60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shooter, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up.
Shoot'em up with an emphasis on progression and growth through upgrades. Fly, shoot, die, upgrade, repeat.
Shin Galaxy - Alpha War
A space shooter game with RPG mechanics. Players will be able to improve their ships to tackle the challenges ahead, as well as buy better ships and customize them.
Jasper Redds vs The Ares Belt
Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.
A space shooter game with RPG mechanics. Players will be able to improve their ships to tackle the challenges ahead, as well as buy better ships and customize them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Action RPG 17.5%, RPG 13.9%, Shooter 8.5%
Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Bullet Hell 26.3%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 10.4%, Top-Down 7.5%
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.8%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 9%, Top-Down 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
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 32.4%, Bullet Hell 26.5%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 7.6%, Arcade 5.7%
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36%, Bullet Hell 29%, Shooter 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Action 5.9%
Bullet-hell shooter with RPG-like elements such as exploration, growth and reinforcement. In each area, the situation changes, and you have to earn experience scores, acquire materials, level up and strengthen your weapons, and challenge the bosses
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Action RPG 20%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 4.3%
A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Bullet Hell 30.9%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 6.1%, Arcade 5.7%
Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.5%, Bullet Hell 29.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 7.3%, Action 4.9%
Fight pests and insects to protect your garden!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Nature 12.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 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 39.3%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Shooter 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Action 6.3%
Escape Space is a classic arcade space shooter with RPG mechanics. Fight for various factions against swarms of enemies or bosses and improve your standings, level up your rank, unlock new gear and weapons, and upgrade your spaceship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Action RPG 11.5%, Shooter 8%, Space 5.3%
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.9%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Action 8%, Arcade 7.5%
Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shooter 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Top-Down 7%
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.3%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Action 5.9%
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 40.2%, Bullet Hell 29%, Action 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Arcade 5%
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 51.7%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 5.9%, Top-Down 5.5%
Shin Galaxy - Engage is an action game with RPG elements in a top-down perspective, where you control spaceships and tries to survive as much as possible in the stages. Improve performance, change appearance and unlock new ships to get as far as you can.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 20%, Action RPG 18.7%, RPG 14.8%, Shooter 9%
Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.7%, Bullet Hell 35.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 7.8%, 2D 3%
Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.3%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Arcade 6.3%, Shooter 5.9%
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 34.1%, Bullet Hell 28.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 7.6%, Arcade 5.8%
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Action 5.9%
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 47.5%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Action 7.4%, Arcade 6.9%, Shooter 6.8%
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 32.5%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Arcade 5.5%
A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 6.9%, Action 6.4%
Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.8%, Bullet Hell 29.5%, Action RPG 11.8%, Action 8.8%, Arcade 7.2%
An indie action-RPG where you pilot customizable ships through side-scrolling combat, level up unique characters, and dismantle a corrupt galactic regime one mission at a time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Action RPG 22.5%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, RPG 10%, Shooter 6%
High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Bullet Hell 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 7.2%
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 31.9%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON. Dodge wave after wave of bullets, shoot the demons back to hell, and save the galaxy in this fresh, retro shoot 'em up/bullet hell experience!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.7%, Bullet Hell 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Action 9.4%, Retro 5.8%
I HATE (other) Animals! is a reverse bullet hell game with roguelite elements with focus on exciting loot in a survivors-like setting. Collect loot during each run and buy permanent upgrades to your characters to make the next run a bit easier.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Action RPG 14.9%, RPG 10.4%, Top-Down 5.8%
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 57.9%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Action 5.3%, Arcade 5%, Shooter 4.9%
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.1%, Bullet Hell 39.9%, Action 4.8%, Shooter 4.1%, Arcade 3.5%
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Action 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Shooter 7.6%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shooter 9.8%, Top-Down 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Shooter 7.6%, Arcade 7.2%
A masked group called the Onis has taken the world as its own. With an enchanted gun at the ready, you set out to destroy them and save everything that remains from the brink of chaos. Experience fast-paced action-RPG gameplay in this fresh, new take on the light-gun genre!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action RPG 17%, RPG 12.7%, Action 7.2%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Top-Down 10.3%, Shooter 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.2%, Bullet Hell 19%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 11.2%, Arcade 6%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 10.5%, Arcade 8.1%
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 36.3%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Shooter 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Arcade 6.9%
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 52.2%, Bullet Hell 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Arcade 4.8%, Action 4.3%
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 53%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Action 5.5%, Space 3.9%, Shooter 3.1%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Shooter 6.7%, Action 6.2%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.1%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
Gather guardians, collect forest spells and items! Defend the forest against ruthless invaders! Upgrade your guardians and forest to defeat them!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Nature 17%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action RPG 11.2%, Shooter 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 40.9%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shooter 9.1%, Top-Down 7.2%, Action 5.7%
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 38.6%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Top-Down 5.5%, Shooter 5.5%
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 39.3%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Shooter 9%, Action 7.8%, Arcade 7.6%
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 39.4%, Bullet Hell 22%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 7.8%, Arcade 7%
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 34.4%, Bullet Hell 28.8%, Arcade 8.6%, Action 8.2%, Top-Down 7.2%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.9%, Bullet Hell 30.9%, Action 12.2%, Arcade 5.4%, Space 4.1%
A short, free danmaku bullet hell following two gun-wielding angels as war unfolds in Heaven. Dodge dense Touhou-style patterns, face demanding boss fights, and uncover skill-based secrets in this tight retro experience. Survive the bullet hell and restore the bullet heaven!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 29.7%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Top-Down 9.1%, Arcade 6%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.4%, Bullet Hell 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Shooter 6.9%, Action 5.7%
AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.4%, Bullet Hell 34.5%, Shooter 16.1%
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 54.4%, Bullet Hell 13%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.7%, Bullet Hell 19%, Action 14.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.7%
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 50.2%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shooter 7.7%, Arcade 6.3%, Action 6.1%
