
Shin Sophstar is a high-voltage remix built for speed and scoring. With 25+ ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.
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Shin Sophstar is a high-voltage remix built for speed and scoring. With 25+ ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.

Orchid Glitter
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.

DELTAZEAL
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
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: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Score Attack 7%, Arcade 6.6%
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Arcade 7.2%, Space 5.2%
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: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Space 10.3%, Arcade 8.4%
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Arcade 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Arcade 7.6%, Space 7.4%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Arcade 11.9%, Space 6.6%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Score Attack 6.2%, Action 4.8%
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Arcade 10%, Space 6.7%
Infinity Lancer is a high octane vertical shoot em' up. Race across the galaxy fighting to prevent humanity's annihilation and discover the dark truth behind the endless war.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Score Attack 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Space 8.5%, Arcade 8.2%
Lead your starfighter as a bounty hunter, complete contracts and fight your way to free your home system from a criminal empire full of conspiracies and underworld secrets, in this hard boiled action old school arcade shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Arcade 8.1%, Space 7.5%
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: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.5%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Arcade 7.7%, Score Attack 5.5%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Arcade 14.7%, Space 6.5%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Score Attack 10.2%, Arcade 9.6%
Sparks flare around the man all five sisters wish to claim. Introducing the new vertical scrolling shooter game!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.6%, Bullet Hell 29.5%, Arcade 12.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%, Action 5%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25%, Bullet Hell 21%, Arcade 7.6%, Action 5.1%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Female Protagonist 7.5%, 1990's 7.2%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Arcade 10.7%, Action 5.1%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 27.5%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 5.4%
【About "The Hurricane of the Varstray"】"The Hurricane of the Varstray" is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the v
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.5%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 7.1%, Space 6.9%
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Space 16.4%, Arcade 7.4%, Action 5.8%
The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 12.8%, Action 7.4%
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Arcade 8.4%, Space 7.2%
Prove yourself and earn your wings in the Exphelius Championships - a reckless bloodsport of vehicular mayhem across the galaxy Exphelius. Win matches across multiple game modes to earn cash and new parts, upgrade your ships or buy new ones, and claim your way to the top.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 18%, Arcade 9.5%, Space 8.4%
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash. Choose between multiple ships and specialize in each one’s weapon system. Will you focus on shooting, shot charging, or close-range attacks? In EXZEAL, it’s your choice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Arcade 8.8%, Score Attack 7.1%
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Score Attack 9%, Arcade 7.3%
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: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Arcade 9.6%, Score Attack 6.7%
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 8.2%, Space 7.2%
The playful witch dances to unleash stunning magical moves! Witch Dance is an evolving action puzzle. The controls are simple, but the challenge is infinite. Right click to move, left click to cast. Gather your magic and dance your way to victory!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Arcade 9.5%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Arcade 8.2%, Space 5.7%
A 2D vertical shoot 'em up that lets you upgrade your ship with an insane amount of options. From missiles and pods to specials and shields, you can upgrade every bit of your ship from guns to thrusters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 7.1%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Arcade 7.6%, 1990's 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Arcade 9.3%, Space 8.3%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Bullet Hell 26.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Arcade 11.9%, Action 5.1%
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 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Space 11.4%, Arcade 10.1%
Blast’N Bounty is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up featuring 8 stages players can tackle in the order of their choosing. Cruise through a crazy solar system in a mix of pixel art and low poly 3D with action that’s easy to learn but tough to master!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Arcade 8.3%, Space 7.4%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Bullet Hell 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 4.5%
Fast Paced, Bullet Hell Retro Shooter! Shoot down enemies and dodge everything. Fight through 17 intense levels with 6 insane boss fights. Do you have what it takes to beat the game?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Arcade 11.9%, Space 10.2%, 1990's 6.5%
CORA (Counter Offensive Rapidfire Automata) is a singleplayer/multiplayer top-down shooter created by Empty House Games borrowing inspiration from other arcade top-down shooters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Arcade 8.4%, Space 7.8%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Arcade 11%, Sci-fi 7.1%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Space 12.9%, Arcade 11.2%, Score Attack 5.3%
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: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 10.7%, Score Attack 10.4%
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Arcade 10.2%, Score Attack 7.8%
Transform or die. TRIZEAL Remix has classic shoot-’em-up style with a refined depth just below the surface. Strategically transform your ship to switch between and upgrade three distinct weapons: a wide shot, a narrow laser, and guided missiles. Shoot with intelligence!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Arcade 9%, Space 6.2%
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Female Protagonist 5.8%
Nova Swarm is a fast vertical shoot 'em up. Start with one ship, unlock the rest one by one, defeat bosses, and choose run-long upgrades that shape a different build each time. Chase ranked scores across a 30-ship roster.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, Bullet Hell 22%, Space 11.5%, Score Attack 11.4%, Arcade 10.9%
SHOOT 'EM UP!Starlight: Eye of The Storm is a 2D Vertical SHMUP set in a 3D background. Unleash your special powers, upgrade your weapons! Take on 10 Arcade stages or 15 Campaign missions! Drift (auto-pivot mode) behind your enemies and take them on with style!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Space 10.5%, Arcade 9.6%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Arcade 14.7%, Action 8.9%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Arcade 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Space 6%, Action 4.8%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Score Attack 10.4%, Arcade 8.5%
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Arcade 10.5%, Space 9.6%
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Arcade 9.5%, Space 8%
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 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 11.8%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Arcade 10.1%
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Bullet Hell 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Arcade 13.6%, Action 5.8%
A score-driven vertical STG built around aggressive grazing, medal chaining, and risk-reward survival mechanics. Dodge impossible bullet patterns, manipulate time itself, and push for the ultimate 1CC.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Arcade 10.3%, Space 8.2%
Battle through color soaked and mayhem paced arcade shooting action! Defend the Planetary Defense Shield (PDS) from the invading alien onslaught. Choose between charging the PDS and buying power ups to stay alive. You are the galaxy's final hope. Recharge, shoot, win! Will you save the galaxy?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 8.8%, Score Attack 7.9%
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Arcade 10.3%, Space 7.5%, Female Protagonist 6.5%