- #1 Stargunner
97% matchVery Positive81% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
In the far distant future, an epic war for survival takes place... Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 62.1%, Action 37.9%
- #2 Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
96% matchVery Positive89% of 231 reviews2014
Dev: Cygnus StudiosPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Become a mercenary of the future and pilot the super-tech Raptor. Embark on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp, battle against hordes of relentless enemies and spend the bounty to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hardcore weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 67.7%, Action 32.3%
- #3 Blake Stone: Planet Strike
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: JAM ProductionsPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
It's the 22nd century: Galactic travel is commonplace, peace is at hand, and the future looks bright - until Goldfire's plan to unleash an army of military mutants shocks the galaxy. Dr. Goldfire, a brilliant bio-scientist whose morbid research led to incredible genetic improvements in humanoids and aliens, has gone power crazy.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #4 Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
95% matchVery Positive87% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: JAM ProductionsPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Wolfenstein 3D took you into the past, thrusting you into a world at war. Blake rockets you into the future where a sinister madman, using genetics to create an army of bizarre creatures, is waging war on Earth. Blake has more of everything!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #5 ALLTYNEX Second
94% matchVery Positive85% of 160 reviews2014
Dev: SITER SKAINPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 28%
The year is 2192AD. 40 years ago, the Stellar-class All-purpose Administrative Computer ALLTYNEX suddenly attempted to enact genocide upon mankind. Commandeering armies of unmanned weapons, ALLTYNEX enacted a massacre so terrible that within only 72 hours of the start of the incident, approximately 85% of the world's population had...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.5%, Action 34.5%
- #6 Alien Rampage
93% matchMixed70% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: Inner Circle CreationsPub: Piko Interactive LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Your ship is in ruins. your cargo is lost... and you are one ticked-off alien trapped on a planet overrun by bloodthirsty mutants with the help of a handful of enslaved natives and enough firepower to level a city.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #7 Procyon
92% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2014
Dev: Deadly Red Cube
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 75.4%, Action 24.6%
- #8 ESCHATOS
91% matchVery Positive97% of 298 reviews2015
Dev: QutePub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 67.5%, Action 32.5%
- #9 Alien Death Mob
91% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
Aliens have invaded Earth! Towns, cities, deserts, they're everywhere! Take on the role of Earth's last super soldier and confront the alien menace in this intense twin stick shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 54.6%, Action 45.4%
- #10 X-COM: Enforcer
90% matchMixed58% of 462 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 26%
X-COM: Earth's top-secret eXtraterrestrial COMbat unit The Place: America - early 21st century The Mission: Eradicate the extraterrestrials Alien forces have invaded Earth and are terrorizing the population.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #11 ARMED SEVEN
89% matchVery Positive91% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 73.8%, Action 26.2%
- #12 Rolling Gunner
86% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Project Rolling GunnerPub: mebius.
Windows
March 18th, 2061 - "Operation Downfall" Commences With its reliance on BAC, humanity had forgotten how to operate even basic transportation, let alone weapons. After the attacks from BAC and the subsequent social chaos, the human population was reduced by half.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 84%, Action 16%
- #13 Spaceguy
89% matchMixed52% of 126 reviews2018
Dev: Light SoftPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Humanity is under threat. Unknown creatures captured a space ship that moves directly to the ground. Far future. People have already mastered the flights between planets. And everything seemed to go well, until mankind met another ratio. Can you stop the alien invaders?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #14 Expendable
88% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2018
Dev: Rage SoftwarePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Somewhere in the future a hostile alien race conquers most of the galaxy. Scientists developed the “Millennium Soldier” project by cloning two super-soldiers. Armed with blasters they will battle scores of monsters, robots and boss aliens to save us and get a well-earned reward.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #15 Destructivator 2
86% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: Action 54.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 45.3%
- #16 Offendron Warrior
85% matchPositive86% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 76.1%, Action 23.9%
- #17 Terminal Velocity™: Boosted Edition
82% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Terminal RealityPub: Ziggurat
Windows
In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron, flying the fastest, most dangerous crafts ever made. You're outgunned, outmanned, and strapped into a flying coffin.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #18 Bad Caterpillar
84% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: Fun Infused Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Bad Caterpillars and their swarms of insect hordes are invading. Get to your ship, man the lasers, and save the galaxy from caterpillars, scorpions, spiders, and a slew of other ill-tempered giant killer insects.
Why similar: Action 51.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 48.8%
- #19 Galactic Missile Defense
84% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Black Sheep Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Galactic Missile Defense is a shooter and tower defense game, where you must protect Earth from the invading Martians that declared war on our planet just because a space rover accidentally ruined their picnic!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 76.1%, Action 23.9%
- #20 Wild Dogs
81% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: 2ndBoss
Windows · Mac · Linux
The world is under a frantic alien attack. Amidst the chaos and with the army virtually subdued, the deadliest and most inconsequential pair of specialists are called upon to do what must be done. Join the war hunting aliens around the world and in every way possible.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 72.7%, Action 27.3%
- #21 MDK
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 357 reviews2009
Dev: Shiny Entertainment
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
ON A GOOD DAY, ONLY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE. As vast alien mining cities suck the power and minerals from every major metropolis on Earth simultaneously, time is of the essence as millions of civilians are expiring by the second.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #22 Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 467 reviews2014
Dev: Rage SoftwarePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #23 Gundroid
74% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Kitogoru Games
Windows
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 68.4%, Action 31.6%
- #24 Devil Engine
79% matchVery Positive89% of 142 reviews2019
Dev: Protoculture GamesPub: Poppy Works
Windows
A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 67.2%, Action 32.8%
- #25 Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 965 reviews2014
Dev: JoyMasher
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2023
Dev: StarTroop LLC
Windows
Why are alien insectoids invading Earth in 2023? This narrative driven 2D shooter pits you against a seemingly hopeless battle against the invading Insectoids. How will you (and Earth) manage to survive? What hidden technological, historical, and spiritual secrets will you discover as a result?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #27 Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
80% matchMixed60% of 369 reviews2011
Dev: Kot in Action Creative Artel
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Control an advanced hovertank, packed with the most advanced and sophisticated weapons as you fight against extraterrestrial invaders.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #28 Radical Spectrum: Volume 1
78% matchMixed53% of 135 reviews2016
Dev: Autonomic InteractivePub: New Reality Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A band of aliens led by the careless Prince FaceBox have invaded the future city of Nucleusport, bombarding it with radioactive waste from their own polluted planet. Only one man has the tech and the cojones to fight back. Take on the role of Doc DuBrane and wield his super-powerful Prisma Cannon in this endless arcade-style shooter.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #29 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
73% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
Windows
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #30 Chicken Invaders 1
70% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: InterAction studios
Windows
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 58.6%, Action 41.4%
- #31 Rigid Force Alpha
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 133 reviews2018
Dev: com8com1 Software
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 75.1%, Action 24.9%
- #32 Humanity Asset
78% matchMostly Negative31% of 509 reviews2014
Dev: Browny ApplicationPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!
