- #1 tz mini stg collection
97% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 14%, Side Scroller 13.4%
- #2 Cosmic Destroyer
95% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Coffee Maker Games
Windows · Linux
Turn the incoming swarm of deadly bullets into your own weapon of chaos in this precision STG bullet hell. Grab and toss enemies, dodge and deflect torrents of bullets, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 9.8%
- #3 ASSAULT SHELL
95% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Team Overloaded
Windows
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 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #4 Celestia
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devon Meyer
Windows
Celestia is a solo-developed indie game. An angelic bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you defeat enemies throughout the skies, and relax on a floating island with your companions.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Side Scroller 22.9%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10.3%
- #5 Tadpole Tales
93% matchVery Positive90% of 869 reviews2021
Dev: Andrei CretuPub: Pinnical Studio
Windows
A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Arcade 9%
- #6 Karous
92% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: RS34
Windows
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 32.1%, Bullet Hell 27%, Shooter 16.5%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 5%
- #7 Space Waves
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
- #8 Chromacell
91% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 171Dev
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10.8%
- #9 Feeble Light
91% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 29.1%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 11.7%, Action 6.5%
- #10 Stranded in the Abyss
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: studio cyber turtle
Windows
Stranded in the abyss is a shoot-em-up in a unique sci-fi sci-environment where you command a massive squad of ships in an endless war Against an evil rebellion. Shoot command and bomb your way through hundreds of enemy fighters, capital ships, and skirmishes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Arcade 12.5%, Military 9.5%, War 5.9%
- #11 Touhou Meijinka ~ Song of Divine Tempest
89% matchMixed60% of 34 reviews2023
Dev: Drillimation Systems
Windows · Mac
A thunderous concert appears...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Hand-drawn 9.2%
- #12 Gunvein
88% matchVery Positive97% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: NGDEV
Windows
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 34.6%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 7.6%
- #13 The Rush
88% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Hornbuckle Who
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 11.1%
- #14 Akai Katana Shin
86% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Be guided anew into an epic tale set in the Taisho era with three titles from Cave's Akai Katana series that has captured the hearts of passionate shoot 'em up fans. New features include an online leaderboard and new musical arrangements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 11.8%
- #15 UNDER DEFEAT
86% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
My steed rides, a celestial iron cavalryman soaring through the heavens. The swirling assault shooting that shakes the battlefield returns once more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12.3%, Military 11.6%
- #16 GUN DOG ROCK RAPID
87% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: leimonyaPub: leimonya
Windows
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 14%, Bullet Hell 6.5%
- #17 WOLFLAME
85% matchVery Positive86% of 118 reviews2016
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 30.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 6.2%
- #18 Proxy Air Force
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Proxy Air Force is a 2D Arcade Shoot Them Up game based on the story of the world war which broke out between the US and CES countries in 2020.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 11.2%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #19 Escape 2 Space
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShidyGames
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12.4%
- #20 Lilac 0
82% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: Bullet Prince
Windows
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 26%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 12.1%, Old School 6.9%
- #21 Art Strikers
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Friendly Fire Software
Windows
Draw your path to victory in Art Strikers! A unique art themed bullet hell shoot-em-up that looks and plays like a beautiful work of art.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Hand-drawn 8.2%
- #22 The Battle of Aurinoxia
81% matchPositive71% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: N11 Games Division
Windows
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 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 11.9%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #23 Jasper Redds vs The Ares Belt
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ares Belt Software
Windows
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 26.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Shooter 18.3%, Action 11.7%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #24 Herodes
80% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: TecnoloGilsPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Pilot a miniaturized ship and save humanity from the inside out! Herodes is a fast-paced action SHMUP where you enter the human body to hunt a deadly virus. Destroy organic defenses and survive visceral bosses in this tribute to genre classics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.8%
- #25 Return Ace
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: NEROTA
Windows
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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 22%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #26 Shikhondo: Blue Pieta
76% matchPositive100% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: DeerFarmPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Once more, the hunt for Youkai begins! Across the ocean in a city far, far away, the side-scrolling shoot 'em up action of our two protagonists unfolds! Complete the Pietà of struggle that burns blue with its raging barrage!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Arcade 12.5%, Shooter 10.5%
- #27 Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
79% matchMixed56% of 529 reviews2017
Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: UFO Interactive Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 37.1%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 8.5%
- #28 Sine Mora
79% matchVery Positive82% of 940 reviews2012
Dev: Digital RealityPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 42.6%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 7%
- #29 EGGCONSOLE ZANAC EX MSX2
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: D4Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
Windows
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 24.2%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 10%
- #30 Origami Flight
78% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Whalesoft Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Origami Flight is a sidescrolling 2D shoot' em up where you control a paper airplane with a simple but challenging mission: to save the Origami World. Now you must beat 6 different stages with tons of enemies in order to save the Tsuru from the evil Origami Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 9%
- #31 Dininho Space Adventure
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Dininho
Windows
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 23.2%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 14.9%, Action 9.3%
- #32 Spacewing War
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Pneuma GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Side Scroller 24.6%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 6.4%
