60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Top-Down Shooter, Action, Shooter, Arcade.
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
Arcade Classics
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Ping Pong Attack
Defend Earth with a rocket-powered ping-pong bat in this fast, playful arcade shooter. Battle alien ball ships across 101 escalating waves, destroy massive bosses, collect upgrades and chase high-score combos.
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, 1980s 13.8%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 10.2%
Defend Earth with a rocket-powered ping-pong bat in this fast, playful arcade shooter. Battle alien ball ships across 101 escalating waves, destroy massive bosses, collect upgrades and chase high-score combos.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.4%, Arcade 14%, 1980s 12.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.6%
In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, search labarinthine levels for the exit, while surviving an ever-increasing onslaught of deadly robots.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Retro 15.1%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 10.1%, 1980s 9.9%
A 2D top-down versus shooter set in a wraparound space arena. Steer and boost your constantly moving craft, block attacks with a barrier, and fight in battles from 1-on-1 to 1-on-3. Customize your pilot’s appearance, with your chosen look reflected throughout the game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Arcade 15%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Retro 9.2%
Repel the humans! Safeguard the future of all alienkind! Fueled by a large selection of quirky upgrades and power-ups, strengthen the alien alliance to destroy Humanity's Last Hope in this fast-paced retro action-arcade shooter with roguelite and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Arcade 13.4%, Shooter 11.2%, 1980s 10.6%, Retro 9.4%
In this innovative top-down shooter from 1985, pilot the Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid (N.O.M.A.D.) through the heavily armoured homeworld of galactic supervillain Cyrus T. Gross, solving tricky puzzles, dodging deadly hazards, and shooting fiendish enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.8%, Retro 16.1%, Arcade 11.4%, Shooter 11%, 1980s 9.5%
A retro arcade-style, 2D vertical scrolling shooter Pixel art inspired by 16-bit consoles and arcade games from the '80s and '90s Focus on the exhilarating "aim, shoot, kill" feel of the original shooter game. Receive communications from Controller Luna as you progress through each stage's story
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.4%, Shooter 14.8%, Retro 13.5%, 1980s 12.6%, 1990's 9.2%
ZANAC-like Ultra High-Speed Scrolling 2D Shooter Humanity suffered a crushing defeat in the war against the sentient AI, RA6 the Great Sovereign, losing 70% of the global population. Now, you board the anti-AI fighter MSX-3 Arondight, and launch into the final battle against the Sovereign.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.7%, 1980s 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Retro 8.7%, Space 7.4%
Fast Paced, Bullet Hell Retro Shooter! Shoot down enemies and dodge everything. Fight through 17 intense levels with 6 insane boss fights. Do you have what it takes to beat the game?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Arcade 12.9%, Shooter 11.1%, 1990's 10.3%, Retro 9.9%
Voidronaut is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter set in the endless darkness of deep space. As the last surviving pilot, you must outmaneuver relentless enemy waves, collect new weapons, and sharpen your aim, speed, and reflexes to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Arcade 15.6%, Shooter 12.9%, Action 10.8%, Retro 8.2%
TROID BLASTER 2 is a physics based asteroids tribute game, featuring: * Random Levels * Gachapon random generated pilots and ships * 30 weapon types to unlock * Physics based! * Hundreds of bite sized levels to play * A graveyard to bury and remember your fallen pilots
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Arcade 13.5%, Shooter 11.3%, 1980s 10.7%, Action 8.7%
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Retro 9.4%, Space 9.4%, 1980s 9.1%, Shooter 7.8%
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 40.6%, Retro 12%, Arcade 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Shooter 7.8%
Bomber Angel Bombriel – FOREVER THE KINGS – is a top-down free-scrolling bomb-placement action/shooter that shares the same lineage as classic masterpieces like RoboWarrior (NES). It’s a fresh new game dressed in pastel, cute visuals—nostalgic in spirit, yet with noticeably improved controls.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Arcade 15.5%, Shooter 12.9%, 1980s 10.7%, Action 10.4%
The Final Frontier is a retro multi-directional shooter inspired by the likes of Asteroids and Galaga. You destroy waves of endless enemies while trying to survive as long as possible by upgrading your ship's abilities along the way.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Retro 19.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 10%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25%, 1980s 11.7%, Arcade 11.5%, Shooter 10.4%, Space 8.8%
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: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, 1980s 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%, Retro 9.2%, Shooter 8.7%
