
A retro twin-stick bullet-hell where you fight hordes of enemies, collect powerful weapons and upgrades, and go head to head with menacing mechanical bosses. Take on the hordes solo or with a friend in local co-op!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Top-Down Shooter, Arcade, Action, Bullet Hell.

A retro twin-stick bullet-hell where you fight hordes of enemies, collect powerful weapons and upgrades, and go head to head with menacing mechanical bosses. Take on the hordes solo or with a friend in local co-op!

Operation Zero
Grab your biggest gun and jump into this story-driven top-down run-and-gun sci-fi arcade shooter starring the ultimate bio-engineered hero-manchild TASKILLER!

Neon Fighter
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Grab your biggest gun and jump into this story-driven top-down run-and-gun sci-fi arcade shooter starring the ultimate bio-engineered hero-manchild TASKILLER!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Dystopian 6.7%
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Arcade 7.8%
ISPELL is a shoot'em up & bullet hell game where you take on the role of a nameless android who wanders through the dying worlds. Use various weapons and dodge enemy bullets, as well as challenge powerful creatures.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
An arcade shoot'em up with unique power-infusion gameplay. Face down an unknown army alone or with a friend in online or local co-op. Navigate the cosmos to save the remants of humanity, or join them in extinction!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Local Co-Op 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, PvE 7%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Arcade 5.2%
DOOMTANK is a fast-paced twin-stick shooter designed to put you in the hot seat. Enter an ever-changing room straight from the depths of Hell and slay its inhabitants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 6.7%
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Vehicular Combat 9% ★
A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Top-Down 6.4%
It's 2025 and the country's mega research facility has gone bad. You are a lowly security guard gunning for his paycheck. Fight your way out in this twin-stick shooter. Reminiscent of Smash TV and the likes of Xeno Crisis.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Retro 6.7%, Arcade 6.6%
Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Local Co-Op 8.1%
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arcade 6.4%
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, PvE 7.4%
Vectrix is a rhythmic, techno, top-down shoot 'em up with a synthwave soundtrack and a grid of enemies based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Arcade 10.3%, Bullet Hell 10.3%
Top-down 3D action shooter. Fight against swarms of rogue AI machines and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, PvE 9.3%
A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 16%, Arcade 7.8%, Futuristic 7.6%
Poly-Vinyl Pests! takes place many years in the future, where humans are long gone but plastics still litter the earth. Play as two ants from rival colonies in this twin-stick shooter to both squash plastic-laden pests and to prove the superiority of your colony!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Arcade 8.4%
An old school fast action twin stick shmup, featuring more than 20 weapons that you can equip your ship with and 30 different enemies
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Arcade 9.3%, Retro 9.1%
A post-apocalyptic arcade shooter. Collect fuel and dodge enemy fire as you fight back against the evil Scorpio gang. Mixes cars, shmups and themes that would have been right at home in 80's anime and arcades..
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Vehicular Combat 11% ★, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Arcade 6.9%
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 6.6%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Arcade 6.6%
Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Arcade 6.4%
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Arcade 6.4%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Retro 9.2%
Join legendary RPG heroes in 'Legacy of Evil,' a classic arcade Shoot 'em Up. Battle the sinister Dravlo Stradinic and his dark forces. Upgrade your heroes and face terrifying bosses. Can you defeat the vampire and save Stygia?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Local Co-Op 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Bullet Hell 11.6%
Galaxy Champions TV is a super intense top-down closed arena shooter game inspired by the classic arcade game Smash TV. Get powerful weapons and power-ups, kill huge amounts of enemies, level up, unlock upgrades and beat all the bosses to become the champion of the most violent TV show of all time!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Local Co-Op 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Arcade 7.8%
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: Twin Stick Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 7.9%
In this action-packed twin-stick shooter, construction worker Ron Mayhem's beloved pet, Puffy, a rather round and yellow puffer fish, has been captured by the forces of evil. Slay the hordes, collect mad loot, and bring Puffy back!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 6.9%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Arcade 7.9%, Top-Down 6%
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Arcade 6.7%
BOMBSHELL BLITZ is an explosive twin-stick tank shooter with minor roguelite elements. Upgrade your tank and ace your combat exams to impress your cute supervisors with the highest scores you can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Vehicular Combat 9.4% ★
