60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Bullet Hell, Indie.
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
BULLETnico
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Retro 11.8%, Action 10.4%, Arcade 7.2%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Difficult 12.1%, Retro 9.2%, Action 9%
Buzz Kill™ Zero takes gameplay influenced from retro 80's arcades & blends it with elements of modern bullet-hells. Use your ship's weapons & abilities to conquer the 5 Missions... & everyone else's scores on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Action 21.5%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Difficult 12.2%, Retro 11.6%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Retro 11.3%, Arcade 10.1%, Action 9.8%
Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action 15%, Difficult 9.4%, Arcade 8.9%
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Action 22.9%, Retro 13.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Arcade 10.8%
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON. Dodge wave after wave of bullets, shoot the demons back to hell, and save the galaxy in this fresh, retro shoot 'em up/bullet hell experience!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Action 16.1%, Retro 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Action 20.9%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Retro 15%, Arcade 10%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Difficult 12.6%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 8.7%
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 33.4%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Action 10.6%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 9.3%
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Action 11.4%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 9.4%
A 2D arcade shoot 'em up forged in the age of fire, feedback and METAL! It's a fast, loud and unforgiving ride on an atomic warhead through a hellish concert of beer, bullets and riffs. Crank it up to eleven, and strap in for the ride!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Difficult 14.3%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 8.4%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Action 10.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 8.8%
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metal🤘🏻. The gameplay blends classic Shoot 'em up mechanics with modern low poly graphics, particles, shaders, and a hardcore soundtrack. Annihilate an army of machines, and afterward, annihilate their bosses—go all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Action 23.2%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 15.5%, Arcade 7.7%
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Retro 11.4%, Action 11.1%, Shooter 10%
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Action 23.6%, Retro 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Indie 7.5%
Vulture Strike is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you have the ability to travel between 2 parallel timelines whenever you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Action 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Difficult 14.4%, Arcade 9.8%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Action 18.2%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arcade 12.3%, Shooter 11.1%
Evade is a fast paced bullet hell shooter focused on dodging attack patterns made of hundreds, even thousands of bullets. Shoot your way through over 30 different bosses, and recruit defeated enemies as powerful assists.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Difficult 16.4%, Action 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Action 25.1%, Retro 13.9%, Arcade 10.3%, Shooter 8.4%
Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Action 11.4%, Difficult 10.5%, Retro 10.4%
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Action 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Arcade 11.7%, Shooter 10.6%
Wish Project is a vertical shoot 'em up that features unique and challenging bullet patterns, 4 difficulties ranging from casual to hardcore, 8 unique playable characters, 6 stages, local co-op, unlockable characters and game modes, and an intuitive scoring system that encourages replay and mastery.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Action 18.5%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Difficult 11%, Shooter 7.5%
Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action 12%, Arcade 10.7%, Retro 10.3%
In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a sci-fi adventure with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles,...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Action 17.7%, Retro 15.6%, Arcade 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.2%, Action 20%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 9.3%
Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Action 24.3%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 8.9%
Beekyr is a shooter game where you will lead a bee-fighter through 23 amazing levels in fields, dark forests, rivers and dangerous caves to avenge his queen and hive from the evil wasp queens and their soldiers… The vengeance will be served! Beekyr (Vanilla Edition)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Action 25.5%, Difficult 13.1%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.3%
DED - a game in the shoot'em up genre. Your granddaughter has been kidnapped, and your daughter and son-in-law murdered. Having just bits and pieces of information about the abductors, you will have to save your granddaughter and find the masterminds behind these crimes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Action 19.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Retro 10.9%
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Action 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Retro 13.1%, Arcade 10.4%
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Action 11%, Arcade 10.8%, Retro 8.9%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Action 21.8%, Arcade 8.5%, Retro 8.4%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Action 10.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Retro 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 38.3%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 9.4%
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action 9.1%, Retro 8%, Pixel Graphics 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 32.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Action 14%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 8.6%
Defeat 7 bosses in this radial Shoot 'em up game to obtain full power of color spectre and defeat hidden evil.
Why similar: Action 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 9.7%, Indie 9%
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Retro 11%, Difficult 10.6%, Action 9.2%
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Action 25.9%, Retro 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Indie 8.2%
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Action 11%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 10%
Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Action 20.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Action 18.4%, Arcade 12.5%, Retro 8.8%
A synthetic race has come to your planet to steal your technology, And you have to fight them off. Fight off the Tecroroid invasion as they sent wave after wave of enemies to the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Retro 17%, Action 15.1%, Arcade 14.4%, 2D 6.1%
Combining retro puzzles and a arcade space shooter. You and your crew found strange materials in the galaxy core to upgrade your ship to the most powerful. While collecting core materials you came across something unbelievable ... The Core Message. The Core Message changes everything.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Retro 14.7%, Arcade 10.7%, Action 9.7%
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 41.2%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Action 14.1%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 7%
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 42.3%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Action 15.2%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 10.8%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Action 19.5%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 11.2%
Catch hearts, Crush bunnies, Shoot the bad guys
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Action 19%, Retro 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Arcade 12.3%
Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 14%, Retro 11.8%, Difficult 11.1%, Arcade 9%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Arcade 10.9%, Difficult 9.9%, Bullet Hell 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action 14.2%, Difficult 7.6%, Retro 7.6%
A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Action 12.2%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 8.7%
Pyro Fighters is a scrolling space shooter with platforming physics. Use your flame gun to propel yourself in the air and fight through an alien army with up to four players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Action 21%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Retro 11.3%
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Bullet Hell 20%, Arcade 11.4%, Action 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%
The galaxy is being threatened by an army of robots, but a brave hamster will step up as the hero!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Action 25.4%, Bullet Hell 18%, Retro 13%, Indie 8.4%
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.3%, Action 31%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arcade 10.8%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 9.3%, Arcade 9.1%
