
Captain Kaon is a retro twin-stick gravity shooter inspired by 1980s classics such as Thrust and Gravitar. Captain Kaon pairs vibrant Amiga-style pixel art with a tight twin-stick control mechanic. Relive this forgotten shmup sub-genre!
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Captain Kaon is a retro twin-stick gravity shooter inspired by 1980s classics such as Thrust and Gravitar. Captain Kaon pairs vibrant Amiga-style pixel art with a tight twin-stick control mechanic. Relive this forgotten shmup sub-genre!

Spaceman Sparkles 3
Sparkles wrecked a spaceship and got kidnapped by a mysterious Green Star, play as Magic in this new rescue adventure.

Blamdown: Udder Fury
Blamdown: Udder Fury is a fast-paced twin stick shooter about a cow with a bazooka and a lust for revenge. It's all about creating chaos, blowing stuff up and having a fun. Jump on top of buildings, gun down enemy jetpack-troopers and blast away tanks with your trusty bazooka!
Sparkles wrecked a spaceship and got kidnapped by a mysterious Green Star, play as Magic in this new rescue adventure.
Blamdown: Udder Fury is a fast-paced twin stick shooter about a cow with a bazooka and a lust for revenge. It's all about creating chaos, blowing stuff up and having a fun. Jump on top of buildings, gun down enemy jetpack-troopers and blast away tanks with your trusty bazooka!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42%, Indie 23.5%, Female Protagonist 22.9%, Action 11.6%
Descend into a radical new dimension of abstract minimalist arcade fury in Disastr_Blastr! Blaze your merciless path of devastation through an expansive non-linear game world with 100+ stages of cortex-shattering cubic mayhem!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.2%, Shooter 24.1%, Action 20.7%, Indie 15.9%
1979 Invasion Earth is a compilation of four Casual Arcade Shooter games based on a classic retro games from when i was a young lad..
Why similar: Shooter 31%, Retro 30.4%, Action 21.8%, Indie 16.8%
Use your space fighter (S.F.77) to destroy enemy spaceships and collect energy from them. Use that to upgrade you speed, weapons, or improve shields which will allow you to survive even harder attack waves.
Why similar: Space 48.2%, Shooter 28.3%, 2D 14.1%, Indie 9.4%
Blast your friends in this multiplayer arena space dogfight gravity thruster shooter combat thingamajig! Pilot agile ships through terrain or just blow your way through. Supports LAN and online play. Includes level editor and Steam Workshop support for endless community content.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Space 18%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 14%, Retro 11.3%
Super Space Meltdown - 2D dungeon-crawler. In space! Humanities largest space station is under attack by mysterious alien invaders. You play as Sgt. Alex Cutter sent into deep space on a lone mission to save the day and annihilate the alien threat. But there's a catch.
Why similar: Space 36.1%, Retro 19.3%, Shooter 16.7%, Action 16.3%, Indie 11.5%
Star Runner is a challenging 2D space shooter with resource collection and surprising depth. Zip through dynamically created solar systems to wreak havok on enemy spaceships and starbases while dancing around asteroids to mine them for the materials needed for weapons, thrusters and repairs.
Why similar: Space 39.2%, Shooter 21.1%, Indie 19.7%, 2D 10.5%, Action 9.5%
Play as HotHead as he rids the world of pesky monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Action 20.7%, Shooter 17.9%, Indie 15.2%, Retro 14.6%
Run, gun, and survive! In this twin stick arcade shooter, you'll be fighting your way through countless waves of enemies to restore maximum peace to the galaxy!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.4%, Action 26.8%, Retro 26.6%, Indie 11.2%
CMYW is a four player survival co-op inspired by classic space shooters. The objective is to work as a team in order to survive the longest and score the highest. Find a balance between gathering resources and defending your portal if you hope to succeed.
Why similar: Space 43.8%, Retro 21%, Action 20.2%, Indie 14.9%
Scrap Down is action shooter arena in the style of a 2D shooter set in a space theme. It offers casual and fast-paced shooting mechanics that are easy to understand. It enhances the fun by allowing players to prank each other with in-game items.
Why similar: Space 39.1%, Shooter 27.4%, Action 20.9%, 2D 12.6%
Survive endless waves in this fast-paced 2D space shooter. Upgrade your ship between 20-second battles, adapt to enemy behaviors, and climb the global leaderboard. Strategic, intense, and built for replayability.
Why similar: Space 42.1%, Action 21.9%, Retro 17.4%, 2D 13.5%, Indie 5.1%
Dash attack and blast swarms of enemy ships in this boss fight centered insane bullet hell frenzy. Combined with a heavy metal sound track and a hardcore difficulty curve, this twin stick arcade space shooter will definitely bring out the Shoot 'em Up beast in you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26%, Space 24.7%, Action 20.2%, Indie 14.9%, Retro 14.2%
Virtual Rogue is a top-down action roguelike shooter set in a computer controlled by a cruel and merciless User. You play as a text document file named “Note” who, after being accidentally created by the User, is thrown into the Recycle Bin.
