
Battle through 4 action-packed levels with the pilot of your choice. Face relentless waves of enemies as you fight your way to 4 powerful bosses. Compete against players worldwide — can you be the fastest to conquer the top of the scoreboard?
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Battle through 4 action-packed levels with the pilot of your choice. Face relentless waves of enemies as you fight your way to 4 powerful bosses. Compete against players worldwide — can you be the fastest to conquer the top of the scoreboard?

Pacific Strafe
Fight through historical locations of World War 2 with 1 of 5 classic WW2 fighters. Sink battleships with the help of your wingmen, recapture islands with the help of your tank crews.

Truxton 2
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Fight through historical locations of World War 2 with 1 of 5 classic WW2 fighters. Sink battleships with the help of your wingmen, recapture islands with the help of your tank crews.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 31.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Flight 13.8%, Shooter 6.1%
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, 1990's 10.9%, Old School 9.6%, Arcade 9.3%
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Flight 11.8%, Aliens 10.9%, Arcade 9.6%
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, 1990's 11.2%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 10.2%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, 1990's 11.4%, Shooter 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, 1990's 13.8%, Aliens 11.4%, Arcade 10.4%
Top-down shooter action for the Atari Lynx handheld console. WANTED: Hot gun for hire. Travel to several exotic and dangerous places. Discover several exotic and dangerous aliens and kill them. Kill lots. For cash. Buy more weapons and kill again.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Flight 15.6%, Aliens 12.4%, Shooter 7.7%
'Zombie Maze' is simple top-down shooter game with maze. You need to find way to escape. Only way to escape is helicopter on the roof!! RUN!!! and kill that ZOMBIES!!!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 32.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 7.2%
Clear the asteroid field before the Corpos hunt you down with their AI weaponry!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Shooter 11.5%, 1990's 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 9%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Old School 8.6%
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 19.4%, Aliens 11.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Shooter 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.4%
This is a retro barrage flying shooting game. Drive a space fighter plane, shuttle between planets and space stations, and use powerful firepower to destroy enemy space battleships! !
Why similar: Flight 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, 1990's 13.2%, Arcade 9.1%
These are the tense, action-packed stories of a special operative's past.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 25.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, 1990's 9.8%, Military 8.7%, Shooter 7.6%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, 1990's 11.4%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 10.7%
Save humanity! Help Jack Big Chin defeat the alien invaders, in a hard action-adventure game with 3D platform elements, where you must improve your weapons and activate cannons to complete your missions.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 20.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Aliens 13.5%, 1990's 11%
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, 1990's 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Arcade 11.3%, Shooter 11.1%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, 1990's 10.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 10.1%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 11.6%, Aliens 10.1%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Arcade 13.6%, Shooter 12.9%, Old School 9%
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, 1990's 11.5%, Arcade 10.4%, Old School 8.9%
This game is a tribute to the Run "N Gun games (Commando, Ikari Warrior, Heavy Barrel, Guerilla Wars, Mercs...) from the mid 1980's that you could find in arcades or on 16 bit consoles.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Military 9.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 9.4%, Shooter 9.2%, 1990's 8.6%
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%, Aliens 10.1%
An unknown signal pulses across the edges of deep space. Drive, shoot. Dodge, destroy!
