Games Like Chronal Chain

A bullet hell shooting game that you can go back in time and use time lapse to always be successful, go back in time whenever you want and show all your skills.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 21.6% ★, Time Travel 21% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Shooter 6.6%

Danmaku style STG. What is The cause of the Emergency?Why the artifact finally appeared? Travel through time and space,dodge the bullet-hell, defeat the sorceress, and save your own world line!

Why similar: Time Travel 23.7% ★, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Arcade 7.9%, Shooter 7.7%

Chrono Wing: Cats in Space!" is a 90s-inspired SHMUP. Master five action-packed stages and use your time-rewinding abilities to dodge the game-over screen and build huge combos.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Bullet Time 13.1% ★, Time Travel 9.7% ★, Shooter 9.6%

Run, jump, rewind, and avoid a time paradox? A time-traveling gal changes the past where she drank tapioca to prevent the extinction of humanity in this time-loop action puzzle game!

Why similar: Time Travel 51.8% ★, Time Manipulation 40.5% ★, Action 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 22.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15%, Bullet Time 12.9% ★, Cyberpunk 10%

Play as a Rattus, a psychic rat capable of summoning meteors and altering the fabric of time. He decides to fight some birds. Can you help him survive?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Time 15% ★, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Score Attack 7.5%

Beautiful oni-girls battle hordes of yokai in this side-view bullethell SHMUP. Every year yokai take to the streets to celebrate at Hyakki Yagyō, the night parade of the hundred yokai. But this year they didn't invite the oni twins, so they're going to ruin the party!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Foxes 17.4% ★, Arcade 10.7%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

A Synthwave-themed shoot 'em up (heavy on the vibes) where grazing enemy fire charges your bullet-slowing field and builds your score. Play through 5 levels in solo or co-op with leaderboard support. '80s vibes meet precision shmup gameplay. Graze Bullets. Bend Time. Break the Future.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15%, Bullet Time 14.8% ★, Cyberpunk 11.8%

High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 12%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

Fate and Judgement is a vertical shoot'em up with roguelike elements and procedural stage generation. Fight Through hordes of an empire you once served and relieve your last mission until victory is yours!

Why similar: Time Travel 21.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Score Attack 8.8%, Arcade 7.7%

Bend Time - Raise Hell! In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Time 20.2% ★, Arcade 8.8%, Shooter 6%

Climb into the cockpit of an overpowered micro unit and fight against an invisible enemy that threatens the Human race. Progress through numerous enemy waves and bosses across more than 7 levels filled with action, secrets, and more !

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Shooter 13.1%, Cyberpunk 7.5%, Arcade 6.7%

WAVECADE is a sci-fi, arcade-style #shmup where YOU control the speed of the game. Destroy blocks, minions and bosses in style as you collect powerups and avoid hazards. How far can you go?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26% ★, Time Travel 18% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Time 16.4% ★, Time Management 6.9%

The Prism Warriors return for another helping of retro-styled bullet hell action. Face off against the sinister Twilight Four, and fight to save more than just your friends...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 13.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.7%

A time-bending action shooter where you freeze combat, deflect bullets, steal enemy weapons, and leave levels drenched in destruction and gelatinous remains.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 35.6% ★, Bullet Time 18.5% ★, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Shooter 11%

"Zenra-Taisen"is a twin-stick shooting + visual novel game set in a country inhabited solely by male beastmen. You progress through the story by reading the visual novel part, while simultaneously advancing through the battle part (twin-stick shooting) of each stage.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 6.1%

Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.1%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 8%

Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Score Attack 14.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 9.3%

Select one of the Grim Reaper or girl. Find escaped yokai from limbo, extricate soul that they absorbed. You must reseal them after

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Bullet Hell 30.8%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 7.2%, Female Protagonist 7.1%

Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Score Attack 8.3%

WARNING! Dual Gunstrike is a 100-Mega Shock!/32-bit inspired horizontal shmup. Choose between 4 heroes and blast into space to stop a mysterious multi-dimensional creature from destroying humanity!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Cats 11.2%, Score Attack 10.5%, Arcade 8.7%

TimeTekker is an arcade shoot em' up where your actions dictate the speed of time itself! Overcome the endless hail of bullets at your own pace and become the ultimate ninja!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Bullet Time 14.5% ★, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Score Attack 7.8%

Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.3%, Bullet Hell 29.2%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13%, Action 5%

Time Turned is a time-bending puzzle game where you use time clones to solve puzzles that would otherwise be impossible to complete alone.

