Games Like Herringen

Soar through the sky at intense speed while gracefully dodging perilously close obstacles. Test your reflexes and precision maneuvering ability as you master the challenging but intuitive skill of flight. Greater risk means greater reward!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.9%, Flight 21.4%, Difficult 14.7%, Score Attack 13.6%, Physics 7.2%

A no nonsense, no autofire hiscore attack. A fast-paced, reflex-based topdown shoot 'em up. Like 1980s arcade-flavoured ice cream with laser blast sprinkles :)

Why similar: Fast-Paced 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Score Attack 12.4%

Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Score Attack 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Retro 9.1%

Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.6%, Flight 16.9%, Difficult 10.9%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%

Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.6%, Score Attack 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Difficult 12.5%

RADARjAM consists of the constant unpredictability of your enemy’s location. Dodge what you can't see in your radar equipped fighter!

Why similar: Flight 27.9%, Fast-Paced 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Arcade 9.2%

Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! "Dark Gravity" is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot'em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.6%, Flight 13.6%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Score Attack 10.2%, Difficult 9.7%

Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Fast-Paced 15%, Arcade 10.8%, Difficult 10%

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 16.9%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Score Attack 11.7%, Arcade 10.7%, Difficult 10.6%

Set the skies ablaze in this explosive 2D arcade dogfighting shooter! Target enemy carriers to cripple fleets, dodge relentless battleships, and outmaneuver swarms of fighters. As a Phoenix Squadron pilot, you are the final rampart against tyranny and your nation’s last hope to rise from the ashes.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.3%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Difficult 11.7%, Score Attack 9.8%

Thunder Chase pits you against never ending missiles. Protected by a time slowing Armor and with various Boosts, survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.2%, Score Attack 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Difficult 16.3%, Arcade 10.5%

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Fast-Paced 12.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Flight 9.4%

Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelite in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior baddies. Your jet evolves differently on each run and becomes stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 300+ available items.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 19.7%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Flight 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%

Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Difficult 10.6%, Score Attack 10.2%

Originally created by Seibu Kaihatsu, Raiden series comes back with a four-title compilation of these classic scrolling arcade shooter games we enjoyed being challenged with back in the days.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Arcade 12.3%, Retro 11%, Fast-Paced 11%, Flight 10.2%

In a few words Invasion is fast and furious game. Inspired by Galaxian, this game builds upon the great mechanic with new features and sleek modern performance. Just fight without hesitation. Who hesitates will die!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Difficult 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Arcade 8.7%

Master the difficult art of dodging bullets while blasting thruster flame in the face of your enemies. No guns, no upgrades, no level-ups. Just your reflexes against an endless bullet hell maze of death. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.3%, Difficult 16.3%, Score Attack 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Arcade 8.3%

COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Difficult 16.1%, Retro 8.8%, Arcade 7.8%

Climb into the cockpit of an overpowered micro unit and fight against an invisible enemy that threatens the Human race. Progress through numerous enemy waves and bosses across more than 7 levels filled with action, secrets, and more !

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Fast-Paced 13.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Score Attack 9.2%

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 15.7%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Difficult 12.6%, Flight 10.2%, Shooter 9.4%

Temples vs Buildings is a roguelike with shoot'em up elements. The player will control flying temples of many cultures and fight against a vast array of flying buildings.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.6%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Difficult 14%, Arcade 9.2%

In this retro space shooter you will have the opportunity to take control of a space fighter and crush waves of enemies. Show all your agility and reaction!

Why similar: Flight 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.1%

Vulture Strike is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you have the ability to travel between 2 parallel timelines whenever you want.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Difficult 17.8%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Arcade 10%

A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 17%, Retro 12.4%, Arcade 12.2%

Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Difficult 15.8%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Retro 12.2%, Arcade 9.1%

Speedgunner Ultra is a dynamic platformer in which you can transform your character into a combat aircraft by pressing a button. Use all sorts of tricks to speed up and try to complete the level faster than anyone else.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.9%, Difficult 13.9%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Flight 10.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.7%

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Difficult 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.7%, Retro 7.6%

Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Score Attack 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 8.9%

Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17.9%, Difficult 11.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Bullet Hell 9.6%, Simulation 7.7%

Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Score Attack 17.7%, Shooter 12.8%, Retro 10.5%, Bullet Hell 9.2%

Fuel is life. Survive relentless alien swarms in this fast-paced arcade shooter featuring auto-targeting weapons, deadly terrain navigation, and score-chasing chaos.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 17%, Difficult 11.6%, Score Attack 11.1%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%

