60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer.
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.
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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.
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A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, 2D Platformer 15%, Shooter 12.4%, 1990's 6.7%
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 10%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.2%, 1990's 7%
Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.3%
Save the world from Dinah's threat by defeating angels, demons, beasts, and aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.3%, Local Multiplayer 8.2%, Co-op 7.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 11.3%, 1990's 6.7%
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 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Shooter 10.2%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 6.6%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 1990's 9.8%
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 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.2%, 1990's 10.2%
Everyone, gather at the YO-KAI Disco! The cursed shooting party begins! All past game modes, additional characters, and BGM are included at once!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, 2D Platformer 13.6%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 11.9%
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 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 11.5%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 10%
Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Shooter 10%, Local Co-Op 10%, 1990's 9.5%, Arcade 8.7%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.5%, Top-Down 7.3%
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 11.2%, 1990's 7.9%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.8%, 1990's 9.7%
This intense space shoot ’em up challenges you to fight across two battlefields on one splitscreen. Instantly switch between them to dodge waves of bullets, reach secret areas, or surprise your enemies. Play solo or turn it up to 11 with a local co-op partner.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Local Co-Op 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.7%
Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 10.1%, Local Co-Op 6.6%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.4%, 1990's 9.3%
PowerUp and BusterAttack! Despite the beauty of the Danmaku aggressive playing leads to victory in this Makaism Danmaku shooter. The Danmaku Garden awaits you. There's even a cat!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9%
SHOCKWAVE TRIGGERS is an arcade high resolution pixel art shmup/shoot'em up, in which you use the power of Shockwaves and a good timing to get the most bonus from your destroyed enemies. It's simple: shoot, dodge, wait and SHOCKWAVE!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, 1990's 10.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.9%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 10.1%, Top-Down 7.4%
Welcome to Shooter Heaven! The classic Telenet Japan & Wolf Team shooters are back! Note: The “Telenet Shooting Collection Launcher” is a free game launcher that lets you play titles from Telenet Japan and Wolf Team. The games themselves are not included with the launcher.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36%, Shooter 17.4%, 1990's 13.3%, 2D Platformer 8.8%, Local Co-Op 6.4%
The vertical scroll type Shoot Em Ups Game. The player-controlled fighter jet have the durable and can't be shot down in one hit. You will fight through the total of 5 stages, attacking enemies with missiles and lasers, blocking enemy bullets with shields.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, 2D Platformer 21.9%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 11.5%, Top-Down 9%
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28%, Shooter 15.3%, 1990's 8.5%, Anime 8.4%, Cute 7.5%
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 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 11.5%, Anime 6.9%
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 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Arcade 8.8%
A PIONEER OF THE BULLET HELL GENRE BY TOAPLAN IS BACK!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, 2D Platformer 15%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 10.6%, 1990's 10.1%
“TWINKLE STAR SPRITES ”, a competitive 2D top-down view scrolling shooter released on NEOGEO MVS in 1996, departs for new adventures on the Steam gaming platform!Master your shots, and aim for the magical Twinkle Star”!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.6%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Arcade 12.1%, Anime 9.7%, 1990's 8.1%
Zombies left, right and center!! Will the maids be able to bring peace back to Akiba?! A shooting game aimed at restoring peace to Akiba by controlling gun-slinging maids and defeating zombies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, 2D Platformer 13.3%, Shooter 10.9%, Anime 6.8%
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 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, 1990's 9.6%, Arcade 8.4%
A small topdown shooter in pixelart graphics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 11.2%
Defeat is not the end. After a game over, return to your base to strengthen with battle points and try again. Artificial Dawn is a shooting game designed to grow stronger the more you try, and anyone can clear it as long as they don't give up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Shooter 15.3%, Top-Down 6.6%
Defeat the overwhelming forces of the ASURA Cult with the Cursed Battle Titan: RAINBOW !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Shooter 8.3%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Shooter 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 15.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Anime 6.6%
A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 9.5%, Arcade 9%
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op. Get ready for pure, high-octane action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 7.7%, Local Co-Op 6.9%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 8.8%
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 10.7%
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 15.2%, Arcade 11.8%, Top-Down 6.9%
Sai-Kyo's commemorative first title. Its simple controls and unexpected world setting sparked buzz, earning it the 1993 “Best Shooting Game Award” from several industry magazines.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.7%, 1990's 7.7%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.5%, 1990's 9.8%, Anime 7.5%
Jeb dreams of one day becoming a big game developer and he's created a bunch of cheesy arcade games that he wants people to play-test for him. But he doesn't want any girls because he thinks girls aren't any good at video games. Lilith will try to show him just how wrong he is.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Arcade 13%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.7%, Shooter 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, 1990's 8.7%
The legendary bullet-hell shoot-’em-up series has come to Steam! DoDonPachi is ressurected after a Blissful Death with enough modes to satisfy the beginner and the expert player alike. Tonight we dine in bullet hell!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Shooter 9.8%, Local Co-Op 8.3%, Arcade 8%
Inspired by classic titles like Contra and Sunset Riders, Balacera Brothers is a retro run n' gun game full of color, energetic music, and fast-paced action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Shooter 13.3%, Local Co-Op 11.9%, Arcade 9.5%
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Arcade 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Action 8.1%
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Local Co-Op 12.8%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 8.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Local Co-Op 8.9%, Arcade 7.8%, Anime 7.5%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 7.2%, Cute 6.2%
A shoot em' up with a manga inspired look. Destroy enemies, and use their salvage to gain more power.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shooter 12.5%, Anime 8.6%, Top-Down 8.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 6%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 7.1%, Anime 6.4%
Enjoy a free shoot'em up side-scrolling mini-game with the characters from the anime and JRPG DanMachi, and fight through stages of bullet hell and bosses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 8.6%
"Comet Soldier" is a 2D top-down view action shooting game. Advance through the battlefield and defeat the bosses that await.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Shooter 11.4%, 1990's 9.9%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
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.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 9.4%, 1990's 9.2%
A topdown bullet hell game where you control a spaceship and fight waves of asteroids and enemy spaceships.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.1%
This is the biggest news title of 2021. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.7%, Shooter 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%, Cute 7%, Action 6.5%
