
Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!
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Incandescent 2 is a retro inspired fast paced twin stick shooter that will challenge you the longer you play. Pilot your ship and defeat the many waves of enemies in your way. Challenge your friends to beat your score in the Steam Leaderboards!

Incandescent
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.

Ion Assault
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Action 22.2%, Indie 15.6%, Arcade 8.2%
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.3%, Action 24.7%, Indie 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Arcade 8.5%
Tachyon Project is a dual stick shooter heavily inspired by classic shoot'em ups. We’ve combined many unique enemy types, a large variety of weapons and power-ups with innovative gameplay to ensure a long lasting challenge and discovery at every new level.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Action 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Indie 16.3%, Arcade 9.7%
Dash attack and blast swarms of enemy ships in this boss fight centered insane bullet hell frenzy. Combined with a heavy metal sound track and a hardcore difficulty curve, this twin stick arcade space shooter will definitely bring out the Shoot 'em Up beast in you.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.8%, Action 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Indie 17.6%, Arcade 7.9%
Run, gun, and survive! In this twin stick arcade shooter, you'll be fighting your way through countless waves of enemies to restore maximum peace to the galaxy!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.4%, Action 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Retro 10.9%, Indie 10%
Explosive twin stick shooter. Lots of upgrades. Full controller support. Awesome soundtrack.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.1%, Indie 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Action 15.9%, Arcade 11.1%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.1%, Action 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Indie 17%
Vector Assault is a fast paced twin stick shooter where you have to survive a onslaught of enemy attackers.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.5%, Arcade 12.9%, Retro 11.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%, Action 9.4%
Zamarian is a fast-paced shoot 'em up classic arcade action game brought to you in an exciting, colorful, and challenging new way!
Why similar: Action 30.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Indie 19%, Arcade 15.1%, Retro 12.3%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Action 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Indie 21%, Arcade 11.3%, Retro 11.1%
Chronoblast Maximum Force is a fast paced bullet shooter inspired by arcade classics. Keep your finger on the trigger at all times in this challenging arcade game.
Why similar: Action 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Indie 22.4%, Arcade 13.8%, 2D 5.9%
After encountering an alien creature in a bathroom stall, one man is propelled into a never-ending quest of sewer dwelling carnage! Septic Savages is a 2D, 1 or 2-player, twin-stick shooting roguelike with loads of randomized elements and hours upon hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 43.1%, Action 26.3%, Indie 18.1%, Arcade 12.5%
Antirocketh is a fast, arcade-style game about a laser-cannon morphing swarms of missiles into improbable stuff!
Why similar: Action 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Indie 18.8%, Arcade 12.6%, Retro 11.5%
The apocalypse is now, and only you can stop the invading renegade machines and mutants—with your deadly farts! Herd enemies, dodge bullets, and set off explosive chain reactions in this fast-paced dual stick arcade game. Can you save the world? Can you beat that last high score?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Action 28.6%, Indie 20.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Casual 10.6%
Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.
Why similar: Action 28.3%, Indie 20.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Arcade 6.8%
Death Ray Manta is an arcade game where you shoot lasers to kill bad guys, flash lights at yourself and move to the next screen to do it all over again. Sorry, no T-Rex.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 34.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Action 19.3%, Indie 13.9%, Arcade 9.1%
In this arcade style shoot em up that lets you earn more punishing difficulties, you are Sylvester, a hero pilot in his glory days turned space janitor on a space station. After an attack on said post, it is up to him to retrieve the fabled Fang Shards. Turn your Beast Mode on, you're going to need it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Action 28.3%, Indie 20.4%, Arcade 14.8%, 2D 6.2%
Inspired by the classic Amiga 500, you take on the role of a sniper, eliminating all the enemies without showing you.
Why similar: Action 40.4%, Indie 29.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 27%, Casual 3.5%
Wanna Arcade?
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42%, Action 18.3%, Arcade 15.9%, Retro 12%, Indie 6.2%
Now you can select your control style in 3 different ways!. 6 different upgradeable space interceptors, 9 different weapons. You can supply in your carrier and upgrade her defenses. Shoot enemies down. That's all.
Why similar: Action 36.5%, Indie 26.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, Arcade 12.9%
In this 2D arcade game, your body is the weapon. Shoot the tri out of yourself and recall it back to you to take out a constant onslaught of rogue polygons. Unlock all the tri modifiers and get as high of a score as possible!
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Indie 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Arcade 13.2%
Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based single screen shooter with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack!
Why similar: Action 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Indie 23.4%, Arcade 14.2%
Bullet Candy is a fast paced, action packed arena shooter. There are a variety of combo systems and many secret techniques that you can employ to get the best score and weapon upgrades possible. Viewed from a top-down perspective, Bullet Candy allows for a true 360° shoot-em-up experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Indie 20.1%, Arcade 11.3%, Casual 8.8%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.9%, Action 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Indie 12.4%, Arcade 12.4%
A physics based, arcade, high score chaser with a progression system and a fetish for the 80’s. In The Real Laser Ball you’re a ball… with a laser.
