
Red Ruin is a Space-Arcade-Shooter, in which you control two ships. Each ship has unique properties and they can switch position with each other. Using the advantages of both ships strategically will bring you victory.
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Red Ruin is a Space-Arcade-Shooter, in which you control two ships. Each ship has unique properties and they can switch position with each other. Using the advantages of both ships strategically will bring you victory.

Star'Shoot
In this space shooter avenge the Earth destruction and destroy dozens of procedurally generated enemy waves ! Each death will make you stronger. Can you reach the top of the leaderboard ?

GROOD
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metalš¤š». The gameplay blends classic Shoot 'em up mechanics with modern low poly graphics, particles, shaders, and a hardcore soundtrack. Annihilate an army of machines, and afterward, annihilate their bossesāgo all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
In this space shooter avenge the Earth destruction and destroy dozens of procedurally generated enemy waves ! Each death will make you stronger. Can you reach the top of the leaderboard ?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, Space 21.9%, Difficult 19.5%, Action 14.2%, Indie 11.9%
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metalš¤š». The gameplay blends classic Shoot 'em up mechanics with modern low poly graphics, particles, shaders, and a hardcore soundtrack. Annihilate an army of machines, and afterward, annihilate their bossesāgo all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Action 19.2%, Difficult 18.8%, Indie 13.8%
Evade is a fast paced bullet hell shooter focused on dodging attack patterns made of hundreds, even thousands of bullets. Shoot your way through over 30 different bosses, and recruit defeated enemies as powerful assists.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.5%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Difficult 19.7%, Action 12.1%, Indie 7.4%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Action 17.5%, Space 12.8%, Indie 11.5%
Sweezy Gunner is an eye melting, brain bending, mouse squeezing 2D Shoot em up. destroy everything in your path, Upgrade the Sweezy Gunner ship. A Large open World! Travel through the lush green fields, frozen tundra and arid desert. Explore the depths of the many dungeons, caves and temples and collect that tasty loot!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Action 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Space 19.8%, Indie 15.6%
Welcome to the premiere school of magic and technology throughout the multiverse, Aeternum Academy! You'll learn to dodge bullets, solve mysteries and make friends in this side-scrolling bullet hell shoot-em-up full of magic teacup cats and corgis piloting spaceships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 25.4%, Action 19.4%, Indie 14.5%, Difficult 14.2%
As Gary Rogers, the player battles through hordes of enemy spaceships in several missions, evading projectiles, asteroids and defeating powerful bosses. Gary collects debris from destroyed enemies and exchanges them at the home base for ship and weapon upgrades.
Why similar: Action 24.4%, Indie 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Space 14.2%, Bullet Hell 12.9%
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.3%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, Space 12.6%, Action 8.2%, Indie 6.2%
A mouse controlled vertical scroller/shooter (with bonus mazes)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, Action 20.9%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Space 16.9%, Indie 16.1%
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 28.6%, Action 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Difficult 16.9%, Indie 15.2%
Outskirts is a colorful 360° bullet-hell with beautiful vector based art, interactive music and a deep combo system. Drive your ship through your foes and make your path to the leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.1%, Bullet Hell 30.3%, Action 19%, Indie 14.6%
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 34.6%, Bullet Hell 29%, Action 20.6%, Indie 15.8%
Ghost Blade HD is an intense bullet-hell shoot 'em up game, with satisfying and addictive score-based gameplay. With its inspiration going back to the shooting games of the 1990s era, Ghost Blade HD ties old memories to current tones and techniques.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.3%, Bullet Hell 30.1%, Action 17%, Indie 13.5%
If you love shoot āem up and you love āem hard, with glorious music, with screen filling bullet patterns and huge token cancels, then Donāyoku is just for you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.8%, Bullet Hell 25%, Action 20.5%, Indie 15.7%
Hangeki is an arcade style shooter that emphasizes the use of over 50 spectacular weapons. Formulate new strategies and take on the alien invasion in this reimagining of the classic shoot em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.5%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Action 22.1%, Indie 17.5%
A shoot'em up, with focus on choice and progressiveness, so you can choose between a wide selection of weapons, and upgrade them becoming way more powerfull as you play.Big multi-phase bosses and a dramatic story.
