Games Like Splicer

Take control of a hyper radical super-powered gunboat, and battle enemy drones through intense naval warfare! With stunning retro graphics, and chaotic enemy AI, this game will keep you on the edge of your seat! Prepare for waves of enemies, and unleash your thunder!

Why similar: 1980s 17.4%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Arcade 12.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%

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: Bullet Hell 17.8%, 1980s 16.2%, Shooter 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Arcade 14.1%

ZAXTRON EXPLUS is a fast-paced 1980s-style SHMUP/STG with bright graphics, challenging bosses and loads of secrets to find!

Why similar: 1980s 26.3%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%

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: Bullet Hell 18.5%, 1980s 17.6%, Arcade 15.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, 1980s 15.5%, Arcade 14.7%, Shooter 11.3%

A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.3%, Arcade 15.1%, 1980s 14.8%, Shooter 14.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%

Nebula Warrior is a fast-paced arcade space shooter, a 15–20 minute action-driven experience designed like a high-intensity road trip through space. It evolves from a classic top-down shooter into a full 3D jet-style space combat, blending nostalgia with modern intensity.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.9%, 1980s 15.5%, Arcade 14.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%

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: Bullet Hell 22.5%, 1980s 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13.3%

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: Arcade 23.2%, 1980s 20.5%, Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Action 8.9%

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: 1980s 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.4%

Nevultra is an exciting shoot'em up that will take you back to the 8bit/16bit era. The protagonist, Nina, needs your help to reach her destination in deep space.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Arcade 16.2%, Shooter 13.3%, 1980s 12.5%

1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

Why similar: 1980s 25.3%, Arcade 18.9%, Shooter 14.6%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Retro 9.2%

Slash, shoot, guard, grow! Karous, a Dreamcast shoot 'em up originally released back in 2007, is now soaring onto PC. Play as Karous, a girl who lost her parents in a great war with humans. Driven by her father's dying words, she descends to Earth in search of the Sanguis Dei.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 18%, Action 6.2%

RED TITANS is a single player vertical shoot em up, use the resources available to stop the threat, you will have to be very skillful since there are no continues. Enjoy the chaotic and addictive Survivor mode that Red Titans has in store for you. (Survivor-Like)

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.8%, 1980s 19.2%, Arcade 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Action 11.5%

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: Bullet Hell 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 8%

To bring you the old school 2D space arcade feeling in a modern look and feel. Whether you like the hard core style of the old days, or you have become the more lay back type, shoot your way home at the fun rate for you. Upgrade your ship on the way home, to get ready for the final battle. Have fun!

Why similar: 1980s 22.3%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Arcade 13%, Shooter 12.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%

Retromodern hi-speed shmup

Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.2%, Arcade 22.9%, Shooter 21.4%, Action 16.3%, Retro 5.9%

SHATTERSHAPE is an arcade-style shooter in which you are a lone circle fighting hordes of enemies with evil vertices. SHATTER your enemies with numerous power-ups. ONLY THE ROUND SURVIVE.

Why similar: Arcade 21.2%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Shooter 15%, 1980s 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%

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 21.2%, 1980s 16.6%, Arcade 15.2%, Shooter 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%

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 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Shooter 16.1%, Arcade 15.1%, Action 7.4%

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: 1980s 25.5%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 10.2%

A minimalistic 2D shoot-em-up, based on dodging bullets.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 14.6%, Action 8%

In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 14.1%, 1980s 12.1%

Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Arcade 19.1%, Shooter 17.5%, Action 10.4%

"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 14.6%, 1980s 12.6%

A simplistic, dynamic Touhou fangame bullet hell shmup with a pixel art esthetic. Shoot down your enemies and dodge your way through an incessant barrage of projectiles!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Arcade 17.2%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 8.2%

From shooting game freaks to office workers, the latest installment in that series that captivated so many users!! Strikers 1999

Why similar: Bullet Hell 17.4%, Arcade 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, 1980s 13.2%, Shooter 12.6%

The third installment in the Eden series A 2D bullet-hell vertical-scrolling shump with a feel reminiscent of arcade games from the 1990s to the 2000s.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Arcade 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Shooter 17.2%, Action 11.6%

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 22.6%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Arcade 18.5%, Action 17.6%, Shooter 15.1%

Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, 1980s 17.6%, Arcade 14.1%, Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%

Image Striker is a 2D vertical scroll shooting game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Shooter 18%, 1980s 13.4%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Arcade 9%

The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 14.7%, 1980s 12.7%

The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Arcade 17.2%, Shooter 14.5%, Action 7.8%

Classic 80s inspired shooter

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, 1980s 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.4%

