- #1 TCSTRIKERS2
97% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Project Anthem
Windows
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 8.4%, Score Attack 5.9%
- #2 .Decluster & .Decluster Zero
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 4.8%
- #3 Warcat Parade
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Hefka Games
Windows · Linux
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Score Attack 9.9%, Shooter 6.4%
- #4 Orchid Glitter
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Score Attack 7.4%, Shooter 5.3%
- #5 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 弾幕検定死験-大往生編-
94% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 7.2%
- #6 Killon
94% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Luois Games
Windows
Killon is a retro shooter that features exhilarating combat, manic enemies and a charged cannon waiting to be unleashed. Fly a starship across the universe and restore the future today.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 7.4%, Score Attack 6.4%
- #7 EGGCONSOLE ZANAC EX MSX2
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: D4Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
Windows
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 25.3%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 8.6%, 1980s 7.4%
- #8 SUPER FLAIL
92% matchVery Positive93% of 158 reviews2018
Dev: CryptMadePub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, PvE 9.7%, Shooter 7.6%
- #9 Always Surrender
91% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: The Covert Sheep Example
Windows
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Score Attack 9.7%, PvE 9.4%
- #10 Asteroidia
91% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Duk Studios
Windows
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, PvE 10.2%, Shooter 8.1%
- #11 Bullet Hell Monday: Black
90% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 8.5%, Score Attack 5.5%
- #12 GyroBlade
89% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: H.T.Project Games
Windows · Mac
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Score Attack 7.8%, 1980s 7.1%
- #13 Dininho Space Adventure
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Dininho
Windows
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 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 9.1%
- #14 Crucible
87% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: TriScalePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Score Attack 5.8%
- #15 Magic Fairy Fun Blast
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wow Cool Games
Windows
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 23%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, PvE 9.8%, Shooter 7.9%
- #16 4D:XD
86% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Brammen
Windows
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 6.4%
- #17 Bullet Hell Monday: Finale
84% matchVery Positive95% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shooter 7%, Arcade 5.1%
- #18 Insectipede
85% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: LoadUpGames.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 7.2%
- #19 tz mini stg collection
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 9.6%
- #20 SOLSTORM
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerry Zhu
Windows · Linux
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 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 8.1%, PvE 6.6%
- #21 STARR RINGER
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sterling McKay
Windows
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.4%
- #22 MachineGunner2 : Bullet Transcending
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: wellsleepnahw
Windows
MachineGunner 2 is a 2d top-down shooter game that Player controls four characters to clear stages and complete them as fast as possible. One hit will take you to the start line of the stage. So push it at your own pace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, PvE 14%, Shooter 8.3%
- #23 Strelitzia
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sorgintza
Windows · Linux
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 9.2%, Action 5.3%
- #24 Crazy Appliances 疯狂电器
81% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: PopTea Games
Windows
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 7.4%
- #25 Feeble Light
79% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 34%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 7.6%, Action 5.2%
- #26 Kaguya
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flypot LLC
Windows
High-School Heroines Take to the Skies!A fully-voiced bullet hell shoot-'em-up that's friendly to newcomers!Wipe out the AI robot army and save the day!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shooter 9.5%, 1990's 6.1%
- #27 Chaos Moon : 1CC Edition
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: SNOWBALL EFFECT GAMES
Windows
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 8%, 1980s 7.5%
- #28 1x! Space Adventure
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Lunar Madcap
Windows
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 9.9%
- #29 Exo-Calibre
76% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Vampixel GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 4.5%
- #30 Psyvariar 3
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Banana BytesPub: Red Art Games
Windows
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 6.2%
- #31 Marimoth
77% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Nether Lamp
Windows
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 28.1%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 8.8%, Shooter 8.1%
- #32 Hoodie Survivor and Super Hoodie Bros
76% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: The Voices Games
Windows
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%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.2%
