60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, 2D.
If your ideal is strong... Hold it tightly... even in death... The Swan EM-43DSC... A experimental fighter jet blasts through the skies of the New East/West. And as the pilot clutches his yoke, he commits to his rebellion knowing full well, that his mission is not for the faint of heart....
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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.
Space Invaders Extreme
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
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 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Futuristic 12.2%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 8.4%
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Shooter 9.7%, Futuristic 7.7%, Arcade 6.3%
ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Futuristic 13.2%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 7.9%
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 21.9%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Score Attack 8.7%, Arcade 8.3%, Shooter 8.1%
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Futuristic 9.6%, Action 7.8%
Dodge and shoot your way through waves of enemies. REVO is a high speed, neon drenched space shoot ‘em up inspired by arcade classics of the 1980’s. Collect pickups, unlock powerful, ammo hungry weapons, and defeat giant bosses.
Why similar: Spaceships 12.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Bullet Hell 12%, Futuristic 8.7%, Shooter 7.4%
"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: Bullet Hell 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Shooter 12.7%, Linear 8.3%, Arcade 7.7%
Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Futuristic 10.1%, Action 8.2%, Score Attack 6.2%
The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Linear 8.8%, Arcade 7.7%
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 19.8%, Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 16%, Action 11%, Futuristic 9.4%
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: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 9.7%, Arcade 9.1%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Futuristic 7.6%, Arcade 7.1%
Vertical scrolling shooter with all 5 pages
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 6.5%, Action 6%
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: Bullet Hell 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Shooter 14.2%, Futuristic 10%, Action 7.4%
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: Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Shooter 13.4%, Futuristic 9.4%, Score Attack 8.8%
Brace yourself for an intense bullet hell experience! Fight your way through challenging levels, defeat bosses, upgrade your weapon and get the highest score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Linear 8.7%, Arcade 8.2%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Shooter 13.9%, Linear 8.2%, Arcade 8%
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 22.5%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 9.3%, Action 8.8%
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 24.7%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 9.4%, Action 7.1%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Shooter 13.7%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Space 7.8%, Score Attack 7.7%
The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Futuristic 12.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 7.5%
Fiery Rivaz - Reanimate Shmups !!! It's time to revive the shmup genre. You can expect a shooter that focuses on varied and innovative level design. It is accompanied by cool 3d graphics and a great soundtrack.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 11.4%, Linear 6.7%
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 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 8.4%, Action 6.8%
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 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 9.2%, Action 7.7%
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: Bullet Hell 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 7.9%, Old School 7.2%
A shmup without shooting. Reflect the bullets with one of your two shields. Bite-sized arcade action. Cover humankind's retreat and make it count.
Why similar: Futuristic 12.2%, Bullet Hell 11%, Spaceships 10.3% ★, Shooter 8.1%, Old School 7.9%
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 23.9%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 8.4%, Action 7.6%
Resurrection Core is vertically scrolling Bullet Hell Shoot ´Em Up game. It honors the arcade classics but also adds modern touch and unique game-play mechanics to the genre. Master the unique weapon systems and resurrect enemy cores to become the ultimate fighting machine!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 9.9%, Futuristic 8.6%
In this retro space shooter you will have the opportunity to take control of a space fighter and crush waves of enemies. Show all your agility and reaction!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 12.3%, Futuristic 9.3%, Arcade 7.1%
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 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Action 11.1%, Arcade 10.6%, Futuristic 9.9%
Engage in an action packed shoot em' up adventure! Choose from 4 powerful fighters and fight through 5 intense stages! Multiple tough and challenging bosses stand in your way, so use the insanity system BLANK STAND to erase them all!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 8.3%, Action 6.7%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 8.5%, Futuristic 7.9%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Embark on a retro-shoot-'em-up task to fight space pirates, industrial equipment, archeotech and, probably, space gods. Engage enemies in increasingly cruel levels, fight vile bosses, uncover secrets and pursue the call of ancient technologies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20%, Arcade 8.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Futuristic 7.6%
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: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Shooter 18.8%, Action 13.6%, Top-Down 6.3%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Score Attack 9.3%, Arcade 7.6%
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Shooter 14.1%, Futuristic 11.6%, Arcade 9.1%
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 32.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Action 7.8%
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Shooter 13.3%, Linear 9.2%, Arcade 8.1%
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 29.3%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 9.9%, Action 9.1%
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 9.3%
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: Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Futuristic 9.2%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 6.3%
Infinity Lancer is a high octane vertical shoot em' up. Race across the galaxy fighting to prevent humanity's annihilation and discover the dark truth behind the endless war.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 23%, Score Attack 8.7%, Futuristic 8.6%, Action 8.6%
Awaken as the Nav Shard—one of five A.I. fragments aboard a mysterious fighter-jet. Battle through branching stages in a neon-infused vertical shmup. Combine elemental powers, and fight your way to the Void. No retries. No rewinds. This is Exilus Viper.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 7.7%, Top-Down 6.6%
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 22%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shooter 12.2%, Score Attack 10.4%, Arcade 8.2%
Vostok 2061 is a modern-graphics vertical scroll shooter. Gorgeous alien worlds, spaceships, and bosses. Explore mysteries as you listen to a great soundtrack!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Futuristic 10.7%, Spaceships 10.6% ★, Shooter 10.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shooter 16%, Action 11.8%, Arcade 10.3%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 7.6%, Arcade 6.2%
LynxHelixEngine's first shoot'em up game."Dormant - Episode Galatea #1 -"The aim is to create a game that even inexperienced players can enjoy with simple controls and auto-bomb equivalent Drive.Please look forward to a science fiction story with fascinating characters.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Futuristic 14.1%, Action 6.7%
Slash. Dodge. Shoot. Survive. A fast-paced arcade shooter packed with relentless enemy waves.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 11%, Arcade 9.7%
NightFang wears it's inspirations on it's sleeve. It's an 80s/90s Anime/VHS inspired Shmup, rendered in delicious 3D that hypnotizes you into thinking it's 2D. Youth is a falling star. Rise up against the Crimson Scourge.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Futuristic 21.8%, Old School 9.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 9.4%
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: Bullet Hell 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 7.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
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: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Action 12%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 8.4%
Ascend to the Earth's surface in this vertical shmup! Punch, shoot, and grab enemies both mechanical and natural in your unique ship in this brutally hard vertical shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Futuristic 15.6%, Shooter 11%, Linear 7.4%
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Shooter 13.1%, Futuristic 12.3%, Arcade 8.5%
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 29.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Shooter 15.4%, Action 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
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: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Shooter 18.1%, Arcade 11%, Action 6.3%
Dodge, defend, and destroy! Engage in a frenetic shoot 'em up, facing relentless bullet streams that test your reflexes. Experience dynamic shifts between vertical and horizontal views as you fend off endless enemy waves. Use polarity shields for defense and strike back fiercely. Conquer the chaos!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Futuristic 12.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Space 9.1%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Shooter 16.6%, Action 12.8%, Arcade 11.5%
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Shooter 13.1%, Futuristic 12.3%, Arcade 7.9%
