- #1 Celestia
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devon Meyer
Windows
Celestia is a solo-developed indie game. An angelic bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you defeat enemies throughout the skies, and relax on a floating island with your companions.
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 7%
- #2 StanÇact -Sexy Tenacious Girls-
96% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: marumellon
Windows
『StanÇact』is a cute and sexy girl-on-girl SHOOT'EM UP. Mai, a military officer, is on her way to quell a riot, but the rioters and the military have teamed up and are on the rampage and the head of the military was the ringleader.Witness one woman's struggle to complete her mission amidst the chaos!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Multiple Endings 10.4%, Female Protagonist 8%, Shooter 7.3%
- #3 Deathsmiles I・II
95% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2022
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Angels swooping across a disastrous sky! The shoot 'em up of gothic horrors is back
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Anime 8.3%
- #4 Neptunia Shooter
95% matchVery Positive88% of 740 reviews2019
Dev: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 25.9%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Anime 12.6%, Cute 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #5 ASSAULT SHELL
94% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Team Overloaded
Windows
Engage in an action packed shoot em' up adventure! Choose from 4 powerful fighters and fight through 5 intense stages! Multiple tough and challenging bosses stand in your way, so use the insanity system BLANK STAND to erase them all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 8.4%, Multiple Endings 7.4%
- #6 Kamio Recoil
93% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: ShindenkenPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
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 23.2%, Anime 13.6%, Bullet Hell 9.7%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Shooter 8.2%
- #7 Star Hunter DX
93% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: 1CC GamesPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
Windows
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 28.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Side Scroller 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Action 7.2%
- #8 SATAZIUS
92% matchVery Positive85% of 324 reviews2011
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.2%, Side Scroller 17.8%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 7.1%, Arcade 7%
- #9 Cybxus Heart
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: TheDreikPub: Phoenix Reborn Games
Windows
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Comedy 9.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 8.8%
- #10 Librarian of Aquademia : The Forbidden Grimoire
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shrimp0ster
Windows
An auto-2D side-scroller shoot'em up game that aims to be beginner-friendly for someone who has never experienced a shoot'em up bullet hell game before.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
- #11 Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke
89% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Super16bits
Windows · Linux
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 24%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Anime 12%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Arcade 9.8%
- #12 Magical Blaster
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: reverse snare
Windows
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #13 Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES
88% matchPositive100% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Side Scroller 16%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Anime 9.1%, Shooter 8.6%
- #14 The Rush
88% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Hornbuckle Who
Windows
The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.3%
- #15 tz mini stg collection
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 11.2%
- #16 STURMWIND EX
86% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: b-alive
Windows
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Shooter 8.2%
- #17 DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit
86% matchVery Positive92% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: 森の中の猫の小屋
Windows
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 25.2%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shooter 9.7%, Anime 9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #18 GunBird - 2
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 10.3%, Anime 9.8%
- #19 R-Type Final 2
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 820 reviews2021
Dev: Granzella Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Side Scroller 24.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 7.1%
- #20 Shikhondo: Blue Pieta
83% matchPositive100% of 42 reviews2026
Dev: DeerFarmPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Once more, the hunt for Youkai begins! Across the ocean in a city far, far away, the side-scrolling shoot 'em up action of our two protagonists unfolds! Complete the Pietà of struggle that burns blue with its raging barrage!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Arcade 9.4%, Anime 8.7%
- #21 Battle Against the Acolytes of Science
84% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: GuriiEcoGames
Windows
A story-driven 2D bullet hell shooter set in the afterlife. An emotional journey of young heroines as they confront the science worshippers known as "Chemistians" Vibrant pixel art vividly portrays the world and narrative. "Welcome to 'The Crystal Palace'..."
