60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade.
MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.
Z-Exemplar
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
Stellar 2D
Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Action 29.1%, Indie 20.9%, Retro 13.3%
Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.
Why similar: Indie 41.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Action 19.1%, Casual 18.6%
TeraBlaster is a top-down arcade shooter micro-game which draws heavy inspiration from Geometry Wars. Duke it out with hordes of enemies on randomly generated levels, trigger massive explosions, and die a truly glorious death.
Why similar: Action 25.7%, Casual 24.1%, Indie 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Retro 10.6%
Razor2: Hidden Skies Razor2: Hidden Skies is a top view shooter. The game has the style of successful classic arcade games, while using the latest technology to create great visuals and effects. An old-school game with all new technology.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.2%, Action 22.2%, Casual 16.2%, Indie 15.5%, Arcade 7.8%
Star Drifter is a super hard and hectic space shooter, inspired by classics such as R Type, Xenon, Galaxian, Moon Cresta and Gradius.
Why similar: Indie 37.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Action 19.2%, Casual 17.3%
Tachyon Project is a dual stick shooter heavily inspired by classic shoot'em ups. We’ve combined many unique enemy types, a large variety of weapons and power-ups with innovative gameplay to ensure a long lasting challenge and discovery at every new level.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Action 28.3%, Indie 21.8%, Arcade 12.8%
Jump back to the good old days of arcade machines with Void Invaders: a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up game inspired by classics such as Galaga and Space Invaders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, Action 18%, Arcade 14.6%, Indie 13.9%, Retro 13.5%
C-RUSH is an old school Shooter, with HD graphics.A new threat is coming from the space; the plasma insects. Exterminate the vermin!!Beat your own score and compare it with the other players !Key Features:- One ship with different positions to use- Different Gameplay according to the positions and shoots- A Schmup where you need...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.4%, Action 17.4%, Indie 14.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 7.8%
Duke of Alpha Centuri is a space shooter with amazing graphics. The main goal of our game is to have a lot of fun while blowing up hordes of different types of enemies. Engage in boss fights, upgrade your ship and ship systems until you are able to show off in an endless mode.
Why similar: Action 30.7%, Casual 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Indie 20.2%
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 34.4%, Action 25.5%, Retro 12%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 9.6%
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 69.4%, Shooter 30.6%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 12.6%, Casual 11.7%
Arcade shoot game inspired on 80’s classics with extra features as you progress.
Why similar: Action 34.8%, Casual 29.9%, Indie 25.3%, Arcade 9.9%
Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.2%, Action 33.6%, Indie 25.2%
Dark Matter is a classic arcade space shooter inspired by Asteroids, featuring fast-paced ship combat, physics-based movement, and score-driven gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44%, Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 15.5%, Casual 12.6%, Action 10.6%
Astervoid 2000 is a 1 to 4 player local-multiplayer space brawler, combining classic arcade action with modern gameplay. Explosive, indestructible, and icy asteroids will slam against your ship, or can be weaponized against your opponents. Perfect support for gamepads & keyboard and mouse.
Why similar: Action 28.1%, Casual 25.6%, Indie 21.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Retro 11.4%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Action 11.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Retro 10.4%
Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.
Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.5%, Action 26%, Arcade 16.9%, Indie 16.6%
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals. Collect power ups, destroy the enemy ships and defeat the mega bosses in 12 action packed levels. On your own or with a friend in local co-op mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Action 10.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Casual 10.1%
M.A.C.E. Tower Defense is a classic tower defense game with unique towers and enemies and an ingame shop system for getting better towers, upgrade existing towers and buy special items.
