60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade, Bullet Hell.
Galactic Sentinels is a high-octane bullet-hell shmup packed with old-school arcade soul and modern polish. Choose from 16 unique ships, 30 weapons, 20 drone types and various power ups. Master innovative MegaWarp mechanic, and survive intense boss battles. multiple modes and difficulties.
Escape 2 Space
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!
Star Hunter DX
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!
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 23.7%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Space 11.4%
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 31.5%, Bullet Hell 22%, Action 10.9%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Arcade 8.4%
Master a modular arsenal and survive a biomechanical nightmare in this intense cinematic shmup. Face grotesque aberrations, unlock achievements, and conquer the hardcore mode. 7 complete levels with its own epic boss and weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Space 9.5%, Arcade 8.6%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Action 18.1%, Space 11.9%, Arcade 10%
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 26.3%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Arcade 10.9%, Space 9.1%
Simple remake of Space Invaders adding destructions and physics
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Action 15.1%, Arcade 14.8%, Aliens 12.1%, Space 10.5%
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 30.2%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Arcade 11.8%, Space 9.1%, Action 9.1%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Space 13.8%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Action 11.6%
Escape Space is a classic arcade space shooter with RPG mechanics. Fight for various factions against swarms of enemies or bosses and improve your standings, level up your rank, unlock new gear and weapons, and upgrade your spaceship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Space 16.5%, Arcade 10.4%, Side Scroller 9.4%
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 34%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Action 14%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
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 50%, Bullet Hell 22%, Side Scroller 9.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Action 8.2%
Clusterbug is a space-themed, insect-filled, and futuristic bullet hell shoot 'em up. Travel through the insect-filled world as you cleanse it from a bio-mechanical virus that has turned any living being infected by it into frenzied mech mutations, bringing freedom and peace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Arcade 12.9%, Action 11.5%, Space 9.8%
A bullet hell shmup with a secret. 100 waves, 20 bosses, and the slow realization that the sector you're purging isn't a sector. You are not crossing the void. You are inside it. Now with local co-op: two pilots, one screen.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Space 11.4%, Aliens 11%, Arcade 10.2%
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 28.1%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Action 15.4%, Arcade 14.9%, Space 9.5%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.1%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Arcade 11.8%, Space 10.6%, Action 9.2%
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Space 15.6%, Aliens 11.2%, Arcade 8.7%
Spark is a creative, combo-centric, Shoot 'em up game. It's a 3-in-1 old-school arcade game fueled by the competitive urge to climb the leaderboards. The unique shooting system hooks the player as they discover more and more ways to create beautiful and effective combos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Action 15%, Arcade 14.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Arcade 10.9%, Aliens 10.4%, Space 9.7%
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 37.8%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Arcade 13.6%, Space 12%, Action 10.7%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Bullet Hell 20%, Action 16.3%, Arcade 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.1%
One Way Road is a story-driven action game combining elements of Scroll Shooter, Top Down Shooter, and Tube Shooter. Take the helm of a space cruiser, explore the galaxy, and fight in stellar battles to save humanity.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Space 12.6%, Arcade 10.7%
Survive 10 enemy stages! Shoot 'Em Up style, spaceship game, in pixel art and 8-bit retro music! Evolve your shot to the maximum level, use the energy bar for upgrades, and special abilities! Advance each stage by defeating Bosses and enemies to collect new skills, transformations and extra lives!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Space 16.6%, Aliens 14.6%, Action 11.2%, Bullet Hell 6.9%
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 30.6%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Action 15.4%, Arcade 12%, Space 11.5%
Dodge, dash, and blast through five handcrafted worlds in a fast pixel-art arcade shooter built for score chasing, boss fights, and perfect runs. Free demo available.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 6.7%
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Aliens 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Space 10.4%
Cross the universe, shoot aliens, upgrade your weapons and face powerful bosses with AB in this retro inspired lateral shoot 'em up to save the world. Adventure into Campaign Mode or face the never-ending waves of Endless Mode with suitable challenges for all skill levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Space 10.5%, Aliens 10.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%
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 27.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Arcade 10.4%, Space 7.9%
Firehunt is a prologue for the main story One Way Road. Take part in space battles as you travel across the galaxy and fight to save humanity. This cinematic narrative driven action-focused space shooter, will take you on a journey into the near future, and put the destiny of mankind in your hands.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Arcade 12.1%, Space 11.9%
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 24.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Action 13.6%, Arcade 13.4%, Aliens 9.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Arcade 15.3%, Action 15.2%, Futuristic 6%
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.3%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Space 12%, Action 8.6%, Arcade 5.8%
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 34.4%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 12.2%, Space 9.4%
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 34.7%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Arcade 13%, Space 11.9%, Action 7.4%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Action 16.5%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Arcade 15.3%, Space 11.6%
The frantic old-school action of classic coin-op shoot-‘em-ups comes crashing headlong into the 21st century. Explosive high-octane blasting combines with hordes of enemies in a 360˚ environment – fly, spin and shoot anywhere and everywhere!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.2%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Arcade 15%, Space 12.2%, Action 12.2%
A wormhole has opened up letting aliens terrorize your city. Pilot your spacecraft and destroy the aliens using flamethrowers, missiles, gatling guns, shockwaves, and more!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.2%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Aliens 13.3%, Arcade 12.9%, Space 11%
Cosmic Survivor is a space arcade survival game: pilot unique ships, face waves of meteors, alien swarms, and colossal bosses while unlocking weapons, achievements, and new challenges.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Action 14.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Space 12.9%
Execute intense space battle operations from side, and top view. Face tough enemies along your way, destroy guardians and generators. Dodge traps. Keep focus on targets. Think fast. Overcome the chaos. Join now and become an alpha centauri pilot. Bonus: retro like endless space shooter mini game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Space 14.7%, Arcade 12.4%
The planets have orbited peacefully for countless millennia. But then… BOOM! Now all orbital bodies are free to move independent of gravity (and they can respawn when defeated too.) You're The Earth… good luck!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 12%, Space 9.7%
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 43.2%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 12.1%, 2D 3.7%
Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Space 12.8%, Aliens 10.8%
Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural vertically-scrolling shoot-’em-up classic. Summer, 2005: Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Force is investigating an occult serial killer. Specialists have been called in to investigate. The case is called “The Castle of Shikigami Incident”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, Action 25.7%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Arcade 10.5%
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 29.9%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Space 13.3%, Arcade 12.2%, Aliens 11.8%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 10.2%, Space 9.8%
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 28.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Space 16.7%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Arcade 9.9%
An action bullet hell. Dodge enemies attacks and collect upgrades to make it to the end of each level.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.5%, Space 16%, Action 13.7%, Arcade 13.3%, Side Scroller 11.6%
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Side Scroller 17.7%, Arcade 11%, Space 10.5%, Action 9.4%
This game is the answer to one of the most important questions in life: “I can haz lazer kitty?“ Yes you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Action 16.9%, Bullet Hell 15%, Space 11.1%, Aliens 10.4%
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 33.2%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Side Scroller 15%, Arcade 10.6%, Space 9.9%
A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Space 13.2%, Action 11%
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.3%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Arcade 13.5%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Action 6.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Arcade 11.6%, Space 11.1%
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 30.6%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 17.1%, Action 13.1%, Space 9.3%
Guide the Gamma Brothers through waves of alien attacks, blasting your way home from work in this frantic twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Space 12.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Aliens 10%
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.1%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Action 15.4%, Arcade 13%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
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 27%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Space 14.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Arcade 11.4%
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 36%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 9.9%, Space 8.1%
Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action 15.6%, Arcade 15.4%, Side Scroller 12.6%
