60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Arcade, Action, Retro, 2D.
Dodge and encircle your enemies in this neon-drenched revival of the one-of-a-kind arcade classic!
Caverns of Mars: Recharged
Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.
Beat Invaders
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.
Why similar: Shooter 18.1%, Arcade 14.7%, Score Attack 10.7%, Space 10.3%, Futuristic 7.6%
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
Why similar: Shooter 19.7%, Space 17.4%, Arcade 16.9%, Futuristic 11%, Sci-fi 9.4%
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Why similar: Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 14.4%, Score Attack 11.5%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 9%
If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
Why similar: Arcade 30.9%, Score Attack 26.4%, Action 15.5%, Old School 7.5%, 2D 7.2%
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: Shooter 27.9%, Arcade 24.8%, Action 11.9%, Score Attack 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Alien attackers from the Izar system are invading Earth! Battle the extraterrestrial menace in endless waves in this tribute to classic alien 'invader' shooters from the late '70s and early '80s. Aim for the high score by destroying the evil alien monsters!
Why similar: Arcade 22.4%, Shooter 22.3%, Score Attack 18%, Space 9.5%, Action 9.3%
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Why similar: Shooter 26.2%, Arcade 16.5%, Score Attack 10.1%, Space 10%, Action 9%
ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!
Why similar: Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 15.8%, Futuristic 10.4%, Space 9.6%, Old School 9%
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Why similar: Arcade 19.8%, Score Attack 14.9%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Old School 9.2%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shooter 18.2%, Arcade 14.6%, Score Attack 10.8%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 15.8%, Space 8.5%, Old School 8.5%, Score Attack 8.2%
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: Shooter 23.4%, Arcade 19.1%, Space 11.2%, Score Attack 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
Enjoy a modern take on timeless arcade action with Bat Bots, a nostalgic shooter inspired by the classics. Take down waves of robotic bats using precise aim and quick reflexes. Engage in solo play, challenge your friends and family, or work together to defend against the oncoming waves.
Why similar: Shooter 21.5%, Arcade 17%, Score Attack 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Old School 8.2%
RESHOOTER offers heart-pounding shoot-em-up action that elevates classic arcade gameplay to the next level. Dive into the retroflow with electrifying visuals, immersive audio, and captivating mechanics.
Why similar: Arcade 21.6%, Score Attack 16.3%, Shooter 15.6%, Action 12.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Why similar: Shooter 19.3%, Arcade 16.2%, Space 10%, Old School 9.8%, Score Attack 8.4%
STRATAGEM is a sci-fi arcade game where you must launch escape pods without sending active ones into colliding orbits.
Why similar: Shooter 22%, Arcade 20%, Old School 11.1%, Action 10%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Help QBob leap from rock to rock as he surveys an array of strangely shaped asteroids, all while avoiding a host of bizarre and deadly alien creatures in this modernized take on an arcade-inspired classic.
Why similar: Arcade 28.7%, Action 15.7%, Space 15%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Colorful 10.2%
Take to the skies in a classic 2D side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fight through multiple levels, upgrade your plane and race against time to defeat the final boss.
Why similar: Shooter 34.2%, Arcade 30.6%, Action 23.6%, 2D 10.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
A shmup without shooting. Reflect the bullets with one of your two shields. Bite-sized arcade action. Cover humankind's retreat and make it count.
Why similar: Arcade 15.8%, Score Attack 13.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Space 12.1%, Futuristic 9.5%
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Shooter 22.4%, Arcade 19.2%, Space 12.3%, Action 12.2%, Old School 11.1%
Sanctum Arcadia is a game where you must fight your way through increasingly dangerous zones filled with enemies, hazards, and mystery. Sanctum Arcadia has a unique but still familiar progression system, challenging and engaging combat, all in a smooth Arcade-like experience.
Why similar: Shooter 22.9%, Arcade 21.2%, Space 21%, Futuristic 13.7%, Sci-fi 11%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Shooter 24.7%, Arcade 21.6%, Action 15.3%, Old School 9.4%, Space 9%
This action packed sci-fi match three shooter is an homage to the classic arcade games we grew up with.
Why similar: Shooter 20.3%, Arcade 18.5%, Score Attack 14.9%, Action 8.4%, Futuristic 8.3%
A color matching space shooter about saving your home planet from total destruction!
