Games Like GUNBUTCHER: RELOADED

Survive an alien invasion in 90 seconds with your trusty companion Rooster! Exterminate your enemies using powerful weapons!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.1%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Action 12.8%, Arcade 11.3%

Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Roguelite 11.4%, Arcade 11.2%, Action 9.3%

You were created by a few scientists for a suicide mission. How long can you survive by clearing mutant slimes?

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Roguelite 10.6%, Arcade 10.4%

Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 10%

Build a neon warship from salvaged attachments, fight through a 50-level space campaign, and forge a unique pilot legend across story-driven and score-chasing Bullet Hell modes.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action 9.3%

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%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Arcade 15.8%, Action 12.6%, Shooter 10%

An upward-scrolling roguelite shmup. Every run, draft from 40+ stacking items and 10 active equipments into a build that fills the screen with damage. Fork your bullets, chain lightning, collapse a black hole. Then die, upgrade your ship and climb higher.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Action Roguelike 19.4%, Roguelite 10.3%, Action 8.3%

Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Action 21.5%, Arcade 13.1%, Shooter 8.4%

Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Action 18%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 10.5%

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 34.3%, Bullet Hell 29.6%, Arcade 15.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 8.2%

An incremental shoot 'em up with an oldschool aesthetic and an intense gameplay loop. Fight through 9 levels of a grueling training simulation, growing stronger with every loop, and realize ignorance truly is bliss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Action 12.3%, Arcade 11.3%

A roguelite bullet-hell shooter where table tennis meets ancient mythology. Wield your paddle to strike enemies with bouncing balls, retrieve them to attack again, and craft powerful builds through strategic upgrades.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Action 14.4%, Arcade 13.8%, Roguelite 12.7%

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 34.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 10.6%, Shooter 8%

Metal Head Warfare is one of the best fast-paced shooting games in 4K and 120 FPS, modern and with wonderful graphics, where players collect super powers and become increasingly powerful to defeat chaos and evil in a world on the brink of the abyss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 23%, Arcade 13.1%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelite 10.8%

Starship Architect is a high-octane roguelike where every decision counts. Battle relentless enemies, choose from a dynamic arsenal of weapons and upgrades, and strategically assemble your ship. Unlock powerful new parts after each run and craft the perfect starship.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 10.9%, Arcade 10.5%

SSATNOTMM is a small action game with roguelite elements. Survive waves of enemies, buy permanent upgrades, befriend colorful characters, die and do it all over again.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Arcade 12.6%, Roguelite 9.5%

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 37.2%, Bullet Hell 28.4%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 12.4%, Shooter 6.6%

Survive waves of alien invaders. Upgrade your weapons and create insane builds. Addictive arcade roguelike action awaits you!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Action Roguelike 24%, Action 11.5%, Aliens 7.2%

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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Arcade 16.3%, Action 14.9%, Shooter 10.6%

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 32.3%, Bullet Hell 27%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 12.5%, Roguelite 11.8%

La Furia de las Trenzas is a survivor-like roguelite where you'll face relentless hordes of British soldiers trying to capture Buenos Aires. Recruit your platoon of soldiers with special abilities and defend the town square!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Roguelite 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Arcade 11%

A simple, action-packed, arcade bullet hell game with progression system and some roguelite elements, where almost everything is a square! There are 100 randomized waves of enemies to beat, which includes 4 deadly boss encounters.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 42.2%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Action 9.8%, Roguelite 7.9%

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 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 9.9%, Shooter 9.8%

Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 13%, Shooter 8.4%

Delve into the depths of an accursed ocean in this top-down bullet hell roguelike. Battle impossible odds, amass hoards of treasure, and become incredibly powerful - or drown trying.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 9.5%, Arcade 8.3%

Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Action 23.2%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Arcade 16.1%, Shooter 9%

Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across fully destructible landscapes.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.3%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Action 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Arcade 13.4%

Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 25%, Action 15.9%, Arcade 11.9%, Action Roguelike 7.6%

High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Arcade 15.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Action 8.2%

This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Action 17.6%, Arcade 17.1%, Shooter 10.8%