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Arcade 13.4%, 1990's 12.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Retro 8.8%
Lost In The Space combines frantic top-down action with fast, fluid and very addictive gameplay, with instant response to player commands
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.2%, Arcade 15.2%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 11.3%
A reinterpretation of retro games like Space Invaders and Galaga with a modern twist. Battle through planetary sectors using elemental abilities that combine for powerful effects and make bosses vanish.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Retro 11.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 10%
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30%, 1990's 12.8%, Shooter 10.1%, Retro 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Hyper Bullet is a top-down action game replenished with agreeable vaporwave aesthetics, pure joy of combat and gunplay rhythm.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, 1980s 19.3%, 1990's 12.2%, Retro 12%, Arcade 8.6%
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 20.6%, 1980s 16.3%, Shooter 14.1%, 1990's 11.9%, Retro 8.2%
A vertical scrolling shooter where you fire your main shot and strategically switch between limited ammo special weapons to take down enemies. Earn bonus points by clearing areas, and defeat as many enemies as possible before the game ends to achieve a high score.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, 1980s 22.5%, Shooter 13.8%, Retro 13.1%, Action 5%
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, 1990's 13.9%, Arcade 13.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Retro 10.3%
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 27.1%, 1980s 16.4%, Retro 13.6%, Arcade 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Go on a quest to restore life to the world in this retro inspired shooter! You must be skillful and tactical as many will try to stop you! You are an exile after all which is a death sentence. But things may be as they seem on this journey.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Action-Adventure 14%, Arcade 13.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 10.4%
You are last humanity hope to bring down the greatest threat mankind has been deal with it. Gears up your arsenal, face hordes of enemies and deadly bosses in this new verticall shoot em up.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Arcade 15.5%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Shooter 11.8%, Adventure 11.7%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, 1980s 13.6%, Arcade 11.9%, 1990's 11.2%, Shooter 10.9%
John Mambo is a frenetic Retro Arcade Game with an isometric top down view. Meet John, a one man army, crazy enough to embark on a dangerous mission in the heart of a jungle all by himself...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, 1980s 14.7%, Arcade 12%, 1990's 11.6%, Retro 10.8%
Steel Seraph is a shooter-adventure hybrid set on a colony planet in the distant future. Fly, run, strafe, dodge and shoot your way through a variety of stages and take down powerful invasion leaders and their minions.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.9%, Action-Adventure 14%, Female Protagonist 13.1%, Shooter 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Take on six stages of vertical shooting mayhem full of looney pixel art characters and locales. Gamers who are tired of bullet hell and Compile-like shooters can finally rejoice.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.6%, Shooter 15.8%, Action 12.8%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Retro 10.3%
"Comet Soldier" is a 2D top-down view action shooting game. Advance through the battlefield and defeat the bosses that await.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, 1980s 14.5%, 1990's 11.3%, Retro 10.5%, Shooter 10.1%
Life is about sacrifices....Well in this case it's about eating, shooting, killing, reproducing and then deciding when to sacrifice your offspring. Pond Scum is a Top-down shooter survival game. You must Eat, shoot and move your eggs to safety, or alternatively sacrifice them....
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Arcade 15.5%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Shooter 13.2%, Action 7.7%
The colorful top-down shooter/bullet-hell
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Arcade 12.6%, 1980s 12.2%, Shooter 9.8%, 1990's 9.6%
Meteor Havok is a take on the classic Asteroids arcade shooter. Enter the asteroid fields to blast a path to safety with your agile ship and powerful lasers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, 1980s 23.2%, Arcade 19.4%, Action 14.3%, 2D 5.9%
Christmas Blaster: Christmas Blaster is an Arcade-type action video game. Santa needs to save Christmas and face creatures with a lot of explosion in this action-packed game.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, 1980s 13.4%, 1990's 12.3%, Arcade 11.6%, Action-Adventure 9.4%
Maelstrom is a licensed open source port of the original shareware game for the Macintosh by Ambrosia Software, Inc. It is a fast-action, asteroids-like game, with classic pixel graphics and original sounds.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Arcade 16.8%, Retro 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Space 9.4%
Dragonfly fairies of the Sacred Swamp rely on the full moon to earn their wings, and insect spirits for their power. With the help of mother sages to guide them, they must rid their world of magic-wielding monsters.
