
Classic vertical scrolling bullet hell × roguelike. 10 distinct aircraft with unique weapon systems, 10 sub-units, and dozens of cosmic powers. Weave through enemy fire and craft the perfect god-run build.
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Classic vertical scrolling bullet hell × roguelike. 10 distinct aircraft with unique weapon systems, 10 sub-units, and dozens of cosmic powers. Weave through enemy fire and craft the perfect god-run build.

Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.

Vector Storm
A relentless top-down arcade shooter with roguelite progression. Blast through escalating waves, battle massive bosses, and build your loadout with boss-dropped gear. Earn tokens to permanently upgrade your fleet and unlock new ships between runs.
Defeat the enemies. Upgrade the spacecraft. Defend the mothership. Regular Spacecraft - Defending the Mothership is a shoot em'up game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Roguelite 9.9%, Roguelike 7.3%
A relentless top-down arcade shooter with roguelite progression. Blast through escalating waves, battle massive bosses, and build your loadout with boss-dropped gear. Earn tokens to permanently upgrade your fleet and unlock new ships between runs.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Roguelite 9.7%, PvE 8.2%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Score Attack 12%, PvE 9.4%
die listening to techno bangers.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Roguelite 10.4%, PvE 7.7%
You just have to kill the bugs and critters before they kill you, so you can kill the bugs EVEN BETTER. Defeat the 3 floors and their bosses to win the game! Fight through procedurally maps made of handcrafted rooms, in this action RPG shooter with heavy roguelike and bullet-hell elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, PvE 9.4%
Destroy thousands of unearthly creatures and machines, and progress through the strange world you find yourself in. Chromatic Shift is a small rogue-lite game where you mix and match powerful colors to create your perfect build of abilities. Find your favorite combinations and become powerful!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Roguelite 13%, PvE 10.5%, Shooter 8%
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Roguelite 11%, Roguelike 8.3%
Infinity Lancer is a high octane vertical shoot em' up. Race across the galaxy fighting to prevent humanity's annihilation and discover the dark truth behind the endless war.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Score Attack 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, PvE 9.8%, Shooter 8.2%
A fast-paced, retro-style space shooter with challenging levels. Race against the clock as you blast and dodge through waves of enemies and obstacles, pushing your reflexes to the limit.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Space 13.2%, Roguelite 8.5%
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: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Bullet Hell 22%, Score Attack 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Don't dodge. Break through. PNR: Point of No Return is a space opera roguelite where you charge into a storm of enemy fire, intercepting every shot while assembling a different build each sortie. Unlock battleships, equip devastating weapons, and wipe out the enemy fleet. Do you have what it takes?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Roguelite 11.9%, Space 10.5%, Shooter 9.3%
A 3D Sci-Fi space shooter game where you fight against big flagships and bases to unlock the secrets of the world.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Roguelite 11.8%, PvE 10%, Roguelike 8.5%
All-out 360-degree assault! A roguelite shooter where you pilot an sci-fi fighter to eliminate grotesque enemies fused with fruit and machinery, constantly upgrading your weaponry.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 22%, Roguelite 12.6%, Shooter 8.6%
In Invaders Loop, which combines classic arcade spirit with roguelite mechanics, survive relentless waves of enemies raining down from the depths of space, dodge bullets, equip yourself with various items from the market, and defeat epic bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Roguelite 13.9%, Shooter 8.4%, Roguelike 8%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Score Attack 8%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Space 5.3%
A fast-paced addicting space shooter with an inspiration taken from many modern games. A project I have been passionately working solo for 2 years+!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Roguelite 10.1%, PvE 8.1%
Microbes and Machines is a roguelite action game where you control a little bubble robot that fights against the forces of evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Roguelite 11.9%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Roguelike 9.9%
Enjoy mining, upgrades, and explosive growth in this all-directional scrolling shooter. Auto-upgrades allow idle play, with no time limits or game overs. Defaults work fine, story scenes can be skipped, 20 weapons unlock later, and levels can reach 900 million.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, PvE 10.9%, Shooter 8.6%
A fast-paced roguelike space shooter where every credit counts. Fight through dangerous sectors, upgrade your ship mid-battle, and convert your earnings into permanent power. Because when you die, you keep what matters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Space 11%, Roguelike 9.2%
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Shooter 9.4%, Score Attack 7.3%
The aliens have returned. Fight through relentless waves of enemies, dodge impossible bullet patterns, unleash devastating special weapons, and unlock 70 powerful cards that reshape future runs in this action-packed arcade shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 8.3%
The playful witch dances to unleash stunning magical moves! Witch Dance is an evolving action puzzle. The controls are simple, but the challenge is infinite. Right click to move, left click to cast. Gather your magic and dance your way to victory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, PvE 10.4%, Score Attack 7%
Try to survive the demon onslaught in this fast-paced top-down shooter. Battle oncoming enemies as they try to destroy you, collect their souls to level up your character and weapons. Collect relics and unlock new characters and weapons to become more powerful!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Roguelite 10.5%, PvE 8.7%
Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Roguelite 11.9%, Roguelike 9.5%
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%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Score Attack 12.8%, Futuristic 6.6%
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Roguelite 9.1%, Roguelike 7.8%
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Roguelite 11.5%, PvE 9.3%
MachineGunner 2 is a 2d top-down shooter game that Player controls four characters to clear stages and complete them as fast as possible. One hit will take you to the start line of the stage. So push it at your own pace.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, PvE 14.2%, Shooter 8.4%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Futuristic 5.2%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, PvE 11%, Shooter 8.7%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Roguelite 10%, Roguelike 7.8%
Choose a character and battle through waves of enemies while leveling up and purchasing new weapons and equipment from a mysterious vending machine of unknown origins that spawns at the end of each wave.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 9.1%
A top-down space survival roguelite. Harvest crystallized spacetime, build your arsenal from 40+ absurdly named weapons, and hold off increasingly hostile void entities until the universe runs out of things to throw at you. It usually doesn't.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Roguelite 12.4%, PvE 9.8%, Roguelike 7.6%
Shoot stuff and earn $pacecoin in this wonderfully generic shmup.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 12.7%, Shooter 11.3%
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Shooter 9.4%, PvE 6%
Control the ball with gravity and smash through endless hordes! Collect weapons and skills, power up to the max, and survive the onslaught!
