60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Action, Arcade, 2D.
A side-scrolling heavy metal guitar shooter. Blast your enemies with pure metal energy from your astral guitar as the backing track rages in the night. Featuring a fleet of surreal hand drawn space monsters and an arsenal of cosmic items to whomp them with. It's your one way ticket to midnight!
Absolute Blue
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Metal Slugger Ops
Metal Slugger Ops is a remastered run-and-gun shooter. Arm yourself with flamethrowers, ray guns, and more to stop Skuntank's evil military plans. Humanity's last hope for peace lies in your hands!
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Why similar: Soundtrack 16.9% ★, Side Scroller 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Psychedelic 10.7%, Space 9.3%
Metal Slugger Ops is a remastered run-and-gun shooter. Arm yourself with flamethrowers, ray guns, and more to stop Skuntank's evil military plans. Humanity's last hope for peace lies in your hands!
Why similar: Soundtrack 29.3% ★, Side Scroller 15.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Cartoon 10.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.8%
Retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 80's games Fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up with looping battlefields, relentless enemy waves, tactical shields, power-ups and hyperspace jumps
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.3%, 1980s 15%, Arcade 13.1%, Soundtrack 9.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 7.8%
A classic shoot 'em up with a modern edge. Galactic Plague throws you into a cosmic nightmare where survival means upgrading your ship, mastering legendary weapons, and battling the relentless Martian invasion. Are you ready to face the chaos?
Why similar: Soundtrack 23.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Arcade 12.9%, Space 11.2%, Shooter 10.9%
Mud River is a horizontal 2D Shoot‘em Up game. The Rio Doce (Sweet River) was a paradise for mankind and animals, but now it has become a territory destroyed by the unscrupulous activities of Dr. Wellin. This is Pacal's first destination, ascending the Rio Doce preventing its complete destruction.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Hand-drawn 14.2%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 9.7%
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
Why similar: Soundtrack 29.5% ★, Space 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Side Scroller 10.7%, Arcade 7.6%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.2%, Hand-drawn 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Soundtrack 15% ★, Arcade 9%
A fast-paced retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 1980s side-scrolling space combat. Weave through organic obstacles, survive relentless enemy waves, and defeat powerful end-level bosses in a pure, skill-driven singleplayer experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Side Scroller 18.7%, Arcade 12.7%, Space 11.2%, 1980s 7.8%
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Arcade 14.5%, Space 12%, Retro 6%
The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Arcade 12.3%, Space 10.3%, Shooter 10.2%
An explosive musical show set in a hand-drawn retro-futuristic universe. From shoot’em up to rhythm game, take on the role of three punk musicians, confronting a mad queen and her planet-killing machine. Discover a surprising gameplay blending arcade, music and comics!
Why similar: Soundtrack 36.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Hand-drawn 12.7%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Arcade 10.7%
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Space 14.1%, Arcade 12.7%, 1980s 11.9%
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Arcade 11.7%, Space 11.1%, Shooter 10.1%
My Nuclear Octopus is a psychedelic retro arcade game for fans of pure out-and-out arcade blasters that takes two minutes to learn and hours to master! It's an overload of sight and sound for you to lose yourself in. Can you make it to the top of the leaderboard?
Why similar: Psychedelic 38.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Arcade 10.4%, Space 9.5%, 1980s 9.5%
Welcome to the magical realm Draginsanity. It is full of dragons. And it is totally insane! Fly and hover through the air. Spit fire at dragons, spiders and demos. If you find the right mana you can do all of this!
Why similar: Soundtrack 33.5% ★, Side Scroller 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, 1980s 11.4%, Arcade 9.9%
Take on the Evil General Goo as he sends waves of Retro Space Invaders your way in this Action-Packed Retro Styled Arcade Shoot 'em up.
Why similar: Psychedelic 26.3%, Space 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 7.7%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Space 15.6%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 8.8%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Arcade 15.1%, Space 13.2%, Shooter 11.9%
A cute, family-friendly, fast-paced and challenging action platform game in a vintage rubberhose cartoon style, accompanied by old-school jazz music. Find your way through every level, avoid traps and fight off creatures to eventually wake up from each of 13 nightmares.
