
Retro arcade inspired shoot 'em up with addictive combat.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arena Shooter, Bullet Hell, Shoot 'Em Up.

Retro arcade inspired shoot 'em up with addictive combat.

Bodacious Blasteroids
Bodacious Blasteroids is a fast paced arcade shooter where firepower is everything. Build a rotating arsenal of devastating weapons and obliterate waves of evolving enemies. Upgrade your weapons into screen-clearing powerhouses and form unique combinations of weapons to score the most points.

Towerful Guardians
Pilot your flying machine, be it a helicopter, a mech, or a straight magical suit, to fight alien monsters and defend the towers that are very important to mankind in a post-apocalyptic setting. Upgrade your gears, build strong synergy with the tower's abilities to out-scale enemy power and survive!
Bodacious Blasteroids is a fast paced arcade shooter where firepower is everything. Build a rotating arsenal of devastating weapons and obliterate waves of evolving enemies. Upgrade your weapons into screen-clearing powerhouses and form unique combinations of weapons to score the most points.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.1%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Arcade 6.9%
Pilot your flying machine, be it a helicopter, a mech, or a straight magical suit, to fight alien monsters and defend the towers that are very important to mankind in a post-apocalyptic setting. Upgrade your gears, build strong synergy with the tower's abilities to out-scale enemy power and survive!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13.5%
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another state of consciousness.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.3%, Arena Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
Take control of CyberPigeon, the ultimate cybernetic avian warrior, as you engage in intense battles against swarming drones and formidable bosses. Adapt to the ever-changing environment, collect power-ups and weapons, and rise to the top of the leaderboard in this thrilling aerial showdown.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Shooter 7.8%
Survive to the end of each track in fast, rhythm-driven combat in this top down twin-stick roguelike.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Arena Shooter 15.7%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Music 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.3%
Annihilate endless swarms of enemies with devastating weaponry, survive this Kinetic Storm by unlocking powerful skills and upgrades. This sci-fi action roguelike will test your skills like no other, with responsive twin-stick controls and unique enemy design.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Arena Shooter 22.3%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Arcade 6.2%
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Action Roguelike 15%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.2%, Arena Shooter 12.4%
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Difficult 8.9%
"Bullet Buster Belle" is a Roguelite bullet-hell shooter game. Navigate bullet storms in cosmic ruins through daredevil grazing, build endless weapon/relic combos, and conquer formidable maiden guardians to claim their ultimate treasures!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.5%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%
Hope's Final Defense is an action roguelite where you create a skill deck to fight hordes of enemies. Choose from many game-breaking items and upgrades. Craft overpowered builds and create deadly synergies to fight endless monsters from Negativia. Can you protect humanity's last hope?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.6%
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.5%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Retro 8.9%
Roguelite Overpowered Wizard Simulator. Slay hundreds of cultists using the power of ancient cards and your magical steampunk arsenal. Choose from a diverse set of cards to create unique, game-breaking builds and shoot down the horde trying to stop you.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%
A roguelite twin-stick arena shooter where your score IS your currency. Blast through enemy waves, then spend your hard-earned points on weapons and upgrades, or bank them as XP to power up permanently. Hundreds of builds. One more run.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Bullet Hell 14.4%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Arena Shooter 12.9%
What happens when nostalgia and necromancy mix? A Retromancer happens! Grab a few friends, choose your champions, and battle your way through 6 brutal zones filled with screeching bats, burrowing worms, deranged cultists, and giant ants.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.1%, Arena Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 14%, Difficult 10%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.9%
Swarmfall is a 2D sci-fi "bullet heaven" roguelite where you pilot a massive Starship representing the last remnants of humanity. Instead of firing all weapons manually, you command a growing fleet of automated starships that orbit and protect you while you maneuver through waves of alien enemies.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.2%, 2D Fighter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 8%
Predictile" is a unique twin-stick shooting game where the trajectory of enemy attacks is displayed. Overcome waves of randomly placed enemies using skill and the power of prediction lines.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 28.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.4%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 5.4%
Survive endless waves of mutating slugs in this skill-based top-down shooter. One arena. Evolving enemies. Infinite chaos. Master your aim, earn powerful upgrades, and see how long you can last.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 30.6%, Action Roguelike 19%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 6.9%, Arcade 6%
Never Akimbo is a fast-paced pixel art action game where one weapon is all you need. Fight through relentless enemy waves, clear handcrafted levels, and transform your gun with wild attachments that radically change how it behaves. One gun. Infinite builds. No dual-wielding excuses.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.5%, Arena Shooter 22.4%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 8.4%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Difficult 10.4%, Shooter 6.8%
Spinwave Survivors is a fast-paced survival shooter with roguelike elements. Scoot, shoot and boost your way through hordes of drones as you upgrade your weapons and unlock new abilities, all while attempting to survive the chaos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Arena Shooter 14.3%
SHOOT AND DODGE your way through the underground arenas in this Dark Chaotic Arcade Twinstick Shooter! Don't get consumed by the noise!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 8%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Shooter 7.1%
Astral Blitz is a roguelite, twin stick shooter. Control your fighter ship and wreak devastation through the hordes of empire defenses. Create your own play style as you customize your ship to your needs, setting it up for brutal destruction, refined precision, or to become chaos incarnate!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.9%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shooter 6.1%
Face 28 unique bosses in thrilling roguelike action! Some bosses use 3 random attack patterns, making each encounter feel fresh and challenging. Combine skill trees and specials to craft your strategy and claim victory!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Arena Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Bullet Hell 14.6%
Shoot your way through waves of enemies and extreme bosses in this Roguelite space shooter. Advance in the ranks, upgrade your ship and unlock new mechanics, ships and mods that will make the game more challanging and interesting.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 7.1%
