60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, 2D, Pixel Graphics, Singleplayer.
Fly through the sky! Rain down fire on the enemy forces from above! Enjoy solid combat and simple non-linear exploration in this high flying side-scrolling action shooter!
Axiom Verge
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Guns of Fury
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 56.3%, Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Side Scroller 4.8%, Action 3.7%
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.8%, Mechs 14.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Platformer 10.3%, Side Scroller 9.9%
70s giant robot anime-inspired side-scrolling shooting from the creators of SATAZIUS and GIGANTIC ARMY!
Why similar: Mechs 41.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Anime 8.9%, Action 7.5%, Shooter 6.7%
An inferno roars over a destroyed secret military base. Then, from the flaming rubble...an invincible super robot is reborn! Mechs born of advanced science and modern weaponry battle in heavy weight Run 'n Gun mech shooter!!
Why similar: Mechs 24.5% ★, Beat 'em up 14.5%, Side Scroller 14.1%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Platformer 10.1%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Side Scroller 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Platformer 14.3%, 2D Platformer 7%
Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.5%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 8.2%
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience! Devise your own playstyle with a huge variety of weapons. Hardcore and casual players alike are welcome!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.9%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Anime 10.4%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 8.8%
Get into your Flying Tank and shoot 'em up like it's the good old days! Kill strange bosses, drop bombs from above and build an arsenal of fun, powerful weapons. Reclaim the stolen Earth - alone or with a friend - in a rich action-packed side-scrolling shmup!
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.6%, Bullet Hell 30.3%, Anime 12%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 6.3%
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 38.4%, Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Action 9.9%, Side Scroller 7.3%
Fight for your life in this state-of-the-art 8-bit platformer!
Why similar: Metroidvania 24.4%, Side Scroller 16.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Shooter 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
Jett Rider is an arcade shooter packed with action, exploration, RPG elements, tons of humor and awesome bosses. Explore, fight, gain experience, purchase weapons in this exciting adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 23.2%, Platformer 19.1%, Shooter 12.7%, 2D Platformer 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shooter 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, 2D 6.8%
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.
Why similar: Mechs 29.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Hear the shrieks of colliding metal! Behold the true form of steel! An explosive onslaught of shooting action!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Bullet Hell 27%, Action 10.5%, Indie 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Action 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Indie 12%, Shooter 11.8%
ReversEstory is a 2D Roguelike action shooting game. Enjoy the freedom of 360° flying while exploring the procedurally generated dungeons. A latitude of items grants the players the power to challenge the darkness. What’s hidden behind? You shall witness and be shocked.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.5%, Beat 'em up 14.4%, Bullet Hell 11%, Platformer 9.5%, Shooter 9.2%
HARDCORE MECHA is a 2D platformer action focusing on a better handling. The Campaign mode offers rich gameplay and seamless in-game cut-scenes for an immersive experience. Choose your favorite mecha, experience the fast-paced hardcore competitive battle of steel in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Mechs 49.8% ★, Platformer 12.1%, Shooter 10.2%, Anime 8.2%, Action 7.7%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Platformer 31%, Side Scroller 28%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Action 15%, Indie 9.3%
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.4%, Platformer 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Indie 4.6%, Action 4.5%
Fast paced Top-down shooter! Smartly use IRCM to evade the constant barrage of bullets and missiles and destroy everything that stands in your way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.8%, Mechs 17.6% ★, Action 16%, Indie 10.7%, Bullet Hell 2.5%
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: Side Scroller 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Platformer 11.3%, Shooter 9.8%
Metroidvania style action/platformer with tons of abilities, enemies and exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.1%, Platformer 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, RPG 6.8%, Action 6.5%
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
Why similar: Mechs 37.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Platformer 13.5%, Shooter 8.5%, 2D Platformer 7.2%
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
Why similar: Side Scroller 26.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Shooter 9.5%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Why similar: Mechs 29.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 10.5%
Shoot, blast and slash through hordes of enemies in Rocking Pilot - a twin-stick shooter extravaganza inspired by arcade classics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.3%, Bullet Hell 31%, Action 15.4%, Indie 12.2%
This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Side Scroller 17%, Platformer 10.7%, Shooter 8.3%
Dracomaton is a top-down roguelike bullet hell about Eclipse, a small robot who awakens in an abandoned factory filled with corrupted training bots and the secrets of cosmic dragons. Fight your way to the top of the tower by transforming your robot body, changing your entire arsenal on the fly!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 44.1%, Shooter 27.5%, Action 11.5%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 5.8%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shooter 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, RPG 8.3%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.9%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.6%, Shooter 7.7%, Exploration 6.5%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.9%, Platformer 21.5%, 2D Platformer 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 6.9%
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: Shooter 18.7%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Platformer 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Side Scroller 25%, Shooter 15.7%, Action 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Bullet Hell 28%, Shooter 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 7.9%
Booster Trooper is the future of multiplayer platform shooters. It provides tons of fun with its fast paced action and larger-than-life weapons. You can run or fly around the map, blasting your enemies to bits with bullets, rockets, grenades, magma and other weapons from your arsenal.
Why similar: Platformer 42.5%, Action 35.9%, Indie 21.6%
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!
Why similar: Mechs 31.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Shooter 10.4%, 2D Platformer 7.5%
Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!
Why similar: Mechs 35.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Shooter 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 27.2%, Action 21%, Indie 7%, Adventure 6.6%
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.7%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Platformer 13.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Platformer 44.1%, Action 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Indie 12.4%, 2D 8.2%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.9%, Shooter 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Action 10.3%, 2D 8.3%
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.8%, Side Scroller 26.2%, Platformer 18.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Puzzle 7%
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, RPG 8.9%
The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.8%, Platformer 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Anime 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Platformer 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
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 45.2%, Side Scroller 32.2%, Action 12.9%, Indie 9.6%
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Shooter 8.6%, Action 7.2%
MULLET MADJACK is a HIGH-OCTANE-ACTION SHOOTER that put you directly inside a CLASSIC ANIME. Pick your favorite weapon and reach the last floor; Beat your best time or try again. Haste makes waste… OF YOUR ENEMIES!
Why similar: Shooter 37.1%, Anime 26.1%, Action 16.5%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 8.4%
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Side Scroller 23.5%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
A breathtaking arcade space combat game inspired by prestige anime.
Why similar: Shooter 43.6%, Action 21%, Anime 20.2%, Indie 6.5%, Adventure 5.7%
Rocket Bots is a fast-paced arena shooter where you blast through escalating waves of killer machines. Master a brutal arsenal, survive solo or in Steam co-op, climb the damage leaderboard, and push deeper into the swarm.
Why similar: Shooter 36.7%, Action 28.9%, Indie 25.3%, Singleplayer 9.1%
Join the Mechstermination Force and save the world from the gigantic MegaMechs!
Why similar: Mechs 38.4% ★, Action 22.2%, Indie 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, 2D Platformer 8.5%
Slash through enemies with the Sun Blade, the most powerful weapon in Shmup's history! Overwhelm hordes of enemies with flashy on-screen effects in this super-aggressive vertical scrolling shump!
Why similar: Mechs 28.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Platformer 10.8%, Shooter 9.2%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.1%, Side Scroller 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Platformer 12.3%, Shooter 9.2%
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 54.1%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Action 11.8%, Indie 10.3%, Singleplayer 5.2%
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.9%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Shooter 9.6%, 2D 5.8%
Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions! A twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.1%, Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shooter 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 6.9%
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
Why similar: Side Scroller 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Platformer 12.8%, Shooter 9.7%
