
Nonstop, fast paced castle defense shooting action against relentless armies of evil in a dark, brooding atmosphere.
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Nonstop, fast paced castle defense shooting action against relentless armies of evil in a dark, brooding atmosphere.

Flux Commander
In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!

Chronos Trap in Time
Harness the power of Greek Gods in this intense vertical rogue-like shooter. Command divine Mechas, brew sacred potions, and unlock permanent upgrades at Hephaestos’ Forge. Battle mythical hordes and challenge the Titans in a fast-paced quest for eternal glory!
In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Time Manipulation 20.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.8%, Top-Down 6.9%
Harness the power of Greek Gods in this intense vertical rogue-like shooter. Command divine Mechas, brew sacred potions, and unlock permanent upgrades at Hephaestos’ Forge. Battle mythical hordes and challenge the Titans in a fast-paced quest for eternal glory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 15.1%, War 11.5%, Top-Down 9.5%
Spellcaster is a top-down, shoot 'em up, tower defence action game. You control an old wizard who has to defend his home from hordes of monsters. Powerful spells and bullets will help you in this task. A warm, atmospheric fantasy game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Shooter 11.4%, Magic 8.3%
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27%, Shooter 13.3%, Top-Down 8.6%, Old School 6.4%
This is a top-down 2D shooter focused on fast movement and responsive combat. Take on enemy hordes and switch between a variety of weapons to survive. The game draws on classic inspirations, offering a focused experience. Tight action, simple controls, and shaped over two years of development.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.6%, Shooter 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Medieval 12.8%, Old School 9.3%
A Roguelite action shooter where you dodge bullets, attack enemies, and power up with skills and items. While the map stays the same, different skill combos and item drops change your strategy each time. Keep challenging and master your own style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Shooter 17.6%, Magic 12.8%, Action 5.9%
"Warrior of Democracy" is an incredible 2D shoot 'em up arcade where you, like a true hero, control a helicopter, battling endless waves of enemy fighters on your path to victory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shooter 14%, Top-Down 8.8%, Linear 8.3%
Blast through waves of chaos in this retro inspired space shooter. Simple mechanics, high energy rock/electronic soundtrack, and a gloriously goofy tone make Nova Rebellion a cosmic throwback Back when space shooters were all the rage.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Shooter 14.1%, Top-Down 11.1%, Linear 9.5%
Step into "Elemental Mage Defense", a dynamic realm where magic meets valiant heroism. As a mage, you'll defend your homeland through strategic battles, unfolding narratives, and thrilling expansions. Every choice carves your legacy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 10%
Survive alone against a never ending horde of undead! How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shooter 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Top-Down 8.2%
Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Top-Down 9.3%, Old School 6.4%
A shoot 'em up that tests your wits and reflexes! Mastering the ability to change color between red, green and blue is the key to beating this game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Linear 10.5%, Top-Down 10.5%
Uncover The Government's darkest secrets in this action packed top down shooter inspired by 80's action flicks of questionable quality.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shooter 12.9%, Top-Down 9%, Linear 8.6%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Shooter 14.8%, Top-Down 8%, Old School 6.4%
it's simple, fast, rocking, without pauses, without life, without time will you save the earth? Asteroides is a 70/80s shooter with realistic physics and a completely three-dimensional environment. Moving, destroying and surviving is complicated in an infinitely finite space.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Shooter 16.7%, Top-Down 9.2%, Action 8.2%
The First Seeker is a challenging top down shooter where you will shoot and slash your way through enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Shooter 14.2%, Linear 7.7%, Medieval 6.7%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down 10%, Old School 8.6%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 16.6%, Top-Down 11.6%, Old School 8.5%
PEOPLEDOWN is a "Hotline Miami" style top-down stealth action game. A short experimental game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down 11.1%, Action 5.6%
Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down 10.7%, Dark 7.9%
cherry blossom fleet is a 2D shooting game set in the Japanese Navy of World War II.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shooter 16.9%, War 12.4%, Top-Down 10.5%
A shoot em' up with a manga inspired look. Destroy enemies, and use their salvage to gain more power.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Top-Down 10%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 6.9%
Dodge waves of bullets in cover shooter + shmup-inspired combat, as you strike back with powerful attacks of your own! Use clever cover spots to gain an advantage over your enemies, find treasures to make yourself stronger, and avoid taking damage to raise your score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Shooter 19%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 5.8%
A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Shooter 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Dark 6.2%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 16%, Action 8.8%, Top-Down 8.3%
Combining intense action and dark storytelling, Confiscator offers a unique experience where gritty shootouts and grime intertwine with the tragic tale of the protagonist on a path of self-destruction. Are you ready to become a confiscator?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Shooter 15.9%, Top-Down 9.7%, Action 7.8%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shooter 16.1%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Shooter 16.2%, Top-Down 11.5%, 3D 5.6%
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 14.1%, War 10.8%, Top-Down 10.5%
Technikiller is a sci-fi shooter set inside a mega-factory. Hack in and take control of a hulking mech to blast your way through hordes of killer robots. Fight your way to the core and shut it down.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Shooter 13%, Top-Down 10.9%, Linear 8.6%
I just think that top down shooters are neat. It's a pretty zen time. A podcast game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shooter 16.8%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action 8.9%
