Games Like Mesh Storm

A small survivors-like about a space girl fighting aliens on the moon.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.1%, Action 28.8%, Arcade 23.1%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%

In a Barrel is a hellish game about desperately trying to survive as a fish in an unfair world that only wants you dead. As you play and die, you will be able to upgrade your fish for a better chance of survival. If you're fast and lucky enough, you may just reach freedom.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.2%, Action 28.7%, Arcade 25.5%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Geometric Hell is an arcade bullet-hell shooter with minimalistic graphics. Survive waves of aggressive geometric shapes and upgrade to keep up with the progressive increase in difficulty. Many deaths are expected before you get a chance to fight the final boss.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.3%, Arcade 22.3%, Shooter 17.9%, Action 16%, 2D 6.2%

SEISO is a high-octane bullet hell designed for pure adrenaline. Face relentless waves of enemies, master your reflexes, and climb the global leaderboards in this minimalist, neon-soaked action experience.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.3%, Action 29.6%, Arcade 19.4%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

CounterBlocks is an arcade-like rebellious block-breaking game that combines simple block-breaking and non-simple counter bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.9%, Action 25.5%, Arcade 23.5%, Retro 14.4%, 2D 7.2%

Take to the skies in a classic 2D side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fight through multiple levels, upgrade your plane and race against time to defeat the final boss.

Why similar: Action 32.7%, Arcade 28.8%, Shooter 27.9%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Pilot through 10 progressive levels in this SNES/SEGA style 90's retro side scroller/bullet hell.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.6%, Shooter 21.3%, Arcade 18.6%, Action 16.6%, Retro 6.9%

Simply Survive is a 2D bullet hell survival experience where you the player battle through waves of enemies to just survive as long as possible.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32%, Shooter 20.3%, Arcade 17.6%, Action 15.2%, Retro 8.4%

面霊気の戯れ

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.6%, Shooter 24.1%, Arcade 21%, Action 17.1%, 2D 6%

Welcome aboard The C0RE! A fun, fast action dodger in space where you have to deflect bullets and capture as many powerups as you can! The C0RE has POWERUPS, MODES, A SKIN SHOP, LEADERBOARDS, and soooo much more!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.2%, Action 25.2%, Arcade 22.7%, Retro 12%, 2D 6.5%

A fast-paced retro shoot 'em up where you dodge bullets, upgrade your ship, and battle escalating waves of enemies and bosses.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 44%, Arcade 25.2%, Action 21.1%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%

The game is about destroying aliens and fighting never ending waves of enemies. It is a retro, bullet hell, arcade like game where you try to score the highest number of points possible. After you die restart from the beginning.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.4%, Action 26.9%, Arcade 24.2%, Retro 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Vertical Scrolling 2D Shooting Game Created by Shooting Game Builder

Why similar: Bullet Hell 44%, Shooter 26%, Action 20.7%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.

Why similar: Action 29.5%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Arcade 20%, Shooter 16.9%, Retro 13.1%

Clear hordes of cosmic critters in this simple 2D shooter but be carefully, bullets that exit the arena will warp behind you and become dangerous to you ship. Whatever goes around comes around.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 35%, Action 18.6%, Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 11.1%, Retro 9.6%

In Waifu Space Conquest you can play a nostalgic arcade game. Conquer all the space to pass the level. Confine the aliens in your claimed space to kill them.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.5%, Shooter 22.4%, Arcade 20.2%, Action 14.7%, 2D 6.4%

SHATTERSHAPE is an arcade-style shooter in which you are a lone circle fighting hordes of enemies with evil vertices. SHATTER your enemies with numerous power-ups. ONLY THE ROUND SURVIVE.

