
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
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Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Score Attack 8.2%, 1980s 7.2%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, 1990's 10%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 6.1%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Score Attack 10%, Arcade 9.1%
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, 1980s 13%, Score Attack 11.3%, 1990's 9.4%
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Score Attack 7.8%, 1980s 7.1%
Steel Alcimus is a top-down helicopter shooter. Complete various tasks with your ally aircraft; such as saving the carrier, taking down the buildings, carrying objects, etc.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Score Attack 8.9%, 1980s 8.4%, Shooter 8.2%
Killon is a retro shooter that features exhilarating combat, manic enemies and a charged cannon waiting to be unleashed. Fly a starship across the universe and restore the future today.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Score Attack 9.2%, 1980s 9%, Shooter 8.5%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Score Attack 9.1%, 1990's 7%
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Score Attack 10.9%, Arcade 6.3%, Shooter 6.2%
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 23.1%, Score Attack 12.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Top-Down 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 9.4%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Score Attack 15.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Retro 7.8%, 1980s 7.7%
High-School Heroines Take to the Skies!A fully-voiced bullet hell shoot-'em-up that's friendly to newcomers!Wipe out the AI robot army and save the day!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 10.4%, Top-Down 8.5%
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Score Attack 8.9%
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 23.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Score Attack 11%, Top-Down Shooter 9.2%, Shooter 8.9%
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 1980s 13%, Retro 9.2%, Shooter 6.9%
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.5%, Score Attack 8%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Score Attack 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 8.6%, Shooter 7.8%
A post-apocalyptic arcade shooter. Collect fuel and dodge enemy fire as you fight back against the evil Scorpio gang. Mixes cars, shmups and themes that would have been right at home in 80's anime and arcades..
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, 1980s 11.6%, Score Attack 9%, Shooter 8.8%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, 1980s 9.4%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8%
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Score Attack 13%, 1990's 8%, Top-Down 7.9%
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Score Attack 10.3%, 1980s 9.9%, Shooter 8.6%
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 11.5%, 1990's 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, 1980s 11.6%, 1990's 9.3%, Arcade 9.1%
A reinterpretation of retro games like Space Invaders and Galaga with a modern twist. Battle through planetary sectors using elemental abilities that combine for powerful effects and make bosses vanish. If you’re looking for a short, modernized retro-style game, this is perfect for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shooter 11%, 1990's 8.6%, Arcade 8.1%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.9%, 1990's 8.1%
Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Score Attack 9.5%, Shooter 8.9%, 1980s 8.7%
A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shooter 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, 1980s 11%, Retro 10%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Score Attack 10.1%, 1980s 9.7%
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 10.8%, 1980s 10.7%, Arcade 9.5%
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 11.3%, 1990's 10.9%, Arcade 10.1%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Arcade 11.2%, Top-Down 8.2%, 1990's 8.1%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Score Attack 10.3%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 8.2%
Lt Blitz has the city sieged, and it's your job to destroy his troops. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your jet and and try to take on this challenge! Burning Skies is a free, endless retro shmup, that will take you right back to the era of arcade machines, with modernized graphics and gameplay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, 1980s 11.2%, Shooter 10.1%, 1990's 9%
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, 1980s 12.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 8.9%
Jump into endless fights in this arcade game. You have just one job: Survive as long as you can and beat your score over and over. The enemies are stronger with each wave so your journey to great score would not be easy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Score Attack 16.7%, Arcade 12.3%, Shooter 7.1%
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 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11%, 1980s 9.3%
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 12.9%, 1980s 11.3%, Top-Down 8.3%
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, 1980s 10.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9.3%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 7.1%, Top-Down 6.9%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Score Attack 9.1%, Shooter 8.9%, Top-Down 7.7%
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Score Attack 8.5%, Arcade 7.6%
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, 1980s 11.6%, 1990's 9.8%, Score Attack 9.5%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Score Attack 15.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7.5%
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 14.6%, Score Attack 9.2%, 1990's 9%, Top-Down 7.9%
Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Score Attack 15.4%, Arcade 9.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 6.9%
Devastator is a retro-modern arcade twin-stick shooter. Featuring spectacular, fluid visuals (with 4k and 120hz+ support), heart-pounding music and sound, and intuitive, intense, and varied gameplay, Devastator is the ultimate twin-stick shooter for people who love twin-stick shooters!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Score Attack 13.5%, 1980s 11.1%, Arcade 8.8%
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Score Attack 15.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Retro 7.8%, 1980s 7.6%
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 23.4%, Shooter 13.6%, 1980s 11.6%, Arcade 10.9%, 1990's 9.2%
A fast pace retro arcade shooter. Fight waves of zombies and dragons with a great gun collection. Battle five wild bosses all while trying to keep the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12.2%, 1980s 11.4%
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 11.8%, Score Attack 11.5%, Arcade 6.9%
Beginner Welcome Bullet Hell Shooter. "Chapter Mode", which is starting from a simple stage and gradually becoming more difficult, is recommended for beginners. Once you get used to bullet hell, let's experience full-scale bullet hell in "Challenge Mode".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Score Attack 10.1%, Top-Down 9.1%
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.8%
"Comet Soldier" is a 2D top-down view action shooting game. Advance through the battlefield and defeat the bosses that await.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, 1980s 11.8%, Shooter 10.2%, 1990's 9.8%
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 32.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 11.6%, Score Attack 8%, Top-Down 8%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 12.1%, 1980s 9.3%
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Top-Down 11%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.9%
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.5%, 1990's 8.8%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, 1980s 13.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 11.4%, 1990's 10.8%