60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Action, Shooter.
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Ikaruga
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Sky Force Reloaded
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, Bullet Hell 32.4%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 4.1%, Difficult 4%
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Score Attack 9.8%, Top-Down Shooter 8.4%
Overwhelming bullet patterns. An exhilarating Break System. Timeless gameplay. The definitive bullet hell shooter that continues to captivate shoot-'em-up fans around the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Score Attack 8.9%, Top-Down Shooter 8.2%, Difficult 8.1%
Trigonarium is a hardcore twin-stick shooter for fans of challenging arcade gaming. Fight your way through multitudes of enemy formations in constantly shifting battle arenas to face the colossal level bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Score Attack 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%
Wish Project is a vertical shoot 'em up that features unique and challenging bullet patterns, 4 difficulties ranging from casual to hardcore, 8 unique playable characters, 6 stages, local co-op, unlockable characters and game modes, and an intuitive scoring system that encourages replay and mastery.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 22%, Local Co-Op 12.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Shooter 8.7%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Bullet Hell 8.9%, Action 7.3%
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 17.1%, 2.5D 16.3%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Score Attack 12.5%, Arcade 9%
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, 2.5D 10.6%, Score Attack 8.7%, Difficult 8.5%
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs! Abundant explosions, truly epic boss fights and beautifully crafted 3D environments are here to keep you entertained. Sky Force Anniversary offers single player experience and local cooperative mode for 2 players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Local Co-Op 8%, Arcade 7.6%, Score Attack 7.5%
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Score Attack 9.8%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Score Attack 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9%
"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 27.7%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Difficult 12.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Score Attack 8%
Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.4%, Difficult 12.2%, Shooter 8.8%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.8%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Difficult 10.9%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 18%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Shooter 8.2%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Score Attack 17.9%, Difficult 12.6%, Arcade 9.6%
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.7%, Difficult 11.3%, Shooter 7.8%
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 37.4%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 8%, Sci-fi 6%
Beginner Welcome Bullet Hell Shooter. "Chapter Mode", which is starting from a simple stage and gradually becoming more difficult, is recommended for beginners. Once you get used to bullet hell, let's experience full-scale bullet hell in "Challenge Mode".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Score Attack 12.3%, Shooter 10.7%
Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.3%, Score Attack 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.9%
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.1%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 7.9%
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Score Attack 11%, Co-op 7.9%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Arcade 13.8%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Action 6.9%
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Local Co-Op 9%, Arcade 7%
Sine Mora EX is a side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a unique challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with contemporary presentation, Sine Mora EX is a gorgeous shoot'em up offering both a Story Mode that weaves an excessive tale and an Arcade Mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Difficult 12.5%, 2.5D 12%, Shooter 8.6%
Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, 2.5D 12%, Difficult 11.2%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%
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 51.5%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Arcade 9.9%, Shooter 6.6%, Action 4.8%
This is an arcade horizontal shoot'em up, that combines solid arcade controls with modern elements like bullet hell phases, tiny hitboxes, different types of gameplay and scoring, collectibles, trophies and many other features, which makes Wings Of Bluestar a fun shmup for both casuals and regulars.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Local Co-Op 11.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 10.3%
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Difficult 11.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%, Score Attack 8.5%
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Difficult 11.8%, Arcade 10%
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 5.1%, Arcade 5%
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals. Collect power ups, destroy the enemy ships and defeat the mega bosses in 12 action packed levels. On your own or with a friend in local co-op mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, 2.5D 13.6%, Local Co-Op 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 9.3%
Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 17%, Difficult 11.9%, Local Co-Op 11.3%, Shooter 8.8%
Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and face intense boss battles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Difficult 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10%, Score Attack 8.8%
Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Arcade 13%, Action 5.4%
slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! cyber_serpent is an arcade twin-stick shooter combined with snake. compete for a global high score in this modern take on retro classics as you face infinite waves of polygonal enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 15%, Score Attack 12.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.6%, 2.5D 10.5%
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Score Attack 14.6%, Arcade 13.5%, Difficult 11.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.4%
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 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Difficult 11.1%, Score Attack 10.6%, Shooter 7.8%
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.9%
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Score Attack 14.7%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Shooter 9%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.3%, Score Attack 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Arcade 9.5%, Difficult 8%
Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Score Attack 12.7%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
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: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 8.6%
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9.6%, Local Co-Op 9.5%
Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, 2.5D 14.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%
Shoot from affar or get nibble away up-close and personal in a boss-rush, bullet-dodging revival of the 1982 Atari classic title, Yars' Revenge. Take on 60 unique enemy encounters alone or with a friend in local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Shooter 9.6%
Windowkill is a twin-stick shooter, but the game window itself is constantly closing in on you. Shoot the window edges to push it around your screen as you fight and dodge enemies and bosses in their own windows.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.9%, Score Attack 16.2%, Arcade 11.8%, Local Co-Op 10.3%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.6%, Score Attack 11.1%, Difficult 10.2%
classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.5%, Score Attack 20%, Shooter 12.6%, Bullet Hell 9%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, 2.5D 14.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Difficult 12%
Take down hordes of alien invaders with your Power Shot, Truxton Beam, Thunder Laser, Homing Shot, Star‑mine Shot, and more! Don't forget to breathe as you face off against gigantic bosses in the ultimate battle for humanity’s survival!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Score Attack 11.7%, 2.5D 10.3%, Local Co-Op 9.1%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Bullet Hell 16%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.1%, Difficult 11.7%, Score Attack 10%
A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 8.1%, Top-Down Shooter 7.3%
Vectorium is a classical, yet intense arcade shooting game. Can you survive those dreadful enemies and barrage of gunfire?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.9%, Score Attack 10.4%, Shooter 9.4%
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 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 10.2%
Action arcade! CAPTURE enemies of your color and AVOID the rest to become the best in the world! Fast, addictive and 100% challenging!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.1%, Difficult 20.6%, Arcade 13.2%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Local Multiplayer 7.8%
Pressure Overdrive is arcade twin-stick madness on hot wheels in a colorful bathtub-punk setting!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.9%
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 24%, Score Attack 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.1%
