60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Arcade, Action, Shoot 'Em Up, 2D.
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
Switch 'N' Shoot
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Void Resurgence
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Score Attack 15.9%, Fast-Paced 11.5%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Difficult 9.9%
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Score Attack 13.6%, Arena Shooter 10.9%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Fast-Paced 12%, Space 11.7%, Arcade 10.3%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Score Attack 13.2%, Difficult 11.8%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Space 10.7%
Fast-paced retro shmup where space keeps shrinking. Collect energy orbs, avoid danger, unlock ships, and chase the highest score in this addictive arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Score Attack 13.1%, Arena Shooter 12.8%, Bullet Hell 11%, Difficult 10.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Score Attack 13.2%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Space 11.2%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Space 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, Fast-Paced 9.5%
A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Space 12.4%, Fast-Paced 11.7%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Retro 10.3%
SPINGUN is a "manic two-button arcade shooter". Two buttons. One spaceship. Zero chance to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Difficult 13.8%, Space 12.3%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Arcade 11.6%
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Why similar: Score Attack 20.6%, Difficult 16.4%, Fast-Paced 15.9%, Space 13.2%, Arcade 12.3%
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Score Attack 17.1%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Space 12.1%, Arcade 9.1%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Difficult 13.2%, Score Attack 9.8%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Arena Shooter 14.9%, Space 13.4%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arcade 9.2%
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.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Difficult 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Retro 12.1%, Arcade 10.6%
A modern revisitation of the 80s arcades. Use your Razerwire to cut through waves of nanobugs with a rogue-like inspired progression.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Arena Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 10.5%, Space 10.3%
Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelite in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior baddies. Your jet evolves differently on each run and becomes stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 300+ available items.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Difficult 12.5%, Arcade 7%
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Score Attack 13.6%, Arcade 11.4%, Space 9.1%
Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Space 15%, Difficult 11.2%, Arcade 10.1%
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 36.5%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Arcade 11.6%, Space 11%, Retro 6.9%
Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Score Attack 12.2%, Space 11.6%, Difficult 9.5%, Arcade 8.8%
Introducing the Grapple Beam! Chain ghosts together then pop them all at once for points in an endless 'bullet hell' arcade apocalypse.
Why similar: Score Attack 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Arena Shooter 11.7%, Difficult 10.5%
BYTEPATH is a replayable arcade shooter with a focus on build theorycrafting. Use a massive skill tree, many classes and ships to create your own builds and defeat an ever increasing amount of enemies.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 31.9%, Retro 29%, Sci-fi 17.1%, 2D 9.4%, Action 7.7%
Shoot to move, move to live, live to shoot! Blast Off Far Away (B.O.F.A.) is a space-themed, top-down arena shooter, with a focus on fast-paced arcade-esque gameplay, with the unique twist where movement is limited through the use of the player's gun.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Space 10.2%, Score Attack 8.9%
Obliterate a never-ending horde of enemies while you attempt to reach the 30 minute mark. Race to earn XP and level up to gain new items and opportunities for each run to become stronger than the last.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 15.3%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Shooter 10.9%
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Arcade 11.1%
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 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Arcade 13.5%, Fast-Paced 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Arcade 10%, Space 8.9%
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 26.8%, Space 17.2%, Arcade 11.6%, Difficult 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Score Attack 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Space 10.1%
A free-form arena-shooter Roguelite with heavy emphasis on building an overpowered character! You play as a little shape that shoots other shapes! Strengthen your character by mixing and matching mods and upgrades, and experiment with a limitless rune upgrade system!
Why similar: Score Attack 22.2%, Arena Shooter 22.1%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 12.4%
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 56.6%, Bullet Hell 22%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 5.8%, Action 2.9%
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 29.9%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Retro 11.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Difficult 8%
Speed Limit is a non-stop genre-warping arcade experience that never slows down. No cuts, no lapses in the chaos, Speed Limit is an old-school action extravaganza boiled down to its core elements: Hard. Fast. Addictive. Now with a free Arcade Edition update!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.2%, Score Attack 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Arcade 9.3%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Space 14.1%, Retro 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Super Space Club is a lo-fi arcade space shooter to chill to. Defend a vibrant galaxy as a club of misfit heroes and battle endless waves of spacecrafts to the tune of atmospheric beats. Outlast your enemies and vibe to the rhythm of the stars.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Space 14.6%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arena Shooter 12.8%, Difficult 11%
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
Why similar: Space 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Retro 10%
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Difficult 12.5%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Space 11.7%, Arcade 8.5%
Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Score Attack 16.1%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Arcade 10.7%, Difficult 10.2%
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Fast-Paced 15.1%, Score Attack 13%, Bullet Hell 11%, Difficult 9.1%
Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter where bullet heaven meets bullet hell. Evolve your ship, master your loadout and turn the tide against hordes of enemies. You may be outnumbered, but you are far from outpowered.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Score Attack 9.7%
Space Elite Force II is a fast-paced side-scrolling shmup with local co-op, weapon upgrades, handcrafted pixel art, and intense boss battles. Fight through explosive stages, chase high scores, and defend humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Score Attack 14.6%, Space 11%, Bullet Hell 10.1%
Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.4%, Arena Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Space 13.6%, Action Roguelike 12.6%
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Space 16.8%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Arcade 10.2%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Retro 21.6%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Arcade 12.3%, Casual 6.3%
Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 27%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Arcade 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Shooter 8.6%
Swordship is a roguelike where dodging is your best weapon. Trick your enemies into killing each other, steal containers to upgrade your ship and unlock new ways to play. Dodge, dive, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Score Attack 24.8%, Bullet Hell 16%, Arcade 13.5%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.1%, Space 18.5%, Arcade 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Action Roguelike 14.6%
SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION! A frantic combo-based score attack shooter. Make combos to earn more time. Master all weapons and defeat a raving mad machine. 100% arcade action. Online ranking. Lots of achievements. A Dual Gunstrike spin off.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Score Attack 13.1%, Fast-Paced 11.3%, Arena Shooter 11%, Bullet Hell 10%
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 20.1%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Difficult 13%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Score Attack 10.3%
A space-themed incremental shooter where destruction fuels growth. Annihilate asteroids, harvest wealth, and climb a massive upgrade tree.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Space 20.3%, Score Attack 14.6%, Arcade 14.2%, Shooter 10%
Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode.A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century.WARNING: Highly addictive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Score Attack 13.3%, Difficult 12.4%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Space 11.5%
Nowhere Patrol is a boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements. Inspired by classic action arcade games with it's steep difficulty curve and non-stop action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Bullet Hell 28.4%, Difficult 26.7%, Action 6.6%, 2D 6.3%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%, 2D 5.7%
classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Score Attack 16.9%, Space 16.6%, Retro 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Score Attack 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Space 11.8%, Arcade 10.2%
Endless arcade action takes a modern twist, creating a uniquely challenging open space shoot-em-up experience. From brutal bosses to black holes and beyond, countless hazards await discovery. How long can you survive?
The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Space 11.5%, Score Attack 10.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 54.2%, Bullet Hell 36.4%, Action 9.4%
