
I Got Isekai’d into a Shmup is a vertical shoot’em up game inspired by the best games of the 90s genre, while adding exciting features and local co-op for up to 4 players.
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I Got Isekai’d into a Shmup is a vertical shoot’em up game inspired by the best games of the 90s genre, while adding exciting features and local co-op for up to 4 players.

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Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !

Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special
Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!
Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, 4 Player Local 16.4%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, 1990's 8.8%
Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 1990's 13.5%, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Arcade 10.4%
Blaze through 7 action packed levels in this sci-fi shoot 'em up made to test even the toughest of shmup veterans. No tricks and no gimmicks; all you have is your raw skill. Board the Phoenix G7, and blast those alien lifeforms to interstellar space!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 15%, 1990's 12.6%, Action 9%
Shoot the enemy at close range! Crystal Breaker is a vertically scrolling shmup that focuses on close range attack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, 1990's 16.8%, Arcade 14.6%, Bullet Hell 8.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Arcade 15%, 1990's 13.5%, Action 9.4%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Arcade 13.8%, 1990's 12.9%, Bullet Hell 11%, Action 8.5%
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Local Co-Op 14%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, 1990's 7.4%, Arcade 6.5%
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Local Co-Op 10.8%, 4 Player Local 10.4%, Space 10.4%
Warding Witches offers a classic, unapologetic bullet hell shoot ‘em up challenge while also putting defense into players’ hands. Experience an adrenaline-filled flow alternating between attacking, defending and dodging, amplified by an intuitive scoring system that weaves into gameplay seamlessly.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Arcade 15%, Local Co-Op 10.9%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Arcade 14.6%, 1990's 10.6%, Local Co-Op 8.9%
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 27.9%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Arcade 11.4%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
This is an action based flappy game turned up to eleven. In the main arcade mode the player is unlocked and able to flap around the length of the screen dodging obstacles, fighting enemies and engaging a stage boss at the end of every level. This is a fully flushed out flappy game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Arcade 16.5%, 1990's 15.5%, Action 10.6%, Cartoony 9.4%
A PIONEER OF THE BULLET HELL GENRE BY TOAPLAN IS BACK!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, 1990's 14.6%, Bullet Hell 13%, Arcade 12.8%, War 7.9%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Arcade 14.3%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, 1990's 11.8%, Action 8.3%
RED TITANS is a single player vertical shoot em up, use the resources available to stop the threat, you will have to be very skillful since there are no continues.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Arcade 15%, 1990's 14.6%, Action 9.5%
Set sail for 17th-century British Colonial Mars in Jamestown+: a cooperative shoot-em-up for 1-4 brave souls, designed to be exciting for players of all skill levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, 4 Player Local 23.4%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
A science fiction-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game known for its stunning detailed pixel art, gigantic bosses, and a menacing difficulty. From the legendary studio Toaplan, this is quite possibly the most rock and roll shooting game of all time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, 1990's 12.8%, Arcade 11.5%, Futuristic 8.5%
ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Hell 14%, Arcade 13%, Futuristic 8.7%, Local Co-Op 7.8%
Beautiful oni-girls battle hordes of yokai in this side-view bullethell SHMUP. Every year yokai take to the streets to celebrate at Hyakki Yagyō, the night parade of the hundred yokai. But this year they didn't invite the oni twins, so they're going to ruin the party!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Arcade 14.7%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Anime 8.5%
PowerUp and BusterAttack! Despite the beauty of the Danmaku aggressive playing leads to victory in this Makaism Danmaku shooter. The Danmaku Garden awaits you. There's even a cat!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 12.4%, 1990's 12%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, 4 Player Local 14.1%, Arcade 7.3%
The steel wolf running across the earth × the sonic corpse that buries its prey. DECO shooting game redeployed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, 1990's 16.4%, Arcade 12.6%, Robots 9.6%, War 8.4%
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 25.6%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Arcade 10.6%, Robots 10.1%, 1990's 8.1%
【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 31.6%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Arcade 8.5%, Anime 6.7%
Shütshimi is a randomized shoot'em up about a muscle-bound fish with memory problems defending the seven seas. Defeat or navigate through waves of enemies, collecting new upgrades every 10 seconds that change up the gameplay as you battle your way through each of the game's bosses.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Local Co-Op 19.3%, Action 8.8%, Indie 6.2%
Stranded in the abyss is a shoot-em-up in a unique sci-fi sci-environment where you command a massive squad of ships in an endless war Against an evil rebellion. Shoot command and bomb your way through hundreds of enemy fighters, capital ships, and skirmishes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Space 7.8%, War 7.8%
