60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Bullet Hell, Arcade, 2D.
A post-apocalyptic world, a bastion of hope, the wasteland gangs united to destroy it, and only one man crazy enough to try to save it. Dustin Sunset is a vertical shoot ’em up with a touch of bullet hell and a whole lot of love, made by fans of the genre for fans of the genre.
The Swarm
The game is about destroying aliens and fighting never ending waves of enemies. It is a retro, bullet hell, arcade like game where you try to score the highest number of points possible. After you die restart from the beginning.
1982 Tenacious of the Air
1982: Tenacious of the Air is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up set during the South Atlantic conflict. Pilot five historic Argentine aircraft, choose your ordnance, take off from aircraft carriers or from land, and relive missions inspired by true events.
The game is about destroying aliens and fighting never ending waves of enemies. It is a retro, bullet hell, arcade like game where you try to score the highest number of points possible. After you die restart from the beginning.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31%, Action 20.4%, Arcade 19.7%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
1982: Tenacious of the Air is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up set during the South Atlantic conflict. Pilot five historic Argentine aircraft, choose your ordnance, take off from aircraft carriers or from land, and relive missions inspired by true events.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 15.5%, Vehicular Combat 10%, Retro 8%
Highway Rampage is a high speed, action packed SHMUP with tons of variety and replayability. Choose your vehicle, equip and upgrade new weapons and choose your path in this arcade style roguelite shoot em up.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Vehicular Combat 17.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Action 8.4%
TRI-GER is a top-down rouge-like SHMUP with technicolor vector based graphics. Fight endless waves of enemies, and be sure to match your color to get a high score!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Action 18.8%, Arcade 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, PvE 7.6%
Defeat 7 bosses in this radial Shoot 'em up game to obtain full power of color spectre and defeat hidden evil.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Arcade 13.9%, Indie 8.8%
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: Bullet Hell 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Action 16.2%, Retro 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
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: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Arcade 13.2%, Retro 11%
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: Bullet Hell 25.9%, Action 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Arcade 15.1%, Retro 12.4%
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: Bullet Hell 27.7%, Arcade 17.8%, Action 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
In a Barrel is a hellish game about desperately trying to survive as a fish in an unfair world that only wants you dead. As you play and die, you will be able to upgrade your fish for a better chance of survival. If you're fast and lucky enough, you may just reach freedom.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 38%, Action 25.4%, Arcade 24.2%, 2D 7.8%, Indie 3%
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: Bullet Hell 32.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Arcade 12%, Action 11.2%, Retro 10.7%
"Balls Mania!" is a truly unique game where the object is to get as many "blue balls" as you can without getting your own balls smashed! In "Balls Mania!" the more blue balls you have and the more "ball goop" you spill, the higher your score is likely to be!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.4%, Arcade 20.2%, Action 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Retro 10.3%
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: Bullet Hell 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Action 15.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.2%, Action 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Arcade 12.7%, Retro 6.8%
A small survivors-like about a space girl fighting aliens on the moon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 42.3%, Action 26.2%, Arcade 22.6%, 2D 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
SEISO is a high-octane bullet hell designed for pure adrenaline. Face relentless waves of enemies, master your reflexes, and climb the global leaderboards in this minimalist, neon-soaked action experience.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 42.1%, Action 26.1%, Arcade 18.3%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 3%
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: Bullet Hell 25.9%, Action 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Retro 14.6%, Arcade 10.4%
CounterBlocks is an arcade-like rebellious block-breaking game that combines simple block-breaking and non-simple counter bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.4%, Action 22.7%, Arcade 22.3%, Retro 14.2%, 2D 7.8%
A Bullet Hell style game based on Dante's Inferno. Dodge your way through all 9 circles of the Inferno to hopefully find the lord and pray for his forgiveness!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.4%, Action 20.6%, Arcade 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Retro 8.6%
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: Bullet Hell 39.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Arcade 17.1%, Action 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Granny's had enough. Armed with a minigun and a bad attitude, she's cutting through five stages of demonic suburbia, hellfire, and the forces of darkness itself.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Arcade 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Action 11.5%, PvE 9.7%
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: Bullet Hell 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Arcade 16.6%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Clusterbug is a space-themed, insect-filled, and futuristic bullet hell shoot 'em up. Travel through the insect-filled world as you cleanse it from a bio-mechanical virus that has turned any living being infected by it into frenzied mech mutations, bringing freedom and peace.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Arcade 16.8%, Action 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
