
Shoot enemies while typing pop culture phrases to destroy enemies with your special laser attack! This is a classic Shoot'em up game with a typing twist! We challenge you to dodge all the shots and destroy all the enemies!
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Shoot enemies while typing pop culture phrases to destroy enemies with your special laser attack! This is a classic Shoot'em up game with a typing twist! We challenge you to dodge all the shots and destroy all the enemies!

TYPECAST
TYPECAST is a bullet hell where you type to shoot. Get swarmed by enemies, manage the chaos, and climb the leaderboards in this unique arcade experience.

Glyphica: Typing Survival
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
TYPECAST is a bullet hell where you type to shoot. Get swarmed by enemies, manage the chaos, and climb the leaderboards in this unique arcade experience.
Why similar: Typing 37.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 10.4%, Arcade 7%
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
Why similar: Typing 35.3% ★, Arena Shooter 16.9%, Word Game 16.3%, Bullet Hell 13%, Score Attack 8.8%
Unleash your powers against your oppressors in this arcade, fast-paced typing game. Avoid traps, destroy enemies, defeat bosses to seek your revenge, and rush to the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Typing 57.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Arcade 12.4%, Score Attack 10.2%, Indie 2.6%
If you can type, you can fire a gun.
Why similar: Typing 57.9% ★, Modern 13.3%, Arcade 10.3%, Retro 6.6%, Action 5.2%
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Score Attack 20.7%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Difficult 12%, Arcade 10%
Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: Get ready for an electrifying mix between bullet hell and typing game! Turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of private exorcist Ray Bibbia!
Why similar: Typing 48% ★, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Difficult 13.4%, Retro 5.1%, Action 4.7%
SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION! A frantic combo-based score attack shooter. Make combos to earn more time. Master all weapons and defeat a raving mad machine. 100% arcade action. Online ranking. Lots of achievements. A Dual Gunstrike spin off.
Why similar: Unforgiving 29.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Arena Shooter 13.8%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Score Attack 11.3%
Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Score Attack 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Difficult 10.6%, Arcade 10.2%
Configure the weaponry on your ship to blast away enemies as you navigate through swarms of bullets and space battles. Each ship has unique customization options and playstyles.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45%, Bullet Hell 40.1%, 2D 5.9%, Action 4.3%, Casual 3.4%
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Retro 16.1%, Arcade 9.1%, Action 9%
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Score Attack 14.5%, Difficult 13.9%, Arcade 9.6%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Difficult 13.8%, Score Attack 10.9%, Arcade 8.3%
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Score Attack 14.5%, Difficult 11.1%
Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Arena Shooter 63%, Arcade 22.9%, 2D 7.9%, Action 6.2%
Shoot, blast and slash through hordes of enemies in Rocking Pilot - a twin-stick shooter extravaganza inspired by arcade classics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Difficult 16%, Arcade 13.7%, Retro 11.1%
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Retro 17.4%, Arcade 10.8%, Casual 9.3%
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 53.1%, Arcade 16.7%, Action 11.8%, Indie 9.5%, 2D 5.9%
Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.7%, Bullet Hell 29%, Score Attack 12.3%, Retro 6%, 2D 4.7%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Arcade 16.6%, Retro 13.3%, Action 6.4%
Chase high scores in a series of breakneck typing minigames! Keep up with keyboard-mashing cats, banana-wielding monkey-cowboys and more as you QWERTY your way to new heights!
Why similar: Typing 37.1% ★, Spelling 28.8% ★, Score Attack 16.1%, Arcade 8.4%, Stylized 4.1%
Challenge yourself to a new kind of bullet-hell fusion shooter. Change your aircraft to get new skills just when you need them against advancing foes. Aim for the top spot!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Bullet Hell 26%, Difficult 17%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 5.4%
Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Typing 42.1% ★, Word Game 25.7%, Arena Shooter 17.3%, Arcade 7.2%, Retro 4.8%
Introducing the Grapple Beam! Chain ghosts together then pop them all at once for points in an endless 'bullet hell' arcade apocalypse.
Why similar: Score Attack 17.9%, Arena Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Difficult 9.5%
Keyboard Killers is a difficult reflex game in which you destroy meteors in order to save your starship and your friend dragon(^-^) . You must be very fast to able to complete the game. More then 500 apm on most challenging levels.
Why similar: Typing 63.1% ★, Difficult 11.1%, Arcade 10.2%, Action 5.8%, Indie 5.1%
Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.
Dodge! Strike back! This is a fast-paced barrage arcade game. Move the character to dodge bullets. Pick the right time to strike bullets back and destroy enemies to get gold coins. Unlock more characters and powerful skills. Keep challenging yourself to get higher scores and rankings.
Why similar: Score Attack 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Arena Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Arcade 10.7%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 54.9%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.1%, Difficult 7.7%
Text Wormhole is a dodge game of bullet hell generated by the roguelike way dynamically based on the theme of letters, which adopts the minimalist design style. The unprecedented visual spectacle will give you an extraordinary game experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.4%, Bullet Hell 31.1%, Action 12.7%, Indie 10.2%, Casual 6.7%
Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based single screen shooter with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.5%, Arcade 23.6%, Action 16.2%, Indie 11.7%
Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and face intense boss battles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Difficult 15.7%, Score Attack 14%, Arcade 11.3%
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Score Attack 18.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Arena Shooter 10.2%
Turn your keyboard into an instrument as you type away to the beat of the music! Typing Tempo is a 41-key typing rhythm game that will push your typing skills to the limit!