Why similar: Arcade 22%, Space 18.6%, Shooter 15.8%, Futuristic 9.4%, Action 9%
Invaders from the Lost Sectors is classic arcade action. Aliens descend with increasing speed towards your base. Shoot them all before they land. Player controlled settings like guided missiles, rate of fire, enemy speed and more help you customize exactly the game experience that you want.
Why similar: Shooter 24.9%, Arcade 19.9%, Space 12.1%, Score Attack 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%
A stylish sci-fi arcade shooter about cleansing the galaxy of pesky demons! Cosmic Cleaner is a fast-paced, high score chasing action game that progressively gets more challenging. Designed for quick and easy fun.
Why similar: Arcade 20.4%, Score Attack 17.5%, Action 14.3%, Space 13.2%, Retro 9.5%
A simple control 2D action dodge game where you survive by avoiding incoming missiles. It combines varied missile patterns, difficulty modes, and skin collection in a hyper‑casual format.
Why similar: Arcade 26.6%, Score Attack 15.1%, Space 14.7%, Action 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%
Space shooter with multiple game modes. Destroy enemies, get experience and increase your level.
Why similar: Shooter 23%, Arcade 15.6%, Space 12.9%, Action 11.7%, Score Attack 11.2%
ITZO is a retro style scrolling shooter and bullet hell game where you play as the best (and most ruthless) agent in space: ITZO! You have the mission to prevent an incoming interplanetary conflict… How are you going to do it? Easy. With bullets, destruction, chaos and no diplomacy!
Why similar: Shooter 25.2%, Space 18.5%, Arcade 17.8%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Action 8.9%
Breakout is back! In this neon-drenched take on the classic, you’ll need to literally break through each puzzle by clearing bricks to breach the final goal. Rack up a combo and create spectacular light shows alone or with a friend.
Why similar: Arcade 22.7%, Score Attack 16%, Old School 10.6%, Action 10.3%, Colorful 9.5%
Join the High Commander as the eternally loyal Green in an epic journey to save the Blues from the menace of the Greys and their evil Red Gems!
Why similar: Shooter 26.9%, Arcade 23.7%, Action 17%, Space 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Why similar: Shooter 24.1%, Arcade 19.4%, Score Attack 15.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Futuristic 9.3%
SpaceDRG is a high-octane, motion sickness inducing action game featuring cute pixel art graphics. Fight against the letters D, R & G in a space themed 1980s retro arcade environment.
Why similar: Shooter 27.3%, Arcade 21.6%, Space 12.4%, Colorful 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Spark MK1 is a fast paced non-stop action game that will challenge your reflexes.
Why similar: Arcade 29.3%, Score Attack 16.3%, Action 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Old School 10.8%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shooter 25.4%, Arcade 22.1%, Action 14.6%, Space 10%, Old School 9.3%
Space & Pixels is a top-down space shooter with classic gameplay. Battle through each level, blast lots of enemies, upgrade your ship's firepower, and uncover the truth behind your dangerous mission.
Why similar: Shooter 28.1%, Arcade 24.8%, Action 18.1%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 8%
War in Space is a retro style arcade shooter where you battle waves of unrelenting enemy ships with a whopping 81 levels and over 50 technologies available in the tech tree to keep you challenged right until the final wave.
Why similar: Shooter 25.6%, Arcade 22.4%, Action 15.5%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shooter 23.1%, Arcade 16.2%, Score Attack 16%, Space 15.2%, Action 9%
Bean Busy is a maze chase game inspired by arcade classics of the early 80s. A colorful collection of items, obstacles, and (of course) beans await! Tackle one labyrinth after another while outwitting the monsters on your tail. Invite a friend and chase that high score together!
Why similar: Arcade 19.8%, Score Attack 18.5%, Local Co-Op 13.9%, Action 9.4%, Retro 9%
The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.
Why similar: Shooter 29.9%, Arcade 21.2%, Action 14.9%, Retro 14%, Space 12.1%
Moon Defense - protection of a lunar settlement from falling meteorites.
Why similar: Shooter 28.5%, Space 20.6%, Arcade 19.8%, Action 16%, Futuristic 14.8%
Shoot'em up Bullet Hell Game, there is only one way out... WIN or go crazy trying!
Why similar: Shooter 38.4%, Arcade 27%, Score Attack 17.2%, Action 16.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Pilot your UFO through an asteroid field… with the power of math! 💥🧠 Dodge and solve operations to destroy asteroids before they crash into you. A fun and educational arcade game that sharpens your brain while testing your reflexes.
