- #1 DAMNOSAUR
97% matchVery Positive91% of 318 reviews2018
Dev: Evlanic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
DAMNOSAUR is a chaotic arcade shooter that combines colourful anime with the Dino-apocalypse! Fight alone, or with a friend to take down these monstrous dinosaurs.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 39.8% ★, Shooter 23%, Anime 18.2%, Action 13%, 2D 6%
- #2 Blazing Chrome
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,924 reviews2019
Dev: JoyMasherPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.5%, Shooter 17.4%, Arcade 16.2%, Female Protagonist 8.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #3 Wild Guns Reloaded
96% matchVery Positive87% of 477 reviews2017
Dev: NatsumeAtariPub: Natsume Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Wild Guns Reloaded is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter, mixing the Wild West with steampunk. Play as Clint, Annie, Doris, or Bullet the dog with his sentry drone. Grab some friends and play together for some four player action!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.3%, Arcade 24.1%, Shooter 23.7%, Action 9.4%, 2D 3.5%
- #4 Hazelnut Hex
94% matchVery Positive98% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Chunderfins
Windows
Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Female Protagonist 13.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 13.4%, Cute 8.5%
- #5 Roarr! The Adventures of Rampage Rex
95% matchMostly Negative36% of 243 reviews2018
Dev: Born Lucky GamesPub: Klabater
Windows · Mac
Median: 12 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
An arcade game with a co-op mode in which an angry female T-Rex must defeat space invaders. Stylish, cartoon, polygonal graphics and murderous opponents from the universe - this is just a real Jurassic adventure!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 32% ★, Female Protagonist 18.1%, Arcade 16.5%, Funny 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.5%
- #6 Terror of Hemasaurus
93% matchVery Positive91% of 996 reviews2022
Dev: Loren Lemcke
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 36.2% ★, Arcade 20.7%, Comedy 13.3%, Sci-fi 9%, 2D 7.3%
- #7 HUNTDOWN
92% matchVery Positive95% of 4,182 reviews2021
Dev: Easy Trigger GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Precision Platformer 21.9%, Shooter 13.3%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Arcade 9.4%
- #8 Mighty Gunvolt
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 415 reviews2015
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #9 Radioactive Dwarfs: Evil From The Sewers
91% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Slay Buherman
Windows
Blast through the sewers in Radioactive Dwarfs! Retro top-down shooter with NES-style pixel graphics and chiptune music. Help the armed heroine search for her brother in an underground dwarven settlement: many enemies, items, secrets, and bonus levels. A thrilling adventure awaits!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Shooter 18.7%, Arcade 16.6%, 1980s 15.5%, 2D 6.2%
- #10 METAGAL
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 150 reviews2016
Dev: RetroRevolution
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Help the young cyborg-girl Meta , in her battle against the evil "General Creeper" who kidnap her creator and her sisters! Collect new powers in order to face the advanced levels, in this fun and furious , platformer-shooter
Why similar: Female Protagonist 36.3%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 14.6%, Cute 10.7%, Anime 10.5%
- #11 RagingBlasters
90% matchVery Positive99% of 123 reviews2021
Dev: TERARIN GAMES
Windows
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.2%, Shooter 18.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, Arcade 8.3%, 1980s 6.8%
- #12 Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
89% matchVery Positive80% of 1,324 reviews2023
Dev: INTI CREATES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 34.7%, Female Protagonist 20.5%, Anime 13.8%, Cute 11.4%, 2D 7.7%
- #13 SomnaBuster
87% matchVery Positive98% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: PD_CGT
Windows · Linux
BE WILD! BE WONDERFUL! BE-WITCHING!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.3%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Arcade 9.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, Linear 7.2%
- #14 Super Hydorah
88% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2017
Dev: LocomalitoPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 56%, Arcade 20.8%, Action 7.4%, 2D 6.7%, Funny 5.4%
- #15 Gunslugs
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lock and load for chaotic, fast-paced action in Gunslugs! Battle the evil Black Duck Army across wild, procedurally generated levels packed with explosions, jetpacks, chicken guns, and rogue-like permadeath. Unlock heroes, conquer bizarre worlds, and fight your way to the gates of Hell!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Shooter 25.1%, Arcade 19.1%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, 2D 8.4%
- #16 GhoulScrapers
84% matchVery Positive99% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: ShortCake_CafePub: Oniworks Studios
Windows
Ghoulscrapers is a precision platformer where you play as Eggroll, the new employee at Ghoulscrapers. You owe the government one gazillion dollars and it's your job to pay the debt before it's too late!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.4%, 2D Platformer 21.1%, Cute 8.4%, Funny 7.3%, Female Protagonist 6.3%
- #17 Chenso Club
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 321 reviews2022