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, War 9.2%, Shooter 7.7%
- #22 TENGAI
82% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
Three years after Sengoku Ace. The long-awaited sequel arrives!! Saikyo's side-scrolling shooter. The first installment!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Bullet Hell 13%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.6%
- #23 Ernesto's Asteroid Arcade
82% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: xen-42
Windows · Linux
Shoot lasers in space because a fish told you to. Ernesto's Asteroid Arcade is a twin-stick side-scrolling space shoot-em-up which tells the story of a man side-scrolling in space and shooting-em-up with twin-sticks. This game has at least 2 characters in it.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 10.7%
- #24 Space Dragons
81% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: TEAM Black Hat Robot
Windows
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 19.5%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, War 10.5%, Anime 8.3%
- #25 Herodes
80% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: TecnoloGilsPub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Pilot a miniaturized ship and save humanity from the inside out! Herodes is a fast-paced action SHMUP where you enter the human body to hunt a deadly virus. Destroy organic defenses and survive visceral bosses in this tribute to genre classics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Side Scroller 22%, Bullet Hell 16%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9%
- #26 Project Bullet
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sakasoft
Windows
Project Bullet is a side-scrolling bullet hell game, which sets in Pistalia, the fantasy world where people get the blessing from their god this power came to be known as ''Bullet'', Escape from the evil empire, find valuable allies, arm yourself with powerful gadgets and destroy all your enemies!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Anime 15.9%, Shooter 8.8%
- #27 Dessert Storm Girls
79% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Joe James
Windows
Avoid bullets and eliminate enemies to earn points.Take on challenging enemies and bosses across multiple stages, each with its unique design and challenges. Use your skills to stay ahead of the enemy and emerge victorious.Help the CDF stop the separatist uprising and restore peace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Anime 7.6%
- #28 DRAINUS
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,121 reviews2022
Dev: Team LadybugPub: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Action 9.7%, Bullet Hell 9.4%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #29 Nyan-Nyan Punch!
78% matchPositive100% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: NomaryPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
냥냥펀치(Nyan-Nyan Punch!)는 귀여운 동물귀 소녀들이 공중에서 1대 1 싸움을 벌이는 액션 게임입니다. 언뜻 보면 슈팅 게임처럼 보이지만 펀치를 날려 시원한 근접 공격으로 싸워야 합니다!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Side Scroller 22.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Female Protagonist 9%, Anime 9%
- #30 Pamina VS Slimes
77% matchVery Positive97% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Rune Game Dev
Windows
Pamina VS Slimes is a fast-paced top-down arcade game where you defend your home from endless waves of slimes. Choose from 4 headpattable characters, master elemental strategies, and unleash powerful burst skills across 4 game modes. Get ready for non-stop action!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Anime 12.9%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Comedy 12.4%, Arcade 9.5%
- #31 Escape 2 Space
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShidyGames
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.6%
- #32 COTTOn Boomerang - Saturn Tribute
77% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
COTTOn Boomerang, the explosive and timeless witch girl shooting game, is finally back! There are team battles this time! Take full advantage of all the amplified action and push forward!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Comedy 11.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.6%
- #33 Ayako's Mission
76% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
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 22.7%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Anime 9.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 8%
- #34 The Hurricane of the Varstray -Collateral hazard-
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 212 reviews2015
Dev: Studio SiestAPub: Rocket-Engine Co.,Ltd.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
【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 30%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Anime 9.8%, Female Protagonist 7.2%, Action 6.5%
- #35 Sine Mora
75% matchVery Positive82% of 940 reviews2012
Dev: Digital RealityPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.3%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Arcade 7.4%, Action 5.5%
- #36 COTTOn 2 - Saturn Tribute
75% matchMixed68% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: CITY CONNECTION
Windows
Set in the Pumpkin Kingdom which has lost its national treasure—the "Bluewater Willow," this brain-stimulating action-shooter follows Cotton, a witch with the biggest appetite in the universe, and Appli, the most tomboyish girl in the royal family.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Side Scroller 19.5%, Comedy 11.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.5%
- #37 Deathsmiles
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 617 reviews2016
Dev: CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD.Pub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Anime 9.1%, Arcade 7.7%, Side Scroller 6.5%
- #38 WITCH-BOT MEGLILO
74% matchVery Positive93% of 121 reviews2016
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Anime 12.2%, Arcade 7.8%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #39 Graze Counter
72% matchVery Positive96% of 316 reviews2017
Dev: Bikkuri SoftwarePub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Anime 11.1%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Arcade 7.2%
- #40 Interstellar Sentinel 2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uplifting Goat LLC.
