- #1 Nocturne FX
97% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Moutoux Software
Windows · Linux
Fast, unforgiving, and endlessly replayable, Nocturne FX™ turns every run into an arcade showdown for your best score.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.8%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Experimental 21.2%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Linear 6.4%
- #2 My name is Velcro
96% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Vitok
Windows
My name is Velcro is a hardcore platformer. You play as a piece of dirt named Velcro. The goal of the game is to grab the ceiling with the web and move on. There are several types of traps. You are also forbidden to touch any edges.
Why similar: Experimental 40.3%, Side Scroller 30.4%, Casual 20%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 3.4%
- #3 One Way Road
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shabunov LeonidPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
One Way Road is a story-driven action game combining elements of Scroll Shooter, Top Down Shooter, and Tube Shooter. Take the helm of a space cruiser, explore the galaxy, and fight in stellar battles to save humanity.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30.4%, Bullet Hell 24.8%, 2.5D 16.5%, Space 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.6%
- #4 Dark spot
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Vitok
Windows
Dark spot puzzle game with hand drawn graphics. Use the mouse to move the dark spot and try not to drop it. The goal of the game is to collect all the stars on the screen and go to the exit. At the moment there are 14 levels available with pleasant music. The difficulty increases with each level.
Why similar: Experimental 42.3%, Side Scroller 26.6%, Casual 21%, 2D 5.6%, Indie 3.6%
- #5 Generic Space Game
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Matthew SneyersPub: Explosive Bolts LLC
Windows
Shoot your enemies! Acquire items! Fight Geometrical Bosses! In this exciting 2D bullet hell shooter, you will fight through infinite hordes of enemies, gather game changing items, and face off against vicious bosses!
Why similar: Side Scroller 44.3%, Bullet Hell 34.8%, Space 6.3%, Linear 6.1%, 2D 4.2%
- #6 Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers
94% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: Four Fats
Windows · Mac
Blast your way across the galaxy in a classic inspired arcade side-scrolling shooter!
Why similar: Side Scroller 40.3%, Bullet Hell 30.6%, 2.5D 19.8%, Space 7.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #7 Sweetie Candy Maze: Violet Plum
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Dive into a vibrant candy world! Collect delicious sweets and find your way through playful violet plum mazes in this sweet and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 51.6%, Casual 19.8%, Experimental 17.5%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #8 Hey ma i'm a Dragon Now
92% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: NON EXISTENT STUDIOS 2
Windows
a Single Player 2D Side-Scrolling pixel art Skill-Based Bullet-Hell Game where you kill various enemies and bosses to get coins to upgrade your character so you can beat more enemies and progressed further in the
Why similar: Experimental 36.8%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Side Scroller 23.4%, Space 8.5%, Casual 5.4%
- #9 A Slime And A Civil War
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: DHMelon
Windows · Mac
Go through a world where every living being is a slime and take down the slime dictator in this 2D side-scrolling action game. Discover the secrets of a world no more on your journey.
Why similar: Side Scroller 48%, Bullet Hell 35.3%, 2D 6.4%, Linear 4.4%, Combat 3.4%
- #10 One Way Road: Firehunt
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Shabunov LeonidPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Firehunt is a prologue for the main story One Way Road. Take part in space battles as you travel across the galaxy and fight to save humanity. This cinematic narrative driven action-focused space shooter, will take you on a journey into the near future, and put the destiny of mankind in your hands.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.9%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, 2.5D 18.4%, Space 8.5%, Futuristic 8.4%
- #11 Sweetie Candy Maze: Blueberry
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Dive into a vibrant candy world! Collect delicious sweets and find your way through playful blueberry mazes in this sweet and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 51.3%, Casual 19.6%, Experimental 17.3%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #12 Astronomy Lab on PC: Relativity, Lunar Landing, Space Flight, and Interstellar Travelling
90% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: William at Oxford
Windows
The laboratory contains 4 sub-games. Through these sub-games, you can experience the magnificence of the universe, the beauty of the earth, the spectacle of the moon and the completely different world you see while driving a spaceship at a speed close to the speed of light.
Why similar: Experimental 64.3%, Casual 18.9%, Space 15.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #13 Mazzle
89% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Blender Games
Windows
Mazzle is a straightforward and surprisingly difficult celebration of the simple beauty of maze and jigsaw puzzles.
Why similar: Side Scroller 51.3%, Casual 19.6%, Experimental 17.3%, 2D 8.4%, Indie 2.2%
- #14 Twizzle Puzzle: Cats
87% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Twizzle Puzzle: Cats - is the perfect puzzle game for a fun and rewarding pastime.
