- #1 Super Grav
97% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2016
Dev: DemonStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Super Grav is a retro gravity cave flyer for 1-4 players, featuring single player or co-op multiplayer missions, racing and dogfighting. Back by popular demand, Super Grav is the official sequel to the 1998 Net Yaroze coverdisc hit, Gravitation.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 20.8% ★, 4 Player Local 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #2 COSMOS
96% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: Dawnosaur Studios
Windows
COSMOS is a difficult platformer shooter where you fight through fast-paced vertical levels with the use of wall running and precise gunplay.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 14.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, 4 Player Local 12.8%, 2D Platformer 9%
- #3 Blazing Chrome
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,924 reviews2019
Dev: JoyMasherPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Co-op Campaign 11.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Robots 8.2%
- #4 World of Naples
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: COUCHBROGAMES, LLC
Windows
Play single player or local co-op. Story mode or Brawler is up to you. Remote play with friends. Simple mechanics. 20 levels, 4 bosses, 6 PVP arenas.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 18.2% ★, 4 Player Local 15.6%, Local Co-Op 15%, Arena Shooter 10.9%, 2D Platformer 10.5%
- #5 Overdriven Reloaded
94% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2016
Dev: TOMAGameStudio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Local Co-Op 15.8%, Robots 10.1%, Arcade 7.8%
- #6 Spaceship Hunters
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: PIerre NuryPub: Pierre Nury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spaceship Hunters is a chaotic couch co-op shoot-em-up for 4 players. Working as a crew, fight your way through the worst criminals the universe has to offer.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 28.6% ★, 4 Player Local 25.1%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Difficult 7.4%, Sci-fi 3.4%
- #7 We Need Heroes
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Myshora
Windows
We need heroes like you! In this 2D Adventure platformer, you can play as Cin and more unlockable allies! Destroy robots, run, jump, score or... Look at the sights! Play however you want, at your own pace, challenges, alone, alongside friends... or even... CPU!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 17.8% ★, Robots 17.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Platformer 10%, Arcade 9.9%
- #8 MPaliens
92% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2019
Dev: Skull Box Games
Windows
MPAliens - 2D Arena Platformer. It's a local party game with intense PVP matches, hardest COOP missions and different Bosses on different maps.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 23.3% ★, 4 Player Local 21.3%, Local Co-Op 17.3%, Difficult 9%, Action 7.7%
- #9 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
91% matchVery Positive93% of 4,015 reviews2015
Dev: Asteroid Base
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.5%, Co-op Campaign 24.7% ★, 4 Player Local 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.4%, Shooter 3.8%
- #10 Riders 2491
91% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2020
Dev: GoeX Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Riders 2491 is an action shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades with modern visuals.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Co-op Campaign 17.2% ★, 4 Player Local 11.8%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Arcade 10.6%
- #11 Exobrave
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roborar Digital Ltda
Windows · Linux
Exobrave is a 2D action-platformer boasting a high-octane combat system. Fight your way through the branching paths of a futuristic colony overrun by demon-possessed automatons in a solo or co-op adventure!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.8%, 2D Platformer 18%, Robots 15.5%, Co-op Campaign 14.4% ★, Arcade 10.6%
- #12 Star Gun
89% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Transfinity Games
Windows
Star Gun is a fast-paced, auto-scrolling space shooter with RPG-style progression. Unlock unique ships and equipment, build powerful loadouts, and master skill-based combat as you blast through an unpredictable galaxy—solo or in local co-op.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 25.2% ★, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Difficult 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #13 Scrap Galaxy
89% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Catalope Games
Windows
Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.4%, Local Co-Op 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Arcade 6.9%
- #14 WolfFang SkullFang Saturn Tribute Boosted
87% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
The steel wolf running across the earth × the sonic corpse that buries its prey. DECO shooting game redeployed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Robots 16.4%, 2D Platformer 13.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 9.3%
- #15 kapih
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 88 Games
Windows
Kapih is a classic run-'n'-gun shooter platformer, with action packed levels and boss battles. The visuals and music are inspired by the many lost in time art-styles of India. We follow the adventure of our cute protagonist Vaanar who is a common kid in a colorfully imagined ancient India.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 27.5% ★, Local Co-Op 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Shooter 8%
