
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.
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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.

Neckbeards: Basement Arena
Based on classic arcade games like Robotron 2084, Neckbeards is non-stop action for one or two players with an epic soundtrack and a taste for psychedelia. NEW in 2023: THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!

Starfighter Neon
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Based on classic arcade games like Robotron 2084, Neckbeards is non-stop action for one or two players with an epic soundtrack and a taste for psychedelia. NEW in 2023: THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Retro 9.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Retro 8%, Arcade 6.6%
Undead Souls is an arcade game about killing enemies trying to Beat your Score in a gun filled randomly generated levels.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Perma Death 15.1%, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Action 14.1%
Get ready to take a trip back to the 80s, the 1880s! Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure! Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.
Why similar: Mars 19.1% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Retro 11.5%, Action 10%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 11%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Action 9.1%
Be THE Cowboy in this top down shooter that allows you to upgrade your health, dash speed, and sword strength, as well as 19 weapons, with the souls you collect from your slain enemies!
Why similar: Mars 29.2% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11%, Shooter 5.7%
Zombie Scrapper is a twin stick shooter that will test your survival skills! Battle through an onslaught of zombies and be sure to collect as much scrap as you can to even the odds in this intense zombie thriller!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18%, Action 15.4%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%
Is an easy to play arcade space shooter, with an endless area to play in and countless Enemies to destroy. There are 18 ships to unlock and play as. Many different enemies to blast away at. Boss ships. HD graphics. Awesome Music. Lots of Weapons to blast away at the enemy ships with.
Why similar: Action 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Space 15.3%, Indie 15.2%, Top-Down 10.4%
Choose your champion and fight until your last breath! Frenzy Force is a casual wave-survival game with a diverse set of weapons and unlockable characters, where you must fight through a variety of biomes against hordes of shadowy minions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.9%, Perma Death 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Arcade 7.2%
Exterminate hordes of menacing creatures in twin-stick shoot’em up style so your fellow humans can settle on a new planet!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.8%, Mars 25.4% ★, Top-Down 9.5%, Action 6.3%, Shooter 6.1%
As a threat from beyond looms over the solar system, take control of the AETHER prototype in this rhythmic and tactical space shooter - fusing classic arcade-style action with stunning 3D environments and an engaging sci-fi story.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Space 8.9%
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 7.9%, Arcade 7.5%
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.5%
80's vector style Twin stick action with a booming soundtrack and permadeath.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.3%, Perma Death 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Retro 9.1%, Arcade 8.3%
Vectrix is a rhythmic, techno, top-down shoot 'em up with a synthwave soundtrack and a grid of enemies based on John Conway's "Game of Life" cellular automaton!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Retro 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Arcade 10.5%
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 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Action 16.6%, Indie 12.8%, Space 11.7%
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Mars 28.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Shooter 8.1%, Arcade 8%
Story of a Cube is an action packed shooter about a lone cube and his quest for revenge. Mixing elements of twin-stick shooters and bullet hell games, this is a hardcode arcade game with a crazy amount of explosions.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.4%, Action 10.9%, Arcade 9.5%, Adventure 9.3%
Drones & Ruins is a dynamic top down twin stick shooter where you become the intelligence of a scout drone that has agreed to assist an ally pilot reunite with a loved one. You will need to fight hard and anticipate the enemy's next attack so that you can glide into cover before you go up in smoke.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Indie 12.4%, Action 11.8%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Retro 7.8%, Arcade 7.5%
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Indie 14.4%, Space 13.7%, Action 10.2%
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 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Action 11.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 10.3%
The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Action 8.7%
An old school fast action twin stick shmup, featuring more than 20 weapons that you can equip your ship with and 30 different enemies
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Retro 11.8%, Arcade 9.6%
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
Why similar: Space 14.6%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Indie 8.6%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Space 12.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Arcade 8.3%
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 9.1%
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!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Space 19.4%, Retro 12.3%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Shooter 11.4%
