60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Shooter.
Beyond Solar is an intense pixel art bullet hell shooter that captures the feel of retro arcade classics while introducing modern systems. Master tight controls, dodge relentless enemy patterns, and survive increasingly chaotic encounters through skill and smart decision-making.
Red Galaxy
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.
Gamma Zero
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
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 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Aliens 11.9%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 8.8%
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Aliens 13.1%, Old School 10.1%
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 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Aliens 10.1%, Shooter 9.4%
Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Aliens 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
Why similar: Destruction 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.2%
Beyond the Field is a 2D pixel art top down shooter set in space, inspired on another classic game with asteroids, where the achievements you unlock along your gameplay contain lore about the current state of the world, with some even being required to unlock the final boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Aliens 10.7%, Shooter 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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Aliens 10.6%, Shooter 7%
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 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Destruction 10.3%, Aliens 9.5%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shooter 10.1%, Old School 6.6%
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 19.7%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Top-Down 9.9%, Shooter 8.6%
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.7%, Old School 10.4%, Shooter 9%
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Aliens 12.6%, Shooter 9.3%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Aliens 9.9%, Top-Down 6.8%
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 20.6%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.8%
Survive alone against a never ending horde of undead! How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 6.6%
Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 8.5%
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Aliens 11.1%, Shooter 9.2%
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 20.8%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Aliens 12.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.4%
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 22.5%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 9.4%, Top-Down 8.4%
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 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 9%
In this classic top-down shoot 'em up, fly the deadliest ship in the galaxy on a dangerous first-strike mission to annihilate an alien threat before they become too powerful to stop. Pick up upgrades from fallen enemies along the way and become an unstoppable force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Aliens 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Retro 9.3%
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 24.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Arcade 6.3%
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%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 8.2%
A fast-paced vertical shmup where a living brain controls a combat ship to battle grotesque alien creatures across biomechanical worlds filled with massive bosses and intense arcade action.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Aliens 9.5%, Shooter 9.3%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 9.3%
Survive endless waves of escalating enemies in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Dodge overwhelming attacks, master precision movement, and fight to stay alive inside hypnotic neon chaos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.6%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 12.3%
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 21.6%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 11%, Retro 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
The big boss is looking for a new right-hand henchman, so it’s your time to shine! Choose a gangster, put on your most stylish suit, and WHACK your friends in this fast-paced, action-packed, top-down PvP shooter! Dive and shoot your way through destructible maps while trying to not get WHACKED!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Destruction 17.1%, PvP 10.4%, Shooter 8.8%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 10.2%
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 21.3%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 10.7%, Bullet Hell 10%, Arcade 8.5%
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 18.7%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 8%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.7%
Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.5%
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 20%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Aliens 12.1%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.2%
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 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 8.3%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shooter 10%, Top-Down 8.8%
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Aliens 10.7%, Top-Down 8.3%
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 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 7%
Xentron Attack is a multi-directional shooter. The evil alien forces called Xentron have invaded your galaxy and spreading dangerous meteors and missiles in the space. Fight with smart enemies who calculates your movements. Turn your ship precisely and use the borderless space wisely.
Why similar: Destruction 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Aliens 12.3%, Old School 8.4%
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 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 12.1%
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Aliens 14.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.4%
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 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.5%
Transform or die. TRIZEAL Remix has classic shoot-’em-up style with a refined depth just below the surface. Strategically transform your ship to switch between and upgrade three distinct weapons: a wide shot, a narrow laser, and guided missiles. Shoot with intelligence!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, PvP 9.6%, Shooter 8.8%
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Shooter 7.9%
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 23.9%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 9.9%, Old School 9.8%
A score-driven vertical STG built around aggressive grazing, medal chaining, and risk-reward survival mechanics. Dodge impossible bullet patterns, manipulate time itself, and push for the ultimate 1CC.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Shooter 10%, Old School 8.8%
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 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Old School 8.6%, Shooter 8.5%
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Old School 10%, Shooter 8.7%
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 28%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down 7.8%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.9%, Old School 9.6%
Gratuitous Shooty Game is a hobby space shooter made by the developer of Gratuitous Space Battles, reusing the art from that game :D.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Aliens 11.6%, Shooter 9.5%
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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.9%, Old School 7.9%
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 18.3%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.2%
Survive relentless waves in a fast-paced top-down bullet hell shooter. Chain combos, dodge chaos, and master skill-based combat where every second matters.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Destruction 10%, Shooter 7.2%
Wrathflame is a 2D top down real-time bullet hell shooter featuring retro Pico8 pixel graphics and chiptunes. You are a sorcerer-monk of the order of Wrathflame battling the machinations of the heretical Wyvern cult. Completing each level gives you the opportunity to level up one of four spells.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 11%
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 26.9%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
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 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