Why similar: Roguelite 16.4%, Score Attack 13.9%, Shooter 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Bullet Hell 11%
This is a SHMUP/STG game that allows anyone to experience and play happily; Games that will allow you to enjoy playing; Games that can make it easy for you to get started with low technical requirements; SHMUP/STG games that have completely different experiences from other games;
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Score Attack 11.6%, Roguelite 11.4%
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, PvE 8.3%, Shooter 7.4%
A top down Sci-Fi futuristic bullet-hell survivor-like where your choices spawn parallel mirror worlds with the other outcome.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, PvE 13.8%, Roguelike 12.1%, Action 5.7%
A snake roguelite where your body is your arsenal. Collect weapon segments, fuse matching neighbors into higher tiers, and reorder them until they react with each other. Then close a loop with your own tail: everything trapped inside dies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Roguelite 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Roguelike 11%
A bullet hell roguelite about a lonely worker drinking alone in space on Christmas Eve. Survive waves of cosmic chaos, get a cold beer, and face five massive bosses inspired by real space calamities.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30%, Roguelite 17.2%, PvE 13.1%, Roguelike 9.9%, Space 8.8%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, PvE 10.7%, Score Attack 9.1%
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 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Roguelite 11.6%, Shooter 6.9%
Thetawave is a physics-based space shooter with procedurally generated levels, diverse foes, and distinct characters.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 13%, Action 7.2%
In Valhalla, heroes pull the trigger to defy Ragnarok! Rogue-like shooting game. 8 mythological heroes + 36 guns + 26 types of ammo + 60 Cards.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Roguelite 14.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Roguelike 7.8%
This week, every pilot on Earth flies the same new seeded run: identical enemies, identical drops, pure skill. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and power up when you can. Out-score your friends in Plasma Sky, an arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Blast into the neon sky!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Score Attack 14.3%, Space 9.4%
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: Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Space 11.6%, Shooter 8.4%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Score Attack 13.8%, Shooter 7.4%
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 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Roguelike 10.6%
A roguelite space shooter based around the classic arcade game. Shoot asteroids, ships, and take down the mothership in a multi-stage boss fight, avoiding lasers and explosions. Upgrade your ship during and after your run in this casual simple roguelite.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, PvE 10.6%, Roguelike 7.7%
Dungeon Sucker is a 2D roguelite shooter. For the upcoming dungeon inspection, the Demon left for her summer vacation and entrusted the cleaning to an agency. Armed with the “Mighty Vacuum,” you can absorb anything that stands in your way. Clean up the chaotic dungeon—if you can!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Roguelite 14%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Shooter 6.2%
BotNet is a 2D bullet hell roguelike where you play as malware trying to infect the world. Collect powerful items along the way, discover synergies, and make your virus unstoppable.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Roguelite 8.3%, PvE 7.7%
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Space 9.5%, Futuristic 8.5%
Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Space 10%
It’s time to cluck around and find out. Gear up and pull on the helmets of the Battle Roosters, a hotshot space brigade of poultry with panache. In this quirky, roguelike, bullet hell adventure you’ll combine weapons, upgrades and killer strategies to recover space’s best taco ingredients. Bwark!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Roguelite 10%, Space 8.6%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Score Attack 5.9%
fast-paced, high-difficulty 2D space dogfighting roguelite game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Roguelite 9.6%, Roguelike 7.7%
Stellar Space is a new take on a classic arcade game with a modern, rogue-like, form for new players to enjoy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, PvE 8.9%, Roguelike 8.4%