60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shooter, Space.
Dynamic 2D retro, pixel-art, shooter. Fly fast, shoot accurately. Fight back the Rivanirs invasion. You are the Captain Jackson, you are their Doom.
Nuts Space Shooter
Repel extraterrestrial entities!
NOMAD Revisited
In 1985 N.O.M.A.D. pushed the boundaries of what the 8-bit computers of the day could achieve with both their graphics and their gameplay. A fast-paced, all-out action shoot ’em up, this retro classic still retains a fan base to this day.
Repel extraterrestrial entities!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Flight 17.9%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Space 11.6%, Shooter 9.5%
In 1985 N.O.M.A.D. pushed the boundaries of what the 8-bit computers of the day could achieve with both their graphics and their gameplay. A fast-paced, all-out action shoot ’em up, this retro classic still retains a fan base to this day.
Why similar: Flight 28.2%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.3%, Linear 8.3%
The best shooting game with various perspectives
Why similar: Flight 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Aliens 5.8%
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.5%, Arcade 8.6%, Shooter 8.3%, Space 7.3%, Score Attack 6.7%
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
Why similar: Flight 24%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Shooter 8.9%, Linear 8.4%
Blast through an endless, procedurally generated river canyon in this retro-style arcade shooter. Manage your fuel, graze enemies for energy, and uncover the story of the "Sky Ghosts" squadron. In Pixel Canyon, the river never ends - but your fuel might.
Why similar: Flight 33.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9%, Score Attack 7.4%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Flight 21.8%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.7%, Aliens 8%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Flight 21.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 10.1%, Aliens 10%
Escape the alien threat! Unleash searing lasers, fire precision phasers, and launch sizzling plasma bolts. Blast, spin, and cut your way through hordes to unlock your ship's potential as you unveil hidden horrors. Challenge the world, arcade-style, and ascend as the galaxy's ultimate pilot!
Why similar: Flight 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Arcade 7.9%, Space 6.2%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Flight 23.7%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 8.7%, Space 8.4%
Shoot, dash, and power your way through enemy lines in the arcade-style 2D side scroller, Die Erdnussbutter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Side Scroller 23.6%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Arcade 13.3%, Linear 6.4%
A game about exploring space in search of hospitable planets for colonization. Casual gameplay and short rounds make it a great option for killing a few minutes.
Why similar: Flight 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Shooter 7.9%, Space 7.4%
Cosmic Paradox: Noire is a 2D top-down shoot ‘em up adventure set in a world of two overlapping dimensions. Witness the battle between the Vex Accord and the Oronix Empire, increase your odds of survival with the right upgrades and choose a ship that is best suited to your playstyle.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Action Roguelike 19%, Score Attack 11.6%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 9%
The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.
Why similar: Flight 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Shooter 7.9%, Space 7.6%
Short Warp: Deep Space Bounty is a modern arcade shoot ’em up mixing top-down and side-scrolling missions in a rugged sci-fi universe. Pilot stock ships or craft custom builds across multiple game modes. Cast a short warp and Lower Away!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Score Attack 10.6%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.6%
Fly through space and annihilate everything in your way to survive.
Why similar: Flight 26%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Aliens 10.5%, Space 8.2%
Dig your way out of debt. Star Scavenger is a roguelike top-down shooter about blasting asteroids to get the precious minerals inside. Scavenge, dodge pirates, and beat the market to free yourself from an unjust punishment.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Space 13.1%, Procedural Generation 13%, Arcade 10.6%
A paper airplane fights against Rock, Paper and Scissors. The ROCPAIN gameplay is inspired on the rock-paper-scissors hand game, and like the original hand game, each enemy only its destroyed with the right shot. A new way to play shooting games that will challenge your skills.
Why similar: Flight 28.7%, Side Scroller 24.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Linear 7.7%, Arcade 7.2%
End Reach is a roguelike top-down shooter inspired by the brutal gore of Hotline Miami and the heart pounding action of Nuclear Throne.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Action Roguelike 24.3%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
Canyon Raid is a classic reimagined in 3D. Pilot unique aircraft through procedurally generated canyons, destroy enemies, collect XP, and unlock powerful upgrades in this roguelike aerial shooter. Classic gameplay, modern twist.
