60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Indie, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade.
Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!
Remnith
Remnith is a chaotic arcade style VR shooter where enemy units feed off of the energy of every shot that isn't lodged directly into them. The more you miss the stronger they get.
Boss 101
Create your own bosses to battle in this arcade action and adventure. Yep, there is a story as well as pure action modes for those who want to blast things. Explore worlds while you upgrade your tech and improve your base. Make new friends, adopt pets and even fly a kite.
Remnith is a chaotic arcade style VR shooter where enemy units feed off of the energy of every shot that isn't lodged directly into them. The more you miss the stronger they get.
Why similar: Indie 25.7%, Action 18%, Difficult 15.9%, Shooter 15.2%, Arcade 13.4%
Create your own bosses to battle in this arcade action and adventure. Yep, there is a story as well as pure action modes for those who want to blast things. Explore worlds while you upgrade your tech and improve your base. Make new friends, adopt pets and even fly a kite.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Action 17.1%, Indie 14%, Arcade 12.7%, Retro 12.1%
Skillfully pilot the Graceful Explosion Machine, a fighter ship armed with a ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array! Lost in deep space, you'll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued uncharted planets, fighting an alien armada to find a way home.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Indie 20.2%, Action 19.3%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 9.1%
Wish Project is a vertical shoot 'em up that features unique and challenging bullet patterns, 4 difficulties ranging from casual to hardcore, 8 unique playable characters, 6 stages, local co-op, unlockable characters and game modes, and an intuitive scoring system that encourages replay and mastery.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Indie 16.8%, Action 16.5%, Difficult 11.7%, Shooter 11%
Start a Rebellion! Lead your ships to take down the evil O'Xelg base in this squad-based shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Action 13.9%, Indie 13.7%, Difficult 8%
Postsoviet shoot 'em up borne from and reflective of the listlessness that modern, hyperconnected society injects into our selves
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.1%, Indie 29.1%, Action 27.8%
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.4%, Action 30%, Arcade 14.6%
Vulture Strike is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you have the ability to travel between 2 parallel timelines whenever you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.8%, Action 13.6%, Difficult 13.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Side Scroller 10.8%
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.9%, Action 9.3%, Indie 9.2%
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42%, Indie 11.9%, Action 11.6%, Arcade 9%, Retro 8.3%
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.4%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 8.8%, Side Scroller 8.5%, Indie 8.4%
That witches come back undergone a power-up further! New character is entered! All 6stages Arcade version of all re-adjust the resolution of the base in 1280x720! "Magic Circle system" is easy-to-use adjustment! Full voice all by the story undergoes new writing.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.1%, Indie 25.3%, Action 25%, Arcade 6.6%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Indie 19.6%, Action 18.7%, Retro 11.8%, Arcade 10.8%
Beekyr is a shooter game where you will lead a bee-fighter through 23 amazing levels in fields, dark forests, rivers and dangerous caves to avenge his queen and hive from the evil wasp queens and their soldiers… The vengeance will be served! Beekyr (Vanilla Edition)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Indie 19.2%, Action 19%, Shooter 12%, Difficult 11.5%
STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Indie 10.5%, Action 10.2%, Retro 9.6%
C-RUSH is an old school Shooter, with HD graphics.A new threat is coming from the space; the plasma insects. Exterminate the vermin!!Beat your own score and compare it with the other players !Key Features:- One ship with different positions to use- Different Gameplay according to the positions and shoots- A Schmup where you need...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.5%, Indie 13.9%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 9.9%, Side Scroller 9.5%
Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Side Scroller 13.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.7%, Difficult 9.6%
Infinite Shooter is a top down arcade shooting game, also known as a "Shmup", with the emphasis squarely on the action. With no story in the way of your fun, simply choose an opponent and take them down to earn powerful weapons, upgrades, ships, and power-ups!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Indie 17.6%, Action 16.1%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12%
Use your powers and find your playstyle to survive in Boiling Bolt, an immersive and explosive shoot-em-up! Slow down the time to make combos and enjoy the stunning 3D graphics. Help June to save the world alone or with a friend.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Action 19%, Indie 18.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Difficult 12%
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Action 12.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Retro 11.5%, Arcade 11.3%
AquaNimble is about crazy intense shooter action with big quirky guns against underwater snake dragons, cybernetic sharks, swirling skeletons, submarines and so much more. It's a dynamic game that makes every play through different and lets you set your own challenge beyond a difficulty setting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Indie 17%, Action 16.2%, Shooter 11.1%, Retro 9.9%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.3%, Side Scroller 20.9%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 12.1%, Action 9.9%
Buzz Kill™ Zero takes gameplay influenced from retro 80's arcades & blends it with elements of modern bullet-hells. Use your ship's weapons & abilities to conquer the 5 Missions... & everyone else's scores on the leaderboards!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Indie 18.7%, Action 18.4%, Difficult 12.3%, Retro 11.3%
