- #1 Laser Droplets
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Kikashi Online
Windows · Mac
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: Bullet Hell 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Arcade 13.8%, Action 7%
- #2 Project AionIX
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AionBlaze Studio
Windows
Blast through waves of alien enemies in Project AionIX! Master your piloting skills, dodge, and survive in this fast-paced space shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Old School 6.8%
- #3 .Decluster & .Decluster Zero
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 7%
- #4 Space Maxwell: Arcade
95% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamland Games
Windows
Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9%
- #5 Neon Invaders
94% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 9.3%
- #6 1x! Space Adventure
94% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Lunar Madcap
Windows
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 13.5%, Shooter 13.4%
- #7 Asteroids
93% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Play Asteroids
Windows
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 12.7%, Action 8.3%
- #8 4D:XD
92% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Brammen
Windows
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9%
- #9 Arcade Forever
91% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: KOD7
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #10 Hoodie Survivor and Super Hoodie Bros
90% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: The Voices Games
Windows
Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 13%, Arcade 12.8%
- #11 Exorush
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thrashmodule
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 11.6%
- #12 Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
89% matchVery Positive97% of 357 reviews2021
Dev: YOTSUBANEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 10.8%
- #13 Astro Fighters
88% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.5%
- #14 Insectipede
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: LoadUpGames.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.3%
- #15 NewMe NuMe LuMe: Alien Wars
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Ho RaBii
Windows
Summoned into the otherworldly realm of 'NewMe NuMe LuMe', the protagonist Kim Ttolttol must aid the gods who summoned her to defeat enemies and return home in this 2D top-down action game. Utilize a variety of weapons to vanquish diverse foes!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.5%
- #16 Killon
86% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Luois Games
Windows
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 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 9.3%
- #17 Chicken Invaders 1
84% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: InterAction studios
Windows
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shooter 12.5%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 8.7%
- #18 Dininho Space Adventure
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Dininho
Windows
Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 13.3%
- #19 SOLSTORM
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerry Zhu
Windows · Linux
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: Bullet Hell 17.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 9%
- #20 RPM - Road Punk Mayhem
84% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 7.9%
- #21 STARR RINGER
83% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Sterling McKay
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 10.5%
- #22 Ayako's Mission
82% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 9.4%
- #23 Exo-Calibre
80% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Vampixel GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 25.6%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shooter 11.2%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #24 Psyvariar 3
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Banana BytesPub: Red Art Games
Windows
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 8.8%
- #25 Asteroidia
79% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Duk Studios
Windows
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 7.7%
- #26 StormBonk
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Edenvind
Windows
A fast, addictive space run where you weave through meteors, blast obstacles, collect coins, and survive wave after wave of rising danger.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.5%, Old School 7.5%
- #27 Lobstar: Arcade Version
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Team Lobstar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Arcade 12.4%, Action 7.5%
- #28 Touhou Renkyouto ~ Subterranean Festival of Love and Jealousy
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: ArzvetPub: Team Minty Cabbages
Windows
Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 10%
- #29 Red Galaxy
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: CSZgames
Windows
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 20.1%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shooter 12.8%, Arcade 11.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.1%
- #30 G-MODEアーカイブス+ 弾幕検定死験-大往生編-
78% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: G-MODE
Windows
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.3%
- #31 Warcat Parade
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Hefka Games
Windows · Linux
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Arcade 9.7%, Shooter 8.4%
- #32 Strelitzia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sorgintza
Windows · Linux
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 6.3%
- #33 Planets Ambrosia
74% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Maltsoft
Windows
All-out 360-degree assault! A roguelite shooter where you pilot an sci-fi fighter to eliminate grotesque enemies fused with fruit and machinery, constantly upgrading your weaponry.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #34 Zannon
76% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: JimJams Games
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Arcade 10.7%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #35 Warships On The Halloween Night
77% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Anamik Majumdar
Windows · Linux
Warships On The Halloween Night is an extreme Top Down Arcade Shooter game based on the naval war which broke out between the Human beings and the Living Pumpkins.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 8.3%
- #36 Crucible
75% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: TriScalePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #37 tz mini stg collection
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 14.1%, Shooter 14.1%
- #38 Orchid Glitter
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tamazusa
Windows
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 24.9%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 7.4%, Shooter 6.9%
- #39 Rysen
74% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: nkmr appworks
Windows
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 11.1%, Old School 8.2%
- #40 Rock 'N Roll: G.E.O.S. Wars
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZaxtorGameS
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 11.1%
- #41 Starlight: Eye of the Storm
72% matchPositive93% of 27 reviews2021
Dev: Strides Interactive Game Studio
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.4%
- #42 Impulsive Force
75% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: BleatBleat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Top-down arcade game requiring awareness of the rotation of all controllable guns. The guns may help or hinder the progression of the puck to the target zone. Although one gun may be the player's primary focus consideration should be given to upcoming behaviour caused by items in their periphery.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 13.3%, Old School 7.3%
- #43 Akka Arrh
70% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Llamasoft Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 9.6%
- #44 HyperShot
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pirate Dog Games
Windows
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: Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.7%
- #45 Bullet Hell Monday: Black
70% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Masayuki Ito
Windows
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 24.7%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 8.4%
- #46 DRUM'N'BASS MASSACRE
71% matchMixed38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: illuminatiPub: SA Industry
Windows
DRUM'N'BASS MASSACRE is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you destoy your enemies while performing unimaginable maneuvers using your interstellar interceptor, accompanied by original drum and bass soundtrack
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Arcade 8.8%, Hand-drawn 5.5%
- #47 Meteor Storm
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Z Sculpt Entertainment
Windows · Mac
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 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11%, Old School 8.6%
- #48 Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage
69% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: DeerFarmPub: CFK Co., Ltd.
Windows
Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Arcade 13.3%, Action 6.6%
- #49 Feeble Light
70% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Panda Indie StudioPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 27%, Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 11.3%, Old School 7%
- #50 THUNDER STRIKER
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: RETSUZANPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
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: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Retro 8%, Arcade 7.8%
- #51 Star Jet Alpha
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valles Games
Windows · Mac
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: Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11.3%
- #52 Parsec
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Speedbird
Windows
In Parsec you pilot a spaceship through a field of asteroids trying to destroy as many as possible before they destroy you. You have three different weapons that can be picked up around the world. Health can also be picked up from random spawns and sometimes dropped by asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shooter 13.3%, Arcade 12.7%, Old School 10.7%, Action 8%
- #53 Battle AirForce
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: SUZUKIPLAN
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.6%, Bullet Hell 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 8.1%
- #54 Crazy Appliances 疯狂电器
69% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: PopTea Games
Windows
CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.7%
- #55 Gratuitous Space Shooty Game
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Gratuitous Shooty Game is a hobby space shooter made by the developer of Gratuitous Space Battles, reusing the art from that game :D.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.2%
- #56 The Battle of Aurinoxia
66% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: N11 Games Division
Windows
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 11.4%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #57 Pudding: Lyre Knight
66% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: Katatema
Windows
"Let's defeat the demon lord together!" A thrilling action-adventure of destruction!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Shooter 12.8%, Old School 6.9%
- #58 Gunvein
65% matchVery Positive97% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: NGDEV
Windows
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 32.4%, Bullet Hell 25%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 9.1%, Action 7.4%
- #59 Kaguya
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flypot LLC
Windows
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 21%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Shooter 11.7%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #60 GunBird
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ZerodivPub: KMBOX
Windows
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Bullet Hell 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 12.6%