60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer, Arcade.
A vertical-scrolling space shooter, and a love letter to classic arcade space shooters, Tryü Sora blends retro charm with modern gameplay. Master a handcrafted campaign, explore secrets, and dominate fast-paced modes in this addictive space adventure!
Martian Invaders
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
UFO No!
Spacejack a UFO and turn alien tech against its owners across 49 action-packed stages. Use black holes, nukes, slow-mo, and more to survive escalating waves and save the planet.
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Mars 23.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, 1980s 13.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.2%
Spacejack a UFO and turn alien tech against its owners across 49 action-packed stages. Use black holes, nukes, slow-mo, and more to survive escalating waves and save the planet.
Why similar: Mars 25.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Shooter 9.8%, 1980s 9.7%, Arcade 9.1%
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Arcade 16.7%, 1980s 15.8%, Shooter 14.1%, 1990's 11.3%
A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Flight 18%, Arcade 10.6%, Old School 9.4%, Shooter 8.2%
Is there a gamepad lying around somewhere?!! Ready to play some real shooter games again? Grab the controller and become an APANO SYN PILOT to face the alien invasion. Connect up to four controllers and shoot until you drop. 100% survival chance on "Easy", low on "Impossible".
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, 1980s 13.3%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 11%, 1990's 10.3%
ROB. We need your help defending Earth from Alien UFO's. Each one having different defenses. Please Rob your are only hope. Play as a Space Control Agent named Rob. Shooting UFO's out of Space to defend Earth.
Why similar: Flight 25.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 12.7%, 1990's 10.7%
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, 1980s 17.1%, 1990's 12.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%
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 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, 1990's 13.4%, 1980s 11.5%, Arcade 9%
Take your chance and feel like 10 again.😊To start let's meet this retro cutie.🚀 River Rush is reminiscent of an old vertically scrolling shoot’em up games.🚀 If you remember them, it's time to catch up with nostalgia. Or your father's nostalgia.😉 Board in and have some fun.👨🚀
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, 1980s 18.7%, Flight 16%, Arcade 9.3%, Old School 8.1%
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Flight 17.6%, 1980s 11.6%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 9%
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 21.3%, Shooter 13.9%, 1980s 13.8%, Arcade 11.8%, 1990's 10.1%
AWA 2024 is a fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the ten fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own special end-level boss.
Why similar: Flight 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, 1980s 11.4%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 8.8%
Invaders from the Lost Sectors is classic arcade action. Aliens descend with increasing speed towards your base. Shoot them all before they land. Player controlled settings like guided missiles, rate of fire, enemy speed and more help you customize exactly the game experience that you want.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 12.8%, 1980s 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Battle for Asciion is a classic horizontal shoot ’em up built entirely from real text characters. No sprites. No pixels. No images. Just pure ASCII action, massive bosses, weapon upgrades and retro arcade challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Mars 13.9% ★, Shooter 11.7%, 1980s 11.6%, Arcade 11.3%
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 21.8%, Flight 14.8%, Old School 13.1%, 1990's 12.6%, Action 8.5%
In this retro space shooter you will have the opportunity to take control of a space fighter and crush waves of enemies. Show all your agility and reaction!
Why similar: Flight 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Arcade 9.7%, Action 5.5%
SOL CRESTA, rise like the phoenix and take back the sun! Neo-Classic shooting strikes back! Dock, split, and form up! Pilot 3 fighters and take back the sun from the clutches of evil in this free-form shooting game with the spirit of 80s shooting classics Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, 1980s 15.9%, Shooter 15.1%, Mars 14.8% ★, Action 8.4%
Shoot, dodge, and survive your way through unique bosses and swarms of enemies in this Galaga inspired arcade shooter where the fate of a galaxy rests in your hands.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, 1980s 14.5%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 14.2%, Action 10.4%
Cosmolon is a sci-fi spaceship shooter inspired by classic arcade and MS-DOS games. You control a ship that can boost around, level up, and destroy wave upon wave of enemy ships with beautiful pixel art plasma bolts and explosions. Nab fancy power-ups and fend off unique enemies. Can you survive?
Why similar: Flight 28.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.7%, Arcade 10.2%, 1980s 10%, 1990's 7.1%
In this unique shooter from 1984. take on the role of a pilot of an out-dated Cosmic Cruiser, fighting to rescue the crew of a distant space station that had been captured by a raiding party from the sinister Rallom Empire.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Shooter 17.4%, Arcade 12.1%, 1980s 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%
Join the fight against alien invaders in Pink Devil. Pilot an upgradable fighter jet through diverse environments, from oceans to deserts. Face unique bosses with distinct tactics and use weapons like machine guns, lasers, and rockets. Become the unstoppable Pink Devil and save the planet.