Why similar: Flight 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Driving 13%, Shooter 10.1%
In this addictive side-scrolling shoot-em-up from 1982, your mission is to penetrate through four defence rings, and blow up an illegal cache of neutron bombs - an almost impossible feat! Enemy missiles and radar bases track your movements, and the landscape is as treacherous as your enemies.
Why similar: Flight 27.4%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 7.6%, Space 7.5%
Hyperdrive Horizon is a high-speed space racer where you’ll dodge obstacles, collect boosts, and challenge advanced AI on dynamic tracks.
Why similar: Flight 20.1%, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Futuristic 11%, Driving 10.8%, Space 10.6%
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.5%, Shooter 15.3%, Linear 12.8%, Space 9%, Futuristic 6%
FRACTURE is a fast-paced roguelike bullet-hell shooter. Battle enemies and bosses across ever-changing maps, collect items, unlock new ships, and upgrade your ship and weapons!
Why similar: Flight 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Space 8.1%
Bad Guy Adventure is a hardcore platformer-shooter game with stunning visuals, dynamic music, and 30 challenging levels. Players control a bad guy armed with powerful weapons, battling hordes of monsters to progress.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.8%, Action Roguelike 24.1%, Shooter 13%, Linear 12.7%, Futuristic 6.6%
Stop the Saturnians is a shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Dodge enemy fire, destroy procedurally generated alien waves and fight massive bosses. Collect resources in the midst of combat to upgrade your ship or improve Earth's defenses. Protect yourself and the planet both!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Space 12.7%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 10%, Aliens 9.6%
Top-down shooter action for the Atari Lynx handheld console. WANTED: Hot gun for hire. Travel to several exotic and dangerous places. Discover several exotic and dangerous aliens and kill them. Kill lots. For cash. Buy more weapons and kill again.
Why similar: Flight 28%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Aliens 11.2%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 7.6%
DIASPORE is a vector-style space survival roguelite with inertia-based ship handling, a toroidal arena, auto-firing weapons, and a hostile ecosystem that grows more dangerous the longer you stay.
Why similar: Flight 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Procedural Generation 11%, Arcade 9%, Space 5.1%
A fast-paced, top down movement shooter. A drifter must master the art of drifting, the nature of the enemy and the rhythm of attack and defence. Only then can a drifter become The Astrodrifter.
Why similar: Flight 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Aliens 10.1%, Shooter 9.1%
Stellar Space is a new take on a classic arcade game with a modern, rogue-like, form for new players to enjoy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 9%, Space 8.6%
A new dimension on the classic shmup genre, take to the skies as a rookie pilot thrown into the deep end. Prove yourself in skies as you battle devious enemies and work become a hero pilot in Iron Flight Air Force.
Why similar: Flight 41.1%, Shooter 14.2%, Space 8.6%, Aliens 7.9%, Side Scroller 6.4%
In Sapper, you play a small anti-pirate. mine-sapper unit. Cleanse local home vessels and exotic alien craft of enemies, mines, and watch vast ships ride to safety as you collect your bounty.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Side Scroller 25.6%, Space 16.5%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 10.6%
Join Captain Rijk as he attempts to escape from the clutches of one of the most villainous species in the galaxy. Help to uncover the horrors that are being carried out on the fringes of the civilised galaxy and become the divine being prophesised to inspire an uprising and destroy The Domain.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Space 14.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Aliens 12.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Space 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Shooter 9.7%
Try not to crash your helicopter! How long can you survive in this fast paced, reaction based, arcade game! Add your score to the leaderboard and earn cool skins!
Why similar: Flight 26.6%, Side Scroller 23%, Arcade 14.6%, Linear 6.3%, Score Attack 6.1%
"Astro Wings: Space War" is a retro style, exciting and authentic bullet hell, space shooting game.This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game.
Why similar: Flight 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Space 8.9%, Shooter 8.7%, Score Attack 8.2%
A side-scrolling shoot'em up, original, with beautiful 3D graphics, intense and a little wacky. In line with classics such as R-Type but with its own style to make you live an adventure full of fun! A special spaciale adventure but not only in space and not only shoot'em up...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Space 10.7%, Arcade 10.5%
BulletGarden is a 2D vertical shooting gamewhere you explore a planet where the seeds you sow blossom into weapons.You can handle about 300 different types of weapons,each with its own unique characteristics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shooter 10.3%, Score Attack 10%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Launch squirrels into the atmosphere and explore the clouds. Dodge and shoot down obstacles – upgrade your vehicle to make it further and further until you get to the moon!
