60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Retro, Shoot 'Em Up, 2D.
Gray goo is a short retro arcade shooter with lots of upgrades. This game is about destroying goo in space and saving the universe.
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Distant Space
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Retro 14.2%, Side Scroller 10.4%, 1980s 9.7%, Space 8.5%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Space 18.3%, 1980s 9.4%, Arcade 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
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: Retro 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Space 10.4%, Shooter 8.9%
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Retro 10.6%, Space 10.5%, Shooter 9.2%
SPACEMAN is a short, nostalgic, retro Shoot-Em-Up
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Retro 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Side Scroller 9%, 1990's 8.5%
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Retro 14.5%, Space 11.9%, Arcade 10.2%
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Why similar: Retro 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Shooter 13%, Space 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Retro 13.6%, Side Scroller 12.9%, 1980s 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
A sci-fi retro side-scrolling shoot-em-up / rescue game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Side Scroller 11.2%, 1980s 9.9%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.3%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Arcade 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, 1980s 12.5%, Shooter 11.7%, Space 11.3%
A quick and action paced retro styled arcade shooter, or shoot 'em up (shmup) if you like. Perfect to play in short chunks, like when you are waiting for big games to download.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Space 13.6%, 1980s 12.1%, Retro 9.6%, Arcade 8.8%
This game, "FORTRESS DEFENDER", is a side-scrolling power-up shooting game with an 80's flavor. Defeat the enemies that appear one after another, dodge their attacks, and aim for the boss that lurks in the depths of the stage. There are a total of eight stages with various tricks and bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Retro 13.7%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Space 11.3%, 1980s 10.7%
Blast off into Operius DX, a high-speed arcade shooter where you navigate twisting polygonal tunnels, battle waves of enemies, and confront formidable bosses in an endless amount of procedurally-generated levels. How far can you get?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Minimalist 11.5%, 1980s 10.9%, Space 10.4%, Retro 8.7%
Invaders from the Lost Sectors is classic arcade action. Aliens descend with increasing speed towards your base. Shoot them all before they land. Player controlled settings like guided missiles, rate of fire, enemy speed and more help you customize exactly the game experience that you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Space 13.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
A fast-paced retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 1980s side-scrolling space combat. Weave through organic obstacles, survive relentless enemy waves, and defeat powerful end-level bosses in a pure, skill-driven singleplayer experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Retro 13.2%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Space 11.5%, Arcade 9.2%
Thunder Tiger is a fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up, blending 1980s arcade style with futuristic flair. Blast enemies, grab power-ups, and chase high scores in intense 2D stages. Classic retro vibe meets modern gameplay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Side Scroller 15%, 1980s 10%, Arcade 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: Retro 22.2%, 1980s 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 9.7%
Enjoy fast paced action in this retro inspired arcade ShootEm Up Style game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Retro 20%, Space 13.7%, Arcade 12.9%, Casual 11.2%
Icarus, a classic side-scrolling space shoot-em-up tribute! - Thumping soundtrack, Bosses, Multiples, Power-ups, Secrets, BIG levels... ...Give the (free) work in progress / teaser demo a try!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Retro 14.5%, 1980s 9.4%, Space 7.7%
Hyper Frenzy is a free arena-styled singleplayer 2D space shooter using top-down perspective. Fight in different modes against bots, collect various items and use one of the plenty weapons to defeat your opponents. Create your own maps and gametypes.
Why similar: Space 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Retro 10.6%, Minimalist 9.9%, 1980s 8.9%
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Space 14.5%, Side Scroller 13.9%, 1980s 10.6%, Arcade 9.2%
Do you like Tetris? Doesn't matter. Space Garbage is here to rotate Tetris 90 degrees on its head and add a little car to it. Blast and stack your way to the top of the leaderboard with this farm-to-table, indie, retro, solo, arcade... experience!
Why similar: 1980s 13.5%, Space 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.9%, Arcade 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!