Take control of a cyberdragon and annihilate swarms of rocket propelled chainsaws either online or via LAN in this high speed, high skill 8 player co-op twinstick shooter.
Why similar: Space 31.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 15%, Action 14.9%, Indie 10.5%
Reticent Retribution is a top down twin stick shooter. A 3rd person action game. You must blast waves of space enemies. You can use the keyboard and a controller. 720p 60fps. Press 'esc' to quit, 'h' for help.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30%, Space 26.9%, Shooter 19.9%, Action 9.6%, 2D 8.8%
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 19.9%, Space 16.6%, Action 14.5%, Retro 10.4%
The 2017 Commodore 64 Game of the Year now available on Steam!
Why similar: Space 34.6%, Action 25.1%, Retro 21.6%, Shooter 18.7%
Star Clash is a small space shooting game. You will control a planet with one or two satellites. Shoot the enemies in the unlimited universe. Collect items to upgrade your planet and satellites. Get higher score.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Shooter 23.9%, Action 20.5%, Indie 15.1%
Poop Rocket is a casual sci-fi 2D shooter game. Bomb your way through debris and aliens before the poop power meter runs out. Avoid the debris and aliens, or you'll take damage and die. The game is controlled with your keyboard. Use the arrows to navigate and the space bar to drop bombs.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Action 18.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Retro 12.3%, 2D 7.5%
Welcome to The Outer Rim, where fast paced action and space combat meet. The Outer Rim: Survivor missions are free to download and play...Pure Action, Pure Mayhem - How long can you last?
Emperor Zaroc's forces invaded the planet Toi destroy the boss and regain control of the planet
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Shooter 31.1%, 2D 14.3%, Action 11.4%, Indie 2.7%
Spread across a campaign mode and 8 mini games, take on a variety of missions from bug hunts, protection detail, desperate last stands and rescue missions!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.7%, Action 25.6%, Shooter 22.4%, Indie 18.3%
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Why similar: Space 29.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Indie 17.3%, Action 12.8%, Shooter 12.3%
Raven Fighter is a classic shoot‘em and roguelite game where players can customize their favorite weapons to defeat the final boss. Different weapon combinations result in varied outputs, accompanied by rich visual effects for an enhanced gaming experience.
Why similar: Space 48.8%, 2D 15%, Action 14.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Indie 7.6%
Super CosmoJet is a 2D physics-based action space game. Master gravity and your ship's thrust controls to navigate hazardous star systems, on your quest to find your missing father. Each star system is procedurally generated at runtime, so no two play-throughs are the same!
Why similar: Space 37.3%, Shooter 20.4%, Action 15.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, 2D 9.7%
Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.
Why similar: Action 21.9%, Space 18.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Indie 16.1%, Shooter 10.9%
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty✨
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.4%, Retro 18.5%, Space 14%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 9.6%
Children of Apollo is an exciting twin-stick shooter in a short, arcade style format using a blend of classic and modern gameplay elements. After the Apollo missions humans send an expedition to explore Mars but things go terribly wrong.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Space 19.4%, Retro 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Shooter 11.4%
Retro twin stick shooter that gradually gets more difficult as you defeat more waves of enemies and Bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.4%, Shooter 21.3%, Space 18.1%, Retro 8.5%, 2D 8.3%
Rotate, aim and shoot in zero gravity space. "∀stround" is a zero-gravity shooting action game in which the screen rotates according to the character's direction. Survive against attacking creatures on a space station where gravity suddenly disappears.
Why similar: Space 36.3%, Shooter 30.7%, Action 16.9%, 2D 11.6%, Indie 4.6%
Simple and gripping gameplay most commonly as a classical arcade shooter. The game consists of short levels which is perfect for short breaks to relax.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.6%, Action 23.6%, Shooter 20.5%, Indie 16.4%, 2D 10.9%
A fast paced sci-fi shooter with tons of enemies, weapons and secrets to unlock. Will you survive the onslaught?
Why similar: Space 37.8%, Action 26.6%, Shooter 22.2%, Indie 13.4%
Let's play a new twin stick shooter arcade game called BLASTER
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.7%, Shooter 22.4%, Action 17.5%, Retro 13%, 2D 9.5%
Shoot, dodge, get more powerful, defeat a massive fleet of enemies, take part in the toughest boss fights you've probably ever been in in this twin-stick/bullet-hell shooter. Do you have what it takes to survive and win?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.2%, Space 29.9%, Action 23%, Indie 15.9%
A color matching space shooter about saving your home planet from total destruction!
Why similar: Space 36.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 10.3%, 2D 6.9%
Save the land of Titania from the devilish forces of darkness! Harvest mana from magical gemstones, summon magical Fairies and vanquish the evil Darklings before they plunge the whole world into oblivion!
Morphite is a casual atmospheric FPS, inspired by the classics. Research plants and animals, battle hostile entities, and unravel a mystery surrounding a rare material called Morphite.