Why similar: Arcade 23.9%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Action 18.1%, Shooter 17.6%, Retro 14.7%

You’re a mediator trying to prevent an interplanetary conflict. How will you do it? By destroying infrastructure, overthrowing a monarchy, wiping out a hive, and eradicating half of a nebula… All this and more in ITZO, an 8-bit bullet hell game!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.2%, Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 16.9%, Action 12.4%, Retro 11%

Break blocks and get shot at in this chaotic cross of bullet hell and brick breaker. Bounce a ball and dodge projectile patterns that spawn whenever you break a block, while controlling the ball and using abilities to clear levels.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 44.1%, Arcade 24.5%, Action 23.5%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Shape VS Shapes is a fast-paced arcade game. Blast your way through 50+timed levels or go for a high score in Endless Mode!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.7%, Arcade 30.2%, Action 26.1%, 2D 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons

Why similar: Action 22.5%, Arcade 21.8%, Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 21%, Retro 7.5%

A bullet hell roguelike where you are a force of destruction from the moment you pick up the controls. The endless hordes of Vampire Survivors meets the satisfying micro of Hades, all set to a retro arcade soundtrack that slaps harder than it has any right to.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.1%, Arcade 23.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 12.7%, Retro 9.7%

Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.5%, Action 21.5%, Arcade 21.2%, Shooter 20.5%, Retro 6.3%

A fast-paced and minimalist game where you aim to live as long as you can, to climb higher on the leaderboard.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.7%, Action 28.3%, Arcade 25.8%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A Bullet Hell style game based on Dante's Inferno. Dodge your way through all 9 circles of the Inferno to hopefully find the lord and pray for his forgiveness!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.6%, Action 25.3%, Arcade 23.5%, Retro 9.5%, 2D 6.8%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.8%, Action 23.1%, Arcade 22.2%, Shooter 21.3%, 2D 4.3%

Food Fight! Retro shooter where you take out every boss until you achieve victory.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30%, Arcade 18.1%, Shooter 16.3%, Retro 15.5%, Action 13.5%

「視界を遮断（とざ）して――敵を討て」視界を閉ざすと、敵の攻撃予兆が見える。敵の視界を潜り抜けて戦う、新感覚・ステルス弾幕シューティングゲーム。

Why similar: Bullet Hell 43.4%, Shooter 25.6%, Action 21.7%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Action 21.6%, Shooter 20.9%, Arcade 20.2%, Retro 7.4%

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: Bullet Hell 35.7%, Shooter 23.4%, Arcade 21.4%, Action 11.4%, 2D 6.8%

Survive waves of the undead in the Wild West! Blast zombies with revolver, shotgun, or assault rifle. Upgrade your weapons for higher chances of survival. Action-packed fun awaits!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.3%, Shooter 17.7%, Action 17.1%, Arcade 14.1%, Retro 10.3%

A minimalist arcade space shooter with roguelite elements. Left-click to shoot, right-click to Blink through enemies, and survive increasingly difficult waves while building your ship with random upgrades.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.6%, Action 28.6%, Arcade 25.8%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A fan-made bullet hell shooting game featuring "Hololive 5th Generation" as the main characters, with "Yukihana Lamy" at the center of the story.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 43.9%, Shooter 26%, Action 20.6%, 2D 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

"Balls Mania!" is a truly unique game where the object is to get as many "blue balls" as you can without getting your own balls smashed! In "Balls Mania!" the more blue balls you have and the more "ball goop" you spill, the higher your score is likely to be!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.6%, Arcade 24.6%, Action 17.1%, Retro 12%, 2D 7.8%

The ultra-hardcore, authentic vertical scrolling shooter game comes back to life in the modern age. Dodge, shoot, and destroy. Conquer all six stages and experience the real thrill of vertical scrolling shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.5%, Action 21.3%, Arcade 21.1%, Shooter 20.9%, 2D 5%

Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.1%, Action 24.1%, Arcade 21.4%, Shooter 21%, 2D 4.4%

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: Action 26.6%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Arcade 16.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Retro 13.1%

A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 41.9%, Arcade 20%, Shooter 16.5%, Action 14.8%, 2D 4.2%

This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.6%, Action 23.8%, Arcade 22.6%, Shooter 21.6%, 2D 4.2%

Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.