Why similar: Old School 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Arcade 9.1%, Flight 8.9%
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, 1990's 12.7%, Arcade 11.9%, Shooter 11.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Flight 12.4%, Aliens 12.1%, Arcade 10.8%
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 10.2%, Old School 7.3%
A classic shoot-em up where you avoid waves and waves of enemies coming and shooting at you. This is NOT a Bullet hell shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Old School 15.5%, 1990's 12.2%, Flight 11.1%, Action 8.5%
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Aliens 15.4%, Arcade 8.9%, Shooter 7.8%
A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.2%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10%, Aliens 8.6%
A throwback to retro shoot'em up games typical of the 80s, where you play as a tooth fairy fighting against rotten teeth and bacteria using different abilities and special shots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Flight 16.8%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 8.2%
A reinterpretation of retro games like Space Invaders and Galaga with a modern twist. Battle through planetary sectors using elemental abilities that combine for powerful effects and make bosses vanish.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shooter 11.3%, 1990's 10.1%, Arcade 9.7%
Immerse yourself in a 2D pixel style game where you control a spaceship against enemy motherships. Your mission: destroy their towers with accurate shots. Face constant attacks and dodge asteroids, satellites and black holes. Beat levels to face more challenging enemies.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 24.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Aliens 11.3%, Flight 10.6%, Arcade 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: Hero Shooter 23.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Aliens 13.1%, Old School 9.1%, 1990's 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: Shoot 'Em Up 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Aliens 13.5%, Old School 11.6%, Arcade 9.3%
Good old fashioned 2D arcade fun with tons of upgrades and fast paced action where taking risks is rewarded with a higher score. Defend humanity's last source of energy wrench in one hand, laser gun in the other
Why similar: Hero Shooter 27.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 10.1%, Shooter 9.6%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Arcade 13.1%, 1990's 9.3%, Action 7.8%
Stop the Saturnians is a shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Dodge enemy fire, destroy procedurally generated alien waves and fight massive bosses. Collect resources in the midst of combat to upgrade your ship or improve Earth's defenses. Protect yourself and the planet both!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Aliens 11.6%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 10.5%
Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 10.6%, Military 10.2%, Top-Down 8.3%
Fight the bosses and save the king. In this top down shooter your goal is to go through each of the three bosses and save the king! With 3 health and bosses that you can't touch, have fun trying to get through this challenging top down shooter!
Why similar: Hero Shooter 37.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down 6.3%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 12.4%, 1990's 9.5%
Escape From Inferno is a top-down shooter where you play as an angel named Lordrid to escape Hell. There are 10 stages and your goal is to survive the hordes of enemies until there are none left.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 29.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 9.8%
Restless Voronezh - A game in the Top Down Shooter genre, where the player controls a hero and, using various available means, deals with his enemies in cramped rooms of a huge building, clearing floor after floor.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 39.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Shooter 15%, Action 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 12%, 1990's 9.7%
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.5%, Aliens 10.9%, 1990's 10.4%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Arcade 14.8%, Shooter 14%, Old School 10.1%, Action 10.1%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 12.6%, 1990's 12%, Aliens 11.9%
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Flight 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 10.6%, Shooter 10.2%
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Shooter 12.7%, 1990's 8.7%, Aliens 8.7%
In this classic top-down shoot 'em up, fly the deadliest ship in the galaxy on a dangerous first-strike mission to annihilate an alien threat before they become too powerful to stop. Pick up upgrades from fallen enemies along the way and become an unstoppable force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Aliens 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 1990's 7.3%
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Arcade 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 12.2%
A shoot 'em up that tests your wits and reflexes! Mastering the ability to change color between red, green and blue is the key to beating this game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 10.2%, Aliens 8.6%
High-School Heroines Take to the Skies!A fully-voiced bullet hell shoot-'em-up that's friendly to newcomers!Wipe out the AI robot army and save the day!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, 1990's 12.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Top-Down 8.4%
Santa's going high-tech with the Present Launcher 1225! Join the jolly ride, rescue reindeer, and blast presents down chimneys in this holly, jolly, fast paced shoot 'em up. Make every shot count and save Christmas in a dash!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Flight 19.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.8%
Pilot your helicopter to victory as your complete objectives, dodge missiles, and destroy your enemies. But don't forget to keep an eye on your fuel, ammunition, and health or you might not survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Shooter 10.4%, Military 10%, Arcade 8.3%
Blue Jay Joyride is a fast-paced 2D space shooter. Go through waves of enemies and fight progressively harder bosses. Collect one of the many unique powerups to give your ship a fighting chance in this intense game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Arcade 14.5%, Aliens 14%, Old School 10%, Action 9.7%
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Flight 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 9%
Astrotester is an action-adventure game. Complete tasks across various locations and levels. Fight against the dominant forces of the Flow and hostile creatures. Learn more about the world of Stellar system.
Why similar: Hero Shooter 22.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 9.4%
By choosing one of the two ships, destroy bizarre enemies in neon worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Flight 16.1%, Aliens 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 7.4%