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  1. #1 Lux Ex: Cyber Initiation
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Martelo NeroPub: Ilex Games
    Windows

    Destroy bugs and glitches in your astral body to recover data from the source of the light of your soul. Lux Ex - Cyber Initiation is a Cyberspace Shooter following up Lux Ex - Legacy, this time featuring multiple levels, improved graphics and a more contemporary approach.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 22.6%, Bullet Time 13.8%, Cyberpunk 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

  2. #2 Boulette Hell
    96% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2023
    Dev: Lucas Delvallet
    Windows

    Defeat bosses in this bullet hell with unique characters and silly stories. Will you be able to escape the clutches of a contract you signed for the purchase of a yogurt maker?

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 33.3%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Bullet Time 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Top-Down 7.4%

  3. #3 Atria Valkyrie
    96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
    Dev: Kinko Game Studio
    Windows

    Operate disc hovercrafts that absorb enemy bullets to charge up your weapon. This is a vertical STG game. Correct timing of your attack and choice of bullet determines your survival or defeat.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Bullet Time 16.7%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Shooter 6.3%

  4. #4 Restless Voronezh
    95% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: SkitGames
    Windows

    Restless Voronezh - A game in the Top Down Shooter genre, where the player controls a hero and, using various available means, deals with his enemies in cramped rooms of a huge building, clearing floor after floor.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 44.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Shooter 15%, Action 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

  5. #5 A Million Conquests
    94% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: Rainbirth SL
    Windows

    Experience the thrill of a shmup game like the arcade classics. With just the right amount of story, lots of action, and many, many bullets.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Shooter 8.6%

  6. #6 WOLFLAME
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 116 reviews2016
    Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 31.4%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10.5%, Top-Down 7.2%

  7. #7 AstroRage2049
    92% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: CJPub: Outofthematrix
    Windows

    A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Cyberpunk 10.8%, Bullet Time 10.2%

  8. #8 Insectipede
    93% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: LoadUpGames.com
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Bullet Time 16%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.1%

  9. #9 NANOFORCE tactical surgeon fighter
    91% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2023
    Dev: Alec's factory
    Windows

    Climb into the cockpit of an overpowered micro unit and fight against an invisible enemy that threatens the Human race. Progress through numerous enemy waves and bosses across more than 7 levels filled with action, secrets, and more !

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 14%, Cyberpunk 10%, Arcade 6.2%

  10. #10 SorcerialBladeCannon
    91% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: MACHINECODE
    Windows

    ■Bullet Hell Shmup with a Huge Sword This game is a bullet hell shmup to have you satisfy with a beginner and the arcade senior player! Swing a huge sword around if you become dangerous!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 7.1%

  11. #11 Pirate Skeleton Treasure (shooting series - chapter 1)
    90% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Luca BonacorsiPub: LB²
    Windows

    To conquer the treasure of pirate skeletons you will have to pass several levels to reach the final one. Eliminate all enemies, shoot and advance.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 45.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Time 18.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Action 2.8%

  12. #12 Return Ace
    89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
    Dev: NEROTA
    Windows

    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 25.3%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 9%, Top-Down 8.2%

  13. #13 MUA
    89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: BangsFactory
    Windows

    This is a team online battle game. Use various characters to win the battle!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 45.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Cyberpunk 15.1%, Shooter 13.8%, Sci-fi 3.8%

  14. #14 Shutdown
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: G4SE
    Windows

    Engage in heart-pounding top-down shooter action as a skilled operative fighting against powerful mega-corporations in a dystopian future. Unleash a barrage of futuristic weaponry, master tactical combat, and liberate humanity from the clutches of oppression in Shutdown.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Shooter 9.3%

  15. #15 Endocrisis Hyperactive
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Arturo Buschmann
    Windows

    Endocrisis Hyperactive the next top-down shoot em up with intense action. Absorb bullets to increment your power and pass through levels with tons of enemies and bullets and, of course, intense boss battles.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.6%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Cyberpunk 11.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%, Shooter 9.7%

  16. #16 Lober Lobe
    86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
    Windows

    Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 18%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Surreal 13%, Shooter 10.5%

  17. #17 District Panic
    85% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
    Dev: Asfar GAMES
    Windows · Linux

    an action-packed arcade shooter that takes you deep into the heart of a computer under siege.You're the system's last line of defense.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 32.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Shooter 10%

  18. #18 Cosmo Chaser
    86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: Choi Jaewook
    Windows

    Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Cyberpunk 16.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7.7%

  19. #19 Tring!
    84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: siriculo
    Windows · Linux

    Tring! is a short score-attack game where you bounce balls off enemies and walls to gain scores. Reach the highest score you can, and try to beat and everybody else again!

