
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 42.3%, Female Protagonist 23%, Indie 22.9%, Action 11.9%
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 39.1%, Shooter 24.4%, Action 21%, Indie 15.5%
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 28.9%, 2D 13.7%, Indie 9.2%
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.
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 17.9%, Shooter 16.8%, Action 14.3%, Retro 11.2%
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 31.4%, Retro 30.1%, Action 22.2%, Indie 16.3%
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 21.6%, Indie 19.3%, 2D 10.2%, Action 9.7%
Play as HotHead as he rids the world of pesky monsters.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Action 21.1%, Shooter 18.1%, Indie 14.9%, Retro 14.5%
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 22.4%, Retro 17.4%, 2D 13.1%, Indie 5%
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 20.7%, Indie 14.6%
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 38.8%, Shooter 27.8%, Action 21.3%, 2D 12.1%
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 35.9%, Retro 19.2%, Shooter 17%, Action 16.7%, Indie 11.2%
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 26.1%, Space 24.6%, Action 20.6%, Indie 14.5%, Retro 14.2%
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 30.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 28.5%, Action 15.2%, Shooter 15.2%, Indie 10.2%
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 30.1%, Space 26.7%, Shooter 20.2%, Action 9.8%, 2D 8.5%
Space Scaven is a physical puzzle game about an engineer, whose job is to collect black boxes on abandoned space stations.
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 20.2%, Space 16.5%, Action 14.8%, Retro 10.3%
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 40.3%, Shooter 24.2%, Action 20.8%, Indie 14.7%
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 27.3%, Retro 26.4%, Indie 10.9%
The 2017 Commodore 64 Game of the Year now available on Steam!
Why similar: Space 34.3%, Action 25.5%, Retro 21.4%, Shooter 18.9%
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 40.4%, Action 19.3%, Shooter 16.6%, Retro 12.2%, 2D 7.3%
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 33.6%, Action 25.9%, Shooter 22.7%, Indie 17.7%
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 40.2%, Shooter 31.7%, 2D 13.8%, Action 11.6%, Indie 2.6%
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 48.7%, Action 15.1%, 2D 14.5%, Shooter 14.2%, Indie 7.5%
VectorSmash is a fast-paced retro arcade space shooter. Pilot your artillery battery to defend the planet, blasting waves of incoming meteorites and using warps to survive. Classic 80s action with crisp vector visuals, simple controls, and addictive high-score chasing!
Why similar: Space 38.5%, Retro 25.2%, Shooter 20%, Action 13%, Indie 3.3%
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 22.3%, Space 18.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Indie 15.7%, Shooter 11.1%
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 37.1%, Shooter 20.7%, Action 16.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, 2D 9.3%
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Why similar: Space 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Indie 16.9%, Action 13.1%, Shooter 12.5%
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty✨
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.9%, Retro 18.3%, Space 13.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.7%
Retro twin stick shooter that gradually gets more difficult as you defeat more waves of enemies and Bosses.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.6%, Shooter 21.7%, Space 18%, Retro 8.4%, 2D 8.1%
Shoot at alien spaceships and avoid incoming rockets in this retro 2D vertical scroller!
Why similar: Space 35%, Action 25.8%, Retro 20.1%, Shooter 19.1%
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%, Shooter 31.2%, Action 17.2%, 2D 11.2%, Indie 4.4%
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 24.1%, Shooter 20.8%, Indie 16%, 2D 10.6%
A fast paced sci-fi shooter with tons of enemies, weapons and secrets to unlock. Will you survive the onslaught?
Why similar: Space 37.5%, Action 27%, Shooter 22.5%, Indie 13.1%
Let's play a new twin stick shooter arcade game called BLASTER
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.7%, Shooter 22.7%, Action 17.8%, Retro 12.8%, 2D 9.1%
Nebula Live is a 2D side-scrolling space shooter set in a galactic TV show where the audience controls the chaos. Fight through 13 levels as viewers vote for unpredictable events, send power-up drops, and influence your chances of survival before unlocking Endless Mode.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.8%, Space 29.8%, Shooter 12.3%, 2D 10.9%, Action 9.8%
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 31.3%, Space 29.8%, Action 23.4%, Indie 15.5%
Lock On. Light Up. Lay Waste. Demon Protocol is a retro arcade space shooter with 25 waves of relentless enemies, 4 brutal bosses, and power-ups to keep you fighting. Choose your difficulty and see how far you can push before the demons win.
Why similar: Shooter 27.3%, Space 24.9%, Action 19.9%, Retro 11.8%, 2D 8.3%
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 26.6%, Space 23.3%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Action 13.5%, 2D 9.8%
A color matching space shooter about saving your home planet from total destruction!
Why similar: Space 36.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 10.5%, 2D 6.7%
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 38.7%, Space 26.8%, Action 19.6%, 2D 10.5%, Indie 4.5%
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!
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 33.7%, Action 25.9%, Female Protagonist 20%, 2D 14.7%, Indie 5.8%
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%
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 39.1%, Action 24%, Female Protagonist 21.3%, Indie 15.6%
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 29.7%, Shooter 17.8%, Retro 17.1%, Action 16.1%, Indie 10.8%
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 23.5%, Shooter 23.3%, Action 17.6%, Retro 15.6%, Indie 10.7%
"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.
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.
You’re a mediator trying to prevent an interplanetary conflict. How will you do it? By destroying infrastructure, overthrowing a monarchy, wiping out a hive, and eradicating half of a nebula… All this and more in ITZO, an 8-bit bullet hell game!
Why similar: Space 37.2%, Shooter 23.9%, Retro 18.3%, Action 10.5%, 2D 6.5%
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%
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 29.8%, Shooter 26.9%, Space 22.9%, Action 16.7%, Indie 3.8%
Tired of AN INDIE PIXEL-ART 2D SHOOTERS WITH A VERY DEEP STORY? Then be sure to check Fly, Glowfly! Your goal is to help this little shiny (and a bit stupid) thing to reach the finish by placing blocks on it's way. Sounds like a mobile puzzle, but... a picture is worth a thousand words, play it now!
Why similar: Indie 100%
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 60.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 8.6%, Indie 7%
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 34%, Indie 21.6%, Space 16.8%, Retro 11.5%, Shooter 9.2%
You play as Otem, a child who has been chosen as a sacrifice to the gods of his tribe. As they materialize in the center of the ring-shaped arena, you must dodge their attacks and fight back to survive the ritual and uncover the secrets of this gruesome tradition lead by the mysterious Shaman.
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.