60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up.
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.
GunBird
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Dininho Space Adventure
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 11.8%
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Arcade 13.5%, Shooter 13.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 10.9%, 1990's 7.2%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Arcade 14.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 13.3%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 10.3%
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Action 11.8%, Arcade 10.6%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Arcade 14.4%, Shooter 13.8%, Action 13.7%
Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10%
Wrathflame is a 2D top down real-time bullet hell shooter featuring retro Pico8 pixel graphics and chiptunes. You are a sorcerer-monk of the order of Wrathflame battling the machinations of the heretical Wyvern cult. Completing each level gives you the opportunity to level up one of four spells.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 13.3%, Bullet Hell 12.9%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Arcade 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Action 10.8%
PowerUp and BusterAttack! Despite the beauty of the Danmaku aggressive playing leads to victory in this Makaism Danmaku shooter. The Danmaku Garden awaits you. There's even a cat!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down Shooter 6.2%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Arcade 13%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 12.8%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 8.3%
"Neko Miko Kaibyo Shioki no Emaki" is an arcade-style action game where both allies and enemies are cats. Control the cat shrine maiden and her cat companions with the joystick, and run through the stages while defending against the fierce attacks of the monstrous cats with your feline companions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Arcade 13%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 12.7%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 8.4%
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 12.5%
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Arcade 7.9%, Shooter 7.1%
Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Action 14.3%, Arcade 14.2%, Shooter 13.8%
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 28.3%, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 7.6%
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 25%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 8.1%
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 28.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 8.9%
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 26.3%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 8.5%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 9.1%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 8.1%, 1990's 8.1%
Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 11.1%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 10%
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 30.5%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Arcade 13.5%, Shooter 13.1%, Action 8.5%
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 9%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 8.8%
This is the biggest news title of 2021. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Shooter 19.7%, Action 13.5%, Bullet Hell 5.8%, Top-Down Shooter 5.6%
Everyone, gather at the YO-KAI Disco! The cursed shooting party begins! All past game modes, additional characters, and BGM are included at once!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 10.7%, Shooter 8.8%
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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Arcade 13.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 8.4%
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 33.1%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 14.9%, Action 7.2%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 12%, Action 8.3%
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 9.6%
Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12.6%, Shooter 12.5%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.2%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arcade 14%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 12.7%
Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%
A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.2%
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 10.5%
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 37.3%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Arcade 15.5%, Shooter 14.7%, Action 11.8%
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Shooter 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Action 14.4%, 1990's 6.2%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 11.3%, 1990's 7.2%
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 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Arcade 14.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.4%
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 26.6%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shooter 17.8%, Action 16.4%, Top-Down 5.5%
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 31.5%, Action 19.9%, Arcade 15%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Shooter 12.7%
Vertical scrolling bullet-hell 2D shooting game! Dodge and defeat the diverse magical attacks unleashed by the charming fox girl! All 4 stages + EX planned.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 8.5%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 9%
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 26%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 9.6%
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 12.1%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 8.2%
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 32.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Action 15.6%, Shooter 14%
Battle through 7 action packed levels of old school arcade goodness featuring a rockin' soundtrack by the legendary Wingless Seraph and a brand new unreleased single titled The Edge of Nothing by the up and coming band, Phoenix Rising.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Action 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 9%
