Games Like Manalia Notes -A memory of innocence-

That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.6%, Shooter 25.8%, Female Protagonist 13%, Cute 7.8%, 2D 6.6%

A psychedelic shmup for casuals and cave dwellers.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Magic 20.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.1%, Cute 8.1%

The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37%, Shooter 23%, Anime 13.5%, Cute 11.1%, 2D 6.7%

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: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Shooter 23.8%, Magic 19.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Action 2.7%

A 90s anime inspired, wave based, 2D run and gun side scroller, where you are a magical girl on the side of light. Load out your arsenal of spells to free the legion of spirits corrupted by the legion of shadow.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Shooter 23%, Magic 12.2%, Cute 9.4%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Headpat monster girls to save the day! Join the Headpat Special Taskforce, an organization helping stress-ridden monster girls. Follow monster girls’ cases in comic-style dossiers, dodge their tantrum attacks, and show them the love and support they deserve!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.5%, Anime 22.7%, Cute 14.4%, Female Protagonist 7.6%, Bullet Hell 4.9%

For the hope of humanity, the decisive battle unfolds in the vast sky...An STG featuring magical girls and an instant-upgrade system！Let's save Guanlan!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.2%, Shooter 19.4%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Cute 9.7%, Anime 8.4%

The Monster Queen has invaded town and captured your friends! Pick your stage, explore, fight monsters, save your friends, and play as them in this top-down shooter inspired by classic handheld gaming!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.9%, Shooter 18.8%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Anime 9%, Cute 7.6%

Simple vertical scrolling shooter with a bear as the main character, 5 stages in total

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.6%, Shooter 31.3%, Cute 14%, 2D 9.3%, Bullet Hell 3.5%

Vertical scrolling bullet-hell 2D shooting game! Dodge and defeat the diverse magical attacks unleashed by the charming fox girl! All 4 stages + EX planned.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.2%, Shooter 17.9%, Anime 8.4%, Magic 7.3%, Cute 7%

A Touhou-inspired bullet hell shooting game where you play as magic-using anthropomorphic characters. Explore Lunamara, a land full of magical creatures and youkai, and discover why the moon's rotation around Earth has been halted.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.1%, Shooter 18.8%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Anime 9.8%, Cute 9.7%

Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.8%, Shooter 28%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, 2D 8%, Action 4.9%

Gunbird characters go wild! A new sensation, ‘Block-Breaking Shooter’—combining the fun of block-breaking and shooting games—is here!! Simple controls make it enjoyable for everyone from kids to adults.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, Shooter 22.2%, Anime 10.8%, Cute 8.5%, Magic 8.1%

Water Festa is a top-down shooter inspired by Thailand's Songkran water festival. You play as a mermaid girl, balancing wetness to remain human, dodge water to avoid becoming too wet, but seek it when dry. Expect a casual bullet hell experience as people continuously shower you.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shooter 21.5%, Anime 17.6%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Cute 9.3%

You destroy the runaway electronic organ AISZ. Vertical scroll STG with all 5 levels.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 49.8%, Shooter 31.2%, 2D 9.2%, Action 5.5%, Indie 2.9%

Bomber Angel Bombriel – FOREVER THE KINGS – is a top-down free-scrolling bomb-placement action/shooter that shares the same lineage as classic masterpieces like RoboWarrior (NES). It’s a fresh new game dressed in pastel, cute visuals—nostalgic in spirit, yet with noticeably improved controls.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.7%, Shooter 24.5%, Anime 12.4%, Cute 10%, 2D 6.1%

The Prism Warriors return for another helping of retro-styled bullet hell action. Face off against the sinister Twilight Four, and fight to save more than just your friends...

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Shooter 19.9%, Anime 13.2%, Magic 11.9%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Shooter 17.4%, Anime 12.9%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Cute 9.4%

Enchanter is a bullet hell RPG that blends Metroidvania and roguelike elements. You play as Aria, a fairy exploring the world and the Shattered Space, advancing the story as you go. Your ultimate goal is to reach the deepest part of the Shattered Space — the World Library.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31%, Shooter 21.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Magic 9.7%, Cute 9.3%

A mysterious midsummer downpour has caused Gensokyo's lakes and rivers to spill over. Not only that, but youkai and phantoms inhabiting those bodies of water have become unnaturally ferocious. Venture off on an adventure into the deep skies to find the cause of this classic rain-themed incident.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.5%, Shooter 26%, Anime 12.2%, Cute 7.7%, Female Protagonist 7.7%

The game is set in a world where humanity is thrown into chaos due to an invasion by creatures from another realm. As a magical girl, Mo Yin Ling Ling takes on commissions through her own establishment, the "Bunny Girl Bar," and resolves various supernatural disturbances across different locations.

