- #1 Gunslinger Nova
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: instasiv
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Arcade 9.9%, Aliens 9.3%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #2 Duralumin Wind
96% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: CETVE LLC
Windows
Pilot your helicopter to victory as your complete objectives, dodge missiles, and destroy your enemies. But don't forget to keep an eye on your fuel, ammunition, and health or you might not survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Vehicular Combat 25.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Arcade 8.2%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #3 Grind Stormer
96% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwave GamesPub: Clear River Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Aliens 13.9%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #4 Shoot The Barrels
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: BATTLE LAB
Windows
Addictive incremental game about shooting exploding barrels and upgrading your weapon.
Why similar: Clicker 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Arcade 11.7%, Sniper 10.8% ★
- #5 Spacetime Shooter
94% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Team GoodDuckPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
You are a sniper who controls time and space. Eliminate all enemies with a single bullet.
Why similar: Sniper 47.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 29%, Top-Down 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #6 Project AionIX
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AionBlaze Studio
Windows
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 31%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Aliens 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #7 METEOR COMMANDER
93% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Propulsion Studios
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Aliens 14.3%, Arcade 11.5%, Top-Down 9%
- #8 Blast Rush LS
91% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bipedal DogPub: indie.io
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Aliens 10.3%, Destruction 10.1%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #9 Ultimate Starfighter
92% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Michael Allen CooleyPub: Origin Software Development
Windows
An unknown Alien Race has launched a failed attack on Earth Station Alpha and are regrouping! Fight off the incoming fleets, discover where their ships are being constructed, and launch an assault! If Earth Station Alpha is destroyed, the planet will be lost and humanity exterminated.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Vehicular Combat 10% ★, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #10 Galactic Wars EX
91% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2022
Dev: Volcano BytesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Aliens 17.6%, Vehicular Combat 13% ★, Arcade 9.3%
- #11 Truxton 2
89% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwave GamesPub: Clear River Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Arcade 11.3%, Aliens 10.9%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #12 Infinite Brick Breaker
90% match9 user reviews11% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: INFINITE BRIDGE
Windows
Launch balls and break bricks, collect more balls that you can launch and accumulate points indefinitely - this is Infinite Brick Breaker!
Why similar: Clicker 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Point & Click 19.9%, Arcade 13.3%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #13 Solitarius
88% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Brendel
Windows
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 33.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Arcade 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #14 Warawara Invaders
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: nkmr appworks
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 32.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Arcade 11.9%, Top-Down 9.3%, Sci-fi 7%
- #15 Starsation
87% matchMixed40% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: FactKys StudiosPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Starsation is a space shooter game made in voxel graphics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Clicker 20.9%, Point & Click 12.9%, Arcade 8%
- #16 Warrior of democracy
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: BrightSpot Games
Windows
"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: Top-Down Shooter 35.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Top-Down 8.5%, Casual 4%
- #17 Escape the Kreegan
85% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Entropy Is Software Development
Windows · Linux
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Vehicular Combat 17.1% ★, Sci-fi 9.3%, Arcade 8.4%
- #18 Birth Patrol
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Christopher Rodgers
Windows
2D shoot 'em up in which you play as Jill the birth control pill and go back in time and abort Hitler.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Dark Humor 20.7%, Arcade 11.9%, 2D 5.5%
- #19 Strelitzia
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sorgintza
Windows · Linux
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Arcade 15.2%, Top-Down 9.3%, 2D 4.8%
- #20 Gamma Zero
83% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Sinclair Gurny
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Aliens 15.8%, Arcade 10%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #21 Red Blaster
82% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Red Blaster Games
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 35.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Arcade 11.1%, Top-Down 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #22 BUG
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: solarsuit.games
Windows · Mac · Linux
BUG is an action clicker game where you just smash pesky bugs and DO YOUR PART! Have you been taken out of action or not allowed to protect SuperDuperEarth? Welcome to the planet Drake, where you can destroy bugs from a remote drone turret FOR FREEdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8% ★, Clicker 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #23 Gem Raider 2
84% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Matt WordenPub: Matt Worden Games
Windows
Gem Raider 2 is an old-school move-and-shoot game. Your objective in each room is to destroy all of the Power Gems and return to the teleport pad to exit. Other Gems can also be destroyed to increase your score. There are 20 rooms and each of the 9 types of enemy Gems has unique weapons or skills.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Destruction 12.4%, Aliens 12.1%, Arcade 10.3%
- #24 The B.L.O.O.M Initiative
81% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Trema-CodingPub: Trema-Coding Ltd