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 32.3%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Arcade 13.5%, Action 11.1%, Shooter 10.2%

Addictive fast-paced shoot-em-up with beautiful 3D graphics and an amazing soundtrack. 5 ships to choose from and 5 action-packed Stages.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Bullet Hell 30%, Action 15.9%, Arcade 14.4%, Indie 3%

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 35.4%, Action 27%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Arcade 11.5%

Space Slinger is an arcade roguelike about a traveler and his recoil-packed gun where you shoot to move. Unlock unique weapons and broken builds as you conquer space one enemy at a time.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 9.8%, Arcade 8.4%

Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Roguelite 10.6%, Procedural Generation 10.5%

A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Arcade 13%, Action 10.9%, Shooter 10%

One input. Two arenas. One gun. Your clones move in perfect lockstep across a split screen, so a wall on either side stops you both and only the clone holding the gun can shoot. Throw it across the divider and keep the swarm off you.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.4%, Action Roguelike 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 8.1%

Help to restore the power of the last crypt in the fantasy world! With the power of Death herself, obtain new heroes, guns and skills to create powerful combinations in this roguelite top down survivors game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Action 15.7%, Shooter 10.1%

Generations of Destruction is a simple rougelite horizontal shoot’em up with short play sessions. Get more powerful as you play through each randomly generated level. A prefect game for when you only have a few minutes to play.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Aliens 12%, Action 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

Join the quest to overtake the void and become a hero! In this game, you will slay your enemies in a point and click fashion and overtake the void for good, or so you think... Join the quest in taking over the void to find out!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Arcade 14.4%, Shooter 9.8%

Fight pests and insects to protect your garden!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Action Roguelike 22.2%, Action 12.1%, Shooter 9.2%

Fight through hordes of enemies in this action roguelite, find random weapons and discover secret card combos to create devastating builds and survive the chaos.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Roguelite 11.4%, Arcade 9.5%

Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Action 8.1%, Arcade 7.9%, Shooter 4.2%

The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Arcade 16.1%, Action 15.6%, Shooter 10.5%

A short, free danmaku bullet hell following two gun-wielding angels as war unfolds in Heaven. Dodge dense Touhou-style patterns, face demanding boss fights, and uncover skill-based secrets in this tight retro experience. Survive the bullet hell and restore the bullet heaven!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 12%, Shooter 9.9%

A fast-paced action roguelike where skill beats firepower. Outmaneuver swarms, harness Poison/Inflame/Traumatize, and expand the game with mods & co-op.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Aliens 9.8%

The Journey of Piggy is a roguelike adventure game with fast-paced, shoot 'em up combat set in a beautifully hand-drawn world. Choose from a variety of weapons, cards and power-ups to create unique builds and survive until the end.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 8.2%

Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Bullet Hell 31.5%, Action 20.6%, Arcade 11.8%, Indie 3.7%

Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 11%, Procedural Generation 10%

A small shoot 'em up that combines the charm of retro arcades with innovative gameplay mechanics, delivering a fresh yet familiar experience. A single coin gives you as many attempts as you want to get the world's high score.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Bullet Hell 36.1%, Arcade 22.2%, Action 2.7%

Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter where bullet heaven meets bullet hell. Evolve your ship, master your loadout and turn the tide against hordes of enemies. You may be outnumbered, but you are far from outpowered.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 10.6%, Arcade 9.5%

It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Arcade 14.6%, Shooter 11%, Action 10.5%

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 34.3%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Arcade 15.5%, Action 10.6%, Shooter 10%

A 2D retro action rogue-like game inspired by the original Space Invaders arcade experience. Shoot down incoming alien waves and upgrade your turret. Discover and defeat bosses, and unlock permanent upgrades, turret classes, and challenging difficulty modifiers!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.4%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 10.1%

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 46.9%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Arcade 11%, Action 9.1%, Shooter 4.9%

Abyssal Tides is a fast-paced naval bullet-hell roguelite—pilot a sloop, stack upgrades mid-battle, and fend off 30 handcrafted enemy waves to save the world from the Void. Leap over rolling swells and crush your foes with arrows and cannon fire to rekindle humanity’s hope.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 8.2%