Why similar: Cartoon 23%, Hand-drawn 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Old School 10.1%, Shooter 7.2%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Arcade 11%, 1980s 10.6%, Shooter 8.1%
Nebular Crush is 2D retro shooter that delivers non-stop arcade action. Armed with a magical surfboard and guitar, you must shred your way to victory through over 50 action-packed levels.
Why similar: Psychedelic 18.4%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Arcade 10.2%, 1980s 9.4%
Save the universe with Rangerdog! A cute retro-style side-scrolling shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Cartoon 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Arcade 11.8%, 1980s 9.5%
A sci-fi retro side-scrolling shoot-em-up / rescue game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Arcade 12.3%, 1980s 11.9%, Shooter 9.7%
The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach the Slime King's lair and dismantle their deathly machine with your Cosmic Tool Kit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Cartoon 14.8%, Arcade 13.4%, Shooter 11.6%, 1980s 11.3%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Side Scroller 21%, Arcade 16.9%, Space 12.8%, Shooter 12.6%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Side Scroller 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Arcade 13.7%, Space 11.9%, Old School 9.9%
Free the galaxy by destroying the EVA program and its artificial planet HELOS. In this 2D shoot'em up, take control of one of the three ships of your choice and go to the different planets to eliminate each threat. 1 or 2 Player coop.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Hand-drawn 17%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 9.6%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 6.1%
Tank And Roll is an Action-Shooter game that challenges players achieve the highest score! There are features such as unlocking new vehicles, drawing your own vehicle, and importing custom avatars for your character! It offers both fun and a rewarding challenge for those who dare to master it!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 20.6%, Cartoon 16.2%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 11.1%, Old School 10.5%
A fast-paced Breakout-style arcade with a bold black-and-white aesthetic. Engage in space battles against stunning yet deadly alien foes who are determined to destroy you. Intense visuals, thrilling gameplay, and a challenge that will test your reflexes.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Psychedelic 12.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Space 10%
Odium to the Core is a challenging single-button, music based game with a dark monochromatic art style. Guide Odium through dangerous and intense music-fueled levels to eliminate the spreading corruption. Reach the core and save the world!
Why similar: Soundtrack 43.4% ★, Arcade 11%, Psychedelic 10.1%, Side Scroller 9.5%, Stylized 8.9%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Side Scroller 17.6%, 1980s 12.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Shooter 9.9%
Speyarranoth is a classic sci-fi space asteroid shooter in 3D. You control the game using WASD and shoot with the space key. It's wonderful to just blast full speed through the asteroid fields lasers ablaze and enjoy the explosive light show.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Space 17.6%, Arcade 13.9%, Shooter 6.2%
Drag trails, make explosions, survive as long as you can! Space Trail Fireworks is a fun arcade-like, snake-like that is easy to learn. Best on touchscreen or with mouse.
Why similar: Psychedelic 28.7%, Space 18.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Old School 10%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%
Gray goo is a short retro arcade shooter with lots of upgrades. This game is about destroying goo in space and saving the universe.
Why similar: Space 19.1%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, 1980s 10.7%, Arcade 10.6%
A platformer with excellent level design that's unforgiving. With two buttons, overcome 100 levels filled with traps, enemies, dangerous situations, and bosses. Test your patience and precision. If you're looking for a challenge, this is your game.
Why similar: Soundtrack 56.3% ★, Side Scroller 18.2%, Arcade 7.7%, Old School 5.1%, Action 5%
Is there a gamepad lying around somewhere?!! Ready to play some real shooter games again? Grab the controller and become an APANO SYN PILOT to face the alien invasion. Connect up to four controllers and shoot until you drop. 100% survival chance on "Easy", low on "Impossible".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Space 16.2%, Arcade 14.4%, 1980s 13%, Shooter 11.8%
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Arcade 12.8%, Space 12.2%, Shooter 10.6%
Invaders from the Lost Sectors is classic arcade action. Aliens descend with increasing speed towards your base. Shoot them all before they land. Player controlled settings like guided missiles, rate of fire, enemy speed and more help you customize exactly the game experience that you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Arcade 15.4%, Space 14.4%, Shooter 12.7%, 1980s 10%
2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Hand-drawn 16.1%, Shooter 12.9%, Space 10.7%
Take to your ship to ensure the survival of humanity against an alien force determined to see you fail. Customize your ship with upgrades to raise your chance of success. Take a friend into battle to immediately become a stronger force and watch each others tail
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Arcade 16.8%, Space 15.1%, Shooter 12.2%
Icarus, a classic side-scrolling space shoot-em-up tribute! - Thumping soundtrack, Bosses, Multiples, Power-ups, Secrets, BIG levels... ...Give the (free) work in progress / teaser demo a try!
