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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Singleplayer, 2D.

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Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 72% — of 282 reviews
Released: 2016-11-22
Developer: GATO STUDIO
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 3.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 91%

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    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Great Soundtrack 18.2%, Arcade 12.3%, Difficult 9.7%, Action 8.7%

  2. #2 Blazing Chrome
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,924 reviews2019
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    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Retro 17.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Arcade 9.6%, Difficult 9.3%

  3. #3 SEEP Universe
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 96 reviews2015
    Dev: SEEP
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Classic 27%, Platformer 16.5%, Retro 15%, Action 11.7%, Indie 9.6%

  4. #4 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
    95% matchVery Positive94% of 362 reviews2017
    Dev: Game Ever Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Classic 17.5%, Retro 12.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Difficult 11.8%

  5. #5 Creepy Road
    94% matchMixed69% of 139 reviews2018
    Dev: Groovy Milk
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 42 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    The world has gone mad and Flint Trucker must go down a long, creepy road to get back home and save his beloved Angelina. Blast your guns across different scenarios to fight hordes of ravenous beasts and bloodthirsty enemies.Will you survive?

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Comedy 18.7%, Action 11.8%, Platformer 11.2%, Indie 9.6%

  6. #6 Weird Hero
    94% matchMixed68% of 209 reviews2016
    Dev: Snail-Ninja Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Weird Hero is a humorous and challenging shoot'em up where the hero, SuperMegaDude, battles countless foes with his arsenal of weird weapons: the Flickinator, the Atomic Toaster, a magician's hat and other strange devices.

    Why similar: Classic 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Platformer 16.6%, Comedy 15%, Action 13.1%

  7. #7 Jets'n'Guns Gold
    93% matchVery Positive87% of 1,517 reviews2014
    Dev: Rake in Grass
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  8. #8 Captain Starshot
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 276 reviews2019
    Dev: Double Door Games
    Windows

    Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters. Eliminate their forces and steal their technology to upgrade your squad with different abilities and save the galaxy!

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Space 18%, Difficult 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%

  9. #9 Gun Crazy
    91% matchMostly Positive71% of 150 reviews2019
    Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.

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  10. #10 Destructivator 2
    91% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
    Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
    Windows

    A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!

    Why similar: Difficult 24.1%, Platformer 16.5%, Retro 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.7%, Action 8.1%

  11. #11 Guns, Gore & Cannoli
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,209 reviews2015
    Dev: Rogueside
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

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  12. #12 Zombotron
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 3,501 reviews2019
    Dev: Ant.Karlov Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  13. #13 Gundroid
    87% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
    Dev: Kitogoru Games
    Windows

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  14. #14 Guns of Fury
    85% matchVery Positive88% of 848 reviews2025
    Dev: Gelato Games Ltd
    Windows
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    88% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac
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    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 155 reviews2016
    Dev: Andrade GamesPub: OtakuMaker.com
    Windows
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    Windows
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    84% matchVery Positive84% of 370 reviews2018
    Dev: Quantized Bit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Linux

    Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.

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    Windows
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    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 133 reviews2024
    Dev: Crank GoblinPub: Untold Tales
    Windows

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    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 86 reviews2015
    Dev: Mommy's Best Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  26. #26 ProtoCorgi
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 168 reviews2023
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  27. #27 Space Pressure 3D: Prelude
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 130 reviews2023
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    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 107 reviews2018
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    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,893 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 24,919 reviews2018
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    77% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2017
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    76% matchVery Positive87% of 477 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    77% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
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    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    75% matchVery Positive93% of 7,930 reviews2011
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    75% matchVery Positive91% of 382 reviews2017
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    72% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2024
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    71% matchVery Positive90% of 507 reviews2024
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    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    70% matchVery Positive91% of 186 reviews2024
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    67% matchVery Positive100% of 50 reviews2025
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    72% matchMostly Positive75% of 900 reviews2015
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    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 129 reviews2015
    Dev: Orangepixel
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    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,041 reviews2024
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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 262 reviews2016
    Dev: Pyrodactyl
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Windows

    Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral!

    Why similar: Dark Humor 42.3%, Retro 29.2%, Action 17.3%, Indie 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  55. #55 THE GREAT GEOMETRIC MULTIVERSE TOUR
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 368 reviews2018
    Dev: Pie On A Plate Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    LIBERATE THE GEOMETRIC PEOPLE AND SAVE THE MULTIVERSE! Fight through the randomly chosen universes of the Geometric Multiverse, arming yourself to the teeth with insane weaponry and mutating your mind, body, and soul with the unrelenting power of genetically altering pills.

    Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Difficult 14.9%, Action 14.2%, Funny 12.2%

  56. #56 Clash Force
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 155 reviews2017
    Dev: Spicy Gyro GamesPub: Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Retro 15%, Classic 13.3%, Difficult 13.3%, Platformer 13.1%

  57. #57 CYBERHUNK
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 103 reviews2022
    Dev: Birch Tree Games
    Windows

    Collect crazy power-ups, upgrade your weapons into tools of destruction, and escape from the robotic zombie horde - alone, or with friends.

    Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Retro 42.2%, Action 7%, Singleplayer 3%

  58. #58 Drunken Robot Pornography
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 657 reviews2014
    Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Bullet-hell, boss-battle, first-person shooter, with giant-robots, martinis and jetpacks. YES. Drink the cocktails. Fight the titans. Make your own Titans. Drink your friend's cocktails.

    Why similar: Robots 19%, Comedy 17.2%, Arcade 15.4%, Funny 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.3%

  59. #59 Mekkablood: Quarry Assault
    64% matchMixed66% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: KRUMB GamesPub: Judatone Studios
    Windows

    The Year is 2082. You play the role of Bill, a grizzled, and extremely hairy robojockey. It's up to you to take the reigns of Bill's Mekk, with your friend Rusty, to get your revenge against TorxCorp, who's trying to steal your mining claim.

    Why similar: Robots 35%, Retro 34.3%, Action 26.1%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  60. #60 Bloodhound
    65% matchMixed68% of 376 reviews2023
    Dev: Kruger & Flint Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.

    Why similar: Difficult 44.7%, Retro 30.5%, Action 12.8%, Indie 6.8%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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