60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer, Arcade.
Fast-paced 2D retro synthwave arcade shooter inspired by 80s classics. Pilot an advanced starfighter, dodge endless enemy waves, upgrade your arsenal, and chase the ultimate high score in a neon-drenched sci-fi universe.
Crystal Drive Z
An arcade shoot 'em up where you brave a hostile asteroid field as one of five ace pilots, battling space pirates and aliens for the energy-rich crystals that keep your stranded world-ship alive. Push your luck to the edge and upgrade your ship between runs if you make it home.
Twinstick Arcade
Retro shooting, perfected. Blast and dash through in a gorgeous retro 2D world! Explore and fight your way out of the arcade machine!
An arcade shoot 'em up where you brave a hostile asteroid field as one of five ace pilots, battling space pirates and aliens for the energy-rich crystals that keep your stranded world-ship alive. Push your luck to the edge and upgrade your ship between runs if you make it home.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.9%, Score Attack 24.7%, Retro 11%, Action 10.6%, Arcade 4.3%
Retro shooting, perfected. Blast and dash through in a gorgeous retro 2D world! Explore and fight your way out of the arcade machine!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.7%, Score Attack 18.5%, Retro 11.2%, Action 11.1%, Casual 7.2%
Artificial intelligence threatens the galaxy. Buckle up and fight computing power with the only power that counts: FIREPOWER! Experience Toaplan's brain-melting Slap Fight (AKA Alcon) with its gauge-based power-ups and strategic gameplay. Now on PC with the latest features!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.9%, Score Attack 18.9%, Retro 16%, Action 15.2%, Arcade 5.2%
Experience Toaplan's arcade shooter Flying Shark (AKA Sky Shark) on PC with the latest quality-of-life features. Ride through the skies as they burn in a rain of armor-piercing bullets! You have been chosen for the mission. Because you are the best pilot there is!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.6%, Score Attack 17.9%, Retro 16.4%, Action 15.1%, Arcade 5.3%
A fast-paced arcade shooter where you blast through waves of baddies, collect power-ups, survive curses, and chase the high score. Easy to pick up, hard to put down.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Score Attack 15.5%, Action 14.8%, Retro 10.7%, Casual 7.9%
Vertical Scroll Shooting Game with Lock-on Missile
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.7%, Score Attack 27%, Retro 14.1%, Action 6.8%, Casual 3%
Moon Dancer is a vertically scrolling shmup featuring an exhilarating lock-on laser.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.2%, Score Attack 25.2%, Retro 14.8%, Action 7.8%, Casual 3.1%
Ballakala — retro arcade paint shoot 'em up. Blast blobs, survive the bosses, chase the high score. Every hit leaves a colorful mess. 50 levels, 10 bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.3%, Score Attack 25.6%, Retro 13.7%, Action 6.8%, Colorful 5%
Runscore is a survival score based game, about destroying enemies. Enemies give different points depending on the current level and dimension. In Classic Mode your goal is to reach Endless UFO. It exist more Dimension with different gamemodes for example Radius Dimension. Get the best score!
Why similar: Score Attack 34.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.2%, 2D Fighter 15.2%, Action 12.4%, Arcade 4.1%
You are Vakimoh. They are the Venkazoids. Fight for your life in this quick and brutal arcade-style shooter. Can you escape your cage?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.4%, Score Attack 23.3%, Action 11.9%, Retro 10.4%, Arcade 4.5%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.8%, Retro 20.1%, Action 19.9%, Indie 9.2%
Run, roll and shoot as long as possible through an arena filled with aliens and dangerous obstacles. Be careful, every missed shot becomes a new threat ! Great little game to practice and warm-up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Score Attack 29%, Action 22.6%, Indie 10.2%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.6%, Score Attack 25.8%, Retro 14.6%, Action 6.4%, Casual 3.3%
A synthetic race has come to your planet to steal your technology, And you have to fight them off. Fight off the Tecroroid invasion as they sent wave after wave of enemies to the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 52%, Retro 20.6%, Action 11.6%, Arcade 5.5%, Casual 3.9%
Get ready for classic shoot-'em-up action in Toaplan's Fire Shark, now on PC with modern updates. An evil and overwhelmingly powerful military force is about to take over not only a small country, but the whole world... Defeat the enemy and accept your place of honor!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.2%, Score Attack 19.5%, Retro 16%, Action 14.7%, Arcade 5.1%