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced 2D top-down shoot 'em up with single-player and split-screen co-op. Pilot a drone, fight alien hordes, plant and grow bio-weapons, and survive procedurally generated battlefields in a fusion of action and strategy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Aliens 15.6%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #25 Son of a Gun
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 133 reviews2024
Dev: Crank GoblinPub: Untold Tales
Windows
A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Destruction 13.1%, Aliens 12.8%, Arcade 10.2%
- #26 Endless Space Scrap
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GESpacecraft
Windows
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Top-Down 12.8%, Arcade 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #27 Stahldrache
80% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Void Star Gamestudio, Limited
Windows
Stahldrache is a top-down shooter set in the skies of far-flung planets. The automated terraforming system has gone rogue, and must be stopped. Fight against time and waves of drones to make the planet safe! Bomb the control nodes and neutralize the AI before the defenseless colony ships arrive!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Vehicular Combat 19.4% ★, Top-Down 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #28 Rysen
81% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: nkmr appworks
Windows
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Arcade 12.7%, Top-Down 11%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #29 POOSTALL Royale
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: RWS C TeamPub: Running With Scissors
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
APRIL FOOLS 2023ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Don't let the title fool you, this isn't a battle royale game. Maybe this isn't even a game at all... well, just download now and figure it out!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Arcade 13.5%, Top-Down 10.9%, Combat 4%
- #30 Minarchy: Active Shooter
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Andrew Ayala
Windows
Minarchy: Active Shooter is a 2D Top-Down Shooter blended with Bullet Hell and just a splash of Tower Defense - all based on the Minarchy Tabletop Role-Playing Game. This is the first video game project created by Andrew Ayala.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Dark Comedy 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Dark Humor 16.8%, Arcade 9%
- #31 Zannon
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: JimJams Games
Windows
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Arcade 12.5%, Top-Down 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #32 Asteroids
77% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Play Asteroids
Windows
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Arcade 15.7%, Top-Down 9.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #33 Retaliate
76% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Romans I XVI Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Top-Down Shooter 35.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Arcade 12.8%, Top-Down 8.8%, 2D 4.7%
- #34 RedRaptor
76% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2023
Dev: Novax GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 35.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Arcade 8.8%, Top-Down 7.5%, 2D 5.5%
- #35 KAIKAN
75% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: zakichi
Windows
KAIKAN is a vertical scrolling shooter that focuses on destroying enemies. Destroy enemies with 6 types of aircraft with different performance, clear 5 stages, and aim for a higher score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 27%, Destruction 21.5%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #36 ZenWash
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game NacionalPub: Game Nacional Publisher
Windows
Wash away the dirt in a calm and relaxing way, surrounded by soothing nature sounds and the gentle flow of a nearby river. Unlock new upgrades and take on larger houses to clean.
Why similar: Clicker 32.8%, Point & Click 25.7%, Arcade 16.6%, Top-Down 8.6%, Casual 8.5%
- #37 Tilebreaker Next Level
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Square Wheel
Windows
Earth is under attack! Take control and defend the planet in this adrenaline-fueled top-down shooter. Blast through blocks, dodge relentless enemy fire, and face off against formidable bosses. Can you save the Earth in record time? Get ready for the ultimate challenge!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Point & Click 13.9%, Destruction 13.6%, Arcade 9.4%
- #38 Introspection
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Seal the Deal Games
Windows
IntroSpection is a top-down bullethell-like action game about a man forced to confront his past. Delve into memories and blast through waves of inner demons as you explore one man's mental purgatory.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Dark Comedy 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Dark Humor 14.1%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #39 PolyDestroyer
73% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: CrunchyCode Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wave-based top-down shooter with between-wave (per-run) upgrades and meta progression. After each wave, pick one of three tiered upgrades that stack into a build. Use Turbo to reposition, Shield to survive, and spend coins on permanent ship upgrades.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Aliens 16.8%, Top-Down 10.3%, Combat 7.4%
- #40 Tank vs. Aliens
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Jake Makes
Windows
Fight to survive an endless onslaught of aliens, upgrading your tank between levels to keep up with the horde. Death may be inevitable in the aftermath of the invasion, but it is up to you to bring down as many of the these creatures as you can.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Arcade 13.1%, Top-Down 7.6%, Aliens 6.9%
- #41 Beyond Solar
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: COREGAME Studios
Windows
Embark on a thrilling bullet hell/SHMUP journey in Beyond Solar. As "Gravity," a space pilot from the colony ARD, defend humanity's last sanctuary amid Earth's impending doom. Brace yourself for intense pixel art action in a desperate fight for survival.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Aliens 15.1%, Destruction 14.6%, Top-Down 10.3%
- #42 Sand: A Superfluous Game
71% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Voided Pixels Studio
Windows
An open-world, base-building, adventure game with quirky humor and llamas. Explore the wasteland of Alaska smashing skeletons in your supped-up cab and trading veggies with the native rhino people. Do the bidding of a mysterious cube from space and unlock the secrets of the desert.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Dark Comedy 21.2%, Dark Humor 14%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #43 Nephenthesys
72% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Let's Dev StudiosPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 35.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Arcade 12.1%, Top-Down 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #44 Invaders from the Third Dimension
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Nile River Software LLC
Windows
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Aliens 15.7%, Vehicular Combat 12% ★, Arcade 11.2%
- #45 Machine Gun Fury
71% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Reset Games LtdPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
When tyranny takes control… someone has to pull the trigger. Machine Gun Fury brings back the golden age of arcade military shooters with pure reflex-driven carnage — no cover, no excuses. It’s you, your grenades, and pure run-and-gun chaos. No mercy. Lock and load, soldier!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Vehicular Combat 21.9% ★, Arcade 8.7%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #46 Ops
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Pete DeSimone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend Earth from hostile aliens and hungry chupacabras in this modern classic arcade game. Created by a couple of real life VLA Operators!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Aliens 27.3%, Arcade 20.2%, Combat 9.8%, 2D 6.1%
- #47 Slimestoppers
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: blumoondev
Windows
Slimestoppers is a top down horde shooter that pits the technology of man against a relentless army of sentient slimes from space. Choose from an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, abilities, perks, and equipment to forge the perfect Slimestopper. Supports multiplayer up to 4 players!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.5%, Arcade 14.2%, Top-Down 12.3%, Aliens 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #48 Spider Crisis
73% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Method 9 Software
Windows
The world is infested with giant mutated spiders. In Spider Crisis you operate a small remote control tank equipped with deadly weapons. Use your weapons to shoot, bomb, and burn these creatures back to where they came from.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Arcade 9.5%, Destruction 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #49 Spherical Worlds: Evolution
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Infobyte
Windows · Linux
A distant human colony faces an enigmatic alien threat. As commander of a spherical battle droid, infiltrate alien spacecraft to neutralize the menace from within. Face AI-enhanced droids, upgrade your arsenal, and engage in high-speed action, mini-games and test your strategic skills and reflexes.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Vehicular Combat 17.8% ★, Arcade 10.7%, Sci-fi 8%
- #50 cursor0x0
70% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: error0x0
Windows · Mac · Linux
Test your mouse skills in more than 30 various cursor mini games! Dodge bullets, collect stuff, fight the enemies, and take a risk to unlock all levels and complete the game. It shall not be an easy trip!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Clicker 25.2%, Point & Click 19.5%, Arcade 16.4%, Casual 5.9%
- #51 Pirate's Peril
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Consumed Media
Windows · Linux
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Arcade 19.2%, Top-Down 9.7%, 2D 6%
- #52 Narcissus
67% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Jackal Games
Windows · Linux
Narcissus is an adrenaline-pumping, top down, action-horror game that puts you in the shoes of the last survivor on a doomed spaceship. The clock is ticking, and danger lurks around every corner.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Aliens 17.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #53 Zarlor Mercenary
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Top-down shooter action for the Atari Lynx handheld console. WANTED: Hot gun for hire. Travel to several exotic and dangerous places. Discover several exotic and dangerous aliens and kill them. Kill lots. For cash. Buy more weapons and kill again.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Aliens 16.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Arcade 9.1%
- #54 Comet Clash
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: bitshift.studio
Windows
Take control of humanity’s last resort in defending the planet from the many dangers outer space has to offer. Shoot or deflect incoming projectiles, harvest them from the moon and spend the loot on upgrades.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Destruction 14.7%, Arcade 12.9%, Top-Down 11%
- #55 Space Salvage: Ship Happens
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fruity Systems
Windows
Welcome to the SSC, where life is cheap but scrap is priceless. Pilot your pod through neon-soaked junkyards, dodge deadly hazards, and take "advice" from your amoral AI, SARA. Upgrade your ship, swap gear mid-mission, and try not to get fired—or exploded. The galaxy isn't going to clean itself.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Dark Comedy 22.5%, Vehicular Combat 19.4% ★, Dark Humor 15.7%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #56 Collapsion
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Chris Corkill
Windows
When a black hole generates enough strength to destroy the entire universe, it's called Collapsion. It's up to you to defend the universe for as long as possible to stop Collapsion from happening in this Arcade Shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Destruction 18.4%, Aliens 18%, Arcade 13.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #57 Twnkl Gft 2: A Lust For Blood
66% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Bis the FairyPub: Electric Prune Juice
Windows
It's Christmas! Pelt the humans with gifts! Quickly!!!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Arcade 15.3%, Top-Down 9.3%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #58 Blue Jay Joyride
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Simmuk
Windows
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38%, Aliens 17.1%, Arcade 16.2%, Top-Down 10.9%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #59 Spaced Liberation
67% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: hoiJesse
Windows
Spaced Liberation is a very small indie game about the liberation of a planet.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Aliens 14.4%, Arcade 11.4%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #60 SideDrop
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SirTotti
Windows
A block breaking idle game at the side of your screen. Break through progressively harder rows of blocks as you buy upgrades and unlock special ball types.
Why similar: Clicker 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Point & Click 13.2%, Destruction 9%, Arcade 8.7%