
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
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Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!
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 26.9%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 5.5%
4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 5.4%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Action 6.3%
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 6%
It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Shooter 11%, Action 6.2%
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: Bullet Hell 23.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Action 9.5%, Shooter 8.3%
A bullet-hell dungeon game where you use colored gems to match the enemy in order to deal damage. Each enemy type has a unique attack style. Shoot and Dodge as you search for the evil toilet snake which lies deep within the dungeon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Action 6.8%, Top-Down 6.1%
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 27.4%, Bullet Hell 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Shooter 5.5%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Action 6.5%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action 11.4%, Shooter 10.6%
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 30.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Action 6.6%, Top-Down 5.1%
Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 9%, Sci-fi 6.2%
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 28%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 8.6%, Top-Down 4.7%
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: Bullet Hell 23.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Top-Down 5.6%
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: Bullet Hell 29.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 9.3%, Action 8.3%
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 27.9%, Bullet Hell 27%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 5.1%
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 29.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Action 8.7%, Shooter 6.2%
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 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shooter 10.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%
Experience intense, fast-paced action as you dodge enemy fire, collect Xsteel scrap, and upgrade powerful ship systems. Navigate across beautiful expanses of the galaxy in levels filled with challenging foes and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Shooter 14%, Action 12.5%, Top-Down 5.7%
Fight your way through the mazes of Room Box. A minimalist 2d-style TopDown shooter. Your only way of escape is to survive countless and unique rooms. Fight dozen of enemies and defeat merciless Bosses
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 5.7%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shooter 12%, Action 11.5%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Bullet Hell 27.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Action 7.3%, Top-Down 5.3%
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 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 9.9%
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 24.3%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Sci-fi 7%
Gensokyo suddenly plunged into a huge miasma of toxic fog, and the lands are now gloomy and lifeless. The source of these strange phenomena is the Nameless Hill, a forgotten land of sin. It's a danmaku experience full of poisons and suffocation. That means, this is a shooting game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Action 8.5%, Indie 1%
Help Regina recover an important relic that was stolen from her shrine, while saving her sister and stopping a secret organization from creating the ultimate weapon in this unique danmaku adventure!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 7.4%
Vacubot is a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Players must survive increasingly challenging battlefields by using a variety of weapons to fight off swarming enemy robots and powerful bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shooter 14%, Action 9.7%, Cyberpunk 7.8%
Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shooter 8.4%, Action 7%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 7.2%, Action 5.1%
A simple and fun space shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Action 5.8%
Engage in an action packed shoot em' up adventure! Choose from 4 powerful fighters and fight through 5 intense stages! Multiple tough and challenging bosses stand in your way, so use the insanity system BLANK STAND to erase them all!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Dystopian 6.8%, Action 6.4%
Bullet-hell shooter with RPG-like elements such as exploration, growth and reinforcement. In each area, the situation changes, and you have to earn experience scores, acquire materials, level up and strengthen your weapons, and challenge the bosses
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.2%, Bullet Hell 27.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 5.1%
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 27.7%, Bullet Hell 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Shooter 9.2%, Action 5.9%
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 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.6%
Push your bot to the limit or melt down in the fight. Master HEAT.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Action 8.8%, Cyberpunk 7.1%
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 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 11.2%
Finding Mom is a Singleplayer Bullet-Hell following a boy who is trying to find his captured mom. Experience the story, and enjoy the atmosphere that is created through handmade pixel art, music, and gameplay.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Cyberpunk 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
From the popular free game "Outside" comes a dreamy and cute barrage shmups. The visuals are colorful, cute and fantastic, and the game features active gameplay.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 6.3%
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 28.7%, Bullet Hell 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Shooter 9%, Action 5.8%
“You will die.” Confirm it with your own eyes. See with your own eyes the most deadly barrage ever spread across your palms.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.1%, Top-Down Shooter 29.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
Resurrection Core is vertically scrolling Bullet Hell Shoot ´Em Up game. It honors the arcade classics but also adds modern touch and unique game-play mechanics to the genre. Master the unique weapon systems and resurrect enemy cores to become the ultimate fighting machine!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shooter 10.9%, Action 9.7%
This book contains several of tamazusa's small-scale STG works, mainly game jam works.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.2%, Bullet Hell 24.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 11.8%
Lead your starfighter as a bounty hunter, complete contracts and fight your way to free your home system from a criminal empire full of conspiracies and underworld secrets, in this hard boiled action old school arcade shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Dystopian 8.8%, Shooter 6.6%
Thunderbird is a classic arcade-style STG. You will be the pilot of the space fighter, stepping onto the space stage, engaged in a war between many forces. Fly a fighter jet, experience the speed of a shot under fire, or learn the truth behind war.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Action 6.2%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Shooter 7.3%
Journey through Proximus-3 as Jaughn (pronounced “John”), and embark on a lighthearted and action-packed journey of redemption, quickly becoming embroiled in an unexpected Rebellion to save the galaxy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 8.8%, Dystopian 8%
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school visuals of pixel art with a more modern approach of a faster bullet hell experience, smaller hitbox, and a bunch of weapons to fight off enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 7.3%, Sci-fi 5.5%
Survive alone against a never ending horde of undead! How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 11%, Action 8.8%
Dodge, slash, and shoot your way through waves of enemies while collecting items. Blast off on a quick trip toward the Moon in Radio-allergic Shoot ’Em Up!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 40.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.7%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9.1%, 2D 3.7%
MachineGunner 2 is a 2d top-down shooter game that Player controls four characters to clear stages and complete them as fast as possible. One hit will take you to the start line of the stage. So push it at your own pace.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Action 11.7%, Shooter 8.8%
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
DuckStruck is a fast paced, top down bullet hell pixel art shooter, where you play as... a duck! Battle enemy zombie ducks, and build defences to aid your survival with endless waves of enemies attacking you at every moment!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Action 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Shooter 9.9%, Robots 6.3%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Bullet Hell 23%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 9.4%
Star Fox meets Touhou in this action-packed sci-fi shoot 'em up, set to a rockin' synthwave soundtrack reminiscent of the Hotline Miami series. Pick one of five mech pilots and wield the eponymous HeartLinks to defend the Hydra Galaxy from the Omni invasion. Master yourself, master the machine.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Cyberpunk 8.9%, Sci-fi 7%
This top-down shooter pits you against an overwhelming hell of bullets. Customize your experience with 9 upgradeable classes and unleash powerful attacks as you fight and dodge your way through procedurally generated levels, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Action 15.4%, Indie 4.2%
A shoot em' up with a manga inspired look. Destroy enemies, and use their salvage to gain more power.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Action 8.6%, Shooter 6.8%
Beginner Welcome Bullet Hell Shooter. "Chapter Mode", which is starting from a simple stage and gradually becoming more difficult, is recommended for beginners. Once you get used to bullet hell, let's experience full-scale bullet hell in "Challenge Mode".
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 9.8%, Top-Down 6%
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 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.4%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 8.5%, Action 6.5%