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This lightning fast arena shooter brings you right back to the highscore hunts of the arcade era. Use your arsenal of deadly weapons wisely against the increasingly ferocious monster hordes to survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shooter 6.5%

A new twist on the classic arcade shooter, with a variety of character choices and an upgrade system. Control your spaceship with your mouse & shoot with click - the only limitation is your hand speed! Face waves of creative enemy ships and stimulating bosses, and protect the ozone, Ozone Guardian.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Character Customization 7.3%

Line Defense is a fast-paced top-down arena action game where constant movement, precise combat, and smart perk builds are key to surviving relentless enemy waves solo or in up to 4-player local co-op.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, PvE 7.8%

Only armed with a double barrel shotgun, go through waves of hell spawns to get your book back! A bullet hell arena shooter!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 7.3%

2 Many Pixels is an endless & fast-paced 2D minimal shooter. Blast enemies & unlock upgrades to help you survive for as long as possible!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, PvE 8.1%

The World of The Candy Girl is an action game in which you are a young female shooter with super powers, and must destroy hordes of enemies to save all the candy in the world.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shooter 7.7%

Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 9.1%, Top-Down 4.6%

Two Mechs. One player. And an arena filled with alien bugs. Survive five rounds in the arena to become the new champion.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, PvE 7.2%

Cube Shooter is a top down arena shooter where players need to dodge and shoot back to pass each level. Shoot your way through levels of 'cube' like enemies who have their own unique abilities to stop you passing each level.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 34%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, PvE 10.5%, Shooter 6.6%

Prove yourself and earn your wings in the Exphelius Championships - a reckless bloodsport of vehicular mayhem across the galaxy Exphelius. Win matches across multiple game modes to earn cash and new parts, upgrade your ships or buy new ones, and claim your way to the top.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Sci-fi 5.1%

Not just survival—complete missions under pressure while endless alien swarms close in. Fight, evolve your build, and unleash devastating power in this fast-paced sci-fi roguelite.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Character Customization 8.5%

A fast-paced sci-fi space survival shooter where you blast through relentless enemies, upgrade your ship, and climb the global leader-board.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, PvE 10.4%, Shooter 8%

Void Drift is a survival roguelike space shooter where you explore unque battlefields, evolve powerful weapons face relentless enemy swarms and take on bosses, adapt your strategy, and survive the chaos of the void!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, PvE 8.3%

Shoot, dodge, survive, and upgrade as endless waves of zombies and orcs burst from the ground and rush you. Hold the line, collect power-ups, and fight to stay alive as long as you can!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, PvE 10.9%, Shooter 8.6%

Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 8.4%, Sci-fi 4.8%

4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 4.9%

Xenotech Arena is a Roguelite arena shooter set in Neo-Japan inspired arena.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, PvE 8%

A difficult top-down shooter with 4 bosses (featuring Big Jean). Each boss will try to stop you with their unique abilities. Despite this, you are still gunning for Jean.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 5.7%

Mandala is a hypnotic and meditative bullet hell shooter. Let the flow inspire you while coloring geometric figures and discover more about yourself through immersive moods.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 6.9%

A simple and fun space shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, PvE 11.4%, Shooter 8.7%

Battle your way through waves of robots as you attempt to survive in an unforgiving, grungy arena. Bathe in glory as you put on a good show for the audience, and be rewarded with upgrades. Try to last as long as you can to put your name down in history!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 9.1%, Top-Down 5.1%

The Yellow Moon's School: The Ghosts Day is a top-down shooter game in which you must shoot ghosts and destroy them to save the school.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 9.3%, Female Protagonist 4.8%

Princess Khalifa: Legacy of Wrath is a fast-paced top-down action game focused on precision movement, dashing, and controlling enemy swarms in a surreal sci-fi world.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 7.5%

Mow down endless waves of cloned zombies in the bloodiest show of the future! Deploy traps and drones, upgrade your arsenal, and turn the arena into a brutal spectacle in this top-down rogue-lite arena shooter.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, PvE 10.7%

Umbra Galaxy is a sci-fi shoot'em'up where you pilot a spaceship adrift in the restricted space filled with enemies. Destroy enemy generators, fight your way to the bosses and secure the obscure goal in the end!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Bullet Hell 21%, PvE 10.7%, Shooter 8.2%

Corrupted Beats is a rouguelite top down shooter game. Survive the waves of enemies spawning and reacting to the beat of the music pulsing around you as you create and manage unique builds of various items and weapons to become unstoppable and tame the corrupted music.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 8%

Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 6.3%

The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 4.4%

Swarmhunters is a top-down arena action shooter. The war between human and bugs has become worse - Project Swarmhunters emerged at this situation. You play as the best space soldiers in the galaxy and your mission is to strike the hive and hunt down the Emperor, supreme commander of bugs.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 29%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, PvE 10.8%, Shooter 8.5%