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: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Arcade 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action 11%
Hear the shrieks of colliding metal! Behold the true form of steel! An explosive onslaught of shooting action!!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Action 16.1%, Arcade 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
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: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Arcade 17.8%, Action 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
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: Bullet Hell 30.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Arcade 15.4%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
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: Action 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Arcade 18.6%, Retro 12.7%
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: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Arcade 17.3%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Welcome aboard The C0RE! A fun, fast action dodger in space where you have to deflect bullets and capture as many powerups as you can! The C0RE has POWERUPS, MODES, A SKIN SHOP, LEADERBOARDS, and soooo much more!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.8%, Action 22.3%, Arcade 21.5%, Retro 11.9%, 2D 7%
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: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Arcade 17.2%, Action 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
Mix and match colors and blast your way through waves of Chromies in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Play as the Chroma Crew to defend the Rainbar and restore color to the fading planet of Chromara!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 15.8%, Retro 11%, Action 10.1%
Blaze through 7 action packed levels in this sci-fi shoot 'em up made to test even the toughest of shmup veterans. No tricks and no gimmicks; all you have is your raw skill. Board the Phoenix G7, and blast those alien lifeforms to interstellar space!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30%, Arcade 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Action 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
This is the legacy version of Buzz Kill Zero. A rebuilt version, Buzz Kill Zero: Version B, is currently in development and will have a separate Steam page. This version will be retired from sale soon.
Why similar: Action 24.6%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Arcade 13.9%, Retro 11.1%
A retro styled Len'en fangame inspired by the Japanese PC-98 Touhou Project games. Enjoy a nostalgic shoot-'em-up experience with faithful graphics and music without the hang-ups of outdated hardware.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Arcade 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action 9.3%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Arcade 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Action 17.3%, Retro 12.3%
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: Bullet Hell 32%, Action 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Arcade 16%, Indie 8.8%
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: Bullet Hell 30.6%, Arcade 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 10.1%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.5%, Arcade 20.2%, Action 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
A fast-paced retro shoot 'em up where you dodge bullets, upgrade your ship, and battle escalating waves of enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 46.9%, Arcade 24.3%, Action 19%, 2D 8.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.3%, Arcade 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Action 15.2%, 2D 8%
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: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Arcade 16%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Cx6 is an arcade-style bullet-hell game about deflecting off walls and manipulating gravity to avoid being struck by an endless wave of bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.7%, Arcade 18.4%, Action 17.8%, Retro 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
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: Bullet Hell 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Arcade 18.1%, Action 14.5%, 2D 6.4%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.4%, Arcade 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Action 9.2%
Addictive fast-paced shoot-em-up with beautiful 3D graphics and an amazing soundtrack. 5 ships to choose from and 5 action-packed Stages.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Action 17.9%, Arcade 17%, Indie 5.5%
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Action 18.1%, Arcade 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
A vertical scrolling shooter with a nostalgic twist! Evade and shoot on end!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.9%, Action 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Indie 9%
The galaxy is being threatened by an army of robots, but a brave hamster will step up as the hero!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.2%, Action 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Retro 11%, Indie 9%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 19.1%, Action 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Arcade 13%, Action 10.6%, Retro 9.2%
“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
Why similar: Arcade 28.6%, Action 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Retro 16.3%, 2D 9.1%
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 37.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Action 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Retro 10.5%
The timeless masterpiece that has taken the world by storm is here! Eating all Pac-Dots while dodging the ghosts!
Why similar: Action 29.3%, Arcade 28%, Retro 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, 2D 9%
An arcade action-packed strategy game. Move the 'Pong Ball through perilous waves of Paddles, Balls and BOMBS! Don't explode and don't get hit! With three modes in BOMB Pong, you'll always be occupied.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.8%, Action 20.8%, Arcade 19.8%, Retro 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
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 22.3%, Action 18.9%, Arcade 18.5%, Retro 14%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%