- #16 Rangok Skies
86% 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 25.9%, Co-op Campaign 15.7% ★, Arcade 13.6%, Shooter 13%, Local Co-Op 10.1%
- #17 Power Stealers
86% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Intertum
Windows
A sci-fi action-arcade game inspired by classic gun n' runs of the '90s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Local Co-Op 17%, Action 10.9%, 2D Platformer 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #18 Demons with Shotguns
85% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: MindShaft Games, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The ultimate couch fragger gibfest! Armed with a powerful shotgun, bullet deflecting shield and power-up tarot cards, 2 to 4 local players will battle it out to collect each others souls in 9 different competitive game modes across 4 realms & 40 arenas. This is frantic local multiplayer action at its bloodiest!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.9%, Local Co-Op 20.6%, Arena Shooter 11.9%, 2D Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #19 Shutshimi
84% matchMixed68% of 176 reviews2015
Dev: Neon Deity GamesPub: Choice Provisions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Shütshimi is a randomized shoot'em up about a muscle-bound fish with memory problems defending the seven seas. Defeat or navigate through waves of enemies, collecting new upgrades every 10 seconds that change up the gameplay as you battle your way through each of the game's bosses.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Local Co-Op 24.2%, Action 7%, Indie 4.5%
- #20 Off Target
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 爱吃耙耙柑
Windows
"Off-Target" is a classic side-scrolling shooter set in the near future. Experience the thrill of shooting and the feeling of explosions in your spare time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Robots 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Shooter 11.4%
- #21 Custom Hobo
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Piece Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight grisly physics-driven battles, survive chaotic platforming missions, and upgrade your hobo's body with bizarre custom parts in this meaty co-op brawler.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 25.1% ★, Local Co-Op 17.3%, 4 Player Local 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, 2D Platformer 10%
- #22 Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
82% matchVery Positive94% of 232 reviews2015
Dev: Dreamloop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19%, Local Co-Op 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Co-op Campaign 12.1% ★, Robots 10.8%
- #23 Miami Fighters
81% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Miami Fighters
Windows · Linux
Miami Fighters is a couch co-op brawler where strategy meets chaos. Team up or go free-for-all with friends, or throw bots into the mix, and cause absolute madness with up to 4 players!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.5%, Local Co-Op 20%, Arena Shooter 13.8%, 2D Platformer 10%, Arcade 8.5%
- #24 Square Off
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shiba Dog Studios
Windows · Mac
Square Off is a fast-paced, platforming arena. Control physics-based battle squares in a series of speedy combat challenges whilst shooting your friends into oblivion!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Arena Shooter 15.5%, 2D Platformer 12%, Platformer 7.6%
- #25 The Bits That Saved the Galaxy
81% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: James C Gray
Windows · Linux
Grab up to three friends for a lo-fi, bit blasting adventure! Fight your way through unique worlds and play styles to save the galaxy!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 27.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Platformer 9.1%
- #26 SPASE DEFENSE
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Leo TorrijosPub: Trashmonger
Windows
Stranded on a far flung planet, hold out for rescue against alien foes with a variety of guns, lasers, and explosives.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 19.3% ★, Arena Shooter 17.6%, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Local Co-Op 12.7%, Arcade 8.5%
- #27 Destructivator 2
80% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 18.3%, Difficult 16.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.3%
- #28 I Got Isekai'd Into a Shmup
79% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: TOMAGameStudio
Windows
I Got Isekai’d into a Shmup is a vertical shoot’em up game inspired by the best games of the 90s genre, while adding exciting features and local co-op for up to 4 players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Robots 10.5%, Arcade 9.5%
- #29 Lex Talionis A
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Jacorey RowePub: Neumont Game Studios
Windows
Lex Talionis A is a team-based, 4 player, couch co-op where aliens fight astronauts, drones, and bosses for revenge against humanity. Choose from four aliens with unique abilities and survive together in this 2D Run n' Gun Adventure.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.5%, Local Co-Op 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Arena Shooter 14.2%, 2D Platformer 11.6%
- #30 Samurai Brothers
77% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Greuh
Windows
Samurai Brothers is a fast paced shared-screen multiplayer game. In addition to the solo mode, two modes are available for multiplayer games. Do you want to fight against your friends ? Or work as a team against the multitude of enemies ?
Why similar: 4 Player Local 25.7%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #31 Telenet Shooting Collection Launcher
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Edia Co., Ltd.
