Games Like Blorks: The Quest for Magnesium

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: Bullet Hell 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Psychedelic 13.2%, Shooter 8.5%

1CC Games’ first shoot ’em up returns with totally overhauled visuals, all-new enemies and attacks, a deeper scoring system, remixed soundtrack and fresh player powers. Space Moth: Lunar Edition is the ultimate version of the beloved cult classic.

Why similar: Psychedelic 20.8%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Arcade 9.3%, Shooter 6.3%

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: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Shooter 8%

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: Bullet Hell 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Psychedelic 14.5%, Shooter 9%

Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Shooter 8.6%

The Prism Warriors return for another helping of retro-styled bullet hell action. Face off against the sinister Twilight Four, and fight to save more than just your friends...

Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.5%, LGBTQ+ 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 9.5%

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: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 10.2%, Shooter 9.9%

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: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Psychedelic 10.2%, Shooter 8.8%

Multiple goals. Multiple routes. Multiple endings. Complete missions to unlock new paths in a branching stage layout. As soon as you dip your toes in, you'll find yourself sucked deeper and deeper into this bottomless quagmire of a shmup.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Psychedelic 18.8%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.3%

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: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 12.7%, Shooter 11.8%

4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.9%

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: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 10.8%

Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 9.2%, Shooter 7.3%

Vertical scrolling shooter with all 5 pages

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, LGBTQ+ 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 8.2%

It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Shooter 11.9%, 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 19.6%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 11.4%

The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 7.3%

"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: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Psychedelic 10.4%, Shooter 7.3%

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: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 9.5%

"Zenra-Taisen"is a twin-stick shooting + visual novel game set in a country inhabited solely by male beastmen. You progress through the story by reading the visual novel part, while simultaneously advancing through the battle part (twin-stick shooting) of each stage.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.4%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 5.4%

Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 12%, Action 6.9%

ShapeNeon Chaos is an old school style space-shooter. You are a ship facing off waves of deadly enemies. This game was made to give you a shot of adrenaline in a couple of minutes. Lots of bullets and neon in an arcade psychedelic shooter!

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arcade 9.4%

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: Bullet Hell 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 9.2%

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: Bullet Hell 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.6%

The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11.1%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 13.7%, Shooter 12.4%

Dodge and destroy enemies and asteroids to get food and grow bigger! Be careful though, the game only gets harder over time. Deal with incoming bosses and find yourself your own unique strategy with the attribute system! Change up the gameplay with different stages and characters to choose from!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.9%, Psychedelic 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 8.8%

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 23.1%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Arcade 7.2%, Shooter 6.2%

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: Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 8.7%

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: Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Shooter 10%

Hexagonal Explods is a vertical shoot 'em up game where you need to defend the earth from aliens. Collect power ups, fight funny bosses and... well... SHOOT THEM UP!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.7%

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 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Arcade 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Action 7%

An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Arcade 13.2%, Top-Down 6.6%

Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 12.3%, Shooter 11.6%

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: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%

Endline is a 2.5D psychedelic bullet hell experience, combining rhythm and bright colours.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 8.6%

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 24.8%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 6%

BrAInstorm is a heavily stylised shoot-em-up/bullethell. dodge bullets and defeat waves of enemies while you travel through the mind to uncover the truth.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Psychedelic 22.3%, Arcade 14.1%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Action 9.4%

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: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 11.4%

A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.1%, Psychedelic 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 11.2%

A mysterious midsummer downpour has caused Gensokyo's lakes and rivers to spill over. Not only that, but youkai and phantoms inhabiting those bodies of water have become unnaturally ferocious. Venture off on an adventure into the deep skies to find the cause of this classic rain-themed incident.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Arcade 13.9%, Shooter 13%

Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 7.7%

In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Arcade 9.6%, Shooter 9.3%

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: Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.9%

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: Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 10.7%

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: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 7.2%

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 23.1%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7.9%

The Gnonmeaggedon is upon us! Hold your ground against relentless gnome waves in a fast, unforgiving bullet hell. Master movement, manage space, and cut through swarms before they overwhelm you. Between attacks, explore biomes, rescue allies, save the village.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.2%

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: Bullet Hell 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.4%

This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 14%, Shooter 12.7%

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 19.9%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.9%

Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 9.3%

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: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 10.1%, Old School 8.5%

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: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 13.3%, Shooter 12.4%

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: Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 13.2%, Top-Down 6.1%

A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...

Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Arcade 9.2%, Shooter 9.1%

The first of its kind on Steam. A retro-style Touhou Project fangame with a modern feeling. Beat some sense into the great library in love!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, LGBTQ+ 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Retro 6.6%, Arcade 6.4%

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: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 10.5%

Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 9.9%

Warships On The Halloween Night is an extreme Top Down Arcade Shooter game based on the naval war which broke out between the Human beings and the Living Pumpkins.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 8.3%