Why similar: Action 27.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Space 13.7%, Difficult 12.1%
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 28.5%, Difficult 18.7%, Action 18.3%, Space 18%, Indie 14.1%
Vertical scroll shooting game. Please avoid the bullets and defeat the enemies and clear the stage. You can set different types of bullets for "Main" and "Sub". You can also use skills. Skills include skills that make powerful attacks and skills that can eliminate bullets fired by enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Bullet Hell 24.4%, Action 23.4%, Indie 18%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Diadra Empty is a free-roaming shoot-'em-up on a grand scale. Take the role of Nyalra and her faithful dragon Minimi in a fantastical quest to save her missing sister, and battle legions of monsters and menacing bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Action 24.2%, Indie 18.6%
Lucid Aether is a new kind of bullet hell shoot 'em up game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Action 25.1%, Bullet Hell 24%, Indie 19.3%, Singleplayer 3%
Dynamic game in the genre of Bullet hell. Destroy your enemies dodging the hail of bullets!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.6%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Action 24.7%, Indie 19%
You are the PsycoCat, an ultimate cat hooked to a balloon with an alien weapon After an apprenticeship against floating rocks you will be ready to fight the most terrible creatures of the world. Bull, rabbit, flying chicken and more await you for a terrible confrontation in the heavens. Good luck
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37%, Bullet Hell 31.1%, Action 16.1%, Indie 15.8%
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%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Difficult 19.3%, Action 15.6%, Indie 8.9%
Flatshot is a free as in freedom shooting game with flat and minimalist aesthetics. Shoot, dodge, parry and charge to defeat +50 enemy bosses. Sharpen your skills in this easy to learn hard to master Bullet Hell.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Indie 23.2%, Action 22.8%
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.1%, Bullet Hell 28.7%, Action 10.4%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 8%
Combining retro puzzles and a arcade space shooter. You and your crew found strange materials in the galaxy core to upgrade your ship to the most powerful. While collecting core materials you came across something unbelievable ... The Core Message. The Core Message changes everything.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Space 20.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Action 8.6%
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 29.4%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Action 16.8%, Difficult 14.7%, Indie 12.5%
Radar Warfare is a bullet hell/fast paced arcade shoot 'em up with radar theme and retro style. 27 stages will challenge you with different waves and enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Action 20.8%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Difficult 15.2%, Indie 15%
Zenodeath is the final entry in the Zeno series, the final evolution, featuring a modern OST by HeavyViper and two gameplay types.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.4%, Action 28.3%, Indie 21.8%, Bullet Hell 20.6%
A vertical scrolling shooter with a nostalgic twist! Evade and shoot on end!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Action 21.4%, Indie 17%
ShipLord is a space avoid-er mixed with interesting boss fights and breathtaking visuals, with a reward system to take your skill to another lvl.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.7%, Indie 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Space 18.3%, Action 16.9%
The game is spread over 50 different levels, and Sasaki must fight through them all to redeem his people. The game features five powerful bosses that you will encounter at the end of each sector ā every nine levels. Each boss is a skill puzzle of his own, with shifting mechanics and environments that will keep you on your toes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Space 24.2%, Action 19%, Bullet Hell 18%, Indie 10%
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 ā90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.1%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Space 12.6%, Action 9.8%, Indie 7.8%
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Space 19.8%, Indie 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Action 12.9%
Bullet Heaven 2 is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up inspired by games like Touhou and Jamestown. It's all about shooting every cute thing that moves, while dodging hundreds of shiny bullets per second!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Difficult 12.4%, Action 10.5%, Indie 7.6%
Dodge, defend, and destroy! Engage in a frenetic shoot 'em up, facing relentless bullet streams that test your reflexes. Experience dynamic shifts between vertical and horizontal views as you fend off endless enemy waves. Use polarity shields for defense and strike back fiercely. Conquer the chaos!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Space 19.9%, Difficult 18.5%, Action 7.3%