Why similar: Action 69.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%
- #33 A.I. Invasion
77% matchMostly Negative35% of 66 reviews2015
Dev: GameArt Studio GmbH
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A.I. Invasion is an action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting. The superior machines subjugated the universe. In a wide range of missions you take the role of a soldier and equip and command a team of special units to reclaim the planet system.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #34 Lilac 0
68% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Bullet Prince
Windows
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 71.9%, Action 28.1%
- #35 Incoming + Incoming Forces
76% matchMixed56% of 353 reviews2014
Dev: Rage SoftwarePub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Prepare for one of the most action packed-shooters in PC gaming history! Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy! You will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #36 KAMUI
73% matchVery Positive90% of 215 reviews2014
Dev: SITER SKAINPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Centuries have passed since the events of RefleX and mankind has once again attained civilization. Now, ancient technology born of a twisted mind sets in motion a chain of events designed to bring divine retribution down upon mankind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 68.5%, Action 31.5%
- #37 Venusian Vengeance
74% matchVery Positive85% of 103 reviews2015
Dev: Renegade Sector Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
In the year is 196X the Soviets won the space race and colonized Venus. Now the Americans have sent Sgt. Jon Dagger to Venus to destroy the Secret Soviet Science Facility.
Why similar: Action 54.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 45.2%
- #38 Radiant Silvergun
67% matchVery Positive93% of 213 reviews2023
Dev: Live Wire
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 80.8%, Action 19.2%
- #39 SATAZIUS
73% matchVery Positive85% of 324 reviews2011
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 75.3%, Action 24.7%
- #40 Notrium
72% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2015
Dev: Ville Mönkkönen
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%
You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 60.7%, Action 39.3%
- #41 ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: jounitus
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 77.1%, Action 22.9%
- #42 Extraneum
65% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: David JalbertPub: Hellforge Studios
Windows · Linux
Extraneum is an old-school, sci-fi single-player first person shooter with an emphasis on exploration and secret hunting. Fight your way through biohacked monstrosities and stop their progress before they take control of the entire world.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #43 Alien Attack
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2016
Dev: Alien Jellyfish
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens. Persist them as long as you can.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #44 Intrude
71% matchVery Positive82% of 211 reviews2016
Dev: Michal Kruba
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Intrude is a first-person shooter. Your mission is to get into a long time abandoned base, suddenly taken over by some kind of private military, find your way up and destroy the source of a signal comming from the base. Collect as much data as you can to find out what they are up to.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #45 G WARRIOR
64% matchVery Positive92% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Liao Kai
Windows
G WARRIOR is a retro hardcore action shooting game. Pick up the gun and destroy all robots and aliens. Fight in colorful scenes such as snowy mountains, caves, seas of fire, alien lairs, etc.! !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 68.2%, Action 31.8%
- #46 Rogue Invader
68% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess
63% matchVery Positive91% of 209 reviews2024
Dev: Pizza Bear Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Pilot the Megacopter, a sentient weapon that gains power by feeding on the blood of its enemies. Play through the campaign featuring seek and destroy, boss, rescue, and defense missions against the evil reptoid army. Upgrade Megacopter with the fabled AZ-TECH: ancient weaponry and armor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 78.2%, Action 21.8%
- #48 Commander Keen
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,554 reviews2007
Dev: id Software
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #49 ALIENS INVADED OUR PLANET
70% matchMixed59% of 87 reviews2018
Dev: Kerim Kumbasar
Windows
Aliens Invaded Our Planet is a Multiplayer / CO-OP (Up to 6P) FPS & Arcade Style Action game, the game is about alien invasion in 1900s Richalley Town. Shoot and run for your life against the aliens!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #50 Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
58% matchVery Positive94% of 994 reviews2026
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lock and load into the Starship Troopers universe and join the Mobile Infantry in the most realistic depiction of war ever made! Experience an original story in this action-packed, first-person retro shooter. Would you like to know more?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #51 Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
65% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2023
Dev: JM Neto Game Dev
Windows
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #52 Ground Control Anthology
69% matchVery Positive85% of 196 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
The year is 2419. War has devastated Earth, and mega-corporations take to the stars to fight over colonised planets. Your employer, the Crayven Corporation, chose you to command an army of ground and air forces. You thought it would be just another brush-fire war. You were wrong.
- #53 Starr Mazer: DSP
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 271 reviews2016
Dev: Imagos SoftworksPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 64.6%, Action 35.4%