Why similar: Mars 26.7% ★, Flight 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 8.8%
The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, 1980s 15.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 9.6%
A sci-fi retro side-scrolling shoot-em-up / rescue game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, 1980s 14%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 10.2%
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, shoot the deadly Caterpilla as it weaves its way down the screen, while also contending with mushrooms that block the way, and a fearsome spider!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.3%, Shooter 14.5%, 1980s 13.5%, Arcade 12.5%, Retro 8.5%
Return to classic 80s shooters while fighting off the fast food horde in this retro space shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, 1980s 21%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 10.6%, Old School 9.6%
The Queen of the Cosmic Wartoads has been abducted by the Rigellian Slime Beasts, their deadliest foe, and turned into the most hideous thing imaginable: a human being! Traverse the Rygellian Time-Void, reach the Slime King's lair and dismantle their deathly machine with your Cosmic Tool Kit.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Shooter 14.1%, 1980s 13.3%, Arcade 11.8%, Retro 7.4%
Beginner friendly 2D vertical and horizontal retro-style little shoot 'em up. Colourful stages with sound and vision inspired by the golden age of video gaming. Totally free introduction to the world of Shmups and Bullet Hell Games!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, 1980s 17.5%, 1990's 14.5%, Arcade 10.1%, Old School 8.1%
Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Flight 18.6%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 10.2%, Casual 7.2%
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, 1980s 17.8%, Flight 10.3%, Arcade 8.4%, Shooter 8.1%
I.F.O is an old school LCD-style shoot'em up game. You have to shoot UFOs using a classic aircraft and save the animals which kidnapped by the aliens. Let's save the Earth from the aliens! You are the last hero of the world.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, 1980s 19%, Shooter 14.3%, Casual 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Zombies are attacking your record store! Throw classic albums and compact discs at the approaching horde. But hey, you're still on the clock, so get those records put away!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.2%, 1980s 16.4%, Shooter 15.3%, Arcade 13.2%, Old School 8.1%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, 1980s 14.8%, Shooter 12%, 1990's 11.5%, Arcade 10.2%
Take command of an orbiting defense satellite in this action-packed planetary defense shooter. Blast away at waves of incoming asteroids and crafty aliens before they destroy your planet. Scavenge powerful weapons from vanquished alien ships and turn them against your foes. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36%, Shooter 17.8%, Arcade 14.9%, Old School 9.3%, Action 8.8%
Gray goo is a short retro arcade shooter with lots of upgrades. This game is about destroying goo in space and saving the universe.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, 1980s 12.8%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9.4%, 1990's 9.3%
The shareware legend DemonStar comes soaring back with new game modes and revised gameplay. Originally published in 1997, DemonStar has earned the Computer Gaming World's "Shareware Game of the Year 1999" award..
Why similar: Mars 27.4% ★, Flight 26.8%, Shooter 12.4%, 1990's 9.9%, Old School 5.7%
A quick and action paced retro styled arcade shooter, or shoot 'em up (shmup) if you like. Perfect to play in short chunks, like when you are waiting for big games to download.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 1980s 17.5%, Arcade 11.6%, Shooter 10.7%, Old School 8.5%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: 1980s 21.5%, Arcade 15.7%, Shooter 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Retro 9.4%
SPACEMAN is a short, nostalgic, retro Shoot-Em-Up
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.1%, 1990's 13.1%, 1980s 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Arcade 7.9%
Blast off into an energetic 2D space shooter and face a diverse roster of captivating bosses. Engage in high-energy battles with powerful weapons, set to a fun anime-inspired visual style. Waifu Force is a silly & spicy narrative with completely original art & music!
Why similar: Flight 21.7%, 1980s 16.4%, 1990's 12%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.7%
This is a shoot em up game , In this game the player combats a large number of enemies by shooting at them, the game is set in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,off the air of the North Eastern Province.
Why similar: Flight 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, 1980s 17.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Old School 9.6%
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 31.4%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 12.3%, 1990's 9.5%, Old School 6.9%
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, 1980s 16.6%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.6%, Old School 8.1%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 14.3%, 1980s 12.2%, Action 9.8%
Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Shooter 15.5%, 1980s 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, 1990's 8.1%
Space adventure is a classic Shoot 'Em Up style game with a fast pace and a test of your reflexes. Maneuver, collect bonuses and score points to become the best!
Why similar: Flight 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 12.8%, Casual 6.3%
Use quick reflexes and sharp aim to simultaneously blow up enemies and block alike in this satisfying retro style action brick breaker! The third installment in the Game Buddy series that faithfully recreates the look, sounds, and feel of classic late 80's handheld games!
Why similar: 1980s 22.6%, Arcade 15.7%, Old School 14.9%, Action 10.6%, Casual 8.3%
A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Shooter 14.1%, 1980s 13.7%, Arcade 13.6%, 1990's 10%
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, 1980s 15%, Arcade 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Shooter 7.9%
Thunder Tiger is a fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up, blending 1980s arcade style with futuristic flair. Blast enemies, grab power-ups, and chase high scores in intense 2D stages. Classic retro vibe meets modern gameplay!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.2%, 1980s 14.5%, Arcade 12.7%, 1990's 11.2%, Shooter 10.3%
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.4%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 15.7%, 1990's 12.3%, Action 10.9%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, 1980s 13.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 10.3%, 1990's 9.6%
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, 1980s 15.4%, Arcade 12.3%, 1990's 10.8%, Old School 7.6%
ASTRO ACE is a retro-style addictive arcade space shooter. From the distant universe, an evil alien fleet is invading the solar system. You will have to ride a powerful spaceship and fight against endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Flight 19.8%, 1980s 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, Arcade 11.4%, 1990's 11.3%
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 35.5%, Arcade 17.5%, 1980s 13.2%, Old School 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
DRUNKEN BARON is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter inspired by classic flappy-style games. Keep your plane in the air by tapping the button, fly through chaotic corridors, shoot invading aliens, drop bombs, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 14.5%, 1990's 13.2%, Action 10.5%
Super simple 2D shooter game! Use the two types of shots to push forward.Kick out the swarming zakos and take on the powerful bosses.7 crazy worlds are waiting for your cat!?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 14.9%, 1990's 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
A free-to-play 90s-style bullet-hell shooter with high-res graphics, unlocked 60+ FPS, single-player campaign, and online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, 1980s 14%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 10.9%, 1990's 10.5%
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 22.1%, Flight 19.8%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12.1%, Old School 7.7%
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 28%, Shooter 14.9%, 1980s 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, 1990's 7.5%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, 1980s 13.6%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.9%, 1990's 9.8%