Windows
Welcome to Shooter Heaven! The classic Telenet Japan & Wolf Team shooters are back! Note: The “Telenet Shooting Collection Launcher” is a free game launcher that lets you play titles from Telenet Japan and Wolf Team. The games themselves are not included with the launcher.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Shooter 14.5%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.4%
- #32 Galacide
78% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Puny Human
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 26.4%, 4 Player Local 20.9%, Local Co-Op 20.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 7.5%
- #33 CRISIS Command
76% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2024
Dev: Saint Pixels Entertainment
Windows
The peaceful island of Yukrea has been invaded by the evil Dread Corps! It's time to blast your way through over 6 stages of mayhem to rescue civilians and push those robots out. Use their own powers against them and help reclaim peace to the island.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Robots 17.7%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Platformer 9.5%
- #34 Coal Road
75% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: BUstation
Windows
This is a horizontal shooter game. The story takes place in a city infected by "coal", where most people have become coal zombies. When the government learned of the great changes in the city, it sent two elite soldiers to investigate the situation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, Shooter 12.3%, Platformer 11.5%, Arcade 10.9%
- #35 Unit 4
78% matchMixed48% of 63 reviews2017
Dev: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Fast paced platforming action, cooperative gameplay up to 4 players, an elite squad of agents with amazing skills, space travels, exploration, unique missions, fancy characters, incredible fights with huge bosses, trade, minigames and much more!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 36%, Local Co-Op 24.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action 9%
- #36 Parkour Challenger
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Jumbo Studio
Windows
In Parkour Challenger, there is no storyline. The goal is simply to complete each parkour. Note that the word 'simply' is to be ignored. Good luck!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.2%, Local Co-Op 19%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #37 Cosmo Clash
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: PUNY Games
Windows
Play as one of 4 trigger happy animals, in a primal duel for honor and glory! Bring your friends locally, or duke it out on Steam Remote Play! 2 to 4 Players can shoot, dash and bump their way to quick victory! You'll need speed, reflexes and viciousness to be KING of COSMO CLASH!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Arena Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 8.4%
- #38 Reginald's Death Arena
74% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Epic Banana Games LLC
Windows
4 player chaotic single screen battle arena, with multiple game modes, items, and quirky mechanics. Regurgitate what you eat onto opponents with various status effects depending on what you consumed. Burn it all to the ground!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 30.8%, Local Co-Op 19.1%, 2D Platformer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Arcade 8.1%
- #39 AngelStrike
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: HomeLight Games
Windows
AngelStrike is an exciting 2D side-scrolling shoot'em'up with handmade pixel-art and a variety of action-packed missions. Play solo or local co-op with friends to rescue refugees, stealthily deliver supplies, escort your allies, and take down hordes of machines in 40 levels across 5 different areas!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Local Co-Op 20.9%, 4 Player Local 16.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #40 SUSHIDO
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Chimerabot
Windows
Jump, dash, shoot, and slash your way through endless waves of evil sushi ingredients in pursuit of the highest score possible. Do you have what it takes to harmonize all seven abilities and become a true master of SUSHIDO?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, 2D Platformer 22.3%, Platformer 12%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 8.5%
- #41 Iron Project: Reclaim
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinicius OliveiraPub: Yu Game Studio
Windows
In a world devastated by machines, humanity places its last hope in a warrior equipped with special armor. Explore intense stages, face challenging bosses, and fight to reclaim what remains of the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Robots 13.8%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Arcade 12.2%, Platformer 7.9%
- #42 Goroons
73% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Epopeia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
GOROONS is a teamwork-based adventure where you have to combine your unique skills and overcome tough-as-nails puzzle challenges.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 28.2% ★, 4 Player Local 23%, Local Co-Op 19.8%, Difficult 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.2%
- #43 Round 99
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Boomz Games
Windows
Round 99 is a fast-paced shooter combined with a platformer that focuses on jumping around colorful environments and making a variety of enemies explode! Jump around 12 levels and bombard nearly 20 different enemies and bosses alone or with friends.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 21.9% ★, Local Co-Op 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Difficult 10%
- #44 QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger
68% matchPositive97% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Quadri Team
Windows
Team up or battle friends up to 4 players in QUADRICOLOR’s vibrant color-switching chaos: fire Qi-Bullets to spread your color! Compete in monthly online speedrun tournaments and climb the top of the community leaderboards. Perfect for couch co-op parties or solo runs try-hard.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 32.6% ★, 4 Player Local 16.4%, Local Co-Op 12.2%, Arena Shooter 9.9%, 2D Platformer 7.4%
- #45 Jet Set Knights
71% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: FobTi interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Jet Set Knights is an old-school arcade action platformer inspired by classics from the golden age such as Mario Bros, Snow Bros or newest Super Crate Box. If You love retro 2D platformers mixed with tower defense and RPG elements, Jet Set Knight is for You!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.9%, Local Co-Op 21.9%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 9.4%, Difficult 8.6%
- #46 Balacera Brothers
70% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2020
Dev: Merso Entertainment
Windows
Inspired by classic titles like Contra and Sunset Riders, Balacera Brothers is a retro run n' gun game full of color, energetic music, and fast-paced action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Local Co-Op 20.9%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Shooter 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #47 Intersecta
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 11th Dan
Windows
"Intersecta" is an intense tactical top-down space combat game with a stylized sci-fi aesthetic. Devoid of humans, the game is set in another dimension where only cybernetic insects have evolved. The player takes control of an Intersecta fighter pilot hoping to survive an intergalactic invasion.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 32.9% ★, Local Co-Op 28.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Arcade 5%
- #48 Bloody Trapland
70% matchVery Positive82% of 4,030 reviews2013
Dev: 2Play
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Bloody Trapland is a fast-paced multiplayer platformer where the levels are filled with dozens of dangerous traps and tricky jumps that stand in your way! Play co-op with your friends or take on the challenges on your own. With support for up to 4 players at once, local and/or online.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.3%, Co-op Campaign 23.6% ★, 4 Player Local 17.9%, 2D Platformer 9.6%, Difficult 9.3%
- #49 Nightmare Busters Rebirth
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aurora Game StudioPub: Pix'n Love Games
Windows
Hunt down nightmares in the Kingdom of Dreams in this gorgeous, action-packed 2D run 'n gun, playable in local co-op for up to two players!
