60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Arcade.
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Space Toads Mayhem
A no nonsense, no autofire hiscore attack. A fast-paced, reflex-based topdown shoot 'em up. Like 1980s arcade-flavoured ice cream with laser blast sprinkles :)
Vulture Strike
Vulture Strike is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you have the ability to travel between 2 parallel timelines whenever you want.
A no nonsense, no autofire hiscore attack. A fast-paced, reflex-based topdown shoot 'em up. Like 1980s arcade-flavoured ice cream with laser blast sprinkles :)
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Fast-Paced 12.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Score Attack 8.3%
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 36.7%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Arcade 12%, Difficult 9.7%, Fast-Paced 8.3%
A small shoot 'em up that combines the charm of retro arcades with innovative gameplay mechanics, delivering a fresh yet familiar experience. A single coin gives you as many attempts as you want to get the world's high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.2%, Bullet Hell 35%, Arcade 18.9%, Action 1.3%, Retro 0.6%
Gunvein is a dynamic, aggression-based bullet hell shoot em up where you use lock on lasers, charged weapons, bombs & hypers to overwhelm the enemies before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.5%, Bullet Hell 28.9%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 6.4%, 2D 3.2%
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Arcade 14.6%, Fast-Paced 14.5%, Action 7.7%
Addictive fast-paced shoot-em-up with beautiful 3D graphics and an amazing soundtrack. 5 ships to choose from and 5 action-packed Stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43%, Bullet Hell 29.9%, Arcade 12.6%, Action 8.1%, Sci-fi 4.6%
Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Bullet Hell 32%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 6.7%, Score Attack 6%
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 38.6%, Bullet Hell 30.5%, Arcade 9.8%, Retro 5.7%, Action 5.5%
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 34.7%, Bullet Hell 26%, Arcade 11.4%, Score Attack 10.5%, Action 4.6%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.9%, Bullet Hell 26.4%, Arcade 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 9.1%, Action 5.8%
【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 35.4%, Bullet Hell 27.5%, Arcade 7.7%, Fast-Paced 6.3%, Action 5.5%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Bullet Hell 27%, Top-Down Shooter 8.7%, Difficult 8.6%, Arcade 8.1%
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.8%, Bullet Hell 38.9%, Arcade 11.3%, Difficult 4.5%, Action 3.2%
Marimoth is a short shoot 'em up that puts in control of a moth whose shots bounce off the walls. Calculate your aim, evade enemy attacks by learning their patterns and collect coins to power up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Arcade 14%, Score Attack 7.6%, Difficult 6.3%
How deep can you dive into an abyss that is Endless?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.1%, Bullet Hell 33.7%, Score Attack 11.1%, Arcade 8.5%, Action 6.1%
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 33.4%, Bullet Hell 27.9%, Arcade 13.1%, Retro 6.4%, Difficult 4.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Bullet Hell 29.9%, Arcade 16.8%, Action 7.2%, Top-Down Shooter 6.9%
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 37.7%, Bullet Hell 26.7%, Arcade 12.3%, Action 8.1%, Difficult 7.1%
Take to the skies once again as the last defender of humanity against overwhelming odds! Lovingly built to be enjoyed by newcomers and genre veterans alike, Danmaku Unlimited 3 is a perfect medley of the best aspects of classic bullet hell shooters wrapped up in a modern and approachable package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.1%, Bullet Hell 37%, Arcade 11.4%, Action 6.2%, Sci-fi 3.7%
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.7%, Bullet Hell 35.8%, Arcade 11.6%, Difficult 2.5%, Action 2.1%
Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.9%, Bullet Hell 32.2%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 4.5%, 2D 3.8%
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 38.2%, Bullet Hell 27.3%, Arcade 12.9%, Score Attack 10.5%, Action 5.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Bullet Hell 31.9%, Arcade 12%, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%, Action 5.6%
COMMANDER BULLET is out to safe the UNIVERSE!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.2%, Bullet Hell 25%, Arcade 10.1%, Difficult 9.4%, Action 5%
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.2%, Bullet Hell 42.3%, Arcade 7.1%, Action 4.3%, Indie 1.1%
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 41.2%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 5.5%, Score Attack 5.4%
Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Arcade 13.2%, Action 8%, Retro 5.9%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Arcade 11%, Score Attack 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 6%
The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.3%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Arcade 12.2%, Difficult 9.4%, Action 4.6%
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 51.2%, Bullet Hell 29.7%, Arcade 6%, Action 4.9%, Difficult 3.4%
Climb into the cockpit of an overpowered micro unit and fight against an invisible enemy that threatens the Human race. Progress through numerous enemy waves and bosses across more than 7 levels filled with action, secrets, and more !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.6%, Bullet Hell 29.8%, Arcade 8.2%, Fast-Paced 7.8%, Score Attack 5.9%
Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 56.9%, Bullet Hell 26.7%, Arcade 10.1%, Action 4.8%, Indie 1.3%
Super XYX is a new shmup from the creator of Fire Arrow X, Megatank, ZPF and a couple of others. Co-developed and published by Team Grybanser Fox.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.9%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 10.9%, Retro 7.1%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38%, Bullet Hell 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%, Arcade 8.7%, Action 5.6%
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.2%, Bullet Hell 30.7%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 3.8%, Difficult 3%
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 37.1%, Bullet Hell 26.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 8.4%, Score Attack 7.9%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.7%, Bullet Hell 32.8%, Action 10.9%, Arcade 10.8%, Retro 3.8%
Inspired by the heyday of 8-bit arcade gaming, Crome: Before Purgatory is an intense space shoot em' up experience. Play as the Galactic Consul's best star pilot, Crome, and fend off endless the hoards of invaders while competing for the top score on the global leaderboard.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Arcade 11.6%, Action 10.7%, Difficult 9.2%
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 ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.1%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 5.4%, Difficult 3.7%
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 37.8%, Bullet Hell 28%, Arcade 9.3%, Score Attack 7.5%, Action 6.7%
Warding Witches offers a classic, unapologetic bullet hell shoot ‘em up challenge while also putting defense into players’ hands. Experience an adrenaline-filled flow alternating between attacking, defending and dodging, amplified by an intuitive scoring system that weaves into gameplay seamlessly.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38%, Bullet Hell 33.5%, Arcade 14.7%, Difficult 5.5%, Action 5.2%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Arcade 10%, Difficult 9.1%, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%
Legendary shoot-'em-up makes its way on the PCs! Abundant explosions, truly epic boss fights and beautifully crafted 3D environments are here to keep you entertained. Sky Force Anniversary offers single player experience and local cooperative mode for 2 players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.7%, Bullet Hell 25.8%, Arcade 10.4%, Top-Down Shooter 6.2%, Score Attack 5%
In a few words Invasion is fast and furious game. Inspired by Galaxian, this game builds upon the great mechanic with new features and sleek modern performance. Just fight without hesitation. Who hesitates will die!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Fast-Paced 12.5%, Arcade 11.4%, Action 8.7%
Cycle 28 is an intense momentum-based space shooter driven by a cinematic orchestral soundtrack. A game where the physics, the music, and the fight to survive combine to pull you into a place where nothing else exists... just you, your ship, and the need to do better.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Fast-Paced 11.9%, Arcade 11.5%, Score Attack 9.7%
This is the legacy version of Buzz Kill Zero. A rebuilt version, Buzz Kill Zero: Version B, is currently in development and will have a separate Steam page. This version will be retired from sale soon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Action 12.2%, Arcade 11.4%, Difficult 9.7%
Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Score Attack 12.8%, Arcade 11.3%, Action 6%
GROOD is an indie 2.5D Shoot 'em up made with spare robot parts and Heavy Metal🤘🏻. 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 bosses—go all the way to confirm that your battle paid off.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.1%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Action 12.3%, Difficult 11.5%, Arcade 10.4%
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 49.2%, Bullet Hell 27.9%, Arcade 15.7%, Action 7.3%
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Arcade 12.8%, Action 6.1%, Sci-fi 3.6%
Multiple goals. Multiple routes. Multiple endings. Complete missions to unlock new paths in a branching stage layout. As soon as you dip your toes in, you'll find yourself sucked deeper and deeper into this bottomless quagmire of a shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.2%, Bullet Hell 29.3%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 6.5%, Top-Down Shooter 5.4%
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.1%, Bullet Hell 28.8%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%, Score Attack 5.8%
Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Score Attack 11%, Fast-Paced 10.8%, Arcade 10.4%
A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Arcade 10.5%, Score Attack 8.4%, Top-Down Shooter 8.1%
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 39.6%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Arcade 14.4%, Score Attack 7.6%, Action 7.2%
Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Bullet Hell 33.3%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 8.4%, Indie 2.2%
The Touhou fangame where you return balance to the world by breaking the scale. Dodge storms of bullets as you work to discover the source of the abnormality. Tired of playing by the rules? Then change the game - up the risk and reward. Break the balance and embrace Discord.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Bullet Hell 26.8%, Arcade 12.5%, Difficult 9.5%, Score Attack 7.4%
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 38%, Bullet Hell 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 9.4%, Score Attack 6%
