
CRUST PUNK SHOOT 'EM UP. BLAST BEAT BULLET HELL. HARDCORE ANARCHO ARCADE ACTION. BRUTAL, BLEAK, SHORT AND INTENSE. NO SCORE, NO LEADERBOARDS, NO GODS, NO MASTERS. CAVE MEETS NAPALM DEATH.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Shooter.

CRUST PUNK SHOOT 'EM UP. BLAST BEAT BULLET HELL. HARDCORE ANARCHO ARCADE ACTION. BRUTAL, BLEAK, SHORT AND INTENSE. NO SCORE, NO LEADERBOARDS, NO GODS, NO MASTERS. CAVE MEETS NAPALM DEATH.
Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 41.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Shooter 13.5%, Action 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Shooter 13.3%, Minimalist 8.9%, Action 7.7%
Classic 80s inspired shooter
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Minimalist 9.5%, 1980s 8.1%
AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.8%, Bullet Hell 39%, Shooter 21.2%
ZAXTRON EXPLUS is a fast-paced 1980s-style SHMUP/STG with bright graphics, challenging bosses and loads of secrets to find!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Shooter 17.5%, 1980s 16.2%, Action 14.3%
An EXTREMELY HARDCORE vertical bullet hell game that only features boss fights. Preview and select between three randomly generated options to choose the boss and every add-on you're going to face, then start a time-based survival trial. Difficulty can be scaled infinitely here.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Minimalist 19.2%, Action 7.1%
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: Bullet Hell 38.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 36.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 9.3%, Casual 3.1%
The retro-style Side Scroller shooting game with vivid storyline depicts fully charactered protagonists love affairs.! Colorfully themed game stages and variety of bosses infests here!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 11.2%, Casual 3.7%
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 47.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Action 6.1%, Shooter 5.6%, Indie 1.5%
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: Bullet Hell 34.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Shooter 18.2%, Action 14.5%, Indie 1.1%
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 30.7%, Shooter 14%, Minimalist 10.2%, Action 7.7%
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 39%, Bullet Hell 36.6%, Shooter 17%, Action 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
A 2D vertical scrolling bullet-hell shooter game where you shoot down fictional advertisements. Features 7 stages and full Japanese voice acting.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 37.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Shooter 15.1%, Action 6.6%, Casual 2.9%
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 43.3%, Bullet Hell 31%, Shooter 15.1%, Action 10.6%
A tutorial for shmup beginners. Presented by Lightsaber Fairy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Action 15.5%, Shooter 12%, Indie 3.8%
Xenoslaive Overdrive is a fractal bullet shoot-em-up. Specially made for players to feel the thrill from various challenging aspects. Shoot! Survive all enemy bullets! Defeat their bosses, and save the world!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 38.6%, Action 21.5%
Ghost Blade HD is an intense bullet-hell shoot 'em up game, with satisfying and addictive score-based gameplay. With its inspiration going back to the shooting games of the 1990s era, Ghost Blade HD ties old memories to current tones and techniques.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.2%, Bullet Hell 39.9%, Action 14.3%, Indie 3.6%
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 43%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 16%, Action 14.6%, Indie 3.1%
YOU have to show what you’re made of as the war over Europe is in full swing. Fight waves of Axis planes and panzers until you hit the boss enemies – the ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.8%, Bullet Hell 35.6%, Action 20.6%
Cube is an intriguing fast paced 2D shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Shooter 19.4%, Action 15.7%, Casual 5.2%
You are the PsycoCat, an ultimate cat hooked to a balloon with an alien weapon After an apprenticeship against floating rocks you will be ready to fight the most terrible creatures of the world. Bull, rabbit, flying chicken and more await you for a terrible confrontation in the heavens. Good luck
Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Action 13.3%, Indie 4.1%, Casual 3.2%
"LinearShooter Remixed" is a game that combines vertical scrolling bullet hell shmup with rogue-lite that combine power-ups to build builds. Let's aim to clear the stage by assembling your ship with power-up while getting drunk with minimal and beautiful graphics and trance music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Bullet Hell 28.6%, Minimalist 15.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 7.6%
Outskirts is a colorful 360° bullet-hell with beautiful vector based art, interactive music and a deep combo system. Drive your ship through your foes and make your path to the leaderboard!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Action 16.2%, Indie 3.9%
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 43.2%, Bullet Hell 35.8%, Action 10.1%, Shooter 10%, Singleplayer 0.9%
It is a 2D Sci-Fi Action Shoot 'em up that can use command deadly techniques like fighting games. In this title, you can destroy enemies by using 10 distinctive special moves, "Methods", in addition to normal shooting attacks.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Bullet Hell 32.5%, Action 17%, Shooter 12.9%, Indie 4.2%
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: Bullet Hell 34.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Action 17.8%, Shooter 13%, Indie 4.3%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 52.2%, Bullet Hell 31.2%, Shooter 7.3%, Action 7.1%, Indie 1.9%