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.5%, Action 25%, Arcade 15.8%, Shooter 15.6%, Indie 6.1%
Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Action 22.4%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 13.3%, Indie 8.6%
Galagan's Island is an Arcade style Space Shooter paying loving homage to classic arcade style & difficulty. This Bullet Hell is sure to satisfy your Shmup Shortage! Featuring 25 LEVELS of handcrafted whimsical charm. Formations so pretty you almost don't want to destroy them.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Action 27%, Casual 24.3%, Indie 20.2%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Action 20.5%, Casual 18.8%, Indie 15%, Arcade 11.7%
Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.8%, Arcade 15.9%, Retro 15.5%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 12.2%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.9%, Action 15.2%, Arcade 14.5%, Retro 12.8%, Shooter 12.2%
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.4%, Action 24.6%, Indie 17.5%, Arcade 6.5%
Ruzh Delta Z is a frenzied shoot-em-up which draws inspiration from classics such as Gradius, DoDonPachi, and R-Type. Shoot your way through perilous stages and wreck thousands of rogue vessels in your quest to become the ultimate pilot.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Action 28.9%, Casual 22.8%, Indie 18.9%
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.8%, Action 17.9%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 15.7%, Retro 10%
Gal-X-E aims to revive the old-school shoot em up genre, and adds modern elements to it! Fight your way through endless waves of randomly generated madness! Collect spaceships and show the enemy who's boss!
Fast-paced retro shmup where space keeps shrinking. Collect energy orbs, avoid danger, unlock ships, and chase the highest score in this addictive arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 13.5%, Casual 12.5%
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.8%, Shooter 16.4%, Arcade 14.9%, Retro 10.6%, Action 10.1%
Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.9%, Action 29.7%, Indie 22.2%, Retro 10.2%
Toast Time is a throwback to the golden age of video games where old-school homebrew titles fused arcade action with a distinctly British sense of humour.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 13.7%, Casual 12.4%
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Action 13%, Arcade 10.6%, Shooter 10.2%
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 14%, Retro 10.3%, Action 9.1%
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 13.3%, Retro 12.9%, Action 12.2%
Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.6%, Casual 26.5%, Arcade 19.4%, Retro 14.5%
Rolling Bird is a retro arcade shooter, heavily inspired by Namco's 1986 classic 'Rolling Thunder'.
Why similar: Action 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Indie 18.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Retro 11.1%
Shoot to move, move to live, live to shoot! Blast Off Far Away (B.O.F.A.) is a space-themed, top-down arena shooter, with a focus on fast-paced arcade-esque gameplay, with the unique twist where movement is limited through the use of the player's gun.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.8%, Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 14%, Casual 12%
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, Casual 34.7%, Retro 16.3%, Arcade 9.3%
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 52.9%, Action 14.1%, Indie 10.6%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.4%
This is an arcade horizontal shoot'em up, that combines solid arcade controls with modern elements like bullet hell phases, tiny hitboxes, different types of gameplay and scoring, collectibles, trophies and many other features, which makes Wings Of Bluestar a fun shmup for both casuals and regulars.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.1%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 13.6%, Retro 12.3%
Steelborn - is a run and gun platformer game inspired by the classics and made by a team of Abuse, Ranger-X, Contra, Metal Slug, Blaster Master and H.E.R.O fans.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.5%, Arcade 19.1%, Action 16%, Casual 15.3%
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience! Devise your own playstyle with a huge variety of weapons. Hardcore and casual players alike are welcome!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Action 13.3%, Retro 13.1%, Shooter 6.7%
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.9%, Arcade 17.5%, Action 16.7%, Shooter 13.9%
Classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI. You were created on space military station developing weapons. Now your goal is to break out of the lab and win your freedom.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.6%, Action 9.7%
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Action 23.5%, Retro 16.3%, Shooter 14.7%, Indie 12.9%
Roche Fusion is a retro, over the top space shooter. An all you can shoot buffet; fast paced and procedurally generated; with crazy waves of enemies, awesome upgrades and wicked boss-fights! Also: Explosions. Lots of explosions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.9%, Action 23.9%, Casual 22.4%, Indie 17.9%
Top-down 2.5D action that combines old-school shooters like Star Control, action-RPGs like Diablo, with a system that evolves unique weapons to player preferences. Single-player and 32-player online coop and PVP.
Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.8%, Arcade 16.1%, Action 14.5%, Casual 13.4%, Retro 11.2%
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.1%, Arcade 16.7%, Action 14.7%, Casual 13.4%, Retro 11%
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 12.1%, Retro 8.3%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Action 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Casual 14.5%, Arcade 10.8%
Space Aces is an indie space shooter that plunges you into an online universe full of action, strategy, and fierce competition. Step into the cockpit and evolve from a rookie pilot into the most feared Ace in the galaxy!
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 11.1%, Casual 10.1%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Arcade 22.2%, Action 19.8%, Shooter 18.3%, Retro 8.9%