Why similar: Magic 24.3%, Shooter 24.2%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Anime 22%, Indie 3.3%

This is a top-down shooter designed primarily for multiplayer. Players control a variety of unique characters and battle across stages filled with intense bullet patterns. (This game is an unofficial fan game based on the Touhou Project.)

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Shooter 25.1%, Cute 9.9%, Magic 8.9%, 2D 6%

A sci-fi top-down shooter game. 2D top-downYou shooting game. You get kidnapped by alien from far away and infested by their blood, which makes you able to use their weapon. You have to get out there before they catch you and do some weird thing with your body

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.3%, Shooter 31.9%, 2D 9.1%, Action 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Bot Crusher Arena is an open top-down shooter where the player takes on the role of a cyborg participating in an arena elimination with other cyborgs. The task is to survive in the arena and defeat all enemies. Don't let the enemies hit you.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.7%, Shooter 28.3%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2.4%, Action 2.3%

From the popular free game "Outside" comes a dreamy and cute barrage shmups. The visuals are colorful, cute and fantastic, and the game features active gameplay.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.6%, Shooter 20.4%, Anime 10.8%, Cute 10.6%, Bullet Hell 6.3%

Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.2%, Shooter 19.4%, Anime 12.8%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Cute 7.7%

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 57.6%, Shooter 28.6%, Magic 6.5%, Indie 3.4%, Action 3.3%

Articrow is a 2D top-down action roguelike. Play as a magical crow exploring dungeons, collecting and upgrading artifacts with unique parts. Equip these powerful artifacts and defeat challenging enemies to escape.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, Shooter 20.1%, Magic 17.6%, 2D 9.6%, Action 3%

CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.2%, Shooter 37.3%, 2D 15.8%, Action 3%, Indie 1.9%

A 2D top-down arena shooter. A freely scrolling shooter. Pixel graphics reminiscent of the SNES. Easy to control with the directional pad, two shot buttons, and a bomb button. Make full use of your two shots to smash through enemies.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.5%, Shooter 19.9%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Anime 11.6%, Cute 9.9%

Pop-Cute Shooting game‼︎

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.3%, Shooter 28.4%, 2D 8.9%, Action 3.2%, Indie 2.3%

There are 5 pilots in training, each with unique characteristics. It is the day of the final level and everyone wil l face a test to see who will be able to accept the next challenge, a true galactic mission. Be you one of the selecteds!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.2%, Shooter 32.5%, 2D 9.7%, Action 6.6%

Destruction is a game that destroys enemies up to 25 stages. A variety of powerful enemies will attack you. Don't let your guard down and use three modes and a variety of skills to destroy your enemies.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48%, Shooter 25.5%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 7.8%, Action 5.2%

Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.9%, Shooter 26.8%, 2D 8.3%, Action 3.5%, Indie 2.5%

A modern revival of classic top-down 2D stealth-action. Infiltrate a covert military base, procure weapons and equipment on-site, evade detection, and destroy the weapon known as SHADOW MANTIS.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 57.9%, Shooter 29%, 2D 8.3%, Action 4%, Singleplayer 0.9%

3 SECONDS REMAINING is a simple top-down shooter made by tiny.ROM,

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.2%, Shooter 28.2%, 2D 8.8%, Action 3.4%, Indie 2.4%

"Let's defeat the demon lord together!" A thrilling action-adventure of destruction!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Shooter 23.4%, Anime 13.3%, Cute 10.7%, 2D 6.4%

This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Shooter 27.2%, Cute 10.1%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, 2D 6.2%

Team up with your "other self", Honno-chan, as you parry, pummel and pulse your way out of your darkest nightmare in this one-of-a-kind "parry heaven" action game!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.5%, Cute 14.6%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Anime 12.4%, 2D 6.3%

L30-P4RD is Sci-Fi Top-down shooter. You explore planets as a member of the L30-P4RD, a special force that pioneered planets for civilization.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.5%, Shooter 36.1%, Action 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

