60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up.
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Nebula Warrior
Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.
Red Galaxy
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.9%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Aliens 9.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 8%
Survive endless waves of escalating enemies in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Dodge overwhelming attacks, master precision movement, and fight to stay alive inside hypnotic neon chaos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.3%
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.6%, 1980s 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Shooter 9.6%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.4%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Shooter 12%, 1980s 10.2%, Arcade 10%
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.6%
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 10.1%, 1980s 10%
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Shooter 7.7%, 1980s 7.3%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 11.1%, 1980s 8.2%
Ore & Ordnance is a Retro styled, Sci-fi, Bullet Hell. Survive endless waves of Pirates, Asteroids and Firestorms. Collect upgrades, complete missions and survive your shift! How long will you last?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.8%
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, 1980s 12.5%, Arcade 6.8%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 13.4%, Shooter 6.8%
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 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 9.8%, Top-Down 6.5%
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 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 11.2%, 1990's 6.8%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, 1980s 10.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Aliens 9%
Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 9.4%, 1980s 7.3%
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 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.2%
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 20%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 11.6%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 7.1%
Royal Odyssey is a retro-style arcade space shooter where you pilot Prince Zayven’s ship through a deadly asteroid storm, blasting your way to survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, 1980s 11.7%, Shooter 7.1%
To bring you the old school 2D space arcade feeling in a modern look and feel. Whether you like the hard core style of the old days, or you have become the more lay back type, shoot your way home at the fun rate for you. Upgrade your ship on the way home, to get ready for the final battle. Have fun!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, 1980s 13.1%, Shooter 9.4%, Aliens 9%
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 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, 1980s 9.3%, Shooter 8.8%
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 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.7%, 1990's 8.8%
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, 1980s 8.9%, Shooter 8.2%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 7%
Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shooter 12%, Top-Down 7%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 13%
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down 6.4%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 7.3%
This is a retro barrage flying shooting game. Drive a space fighter plane, shuttle between planets and space stations, and use powerful firepower to destroy enemy space battleships! !
Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, 1990's 10.3%, 1980s 9.2%
EXOVORE is a fast-paced twin-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the arcade classic Sinistar. Harvest asteroids, build your arsenal and face an evolving alien terror that hungers for your ship’s core. Retro-style visuals meet modern chaos in this relentless fight for survival among the stars.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 7.4%
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Aliens 11.5%, Old School 8.2%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, 1980s 12.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Aliens 10.1%
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 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 9.3%
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 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Aliens 10.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.7%
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Aliens 7.9%, Shooter 7%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, 1980s 10.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.2%
Synth-wave styled physics based 2D puzzle shooter filled with nods to the golden era of classic arcade games. Think upside down Peggle crossed with Space Invaders and enemies crafted from the blended remains 70's, and 80’s gaming.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, 1980s 13.8%, Shooter 8.5%, Bullet Hell 7.2%
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 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, 1980s 9.4%, Shooter 8.7%, Arcade 8.4%
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 16.3%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.9%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, 1980s 11.9%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.5%
An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 7.8%
Gratuitous Shooty Game is a hobby space shooter made by the developer of Gratuitous Space Battles, reusing the art from that game :D.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.2%
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 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Aliens 8.2%, Shooter 7.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 8.8%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 12.5%, Action 7.9%
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Aliens 9%, Shooter 8.1%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 8.9%
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 9.3%
Inspired by the cult classic Mine Storm, Storm Mined modernizes arcade space shooting with rogue-lite upgrades and rhythm-based stages.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, 1980s 10%, Shooter 8.8%
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 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Shooter 11%, Top-Down 5.9%
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 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 12.6%
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 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12.4%, 1990's 9.3%
A score-driven vertical STG built around aggressive grazing, medal chaining, and risk-reward survival mechanics. Dodge impossible bullet patterns, manipulate time itself, and push for the ultimate 1CC.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 9.3%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 11.5%
Super Arcade Boy returns in a retro shoot ’em up with 8 levels, waves of Greenies, power-ups, and 8 big boss battles. Talk with the alien leader—then save the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, 1980s 10.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 8.5%
