60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down Shooter.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S-Tribute
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Asteroids: Recharged
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, 1990's 10.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.7%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 8.7%, Old School 6.8%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11.6%, Old School 7.9%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 9.6%, Old School 7.8%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, 1990's 11%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 6.6%
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 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, 1990's 10.9%, Old School 9.6%, Arcade 9.2%
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.2%, Old School 7.8%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 9.4%
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 19%, 1990's 12.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Old School 10%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 8.4%
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, 1990's 11.6%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.6%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Old School 9.7%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 8.7%
Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 7%
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.8%, 1990's 8.8%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Top-Down 9.6%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%
Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 8%, 1990's 7.9%
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Old School 7%
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11%, Old School 8.6%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Arcade 10.8%, Space 9.9%, Top-Down 6.8%
A small game where you cannot stop moving forward. Your bullets get stronger and stronger after they bounce enough times. Bounce your Bullets! is a casual yet increasingly difficult colorful shmup where you survive for as long as possible against growing waves of enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Score Attack 11.5%, Space 10.5%, Shooter 9.8%
Rocks In Space is an indie arcade shooter with upgrades, unlockable ships, and no paywalls. Download now and get ready to fight the endless swarm!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 10.5%, Arcade 10.2%
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 12.2%, Old School 11.4%, Top-Down 8.9%
TROID BLASTER 2 is a physics based asteroids tribute game, featuring: * Random Levels * Gachapon random generated pilots and ships * 30 weapon types to unlock * Physics based! * Hundreds of bite sized levels to play * A graveyard to bury and remember your fallen pilots
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 7.5%
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, 1990's 10.4%, Old School 10.1%, Arcade 10.1%
STAR SHREDDERS is a prologue to an extensive, story-rich SHMUP with strategic elements. Play as Clash, leading the Valkyrie force in the onset of an epic interstellar war. This teaser sets the stage for a larger adventure.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, 1990's 11.2%, Old School 9%, Score Attack 8.4%
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.5%, Old School 8%
Stop the Saturnians is a shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Dodge enemy fire, destroy procedurally generated alien waves and fight massive bosses. Collect resources in the midst of combat to upgrade your ship or improve Earth's defenses. Protect yourself and the planet both!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.9%, Old School 9.8%
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, 1990's 14.8%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down 7.6%
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Top-Down 8.1%
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, 1990's 10.6%, Old School 9.2%, Arcade 8.6%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 13.9%, Old School 9.7%, Action 9.5%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 7.8%, Old School 6.9%
A stylish sci-fi arcade shooter about cleansing the galaxy of pesky demons! Cosmic Cleaner is a fast-paced, high score chasing action game that progressively gets more challenging. Designed for quick and easy fun.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.8%, Score Attack 10.2%, Retro 9.1%
Metis One is an action-packed co-op top down shooter in the design style of the arcade classics. Take command of the A6-Gravitus to defend the people of Jupiter Colony, Metis One, against an unrelenting alien onslaught. With Drop-In Co-op, Player Two can join the action at anytime!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 7.9%, Top-Down 7.2%
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, 1990's 11.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Old School 9.2%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12.4%, 1990's 9.3%
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Space 13.4%, Arcade 7.6%, 1990's 7.6%
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Killon is a retro shooter that features exhilarating combat, manic enemies and a charged cannon waiting to be unleashed. Fly a starship across the universe and restore the future today.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.8%, 1990's 8.7%
A reinterpretation of retro games like Space Invaders and Galaga with a modern twist. Battle through planetary sectors using elemental abilities that combine for powerful effects and make bosses vanish. If you’re looking for a short, modernized retro-style game, this is perfect for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 11.9%, 1990's 9.9%, Arcade 9.3%
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 9.8%, 1990's 9.1%
Introducing FixEight, Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game featuring eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons. Embark on an exhilarating cosmic escapade with up to three players at once. Now on PC with modern extras!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Arcade 14.8%, Old School 9.4%, 1990's 9.3%, Score Attack 7.9%
A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 7.1%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Arcade 12.8%, 1990's 9.3%, Top-Down 7.7%
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 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shooter 8.4%, Arcade 8.2%, Top-Down 6.9%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.4%, 1990's 8.8%
Influenced by classic top-down shooters like Sinistar and Bosconian, Shibui Coliseum is a multidirectonally scrolling shoot ‘em up for fans of fast-paced arcade action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Arcade 11.5%, 1990's 10.3%, Retro 9.3%
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Arcade 10%, Top-Down 7.8%, Old School 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: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 13.8%, 1990's 12.3%, Old School 9.3%
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.7%, Score Attack 7.4%
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.2%, Top-Down 8.5%
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 8.5%
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.8%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.9%, Retro 8.4%, Action 7%
Blast through waves of alien enemies in Project AionIX! Master your piloting skills, dodge, and survive in this fast-paced space shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Old School 8.5%, Top-Down 7.5%
SHOOT 'EM UP!Starlight: Eye of The Storm is a 2D Vertical SHMUP set in a 3D background. Unleash your special powers, upgrade your weapons! Take on 10 Arcade stages or 15 Campaign missions! Drift (auto-pivot mode) behind your enemies and take them on with style!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 9.7%, Top-Down 8.5%
Rogue asteroids have been detected heading toward earth. You are the pilot of experimental spacecrafts to destroy the impending danger. Fight solo or up to 4 players. Outerspace is full of lethal rocks and strange creatures out to stop you. Don't let your planet down!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 12%, Top-Down 9.5%, Old School 7.9%
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 9.1%, Old School 8.7%
A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Old School 11.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Space 8.8%
Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 10.3%, Top-Down 8.4%