Why similar: Arcade 40%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Action 21.6%, Shooter 7.5%, 2D 3.6%

Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Arcade 22%, Shooter 21.6%, Action 20.6%, 2D 5.2%

Fast Paced, Bullet Hell Retro Shooter! Shoot down enemies and dodge everything. Fight through 17 intense levels with 6 insane boss fights. Do you have what it takes to beat the game?

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30%, Shooter 19.2%, Arcade 18.8%, Action 14.7%, Retro 10.1%

The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Arcade 20.9%, Action 20.9%, Shooter 20.7%, Retro 5.3%

A top-down 2D arena shooter in the style of a retro arcade game. The player fights against waves of enemy spaceships to defend space as we know it.

Why similar: Arcade 22.9%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Shooter 20.1%, Action 18.8%, Retro 12.4%

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: Bullet Hell 25.1%, Action 23%, Arcade 20.4%, Shooter 20.1%, Retro 6.2%

Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33%, Action 30.9%, Arcade 18.3%, Shooter 17.8%

WELCOME TO ULTRA THUNDERBALL!!!! Are you ready for the greatest arcade challenge yet? Equip your Gun-Bat and try to defeat the evil geometrics. See you in the tournament!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.4%, Action 28.1%, Arcade 26.2%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Cx6 is an arcade-style bullet-hell game about deflecting off walls and manipulating gravity to avoid being struck by an endless wave of bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.5%, Action 21.5%, Arcade 20.8%, Retro 13.5%, 2D 3.1%

Bomb your way to freedom! Manage your weapons and upgrade your pilot and repel the invaders of your territory in this side scrolling action game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.2%, Action 28.4%, Arcade 26.1%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A 2D roguelike survivor where robots face absurd human leaders at the end of the world. Waves, builds, epic bosses, and an infinite mode for those who conquer Antarctica. Chaos never felt this good.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.2%, Action 31.2%, Shooter 26.6%, 2D 7%

Granny's had enough. Armed with a minigun and a bad attitude, she's cutting through five stages of demonic suburbia, hellfire, and the forces of darkness itself.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 38%, Shooter 21.3%, Arcade 18.6%, Action 15.1%, 2D 5.8%

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: Bullet Hell 28.3%, Shooter 20.2%, Arcade 19.8%, Action 15.5%, Retro 9.9%

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: Bullet Hell 32.5%, Shooter 20.8%, Arcade 18.2%, Action 15.3%, Retro 6.4%

Dive into the exciting aquatic-themed space world of Marianara Deep! A vigorous shoot 'em up bullet hell, filled with area-denying bullet patterns to challenge players! Join one of our crew members to shoot 'em all!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.3%, Action 28.4%, Shooter 27.1%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%

A story-driven bullet hell shooter where magical girls clash over the future of humanity and nature. A bullet hell shooter entirely developed by a single creator, featuring magical girls, unique stage mechanics, and intense boss battles.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 41%, Shooter 29.5%, Action 19.8%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 1%

Armageddon Sky's Invasion is a vertical scrolling bullet hell shoot'em up. You will destroy countless waves of the invader's fleet to protect the planet that you love. Face challenging boss and be surprised by the beautiful backgrounds.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28%, Action 24.3%, Arcade 21.4%, Shooter 20.9%, 2D 4.3%

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: Bullet Hell 35.7%, Shooter 20.3%, Arcade 18.3%, Action 13.9%, 2D 5.8%

Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.6%, Arcade 20.2%, Action 18.2%, Shooter 17.3%, 2D 4.6%

Top-down arcade game requiring awareness of the rotation of all controllable guns. The guns may help or hinder the progression of the puck to the target zone. Although one gun may be the player's primary focus consideration should be given to upcoming behaviour caused by items in their periphery.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.7%, Arcade 21.8%, Shooter 21.1%, Action 16.8%, Retro 6.8%