Cycle 28 is a classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score. Simple controls, powerful upgrades, and intense dogfights. Perfect for when you just need to switch off and shoot something. See you on the scoreboard!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arena Shooter 10.6%, Difficult 9%
Defy the laws of space and master every trajectory in Orbital Survivor, a 2D survivor-like game where you optimise your movements and shots thanks to gravity. Play as smuggler Cassidy and unleash your arsenal in a ruthless retro-synthwave universe.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 6.5%
Dead Oculus is a lethal, fast-paced bullet-hell that fuses arcade and roguelike elements. Brutalise your foes in gauntlets of handcrafted arenas by wielding deadly weapons with cataclysmic augments.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Arena Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Difficult 10.9%
Build the MOST SATISFYING GUNS to ANNIHILATE ENEMIES by COMBINING EVERY ATTACK you find in this fast-paced BULLET-HELL ROGUELIKE set in TRANSFORMING ARENAS! 💥
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arena Shooter 14.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%
Defeat your enemies in this heart pumping, pawtastic shoot 'em up as you zip, boost & shoot through the sky fighting your ferocious felines. Unlock different missions and sidekicks to provide cover and some comic relief and emerge undefeatable in this catacular adventure. May the Force be with you!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, 2D Fighter 12.8%
No online, no services, no DLCs, no open-world, no rogulike, no roguelite, no metroidvania, no backtracking. Can't say "no god" cause god participate in one of boss fights. Not on your side. It's just straight line from start to finish. And skill required to get through it. Party like 1989.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Retro 8.2%, Arcade 7.7%
Blipper is a twinstick arcade shooter with a retro scifi vibe and an element of bullet hell. Destroy waves of neon enemies across multiple arenas while dodging attackers and incoming fire.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Arena Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 8.8%
Iron Skys is a top down bullet hell shooter with rouge like elements. As a lone pilot in an untested prototype vessel, you must defend the empire against a seemingly endless fleet of rebel ships.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.6%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Shooter 10.5%
Ark Odyssey is a top-down arcade shooter that lets you command an army of starships to fight against the force of void! Gather your fleet into formations, and build your team of evolving synergistic compositions. Order your army of Starforce through space and protect the cosmos!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Difficult 8.8%
Prove yourself and earn your wings in the Exphelius Championships - a reckless bloodsport of vehicular mayhem across the galaxy Exphelius. Win matches across multiple game modes to earn cash and new parts, upgrade your ships or buy new ones, and claim your way to the top.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 7.9%, Combat 6.7%
Would you survive a panic attack? Test your limits in this anxiety-inducing twin-stick shooter, blasting away intrusive thoughts using your Inner weapon.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, Arena Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Music 9.4%
Golden Hornet is a retro style twin-stick shooter. Become a pilot of the multipurpose helicopter 'Golden Hornet' — rescue hostages and destroy enemy outposts.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Difficult 12%, Shooter 7.6%
Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 8.3%
Join the quest to overtake the void and become a hero! In this game, you will slay your enemies in a point and click fashion and overtake the void for good, or so you think... Join the quest in taking over the void to find out!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Arena Shooter 17.9%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Shooter 9.8%
Defend your planet in this twin-stick mayhem shooter. Rip through alien hordes across a seamless spherical battlefield while upgrading your ship and fortifying your city.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Shooter 8.3%
Gunvolution is a hectic roguelike top-down arena shooter. The machine god has gone mad and now sends her unthinking legion to destroy you. Fight through endless waves of enemies, collecting perks and evolving your weapon along the way. How many machines will you take with you in your blaze of glory?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.8%, Arena Shooter 21.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 9.3%
Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Difficult 10.5%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Arena Shooter 18.3%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Difficult 9.4%
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.5%
High-speed shmup where survival meets rhythm. Evade waves of enemies to pounding drum and bass soundtrack. Compete globally or battle friends in co-op/PvP. Customize your ship, perfect your run, and claim your spot on the leaderboards.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 19.7%, 2D Fighter 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shooter 7.1%
Baby Redemption is a high paced rogue-like shooter where you have to save babies in glorious intense slow-motion action. Weapons, bullets, babies, fun and bullet-time. What more do you need?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Bullet Hell 12.8%
Dash through enemies, collect power ups and survive waves of enemies in this fast paced bullet-hell
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Action Roguelike 21%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Arcade 8.9%, Retro 7.9%
Temples vs Buildings is a roguelike with shoot'em up elements. The player will control flying temples of many cultures and fight against a vast array of flying buildings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Difficult 11.4%, Arcade 9%
Battle zombies, earn experience, collect loot and level up in this dopamine fueled auto shooter filled with roguelike action.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Arena Shooter 23.2%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Bullet Hell 10.1%, Shooter 8.2%
Space Ace is a 2D top-down shooter that focuses on upgrading your ship to fight through levels of Bosses and smaller enemies. Play with keyboard + mouse or Xbox controller.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 24.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shooter 6.8%
Free version of X Invader, an Action Rogue-lite game. Become a master hacker 'X' and hack into the digital world. Use a variety of weapons and hacking add-ons to create your own combat build and wipe out disturbing enemies. Please enjoy the hack and slash action!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.8%
Nebulock is a short bullet-hell game with intense gameplay, where the player must destroy bosses made of blocks, collect resources and upgrade his spaceship.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.2%, Arena Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Difficult 10.2%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Difficult 11.8%, Shooter 7.4%
You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.4%, Arena Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Action Roguelike 12.9%
Disfigure is a grim-dark rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Arena Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Difficult 8.6%
Cast Out Colony combines roguelite and bullet-heaven action with robust town-building elements. Choose from various characters, fight hordes of foes, and grow your colony, which in return grows your stats, offering a unique twist on the survival genre.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.8%, Arena Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%