60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Top-Down Shooter, Shooter, Arcade.
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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The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
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 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, 2D Platformer 15.8%, Shooter 12.9%, 1990's 6.8%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.4%, 1990's 6.8%
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 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Shooter 10.1%, 1990's 9.6%, Arcade 6.7%
High-School Heroines Take to the Skies!A fully-voiced bullet hell shoot-'em-up that's friendly to newcomers!Wipe out the AI robot army and save the day!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 10.8%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 1990's 9.4%
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 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.4%, 1990's 9.8%
Save the world from Dinah's threat by defeating angels, demons, beasts, and aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Shooter 12%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Local Multiplayer 7.7%, Female Protagonist 7.2%
Hellcrackers is a survivors-like you can play solo or with up to 8 friends locally. Fight waves of monsters, and buy upgrades from the coins you collect! If you are a few coins short you can always accept curses for some extra cash!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Local Co-Op 12%, Local Multiplayer 10.5%, Shooter 9.7%
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 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.2%, 1990's 9.7%
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 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.1%, 1990's 9.4%
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 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.4%, 1990's 7.6%
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 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, 1990's 12%, Arcade 10.3%, Top-Down 7.6%
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 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 10.2%, Top-Down 7.8%
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 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12.5%
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 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down 7%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down 9%
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 21.7%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 11.6%, Top-Down 9.5%
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 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Local Co-Op 10.9%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Local Multiplayer 7.6%
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 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.6%, Anime 6.9%
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 25.9%, 2D Platformer 16.6%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 14.2%, 1990's 9.8%
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 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Shooter 10.5%, 1990's 10.3%, Arcade 9.2%
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 36.5%, Shooter 17.5%, 1990's 12.9%, 2D Platformer 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
A PIONEER OF THE BULLET HELL GENRE BY TOAPLAN IS BACK!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, 2D Platformer 15.2%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 9.7%
A small topdown shooter in pixelart graphics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, 2D Platformer 16%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 11.3%
Defeat the overwhelming forces of the ASURA Cult with the Cursed Battle Titan: RAINBOW !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Shooter 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
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 22.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Local Co-Op 9.9%, 1990's 9.8%, Arcade 9.5%
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 19.3%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 10.8%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 11%, Top-Down 9.3%
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 20.1%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 12%, Top-Down 7.3%
Are you a true gamer? Do you have what it takes to prove your skills across a variety of simplistic mini games? Test your skills against Jeb's collection of homemade arcade games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, Arcade 13.2%, Female Protagonist 8.5%
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 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, 1990's 10.8%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down 9.6%
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 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, 1990's 9.4%, Local Co-Op 9.1%, Arcade 8.7%
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 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 7.9%, Top-Down 7.2%
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Arcade 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Action 8.1%
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 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%, Arcade 9.3%
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 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 11%, 1990's 7.5%
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Shooter 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 12.9%, 1990's 9.5%, Anime 7.7%
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 31%, Shooter 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, 1990's 8.4%
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 26.5%, Shooter 12.7%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%
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 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 8.7%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Shooter 15.2%, Arcade 13.9%, Top-Down 8.4%
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 24.3%, 2D Platformer 14.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Arcade 9.9%
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Local Co-Op 11.9%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.8%
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 10.7%
Asteroids and Aliens, Arcade Shooter pays tribute to the Arcade Classic Asteroids. Destroy the Asteroids, save the humans, kill Aliens with Lasers, Missiles, Smart Bombs, or Nukes. You have unlimited Missiles/Bullets but limited Laser firepower and Shields, they can be recharged collecting powerups.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.3%
"Warrior of Democracy" is an incredible 2D shoot 'em up arcade where you, like a true hero, control a helicopter, battling endless waves of enemy fighters on your path to victory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Top-Down Shooter 30%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 10.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
A topdown bullet hell game where you control a spaceship and fight waves of asteroids and enemy spaceships.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.3%
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 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Local Co-Op 8.4%, Arcade 8%, Anime 7.8%
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 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, 2D Platformer 14.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Anime 7.2%
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 8.3%
Challenge your reflexes and defend your web from an onslaught of strange creatures to the beat of a dynamic, generative acid techno soundtrack in this all-nonsense arcade-style twin stick shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down 7.6%
“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 41.9%, Arcade 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Anime 10.8%, 1990's 8.4%
Shoot the enemy at close range! Crystal Breaker is a vertically scrolling shmup that focuses on close range attack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Arcade 14.2%, 1990's 12.9%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, 2D Platformer 7.9%
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 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 29%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 8.2%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Arcade 18.6%, Shooter 16.6%, 2D Platformer 14.9%, 1990's 10.8%
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.3%, Top-Down 12.8%, Shooter 9.9%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Arcade 9.2%
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 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 9.7%, Co-op 6.9%
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 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 29.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 10.1%, Top-Down 7.8%
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 33.3%, Top-Down Shooter 30.1%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Top-Down 7.9%
