60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Shooter, Singleplayer.
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!?
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Side Scroller 22.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 8%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 14%, Action 9.2%
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 26.1%, Side Scroller 19%, Shooter 12.2%, 1990's 9.8%, Arcade 9.8%
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 23%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 13%, 1990's 8.7%
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 23.9%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 9.8%, 1990's 8.8%
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 27.8%, Side Scroller 26.4%, Arcade 13.4%, Retro 8.6%, Shooter 7.6%
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 23.1%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 10.4%, 1990's 9.7%
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Side Scroller 13%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 9.7%, Retro 8.7%
DRUNKEN BARON is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter inspired by classic flappy-style games. Keep your plane in the air by tapping the button, fly through chaotic corridors, shoot invading aliens, drop bombs, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Side Scroller 16.2%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 14.3%, 1990's 10.8%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Arcade 12.5%, Shooter 9.8%, 1990's 7.3%
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 25.9%, Side Scroller 22%, Shooter 13.3%, Retro 11.4%, Arcade 11.1%
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Side Scroller 29.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
COTTOn Boomerang, the explosive and timeless witch girl shooting game, is finally back! There are team battles this time! Take full advantage of all the amplified action and push forward!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 13%, 1990's 12.2%
Set in the Pumpkin Kingdom which has lost its national treasure—the "Bluewater Willow," this brain-stimulating action-shooter follows Cotton, a witch with the biggest appetite in the universe, and Appli, the most tomboyish girl in the royal family.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 12.9%, 1990's 12.2%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 16%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Action 10.4%
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 32%, Shooter 15%, Arcade 12.6%, 1990's 8%, Bullet Hell 7%
Three years after Sengoku Ace. The long-awaited sequel arrives!! Saikyo's side-scrolling shooter. The first installment!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 13.6%, 1990's 10%
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 24.7%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 10.4%, 1990's 6.1%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 13.7%, 1990's 9.7%, Action 9%
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 25.2%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 12.1%, Bullet Hell 6.3%
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 34.6%, Side Scroller 24.8%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 7.2%
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 23.6%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 11.2%, 1990's 8.9%
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 30.3%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Shooter 11.8%, Retro 8.7%, Arcade 7.9%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Shooter 16.6%, Retro 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Score Attack 8%
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 31.5%, Side Scroller 23.2%, Shooter 9.2%, Retro 9.1%, 1990's 8.5%
SPACEMAN is a short, nostalgic, retro Shoot-Em-Up
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Side Scroller 14.2%, 1990's 11.6%, Retro 8.8%, Arcade 8.4%
You are the Squad Killer! Blast through this retro arcade experience guns blazing! Hope you brought your reflexes because this pixel art massacre offers some good old hard core button mashing fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Arcade 15%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 10.3%
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 32%, Side Scroller 23.3%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 5.7%
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 27%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 10.6%, Retro 8.5%
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 34.8%, Shooter 15%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
Lead the vegetable revolution alone or with a friend in the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Rutabaga Desert Storm! Take down wave after wave of enemies, dodge their projectiles, and grab power-ups to boost your destruction! Can you defeat the oppressive humans and free the proletariat vegetable masses?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Arcade 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Score Attack 6.4%
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 24.3%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 6.4%
This is the biggest news title of 2021. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Shooter 22.8%, Action 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, 2D 5.2%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Retro 8.3%
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 21.2%, Side Scroller 16%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 11.2%, 1990's 10.3%
『StanÇact』is a cute and sexy girl-on-girl SHOOT'EM UP. Mai, a military officer, is on her way to quell a riot, but the rioters and the military have teamed up and are on the rampage and the head of the military was the ringleader.Witness one woman's struggle to complete her mission amidst the chaos!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Side Scroller 19%, Shooter 11.8%, 1990's 9.9%, Arcade 9.6%
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 24.8%, Side Scroller 22.6%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 13.2%, Bullet Hell 6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Arcade 21.2%, Shooter 18.1%, 1990's 11.6%, Action 7.9%
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 25.8%, Side Scroller 21.2%, Arcade 13.1%, 1990's 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
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 26.2%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12.6%, Bullet Hell 6.6%
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 27.5%, Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 15.6%, Action 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
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 32.2%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 12.6%, 1990's 9.9%, Retro 8.9%
Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Side Scroller 19%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 12.9%, Action 9.3%
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 25.8%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.3%, Bullet Hell 6.5%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Shooter 17.9%, Arcade 17.3%, Action 11%, Retro 6.2%
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 28.5%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 11.4%, 1990's 11.2%, Action 10.5%
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.1%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 8.7%, Shooter 6.3%
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 41.1%, Arcade 13.3%, Shooter 11.8%, Side Scroller 11.3%, Action 6.4%
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 25.2%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 8.1%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Arcade 15.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Retro 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%
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: Side Scroller 27.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12.1%, Bullet Hell 7.4%
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 24.7%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 11.3%, Retro 9.2%
Up for some retro arcade action? Extra weapons, upgrades, smart bombs etc are your favorite tools? Then this great arcade clone is for you! Survive waves of evil creatures in this fantastic, fast paced side scroller. If you like games like Defender, Data Storm or Drop Zone, you will LOVE Fairy Fire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12%, Retro 8.1%
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 30.7%, Arcade 15.1%, Shooter 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Bullet Hell 7.1%
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Retro 6.6%
Saikyo Fantasy Action Shooting Game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Side Scroller 15.2%, Arcade 13.1%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 9.4%
Frenetic action and LCD aesthetic! In this 2D Shoot 'Em Up, switch between a robot hero and his benign tumor to stop a bizarre cult. You have 8 hours to save humanity's memory: defeat grotesque bosses, ride the skies on your Future Board, and master the chaos in a retro-futuristic Tokyo.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Arcade 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Retro 9.8%, Action 9.5%
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 39.6%, Shooter 21%, 1990's 15.9%, Action 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Shoot lasers in space because a fish told you to. Ernesto's Asteroid Arcade is a twin-stick side-scrolling space shoot-em-up which tells the story of a man side-scrolling in space and shooting-em-up with twin-sticks. This game has at least 2 characters in it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 16.4%, Action 11.4%
