- #1 Silicon War:Blitz
97% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Initial F Studio
Windows
A Roguelite VR Mech bullethell Shooter, you will pilot your mech through an onslaught of endless bullets and enemies! Each battle is a crucial test of your reaction skills and strategic planning. Continuously upgrade and enhance your mech until all adversaries are vanquished!
Why similar: Mechs 21.1% ★, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Space 10.6%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #2 Invaders Loop
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hunterllama
Windows
In Invaders Loop, which combines classic arcade spirit with roguelite mechanics, survive relentless waves of enemies raining down from the depths of space, dodge bullets, equip yourself with various items from the market, and defeat epic bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 10.8%, Space 9.1%
- #3 Deathroids
96% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Cat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Remember the golden age of arcades playing a game with all the classic 80's/90's space-shooting features. See how far you can go by destroying all enemy robots that are ready to planet earth attack.
Why similar: Mechs 21.5% ★, Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Space 10.2%, Robots 7.5%
- #4 Star Lone Wolf
95% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: DaWenYu
Windows
Select unique spaceship models and multiple talents from 80+ options. Explore the world map, complete missions for gold, and shop for items. Defeat foes, earn experience, and enhance your spaceship's modules. Forge your style and prove its strength.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Roguelike 16.5%, Space 14.5%, Roguelite 12.9%, Survival 8.4%
- #5 Astral Vangard
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Mithronix Games
Windows
Pilot your Vangard and battling against various enemies and bosses. Astral Vangard is a casual game with rogue-like elements in a futuristic world filled with Mecha. You can choose their own Vangard with different start weapon and characteristics, improving their abilities as they advance.
Why similar: Mechs 20.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Robots 11.1%, Roguelike 10.7%
- #6 Neon Null
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Warsong Studios
Windows
Neon Null is a high-voltage plunge through a fractured cosmos—a fast, electric 2D shooter where reflex and nerve are all that stand between you and the dark between stars. Each run is a knife-edge sprint, each death honing the next. One more shot, one more orbit. The void is patient. You can’t be.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelike 17.7%, Roguelite 16.7%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Space 9.4%
- #7 Lunaris
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: FlacherPub: Flacher Gang Studio
Windows
Lunaris is a fast-paced sci-fi top-down roguelite shooter: survive escalating enemy waves, stack powerful passive and active abilities, craft wild build synergies, and turn the arena into a neon storm of lasers and explosions. Every run feels fresh and intense.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 27.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Roguelite 8.6%, Cyberpunk 7.9%
- #8 Neon Blitz
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary Sunrise
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced action roguelike where explosive combat fuels 'Blitz' ultimates—a rage mode that dominates the battlefield. Endure relentless battles, enhance your arsenal, and evolve powerful abilities. Each run opens new tactical possibilities in this intense arena shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Survival 10.2%
- #9 NERMIUS
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Saturn アクメ Corp.
Windows
Sci-fi roguelite survival. Deploy as a Shell - a corporate combat unit - and fight through waves of hostile alien fauna. Choose your shell, collect upgrades, and survive long enough to face what Saturn Acme Corp won't tell you about.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Roguelike 16.7%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Roguelite 12.6%, Space 7.7%
- #10 Mech Survivor Elite
90% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Viktor Borg Grelsson
Windows
Mech Survivor Elite is a time-based survival game featuring action-packed gameplay and roguelite elements.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 22.7% ★, Bullet Hell 16%, Mechs 15.2% ★, Roguelike 9.5%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #11 Run and Gun
91% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Inspiring Games
Windows
Run and Gun is an action roguelike shooting game where you mow down thousands of enemies while unlocking newer and deadlier weapons. The enemies won't stop spawning, and your guns won't stop firing. Earn gold each run to unlock permanent upgrades to make your next run deadlier.
