9.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.6%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Space 10.1%, Action 9%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Space 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Retro 8.5%, Action 7.6%
Centauri Dominion is a top down space shooter set in the Centauri sector where a new colony is being established. There are others arriving seeking to dominate the sector for themselves and will not take no for an answer.
Why similar: Action 20.6%, Casual 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Indie 14.5%, Space 13.9%
A fast-paced arcade shooter where you blast through waves of baddies, collect power-ups, survive curses, and chase the high score. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Action 18.6%, Casual 15.4%, Space 11.3%, Score Attack 10%
Modern, fast-paced, asteroid shooting frenzy!
Why similar: Action 15.5%, Casual 13.7%, Fast-Paced 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Space 11%
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 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Classic 13.7% ★, Action 13.7%, Retro 9.9%
Somewhere in the future a hostile alien race conquers most of the galaxy. Scientists developed the “Millennium Soldier” project by cloning two super-soldiers. Armed with blasters they will battle scores of monsters, robots and boss aliens to save us and get a well-earned reward.
Why similar: Classic 39.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Action 18%, Retro 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Score Attack 12.8%, Space 12.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 9.4%
Beyond The Heavens is a arcade style shoot-em-up where you take control of a ship seeking to reach the destination that calls out to it. The journey will take place across several worlds including Heaven and Hell!
Why similar: Action 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Indie 13.9%, Space 13.4%
Super Space Meltdown - 2D dungeon-crawler. In space! Humanities largest space station is under attack by mysterious alien invaders. You play as Sgt. Alex Cutter sent into deep space on a lone mission to save the day and annihilate the alien threat. But there's a catch.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Space 12.7%, Action 12.5%, Casual 10.4%
This week, every pilot on Earth flies the same new seeded run: identical enemies, identical drops, pure skill. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and power up when you can. Out-score your friends in Plasma Sky, an arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Blast into the neon sky!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Score Attack 15.4%, Space 10.5%, Retro 8.5%
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 20.5%, Space 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Action 11.8%, Casual 10.3%
Take to the skies with the thrilling, brick-busting excitement of Action Ball 2, the electrifying sequel to the hit arcade game! Soar above the clouds in your paddle-equipped ship and fight back the relentless robots in level after level of eye-popping fun.
Why similar: Classic 23.2% ★, Action 19%, Casual 17.9%, Fast-Paced 16.7%, Indie 13.4%
Fatty Rabbit Hole is an action arcade game where you play as a rabbit who loves junk food, falling down a hole. Eat as much junk as you can, avoid gross healthy foods, obstacles, and an assortment of dastardly foes. Inspired by the improv comedy of the podcast Matt & Mattingly's Ice Cream Social.
Why similar: Action 25.2%, Casual 23%, Fast-Paced 19.6%, Indie 18.3%, Arcade 8.3%
Infinity Wings - Scout & Grunt Take control of your chosen fighter (either Scout or Grunt) in this side scrolling shooter.
Why similar: Action 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Casual 13.4%, Space 12%, Indie 10.7%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Action 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Casual 13.4%, Shooter 9.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action 15.5%, Score Attack 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Space 11.5%
Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%, Score Attack 11.2%, Space 10%
NEO NEO is a super fast, brutal top-down arcade game, inspired by the likes of Hotline Miami and Super Hexagon. Use a devastating teleport ability to leap from enemy to enemy, stealing weapons and killing all in one explosive move.
Why similar: Action 17.6%, Fast-Paced 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Indie 12.4%, Score Attack 11.2%
Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Action 17.4%, Indie 16.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Retro 10%
First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!
Why similar: Classic 32.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Arcade 11.2%, Action 11.1%, Retro 10.7%
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 26%, Action 20.6%, Indie 14.4%, Score Attack 13.1%, Shooter 9.1%
A small game where you cannot stop moving forward. Your bullets get stronger and stronger after they bounce enough times. Bounce your Bullets! is a casual yet increasingly difficult colorful shmup where you survive for as long as possible against growing waves of enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Score Attack 15.4%, Space 13.7%, Action 9.4%
Lock On. Light Up. Lay Waste. Demon Protocol is a retro arcade space shooter with 25 waves of relentless enemies, 4 brutal bosses, and power-ups to keep you fighting. Choose your difficulty and see how far you can push before the demons win.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Action 19.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Space 11.3%, Arcade 8.6%
Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.
Why similar: Action 22.6%, Indie 15.9%, Casual 11.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Score Attack 10.1%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Action 15.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.8%
A no nonsense, no autofire hiscore attack. A fast-paced, reflex-based topdown shoot 'em up. Like 1980s arcade-flavoured ice cream with laser blast sprinkles :)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Action 13.9%, Score Attack 12.9%, Casual 12.7%
Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Score Attack 15.6%, Space 13.7%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Retro 8.3%
Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!
Why similar: Classic 16.6% ★, Action 14.5%, Fast-Paced 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Indie 10.2%
Space God is a 'hyper retro neon' style top-down shooting game. Play in single player, online co-op mode, or online multiplayer. Don't stop, keep moving! and you might survive... maybe.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 10.6%, Score Attack 7.6%
Wirehawk is a neon vector shmup in the spirit of 80s arcade classics. Play it your way: razor-sharp mouse control, or a dedicated controller mode rebalanced for the stick. Blast asteroids and alien waves, dodge bullet storms, slow time with stasis. Autofire always on.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Fast-Paced 14.1%, Score Attack 12.1%, Space 10.9%
Help defend Felinearth by sending the bravest cats (and a dog?) to fight evil aliens. You will compete against the clock to defeat as many enemies as you can in a set time. Casual players love the pickup and play controls! Advanced players will love how unforgiving space can be!
Why similar: Classic 28.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Action 16.3%, Casual 14.8%, Indie 12%
Drifting in Space is an action Rogue-lite for those with a love for difficult games. Inspired by the uncertainty of space itself along with all the movies, literature and games that accompany it. Enjoy crossing this dark and dangerous rendition of the cosmos.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Casual 23.5%, Indie 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 8.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.4%
Arcade classic games are back! Test your skills shooting away the xenovader hordes and clean all the stages, wave after wave, in this frantic shoot'em up from alternative 80's.
Why similar: Classic 33.9% ★, Action 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Indie 15.5%, Arcade 9.2%
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Action 13%, Casual 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Indie 10.2%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Indie 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Retro 9.3%
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 20.5%, Action 14.7%, Casual 12.6%, Space 11.9%, Shooter 10.6%