Mow down the alien hordes, scout for resources and survive. Dreadnought is a mix of Action Tower Defense Survival and Shoot 'Em Up Bullet Hell where you control the ships turrets & defend against waves of enemies. Choose your weapons, upgrade your ship & brace yourself, the horde is coming.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Futuristic 7.1%
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Arcade 8.1%
Survive endless waves of cosmic chaos in Astrochibbi! Fight through escalating battles where every wave brings new monsters, new patterns, and new challenges. Dodge, shoot, and adapt as the battlefield evolves and only the strongest survive.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, PvE 7.9%
Chaotic boss-rush, bullet-hell-y, twin-stick arena shooter mayhem! Dynamically changing arena forces you to be vigilant: Watch the bullets, watch the walls!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 5.9%
Your Otter Space crew has been captured by evil robots. Save your team and fight together through endless rooms of evil robots.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Arcade 6.4%
Do you have what it takes to beat two games at the same time? Prove your skills by controlling two ships simultaneously or join forces with a friend to overcome the challenge of this stylish Shoot'Em Up.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Local Co-Op 12.8%
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Local Co-Op 10.6%, PvE 7.8%
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Arcade 7.8%, Top-Down 5.9%
IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Local Co-Op 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Top-Down 6.8%, Retro 6.5%
Cloud Cutter brings you classic arcade shoot ‘em up gameplay in top notch graphics. Enjoy intense fast-paced explosive action full of epic destruction, arcade style power-ups, lasers and of course huge multi-stage boss fights.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Arcade 8.8%
SUPER SHAPESHOOTER is a fast-paced, top-down, stylized action game. Take on relentless waves of enemy shapes as you fight for survival. Save up your credits, make risky choices, and construct the perfect build to make your way through to the end and defeat the final boss.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 13%, PvE 8.1%
Flight of the Athena is a twin-stick shooter + roguelite; fight through the procedurally generated campaign to earn new craft, weapons and upgrades as you take on the enemy fleet to destroy their central command.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Local Co-Op 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.4%
Survive relentless waves of Zombie Cubes in this action-packed shooter! Explore redesigned maps, battle unique bosses, uncover secrets, and craft traps to gain the upper hand. Upgrade weapons, collect PowerUps, and compete for the highest score in this fast-paced fight for survival!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Action 4.3%
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 41.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Local Co-Op 8.2%
Destroy arena vermin, level up, choose your class path, get loot, and slay other players. Destroy the bosses of the arena without being slain, and perhaps your ascent into arena God-hood will be recorded into legend! Now remastered!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, PvE 9.4%
In the Valley of Death is a color-based hack and slash twin-stick shooter, where the player controls Red and Blue as they dash, slash, and shoot their way through challenging levels as they attempt to make it to the Valley of Death.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down 5.5%
A vertical shooter with post-apocalyptic storytelling and semi-realistic visuals, where four unlikely pilots fight against a technobiological organization to rekindle hope for humanity.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Local Co-Op 9.2%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 7.7%, Retro 6.3%
Monsters come from missed shots! Learn the monster's behaviours, shoot wisely and balance the difficulty to maximize scoring!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%
A short, experimental, twin sticker shooter, E.Y.E.R.I.S. is about making choices based on your first visual reaction. Each choice will have both an immediate and delayed affect on gameplay. Create your own meaning for the decisions you make, and uncover the changes they cause.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, PvE 7%
SHOOT AND DODGE your way through the underground arenas in this Dark Chaotic Arcade Twinstick Shooter! Don't get consumed by the noise!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Arcade 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Why similar: Local Co-Op 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Vehicular Combat 7.8% ★, Arcade 7.3%
Cuboid Keeper is a fast-paced arena shooter with a gripping storyline and an unique spaceship building system. Take control of the legendary Guardian of the Cube and face four advanced civilizations hell-bent on defeating you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Futuristic 6.9%
Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Vehicular Combat 10.9% ★
Ready to tackle the challenge? On Mars, confront countless mutated creatures and mechanical monsters. Choose survivors, weapons, and skills wisely for diverse battles. Employ precise shooting, agile dodging, and strategic use of props and skills to fend off enemy attacks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Local Co-Op 8%, Arcade 6.7%
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 6%
Technikiller is a sci-fi shooter set inside a mega-factory. Hack in and take control of a hulking mech to blast your way through hordes of killer robots. Fight your way to the core and shut it down.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Top-Down 7.2%, Linear 5.2%