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 30.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Space 13%, Shooter 10.8%, Top-Down 9.1%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 8.5%, Retro 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Bezier is a dual stick blaster set inside a vast computer built deep underground. The story traces the principal's escape from this "Noah's Ark" gone wrong. A simple shooter on the surface, the deeper narrative pulls in his relationship between evolution and god, family and love.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.5%, Space 9.8%, Action 8.9%
Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Perma Death 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Shooter 6.7%
Open World Space Exploring Trading Shmup RPG. Space sheriff fighting outlaws. King of inter planet trade. Investor who contribute to the development of the planets. The choice Is yours.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Space 8.9%, Action 7.8%
Enfora Star station is being overrun! Pilot your spacecraft and deploy defenses to survive droid swarms - but every purchase costs precious score points. Will you risk everything for maximum points or play it safe? Master the ultimate arcade challenge!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Space 9.7%, Retro 6.9%
A frantic arena shooter for up to 6 players. Play solo, or battle your pals online. Grab a weapon, don your comically oversized hat & an absurdly mismatched outfit, and KILL YOUR FRIENDS!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Shooter 8.2%, Arcade 7%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Action 12.3%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 11.1%
Eliminate your negative emotions (but save the good ones!) as Agent B. Cell, in this intense and wacky arcade style shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Top-Down 8.5%
With 3.68 quintillion possible builds, no run is the same. Mix 10 astronauts, 10 ships, and 100+ upgrades in a relentless roguelite top-down shooter where alien swarms and brutal bosses push every skill to the limit. Adapt, experiment, and fight to survive the chaos
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Perma Death 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Space 7.1%
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 7.7%, Arcade 7%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 7.7%, Action 7.6%
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: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 8.2%
"3D STG with a 2D feel! Join the adventure to save the solar system! Ace pilots Louloudi & Asteri fight a massive virus. Twin-stick controls, sidestep & roll, dodge enemy attacks. Shield-life system for beginners; damage auto-recovers. Normal & Hard routes for all players!"
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.3%, Mars 23.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Shooter 10%, Space 9.7%
Blast your way through the endless swarm of enemies and live for as long as possible in this fast-paced, top-down shooter. Upgrade your tank, collect power-ups, and activate abilities to help you survive on a variety of maps in various game modes. How long will you last before meeting your demise?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Perma Death 15.6%, Retro 6%
Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28%, Action 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Indie 13.4%, Arcade 9.7%
Neon Shooter is a fast-paced dual stick style shooter that is full of neon colors, bright particle effects, and enemies to destroy. Be ready to jump in and destroy enemies, collect coins and power ups, and upgrade your traits to reach the highest score possible!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Action 13.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11%
Shapefighter is an arcade-style, twin-stick shooter where you blast through 5 stages of pure shape onslaught. Shoot and dodge shapes that will swarm you in a ever-changing formations. Defeat all 5 bosses and take down the shape invasion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.6%, Perma Death 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Space 9.5%, Arcade 9.1%
Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl! After destroying 75% of the panels, move on to the next stage.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Action 8.1%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 10%, Retro 7.7%
Two-dimensional game in New York. You must play as a secret agent so that he can gain immortality.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Vector Assault is a fast paced twin stick shooter where you have to survive a onslaught of enemy attackers.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.4%, Retro 12.8%, Arcade 12.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Shooter 7.7%, Top-Down 7.3%
Join the fight against alien invaders in Pink Devil. Pilot an upgradable fighter jet through diverse environments, from oceans to deserts. Face unique bosses with distinct tactics and use weapons like machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Become the unstoppable Pink Devil and save the planet.
Why similar: Mars 31.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Shooter 7.7%, Arcade 7.3%
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Perma Death 14.9%, Space 10%, Retro 7.1%
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Space 12.4%, Shooter 7.2%
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Space 13.4%, Arcade 7.3%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.3%, Perma Death 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Action 7.7%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Shooter 7.6%, Arcade 7.2%
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Space 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%, Action 10.7%
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Perma Death 12%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%
XenoFeud is an insane top-down twin-stick arcade alien shooter, where you must survive hordes of alien intruders while defending a mysterious object in space.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Space 10.6%, Arcade 7.8%