AquaNimble is about crazy intense shooter action with big quirky guns against underwater snake dragons, cybernetic sharks, swirling skeletons, submarines and so much more. It's a dynamic game that makes every play through different and lets you set your own challenge beyond a difficulty setting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.7%, Score Attack 18.4%, Action 14.8%, Retro 12.6%, Indie 6.7%
A stylish sci-fi arcade shooter about cleansing the galaxy of pesky demons! Cosmic Cleaner is a fast-paced, high score chasing action game that progressively gets more challenging. Designed for quick and easy fun.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.4%, Score Attack 24.4%, Retro 17.9%, Action 13.3%, Arcade 4.5%
Blast through the swarm in a fast vertical shoot ’em up with 30 ships to master. Defeat bosses, choose upgrades that transform your run, and chase higher scores. Learn the patterns, discover powerful builds, and dive straight back in for one more attempt.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Score Attack 26.5%, Retro 12.9%, Action 7.7%, Arcade 3.7%
This week, every pilot on Earth flies the same new seeded run: identical enemies, identical drops, pure skill. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and power up when you can. Out-score your friends in Plasma Sky, an arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Blast into the neon sky!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.2%, Score Attack 26.1%, Retro 15.3%, Action 6.2%, Arcade 4.1%
Antirocketh is a fast, arcade-style game about a laser-cannon morphing swarms of missiles into improbable stuff!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Action 18.6%, Retro 18.5%, Casual 11%, Indie 8.2%
Experience waves upon waves of viruses that have infected your computer. 5 Chapters with over 125 Waves of enemies! Play with your friends in local or online co-op! Can you destroy all the viruses?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Action 20.2%, Retro 17.8%, Casual 11.9%, Indie 9.1%
"Super Monk War Z" is a 2D horizontal shooting game that consists of 4 stages. Take advantage of three types of formation and a large amount of Do it or be done Barrage shooting !! Shoot the approaching enemy! Hit! Kill!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.9%, Score Attack 27.4%, Retro 9.6%, Casual 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Two classic games collide to create one amazing experience you can always just pick up and play. Enjoy Endless levels and see how high of a score you can get.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.8%, Retro 18.2%, Action 15%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 4.9%
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 34.4%, Score Attack 21.7%, Retro 13.7%, Action 12%, Casual 7.1%
Relive that pure arcade thrill that you haven't experienced... in a long time! Load up on unique power-ups to create deadly combinations, unlock new ships with unique abilities, and defeat numerous bosses along the way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.6%, Score Attack 21%, Retro 17.6%, Action 14.6%, Arcade 4.8%
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 53.2%, Score Attack 19.4%, Retro 11.2%, Action 9.3%, Arcade 5.5%
Blaze of Storm is a arcade-style vertical scrolling shmup. You will fight against enemies in cyberspace as a cyber diver.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.6%, Score Attack 22.6%, Retro 13.6%, Cyberpunk 7.3%, Action 6.9%
Zamarian is a fast-paced shoot 'em up classic arcade action game brought to you in an exciting, colorful, and challenging new way!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.6%, Action 21.6%, Retro 20.5%, Indie 8.6%, Arcade 5.7%
Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.7%, Retro 23.3%, Action 20.1%, Indie 8.7%, Casual 3.4%
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.7%, Score Attack 25.2%, Retro 14.3%, Action 7.7%, Casual 3.2%
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.8%, Retro 21.1%, Action 20.9%, Indie 9.1%
An army of contraptions swarm the skies, and it is up to you, a lone sorcerer to defend the castle wall. LET NONE PASS! Move quickly, dash quicker, and bam, boom, blast them out of the skies with your magic. See how long you can last in this simple and stylish score attack game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39%, Score Attack 35.9%, Action 9.6%, Retro 8.5%, Arcade 4.2%
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 49%, Retro 20.8%, Action 18.3%, Indie 7.6%, Arcade 4.3%
天狗と妖怪の日常を覗き見られる小劇場シューティング 妖怪の不思議で美しい弾幕を撮れ！撃て！
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.7%, Score Attack 27.9%, Action 15.9%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
A fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the eight fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own end-level special boss.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 79.2%, Action 11.3%, Indie 5.1%, Arcade 4.3%
Trigger-happy aliens are closing in! Only you can burn the invaders to a crisp with the ultimate starship: HELLFIRE! Discover Toaplan's first side-scrolling shooter, known for its stunning graphics and strategic gameplay. Now on PC with quality-of-life extras!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.2%, Retro 17.7%, Action 15.4%, Score Attack 13.3%, Arcade 5.4%