NOTHING BUT BULLET HELL. Solid Aether is a bullet hell shoot'em up game that is extremely simple designed. It is a classic 2D shooter game featuring a variety of bullet patterns that are generated continuously in a stylish black and white world.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Minimalist 17.8%, Action 15.7%, Indie 3.8%
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: Bullet Hell 39.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Shooter 15.3%, Action 8.5%, Indie 1%
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 57.8%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 8.3%, Indie 2.9%
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: Bullet Hell 44.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Close Order is an arcade shooter with one simple goal: become a badass armada! In this mashup of genres, defeat enemies for parts to build up an armada of ships around you. Fight from a distance, charge headfirst into battle, or create a mix of anything and everything. You decide how to play!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 38.2%, Action 17.8%, Indie 4.3%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Shooter 12%, Minimalist 8.1%, Action 7.1%
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 40%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Action 10.5%, Indie 1.1%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Action 13.1%, Indie 2.6%
Erika America is an bullet hell video game. Fly and shoot your way through 5 levels, each culminating in a boss battle with a supervillain.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 41.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 12.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Flying Red Barrel ~The Diary of a Little Aviator~ is an old-school bullet hell/STG game with multiple endings based on actions you take.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Action 23.5%, Shooter 16%, Indie 1.8%
中国风东方Project二次同人STG游戏,剧情承接虹龙洞之后,古代帝王穿越到幻想乡发动异变!开始紧张刺激的弹幕游戏吧!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Shooter 15.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 2%
The legendary bullet-hell shoot-’em-up series has come to Steam! DoDonPachi is ressurected after a Blissful Death with enough modes to satisfy the beginner and the expert player alike. Tonight we dine in bullet hell!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 47.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 41.7%, Shooter 5.5%, Action 5.4%
If you love shoot ‘em up and you love ‘em hard, with glorious music, with screen filling bullet patterns and huge token cancels, then Don’yoku is just for you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.3%, Bullet Hell 34.5%, Action 17.9%, Indie 4.3%
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 30%, Bullet Hell 27.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 13.4%, 1980s 11.8%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.4%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Shooter 15.3%, Action 14.8%, Indie 3.4%
A Touhou Project fan-made STG, also a collab game with Vtuber Syrena. Some day a random suspicious pink UFO showed up in Gensokyo. This must be an incident! As a result, Reimu and Marisa went on a journey to solve the incident.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Shooter 15.6%, Action 9.1%, Indie 1.7%
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 37.4%, Bullet Hell 36%, Shooter 16.6%, Action 7.5%, Indie 1.7%
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Shooter 15.9%, Action 9%, Indie 1%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Bullet Hell 35.5%, Shooter 14.8%, Action 8.6%, Indie 1.1%
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49%, Bullet Hell 36.3%, Action 7.6%, Shooter 4.7%, Indie 1.8%
SpaceMerc is a casual narrative bullet hell shooter about one pilot's quest to get paid by blowing stuff up. There's also an intergalactic war or something going on too.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Action 15.9%, Indie 3.9%, Casual 2.7%
The second chapter in one of the most loved and respected Japanese shooting game series ever:The Tale of ALLTYNEX by Japanese indie developer SITER SKAIN. Carefully crafted play experiences, destructive fun, and absorbing gameplay have made the ALLTYNEX trilogy renowned in shooting game communities.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.7%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 8.5%, Indie 2.2%
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 38.3%, Bullet Hell 34.9%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 9.2%, Indie 1%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 37.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 10.9%, Indie 0.8%
Hangeki is an arcade style shooter that emphasizes the use of over 50 spectacular weapons. Formulate new strategies and take on the alien invasion in this reimagining of the classic shoot em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.7%, Bullet Hell 33.6%, Action 19.8%, Indie 4.9%
hello! I'm South Korean, One Man Game Creator Nuriverse! This game series is made up of many traditional stories from East Asia.(Mainly the Korean Peninsula.) Thank you for stopping by!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.8%, Bullet Hell 35.1%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 8.5%, Indie 1%
Centuries have passed since the events of RefleX and mankind has once again attained civilization. Now, ancient technology born of a twisted mind sets in motion a chain of events designed to bring divine retribution down upon mankind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.4%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Action 13.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Indie 3.3%