60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down Shooter.
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!
GunBird
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Orchid Glitter
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.
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 8%
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 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Shooter 5.9%
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 27%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, 1990's 11.6%, Shooter 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
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 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, 1990's 8.3%, Top-Down 6.9%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 10.2%, 1990's 7.6%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 6.3%
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 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shooter 9.5%, Top-Down 9.2%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 6.5%
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 6.8%
Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 9.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 10.4%, Top-Down 8.5%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 9%, 1990's 8.4%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shooter 10.2%, 1990's 6.9%
In this classic top-down shoot 'em up, fly the deadliest ship in the galaxy on a dangerous first-strike mission to annihilate an alien threat before they become too powerful to stop. Pick up upgrades from fallen enemies along the way and become an unstoppable force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Retro 9.4%, 1990's 6.8%
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 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shooter 9.5%, 1990's 6.1%
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 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 6.7%
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 22%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 11.4%, 1990's 9.1%
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 9.1%, Female Protagonist 7.9%
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 23.1%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, 1990's 9%
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 5.6%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Top-Down 6%
Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 7.4%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Shooter 7.9%
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 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, 1990's 9%, Top-Down 7.3%
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Top-Down 8.7%
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 25.8%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Shooter 12%, Top-Down 8%, 1990's 7.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Shooter 10%, Top-Down 6.8%
Simple vertical scrolling shooter with a bear as the main character, 5 stages in total
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
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 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Retro 9.6%, Shooter 7.1%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 8.4%
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 13.7%, 1990's 9.3%, Top-Down 6.5%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 7.2%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shooter 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%, Top-Down 8%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 7.9%
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 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 6.8%
The fantasy bullet battle to end monstergirl genocide! Turn hateful humans into lovable demons in this 90s arcade style shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 7.2%
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Arcade 7.8%, Top-Down 6.8%
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 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Top-Down 6.8%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Arcade 7.9%, Top-Down 7.5%
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 30.5%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shooter 12.7%, 1990's 8.6%, Arcade 6.6%
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 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, 1990's 12.4%, Shooter 11.5%, Top-Down 8.4%
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 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 9.3%
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 8.2%
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 19.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Retro 7.6%
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 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 9.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
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 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 10.3%, 1990's 10.3%
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 11.7%, Top-Down 6.9%
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 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 9.4%, 1990's 8.7%
A Touhou-inspired bullet hell shooting game where you play as magic-using anthropomorphic characters. Explore Lunamara, a land full of magical creatures and youkai, and discover why the moon's rotation around Earth has been halted.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Shooter 10.6%
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 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Bullet Hell 19%, 1990's 10.1%, Top-Down 8.3%
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 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, 1990's 13%, Shooter 12%, Top-Down 8.6%
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 21.6%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, 1990's 11.8%, Shooter 10%, Retro 7.3%
Fast Paced, Bullet Hell Retro Shooter! Shoot down enemies and dodge everything. Fight through 17 intense levels with 6 insane boss fights. Do you have what it takes to beat the game?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 12.1%, 1990's 11%, Retro 7.6%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 8.5%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 4.5%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Top-Down 6.6%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Top-Down 7.6%, Arcade 6.5%
Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 8.2%
A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, 1990's 10.9%, Shooter 9.8%