Why similar: Side Scroller 51.9%, Experimental 19.2%, Casual 17.4%, 2D 8.7%, Indie 1.6%
- #15 Librarian of Aquademia : The Forbidden Grimoire
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shrimp0ster
Windows
An auto-2D side-scroller shoot'em up game that aims to be beginner-friendly for someone who has never experienced a shoot'em up bullet hell game before.
Why similar: Side Scroller 46.9%, Bullet Hell 36.4%, Casual 10.3%, 2D 4.4%, Indie 1.3%
- #16 赤ずきんちゃんのお見舞い
86% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Vantan Game Academy
Windows
このゲームは赤ずきんちゃんがおばあさんの家まで、様々な生物から身を守りながらお見舞いに向かう「横スクロール2Dアクションゲーム」です。
Why similar: Side Scroller 66.8%, Casual 19.7%, 2D 9.9%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #17 Medulla
86% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Lemondo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Medulla is a puzzle-platformer adventure game set in a dream-like scenery. A young character travels through the places and environments where various strange obstacles and seemingly illogical puzzles appear. Various beautifully hand-crafted landscapes create confusing and mysterious aura.
Why similar: Experimental 53.1%, Side Scroller 30.5%, Linear 6.7%, 2D 4.5%, Space 3.8%
- #18 SomethingWithSpace
85% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Andres GonzalezPub: Amino Acid Studios
Windows
A desolate and derelict station has been uncovered. You've been tasked with investigating, only to find the station's automated defenses are still active! How is it still... "alive"? Pilot your ship and find out! Can you make it out... "alive"? This helps me get through school! Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.9%, Bullet Hell 34.4%, Space 17.4%, Linear 5.8%, 2D 5.6%
- #19 Line Change
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: GreenBranchGames
Windows
Line Change - A 2D pixel side-view game where you draw lines that become bridges from one point to another, allowing three creations to make their way to the finish.
Why similar: Side Scroller 58.5%, Casual 16%, Linear 12.9%, 2D 8.2%, Indie 3.4%
- #20 Back To School
84% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ferruccio Bosetti
Windows
Back To School is a fast-paced cartoon game where you tap to chase a runaway bus. Compete for the best time in this fun adventure!
Why similar: Side Scroller 51.9%, Casual 23.7%, Linear 12.9%, 2D 8.3%, Indie 2.1%
- #21 The logic inside
83% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Vitok
Windows
Purpose of the game: You need to draw a line on the screen from point A to point B. The game has 13 levels. The difficulty increases with each level. There are teleports, enemies.
Why similar: Experimental 50%, Side Scroller 26.8%, Casual 16.5%, 2D 4.5%, Indie 1.5%
- #22 The Rush
81% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2024
Dev: Hornbuckle Who
Windows
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: Side Scroller 39.2%, Bullet Hell 33.3%, Linear 8.7%, Space 7.2%, 2D 5.7%
- #23 Mowigun's World
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mowigun
Windows
Imagination Land, a realm of elixir, is beset by robo-animals. Shoot platforms out mid-fall, or blast foes across the screen. Fight atop a speeding orange train ramming flaming boxes, battle a cloning humanoid rhino trapped in a box, or a massive sunflower, etc, as you uncover the robots’ origins.
Why similar: Side Scroller 43.9%, Bullet Hell 32.9%, 2.5D 16.1%, Linear 6%, Indie 1%
- #24 ALSTROEMERIA
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 個人Pub: 無し
Windows
It's a side-view scroll shooter. It's a game in which you control your own aircraft and shoot down enemy aircraft. There are 21 different types of weapons to attack, and if you accumulate 3 gauges on the UI, each selected weapon will be available for a certain amount of time.
Why similar: Side Scroller 53.6%, Bullet Hell 26%, Space 10%, Futuristic 8.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #25 Diesel Attack
81% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Mates in Space
Windows
Discover the steampunk world! Save yourself from havy machines!
Why similar: Side Scroller 42.6%, Bullet Hell 29.6%, Casual 15.6%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 4.8%
- #26 n-body
79% matchPositive90% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
n-body is a chill space golf videogame! Launch stars in different solar systems with relaxing soundscapes and slowly form constellations.
Why similar: Experimental 62.9%, Casual 18.1%, Space 10.2%, 2D 6.4%, Indie 1.6%
- #27 Lightbox
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D5R Games
Windows · Mac
A casual puzzle game about manipulating and playing with light.
Why similar: Experimental 69.8%, Casual 20%, 2D 7.7%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #28 BEHEMOTH
76% matchVery Positive89% of 421 reviews2024
Dev: The Behemoth
Windows
Dodge ‘n flap your wings in this new arcade extravaganza from The Behemoth! In BEHEMOTH™, you become one with the chicken to secure your flock in the nest and collect as much candy corn as possible!
