60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Indie, Mechs.
Strato's Sylph is an air battle action STG based on the motif of fighter planes and beautiful girls. Set on the earth-like planet "Strange Sphere", the girls who wear weapons and run in the sky "Sylph" and The game depicts a battle with MARXII, a monster in the shape of a bee.
Wing of Darkness
This high-speed 3D shooting game allows players to experience exhilarating battles in the sky, as well as a series of cutscenes depicting the growth of the main characters throughout the story.
Supercharged Robot VULKAISER
70s giant robot anime-inspired side-scrolling shooting from the creators of SATAZIUS and GIGANTIC ARMY!
This high-speed 3D shooting game allows players to experience exhilarating battles in the sky, as well as a series of cutscenes depicting the growth of the main characters throughout the story.
Why similar: Indie 28.8%, Action 26%, Mechs 25.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Anime 8.3%
70s giant robot anime-inspired side-scrolling shooting from the creators of SATAZIUS and GIGANTIC ARMY!
Why similar: Mechs 35% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Action 15.4%, Anime 12.1%, Indie 11.5%
Pilot a mech through the barrens of Texas and fight off the threat of an insect horde. Tex-Mechs was made by students at SMU Guildhall.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
Why similar: Mechs 35.6% ★, Action 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Indie 16.5%
Japanese boutique game studio G.rev makes its long-awaited debut on Steam with Strania!
Why similar: Mechs 34.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Action 22.8%, Anime 8.2%
Iridescence is a Shoot 'Em Up with a color-changing mechanic, where you dodge and absorb many different colored bullets. It features a painted watercolor theme & features an inventive chaining system. Play through 5 main levels and 30 varied challenge levels!
Why similar: Action 39.9%, Indie 30.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%
Postsoviet shoot 'em up borne from and reflective of the listlessness that modern, hyperconnected society injects into our selves
Why similar: Action 38.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Indie 29.7%
In this pulse-pounding arcade style shoot 'em up, players control giant armored robots, loaded with hi-tech weaponry. Chose from two types of mechs: the PLG-90, armed with a high-tech laser rifle or the NúllPunktur with the Vibroblade!
Why similar: Action 40.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 31.4%, Indie 28.4%
Crush is an old-school-styled shoot´em up. The game leads you through 7 challenging levels filled with action and great soundtracks. A must for all old-school shoot´em up fans!
Why similar: Action 38.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.9%, Indie 28.4%
Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo is a vertical scrolling arcade shoot 'em up following the journey of a lone Mecha through the desolate retro stylized world and the onslaught of enemy waves to reach Veloce, the young genius responsible for the extinction of humankind.
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Indie 28.6%
Astro Tripper is a furious shoot-em-up experience inspired by the painful, knuckle busting video games of years gone by.
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Indie 28.7%
Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Packed with 6 crazy stages filled wtih bosses, 5 unique ships, unlockables, branching paths and more!
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Indie 26.7%
You are ready to challenge pilots from all around the world. Shoot your way through intense levels with swiftly increasing difficulty in a game world completely built with handcrafted models. Invest your score in upgrades or save it to gain interest with the risk of losing it all.
Why similar: Action 37%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Indie 27.7%
Fire Arrow and Fire Arrow X are time attack style shooters with a heavy emphasis on scoring. Otherwisely, you can call them coffee break shmups.
Why similar: Action 38.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.9%, Indie 26%
Endless Wave is wave style stg. 9 kinds of waves and 3 bosses are waiting for you. Manipulate fighter planes to defeat enemies approaching ! ・Endless wave style ・Neon style(Bullet) ・Minimum price
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.5%
Not known what year it is, and in which galaxy everything happens. But one thing is known-you must to clear the space of dirty pirates, and their technique. For this, you will have to open the nearest space systems, improve your ship, and of course to shoot a pirate ships.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Action 35.8%, Indie 27.5%
Jet Buster is the new 90s anthro shmup, going back to the cuter roots of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Action 36.3%, Indie 26.8%
Makoto Yonekura, a new waitress, is a bright girl in Noh weather.Contrary to its appearance, it is a survival game girl who uses powerful weapons!She will do her best to crush the rampaging chickens for the beloved chief!
