60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Bullet Hell, Shooter.
Mouse-only for super simple gameplay, but the challenge ramps up. Survive waves of enemies bombing your city. Shoot 'em up!
WOLFLAME
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Feeble Light
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.5%, Retro 6.6%
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 5.8%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9%, Retro 6.3%
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 37.4%, Bullet Hell 26%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 11.8%, 2D 4.6%
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Bullet Hell 17%, Retro 11.5%, Action 10.5%, Shooter 9.3%
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 32.3%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Retro 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Retro 12.3%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 8.7%
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Retro 11%, Arcade 8.2%, Action 5.8%
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 30.1%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 10.8%, Retro 7.4%
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 35.6%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action 12.6%, Retro 12.4%, Arcade 11.9%
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 10%, Action 5.5%
Clear hordes of cosmic critters in this simple 2D shooter but be carefully, bullets that exit the arena will warp behind you and become dangerous to you ship. Whatever goes around comes around.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Retro 9.1%, Survival 8.1%
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.2%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.6%, Action 7.6%
Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11%, Retro 8.7%
Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 9.8%
A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 6%
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 41.7%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 7%
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 35.4%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Retro 13.2%, Action 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Arcade 11.7%, Retro 10.8%, Shooter 9.7%
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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Retro 9.9%, Survival 9.7%, Shooter 9.4%
Take a 5 minute break to de-stress with this high-intensity, ultra simple, retro arcade shooter! Take down airplanes. Dig tunnels. Hide and seek shelter. Try and beat the highscore. That's all. Afterwards, you will go back to your life with renewed energy of body and mind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Survival 16.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 11.3%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 28%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Proxy Air Force is a 2D Arcade Shoot Them Up game based on the story of the world war which broke out between the US and CES countries in 2020.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shooter 11.5%, Retro 10.5%, Arcade 9.7%
Cube is an intriguing fast paced 2D shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Shooter 17.4%, Action 11.2%, Casual 9.7%
A 2D vertical scrolling bullet-hell shooter game where you shoot down fictional advertisements. Features 7 stages and full Japanese voice acting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Bullet Hell 28.4%, Shooter 14%, Casual 5.5%, Arcade 4.9%
Engage in an action packed shoot em' up adventure! Choose from 4 powerful fighters and fight through 5 intense stages! Multiple tough and challenging bosses stand in your way, so use the insanity system BLANK STAND to erase them all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10%, Action 5.4%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Retro 9%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.4%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 9.7%
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 37.8%, Bullet Hell 33.8%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 7.6%, 2D 4.9%
Select one of the Grim Reaper or girl. Find escaped yokai from limbo, extricate soul that they absorbed. You must reseal them after
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.4%, Bullet Hell 29.6%, Shooter 9.1%, Action 7%, Casual 6%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 9.9%
Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.2%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 14.6%, Action 10.6%, Arcade 10%
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 7.3%
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 12.1%, Action 9.2%
Hear the shrieks of colliding metal! Behold the true form of steel! An explosive onslaught of shooting action!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Bullet Hell 25.4%, Arcade 9.5%, Action 8.4%, Casual 7%
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 31.9%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Shooter 17.2%, Action 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.4%, Retro 7.4%
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Retro 13.8%, Action 11.5%, Arcade 11.1%
Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9%, Casual 6.7%
1982: Tenacious of the Air is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up set during the South Atlantic conflict. Pilot five historic Argentine aircraft, choose your ordnance, take off from aircraft carriers or from land, and relive missions inspired by true events.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 8.8%
A short, free danmaku bullet hell following two gun-wielding angels as war unfolds in Heaven. Dodge dense Touhou-style patterns, face demanding boss fights, and uncover skill-based secrets in this tight retro experience. Survive the bullet hell and restore the bullet heaven!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Bullet Hell 27%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 6.7%
A classic action arcade shooter with modern, fully destructible enemies. 10 waves of progressively increasing insanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Destruction 12.7%, Shooter 12.1%
Stranded in the abyss is a shoot-em-up in a unique sci-fi sci-environment where you command a massive squad of ships in an endless war Against an evil rebellion. Shoot command and bomb your way through hundreds of enemy fighters, capital ships, and skirmishes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Arcade 11.1%, War 6.6%, Retro 5.7%
Red Horizon is an addictive space shmup game. Heavily influenced by the classics of the past, Red Horizon takes a modern spin on the genre combining it with some subtle Rogue-like elements to provide players with a unique experience every time they play.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Survival 12.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Retro 8.5%
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 41.8%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 4.9%
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.5%, Bullet Hell 29.4%, Arcade 11.7%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 7.5%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Bullet Hell 29.9%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 10%, Action 6.1%
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 9.7%, Retro 9.6%
Cosmic Survivor is a space arcade survival game: pilot unique ships, face waves of meteors, alien swarms, and colossal bosses while unlocking weapons, achievements, and new challenges.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.1%, Survival 10.2%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 8.8%
Originally created by Seibu Kaihatsu, Raiden series comes back with a four-title compilation of these classic scrolling arcade shooter games we enjoyed being challenged with back in the days.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Arcade 13.7%, Retro 11.7%, Shooter 11.6%, Bullet Hell 10.1%
Vertical scrolling shooter with all 5 pages
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Retro 11.7%, Arcade 8.4%
Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 28.3%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 9.5%, Retro 6.6%
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Retro 16%, Action 13.1%, Arcade 7.5%
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 48.4%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.4%, Action 6%
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 6.3%, Retro 5.8%
Mix and match colors and blast your way through waves of Chromies in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Play as the Chroma Crew to defend the Rainbar and restore color to the fading planet of Chromara!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Retro 11.5%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 9.9%