Why similar: Side Scroller 41.8%, Bullet Hell 33.6%, Casual 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #29 Pour There
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Mikhail MarkhelPub: MMA Mirkin Game
Windows
Logic game (puzzle) - collect bonuses in the form of yellow ducks. Use bombs and rockets to make passages. You will need to think about it.
Why similar: Experimental 54.2%, Side Scroller 34.7%, Casual 4.8%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #30 Poly Jigsaw: Furries
78% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Poly Jigsaw: Furries is a traditional style jigsaw puzzle game, with a cute furry.
Why similar: Side Scroller 61.2%, Casual 24.7%, 2D 10.4%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 Scribble Space
78% matchMixed61% of 104 reviews2015
Dev: Coty GetzelmanPub: N/A
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Draw a ship, Fly it. Get creative.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32%, Bullet Hell 27.1%, Alternate History 21.3%, Space 6.2%, Casual 5%
- #32 Papairy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hearty Marty
Windows
Papairy is a casual clicker game where you try to keep your paper plane in the air and avoid incoming clouds. Inspired by the mobile game Flappy Bird and uses the same standard mobile portrait format or 9:16 aspect ratio.
Why similar: Side Scroller 57.1%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Casual 13.8%, 2D 8%, Indie 1.6%
- #33 Dinner Date
77% matchMixed55% of 831 reviews2011
Dev: Stout Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Julian Luxemburg has prepared a dinner for two at his place – but things go awry when the date does not show up and he is left waiting at his dinner table, the clock’s ticking growing unbearably loud. „Dinner Date” is the character portrait of Julian: by becoming his subconsciousness you gain a clear vantage point on the worries which...
Why similar: Experimental 75.5%, Casual 17.3%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #34 Enoki
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
Enoki is a match-3 mushroom puzzle platformer!
Why similar: Experimental 50.2%, Side Scroller 31.5%, Casual 10%, 2D 5.2%, Linear 2.6%
- #35 Puzzle Art: Reptiles
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with reptiles.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.6%, Casual 20.7%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #36 Puzzle Art: Primates
75% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with primates.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.6%, Casual 20.7%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #37 SQUASER 7
73% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
SQUASER 7 is a minimalist puzzle game where you control a white square and erase the darkness on each level. Clear your path using logic and memory!
Why similar: Side Scroller 47.5%, Experimental 22.2%, Casual 21.7%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #38 A Knight Never Yields
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Bread Over Games
Windows
Navigate depths of old dungeon full of deadly traps without using your eye sight. Help young apprentice fulfill his destiny of becoming a Blind Knight while relying only on your sense of rhythm and memory.
Why similar: Experimental 55.7%, Side Scroller 36.3%, Linear 5.4%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #39 Space Memory: Mushrooms
72% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Quantum Quiver Games
Windows
Cute, relaxing memory game where you match pairs of cool mushrooms in space
Why similar: Side Scroller 47.8%, Experimental 23%, Casual 22.5%, Indie 2.9%, 2D 2.8%
- #40 Into The Void
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: tateorrtot
Windows
A wormhole has opened up letting aliens terrorize your city. Pilot your spacecraft and destroy the aliens using flamethrowers, missiles, gatling guns, shockwaves, and more!
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.9%, Bullet Hell 33.5%, Futuristic 8.9%, Space 8.4%, 2D 5.8%
- #41 Kyo's Routine
74% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: heyjeffPub: STUD1O
Windows
Kyo's girlfriend is in hospital, and to save her $20000 are needed. Kyo will begin a boring routine to make money and finally ask her to marry him.
Why similar: Side Scroller 46.6%, Experimental 39.6%, 2D 7.3%, Casual 3.8%, Indie 1.7%
- #42 Puzzle Art: Horses
73% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with horses.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.9%, Casual 20.4%, 2D 10.3%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #43 Puzzle Art: Rodents
72% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with rodents.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.1%, Casual 21.1%, 2D 10.5%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #44 Puzzle Art: Predators
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with predators.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.6%, Casual 20.7%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #45 Freeze the time
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Vitok
Windows
Freeze the time is a puzzle game with a 2D view. The goal of the game is to bring the character to the exit. When a button is pressed, the doors open. There are also saws on the levels that must be avoided. By holding down the left mouse button, you can control the movement of the level.
Why similar: Experimental 60.6%, Casual 30.1%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #46 HyperFlight
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Jamie SloopPub: Joe Taylor
Windows
In this arcade-style space shooter, grab star fragments, powerups, and fuel drums as you fly through space dodging asteroids and trying to get a high score.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.6%, Side Scroller 31.4%, Casual 16.8%, Space 7.8%, 2D 5.1%
- #47 Puzzle Art: Artiodactyls
71% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Minimalist, relaxing, picture logic, art - puzzle game with artiodactyls.