Why similar: Mechs 21.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15%, Roguelike 12.6%, Robots 8.6%
- #12 13 Seconds
89% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Studio LEFPub: Studio LEF
Windows
[13 Seconds] is a hardcore bullet hell roguelike game.Use both hands to control two robots at the same time and fight your way through a barrage of bullets and death rays from merciless machines of destruction!Will you be able to reach the ultimate level 13?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29%, Roguelike 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Action 8%
- #13 Drone Break
89% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: James H. Van der MeulenPub: Trash Vomit Studios
Windows
Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Space 17.3%, Roguelite 12.4%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #14 Space Horde Attack
88% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: GameProdTeam
Windows
Collect weapons and destroy enemy ships
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Space 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Roguelite 13.4%, Roguelike 13.3%
- #15 GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION
87% matchVery Positive90% of 147 reviews2022
Dev: ES4 / Eternal Sphere 4Pub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Mechs 18.7% ★, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Space 13.4%, Robots 9.2%
- #16 Kuiper Belt Survivor
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Catalytic Studios
Windows
Kuiper belt survivor is an arcade style bullet heaven, where every run is endless. It brings a unique spin to the bullet heaven genre by making every part of the players weapon arsenal customizable with well over 10,000 unique weapons to build, and unique stats for every enemy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.8%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 12.2%, Space 11.8%, Survival 7.3%
- #17 Quiberon Zeta
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Genteel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot stuff and earn $pacecoin in this wonderfully generic shmup.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Roguelike 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Roguelite 12.6%, Action 9%
- #18 Wild Wild Space
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rebel rabbit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the New Wild West! Join a space gang, become the galaxy's most dangerous outlaw, explore planets filled with enemy space gangs and shoot your way through them in this bullet hellish galaxy-crawler roguelite.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Cyberpunk 13.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #19 Spectron
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Strawberry Fox Studios
Windows
A fast-paced, retro-style space shooter with challenging levels. Race against the clock as you blast and dodge through waves of enemies and obstacles, pushing your reflexes to the limit.
Why similar: Space 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 20%, Roguelite 9%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #20 Botwave: Overclock
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: RaynGG
Windows
Push your bot to the limit or melt down in the fight. Master HEAT.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Cyberpunk 10.7%, Action 7.7%
- #21 Galaxy Frame
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Suit Monkey
Windows
Galaxy Frame is a space Roguelite game players control their aircraft to survive the attacks of alien insects. By understanding the characteristics of aircraft, skills, and props, players can build their own decks and challenge stronger enemies. Arcade mode to challenge the world leaderboard.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Roguelike 17.9%, Space 17.3%, Roguelite 13.7%, Survival 12.8%
- #22 ARMED SEVEN
84% matchVery Positive91% of 80 reviews2015
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
Why similar: Mechs 20.9% ★, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Robots 11.7%, Space 9.7%
- #23 ZPF
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: ZPF TeamPub: Mega Cat Studios
Windows
ZPF is a retro-inspired horizontal shooter originally designed for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Blast your way through a cosmic gauntlet of epic boss battles, addictive scoring, and hidden secrets in a thrilling arcade-style adventure through fantasy, sci-fi, and alien-themed worlds.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Cyberpunk 16.3%, Space 12.5%, Robots 9.2%
- #24 Exertion
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flat City Games
Windows
Classic arcade shooting meets Survivor-style progression in this side-scrolling action roguelite. Draft powerful cards, discover game-breaking synergies, and unleash bullet hell upon hordes of enemies. Die, upgrade your stats, and return to the arena to become the ultimate weapon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Cyberpunk 13.9%, Roguelite 10.4%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #25 MoveFort
82% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: kklaiPub: Kklai's Dev
Windows
Movefort is a movable tower defense game where you build your own fortress on a moving base. Use resources to upgrade and power up Towers.Each tower has unique upgrade effects. Try different combinations to find the most effective way to defend against enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Roguelite 16.1%, Survival 12.6%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #26 ROTATO
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Platonic Games
Windows
Spin. Shoot. Survive.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Roguelike 18.5%, Survival 9.5%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #27 Protect the Grimoire
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Mhbs
Windows
Survive, protect, and strike back in Protect the Grimoire! A fast-paced roguelite bullet hell shoot ’em up. Face relentless Dark Wizards and fight your way toward the most powerful grimoires in existence.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 25.9%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 15.5%, Strategy 6.6%
- #28 AstroVoids
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Windmill's Light
Windows
Blast through space enemies, master insane upgrades, and face cosmic horrors! AstroVoids is a frantic action roguelike where every choice shapes your build. Upgrade your ship, survive waves of chaos, and fight for the top of the leaderboard!