Why similar: Space 39.3%, Action 23.5%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Indie 15.9%
Sci-fi, Space themed. 2D, Fast Paced, Twin Stick shooter. Play as Tatonka in her story to reunite her family or play as her and other characters in a rogue lite type wave survivor.
Why similar: Shooter 26.2%, Space 23.4%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Action 13.2%, 2D 10.1%
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!
Why similar: Space 29.8%, Shooter 17.5%, Retro 17.2%, Action 15.7%, Indie 11%
War in Space is a retro style arcade shooter where you battle waves of unrelenting enemy ships with a whopping 81 levels and over 50 technologies available in the tech tree to keep you challenged right until the final wave.
Why similar: Space 23.6%, Shooter 22.9%, Action 17.2%, Retro 15.7%, Indie 10.9%
Touhou Fantalica is a 2D shooting game based on the Touhou Project. Reimu is pulled into a magical book and must find her way out of a mysterious world.
Why similar: Shooter 33.3%, Action 25.4%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, 2D 15.2%, Indie 5.9%
"The Superfluous" [soo-pur-floo-uh s] A cave-diving, sci-fi, rogue-lite, platformer with jet packs and lots of explosions. Help stop an apocalyptic asteroid on collision course with Earth. Lead a squad to the center of the asteroid and blast it into space dust.
A mouse controlled vertical scroller/shooter (with bonus mazes)
Why similar: Space 29%, Action 23.7%, Shooter 20.5%, Indie 17.5%, 2D 9.3%
Marblize is a physics-based puzzle platformer where you must traverse through obstacles and hazards, solve challenging logic puzzles, and collect various collectables to customize your marble. Play through over 60 levels of varying difficulty in captivating worlds.
Why similar: Indie 100%
Your job is to locate and transport the containers to your base avoiding enemies on your way. Your ship is equipped with a hook to carry the containers. This is a physics based arcade game, inspired on the very early classics and with a strong Commodore 64 feel on it.
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Indie 22.1%, Space 16.9%, Retro 11.5%, Shooter 9%
Protect your ship against wave after wave of brightly coloured enemies in this fast paced arcade inspired shooter. Use your abilities to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.6%, Space 26.9%, Action 19.2%, 2D 10.8%, Indie 4.6%
ITZO is a retro style scrolling shooter and bullet hell game where you play as the best (and most ruthless) agent in space: ITZO! You have the mission to prevent an incoming interplanetary conflict… How are you going to do it? Easy. With bullets, destruction, chaos and no diplomacy!
Why similar: Space 37.4%, Shooter 23.6%, Retro 18.4%, Action 10.4%, 2D 6.7%
Unleash strings of volatile bombs known as Rolling Explosive Devices, and use them against each other in creating chain reactions to blast open deposits of priceless jewels!
Why similar: Indie 100%
It is your job to save the planet from its decay. Only you can prevent an extraterrestrial species from taking over all of humankind. How? By shooting them back to where they belong - into the depths of hell of course!
Why similar: Action 36.8%, Shooter 26.6%, Indie 23.4%, 2D 13.2%
Gear Gauntlet is a fun but rage inducing 2D action arcade game from Drop Dead Interactive. Test your patience through ever more punishing gauntlets while boosting, teleporting, reversing and rotating to survive. Use your reflexes to break through coloured barriers and earn your place on the leaderboard.
Can you create the raddest spaceship? Captain Forever Remix is the spaceship builder roguelike. Voyage across the Solar System and blast apart randomly-generated enemies for spare parts. This is an officially-licensed re-imagining of the indie classic Captain Forever.
Why similar: Space 60.5%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Indie 7.1%
There are a lot of bad thrust clones out there... This is not one of them.
Why similar: Space 39.1%, Retro 21.2%, Action 20%, 2D 12.8%, Indie 6.9%
Use an arsenal of deadly weaponry and magic as you struggle to defeat a relentless enemy at the gate between your world and theirs in this arcade FPS.
In this game with elements of roguelike, RPG and Bullet Hell, you control a ship with the power to absorb enemies and improve itself, but even then it won't be easy, because you'll face the hordes of enemies with a good variety of weapons that come randomly as you pass level.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Space 19.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Retro 10.5%
Blue sheep is a Platformer Adventure set in a strange world, plagued by the physical manifestation of misery, known as the Beast. Play as the Outsider, experiencing the memories of a warrior who once opposed the Beast.
Why similar: Action 37%, Female Protagonist 36.8%, Indie 26.2%
A tiny, naked cosmonaut with a jetpack & laser blaster must revive a dying galaxy by planting one seed at a time. An innovative and addictive arcade adventure experience with mystery and intrigue in all the right places.
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 33%, Action 16%, Indie 10.6%
The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.
Why similar: Retro 30.1%, Shooter 26.5%, Space 23.1%, Action 16.4%, Indie 3.9%
EURGAVA™ - Fight for Haaria, a reaction-based combat rpg where you struggle to rebuild your broken village, learn the fate of your home country, and restore its order. Get ready!