Why similar: Action 40.9%, Indie 31.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 27.6%
Drive to Hell is an action-packed shooter where you'll take a ride through an army of monsters to exact revenge on the Demon King for destroying your favorite dive bar. Enemies assault from all sides, each with its own special personality and attack style.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Action 35.6%, Indie 27.4%
A classic reawakens – Assault Suit Leynos is back and in high definition! Get ready for all-out robotic war as the fan-favourite Mega Drive classic is reworked with all new HD visuals for the ultimate alien-blasting experience!
Why similar: Mechs 51.5% ★, Action 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Anime 10.7%
Old school 2d shooter with crazy music by the indie band 8bit Phantom Galactic! -Challenging retro space shooter -Fight your way through various stages and enemies. -Intense Boss fight! -Master the use of your shield to survive. -Use powerups to upgrade your ship's weapons!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.7%, Action 34.6%, Indie 26.6%
Dodge, shoot and explode across the Solar System as a crew of intelligent and dangerous chickens. As the pilot of The Golden Eagle, it's your duty to keep Colonel Ram and Professor Bez safe as they squabble about ethics and who last used the toilet. Wage war against humanity as you battle your way towards the Sun to complete your mission.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.9%, Action 34.1%, Indie 29%
Valiant Gears is a 3D old school shoot 'em up game. Hop on your Valiant Gear, a ferocious battle machine and defend the planet by fighting the alien robots!
Why similar: Action 48.4%, Indie 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%
Join the Mechstermination Force and save the world from the gigantic MegaMechs!
Velocity®Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a collapsed black hole, you’ll need to use both firepower and quick-wits to catapult the Quarp Jet through 50 levels of sci-fi action.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.4%, Action 36.1%, Indie 25.4%
"Battle Crust" is a 80's-90's arcade-style shooter. You make full use of "Charge shot" that is available by obtaining the item, And let's Complete all of the 6 stage!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.8%, Action 35.5%, Indie 25.7%
Rym 9000 is a hyperkinetic shooter inspired by Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Guxt. A treasure-hunting journey to the Moon developed by Sonoshee and composed by Roex. A unique high-octane experience conceived to stimulate your senses and make your eyes and ears bleed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Mechs 29% ★, Action 21.6%, Indie 17.1%
In a valley flooded with bullets, your next challenge rises from a heap of scraps. This time there aren't blue hedgehogs or mega men to save you. Hop in and become the Blue Rider!
Why similar: Mechs 29.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Action 24.6%, Indie 18.4%
The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.
Why similar: Action 43.6%, Indie 32.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%
Terra Feminarum is a Finnish mythology themed Japanese style danmaku shoot ’em up.
Why similar: Action 35.3%, Indie 27.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Anime 12.1%
Redux: Dark Matters is a fast-paced space shooting game with fresh scoring elements - a bastard-hard shooter and definitely a must have for every shmup fan!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.1%, Action 35.7%, Indie 25.2%
Move, shoot, and dodge in this hyper-fast top-down shooter. Descend into the depths of uncharted dimensions and destroy everything in your path!
Why similar: Action 35.7%, Indie 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Anime 12.5%
Nandeyanen!? – The 1st Sûtra is a horizontal 2D shoot’em up that introduces gameplay mechanics such as bullet counter and blast pods. The player takes the role of Tenguman, a long-nosed goblin who wakes up after a thousand year sleep to see the world overrun by an army of mythical pranksters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Action 31.2%, Indie 22.6%, Anime 13.9%
Zenodeath is the final entry in the Zeno series, the final evolution, featuring a modern OST by HeavyViper and two gameplay types.
Why similar: Action 41.6%, Indie 32%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.4%
Senko no Ronde 2 is a fast-paced one-on-one action game offering an eclectic mix of the shooting and fighting genres in a mech-filled bullet ballet played out in space! And with Zuntata alumnus Yasuhisa Watanabe on board, you can expect a superb soundtrack too.