Why similar: Space 23%, Arcade 18.9%, Futuristic 18.5%, Score Attack 13%, Action 11.3%
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!
Why similar: Shooter 18.2%, Arcade 15.2%, Score Attack 15.1%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%
Arise Wyver and fly against overwhelming odds in this modern labor of love tribute to classic shoot'em ups!
Why similar: Shooter 17.5%, Arcade 16.2%, Score Attack 13.3%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 10%
Blast meteors in this retro-style arcade game with a musical twist! Use your keyboard or plug in a MIDI piano to methodically (and melodically) destroy the oncoming meteors. Shoot for high scores, rack up massive combos, and develop your piano dexterity along the way!
Why similar: Arcade 28.7%, Space 14.7%, Action 14.6%, Score Attack 11.9%, 2D 10.1%
A classic shoot 'em up with a modern edge. Galactic Plague throws you into a cosmic nightmare where survival means upgrading your ship, mastering legendary weapons, and battling the relentless Martian invasion. Are you ready to face the chaos?
Why similar: Shooter 25.4%, Arcade 19.7%, Score Attack 11.8%, Space 11.2%, Action 10.4%
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: Shooter 22.8%, Arcade 19.4%, Space 10.9%, Action 9.6%, Futuristic 9.2%
In this classic top-down space game from 1983, you can take on one of the most dangerous jobs in the galaxy: garbage disposal. Try to survive for as long as possible, while knocking the giant garbage pods into a black hole with your Space-Dozer.
Why similar: Arcade 26%, Space 17%, Action 14.6%, Retro 12.1%, Sci-fi 11%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shooter 27.5%, Arcade 24.1%, Action 16.9%, Score Attack 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Survive endless waves in this fast-paced 2D space shooter. Upgrade your ship between 20-second battles, adapt to enemy behaviors, and climb the global leaderboard. Strategic, intense, and built for replayability.
Why similar: Arcade 30.6%, Space 24.9%, Action 22.5%, 2D 11.3%, Retro 9.2%
Take to your ship to ensure the survival of humanity against an alien force determined to see you fail. Customize your ship with upgrades to raise your chance of success. Take a friend into battle to immediately become a stronger force and watch each others tail
Why similar: Shooter 24.8%, Arcade 22.4%, Action 15.9%, Space 13.1%, Local Co-Op 7.8%
SlayBall Brick Breaker is a fun twist on classic Brick Breaker games. Play an endless arcade mode where you put your skills to the test as you try and destroy as many bricks as possible and beat your high score.
Why similar: Arcade 26.5%, Score Attack 25%, Futuristic 11.4%, Space 8.3%, 2D 7.6%
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: Shooter 19.1%, Arcade 16.4%, Space 13%, Score Attack 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Shoot your way through a thrilling action adventure of 120 waves in 4 different game modes while fighting against waves of enemies and 12 extreme bosses. Save the world from The General by yourself or with a friend locally and play 10 different Challenges.
Why similar: Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 14.9%, Score Attack 12.9%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%
Stop the Saturnians is a shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Dodge enemy fire, destroy procedurally generated alien waves and fight massive bosses. Collect resources in the midst of combat to upgrade your ship or improve Earth's defenses. Protect yourself and the planet both!
Why similar: Shooter 20.5%, Arcade 17%, Space 15.8%, Old School 10.5%, Score Attack 8.1%
Rotate, aim and shoot in zero gravity space. "∀stround" is a zero-gravity shooting action game in which the screen rotates according to the character's direction. Survive against attacking creatures on a space station where gravity suddenly disappears.
Why similar: Shooter 35.8%, Space 19.6%, Action 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Futuristic 9%
The Japanese just love their famous German-inspired Baumkuchen cakes, and hungry invaders from across the universe have discovered these delicious treats too! Are you up to the challenge of protecting the precious desserts from waves of alien attacks? Save the cakes!!
Why similar: Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 16.9%, Score Attack 14.4%, Space 13%, Action 12%
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Why similar: Shooter 24.3%, Arcade 20.4%, Futuristic 11.8%, Space 10.7%, Action 10.6%
A loud, fast arcade paddle game where you keep the ball alive using trick shots, risky flips, and pure reflex. Chase high scores, fight the clock, or survive forever while a fake live chat hypes you up or roasts every mistake.
Why similar: Arcade 31.3%, Score Attack 18.2%, Action 15.4%, 2D 10.9%, Local Co-Op 10.7%