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 31.6% ★, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Roguelike 10.7%, Space 9.1%
- #29 Tower Tactics Arena
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Tower Tactics Arena is a fast-paced action roguelite set in the Tower Tactics: Liberation universe. Battle relentless enemy waves in a closed combat arena, level up your towers strategically, and gather powerful trinkets and potions! Will you claim victory in the arena?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 13.1%, Roguelite 13%, Space 12.7%, Roguelike 12.4%, Survival 12.3%
- #30 Star Knight: Order of the Vortex
77% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Void Knight Games
Windows
Star Knight: Order of the Vortex is a rogue-lite, bullet-hell, shoot-em-up with the ability to create unique builds and synergies as you test your skills in action-packed gameplay. Choose your crew, upgrade your ship, and explore the unknown depths of the Vortex.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Roguelike 13.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Space 10.1%
- #31 SYSTEMCRASH 92
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SETO
Windows
SYSTEMCRASH92 is a side-scroller survival experience focused on crafting, progression, and highly replayable runs.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Cyberpunk 14.6%, Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #32 Entity Strike
76% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Tropical Pixel Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entity Strike is a 2D top-down survival game where you face endless hordes of monsters. Choose your upgrades, build powerful loadouts, and survive as long as you can. Fast, intense, and addictive.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 24.1% ★, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Roguelike 14.5%, Robots 8.4%, Survival 6.3%
- #33 ZANGEKI WARP
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2017
Dev: ASTRO PORTPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take control of the hyperdimensional fighter craft ‘ZanFighter’ and use its advanced warp functions to defeat an army of space beasts controlled by an evil scientist!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Mechs 21.1% ★, Robots 8.3%, Action 6.3%
- #34 AbyssFloor Survivors
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Katarienumono.inc
Windows · Mac
Dodge the swarming drones and survive! A 3D survival action game that tests your reflexes and judgment.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Cyberpunk 22.7%, Survival 17.8%, Robots 13%, Action 10.6%
- #35 Cursor Survival
75% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Prepare for a radical shift in Bullet Hell gameplay! In Cursor Survival, you're not piloting a character - you embody the... CURSOR! Unleash a new, utterly insane way to evade, strike, and endure in a chaotic universe of projectiles and adversaries.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Traditional Roguelike 15.4% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Space 13.6%
- #36 District Panic
74% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Asfar GAMES
Windows · Linux
an action-packed arcade shooter that takes you deep into the heart of a computer under siege.You're the system's last line of defense.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Roguelike 14.6%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #37 Vectoraid
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: James Suret
Windows · Linux
A neon retro Asteroids inspired arcade game with persistent progression, upgrades and cosmetics to unlock. With Asymmetrical local Co-op, mining extraction, Endless waves game modes and local PvP.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 12.3%, Space 12%
- #38 Steel Carnelian
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catbird Soft
Windows · Mac
Steel Carnelian is a 3D anime-influenced shoot-em-up where you play as Cass, a mercenary with a mech suit and a loyal crew at her side. Dodge bullets and wreck robots as your ragtag team takes on the most dangerous job of your lives!
Why similar: Mechs 24.7% ★, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Robots 12.2%, Cyberpunk 11.8%
- #39 Galaxy Survivors
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: Emily Grey & Eve Grey
Windows
Shoot alien invaders, upgrade your ship, level up your weapons and save planets to defend against the invasion. Choose your favorite between the different unlockable ships and buy perks between your runs to ensure victory. After you triumph, hunt for achievements and ascend to save more universes
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 10.5%, Survival 7.9%
- #40 Blastroid
71% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Bedirhan CakirPub: Cher Chop Games
Windows · Mac
Blastroid is an arcade-style roguelite set in space with Endless waves, broken builds and weapon synergies. Players customize their ships by combining different engine and weapon systems, striving to survive against ever-evolving threats in regions swarming with enemy waves.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Space 20.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #41 Space Survivors
72% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: TheMaJestic14
Windows
Annihilate hordes of enemies with devastating, unique, and powerful weapon upgrades! In Space Survivors, a survivor-like game with roguelite elements, every move could mean victory or death! head back to your station, hack cargo for pets and prepare for an even tougher run!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.2%, Space 17.8%, Roguelite 13%, Cyberpunk 12.8%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #42 Death Dungeon
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Light Studio
Windows
"Death dungeon" is a strategic barrage shooting game. You need to reasonably select and use dual weapons and dual skills to fight the randomly generated enemies in the dungeon and kill all the enemies in the room with the least loss of life.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.5%, Roguelike 19.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #43 Z-Warp
72% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Space 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Action 6.7%
- #44 Tri-Star
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: Stardust Smithy
Windows
Tri-Star is an endless horizontal-scrolling space shooter featuring Roguelike and Roguelite elements. Blast through waves of enemies and battle against arduous bosses. Form a squadron of three unique ships from an expanding roster and equip them with upgrades as you engage in a battle for survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Space 16.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #45 Dead on Delivery
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LabZeene GamesPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Dead on Delivery is a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where you play as a pizza delivery driver in a zombie apocalypse, facing relentless hordes of the undead in intense arena combat while using improvised weapons and strategic abilities to create unique builds and survive each new run.