- #33 Syder Reloaded
74% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Evil
Windows
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Side Scroller 14.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 11%
- #34 Magical Blaster
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: reverse snare
Windows
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #35 Pier Pressure
75% matchPositive83% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Headcannon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take flight in one of three unique ships to battle a legion of enemies and massive bosses across a city sky, through a dark cave, along the bottom of the sea, and into a secret laboratory! Confront a buff, flamboyant crawfish scientist to retrieve the Power Pearl and save your job!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Side Scroller 17%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 11.7%, Cartoony 10.5%
- #36 Astro Sentai Jarbonder
75% matchPositive80% of 40 reviews2020
Dev: ipei_retland
Windows
It's a bullet-hell spaceship shooter. Can you survive the battlefield? Let's prove your shooting skills!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Shooter 12.1%, War 7.3%
- #37 Doot-Type
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: SolidFrogLLC
Windows
2D Side Scrolling Shoot Em Up action. Cinematic cut-scenes carry the story on a quest to locate Mother Gator's secret weapon. Unlockable cheats will mix-up the gameplay or enjoy a randomizer mode. Game includes commentary by the developer and musical composer on the process of making the game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Cartoony 9.9%
- #38 Warcat Parade
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Hefka Games
Windows · Linux
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #39 Bombardiro Crocodilo MISSION
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: TEAM Black Hat Robot
Windows
In this fun and frenetic shooter, you'll play as Bombardiro Crocodilo, who's trying to save Ballerina Capuchina from Tralalero Tralala's shoed fins. Embark on an action-packed journey with tons of shooting, different weapons, and skins from the Brainrot universe!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.6%
- #40 #Snake2 DX: Reawakening
73% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Ultimate Walrus
Windows
Explosive, balls-to-the-wall bullet hell shooter with novel shooting mechanics (and surreal comedy)
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Arcade 13.1%, Shooter 11.4%
- #41 BLASTER MAYHEM
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormduck
Windows
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 29.6%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 6.4%
- #42 Super Glitter Rush
71% matchVery Positive95% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: tiny cactus studio
Windows
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shooter 14.5%, Cartoony 8%, Action 6.3%
- #43 TAILS GEAR HD
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUE&WHITE
Windows
A revamped version of "Tales Gear," originally released in 2007, featuring high-resolution support, new systems, and rearranged background music. A full-fledged 2.5D vertical-scrolling shooter characterized by the Tail Pod, an optional weapon that combines offense and defense.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Military 14%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 7.5%
- #44 東方眠世界 ~ Wonderful Waking World
70% matchVery Positive97% of 295 reviews2022
Dev: Oligarchomp
Windows
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 33.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Arcade 13.9%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 6.8%
- #45 Ramek - Total Machine Death
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GALTEC SRLS
Windows · Linux
In a future Earth of machine overlords, warrior chieftain Ramek enacts a terrible revenge upon his mechanical enemy. Fly Ramek's genetically-engineered war-budgie through five levels of non-stop carnage, from the irradiated sands of the Dead Zone, to the iron towers of Machine City.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Arcade 9.7%
- #46 Star Hunter DX
71% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: 1CC GamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 7.8%
- #47 Sorcery of Ruin, Sword, and Red Hood
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AOMI Design Studio
Windows
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter: ‘The Adventure of the Little Girl in the Red Hood and Little Bird Companion in a World of Swords and Magic!’ If you can read the enemy attacks and dodge the ones you should avoid, it might be surprisingly straightforward (All dodging them is perfectly fine too).
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Side Scroller 28.6%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #48 R-Type Final 2
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 820 reviews2021
Dev: Granzella Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 7.4%
- #49 Golgalian
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Atael
Windows
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 26.4%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 7.1%
- #50 1x! Space Adventure
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Lunar Madcap
Windows
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 16%, Action 11.1%
- #51 Final Formation
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happymeal Inc.Pub: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Equipped with the Fusion × Transformation “PELL” System! Free Map Side-Scrolling Shooter
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shooter 15%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Military 8.9%
- #52 Contract Rush DX
65% matchVery Positive100% of 232 reviews2025
Dev: FigburnPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Contract Rush DX is a hand-animated 2D Shoot 'Em Up, with multiple playable characters. Explore the world, collect powerful upgrades throughout levels, and unleash them to defeat difficult boss battles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8.7%
- #53 Rangok Skies
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2021
Dev: Samurai Games
Windows · Mac
War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 9.1%
- #54 Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke
66% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Super16bits
Windows · Linux
Beautiful oni-girls battle hordes of yokai in this side-view bullethell SHMUP. Every year yokai take to the streets to celebrate at Hyakki Yagyō, the night parade of the hundred yokai. But this year they didn't invite the oni twins, so they're going to ruin the party!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Arcade 13.9%, Side Scroller 11.4%, Action 6.4%
- #55 RAMMBOCK
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Punk-Op
Windows
Dodge bullets or plow right through with the RAMMBOCK. Utilize the hybrid technology of the twin moons! Ramm enemies into one another for chain bonuses. Tackle missions and increase your score to uncover the truth about your past.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 21%, Arcade 11.3%, Side Scroller 10%, Shooter 8.8%
- #56 MINUS ZERO
69% matchMixed47% of 17 reviews2016
Dev: TRIANGLE SERVICEPub: KOMODO
Windows
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 25.8%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 10.5%
- #57 Orbital Siege
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Orbitforge Interactive
Windows
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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Arcade 13.3%, Shooter 10.4%, Old School 9.2%
- #58 PigShip and the Giant Wolf
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Bones Studio
Windows
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.5%
- #59 ZOE Begone!
64% matchVery Positive99% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Retchy GamesPub: PM Studios, Inc.
Windows
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Arcade 9.3%, Shooter 7.8%