Pilot your helicopter to victory as your complete objectives, dodge missiles, and destroy your enemies. But don't forget to keep an eye on your fuel, ammunition, and health or you might not survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shooter 13.4%, War 12.9%, Top-Down 9.3%
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 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shooter 13.9%, Top-Down 10.3%, Magic 8.4%
Main Action - 3d top-down shooter with pixel graphics, not a long game with magic and monsters. In this game you will save the world and the villagers from evil. You are a magical creature who alone must cope with evil.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.6%, Shooter 19.4%, Top-Down 14.2%, 3D 7.1%, Action 6.5%
The fast-paced twin-stick shooter game in the grim post-apocalyptic Renaissance setting. It had been more than a hundred years since the terrible plague devoured the whole continent and turned almost everyone there in the maddened mutants.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Medieval 10%, Shooter 10%
When a power hungry, egotistical young witch disobeys her school’s headmasters, she is cast out and exiled. Play as Devious Donna as she wreaks havoc on those who have wronged her. Harness the dark arts and exact your revenge on the masters of magic.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Top-Down 10.8%, Shooter 10.2%, Medieval 9.8%
ZOMBIES!!! Overloaded waves of undead chaos! Armed with crazy weapons and power-ups, you’ll fight, dodge, and nuke your way through endless hordes. Face intense bosses, survive outrageous room filling hordes, and climb the leaderboards! It’s fast, it’s gory, it’s OVERLOADED!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Shooter 15.8%, Top-Down 11%, Dark 8.7%
Shoot waves of monstersFight your way from wave to wave and kill all the monsters. Collect coins to buy weapons, ammunition and special items like dynamite or gun turrets in the shop machine. Be quick, because the shop is only open for 30 seconds between each wave. Each level has four rounds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.2%, Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down 18.2%, Action 13%, Singleplayer 3.5%
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Shooter 16.9%, Top-Down 10.3%, Action 8.8%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.5%, Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Top-Down 11.8%, Old School 7.5%, 3D 6.2%
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 31.4%, Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Shooter 14.6%, Top-Down 9.5%, Linear 9%
"Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part III" is a bullet hell shooting game with a distinctive, glamorous presentation style. It is the third game in the Touhou Makuka Sai series. The strange moon seems to hide a new conspiracy. Charge into the deep world on the eternal night!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 8.4%
Explore an abandoned space station in this top-down action-adventure. Customize your weapons, face hostile threats, and extract AI cores to uncover hidden secrets. Survival is key as you navigate the station's unpredictable dangers, guided remotely by your operator, Pryce.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Shooter 18.6%, Top-Down 14.2%, Dark 10.6%, Action 8.8%
An unknown Alien Race has launched a failed attack on Earth Station Alpha and are regrouping! Fight off the incoming fleets, discover where their ships are being constructed, and launch an assault! If Earth Station Alpha is destroyed, the planet will be lost and humanity exterminated.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Shooter 14.5%, Top-Down 9.1%, Linear 8.3%
Fight your way through the mazes of Room Box. A minimalist 2d-style TopDown shooter. Your only way of escape is to survive countless and unique rooms. Fight dozen of enemies and defeat merciless Bosses
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Shooter 13.3%, Top-Down 10.7%, Survival 6.4%
Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, War 12.8%, Top-Down 11.2%, Linear 10.9%
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Action 9%, Top-Down 7.8%, Indie 6.8%
CrownFall is an action game that will give you a thrilling battle experience. Overcome overwhelming bosses one after another; but it will never be easy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Shooter 15.2%, Top-Down 12.9%, Action 10.8%
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 38.6%, Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Shooter 14.9%, Top-Down 9.7%, Action 5.5%
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 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Shooter 13.6%, Top-Down 13.5%, Action 8.9%
A small game where you cannot stop moving forward. Your bullets get stronger and stronger after they bounce enough times. Bounce your Bullets! is a casual yet increasingly difficult colorful shmup where you survive for as long as possible against growing waves of enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Top-Down 9.5%, Survival 7.4%
"Soulers" is a shooter game where you can slow down time and assemble a diverse crew to fight. Take command as "Machina," the captain of a Union vessel, defeat powerful bosses, recruit them to your crew, overcome crises, and uncover the hidden truths of the world!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 7.5%
Enter the Diebrary! Test your reflexes and wit in this fast-paced arena roguelike, where you must fight through thousands of enemies to make it out alive. Choose upgrades and power-ups to increase your chances of survival, then vote on new twists to spice up your next run!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Shooter 10.6%, Survival 10.3%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Top-Down 9.8%, Linear 8.3%, Old School 6%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.5%, Top-Down Shooter 29.4%, Shooter 18.6%, Top-Down 10.8%, Action 4%
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 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 30.8%, Shooter 14%, Top-Down 8.3%, Action 5.3%
From Headshot Labs, Cheitha is a competitive survival shooter. Overcome waves of enemies by unlocking new tiers of weapons and opening passageways to even the odds. Challenge your friends' scores on the leaderboard by surviving longer.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Survival 13.9%, Top-Down 12.5%, Shooter 11.5%
Master magic and slow motion in this action-packed top-down shooter. It is time to stand up to the danger and use time to your advantage. The fate of the kingdom rests in your hands.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 39.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Shooter 13.3%, Magic 9.2%, Top-Down 9.2%
First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Top-Down 9.2%, Action 5.5%