    Why similar: Bullet Time 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17%, Surreal 11.9%, Shooter 9.7%

  20. #20 Always Surrender
    83% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2024
    Dev: The Covert Sheep Example
    Windows

    Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Bullet Time 19%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 7.1%

  21. #21 Shootvaders: The Beginning
    84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2021
    Dev: Went2Play LLC
    Windows

    The Space mission center has ordered you to fly into space and find a new planet. New planet will bring a new possibilities to humankind. The flight won't be easy! The universe has many alien groups that want to stop you.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.8%, Bullet Time 17.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Cyberpunk 13.4%, Shooter 8.1%

  22. #22 The Battle of Aurinoxia
    82% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2026
    Dev: N11 Games Division
    Windows

    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 27.2%, Bullet Hell 26.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 9.7%, Top-Down 8.4%

  23. #23 Mikaira (Archived)
    82% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2022
    Dev: Pierra_Poura_PenguinPub: Mikaira's Reality
    Windows

    "Mikaira (Archived)" is a 2D, shoot 'em up, side scroller. You can shoot through enemies with guns, bust through them with superpowers, or dodge your way through their attacks.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 41.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 6%

  24. #24 Gun Predict
    80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Gabry Corti
    Windows

    Gun Predict is a top-down strategy shooter where you must carefully choose the type of bullets to use in order to complete the levels. Create a strategy to eliminate all enemies and overcome obstacles using special projectiles.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.8%, Bullet Hell 13%, Top-Down 11.8%, Cyberpunk 9.5%, Shooter 9%

  25. #25 Evorales
    81% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
    Dev: Hechelion
    Windows

    Defeat the gnu-demon and his army and save the day in this top-down bullet hell focused on slowdown and bullet time mechanics. Easy to play but hard to master, it requires great strategy if you aim for a hi-score while dodging bullets across 12 hand-drawn, steampunk aesthetic stages.

    Why similar: Bullet Time 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Arcade 8%, Top-Down 8%

  26. #26 Deadliest Pigeon
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Rusty RexPub: Catoptric Games
    Windows

    Equip weapons against physics based enemies, swing through chaos with grappling hook and destroy everything in your path to avenge the little chick!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.6%, Bullet Time 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 3.4%

  27. #27 ASSAULT SHELL
    79% matchPositive90% of 21 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: Bullet Hell 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 8%

  28. #28 Chromadi
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kleanup Games
    Windows

    Mix and match colors and blast your way through waves of Chromies in this fast-paced retro arcade shooter. Play as the Hue-Men to defend the Rainbar and restore color to the fading planet of Chromara!

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Time 21.8%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 9.8%

  29. #29 Soda Sabotage
    78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Darien Williams
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Soda Sabotage is a Sci-fi 2D top-down shooter, where the player guns his way through 25 levels and 5 bosses belonging to a soda weapon factory using their own weapons against in order to disable the evil soda weapon making factory. Shoot, dash but most importantly survive!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 36.8%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Top-Down 6.7%

  30. #30 Galactic Mecha GunSuit
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Theosoft
    Windows

    A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Time 15%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 11%

  31. #31 SPACE BLASTER 8 BIT
    79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2018
    Dev: Dead Crow
    Windows

    They have briefly left by your ship in an asteroid Hagel theirs. Now you have landed to hostile area. Now you must only survive.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Cyberpunk 15.8%, Procedural Generation 12%, Shooter 9.4%

  32. #32 BLASTER MAYHEM
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stormduck
    Windows

    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 30.9%, Bullet Hell 24.1%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

  33. #33 STEEL FORCE: Top Down Shooter
    76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: PolyBuild
    Windows

    STEEL FORCE is a top-down shooter. Attack robots, use your shield, and push your skills to the limit. Run, dash, and break through waves of armed machines.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Cyberpunk 18.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Arcade 9.9%

  34. #34 Void Prison
    76% matchVery Positive80% of 95 reviews2022
    Dev: Lazy FlockPub: Untold Tales
    Windows

    Void Prison is a fast paced, endless arcade twin stick shooter that puts you inside of an ever shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don't get consumed by the void. Complete achievements to unlock new skins and powerups and get on top of the leaderboards!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.5%, Bullet Time 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.8%

  35. #35 Hyper Echelon
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 65 reviews2021
    Dev: GangoGames LLC
    Windows · Mac

    The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.

    Why similar: Bullet Time 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12%, Shooter 8.3%

  36. #36 Space Saviour Special
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lizard Game Dev
    Windows

    Space Savior Special. Shmup genre game. Help Earth in her last awakened attempt to save humanity from the Naggal Biomechanical Virus. Use everything you have to get through enemy forces! Your ship, your pods, your bombs, your faith and your reflexes to destroy your terrible enemy!

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Cyberpunk 20.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 9%

  37. #37 Feeble Light
    74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 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 32.6%, Bullet Hell 25.4%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

  38. #38 Commandment #7 - Thou Should Not Kill
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ActionFunGamesPub: MagicProStudio
    Windows

    "Commandment #7 - Thou Should Not Kill" is a cinematic action-shooter game about ex-CIA agent with using slow motion effect. He went to retirement, but old "friends" came for revenge and kidnapped his daughter. Now, you have 24 hours to rescue her and stop all this mess.