Dev: PixadomePub: Aurora Punks
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Aliens are attacking! Who will save us? Chenso Club will! Using chainsaws, hammers, and the aliens’ own life force against them - these fearless warriors will pulverise enemies on their way to victory. Go solo! Go co-op! Go hack those aliens in this action-packed, side-scrolling platform brawler!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.4%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Funny 12.5%, Cute 11.1%, Comedy 10.4%
- #18 Explosionade DX
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Arcade 12.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Anime 8.2%
- #19 Weapon of Choice DX
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 481 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Arcade 11.9%, 2D Platformer 11.9%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Shooter 10.2%
- #20 Jet Kave Adventure
84% matchVery Positive86% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: 7Levels
Windows
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.9%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Dinosaurs 18.5% ★, Arcade 11.8%, Funny 7.9%
- #21 Assault Android Cactus+
83% matchVery Positive94% of 2,000 reviews2015
Dev: Witch Beam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.1%, Shooter 16.8%, Female Protagonist 16.1%, Arcade 14.3%, Cute 9.2%
- #22 Iron Meat
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,041 reviews2024
Dev: Ivan Valeryevich SuvorovPub: Retroware
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.4%, 2D Platformer 20.6%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 13.5%, Linear 9.1%
- #23 Neptunia Shooter
82% matchVery Positive88% of 738 reviews2019
Dev: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 65.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Anime 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Cute 11.5%, Action 5.9%
- #24 KUR
82% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Really RagdollPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows
Destroy drones, ravage robots and stomp some skull-bearing spiderdroids in a dark-humor drenched take on the classic 90’s shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34%, Shooter 18.1%, Female Protagonist 17.1%, Funny 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #25 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
81% matchVery Positive94% of 362 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36%, Arcade 21.1%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Action 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #26 Neon Inferno
78% matchVery Positive94% of 334 reviews2025
Dev: Zenovia InteractivePub: Retroware
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
NYC 2055: a city beyond salvation. Blast your way through this dense cyberpunk jungle in NEON INFERNO, an explosive fusion of 2D run-and-gun and gallery-shooter, and help the Family dominate its streets!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 12.5%, Female Protagonist 8.6%
- #27 Destructivator 2
81% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.4%, Shooter 23.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Arcade 9.3%, 2D 6.5%
- #28 Super Alloy Ranger
79% matchVery Positive92% of 366 reviews2022
Dev: Alloy MushroomPub: Neverland Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Super Alloy Ranger is a 2D side-scrolling action game. Play as Marksman Kelly or Combat Robot No.2 to challenge different levels within the dangerous Machine Empire and unlock new weapons. Use Kelly’s shooting and No.2’s deathblows to defeat abnormal Machine Bosses!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 54.6%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Action 16.4%, Anime 5.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #29 Super Time Force Ultra
79% matchVery Positive89% of 963 reviews2014
Dev: Capybara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Dinosaurs 18.4% ★, 2D Platformer 17.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 11.5%
- #30 Decline's Drops
74% matchVery Positive96% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Le Moulin aux Bulles
Windows
Grab your punching gloves, put your clogs on and smash your way in the world of Decline's Drops, a fully hand-drawn platform-brawler full of weird frogs, bizarre chickens and odd hydras! Avenge your destroyed garden and defeat the 6 heads of the Eternal Corp.! If you can, that is.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 39%, 2D Platformer 22.3%, Female Protagonist 15.5%, Cute 8.2%, Hand-drawn 6%
- #31 FLARE NUINUI QUEST
74% matchVery Positive93% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: sulpxPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.1%, Cute 14.6%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Anime 12.7%, Action 8.4%
- #32 Game Type DX
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 50 reviews2015
Dev: Mommy's Best Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Help Hoodie Girl fight the evil MediaBall's inane advertisements! It's a looping shooter in which each loop increases the speed and difficulty!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.5%, Shooter 22.7%, Action 12.6%, Comedy 9.4%, 2D 7.8%
- #33 Bot Vice
76% matchVery Positive93% of 1,456 reviews2016
Dev: DYA Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Arcade 13.5%, Funny 9.8%
- #34 Garbanzo Quest
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 586 reviews2024
Dev: zagawee
Windows · Mac · Linux
GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!
Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.1%, 2D Platformer 27.4%, Cute 8.7%, Funny 8%, Colorful 4%
- #35 Beekyr Reloaded
77% matchVery Positive87% of 97 reviews2017
Dev: KaleidoGames
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The giant hornets have destroyed your hive and taken the pollen. Fight the swarms alone or with a friend and destroy the dangerous hornet queen! The insect world is very dangerous but... what are you waiting for to get your revenge?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 41.6%, Shooter 19.5%, Arcade 16.4%, Cute 10.1%, 2D 6.2%
- #36 TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 268 reviews2016
Dev: SNK CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
“TWINKLE STAR SPRITES ”, a competitive 2D top-down view scrolling shooter released on NEOGEO MVS in 1996, departs for new adventures on the Steam gaming platform!Master your shots, and aim for the magical Twinkle Star”!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47%, Arcade 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.9%, Anime 10.3%, Cute 6.8%
- #37 Vengeance Hunters
73% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Nalua Studio SLU
Windows
Vengeance Hunters is an adrenaline fueled Neo-Geo hardware developed beat’em’up that lets you and a friend in local co-op fight mutants, zombies, punks, gangsters, lab techs with bombs (you read that correctly), suited mystery men, cyborgs and more across multiple stages, sublevels and secret areas.
Why similar: Arcade 36.1%, Hand-drawn 20.9%, 2D 13.2%, Action 11.8%, Colorful 11.7%
- #38 Double Cross
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: 13AM GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Explore alternate dimensions, fight interdimensional criminals, and solve crimes in this thrilling action platformer!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 30.9%, Action 26.5%, Adventure 16.8%, 2D 13.5%, Colorful 12.3%
- #39 Parry Nightmare
73% matchVery Positive84% of 173 reviews2024
Dev: KAKUKAKU GAMESPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Team up with your "other self", Honno-chan, as you parry, pummel and pulse your way out of your darkest nightmare in this one-of-a-kind "parry heaven" action game!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29%, Cute 24.1%, Anime 16.6%, 2D 10.9%, Colorful 9.2%
- #40 Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
73% matchVery Positive95% of 396 reviews2022
Dev: Colorgrave
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 32.5%, Female Protagonist 25%, Funny 16.8%, Colorful 8.5%, 2D 7.6%
- #41 DRAINUS
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,100 reviews2022
Dev: Team LadybugPub: WSS playground
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 52.7%, Shooter 21%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Action 7.7%, 2D 5.1%
- #42 Contract Rush DX
70% matchVery Positive100% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: FigburnPub: Team Ficus
Windows
Contract Rush DX is a hand-animated 2D Shoot 'Em Up, with multiple playable characters. Explore the world, collect powerful upgrades throughout levels, and unleash them to defeat difficult boss battles!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43%, Shooter 14.3%, Hand-drawn 14%, Arcade 12%, Funny 7.7%
- #43 Dinosaur Hunt
75% matchMixed67% of 3,896 reviews2015
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dinosaur Hunt is an intense action shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the world’s most horrifying animals!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 60.9% ★, Shooter 25.3%, Action 8.9%, Adventure 4.9%
- #44 Project Mercury
75% matchMixed58% of 587 reviews2017
Dev: Raxasoft Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 50.4%, Sci-fi 22.6%, Action 16.7%, 2D 10.3%
- #45 SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2021
Dev: Sewer Cat
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A spy-chicken tries to save the world from doom in this runner/shooter game that has a little bit of everything with a touch of chicken and anime girls on top. Run for your life in 6 different worlds and shoot your way through tons of enemies until you become a legend.
