60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Action, Bullet Hell.
BANAN'EM UP! is a tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive for challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The MONKE". Die, learn, repeat: get stronger, be powerful!
GALXAGAR
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
Spherical Worlds: Evolution
A distant human colony faces an enigmatic alien threat. As commander of a spherical battle droid, infiltrate alien spacecraft to neutralize the menace from within. Face AI-enhanced droids, upgrade your arsenal, and engage in high-speed action, mini-games and test your strategic skills and reflexes.
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, PvE 11.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 8.2%
A distant human colony faces an enigmatic alien threat. As commander of a spherical battle droid, infiltrate alien spacecraft to neutralize the menace from within. Face AI-enhanced droids, upgrade your arsenal, and engage in high-speed action, mini-games and test your strategic skills and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Gun Customization 15.6% ★, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Vehicular Combat 12.9%, Shooter 8.9%
You’re stuck out in the middle of space alone in ship, see how long you can survive with endless enemy ships and do all it again.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, PvE 8.2%, Shooter 8%
Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Arcade 9.8%, Score Attack 9%, Shooter 7.1%
Frenetic 2D action in the style of Space Invaders! Customize your spaceship, face hordes of enemies, and challenge yourself in multiple modes, including Campaign, Arcade, Invasion, and Survival. Upgrade your ship, collect power-ups, and face unique challenges in every battle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down 9.6%, Space 8.1%
Take control of your spacecraft, destroy asteroids and survive increasingly dangerous waves of cosmic threats.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Top-Down 7.5%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 9.2%, Linear 7.6%
SHOOT 'EM UP!Starlight: Eye of The Storm is a 2D Vertical SHMUP set in a 3D background. Unleash your special powers, upgrade your weapons! Take on 10 Arcade stages or 15 Campaign missions! Drift (auto-pivot mode) behind your enemies and take them on with style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Gun Customization 13.9% ★, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 8.3%
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 24.2%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down 7.3%
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 29.6%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.9%, Top-Down 7.4%
Escape Space is a classic arcade space shooter with RPG mechanics. Fight for various factions against swarms of enemies or bosses and improve your standings, level up your rank, unlock new gear and weapons, and upgrade your spaceship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Gun Customization 17.3% ★, Shooter 10.1%, Space 8.9%
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 24.9%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down 8.4%
Control your ship and destroy all the enemies and bases that have appeared through teleportation! is a score-attack vertical shooter for 1 or 2 players. Enjoy simple shoot-and-dodge gameplay, rich destruction effects, and tons of hidden features.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 10.3%, Score Attack 10.3%, Arcade 9.2%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, PvE 11.6%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 7.1%
Defeat the Empire a second time in this short electro-jazz space shooter. Beat up bosses and upgrade your ship as you go deeper into the belly of the beast.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Vehicular Combat 11.9%, Arcade 10.3%, Shooter 8.5%
Fiery Rivaz - Reanimate Shmups !!! It's time to revive the shmup genre. You can expect a shooter that focuses on varied and innovative level design. It is accompanied by cool 3d graphics and a great soundtrack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 14.6%, Top-Down 8.8%, Space 6.7%
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 23.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Top-Down 10.6%, Arcade 8.9%
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: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
A shoot-em-up game (loosely) inspired by the likes of Crimson Clover, Mushihimesama and R-Type, battling against an ancient superweapon to save both the galaxy and a close friend!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Vehicular Combat 17.4%, Shooter 13.6%, Top-Down 10.7%, Space 8.7%
Brace yourself for an intense bullet hell experience! Fight your way through challenging levels, defeat bosses, upgrade your weapon and get the highest score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 9.8%, Linear 8.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Vehicular Combat 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 8.1%, Score Attack 7.8%
The Swan EM-43DSC... A experimental fighter jet blasts through the skies of the New East/West. And as the pilot clutches her yoke, she commits to her rebellion knowing full well, that her mission is not for the faint of heart....
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Shooter 12.2%, Linear 8.8%, Arcade 7.4%
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.3%, Top-Down 9.2%
Space Force Squadron is a horizontal 2d shmup. Choose between 4 pilots with different spaceships and different attributes. Buy upgrades for ships using points earned in battles. This is arcade style game, meaning there is no possibility to save.