    Why similar: Bullet Time 34.1%, Hero Shooter 24.7%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Shooter 8.8%

  39. #39 Endocrisis
    74% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
    Dev: Arturo Buschmann
    Windows

    Combat against big bosses and increase the power of your ship through levels and secrets. Absorb or use your armor against enemy bullets is the key defense strategy

    Why similar: Bullet Time 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 19%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Arcade 8.2%

  40. #40 Little Blue
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HyreonPub: Martial Mirror Studios, LLC
    Windows

    A top down shooter where you heal by getting near bullets, Little Blue allows you and 3 friends to bring Technitia down using nothing but their own technology and hubris.

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Philosophical 12.8%, Shooter 9.4%

  41. #41 Wave Function 1.0
    72% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Usual Game Developer
    Windows

    Wave Function is a PC-based FPS game. Its single-stage bullet hell design forces players to survive under intense barrages of bullets. With roguelike elements, each attempt offers different power-ups, enemy formations, and strategies. It’s easy to learn but hard to master.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 37.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Surreal 7.1%

  42. #42 Exodus: Trapped In Time
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Yuriy Georgiev
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A retro 2.5D sci-fi FPS shooter with modern mechanics with custom engine. Features completely destructible environments, bullet-time slow motion, Newtonian physics, dynamic lighting and more fun features.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.6%, Bullet Time 20.9%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Surreal 8.4%

  43. #43 Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Combo Game StudioPub: Nuntius Games
    Windows

    Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.8%, Cyberpunk 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Bullet Hell 8.9%, Shooter 6.9%

  44. #44 SSS222: HyperSpace
    71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
    Dev: HyperGamesDevPub: HaipaStudios
    Windows

    A fast-paced addicting space shooter with an inspiration taken from many modern games. A project I have been passionately working solo for 2 years+!

    Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Bullet Time 17.4%, Cyberpunk 9.9%, Shooter 9%

  45. #45 Captain Diarrhea and The Shartening
    71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
    Dev: Donkulosis Labs
    Windows · Linux

    A top-down wave shooter. Use gross and weird movement mechanics and abilities. Survive, and enact revenge on the black military division that abducted you and made you the way that you are. BRING FORTH THE SHARTENING.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 41.2%, Bullet Time 26.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Top-Down 9%, Sci-fi 5.7%

  46. #46 Jasper Redds vs The Ares Belt
    70% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Ares Belt Software
    Windows

    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 29.2%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Shooter 18.2%, Top-Down 8.9%, Action 7.8%

  47. #47 Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
    69% matchVery Positive97% of 357 reviews2021
    Dev: YOTSUBANEPub: KOMODO
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    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 31.3%, Bullet Hell 27.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Top-Down 6.7%

  48. #48 ZombieMaze
    71% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Junseok Oh
    Windows

    'Zombie Maze' is simple top-down shooter game with maze. You need to find way to escape. Only way to escape is helicopter on the roof!! RUN!!! and kill that ZOMBIES!!!

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 45.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Shooter 13.7%, Top-Down 6.8%, Action 5.6%

  49. #49 ∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium-
    68% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2024
    Dev: Endless Shirafu
    Windows

    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 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Cyberpunk 13.5%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 6.4%

  50. #50 Waves 2: Notorious
    70% matchVery Positive93% of 322 reviews2015
    Dev: Squid In A Box Ltd
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!

    Why similar: Bullet Time 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

  51. #51 Astro Burn
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Beyond The PIxelsPub: Pixel Doors
    Windows

    A fast-paced sci-fi cute-em-up filled with colourful bullet-hell chaos and giant adorable animals in huge mechs. Play as Astro a space cat, as you blast, dodge, upgrade, trigger Catnip Special Powers, and take down screen-filling cute critters overlords in retro arcade style.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 30.2%, Bullet Time 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 7.6%

  52. #52 PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Chain Damage Games
    Windows

    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 26.8%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

  53. #53 Karous
    66% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2026
    Dev: RS34
    Windows

    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 37.1%, Bullet Hell 29.7%, Shooter 17%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 3.5%

  54. #54 Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
    70% matchMixed56% of 527 reviews2017
    Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: UFO Interactive Games
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    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 41.1%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Action 5.7%

  55. #55 Cybxus Heart
    69% 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 31.1%, Bullet Hell 30.6%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 11.4%, Action 5.3%

  56. #56 Golgalian
    67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Atael
    Windows

    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 28.4%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 11.3%, Top-Down 7.9%

  57. #57 Lobstar: Arcade Version
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Team Lobstar
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 23.8%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Bullet Time 12.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Top-Down 8.5%

  58. #58 Waves
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,549 reviews2011
    Dev: Squid In A Box Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    Why similar: Bullet Time 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, Shooter 9%

  59. #59 Starship 43 - The Last Astronaut VR
    67% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Thetis Games
    Windows

    Immerse yourself in this intense virtual reality indie sci-fi FPS action game. Explore Starship 43, fight hostile enemies, solve puzzles, and overcome obstacles to restore communication with Earth. Experience the isolation and danger of space as you uncover the station's secrets.

    Why similar: Hero Shooter 30%, Bullet Time 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Shooter 7.9%

  60. #60 Gunvein
    65% matchVery Positive97% of 212 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 39.8%, Bullet Hell 28.2%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 9.8%, Sci-fi 5.2%

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