Why similar: Mechs 40.5% ★, Action 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.2%, Anime 10.9%
That witches come back undergone a power-up further! New character is entered! All 6stages Arcade version of all re-adjust the resolution of the base in 1280x720! "Magic Circle system" is easy-to-use adjustment! Full voice all by the story undergoes new writing.
Why similar: Action 32.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Indie 24.2%, Anime 13.6%
In this 2D arcade game, your body is the weapon. Shoot the tri out of yourself and recall it back to you to take out a constant onslaught of rogue polygons. Unlock all the tri modifiers and get as high of a score as possible!
Why similar: Action 41.6%, Indie 32%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%
Chronoblast Maximum Force is a fast paced bullet shooter inspired by arcade classics. Keep your finger on the trigger at all times in this challenging arcade game.
Why similar: Action 37.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Indie 28.8%
Mecha Hack'n'Slash "Damascus Gear: Operation Osaka HD Edition", is now out on Steam with full HD graphics! Pilot your humanoid mecha "GEAR", alongside with your dependable operator! Will you be able to pay off your debts before the due date?
A classic style vertical scrolling-shooter. Includes 10 levels and 10 boss enemies. You will have several power-ups for weapon modification. Within each level, you will face different enemies, among which will vary from low to extreme levels of threat!
Why similar: Indie 41.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Action 24.6%
Lucid Aether is a new kind of bullet hell shoot 'em up game.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 31.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%
Now you can select your control style in 3 different ways!. 6 different upgradeable space interceptors, 9 different weapons. You can supply in your carrier and upgrade her defenses. Shoot enemies down. That's all.
Why similar: Action 40.6%, Indie 31.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.2%
Fatal wings is a classic top down space shoot ‘em. Playing as the last resistance fighters from the similian colony in planet Lithios against a brutal attack led by vernor’s forces
Why similar: Action 45.1%, Indie 34.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%
A physics based, arcade, high score chaser with a progression system and a fetish for the 80’s. In The Real Laser Ball you’re a ball… with a laser.
Why similar: Action 47.2%, Indie 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%
After an alien arives in Brazil, the brazilian army created the FEB - Brazilian Elite Force, a high tech agency with only the best of the bests. Choose one of three agents: Samanta, Zolrys and Silva, and save Brazil from an alien invasion in this 2D platform/shooter game.
Why similar: Action 45.7%, Indie 35.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.6%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28%
Victory Saber 2D is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade video game with Locking-on shooting mechanic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.2%, Mechs 34.6% ★, Action 22.8%, Indie 6.4%
GRAY GROFA is an unparalleled side-scrolling shooter puzzle game developed for the 8-bit MSX computer. 2 years have been spent hand-tuning the game's visuals, movements and puzzles in a tireless pursuit for aesthetic perfection.
Dantes Bullet Inferno is a shoot-em-up where the player fights against hell as Dante. This top down shooter includes a speedrun mode called time-dilation.
Why similar: Action 48.6%, Indie 37.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%
Special action games
Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.8%, Action 31.8%, Indie 23.5%
Leap, fall, and perish — over and over again. Only the most seasoned platforming veterans will overcome the trials that leapoid has to offer.
Huge Enemy is a horizontal Shoot ‘em up that takes place in a dark sci-fi universe with Japanese influences.
Why similar: Action 32.5%, Indie 25%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.7%, Mechs 18.8% ★
STARCATCHER is an experimental wave-based arcade game, currently in development. It's simple, unique, and intensely hard. Protect the heart!
A tutorial for shmup beginners. Presented by Lightsaber Fairy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Action 30.5%, Indie 23.4%, Anime 14.4%
Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based single screen shooter with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack!
Why similar: Action 42%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Indie 28.2%
Dynamic game in the genre of Bullet hell. Destroy your enemies dodging the hail of bullets!
Why similar: Action 39.6%, Indie 30.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 30%
Cosmotic Blast is an asteroid game in an immersive experience. Stand amongst a swirling cluster of asteroids in space as you pilot a ship. Blast and destroy wave after wave of asteroids and collect the Cosmotic energy to enhance your ship, making it faster, stronger and more resilient.
Why similar: Action 47.2%, Indie 36.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%