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, 1990's 16.7%, Space 9.1%, Bullet Hell 8.6%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
Kamio Recoil is an exploration shooter, where every shot propels you through zero-gravity! Play as an assembled squad of five girls equipped with Spirit Arms as they maneuver through intricate areas and blast away the yokai invasion in order to defend the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Anime 9.9%, Arcade 9.4%, Bullet Hell 9%
“TWINKLE STAR SPRITES ”, a competitive 2D top-down view scrolling shooter released on NEOGEO MVS in 1996, departs for new adventures on the Steam gaming platform!Master your shots, and aim for the magical Twinkle Star”!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Arcade 15%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, 1990's 12.4%, Anime 9.5%
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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 15.2%, 1990's 12%, Action 8.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Action 6.8%, Retro 6.7%
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 34.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Arcade 13.4%, 1990's 11.2%, Action 6.9%
Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Arcade 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Action 8.1%, Female Protagonist 6.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Arcade 13.5%, 1990's 10.1%, Space 6.3%
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 21.2%, 1990's 13.1%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Arcade 10.2%, War 7.4%
Pretty Kitty Fuzzy is a 2D "bullet-hell" shmup! Help Fuzzy save the universe with the power of love and positivity through nine whimsical stages. There are tons of lore and features in this puuurrr-fect shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Anime 9.2%
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.4%, Local Co-Op 13.9%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Action 6.5%
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.6%, Arcade 14.5%, 4 Player Local 13.7%, Bullet Hell 9.7%, Local Co-Op 7.8%
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 26.3%, Arcade 14.9%, 1990's 12.6%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Action 9.3%
Inspired by classic titles like Contra and Sunset Riders, Balacera Brothers is a retro run n' gun game full of color, energetic music, and fast-paced action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Local Co-Op 15.9%, 1990's 12.6%, Arcade 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 10.4%, Anime 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
Sky Racket is a game that mixes two classic genres from the Arcade era: Shoot’em up and Brick Breakers. In a world where you are unable to attack, using your racket to strike enemy bullets back at them is your only option! Bounce bullets back at your foes and save the galaxy!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Local Co-Op 16.2%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, 1990's 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Arcade 10%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Action 7.9%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Arcade 12.3%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
Introducing FixEight, Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game featuring eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons. Embark on an exhilarating cosmic escapade with up to three players at once. Now on PC with modern extras!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36%, Arcade 17.8%, 1990's 12.2%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, 2D 6.8%
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 31.3%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Arcade 15.2%, Futuristic 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, 4 Player Local 19%, Local Co-Op 16.1%, Space 11.9%, Action 9.5%
Rogue asteroids have been detected heading toward earth. You are the pilot of experimental spacecrafts to destroy the impending danger. Fight solo or up to 4 players. Outerspace is full of lethal rocks and strange creatures out to stop you. Don't let your planet down!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Arcade 14.4%, 4 Player Local 13.3%, Local Co-Op 8.4%, Space 7.5%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Action 12.9%, Arcade 11.9%, Space 8.5%
Graze the enemy’s bullets, Charge them head-on, and Wreak Havoc!!An exhilarating and dangerous shoot-em-up! This is a game for those with courage and survival instinct!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, 1990's 12.3%, Arcade 10.7%, Female Protagonist 10.1%
For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, 4 Player Local 17.9%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Local Co-Op 12%, Arcade 9.7%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Anime 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Female Protagonist 8%
Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Arcade 14.8%, Bullet Hell 13%, War 8.2%, Retro 7.9%
WARNING! Dual Gunstrike is a 100-Mega Shock!/32-bit inspired horizontal shmup. Choose between 4 heroes and blast into space to stop a mysterious multi-dimensional creature from destroying humanity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, 1990's 15.8%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Arcade 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.5%
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, 4 Player Local 20.4%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, 1990's 11.5%, Arcade 10.8%
Three years after Sengoku Ace. The long-awaited sequel arrives!! Saikyo's side-scrolling shooter. The first installment!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Arcade 14.9%, 1990's 14.2%, Bullet Hell 12%, Action 9%
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 27.8%, 1990's 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Arcade 8.2%
Stop time and project yourself through space with “Time-stop warp” magic, pass through physical obstacles, dodge incoming bullets and shoot down your enemies! A satisfying shooter, filled with dark humor!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Anime 8.8%