Zamarian is a fast-paced shoot 'em up classic arcade action game brought to you in an exciting, colorful, and challenging new way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Action 20.5%, Indie 18.8%, Arcade 15.3%, Retro 13.9%
Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Indie 16.5%, Action 15.3%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Retro 9.7%
In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Side Scroller 19.7%, Retro 14.8%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 9.6%
Old school shooter fun. Can you save Pure Metal from the clutches of evil? Kill the hoards of enemies and rain righteous fury on the bosses and save the planet!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Indie 22%, Action 21%, Difficult 14.5%, Shooter 12.6%
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Action 16.7%, Retro 12.5%, Difficult 12.1%, Arcade 10%
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 10.9%, Action 8.8%
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 30.5%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Retro 11.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Arcade 9.5%
A bite-sized, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Retro 13.2%, Difficult 12.9%, Action 12%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Difficult 12.8%, Retro 9.4%, Arcade 8.9%, Indie 8.8%
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.3%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Arcade 11.8%, Action 11.7%, Retro 6.7%
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Side Scroller 26.7%, Shooter 14%, Action 11.6%, Indie 9.6%
Enceladus is a shoot'em up inspired by the Playstation & Saturn era.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Indie 21.7%, Action 14.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 13%
Reign of Bullets is a shoot ‘em up with epic loot and lots of guns. Upgrade your ship and customize your weapons to build the ultimate fighter plane.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.7%, Side Scroller 21.4%, Indie 16.5%, Action 15.4%
A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Indie 11.5%, Retro 11%, Shooter 10.1%
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Shooter 14.3%, Arcade 13%, Action 9.2%
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Side Scroller 25.2%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 12%, Shooter 7.2%
You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 9.1%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 13.9%
Zeit² brings a new twist to the traditional side-scrolling, 2D, shoot-’em-up game sporting a unique time travel feature never seen before in this genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.2%, Indie 17.3%, Side Scroller 17%, Action 16.5%
Pilot the all-powerful cell destroying Desolazor gunship and eradicate the mutagenic genotoxic pathogen before it consumes the entire galaxy. Soar through waves of threatening enemies and bosses beyond 6 stages packed with action, explosions, and lasers!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.7%, Shooter 18.4%, Action 15%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 6.5%
A synthetic race has come to your planet to steal your technology, And you have to fight them off. Fight off the Tecroroid invasion as they sent wave after wave of enemies to the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.7%, Arcade 15.8%, Retro 15.2%, Action 11.9%, Indie 8.3%
Super Psy Penguin is a Cyber Penguin Hero Simulator in which you play a realistic Cyber Penguin, giving you the power to save the galaxy! The game is inspired by Parodius and Xenon-II and many other Shmups from our childhoods.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.8%, Shooter 17.7%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 11%, Indie 8.8%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Indie 22.6%, Action 21.1%, Retro 15.3%
Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Indie 17.9%, Action 17.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Retro 9.3%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Retro 13.6%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 8.6%
A shooting game where a beautiful girl defeats enemies using magic.
Why similar: Indie 29.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Side Scroller 16.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 10.2%
An action-packed retro arcade shoot 'em up featuring organic and bio-mechanical alien life, including ammonites, centipedes and spiders!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Indie 18.1%, Action 17.8%, Retro 11.5%, Shooter 11%
NARWHAR Project Hornwhale - the ray themed roaming 16-bit style action shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Indie 19%, Action 18.2%, Side Scroller 15.7%, Retro 11.5%
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 13.6%, Arcade 13%
A hilarious arcade shooter about blasting people with junk food until they explode. It’s delicious!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Indie 18.3%, Shooter 15.4%, Retro 14.9%, Arcade 14.8%
Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.4%, Action 16.3%, Indie 15%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 10.7%
Old school side scrolling shoot'em up. Blast through exciting different locations. Defeating waves of defenders until the final boss battle. Attack of the Mechadonk is a indie game developed for fun and learning for the creator.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Side Scroller 16.3%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 13.2%
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Indie 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Action 11.2%, Arcade 8.2%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Shooter 16.3%, Action 14.5%, Indie 12.2%, Side Scroller 5.9%
Echoes is back with a bang and in 3D! More intense and eye bleeding than before, with the action coming at you from the sides, above and below.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Shooter 20.5%, Indie 15.7%, Action 15.5%
DECONSTRUCTION is a fast-paced, hardcore, shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.8%, Indie 21.5%, Action 20.6%, Shooter 18.2%