Classic 2D shoot em up with updated graphics. Dodge a storm of bullets as you blast through space shooting hordes of enemies. Collect powerups to survive against fearsome bosses. Pilot a suicide runner as you fight to unravel the mystery of what is destroying the universe.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Arcade 16.6%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 11.4%

Blast your way through enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation. Rip them to pieces using an arsenal of powerful and versatile weapons. Put your reflexes to the test dodging a fire storm of enemy projectiles. Destroy challenging Bosses to achieve victory.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Action 17.3%, Arcade 16%, Shooter 15%

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: Bullet Hell 24.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 13.5%, 1980s 13%, Arcade 11.2%

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: Bullet Hell 19.8%, 1980s 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Arcade 13.6%, Shooter 12.6%

Cybxus Hearts inspired by classic Japanese shooting games. This is a game where you control three different characters at the same time.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Arcade 17.5%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 10.1%

Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 19.6%, 1980s 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Arcade 13.3%, Shooter 12.7%

A 2D arcade shoot 'em up forged in the age of fire, feedback and METAL! It's a fast, loud and unforgiving ride on an atomic warhead through a hellish concert of beer, bullets and riffs. Crank it up to eleven, and strap in for the ride!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Shooter 15.1%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 7%

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: Bullet Hell 30.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.6%, Arcade 17.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.9%

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: Bullet Hell 21.9%, 1980s 18.4%, Arcade 15.2%, Shooter 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%

Neon Dodge is a frantic, vaporwave-themed bullet hell where you cannot shoot. Master the dodge to survive the impossible challenges that a mysterious Voice throws at you... Or watch your death counter ascend to infinity.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, 1980s 28.8%, Arcade 23.7%, Action 9.3%, Retro 5.5%

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: Bullet Hell 23.7%, 1980s 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 14%

Defend Earth in this fast-paced 8-bit arcade shooter. Survive waves of alien attacks, destroy the asteroid, and face the alien mothership. Short, intense, and replayable. This is Retro Space Shooter 8-Bit.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.4%, 1980s 25.5%, Arcade 21%, Action 14.5%, 2D 3.8%

Super Arcade Boy returns in a retro shoot ’em up with 8 levels, waves of Greenies, power-ups, and 8 big boss battles. Talk with the alien leader—then save the planet.

Why similar: 1980s 18.2%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.3%, Arcade 20.5%, Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Action 13.7%

Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Shooter 16.6%, Arcade 14.9%, Action 8.2%

A fast-paced, side-scrolling retro shooter where you play as “Blit" on a mission to rescue orb pods. Blast enemy swarms and face off against bosses in this bullet-hell shoot 'em up. Earn power-ups and get ready for fluid arcade action in a stylish world with an 80s synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: 1980s 24.8%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Arcade 12.7%, Shooter 9.1%

Blast through endless waves of asteroids, unlock powerful ships, collect devastating upgrades, and survive the ultimate retro-inspired arcade space shooter alone or with a friend.

Why similar: 1980s 24.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Arcade 15.6%, Shooter 15.6%, 1990's 10.1%

Project Root the Shoot’em up Evolution.Project Root is a classic shoot’em up with open scenarioswhere the player's skill will be the key to survive.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Shooter 19.1%, Arcade 15.4%, Action 14.8%

METAL CRISIS is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by 3D space shooters of the 90s. Pilot the most advanced ship Earth has created capable of acquiring enemy weapons as you battle through hordes of fighters and hulking bosses in it's war against the space colonies rebellion.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Shooter 16.5%, 1990's 11.8%, Arcade 11.8%

Nebula Invasion was designed for those who enjoy the classic type arcade games, a spaceship shooter with great game play. Aliens attack many different ways from marching to dive bombing. You have the tools to fight back with a ship that can power-up with double, triple, rapid fire, or plasma cannon.

Why similar: 1980s 20.6%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Arcade 13.2%, Shooter 12.7%

Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Arcade 17.5%, Shooter 17.3%, Action 8.8%

This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.8%, Arcade 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Shooter 18.9%, Action 13.9%

Retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 80's games Fast-paced side-scrolling shoot ’em up with looping battlefields, relentless enemy waves, tactical shields, power-ups and hyperspace jumps

Why similar: 1980s 27.2%, Arcade 18%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Shooter 11.7%, Action 11.1%

Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons

Why similar: Arcade 20.7%, Shooter 19.7%, Bullet Hell 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Action 13.7%

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: Bullet Hell 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Arcade 15.2%, Action 13%, Shooter 12.5%

Cotton, the magical girl shoot-'em-up heroine, is back once again! This time, the adventure leaves the Magical Kingdom behind and heads to Japan!? The original cute-girl side-scrolling shooter is back, bigger and better than ever!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Arcade 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Shooter 18.5%, Action 13%