Take to the skies to battle enemy spaceships, tanks, drones, UFO and eventually die.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.1%, Flight 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Arcade 8.4%

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.4%, Score Attack 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Difficult 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%

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 23%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 11.2%, Score Attack 8.8%

Pyro Fighters is a scrolling space shooter with platforming physics. Use your flame gun to propel yourself in the air and fight through an alien army with up to four players.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Difficult 14.2%, Retro 9.7%

Speed Limit is a non-stop genre-warping arcade experience that never slows down. No cuts, no lapses in the chaos, Speed Limit is an old-school action extravaganza boiled down to its core elements: Hard. Fast. Addictive. Now with a free Arcade Edition update!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 22%, Flight 13.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Score Attack 11.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%

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 16%, Difficult 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Score Attack 11.4%, Shooter 9.1%

In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 27%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Difficult 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Shooter 9.6%

It's a pixel art space shooter that has some other ways to help defeat enemies besides just shooting/bombing them directly. Different abilities to help you avoid damage or defeat enemies. You also can upgrade your aircraft to defeat powerful enemy.

Why similar: Flight 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Score Attack 11.3%, Shooter 9.7%

Space Monkeys is a solo-developed, fast-paced action game where you must unleash your inner ape to face 12 unique levels in space. Use skill and strategy to dodge lasers, evade enemies, and collect bananas in zero-gravity on your journey to escape a retro-styled evil space station.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 28.1%, Difficult 19.4%, Retro 13%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 7.3%

Moon Dancer is a vertically scrolling shmup featuring an exhilarating lock-on laser.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Score Attack 18.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Retro 11.4%, Difficult 8.7%

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: Fast-Paced 23.6%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Shooter 10.3%, Retro 9.8%

The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?

Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.7%, Difficult 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Score Attack 11.1%, Shooter 9.1%

Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Score Attack 9.4%

Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Retro 12.2%, Difficult 9.9%, Arcade 8.6%

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 19.7%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Retro 12%, Arcade 11%, Score Attack 8.9%

【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Fast-Paced 12.2%, Score Attack 8.2%, Arcade 6.6%

Railgunners is a shooter built to highly customizable difficulty levels. Fight your way through hundreds of enemy ships, and help humanity fight back against the alien invasion!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 13.7%, Retro 9.7%, Arcade 8%

The Fruggle is real! Four brave survivors need to protect mother earth from spacey invaders in this pixelated arcade style 2d shoot 'm up.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Difficult 11.4%, Retro 10.4%, Arcade 8.9%

SkyRecoil is a fast-paced action game where you crush enemies with a powerful hammer and use explosive recoil to dash across the battlefield. Dodge bullets, defeat enemies, unlock upgrades, and grow stronger with every fight!

Why similar: Flight 21.8%, Fast-Paced 18.9%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Difficult 13%, Retro 6.2%

Flying Flogger is an arcade WWII dogfight. It’s a side view fast-paced air combat game with simple controls, minimalist design and smooth animation.

Why similar: Flight 22.7%, Fast-Paced 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Difficult 10.4%, Bullet Hell 9.4%

The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.

Why similar: Fast-Paced 25.4%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Difficult 13%, Retro 9.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.8%

Arise Wyver and fly against overwhelming odds in this modern labor of love tribute to classic shoot'em ups!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Score Attack 12.4%, Difficult 12.3%, Arcade 9.1%

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: Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Flight 14.8%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 12%

Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Score Attack 14.2%, Difficult 13.3%, Arcade 10.3%

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: Difficult 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Shooter 9.8%, Fast-Paced 9.1%

Complete tasks and survive the oncoming enemy waves for as long as possible! Are you good enough? Are you a frequent flyer?

Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.3%, Flight 20.1%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Score Attack 12.7%, Shooter 8%

Pilot a lone ship through a collapsing orbital station in a modern 2.5D shoot ’em up. Block bullets with a 360° directional shield, destroy grotesque wreck-born enemies, defeat colossal bosses, and build new upgrade paths with every run — a love letter to classic shoot ’em ups.

Why similar: Flight 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Difficult 12.5%, Score Attack 12.1%

Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Difficult 14%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 9.5%

Inspired by classic arcade shooters, Space Mayhem is a fast-paced score chaser with a retro style. Collect powerups, manage your ammo, obtain massive score multipliers, and blast your way through infinite, chaotic waves of enemies!

Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.3%, Score Attack 16.7%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Difficult 12.7%, Retro 9%