Why similar: Arcade 23.9%, Funny 17%, Anime 15.6%, Cute 15.3%, 2D 9.6%
- #46 Terminator 2D: NO FATE
66% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap BureauPub: Reef Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Experience the thrill of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with arcade action & pixel-perfect graphics! In this unique story blending iconic scenes from the movie with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.1%, Shooter 25.6%, Arcade 23.2%, Action 6.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #47 River City Girls
69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,726 reviews2019
Dev: WayForwardPub: WayForward
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 40.4%, Anime 22.3%, Action 11.7%, Cute 9.3%, 2D 7.8%
- #48 Mega Serval
68% matchVery Positive98% of 346 reviews2022
Dev: Syaxamaphone
Windows
Serval's friends are in danger and it's up to her to save the day! Progress through 12 action-packed platforming stages in this "Kemono Friends Project" derivative work!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 27.2%, 2D Platformer 23.2%, 1980s 22.5%, Action 7.2%, 2D 6%
- #49 Iron Disco
71% matchMixed67% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: Towndarktales
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A parody of 80s' action films. The game is set on a tropical island. Captain Juan and Dr. Lee challenge the Dark Lord and plan to take over the planet with their army of soldiers, zombies, robots, and creepy monsters.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 23.4%, Shooter 17.8%, Female Protagonist 16%, Arcade 14.8%, 1980s 10%
- #50 Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!
71% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Orange_JuicePub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Female Protagonist 12.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 9.3%, Anime 8.9%
- #51 Panzer Paladin
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 656 reviews2020
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.1%, Arcade 14%, 1980s 13.4%, Anime 13.1%, 2D 7.8%
- #52 Rule No. 1
68% matchVery Positive93% of 259 reviews2021
Dev: Walk Without Rhythm Games
Windows
A silky smooth Arena First Person Shooter with a prime focus on game-feel. Massacre waves of sentient metallic geometry and their monster compatriots as you fight for your Hi-Score! Designed to be the ultimate 'warm-up' or 'waiting-for-download' game!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24.5%, Shooter 22.8%, Arcade 22%, Anime 13.6%, Funny 10.6%
- #53 Rock Boshers DX: Directors Cut
71% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2014
Dev: TIKIPOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Get ready to take a trip back to the 80s, the 1880s! Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure! Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 24%, 1980s 22.6%, Action 18.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, 2D 11.8%
- #54 Minishoot' Adventures
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,362 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Shooter 22.3%, Cute 16%, 2D 9.2%, Colorful 8.5%
- #55 The Wizard and The Slug
69% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Silkworm
Windows
Jump, dash, and shoot your way through this story-rich action 2D platformer. Together with your magical wizard companion, play as the world's cutest, fastest, most agile slug as you explore a world full of charm, humor, and endearing characters.
Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.1%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Funny 8%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #56 Moolii's Dreamland
67% matchVery Positive93% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: WOWOH CATPub: OKJOY
Windows
Moolii’s Dreamland is a Bullet-hell game. Players will play as the little fox Moolii to fight against monsters in her dream. This game features whimsical level designs, monsters, and powerful bosses, along with combos of ammo skills and magical tricks. Help Moolii wake up from her nightmare!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Shooter 13.3%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #57 Freedom Planet
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,855 reviews2014
Dev: GalaxyTrail
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 45.5%, 2D 15.7%, Action 11.7%, Cute 9.5%, Anime 8.8%
- #58 Wildcat Gun Machine
69% matchMixed64% of 120 reviews2022
Dev: Chunkybox GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Wildcat Gun Machine is a bullet hell dungeon crawler where you take on hordes of disgusting flesh beasts with a wide variety of guns, giant mech robots, and cute kittens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Arcade 16.2%, Shooter 16.1%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #59 Missing Banban
64% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: Simon CarnyPub: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Grab your weapons and delve into this action side-scroller intense adventure. Jump around and explore the insane levels. Shoot and dodge your way through enemies. Fight to find your friend and solve the disappearance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.4%, 2D Platformer 23.8%, Funny 9.5%, Cute 8.7%, Linear 8.6%
- #60 Revolgear Zero
63% matchVery Positive99% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Bikkuri SoftwarePub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Shizuku and Akane...two pilots bound by rivalry and friendship battle to save their world from malevolent cosmic forces! A classic arcade style shmup with deeply satisfying fast paced combat, wide variety of load-out combos, and even local co-op!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.4%, Arcade 12%, Anime 11.5%, Cute 10%, Sci-fi 9.1%