60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Arcade, Shooter.
Space God is a 'hyper retro neon' style top-down shooting game. Play in single player, online co-op mode, or online multiplayer. Don't stop, keep moving! and you might survive... maybe.
Hyperbolic Ignition
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.
Breakpoint
Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Space 11.3%, Bullet Hell 9.9%
Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Space 10%, Score Attack 8.3%
A modern spin on an old classic! Asteroids Millennium provides exciting new game play without departing from the feel of its predecessors. Collect power-ups, dodge threats, and blast away at asteroids and enemies alike in this survival game that is truly fun to play.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 10.6%, Score Attack 7.6%
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 27.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Retro 12%, Space 9.4%
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 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Space 10.3%, Score Attack 7.6%
Wirehawk is a neon vector shmup in the spirit of 80s arcade classics. Play it your way: razor-sharp mouse control, or a dedicated controller mode rebalanced for the stick. Blast asteroids and alien waves, dodge bullet storms, slow time with stasis. Autofire always on.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Fast-Paced 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Space 9.3%
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 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Bullet Hell 10.5%, Score Attack 10.3%, Space 9.6%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shooter 11.9%, Top-Down 9.2%, Arcade 9.1%
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 18.9%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Space 8.2%
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 33.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Retro 13.8%, Arcade 12.5%, Shooter 11.7%
Neon Tyrant is a co-op vertical shmup where togetherness is a mechanic: fly close to bond shields, rescue downed wingmates under fire, draft run-defining perks. Campaign, endless, daily runs, boss rush — 1-4 pilots, local or online. Flying solo? Hire an AI wingman that learns. Everything glows.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Space 11.1%, Co-op 10.9%, Fast-Paced 9.4%
Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Space 10.6%, Shooter 9.6%
War has started! Rangok Skies is a vertically scrolling arcade shooter inspired by the genre classics. Highly replayable with 4 different characters, each with their own unique ship, weapons, and bombs. Includes 2-player local co-op.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 11.4%, Top-Down 7.5%
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 19.5%, Space 11.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Bullet Hell 9%, Top-Down 8.9%
VOID SKIRMISHER is an arcade co-op shooter for up to 8 players: jump the warp gate, hold off endless waves of hostile fleets far past any front line, and drop in or out whenever you like.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Space 14%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 10.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.6%
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Space 7.3%, Action 6.8%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Space 9.6%, Shooter 7.6%
Bite-sized arcade shmup. Slam enemies, beat Bosses, get power-ups and repeat! Pilot your ship through deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Fast-Paced 14.2%, Space 12.8%, Score Attack 10.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, PvP 10.1%, Shooter 7.6%
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Fast-Paced 16.1%, Space 11.5%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Score Attack 9.7%
Dodge and shoot your way through waves of enemies. REVO is a high speed, neon drenched space shoot ‘em up inspired by arcade classics of the 1980’s. Collect pickups, unlock powerful, ammo hungry weapons, and defeat giant bosses.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Space 10.3%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Space 10.2%, Fast-Paced 8.8%
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 20.9%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 11.1%, Space 7.3%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Space 11.1%, Shooter 8.1%
Overwhelming bullet patterns. An exhilarating Break System. Timeless gameplay. The definitive bullet hell shooter that continues to captivate shoot-'em-up fans around the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Shooter 7.8%, Top-Down 7.4%
Join the Pook Star Legion in this shoot ’em up roguelike and battle through waves of enemies. Dodge incoming fire and choose your upgrades to transform your ship throughout each run as you fight to reclaim the Kryos Crystals stolen from the Pooks.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Space 9%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
【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 23.5%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Fast-Paced 9.2%, Space 7.6%, Top-Down Shooter 6.6%
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Space 14.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Shooter 9.1%
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 21.5%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Space 12.3%, Retro 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Space 12.5%, Score Attack 9%
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 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 9.3%, Space 8.1%, Arcade 8.1%
The legendary bullet-hell shoot-’em-up series has come to Steam! DoDonPachi is ressurected after a Blissful Death with enough modes to satisfy the beginner and the expert player alike. Tonight we dine in bullet hell!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Space 9.3%, Shooter 7.4%
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 23.7%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Score Attack 8.2%, Space 5.6%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Shooter 9.2%
Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Bullet Hell 13%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 8.7%, Score Attack 6.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 16%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Space 8.5%, Shooter 8.3%
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 22%, Bullet Hell 20%, Space 14.4%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 8.9%
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 23.7%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Space 12.4%, Score Attack 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shooter 9.4%, Arcade 8.2%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Space 8.1%, Shooter 7.9%
In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 21.2%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 8.2%
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 8.4%, Top-Down 7.8%
Metis One is an action-packed co-op top down shooter in the design style of the arcade classics. Take command of the A6-Gravitus to defend the people of Jupiter Colony, Metis One, against an unrelenting alien onslaught. With Drop-In Co-op, Player Two can join the action at anytime!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Co-op 10.9%, Shooter 7.2%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Hell 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shooter 9.9%, Top-Down 5.9%
Armored Firestorm is an intense top-down shoot'em up action game in a futurist environments. At the controls of your Hovertank, survive against the attack of the machines in the orbital city of the federation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Top-Down 10%, Space 8.5%
Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 10.9%, Top-Down 9.7%, Arcade 9%
Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Fast-Paced 11%, Space 9.7%, Shooter 8.9%
Survive endless waves of escalating enemies in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Dodge overwhelming attacks, master precision movement, and fight to stay alive inside hypnotic neon chaos.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 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 29.6%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Arcade 7.5%, Retro 7.1%
Take to the skies as a team of cute pilots and fight for peace in vertical scrolling bullet hell style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 6.7%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 10.9%
Will you have what it takes to avenge your father, defeat the evil DreadSkull and save the galaxy? Collect gems and customize your ship to get through six replayable sectors, annihilate your foes and fight epic bosses in this classic styled pixel art shoot'em'up with RPG progression.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Fast-Paced 14.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Bullet Hell 8.7%, Space 8.3%
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 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Co-op 7.5%, Space 6.5%
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 27.9%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.6%, Top-Down 7.1%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Space 8.4%, Shooter 8.1%
Cuboid Keeper is a fast-paced arena shooter with a gripping storyline and an unique spaceship building system. Take control of the legendary Guardian of the Cube and face four advanced civilizations hell-bent on defeating you.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.4%, Space 10%
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.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Fast-Paced 13.2%, Arcade 9.9%, Top-Down Shooter 6.9%
ShapeNeon Chaos is an old school style space-shooter. You are a ship facing off waves of deadly enemies. This game was made to give you a shot of adrenaline in a couple of minutes. Lots of bullets and neon in an arcade psychedelic shooter!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Score Attack 9.6%, Space 9.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Space 9%, Retro 7.1%
Fuel is life. Survive relentless alien swarms in this fast-paced arcade shooter featuring auto-targeting weapons, deadly terrain navigation, and score-chasing chaos.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Top-Down Shooter 10.1%, Space 8.7%