Why similar: 1980s 16.9%, 1990's 16.1%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Retro 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.8%
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 20.7%, Arcade 17%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Action 11.7%, Retro 9.7%
A top-down 2D arena shooter in the style of a retro arcade game. The player fights against waves of enemy spaceships to defend space as we know it.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Arcade 17.1%, Retro 13.2%, Shooter 12.6%, Space 9.9%
Astrotester is an action-adventure game. Complete tasks across various locations and levels. Fight against the dominant forces of the Flow and hostile creatures. Learn more about the world of Stellar system.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Action-Adventure 12.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
Join Emme the dog as she battles block invaders in this puzzle action game. Defeat all kinds of unpredictable blocks across hundreds of levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18%, 1990's 13.5%, Female Protagonist 10.7%, Space 10.3%, Retro 9.8%
Shin Sophstar is an electrifying remix built for speed and scoring. With 25+ ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Arcade 14%, Space 10%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, 1990's 8%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Arcade 13.3%, 1990's 12.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Retro 8.5%
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: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, 1980s 15.6%, Arcade 12%, 1990's 11.6%, Shooter 10.6%
Not a regular shmup player? No worries! This is a super chill, low-difficulty, fully voiced bullet hell shooter just for you! Wipe out the AI machine armada attacking from all directions!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, 1990's 13.2%, Shooter 11.4%, Retro 9.8%
You are a single ship outnumbered and outgunned by the enemy fleet. The one advantage you have is a powerful magnet that is capable of capturing the enemy bullets and firing them back at the enemy!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.8%, Shooter 14.8%, Space 8.8%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Back with new weapons, new enemies, and with more circuits to break than ever! Destroy millions of robots in this free-to-play shooter with up to 6 players local or online.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 9.2%, 1990's 8.9%, Space 8.6%
Crisis Island is a fast paced, top down, pixel art, twin-stick shooter that takes inspiration from Time Crisis, Shock Troopers, and 80s action movies!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, 1980s 16.7%, 1990's 12.8%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 10.6%
SHOCKWAVE TRIGGERS is an arcade high resolution pixel art shmup/shoot'em up, in which you use the power of Shockwaves and a good timing to get the most bonus from your destroyed enemies. It's simple: shoot, dodge, wait and SHOCKWAVE!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, 1990's 13.2%, Arcade 11.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Female Protagonist 10.2%
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 29.5%, Arcade 15.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Retro 11.3%, Space 10.6%
Boing Bang Adventure is a 2D arcade game in the style of the classic arcade game "Pang" Face almost 50 levels, in 8 different world in single player or in local co-op!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Arcade 12.8%, 1980s 12.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
The Guardians, a secret society wielding the power of the Force, have readied their tanks and intend on crushing the aspirations of the Hammerbolt Empire!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Arcade 14%, 1990's 13.4%, Shooter 12%, Retro 8.6%
In the vast depths of space, lies a man with a dark past. Setting himself apart from that old life, and seeking justice against wrongdoing instead of being the cause of it, Captain Righteous uses the Freedom Fighter, his trusty space fighter to search for and combat the evil Captain Buster!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, 1980s 18.6%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 11.1%, Retro 10.5%
That magical girl has abandoned her costume and become a stick!!! This is an STG where the spinning stick is your ship. It can turn and attack in all directions! The strongest! But because it's a stick, you have to work hard to avoid bullets and walls! Defective!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.4%, Shooter 19.3%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Action 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, 1980s 13.7%, Arcade 12.7%, Shooter 11%, 1990's 10%
AREA WARS™ is a fast-paced 2D omnidirectional shooter where you battle enemies from every direction in a constantly changing enclosed area. Defeated enemies trigger chain explosions that engulf nearby foes and boost your score multiplier. Built for short, repeatable runs with score-focused gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.2%, Arcade 13.5%, Shooter 12.8%, 1980s 7.9%, Space 7.1%
Clear the asteroid field before the Corpos hunt you down with their AI weaponry!
Why similar: 1980s 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Shooter 13.3%, 1990's 12.5%, Action 9.8%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: 1980s 20.8%, Retro 20.3%, Arcade 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Shooter 12%