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 26.5% ★, Local Co-Op 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Platformer 7.7%, Arcade 7.6%
- #50 Guntastic
69% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Ludicrous Games
Windows · Mac
A fast paced couch and online arena brawler with comically violent, one-shot one-kill battles that last for just 25 seconds – after which anyone who's still alive is forcibly eliminated. Explode your friends in this frantic homage to the 16bit coin-op games of the past!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Arena Shooter 11.1%, 2D Platformer 9.3%, Platformer 7.7%
- #51 A Bibelot: Tiret sur Will
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: y-zo studio
Windows · Linux
This is your average precision platformer. Playable in 4 player Coop, a choice to have a speedrun timer for well, speedrunners, tons (maybe an exaggeration) of secrets and places to go out of bounds, tons of achievements, tons of CRT scanlines, and maybe, tons of fun?
Why similar: 4 Player Local 36.3%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Co-op Campaign 14.7% ★, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Platformer 7.7%
- #52 Gun Crazy
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 150 reviews2019
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Robots 13.2%, Difficult 11.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #53 Vectoroids
71% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: LoadUpGames.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast your way through waves of asteroids and UFOs in Arcade Classic Mode. Team up in 4-Player Co-Op, then battle friends in Deathmatch and Last Man Standing across 5 different battle maps. Chase those arcade highscores while keeping the nostalgia alive!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Arena Shooter 15.8%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Arcade 8.9%
- #54 Jack Axe
68% matchMixed67% of 120 reviews2021
Dev: Keybol GamesPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 19.2% ★, Local Co-Op 17.8%, 4 Player Local 16.8%, Difficult 12%, Platformer 8.8%
- #55 Steel Saviour Reloaded
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Commodore SinapsyPub: Commodore Industries
Windows · Linux
Steel Saviour is back! Try yourself at this revised 16: 9 version of a cult side scrolling shooter.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 31.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Local Co-Op 19.1%, Arcade 9.1%, Robots 8.8%
- #56 SUMBR
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LITERICH
Windows
SUMBR is a chaotic 1-8 Player Arena Shooter filled with many weapon and armor augments combinations to craft your perfected build as you battle against enemies soldiers and other players across the solar system, in a variety of PvP & PvE modes, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 18.2%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Shooter 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #57 Last Shape Standing
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Ember Works
Windows
Last Shape Standing is at its core a survival game where each player needs to survive through a multitude of chaotic and fun randomly selected challenges, be it bullet hell, PVP, a zombie apocalypse or even dangerous quizzes!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.5%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Arena Shooter 12.8%, 2D Platformer 10.6%
- #58 miniStrike
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Pollapee
Windows · Mac · Linux
A shoot’em up game with bite-size levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Local Co-Op 21.7%, Shooter 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Action 8.1%
- #59 Assault Android Cactus+
66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,000 reviews2015
Dev: Witch Beam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: 4 Player Local 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Robots 15.5%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Difficult 11.1%
- #60 Robot-X
65% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Isaac Kasdorf
Windows
A fast-paced platform shooter inspired by 90s classics. Follow Robot-X on a journey to protect the city from a new danger, fight bosses and jump over pits in this retro experience.
Why similar: Robots 19%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Platformer 8.9%