Windows
A thrilling sci-fi cyberpunk shmup / shoot'em up with epic boss battles and a vast arsenal of futuristic weapons! Battle through the Ecumenopolis, restore the cosmic balance, and save the universe! Flow state gaming to unleash your inner hero! Feel your skills grow on your way to 1CC S+ tier rank!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Arcade 9.4%, Anime 9%
- #41 Syder Arcade
73% matchVery Positive84% of 692 reviews2013
Dev: Studio Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Bullet Hell 15%, Side Scroller 11.1%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 8.1%
- #42 Shikhondo(食魂徒) - Soul Eater
72% matchVery Positive83% of 216 reviews2017
Dev: DeerFarm
Windows
Select one of the Grim Reaper or girl. Find escaped yokai from limbo, extricate soul that they absorbed. You must reseal them after
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.1%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Anime 8.8%, Action 7.7%, Shooter 7.5%
- #43 Sorcery of Ruin, Sword, and Red Hood
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AOMI Design Studio
Windows
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter: ‘The Adventure of the Little Girl in the Red Hood and Little Bird Companion in a World of Swords and Magic!’ If you can read the enemy attacks and dodge the ones you should avoid, it might be surprisingly straightforward (All dodging them is perfectly fine too).
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 31.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #44 Kanamono
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Karai
Windows
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Side Scroller 31.4%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #45 Attack of the Mechadonk - The ultimate donkey
71% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Mechadonk Media
Windows
Old school side scrolling shoot'em up. Blast through exciting different locations. Defeating waves of defenders until the final boss battle. Attack of the Mechadonk is a indie game developed for fun and learning for the creator.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Side Scroller 18.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 10.6%
- #46 Feeble Light
70% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 33%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #47 Gun Wings
70% matchVery Positive88% of 418 reviews2015
Dev: Mercury StonePub: DigitalEZ
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A mysterious meteorite from deep space was detected approaching the Solar System, before the meteorite is due to hit the Earth, three of the girls who had their bodies modified as weapons are sent, along with all the hopes of humanity, to destroy the meteorite and save mankind...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Anime 16%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Action 6.9%
- #48 東方资志疏 ~ Immortal Immanuel. (东方资志疏)
67% matchVery Positive95% of 109 reviews2025
Dev: 雾雨威Channel
Windows
中国风东方Project二次同人STG游戏,剧情承接虹龙洞之后,古代帝王穿越到幻想乡发动异变!开始紧张刺激的弹幕游戏吧!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Anime 12.5%, Shooter 11%, Action 8.8%
- #49 Sigma Star Saga DX
67% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Half shoot-'em-up, half RPG! Blast through an intergalactic genre mashup!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Side Scroller 20.3%, Shooter 11.7%, Action 10.3%, Anime 10.1%
- #50 Cosmic Destroyer
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Coffee Maker Games
Windows · Linux
Turn the incoming swarm of deadly bullets into your own weapon of chaos in this precision STG bullet hell. Grab and toss enemies, dodge and deflect torrents of bullets, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.9%
- #51 Gunvein
67% matchVery Positive97% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: NGDEV
Windows
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Arcade 10.6%, Action 7.9%, Shooter 7.5%
- #52 #Snake2 DX: Reawakening
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Ultimate Walrus
Windows
Explosive, balls-to-the-wall bullet hell shooter with novel shooting mechanics (and surreal comedy)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Arcade 10%, Comedy 9.3%
- #53 Atomanta
66% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Remorasoft
Windows
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shooter 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #54 Bad Chicken
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Coquibyte Games
Windows
Bad Chicken is a retro styled sideway scrolling shoot-em-up inspired by the retro classics. It takes place in 8 locations in the Ferus system, each one with different challenges, and dangers.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Comedy 10.3%, Shooter 9.1%
- #55 Creepy Road
69% matchMixed69% of 139 reviews2018
Dev: Groovy Milk
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The world has gone mad and Flint Trucker must go down a long, creepy road to get back home and save his beloved Angelina. Blast your guns across different scenarios to fight hordes of ravenous beasts and bloodthirsty enemies.Will you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Comedy 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Action 10.7%
- #56 ELYSION
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2019
Dev: RONIN GAMES
Windows
Do you like watching cute girls kick butt? ELYSION is a new 2D Sci-fi side scroller shooting game! ! While the girls are all unique and cutesy, journey with them to delve deep into the story and world of ELYSION! Your mission to save the world begins here!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Anime 13.1%, Action 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #57 Chromacell
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 171Dev
Windows
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Side Scroller 22.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8.8%
- #58 GunBird
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 16%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.4%, Anime 9.4%