Games Like Rangerdog

A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Score Attack 18%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Side Scroller 12.9%, Arcade 8.1%

A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Arcade 9.4%

Quaxum is a new age retro arcade shooter where you defend the planetary defense shield from the onslaught of aliens. Balance your energy between charging your shield and buying power ups to clear the screen of enemies! 50 levels of color mayhem! Recharge, shoot, win!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Score Attack 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.6%, Cartoon 10.6%

Popcorn Rocket is a silly food based old-school arcade space shooter. Pilot the Popcorn Rocket as you blast through hordes of food spaceships in order to save the galaxy from the evil Nebula Empire! With a wacky cast of heroes and villains, Popcorn Rocket will leave your stomach wanting more!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Bullet Hell 13%, Cartoon 12.5%, Arcade 9%

In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Side Scroller 14.8%, Score Attack 9.5%, Arcade 9.5%

Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Score Attack 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.2%

Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Score Attack 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

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 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Score Attack 9.9%, Shooter 8.6%

Execute intense space battle operations from side, and top view. Face tough enemies along your way, destroy guardians and generators. Dodge traps. Keep focus on targets. Think fast. Overcome the chaos. Join now and become an alpha centauri pilot. Bonus: retro like endless space shooter mini game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Score Attack 17.8%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Arcade 10.8%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Score Attack 12.1%, Arcade 9.8%, Shooter 9.5%

This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Arcade 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Shooter 11.8%

The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Score Attack 8.7%, Arcade 8.7%

Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 13.4%, Shooter 11.9%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Score Attack 15.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.6%, Bullet Hell 9%

Draw your path to victory in Art Strikers! A unique art themed bullet hell shoot-em-up that looks and plays like a beautiful work of art.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Cartoon 15.4%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Shooter 9.8%

The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Arcade 10.3%, Shooter 10.3%

Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Score Attack 12.2%, Arcade 9.2%

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 30%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Cute 6.8%

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 20.3%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Score Attack 12%, Arcade 9.5%

Zombie Apocalypse 2021 is a fast old-school shooting game in platformer style. Kill all zombies and protect your city in this super fast game!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Cartoon 12.2%, Shooter 10.1%

Weave and cleave your way through walls of bullet and push your score to unknown limits in this aggressive Shoot'em'up to save humanity from its own hubris

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Score Attack 18.9%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Arcade 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Get 10 arcade games in 1 with Roley’s Arcade Collection. A reimagining of classic arcade games with a fresh new look.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Score Attack 16.3%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Arcade 8.5%, Shooter 8.4%

Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Score Attack 8.8%, Shooter 8.4%

Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Cartoon 12.6%, Side Scroller 12.3%, 1980s 9.3%

It's a bullet-hell spaceship shooter. Can you survive the battlefield? Let's prove your shooting skills!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Score Attack 14.3%, 1980s 9.5%

Super Glitter Rush is a boss-rush style bullet hell shoot-em-up!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Score Attack 8.8%, Cute 8.1%

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 19.8%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 10.8%, Score Attack 10.1%

Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Score Attack 13.2%, Arcade 12.3%, Shooter 9.5%

Super Forklift 3000 is an arcade space shooter with a twist: you drive a forklift that carries and shoots up to three boxes. Defeat enemies and bosses while managing your different box types. Be careful not to run out of ammo!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Score Attack 15.5%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Arcade 9.1%

Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Score Attack 19.8%, Shooter 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Bullet Hell 8.8%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, 1980s 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

Enjoy a free shoot'em up side-scrolling mini-game with the characters from the anime and JRPG DanMachi, and fight through stages of bullet hell and bosses!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Side Scroller 14.7%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 8.5%

Neon Fighter is a tiny arcade game packed with lasers and explosions, in which every few seconds you are forced to switch weapons automatically, making you have to adapt quickly to the new situation and re-evaluate your perspective.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Score Attack 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Arcade 10.6%

A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Cartoon 13.2%, Arcade 9.7%

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 24.8%, Side Scroller 14.9%, Score Attack 10.4%, Arcade 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Score Attack 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Shooter 8.4%

Thunder Tiger is a fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up, blending 1980s arcade style with futuristic flair. Blast enemies, grab power-ups, and chase high scores in intense 2D stages. Classic retro vibe meets modern gameplay!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Score Attack 13.9%, Arcade 11.5%, 1980s 9.5%

Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Score Attack 14.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Shooter 10%

Run-and-gun action game with multi-stage boss battles. Play as Chester, world's most badass guinea pig, who is hell-bent on a quest for revenge.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Cartoon 14.3%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Side Scroller 11.1%, 1980s 8.9%

OH MY KAIJU!!! IT'S...KAIJU!!! KAIJU KITE ATTACK!!! The FIRST EVER SHMUP-platformer! Get your kite in the sky now! The Kaiju are coming to town to burn it down. Save your Meemaw! Save the universe! FLY OR DIE!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Cartoon 13.1%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Shooter 8.9%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Arcade 12.7%, Score Attack 12.6%, Shooter 12.5%, 1980s 8%

A sci-fi retro side-scrolling shoot-em-up / rescue game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Side Scroller 13.1%, Arcade 10.4%, 1980s 9.8%, Shooter 9.7%

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 20.9%, Score Attack 13.9%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Cartoon 11.4%, Side Scroller 9.9%

Destroy the deadly bouncing orbs for the highest score in this Pang meets Asteroids arcade blaster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Score Attack 12.2%, Arcade 8.5%

The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 11.1%, Score Attack 8.4%

It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 11.8%

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 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 10%

Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Score Attack 18.9%, Shooter 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Bullet Hell 7.9%

Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Bullet Hell 18%, Score Attack 12.2%, Shooter 10.3%

Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Cartoon 10.3%, Shooter 7.9%

Shoot different types of spaceships while avoiding getting shot yourself. Kill 10 minutes at a time with this affordable colourful timewaster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Lead the vegetable revolution alone or with a friend in the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Rutabaga Desert Storm! Take down wave after wave of enemies, dodge their projectiles, and grab power-ups to boost your destruction! Can you defeat the oppressive humans and free the proletariat vegetable masses?

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Score Attack 16.1%, Side Scroller 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arcade 9.6%

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 33.1%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 11.4%, Score Attack 9.9%

Once more, the hunt for Youkai begins! Across the ocean in a city far, far away, the side-scrolling shoot 'em up action of our two protagonists unfolds! Complete the Pietà of struggle that burns blue with its raging barrage!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Arcade 12%, Shooter 8.9%

Facing annihilation, a plucky crew of space salvagers fight dirty using the best tool in their belt - the salvage claw. Grab and toss enemies, deflect attacks, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.7%

Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Score Attack 13.8%, Side Scroller 10.3%, Arcade 8.5%

Take control and annihilate every invading enemy and stronghold! is a score-attack vertical shmup supporting 1-2 players. Featuring pure mechanics that emphasize destruction and dodging, satisfying explosion effects, and deep hidden secrets, the fight awaits you.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%, Score Attack 21.2%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 9.4%

A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Score Attack 14.4%, Shooter 11.1%

Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Score Attack 11%, Shooter 10.4%