Why similar: Time Travel 41.7% ★, Time Manipulation 26.2% ★, Bullet Time 13.5% ★, Female Protagonist 8.2%, Time Management 5.5%

Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 30.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 7.6%

A grid-based arcade shooter where you battle aliens and your constantly changing controls. After every control scramble, time slows down to allow you to react, but you'll need to quickly scramble if you want complete each level before your energy runs out!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 31% ★, Time Travel 20.6% ★, Bullet Time 18.1% ★, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Arcade 8%

Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Bullet Hell 25%, Score Attack 12.3%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 7.6%

Control the battlefield through precision movement, rapid repositioning, and decisive action under pressure.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 23.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Bullet Time 13.4% ★, Shooter 8.2%

Team Shanghai Alice presents a bullet hell shooter! The 20th installment of the Touhou Project. Utilize the powers you've acquired to overcome new challenges!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Bullet Hell 28.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

‘Soulers’ is a shooter game where you can slow down time to break through bullet hell and assemble a team with various Crew members. Become Lethe, an amnesiac Souler, and face the Witches threatening the world as you seek the truth behind your lost memories.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 29.6% ★, Bullet Time 15.8% ★, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Shooter 6.9%

We Are One is a brain-bending VR puzzle-shooter with an unforgettable twist. Record and clone your actions, make time loops and bring the fight to the evils of industrialization. Master 50 meticulously crafted levels in the campaign and limitless new challenges with the Level Creator!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 33.5% ★, Time Travel 32.6% ★, Bullet Time 14.9% ★, Shooter 8.1%, Time Management 7.1%

A modern revisitation of the 80s arcades. Use your Razerwire to cut through waves of nanobugs with a rogue-like inspired progression.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 26.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Bullet Time 15% ★, Shooter 8.7%

Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 42.1% ★, Time Travel 31.3% ★, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Anime 6%, Action 5.1%

A high-risk, high reward shoot em up as you power yourself and your enemies up to bring utter chaos to the battlefield!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Shooter 12.1%, Score Attack 12%, Arcade 9.6%

Warding Witches offers a classic, unapologetic bullet hell shoot ‘em up challenge while also putting defense into players’ hands. Experience an adrenaline-filled flow alternating between attacking, defending and dodging, amplified by an intuitive scoring system that weaves into gameplay seamlessly.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Bullet Hell 30.6%, Arcade 12.7%, Female Protagonist 6%, Action 5.7%

A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Cyberpunk 8.6%

A mysterious midsummer downpour has caused Gensokyo's lakes and rivers to spill over. Not only that, but youkai and phantoms inhabiting those bodies of water have become unnaturally ferocious. Venture off on an adventure into the deep skies to find the cause of this classic rain-themed incident.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 7.3%

Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 27.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Bullet Time 12.5% ★, Arcade 8.1%

Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 9.8%

PowerUp and BusterAttack! Despite the beauty of the Danmaku aggressive playing leads to victory in this Makaism Danmaku shooter. The Danmaku Garden awaits you. There's even a cat!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.8%

a love story between time and space

Why similar: Time Travel 43.5% ★, LGBTQ+ 23.2%, Time Manipulation 20.1% ★, Female Protagonist 5.5%, Cute 4%

Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Bullet Hell 32.9%, Arcade 9.1%, Female Protagonist 5.8%, Anime 4.9%

A 2D vertical scrolling bullet-hell shooter game where you shoot down fictional advertisements. Features 7 stages and full Japanese voice acting.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Bullet Hell 31%, Shooter 13.8%, Score Attack 6.7%, Arcade 5.2%

A mysterious meteorite from deep space was detected approaching the Solar System, before the meteorite is due to hit the Earth, three of the girls who had their bodies modified as weapons are sent, along with all the hopes of humanity, to destroy the meteorite and save mankind...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Bullet Hell 30.1%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Anime 8.5%, Action 6.7%

【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Bullet Hell 26.6%, Female Protagonist 8%, Arcade 7.1%, Action 6.4%

Time Recoil is a top-down shooter with a slow motion twist! Punch through walls guns blazing while time slows down! See your enemies drop down like flies - and save the world from a mad scientist dictator!

Why similar: Time Manipulation 30.4% ★, Time Travel 21.5% ★, Bullet Time 15.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 8.9%, Shooter 7.5%

Bullet Time Agent is a sci-fi action-adventure bullet hell. Slow time and dodge storms of bullets as you punch your way through robot-filled arenas. Leap past laser obstacles with super-powered jumps. Take down increasingly intense bosses as you rewind your own death...again.

Why similar: Time Manipulation 34.5% ★, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Bullet Time 16.2% ★, Time Travel 15.7% ★, Cyberpunk 6.9%

Flying cats versus 10,000 soothing characters! What awaits them beyond all those furious midair fights...? Witness the world's most shocking ending for yourself!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Cats 16.1%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 8.5%

A highly experimental bullet hell that plays unlike anything else. No auto scrolling, No credits, No holding back. Let Heaven's Chaos Reign!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Bullet Time 14.9% ★, Shooter 13.4%, Action 9.1%

Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.6%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Arcade 12.5%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 7.7%

Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this story-driven arcade shooter. The RADON Daughters have launched their ultimate weapon. Take control of the experimental gunship HALCYON and break out of the CAGE.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 19%, Cyberpunk 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Shooter 9.6%

The first of its kind on Steam. A retro-style Touhou Project fangame with a modern feeling. Beat some sense into the great library in love!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Arcade 6.4%

Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.3%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 12.4%, Score Attack 6.4%

War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 8.8%

Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Arcade 8.6%, Female Protagonist 4.5%, Anime 4.4%

Travel to and blast your way through the past, in this 2.5D, time-travel game that combines classic run and gun elements with time-bending abilities. Join Henry as he fights to save his family and fix the timeline. Is it really that simple though?

Why similar: Time Travel 41% ★, Time Manipulation 34.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Action 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Surely one change shouldn't change everything, right?

Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.3% ★, Time Travel 44.2% ★, Arcade 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.3%