Why similar: Typing 60.9% ★, Difficult 16.7%, Arcade 13.1%, 2D 3.3%, Indie 3%
You say you're a confirmed typist? You're going to have to prove it....
Why similar: Typing 54.9% ★, Difficult 14.6%, Arcade 12%, Indie 6.7%, Casual 6.6%
Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions! A twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Arena Shooter 18.1%, Difficult 14.5%, Arcade 10.2%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, Difficult 15.5%, Arcade 11.2%, Retro 6.3%
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Score Attack 13.1%, Difficult 12.8%, Arcade 6.6%
Spell words, pick perks, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it?
Why similar: Spelling 35% ★, Typing 26.1% ★, Word Game 25.7%, Score Attack 8%, Casual 2.7%
Vectorium is a classical, yet intense arcade shooting game. Can you survive those dreadful enemies and barrage of gunfire?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 28%, Score Attack 17.7%, Arcade 12.7%, 2D 4%
GUNKID 99 is a fast and frantic 2D arena-shooter that will seriously challenge your skills and reflexes. Craft your own unique play-style and develop crazy combos with numerous weapons and abilities at your disposal! Lay waste to endless hordes of enemies and get that top score on the Global Leaderboards!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Difficult 14.7%, Arcade 13.6%, Retro 10.2%
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 28.9%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Score Attack 16.3%, Arcade 11%, Retro 9.9%
Typefighters is a competitive multiplayer game where two players battle each other using their typing skills. Its variety of modes does not only emphasise typing speed and correctness, but also other skills like reaction time, sustained attention, creativity, tactics and anticipating the opponents moves.
Why similar: Typing 32.7% ★, Spelling 31.1% ★, Word Game 19.6%, Score Attack 11%, 2D 2.2%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.5%, Bullet Hell 26.3%, Difficult 13.5%, Retro 12.2%, Arcade 9.5%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Score Attack 17%, Difficult 14.1%, Arcade 10.2%
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.9%, Arcade 19.7%, Action 15.1%, Indie 11.8%, Casual 10.4%
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Score Attack 20.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Arcade 11.4%
Cycle 28 is a classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score. Simple controls, powerful upgrades, and intense dogfights. Perfect for when you just need to switch off and shoot something. See you on the scoreboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Score Attack 14%, Arena Shooter 10.9%, Difficult 10.4%
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Score Attack 24.3%, Bullet Hell 20%, Arcade 11.9%, Retro 10.6%
Nebulock is a short bullet-hell game with intense gameplay, where the player must destroy bosses made of blocks, collect resources and upgrade his spaceship.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Arena Shooter 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Difficult 14.1%, Arcade 11.7%
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.2%, Bullet Hell 30.4%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 5.1%, 2D 4.7%
Close Order is an arcade shooter with one simple goal: become a badass armada! In this mashup of genres, defeat enemies for parts to build up an armada of ships around you. Fight from a distance, charge headfirst into battle, or create a mix of anything and everything. You decide how to play!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.8%, Bullet Hell 37.7%, Action 10.1%, Indie 8.4%
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Arena Shooter 20.1%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Score Attack 17.3%, Difficult 10.1%
Graze the enemy’s bullets, Charge them head-on, and Wreak Havoc!!An exhilarating and dangerous shoot-em-up! This is a game for those with courage and survival instinct!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Bullet Hell 27.3%, Arcade 12.3%, Difficult 12%, 2D 4.1%
A frenetic hand-drawn bullet hell shooter, blending run-and-gun mechanics with classic shmup action in looping arenas. Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930's - shoot, dash and pound your way through the Animator's creations.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Time Attack 21.8% ★, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Score Attack 16.3%, Arcade 9%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Retro 9.5%, Arcade 4.8%, Action 4.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Score Attack 16.9%, Retro 13.6%, Arcade 13.3%, Bullet Hell 7.9%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 54.6%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Arcade 10.8%, Action 3.7%, Indie 3.3%
Tachyon Project is a dual stick shooter heavily inspired by classic shoot'em ups. We’ve combined many unique enemy types, a large variety of weapons and power-ups with innovative gameplay to ensure a long lasting challenge and discovery at every new level.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 54%, Arcade 21.9%, Action 13.1%, Indie 11.1%
HYPER DEMON is an FPS like no other. a pearl of lightning. a dream from the future. a drop of poison. a swan song. The faster you slay demons, the harder the game and the higher your score. There is an end. Will it see you?
Why similar: Time Attack 27% ★, Arena Shooter 19%, Score Attack 14.1%, Bullet Hell 11.8%, Difficult 10%
Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and going to the Moon. Show them who's boss and blast your way into space! (Check out the all new SPACE MOTH: LUNAR EDITION, linked below!)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Arcade 12%, Difficult 10.9%, Retro 7%
Enemies will continue to appear from the right side of the screen. All enemies will have a word above their heads, and you need to use the keyboard to type the correct letter to kill them before they reach the edge of the screen.
Why similar: Typing 64.2% ★, Score Attack 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.1%, 2D 4.9%, Casual 3.2%