- #33 NewMe NuMe LuMe: Alien Wars
75% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Ho RaBii
Windows
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 8.3%
- #34 Startide
78% matchMixed63% of 24 reviews2017
Dev: Swimming ScorpionsPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac
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 36.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 8.7%
- #35 BAROQUE SHOOTING: REVERSED
74% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Sting
Windows
A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Score Attack 7.9%
- #36 Bullet Hell Monday
74% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2022
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
Beginner Welcome Bullet Hell Shooter. "Chapter Mode", which is starting from a simple stage and gradually becoming more difficult, is recommended for beginners. Once you get used to bullet hell, let's experience full-scale bullet hell in "Challenge Mode".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Score Attack 6.9%
- #37 GunBird
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 8.5%
- #38 Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
73% matchVery Positive97% of 357 reviews2021
Dev: YOTSUBANEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 9.4%
- #39 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
71% matchVery Positive92% of 744 reviews2024
Dev: tian nyaPub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 4.8%
- #40 Lobstar: Arcade Version
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Lobstar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Arcade 8.7%, Action 6.5%
- #41 THUNDER STRIKER
73% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: RETSUZANPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, 1980s 9.1%, Shooter 6.3%
- #42 Steel Alcimus
75% matchPositive86% of 42 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Shooter 7.9%, Score Attack 6.9%
- #43 Red Blaster
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Red Blaster Games
Windows
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, PvE 12.6%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 6.9%
- #44 Space Maxwell: Arcade
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamland Games
Windows
Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 6.9%
- #45 RPM - Road Punk Mayhem
70% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 5.7%
- #46 Strikers 1945 2
69% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 8.6%
- #47 Neon Invaders
70% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 9.3%, 1980s 7.3%
- #48 Laser Droplets
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Kikashi Online
Windows · Mac
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: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Arcade 10.7%, Action 6.7%
- #49 Pangaroids
70% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Adam Wozniak
Windows · Mac
Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 8.1%, Score Attack 7%
- #50 Nevultra
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Zoblin Multimedia
Windows
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 33.3%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 8.7%, Score Attack 7.7%
- #51 Blast Rush LS
67% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bipedal DogPub: indie.io
Windows
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Score Attack 9.6%, Shooter 6.5%
- #52 Exorush
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thrashmodule
Windows
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 8.6%
- #53 東方催狐譚 ~ Servants of Harvest Wish
67% matchVery Positive96% of 414 reviews2020
Dev: Dream Compass
Windows
Set off on a journey to an autumnal paradise in this bountiful Touhou vertical Bullethell Shmup fan game made by overseas fans!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 7.2%, Arcade 6.5%
- #54 Sky Force Anniversary
67% matchVery Positive92% of 2,138 reviews2015
Dev: Infinite Dreams
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs! Abundant explosions, truly epic boss fights and beautifully crafted 3D environments are here to keep you entertained. Sky Force Anniversary offers single player experience and local cooperative mode for 2 players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37%, Bullet Hell 22%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 6.5%, Score Attack 5.4%
- #55 Red Galaxy
68% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: CSZgames
Windows
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Arcade 8.5%
- #56 Burning Skies Arcade
66% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Lt Blitz has the city sieged, and it's your job to destroy his troops. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your jet and and try to take on this challenge! Burning Skies is a free, endless retro shmup, that will take you right back to the era of arcade machines, with modernized graphics and gameplay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 9.1%, 1980s 7.8%
- #57 The Night Christmas Ended
68% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Giant Goblin Studio
Windows
Team up with the world’s biggest goblin on his quest for gold and be a total Christmas bastard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 6.6%
- #58 Rheum
68% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2018
Dev: SpaceMyFriend
Windows
Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 6.6%
- #59 Dead End City
66% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Pixel Licker LLC
Windows
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 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, 1980s 8.3%, Shooter 8.2%
- #60 Crisis Wing
66% matchVery Positive90% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: Pieslice Productions
Windows · Mac
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 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, PvE 8.5%, Shooter 7.5%