60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shooter, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up.
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Chaos Moon : 1CC Edition
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Return Ace
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Shooter 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Action 11.5%, Arcade 11.4%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shooter 12.6%, 1980s 11.6%, Arcade 10.4%
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 10.4%
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 28.2%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Action 9.2%
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 25.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 8.2%, 1980s 7.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 12%, Action 8.7%
SHATTERSHAPE is an arcade-style shooter in which you are a lone circle fighting hordes of enemies with evil vertices. SHATTER your enemies with numerous power-ups. ONLY THE ROUND SURVIVE.
Why similar: Arcade 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Action 12%
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 30.3%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 8.9%
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 11.3%, 1980s 7.7%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 21%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 9.2%, Score Attack 9%
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 30.5%, Action 20.2%, Arcade 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 12.9%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 14.9%, Bullet Hell 13.5%
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, shoot the deadly Caterpilla as it weaves its way down the screen, while also contending with mushrooms that block the way, and a fearsome spider!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 12.7%, 1980s 10.6%, Retro 10.1%
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 10.2%, Score Attack 10%, Shooter 9.6%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Shooter 15.4%, Score Attack 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.1%, 1980s 8.3%
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%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shooter 17%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 7.5%
Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Score Attack 10.9%, Arcade 10.8%
A fast-paced, side-scrolling retro shooter where you play as “Blit" on a mission to rescue orb pods. Blast enemy swarms and face off against bosses in this bullet-hell shoot 'em up. Earn power-ups and get ready for fluid arcade action in a stylish world with an 80s synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, 1980s 14.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Old School 8%
The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach the Slime King's lair and dismantle their deathly machine with your Cosmic Tool Kit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12.1%, 1980s 10.6%, Action 9.7%
Take your chance and feel like 10 again.😊To start let's meet this retro cutie.🚀 River Rush is reminiscent of an old vertically scrolling shoot’em up games.🚀 If you remember them, it's time to catch up with nostalgia. Or your father's nostalgia.😉 Board in and have some fun.👨🚀
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, 1980s 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 9%
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.1%, Arcade 16.9%, 1980s 9.9%, Action 9.4%, Old School 8.2%
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 18%, Action 14.7%, Arcade 11.6%, Shooter 10.4%
A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 12.5%
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 25.6%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 9.9%
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 27.2%, Action 17.5%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 11.3%, Shooter 10.8%
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Why similar: Shooter 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 9.6%, 1980s 9.6%
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 37.2%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 15.3%, Action 12.4%
Killon is a retro shooter that features exhilarating combat, manic enemies and a charged cannon waiting to be unleashed. Fly a starship across the universe and restore the future today.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 10.7%, 1980s 10.3%
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 25%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 14.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.1%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 11.5%, Action 9.3%
Zombies are attacking your record store! Throw classic albums and compact discs at the approaching horde. But hey, you're still on the clock, so get those records put away!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 13.6%, 1980s 13.1%, Action 10.4%
Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Old School 10.8%, Shooter 10.3%
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 11.8%
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 21.6%, 1980s 19.4%, Shooter 18.9%, Action 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: 1980s 17.1%, Arcade 16.1%, Shooter 13.6%, Retro 11.3%, Bullet Hell 10.4%
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 20.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12%, 1980s 11.5%
1CC Games’ first shoot ’em up returns with totally overhauled visuals, all-new enemies and attacks, a deeper scoring system, remixed soundtrack and fresh player powers. Space Moth: Lunar Edition is the ultimate version of the beloved cult classic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 8.6%
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 36.8%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 10.2%
Take control and annihilate every invading enemy and stronghold! is a score-attack vertical shmup supporting 1-2 players. Featuring pure mechanics that emphasize destruction and dodging, satisfying explosion effects, and deep hidden secrets, the fight awaits you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11.6%, Score Attack 10.3%
A high-risk, high reward shoot em up as you power yourself and your enemies up to bring utter chaos to the battlefield!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 11.2%, Score Attack 9.3%
Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 20%, Arcade 13.1%, Score Attack 9.6%, Action 9.3%
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16%, 1980s 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.7%
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 20.9%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 11.7%, 1980s 11.1%, Arcade 10%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Arcade 15.8%, Action 15.4%, Old School 8.5%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 16.4%, Action 16.2%, Arcade 16.2%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Arcade 20.2%, Shooter 17.3%, 1980s 14.4%, Action 11.6%
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 8.8%
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 27.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Arcade 14.4%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 10.1%
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 21%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 7.9%, Old School 7.4%
Blast enemies, get ship upgrades and defeat bosses in this arcade inspired space bullet hell
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.6%, 1980s 17.6%, Arcade 15.8%, Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Shooter 15.3%, Score Attack 9.3%, Bullet Hell 8.4%, Action 8.1%
Invaders from the Lost Sectors is classic arcade action. Aliens descend with increasing speed towards your base. Shoot them all before they land. Player controlled settings like guided missiles, rate of fire, enemy speed and more help you customize exactly the game experience that you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Shooter 16.4%, Arcade 14.3%, 1980s 9.6%, Action 8.8%
Returning to the classic style of spaceship games in pixel art. Survive in space as many enemy ships and anything else that can destroy your ship, get all the advantages and improvements available to get your best score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Shooter 17.7%, Action 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 12.7%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Shooter 13%, 1980s 12.3%, Arcade 11%
Geometrical is an addictive hybrid of a survivors-like and an incremental endless progression. Face waves of enemies, improve your stats after each round, and get ready to battle a final boss every 7 days. Will you be able to defeat the 5 great bosses?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 9.3%, Action 8.6%
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 27.6%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Action 9.3%
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 24.4%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 16.5%, Arcade 16%, Action 14.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 10.5%, Old School 7%
