60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shooter, Bullet Hell.
Jump, shoot, and unleash an invincible laser in this unique single-screen score-attack shooter. Keep every shot on target, build huge HIT combos, collect medals, and climb the online leaderboards—then watch replays from the world's best players.
EGGCONSOLE ZANAC EX MSX2
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Nevultra
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.
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 20.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 12.5%, Action 12.3%
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 26.3%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 10.4%
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 21.1%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 12.1%
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 29.9%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 8.7%
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 30.2%, Action 19.8%, Arcade 14.6%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Shooter 12.7%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 15.5%, Action 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.7%
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 24.2%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 13.5%, 1980s 12%, Arcade 11.4%
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 26.5%, Action 17%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 11.3%, Shooter 10.5%
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 32.9%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 15%, Action 7.4%
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 29.6%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 9.6%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Shooter 15.4%, Bullet Hell 9.3%, 1980s 8.1%, Score Attack 7.4%
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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 14.3%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 8.9%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.6%, Action 9.1%
A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 13.5%, Action 12.3%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: 1980s 16.1%, Arcade 16%, Shooter 13.2%, Retro 11.9%, Bullet Hell 10.3%
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 24.1%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 11.1%, Action 9.6%
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 8.9%, 1980s 7.8%
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 25.6%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 9.8%
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 28.7%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Arcade 14%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 11.6%
SHOOT 'EM UP! Battle Marine is a simple naval barrage STG. A barrage of intense shots! Shoot 'em up! Shoot 'em up! Chain bombs with detonation, powerful laser sweeps, and jumps to collect medals! Enjoy a RETRO but NEW and exhilarating STG experience!
Why similar: Submarine 15.8% ★, Naval 14.3% ★, Sniper 11.8% ★, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Shooter 9.1%
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 37%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Arcade 15.7%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 11.8%
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 36.7%, Action 16.8%, Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 12.2%
"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 24.5%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 12.2%, 1980s 7.9%
SHATTERSHAPE is an arcade-style shooter in which you are a lone circle fighting hordes of enemies with evil vertices. SHATTER your enemies with numerous power-ups. ONLY THE ROUND SURVIVE.
Why similar: Arcade 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Shooter 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Action 12.6%
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 36.7%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 11.5%, Shooter 10.1%
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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 13%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 11.9%, Score Attack 8.1%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Arcade 16.3%, Shooter 16.1%, Action 15.9%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Blast enemies, get ship upgrades and defeat bosses in this arcade inspired space bullet hell
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, 1980s 16.8%, Arcade 16%, Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%
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 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Arcade 14.5%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 9.9%
Pilot a high-tech submersible into dangerous underwater installations in this classic sci-fi shooter. Explore hostile environments, battle enemies, and uncover the mystery behind a catastrophic energy experiment.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Naval 21.1% ★, Submarine 18.6% ★, Shooter 14.9%, Action 13.3%
ZAXTRON EXPLUS is a fast-paced 1980s-style SHMUP/STG with bright graphics, challenging bosses and loads of secrets to find!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 18.9%, 1980s 18.9%, Action 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 9.8%, Action 9.4%
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 30.2%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Arcade 13.5%, Action 9.3%, Shooter 9%
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 27.4%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Arcade 14.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 9.2%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shooter 12.8%, 1980s 11.8%, Arcade 11.1%
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 25.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 14%
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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13%, Action 9.1%
A high-risk, high reward shoot em up as you power yourself and your enemies up to bring utter chaos to the battlefield!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 11.6%, Action 8.8%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Arcade 20.6%, Shooter 17.3%, 1980s 14.1%, Action 11.3%
Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 22%, Action 20.6%, Arcade 13.3%, Shooter 13.3%
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 24.1%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 16.1%, Action 13.9%
Take control of a hyper radical super-powered gunboat, and battle enemy drones through intense naval warfare! With stunning retro graphics, and chaotic enemy AI, this game will keep you on the edge of your seat! Prepare for waves of enemies, and unleash your thunder!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 13%, 1980s 12.8%, Arcade 12.4%
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 29.9%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 9.8%, Retro 7.6%
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 32.2%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 10%, Retro 8.7%
Returning to the classic style of spaceship games in pixel art. Survive in space as many enemy ships and anything else that can destroy your ship, get all the advantages and improvements available to get your best score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Shooter 17.6%, Action 15.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 13%
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 27.7%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shooter 19.4%, Action 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, shoot the deadly Caterpilla as it weaves its way down the screen, while also contending with mushrooms that block the way, and a fearsome spider!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 13.8%, Retro 11.7%, 1980s 11%
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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12.8%, Action 8.9%
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 8.5%, Action 8%, 1980s 7.8%
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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 11%
The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach the Slime King's lair and dismantle their deathly machine with your Cosmic Tool Kit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 13.1%, 1980s 10.8%, Retro 10.2%
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 10.2%, 1980s 8.4%
Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Arcade 16.3%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 15%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Arcade 14.1%, 1980s 11.8%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Shooter 8%
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 29.5%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Arcade 15%, 1980s 8.8%, Retro 7%
War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 13.3%
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 21.5%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 11.4%, 1980s 10.5%
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 25.7%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 7.8%