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 51.3%, Score Attack 13.7%, Retro 11.1%, Action 9.4%, Arcade 4.6%
Void Gore casts you as an ace pilot descending through the levels of hell and getting rich in the process.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.3%, Score Attack 32.4%, Action 10.1%, Retro 9.9%, Arcade 3.7%
Enjoy fast paced action in this retro inspired arcade ShootEm Up Style game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 46.4%, Retro 23.5%, Action 9.1%, Casual 6.9%, Arcade 5.7%
Gun vs. Zombies is a thrilling showdown where precision meets undead mayhem. Take control of a dynamic gun affected by physics as you fend off waves of zombies hungry for a brain feast. Compete against others on the global leaderboard by showcasing your shooting skills.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Score Attack 29.4%, Action 9.8%, Casual 5.5%, Arcade 2.6%
Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 70.9%, Action 20.3%, Indie 8.8%
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 41.5%, Score Attack 20.2%, Retro 17.2%, Action 9.4%, Arcade 4.8%
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.5%, Action 21.9%, Retro 19.3%, Indie 9.9%, Arcade 4.5%
The alien invaders have launched their final offensive on an already crippled Terra. Only one brave pilot can turn the tide of war. Cyber Seraph is a boss focused vertical shoot 'em up with unlockable abilities.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 70.5%, Action 13.9%, Retro 8.2%, Indie 6.4%, Singleplayer 1%
A frantic new 2d shoot 'em up with huge levels and truly massive enemy ships. Mixing game styles from Uridium, Xenon 2, Nemesis and R-Type.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.7%, Action 21.6%, Retro 20.9%, Indie 9.8%
Introducing FixEight, Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game featuring eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons. Embark on an exhilarating cosmic escapade with up to three players at once. Now on PC with modern extras!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.7%, Score Attack 20%, Retro 11.8%, Action 9.5%, Arcade 5.5%
"Battle Crust" is a 80's-90's arcade-style shooter. You make full use of "Charge shot" that is available by obtaining the item, And let's Complete all of the 6 stage!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.5%, Action 24.2%, Indie 10.3%
In a world where humans are used as power supplies, only one man has the will to change it all! Iro Hero is a sci-fi adventure with beautiful pixel art graphics inspired by many old-school classics. Staged across 9 action-packed levels, Iro Hero features a unique and fresh four-color polarity system, with interactive elements, puzzles,...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.4%, Retro 21.4%, Action 15.3%, Indie 6.9%, Arcade 4.9%
Catch hearts, Crush bunnies, Shoot the bad guys
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.5%, Retro 23.9%, Action 16.1%, Indie 7.3%, Arcade 5.2%
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.2%, Action 24.2%, Indie 10.6%
Velocity®Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a collapsed black hole, you’ll need to use both firepower and quick-wits to catapult the Quarp Jet through 50 levels of sci-fi action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65%, Action 24.7%, Indie 10.2%
Redux: Dark Matters is a fast-paced space shooting game with fresh scoring elements - a bastard-hard shooter and definitely a must have for every shmup fan!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.7%, Action 24.2%, Indie 10.1%
Old school 2d shooter with crazy music by the indie band 8bit Phantom Galactic! -Challenging retro space shooter -Fight your way through various stages and enemies. -Intense Boss fight! -Master the use of your shield to survive. -Use powerups to upgrade your ship's weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 65.6%, Action 23.7%, Indie 10.7%
Join Micheal Chang, the Monkey King, on his journey through famous landmarks of ancient China and fight off mythical creatures and legends in this classic arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 52.8%, Action 21.8%, Retro 20.4%, Arcade 5.1%
Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45%, Action 22.9%, Retro 17.4%, Indie 10.6%, Arcade 4.1%
Retro space shoot'em up with nice AI, physics, story and RPG elements.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 72.6%, Action 27.4%
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 79.6%, Action 14.1%, Indie 6.4%
Collect loot. Kill Monsters. Do it Quickly. Oh...and DON'T DIE! Quickly navigate your character through a series of levels filled with monsters trying to take you down. Unlock class-specific power-ups, minions, and other bonuses to help you on your quest.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 71.7%, Action 28.3%