Why similar: Space 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Retro 13.8%, Minimalist 13.6%, Casual 13%
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 18.4%, Retro 14.1%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Space 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
Is there a gamepad lying around somewhere?!! Ready to play some real shooter games again? Grab the controller and become an APANO SYN PILOT to face the alien invasion. Connect up to four controllers and shoot until you drop. 100% survival chance on "Easy", low on "Impossible".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Space 15.9%, 1980s 11%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 10%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Space 13%, Arcade 12.1%, Shooter 12.1%
Retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 80's games Fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up with looping battlefields, relentless enemy waves, tactical shields, power-ups and hyperspace jumps
Why similar: 1980s 15.3%, Side Scroller 15%, Arcade 10.8%, Minimalist 10.3%, Retro 9.1%
I.F.O is an old school LCD-style shoot'em up game. You have to shoot UFOs using a classic aircraft and save the animals which kidnapped by the aliens. Let's save the Earth from the aliens! You are the last hero of the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, 1980s 14.2%, Casual 13.3%, Retro 12.5%, Shooter 11.3%
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 19.5%, Space 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Aliens 9.4%, Retro 8.8%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Retro 12.3%, Space 12.1%, Arcade 9.8%
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: Space 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Shooter 9.1%, Retro 9%, Side Scroller 9%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Space 16.2%, Retro 13.5%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Arcade 8.9%
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 11.2%, Space 11%
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 17.2%, Space 16.4%, Retro 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Shooter 9.1%
Terra Bomber is presented as a two dimensional sideways scroller based upon the classic arcade shooters of the 1980s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Space 20.3%, Side Scroller 15.9%, Shooter 12.1%, Casual 11.5%
Cyberpunk 3776 harkens back to the glory days of arcade shoot-em-ups. It all begins on a postapocalyptic earth and proceeds into space. Your journey will be a metaphor about life and death, a road that every person has to walk down alone. The only choices you get while on your path to the inevitable end: keep your head up high or forfeit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Retro 11.5%, Space 11.3%, 1980s 8%
Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.
Why similar: Space 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Retro 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Arcade 8.8%
Beginner friendly 2D vertical and horizontal retro-style little shoot 'em up. Colourful stages with sound and vision inspired by the golden age of video gaming. Totally free introduction to the world of Shmups and Bullet Hell Games!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, 1980s 13.2%, Space 13.2%, Retro 11.2%, 1990's 10.7%
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Space 12.1%, Shooter 11.1%, Retro 10.9%, Arcade 10.6%
Play three* tiny BolHut games developed for April Fools! *There might be a fourth game inside.
Why similar: Retro 22.2%, Minimalist 17.1%, Arcade 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%
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 17.1%, Space 14.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 10.3%
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 20.1%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Retro 11.8%, Arcade 11.8%
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Space 10.9%, Arcade 8%, Pixel Graphics 8%
A 2D Qix-like retro arcade game. Draw lines to capture the canvas and defeat enemies!
Why similar: Retro 22.6%, Minimalist 19.1%, Arcade 17.5%, Casual 16.5%, 2D 10.3%
TROID BLASTER 2 is a physics based asteroids tribute game, featuring: * Random Levels * Gachapon random generated pilots and ships * 30 weapon types to unlock * Physics based! * Hundreds of bite sized levels to play * A graveyard to bury and remember your fallen pilots
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.9%, Minimalist 10.7%, 1980s 9.3%
A free-to-play 90s-style bullet-hell shooter with high-res graphics, unlocked 60+ FPS, single-player campaign, and online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, 1980s 10.2%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.7%
Shmup. Unlock. Customise. Experiment. Upgrade. Basilisk. Petrify. Easy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Minimalist 11.1%, 1980s 10.4%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.2%
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 14.7%, Space 12.4%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 1990's 8.1%
Year 2979, the cosmic entity "IT" threatens to destroy Earth. Take command of the Valkyria Zenith Serenity and use all your skills to face this threat alongside your beautiful operators.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Space 14.9%, 1980s 11.3%, Retro 10.6%, Arcade 9.6%
Dive in the VR arcade shoot-them-up (shmup, shoot'em up, bullet hell). A lot of action is awaiting you. "Insert coin" and jump in the shmup !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Space 12.9%, 1980s 12.7%, 1990's 10.1%, Arcade 8%
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Space 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Casual 10.7%, Arcade 6.8%, Retro 6.5%
Retro Memories: Brick Breaker is a block-breaking game inspired by classic arcade games of the past, making you remember how fun it is to break blocks
Why similar: Retro 21.6%, 1980s 16.3%, Casual 12.3%, Minimalist 12.1%, Arcade 11.1%
Battle for Asciion is a classic horizontal shoot ’em up built entirely from real text characters. No sprites. No pixels. No images. Just pure ASCII action, massive bosses, weapon upgrades and retro arcade challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 10%, 1980s 9.4%
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
Why similar: 1980s 13.6%, Retro 12.3%, Side Scroller 10.3%, 1990's 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
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 18.6%, Side Scroller 16%, Space 11.3%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.6%
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Space 13.2%, Side Scroller 13.2%, 1980s 11.2%, Retro 8.9%
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, 1980s 14.6%, Space 13.4%, Retro 12.1%, 1990's 10.7%
Poop Rocket is a casual sci-fi 2D shooter game. Bomb your way through debris and aliens before the poop power meter runs out. Avoid the debris and aliens, or you'll take damage and die. The game is controlled with your keyboard. Use the arrows to navigate and the space bar to drop bombs.
Why similar: Space 27.3%, Casual 16.7%, 1980s 12.9%, Retro 11.1%, Arcade 11%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Side Scroller 19.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
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 19.6%, Space 18.3%, Shooter 11.3%, Retro 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