From the popular free game "Outside" comes a dreamy and cute barrage shmups. The visuals are colorful, cute and fantastic, and the game features active gameplay.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Shooter 9.5%, Character Customization 9.1%

A top down 2D space shooter bullethell with roguelike elements awaits you. Dodge, weave and shoot your way through waves of enemies while gaining upgrades trying to survive as long as possible.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.6%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Shooter 6.5%, PvE 4.1%

Destroy arena vermin, level up, choose your class path, get loot, and slay other players. Destroy the bosses of the arena without being slain, and perhaps your ascent into arena God-hood will be recorded into legend! Now remastered!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, PvE 10.4%, Character Customization 9.4%

Blast your way through monstrous hordes, enter houses, and piece together spicy scenes of monster-girl action. Only for adults! A chaotic blend of top-down monster shooting and erotic animations and images puzzle-solving.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Shooter 7.1%

Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, PvE 10.7%, Shooter 8.4%

Choose your ship and command it against an army pitted against you in this wave-based arcade-style bullet hell space shooter. Fight for as long as you can with powerups acquired through the catalog, and blast through everything in your path.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, PvE 10.8%, Shooter 8.6%

Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 7.1%

Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Shooter 6.3%

Block-Lite is a simple, fast-paced roguelite! Choose your character, grab a weapon, and fight through wave after wave of enemies until you become unstoppable.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, PvE 8.4%

Take control of a platform with four auto-firing guns, and combine upgrades along a shared skill tree to create unique builds as you face increasingly numerous enemies. Attempt to survive 15 waves with your single life by specialize into classes with additional abilities and bonuses.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Character Customization 8.2%

Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, PvE 8.7%

MachineGunner 2 is a 2d top-down shooter game that Player controls four characters to clear stages and complete them as fast as possible. One hit will take you to the start line of the stage. So push it at your own pace.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, PvE 15%, Shooter 8.7%

CHROMACORE is a top-down arena shooter set in a futuristic super soldier training facility. Match your neon lights to the enemies in flow-inducing combat. Your task is simple: kill, adapt, survive, respawn.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 32%, Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%, PvE 4.4%

Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Top-Down 6.2%

Chaotic Pursuit is a hardcore Top-Down Shooter with cute graphics. You miss a shot and you're out!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 8.3%

All-out 360-degree assault! A roguelite shooter where you pilot an sci-fi fighter to eliminate grotesque enemies fused with fruit and machinery, constantly upgrading your weaponry.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 5%

Deadlocked: an adrenaline-packed Cartoon top-down shooter. Customize your loadout with unique weapons, unlock fun little pets, and upgrade your character. Master responsive gameplay and become a cutesy robot killing machine, There's one rule, Defy Deadlock

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16%, PvE 8.8%

Senli 307 is a top-down shooter where you can turn, accelerate, and decelerate using only WASD (or arrow keys), and repeatedly search for and destroy enemies.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Shooter 7.3%

Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%

The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, PvE 10.5%, Shooter 8%

A retro 80's arcade-style top-down zombie shooter where you upgrade weapons, collect loot, and battle through increasing waves of undead and challenging bosses.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, PvE 9.2%, Shooter 7.2%

High Score is a top-down arena shooter where you face off against relentless waves of numerical enemies. Rack up points and earn medals to unlock a variety of unique classes and powerful items. Dive into the action, enhance your arsenal, and aim for the highest score!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 29.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down 5.2%

You should simply try out Roboom. We have quite a long description below, you can read if you like, but experiencing Roboom yourself or as Co-op is the best.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, PvE 7.9%

Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, PvE 11.3%, Shooter 9.1%

Emorrior is a short rogue-like dungeon shooter game where you can build your own ship with numerous distinct module variations. Each module variant brings a unique feature for you to discover. What are you waiting for? Fight, Combine, Create and Conquer the dungeon of emotions right now.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 27%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Character Customization 10.7%, Bullet Hell 9.7%

Blast through waves of alien enemies in Project AionIX! Master your piloting skills, dodge, and survive in this fast-paced space shooter!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 10.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%

Stopping Santa is a Jazzy top-down arena shooter where you play a mercenary fighting against Santa’s legions. Short play sessions, simple controls, instant action, and a global leaderboard for the Top 10. Inspired by classic arcade games.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shooter 7.9%

X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!

Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, PvE 8.2%

Fast. Bloody. 8-Player Mayhem. Dominate. Taunt. Repeat. Free. No strings attached. Ever.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 9.4%

Chaotic third-person multiplayer shooter where adorable animals battle in TDM, FFA, Capture the Egg, Stack Off, Gun Soccer, and Basketball, or fight off waves of zombies in single-player mode.

Why similar: Arena Shooter 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shooter 11.3%, Character Customization 7.8%, Strategy 6%