"CannonBall" is a casual shooting game that trains the nerve reflex ability. Operate the mouse to rotate the turret, shoot bullets to hit the ball, and pass the level within a limited number of times!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.2%, Shooter 32.7%, 2D 9.3%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%

A shoot em' up with a manga inspired look. Destroy enemies, and use their salvage to gain more power.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.7%, Shooter 21.7%, Anime 16.1%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, 2D 6.5%

Necromancer's army is gathering! But he can't afford Necronomicon Prime so his army can only use free medieval equipment set... We believe that one battle sister can solve them well. Go Forth, Sister Para, Blast your enemy in this survivor-like shooter game!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Shooter 16.8%, Magic 13.7%, Anime 12.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%

"Nightmare Diver" is a roguelite shooting game where a rubber duck dives into the world of nightmares to save a young girl from her bad dreams, defeating enemies along the way.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 48.2%, Shooter 30.2%, Cute 13.7%, Action 4.4%, Indie 2.5%

"Survivor: Unknown Village" is a shooting game where you blast through oncoming hordes of zombies. Collect power-up panels to increase your soldier count and lead your squad to victory!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 51.4%, Shooter 32.3%, Action 5.8%, Story Rich 5%, Indie 2.9%

This a side-scrolling gal-shooting game, which is an old project I made in the past, and only has one level. Just earning a listing fee. The game will last about 5 minutes, so if you don’t like it, just refund it. If you are willing to support and keep this product, sincerely thank you! !

Why similar: Shooter 30.5%, Female Protagonist 24.1%, Anime 22.3%, 2D 6.9%, Bullet Hell 6.6%

主人公は好きな女の子がいる。ある日、彼は彼女に、告ってしまった。「ごめんなさい。あたしには好きな人がいるの」と断られた彼は、どうしても彼女を「まもり」たくなった。

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.9%, Shooter 25.7%, 2D 8.2%, Bullet Hell 5.9%, Action 3.2%

A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.9%, Shooter 19.3%, Anime 14%, Magic 12.3%, Cute 10.1%

Blow enemies away with magic bullets and smash them into walls to defeat them! A fixed-perspective top-down 2D action game!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.9%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Cute 17.4%, Anime 10.8%, Magic 7.7%

You don't aim freely. The reticle swings on its own, and only one bolt can be in play. Wait for the angle, fire, and turn a single ricochet into a chain of kills. A one-button score-attack shooter: Normal runs take about five to seven minutes, Endless never stops.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.2%, Shooter 24.9%, Magic 14.2%, Cute 7.5%, Female Protagonist 5.3%

Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Shooter 17.4%, Anime 16.4%, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Cute 11.8%

PROJECT: FIRMAMENT is a top-down horde shooter where you blast through missions using a unique aiming system that puts quick-minded positioning, map knowledge, and loadout planning as the main contributors to your success.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, Shooter 27.2%, Magic 15.8%, 2D 7.8%, Action 5%

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 46.6%, Shooter 30%, Magic 8.7%, 2D 4.8%, Story Rich 3.4%

Survive escalating zombie attacks while scavenging supplies and upgrading your gear. Hold out until rescue arrives... if you can.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 54.5%, Shooter 26%, 2D 8.1%, Cute 5.8%, Action 3.3%

IRREVERENCE is a fast paced top down shooter. Run, shoot, and dive into intense combat with a variety of strange foes in this quirky hotline miami like.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 45.3%, Shooter 19.4%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Cute 8.3%, Anime 8.1%

You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 56.6%, Shooter 28.7%, 2D 9%, Action 3.4%, Indie 1.5%

Marmoreal is a Bullet Hell Action RPG with magical girls, swords and fully automatic crossbows. Join the Mages of the Arcanum and the Warriors of Melkirion in their quest to stop the evil Necromancer!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.2%, Shooter 17.2%, Anime 14.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Cute 10.7%

The world is facing a disease of unknown origin, resulting in a large number of humans going missing or mutating into monsters that only know killing and eating. The survivors have formed various resistance and self-defense organizations to fight against these monsters in order to survive.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28%, Shooter 23.6%, Female Protagonist 20.1%, Anime 19.8%, Indie 3.3%

Spearhead is the story of agents who join secret organizations in a chaotic world surrounded by infectious diseases. Experience the story of six agents joining.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 55.3%, Shooter 24.8%, 2D 9.5%, Casual 3%, Indie 2.9%