Why similar: Gun Customization 27.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Arcade 8.9%, Linear 8.8%
Highway Rampage is a high speed, action packed SHMUP with tons of variety and replayability. Choose your vehicle, equip and upgrade new weapons and choose your path in this arcade style roguelite shoot em up.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 9.1%
A neon retro Asteroids inspired arcade game with persistent progression, upgrades and cosmetics to unlock. With Asymmetrical local Co-op, mining extraction, Endless waves game modes and local PvP.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, PvE 11.3%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 9.5%
Well, the physpace is being destroyed, glitching by numerous hordes of malicious duplicating codes from the bitspace. People are panicking, we must send our final attempt to fix the issue, you must be trained to fix the bitspace and survive in it during the process, in its current, decaying status.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, PvE 14.3%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 10.5%, Top-Down 10%
A vertical space shooter about a combat pilot who must break through an enemy armada and warn their homeworld. Maneuver through hostile fire, battle commanders and bosses, upgrade your ship, and assemble powerful equipment synergies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Gun Customization 15.4% ★, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 6.9%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Arcade 14.1%, Shooter 7.5%, Top-Down 7.5%
A progression-driven twin-stick shooter. Customize ships, combine powerful chips, and forge unique builds through a massive talent tree as you race to stop the Anomaly.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.9%, PvE 8.7%
Romantic Shooter is an erotic shmup game where you'll be able to destroy the girls clothes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Vehicular Combat 22.7%, PvE 14.2%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 10.5%
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 23.2%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Linear 9%
Paper Nebula is a fast-paced arcade-style scroller, reinvented as a Roguelike! This space shooter will have you blasting through endless waves of alien ships while trying to scout a way out of the nebula. With adorable paper-style graphics and intense gameplay, who wouldn't want to be trapped here?
Why similar: Gun Customization 20.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Arcade 8.8%, Space 8.2%
A fast-paced mech arena shooter mixing arcade intensity with skill-based unlocks. Unleash powerful ultimate forms, mix and match skills to define your playstyle, and master each unique combat machine to unlock their signature abilities.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Gun Customization 19% ★, Bullet Hell 15.4%, PvE 9.7%, Top-Down 7.2%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, PvE 11.2%, Shooter 9.7%, Score Attack 9.5%
Clusterbug is a space-themed, insect-filled, and futuristic bullet hell shoot 'em up. Travel through the insect-filled world as you cleanse it from a bio-mechanical virus that has turned any living being infected by it into frenzied mech mutations, bringing freedom and peace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Arcade 11.3%, Top-Down 7.8%, Space 5.6%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
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 21.8%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 12%, Top-Down 8.5%
Survive 20 escalating stages of meteor chaos in a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter. Master unlockable weapons, face unique meteor threats and powerful bosses, customize your ship, then push your limits in Endless Mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, PvE 15.5%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 10.5%, Top-Down 8.8%
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 21.8%, Bullet Hell 18%, PvE 9.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 7.4%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.1%, Top-Down 7.7%
Wield the power of the stars in this intense multi directional shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 6.6%
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 29.1%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Score Attack 6.9%
Pure old-school arcade fun. No roguelike. No skill trees. Just a classic shmup where enemies flood the screen from every direction and you survive through positioning, dodging, and slowing time with energy dropped by enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Vehicular Combat 16.9%, PvE 9.8%, Shooter 8.6%
Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, PvE 11.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 7.8%
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 24.9%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Vehicular Combat 16.3%, Shooter 8.6%, Top-Down 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 34.5%, Bullet Hell 27.8%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 13%, 2D 5.2%
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 29%, Bullet Hell 28.6%, Arcade 11.7%, Shooter 11.3%, Score Attack 6.1%
A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 11.8%, Top-Down 7.4%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 9%
Starfighter Hero is a bullet heaven rogue-lite where you pilot and upgrade your starship. Unleash experimental weapons, amass escalating power, and steer your ship expertly to survive relentless swarms.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Vehicular Combat 13.1%, PvE 11.3%, Arcade 7.6%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Score Attack 10.1%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.9%
A true bullet-hell game. Dodge an onslaught of bullets as a variety of ships while surviving until the boss is whittled down enough. Fight the 24 main bosses in a linear order or play special game modes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 12.4%, Score Attack 10.8%, Minimalist 10.6%, Top-Down 9.9%
Lock and load. Shoot first, ask questions later! Dodge incoming fire, blast enemy forces, grab power-ups and unleash devastating firepower as you fight through relentless waves of enemies and brutal bosses. Save the Fennyverse from total annihilation!
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.9%
Umbra Galaxy is a sci-fi shoot'em'up where you pilot a spaceship adrift in the restricted space filled with enemies. Destroy enemy generators, fight your way to the bosses and secure the obscure goal in the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, PvE 11.7%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8%
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 23.8%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 10%, Linear 9.1%
No health bars to hide behind. No progression curve to cushion you. Just you and your inertia. In a cold pixel void, pure dogfighting — drift to find that one lethal shot. Luck won't help. Only skill.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Space 7.2%
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 19.7%, Vehicular Combat 18.5%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 7.2%
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 37.2%, Bullet Hell 26.5%, Arcade 12.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 5.3%