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, 1980s 11.2%, Space 8%, Shooter 7%
Space Runaway, a compelling intergalactic journey soaked in bullet hell. Enemy vessels, lasers and larger than life bosses coming at you full speed in a 16-bit authentic arcade experience like no other.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.2%, 1980s 18.3%, Arcade 16.8%, Action 9.9%, Space 9.2%
War in Space is a retro style arcade shooter where you battle waves of unrelenting enemy ships with a whopping 81 levels and over 50 technologies available in the tech tree to keep you challenged right until the final wave.
Why similar: Cartoon 21.6%, Arcade 17.4%, Space 14.6%, Shooter 13%, Action 10.1%
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: Side Scroller 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Space 13.9%, 1980s 11.3%, Arcade 10.6%
Immerse yourself in the story of two brave space amazons who dare to challenge the irresponsible aristocratic system. Overcome all the obstacles that appear on your way - hordes of space scavengers, armies of General Admiral and get to the main villain - Evil Moneybag!
Why similar: Soundtrack 30.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Space 10.8%, Arcade 9.6%
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
Why similar: Soundtrack 37.4% ★, Space 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Arcade 11%, Shooter 8.4%
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Side Scroller 21.3%, Arcade 11.7%, Space 10.7%, 1980s 9.2%
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, 1980s 16.4%, Arcade 13.7%, Space 13%, Shooter 10.7%
OH MY KAIJU!!! IT'S...KAIJU!!! KAIJU KITE ATTACK!!! The FIRST EVER SHMUP-platformer! Get your kite in the sky now! The Kaiju are coming to town to burn it down. Save your Meemaw! Save the universe! FLY OR DIE!
Why similar: Psychedelic 17.7%, Cartoon 16.6%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Arcade 10.7%
Draw your path to victory in Art Strikers! A unique art themed bullet hell shoot-em-up that looks and plays like a beautiful work of art.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.2%, Cartoon 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Shooter 10.6%
Return to classic 80s shooters while fighting off the fast food horde in this retro space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, 1980s 18.6%, Space 13.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 10.9%
Planetstar Warrior is a horizontal scroll-space shooter with numerous powerups and a gradually increasing level of difficulty. Defeat all enemies on each level to progress.
Why similar: Side Scroller 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11%, Space 8.3%
Big guns have begun an attack on YOUR communities, and trust, bredren, YOU DI ONLY BLACK MAN DAT CYAN STOP DEM ...and di only way to stop dem, is to run-right and shoot everything that moves!!!
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Cartoon 15.8%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Shooter 12%
Your conventional methods of operation are "shoot first then shoot again!"
Why similar: Cartoon 16.8%, Side Scroller 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, 1980s 12.9%, Arcade 11.8%
A fast-paced, side-scrolling retro shooter where you play as “Blit" on a mission to rescue orb pods. Blast enemy swarms and face off against bosses in this bullet-hell shoot 'em up. Earn power-ups and get ready for fluid arcade action in a stylish world with an 80s synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, 1980s 16.8%, Arcade 11.3%, Old School 7.8%
Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Space 14.1%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 8.8%
Become the Black Bird in this dark-fantasy shooting game with an operatic twist! This is the tale of a young girl who dies a pitiful death, but is reborn as the calamitous Black Bird whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom.
Why similar: Soundtrack 40.5% ★, Side Scroller 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Arcade 8.4%, Fantasy 4.2%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Arcade 16.5%, Shooter 12.1%, 1980s 10.5%, Action 9.9%
A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.
Why similar: Psychedelic 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Arcade 15.5%, Shooter 11.7%, 1980s 11.7%