Why similar: Traditional Roguelike 23.9% ★, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Roguelite 10.4%
- #46 Boundary of Reason -Iris-
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Guusuya
Windows
A 2D dark fantasy action roguelike where you battle endless hordes while managing your "Corruption Level." Play as Iris, a fallen knight seeking revenge. Master diverse weapons, execute perfect dodges, and sacrifice your sanity for devastating magic. Will you succumb to the pleasure?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Bullet Hell 26.9%, Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Action 5.4%
- #47 HeartLink
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Serrated Studios
Windows
Star Fox meets Touhou in this action-packed sci-fi shoot 'em up, set to a rockin' synthwave soundtrack reminiscent of the Hotline Miami series. Pick one of five mech pilots and wield the eponymous HeartLinks to defend the Hydra Galaxy from the Omni invasion. Master yourself, master the machine.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Cyberpunk 14.1%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #48 Star Odyssey
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 奇乐游戏
Windows
《Star Odyssey》 is a 2D strategy space shooter Roguelike game in which you play as a planet in the universe, choose a variety of props with different effects, progress, build unique builds, and survive and conquer in the interstellar arena with wits and courage.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.2%, Space 18.1%, Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelite 11.8%, Survival 10.4%
- #49 Go Mecha Ball
68% matchVery Positive86% of 455 reviews2024
Dev: Whale Peak GamesPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Mechs 13.6% ★, Cyberpunk 11.7%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #50 Mysterious Treasure
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Gürkan Gür
Windows
The goal is to defeat waves of enemies using abilities tied to your chosen element. Enemies drop crystals that fill your experience bar. Leveling up lets you pick new abilities or upgrade existing ones. Bosses drop anvils to enhance max-level abilities and increase power.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Traditional Roguelike 19.6% ★, Roguelike 15.6%, Survival 12%, Roguelite 11.8%
- #51 Cosmic Tails
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: nubes_ix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the Cat Bounty Hunter. Blast off through deep space as you decimate hordes of space creatures with bounties on their heads. Upgrade unique cat-themed abilities, unlock pulverizing weapons, and survive until your contract expires -- or join the ranks of fallen bounty hunters before you.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Roguelike 15.2%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #52 Cyberwar: Neon City
67% matchVery Positive92% of 210 reviews2024
Dev: Cyber Monkey StudiosPub: GoGo Games Interactive
Windows
Explore a cyberpunk universe where monkeys rule. Challenge the fearsome Cyber Monkeys as you take on the role of a hero armed with a living shark weapon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.4%, Cyberpunk 17.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #53 ASTRO: The Beginning
69% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: BigGame StudioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
ASTRO: The Beginning is a dynamic side scrolling shoot 'em up about a close-knit space team caught in a clusterf*ck of epic proportions.Unravel the evil plans of your foes and secrets of world order while taking down various types of enemies and engaging in crazy boss battles.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Space 15.2%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 9%
- #54 Star Saviors
69% matchVery Positive82% of 1,684 reviews2016
Dev: Sharpened Edge Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 41.6%, Bullet Hell 29.9%, Space 14.3%, Action 5.8%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #55 Cosmo Chaser
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Choi Jaewook
Windows
Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Space 18.2%, Cyberpunk 15.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #56 BroodStar
67% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Space 14.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 13%
- #57 Super Turbo Demon Busters!
69% matchMixed55% of 188 reviews2017
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
STDB! is a rogue-like game about hardcore mercenaries and space marines escaping from a very cozy planet filled with monsters, nuclear fire, viruses and pixelated violence.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Roguelike 15.1%, Space 12.3%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #58 Project Lazarus 2
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Terapoly
Windows
Deploy, adapt, and upgrade your mech in Project Lazarus 2—the next evolution of survival and rogue-lite action! Battle relentless enemies, unlock powerful upgrades, and forge your own path. Gear up and push your limits as every run brings new strategies and intense challenges.
Why similar: Mechs 35.4% ★, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Space 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #59 Too Many To Kill
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DevelopingHermit
Windows
Use the last remaining mecha to fight against massive undead hordes. Mine blocks for upgrades and combine them in surprising ways. Defeat the Evil Skullhead.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.5%, Mechs 17.8% ★, Roguelike 16.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #60 Solar War
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Andrew M.
Windows · Mac · Linux
The planets have orbited peacefully for countless millennia. But then… BOOM! Now all orbital bodies are free to move independent of gravity (and they can respawn when defeated too.) You're The Earth… good luck!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Bullet Hell 29.1%, Roguelite 15.5%, Space 11.6%, Action 8%