Terra Feminarum is a Finnish mythology themed Japanese style danmaku shoot āem up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Action 25.1%, Indie 19.3%
SpaceMerc is a casual narrative bullet hell shooter about one pilot's quest to get paid by blowing stuff up. There's also an intergalactic war or something going on too.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Bullet Hell 29%, Action 18.9%, Indie 14.5%, Singleplayer 3%
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 33.3%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Action 15.3%, Difficult 14.1%, Indie 11.8%
RefRain - prism memories - is an empowering, cyberpunk, bullet-hell shoot-āem-up that focuses on fast-paced, offensive gameplay. āDiveā into a hazardous digital world, cycle through 3 different attack modes, and delete the opposition with superior firepower.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Action 21.2%, Indie 16.9%
The frantic old-school action of classic coin-op shoot-āem-ups comes crashing headlong into the 21st century. Explosive high-octane blasting combines with hordes of enemies in a 360Ė environment ā fly, spin and shoot anywhere and everywhere!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.8%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Space 14.3%, Action 12.8%, Indie 9.9%
A tutorial for shmup beginners. Presented by Lightsaber Fairy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Bullet Hell 29.2%, Action 20.4%, Indie 15.7%
Lost in Transit is a unique blend of the classic Asteroids and modern bullet-hell games. As a space-traveling mailman, fight your way through dozens of levels to deliver the final package in your route.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Space 26.7%, Difficult 23.6%, Indie 21.2%
HEXTERMINATE is a top-down shooter which puts you in the role of an Imperial Captain. Your mission is to reclaim a galaxy shattered by centuries of in-fighting. Customise your ship with dozens of different modules, fight side by side with allied fleets and reunite the galaxy under Imperial rule.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Space 25.2%, Action 24.8%, Indie 19.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
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 31.1%, Action 25.8%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Indie 19.2%
Xenoslaive Overdrive is a fractal bullet shoot-em-up. Specially made for players to feel the thrill from various challenging aspects. Shoot! Survive all enemy bullets! Defeat their bosses, and save the world!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Bullet Hell 32.9%, Action 27.9%
YOU have to show what youāre made of as the war over Europe is in full swing. Fight waves of Axis planes and panzers until you hit the boss enemies ā the ACES OF THE LUFTWAFFE.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.2%, Bullet Hell 29.2%, Action 26.6%
Beyond The Heavens is a arcade style shoot-em-up where you take control of a ship seeking to reach the destination that calls out to it. The journey will take place across several worlds including Heaven and Hell!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Action 20.7%, Space 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Indie 15.9%
It is a 2D Sci-Fi Action Shoot 'em up that can use command deadly techniques like fighting games. In this title, you can destroy enemies by using 10 distinctive special moves, "Methods", in addition to normal shooting attacks.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Action 22.1%, Indie 17.2%
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 27.5%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Space 17.8%, Difficult 14.9%, Action 8.8%
This game is the answer to one of the most important questions in life: āI can haz lazer kitty?ā Yes you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Action 17.9%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Indie 13.4%, Space 13.1%
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 40.4%, Action 23.8%, Difficult 18.6%, Indie 17.2%
TANKORAMA is an old school top-down shoot āem up game with modern graphics and addictive gameplay. Control HOVERING TANKS, destroy enemies, collect power ups and challenge wicked bosses in single player. Show who is THE BOSS on Earth!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Action 21.1%, Indie 16.3%
Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Action 23.1%, Indie 17.8%
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 57.6%, Action 15.4%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Indie 11.8%
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 36.1%, Action 24.1%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Indie 17.9%
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 26.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Action 15.6%, Space 13.8%, Indie 11.3%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Space 22.5%, Difficult 13.5%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Indie 7.6%