Why similar: Action 42.4%, Indie 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Casual 3.1%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Action 31.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Indie 23.4%, Arcade 10.6%, Retro 10.4%
Two classic games collide to create one amazing experience you can always just pick up and play. Enjoy Endless levels and see how high of a score you can get.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Action 22.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Indie 12%, Retro 11.9%
This "snake", but instead of the snake you have mercenaries with weapons in their hands! Gather your own squad of professional mercenaries and defeat enemies who threaten the world with their weapons!
Why similar: Action 30.5%, Indie 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 9.3%
Shoot your way through the many caverns of alien defences, Collect the weapons and Fuel you need to aid in your escape.
Why similar: Action 27.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Indie 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Casual 10%
Experience waves upon waves of viruses that have infected your computer. 5 Chapters with over 125 Waves of enemies! Play with your friends in local or online co-op! Can you destroy all the viruses?
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 11.7%, Casual 11.4%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Action 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Indie 23.4%, Retro 13.8%
Annihilate waves of enemies in this enhanced sequel with better visuals and improved twin stick shooter gameplay.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 40.4%, Arcade 14.6%, Retro 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.7%, Action 8.7%
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Why similar: Action 45.8%, Indie 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Arcade 8.3%
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Why similar: Action 29.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Indie 20.6%, Retro 14.9%, Arcade 7.9%
Minimalistic scroll-shooter with green-on-black pseudo-vector display. Rush through the isometric madness of WireNet to the NeuroCore!
Why similar: Action 36.2%, Indie 25.3%, Retro 12.9%, Arcade 12%, Casual 8.5%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37.2%, Action 33.6%, Indie 24.2%, 2D 5%
P-3 Biotic is an intense twin-stick shooter featuring advanced real-time lighting and gorgeous particle effects. Pilot the MK4s nano-ship inside a petri dish against 14 waves of infectious bacteria as they attempt to destroy the Nucleus, a bio-engineered organism growing at the center of the dish.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 48.1%, Action 30.7%, Indie 21.2%
Makoto Yonekura, a new waitress, is a bright girl in Noh weather.Contrary to its appearance, it is a survival game girl who uses powerful weapons!She will do her best to crush the rampaging chickens for the beloved chief!
Why similar: Action 40.2%, Indie 29%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Casual 5.1%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Action 29.9%, Arcade 18.8%, Indie 18.3%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 42.5%, Action 34.9%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 5.8%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32%, Action 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Arcade 14.1%, Retro 6.4%
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Why similar: Action 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Indie 21.8%, Retro 13.7%, 2D 4.9%
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Why similar: Action 32.6%, Indie 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Retro 12.8%, Casual 12%
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Why similar: Action 36.8%, Indie 26.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%
A synthetic race has come to your planet to steal your technology, And you have to fight them off. Fight off the Tecroroid invasion as they sent wave after wave of enemies to the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Action 18.4%, Arcade 16.4%, Retro 14.2%, Indie 8.8%
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
Why similar: Action 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Indie 18.5%, Retro 13.7%, Arcade 12.5%
An exciting 2D action platformer in the vein of arkanoid.
Why similar: Action 33.6%, Indie 24.3%, Arcade 13%, Casual 12.4%, Retro 11.7%
Oldschool 2Д-shooter of the Windows 2000 epoch, controlled by mouse. 2-player local cooperative mode with several difficulty levels.
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Indie 27.7%, Arcade 13.6%, Retro 13.4%, 2D 5.7%
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Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33%, Indie 23.4%, Action 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%
Step into the fast-paced world of Super Blue Square, where simplicity meets intense arcade action! In this top-down 2D twin-stick shooter, you'll face waves of relentless enemies in a vibrant, ever-changing battlefield.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Action 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Arcade 14.1%, Indie 5%
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Why similar: Action 33.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Indie 25%, Arcade 15.1%
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Why similar: Action 42.4%, Indie 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Arcade 8.9%
A frantic new 2d shoot 'em up with huge levels and truly massive enemy ships. Mixing game styles from Uridium, Xenon 2, Nemesis and R-Type.
Why similar: Action 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Indie 23%, Retro 13.3%, 2D 4.8%
“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
Why similar: Action 33.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Arcade 20.6%, Retro 15.8%, 2D 7.1%
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Why similar: Action 30.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Indie 20.7%, Arcade 12.5%, 2D 6.4%
WE ARE DOOMED is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the SUPERBEAM, and zap everything out of existence in an instant.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 49.7%, Action 17.8%, Indie 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Arcade 6.2%
The cosmic horrors have kidnapped Starboi's friends! Launch across the galaxy in search of them, avoiding black holes and defeating the tentacled monsters.
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Arcade 19.7%, Retro 16%, Casual 12.1%, Indie 8.5%
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Why similar: Action 32.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Indie 22.6%, Arcade 11.1%, 2D 5.5%