Why similar: Flight 36.6%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Arcade 11.1%, Linear 10.4%, Shooter 4.7%
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 9.9%, Space 8.5%, Score Attack 7.6%
A topdown bullet hell game where you control a spaceship and fight waves of asteroids and enemy spaceships.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Score Attack 15.1%, Flight 14.8%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 9.2%
A spectacular, satisfying, and super-watchable defense battle! The ultimate 8-bit shoot 'em ups born in the 21st century, ""Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE"", is now on Steam!
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.5%, Shooter 16.4%, Aliens 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30%, Flight 14.9%, Space 10.9%, Action Roguelike 10.6%, Arcade 10.5%
Throst is a 2D-retro-arcade-action adventure about precision flying under constant gravity. Dive through tight tunnels, outmaneuver and destroy defenses. Grab the enemy’s energy orbs, and blast your way back to orbit before you’re crushed or shot down.
Why similar: Flight 24.9%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Arcade 10.7%, Space 8.7%, Shooter 8.4%
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Why similar: Flight 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%, Aliens 8.6%
Your ship has crash-landed on a stray rogue planet, and you're out of fuel... It's up to you to delve beneath the frozen surface and find a way to get your ship back into space while fighting strange sea creatures and uncovering the mysteries of the world beneath the ice!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.6%, Shooter 15.7%, Procedural Generation 15%, Space 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Mud River is a horizontal 2D Shoot‘em Up game. The Rio Doce (Sweet River) was a paradise for mankind and animals, but now it has become a territory destroyed by the unscrupulous activities of Dr. Wellin. This is Pacal's first destination, ascending the Rio Doce preventing its complete destruction.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21%, Flight 19.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Aliens 9.8%
A roguelike survival game in space. Stranded in space, you must fight to survive as long as you can! Dodge or destroy asteroids, collect ice shards to survive. Find power ups in from your ship, get out before they destabilize and explode! How long can you survive in space?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Space 15.4%, Arcade 12.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Space 14.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Linear 8%
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Space 8.8%, Retro 8.7%
Take flight in Flutter Plane! Guide your paper plane through tricky handcrafted levels and infinite, randomly generated challenges. Master the timing with simple single button controls, avoid the trees, and stick the landing. A charmingly tough arcade flyer awaits!
Why similar: Flight 28.7%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Arcade 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Linear 8.8%
2.5D Roguelite Shooter with Unique Gameplay, Powerful Weapons and a Killer Soundtrack. Battle the dangerous enemies and defend the planets of the Sunstar System! Gather crystals and destroy turrets to level up and unlock exciting new Starships on each planet!
Why similar: Flight 34.2%, Action Roguelike 25.3%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 7.8%, Score Attack 6.8%
A shmup without shooting. Reflect the bullets with one of your two shields. Bite-sized arcade action. Cover humankind's retreat and make it count.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.7%, Space 11.4%, Score Attack 11.2%, Arcade 10.9%, Futuristic 8.5%
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 11.3%, Linear 9.5%, Space 7.5%
Outlast wave after wave to grow unstoppable. Slimes Arena is a fast-paced arena shooter roguelite where each slime’s unique abilities combine with a wide variety of power-ups. No two runs are ever the same as you bounce to survive.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Arcade 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Score Attack 6.9%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 14.9%, Space 8.5%, Action 7.8%
Blast off into an energetic 2D space shooter and face a diverse roster of captivating bosses. Engage in high-energy battles with powerful weapons, set to a fun anime-inspired visual style. Waifu Force is a silly & spicy narrative with completely original art & music!
Why similar: Flight 27%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.3%, Space 7.9%
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.1%
INSPACE 2980 is a stylish and dynamic SHMUP from the 16-bit era of games consoles and arcade machines. Take part in an exciting adventure and save the galaxy! Once again!
Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Space 12.9%, Shooter 9.5%, Futuristic 8.3%
Frantic 4-player laser ricocheting top-down shooter. Keep it casual and enjoy the chaos, or master the surprisingly deep mechanics to obliterate your enemies. Duke it out locally in free-for-all or 2v2.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.6%, Space 10.7%, Aliens 9.9%