Why similar: Side Scroller 64.6%, Casual 20.7%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #48 Dessert Storm Girls
69% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Joe James
Windows
Avoid bullets and eliminate enemies to earn points.Take on challenging enemies and bosses across multiple stages, each with its unique design and challenges. Use your skills to stay ahead of the enemy and emerge victorious.Help the CDF stop the separatist uprising and restore peace.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.4%, Bullet Hell 29%, Alternate History 24.2%, Linear 7.6%, 2D 5.1%
- #49 Sweetie Candy Maze: Coral Peach
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Cute Hannah's Games
Windows
Dive into a vibrant candy world! Collect delicious sweets and find your way through playful coral peach mazes in this sweet and colorful adventure.
Why similar: Side Scroller 61.4%, Casual 24.2%, 2D 10.2%, Indie 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #50 Employee Survivor
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: simmirror
Windows
*Employee Survivor* is a survivor-style game. You must defeat these enemies and use the banknotes they drop to upgrade yourself. As you level up and try to survive in the dream world, your score increases with survival time, but the number of enemies also increases over time.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 53.6%, Casual 25.5%, 2D 9.6%, Combat 8%, Indie 2.2%
- #51 Squirrel Launcher
66% matchVery Positive92% of 250 reviews2023
Dev: Aiden Bradley
Windows
Launch squirrels into the atmosphere and explore the clouds. Dodge and shoot down obstacles – upgrade your vehicle to make it further and further until you get to the moon!
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.8%, Bullet Hell 31.4%, Casual 10.2%, Linear 8.7%, 2D 5.7%
- #52 Spectre Of Eternity
68% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Thundersnow Games Inc
Windows
An action bullet hell. Dodge enemies attacks and collect upgrades to make it to the end of each level.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Side Scroller 28.2%, Space 12.5%, Futuristic 8.9%, Casual 7.8%
- #53 Chromacell
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 171Dev
Windows
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: Side Scroller 40.7%, Bullet Hell 34.6%, Linear 9%, Space 8.6%, 2D 5.9%
- #54 Space Mash
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Paul Thomas
Windows · Linux
Space Mash is a bullet-hell shooter in the retro style of the earliest arcade games. To help beginners, older players and those with a motor impairment, there are five levels of slow-down that can be activated at any time during game play.
Why similar: Side Scroller 42.3%, Bullet Hell 33.7%, Multiple Endings 6.5%, Linear 6.3%, Space 5.5%
- #55 Maze Art: Rainbow
68% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: My Label Game Studio
Windows
Maze Art: Rainbow - is a minimalist game of simple mazes with relaxing music.
Why similar: Side Scroller 59.6%, Casual 27.3%, 2D 9.5%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #56 Tehnodrom
67% match7 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Niko BelikPub: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
"Tehnodrom" offers exciting gameplay, a variety of enemies and weapons, and the ability to make strategic decisions that affect the course of the game. The game is intended for fans of casual games in the 2D platform style who love challenges and want to test themselves as a brave tehnodrom pilot.
Why similar: Side Scroller 43.1%, Casual 20.3%, Futuristic 13.3%, Space 11.9%, Combat 5%
- #57 Karma Cannon
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Video Galaxy
Windows
Clear hordes of cosmic critters in this simple 2D shooter but be carefully, bullets that exit the arena will warp behind you and become dangerous to you ship. Whatever goes around comes around.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 46.4%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Space 11%, Casual 7.7%, 2D 7.5%
- #58 Air Offense Command
67% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Ensit Media
Windows
Side scrolling shooter in which you lead a desperate preemptive strike to save your homeland from annihilation.
Why similar: Side Scroller 49.8%, Alternate History 32.2%, Casual 8.5%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 1.9%
- #59 Escape 2 Space
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShidyGames
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey as a space mercenary! Customize your ships with powerful weapons and modules, choose contracts and destinations, and battle enemy fleets and epic bosses. Your decisions shape the universe around you, so forge your path in this action-packed space shooter!
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.5%, Bullet Hell 33.7%, Space 10%, Futuristic 8.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #60 Alphageddon
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Cotovelo Games
Windows
Throw asteroids on them, raise their sea levels and even make the whole moon fall on their heads! This is only a fraction of what you'll have to do to make sure your perfect creation is safe in this game mixing fast reflexes, strategy and lots of fire and destruction.
Why similar: Experimental 45.7%, Alternate History 20.9%, Space 11.1%, Linear 7.1%, Casual 7%