60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down Shooter, Action, 2D.
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
RedRaptor
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!
TCSTRIKERS5
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
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 23.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, 1990's 12.8%, Shooter 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 14%, 1990's 9.8%
A 2D top-down arena shooter. A freely scrolling shooter. Pixel graphics reminiscent of the SNES. Easy to control with the directional pad, two shot buttons, and a bomb button. Make full use of your two shots to smash through enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, 2D Platformer 12.9%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 10.1%
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 26.7%, Shooter 16.6%, Retro 11%, 1990's 10.3%, 2D Platformer 10.2%
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 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, 1990's 12.7%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 10.6%
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 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, 1990's 14%, Shooter 12.6%, Arcade 11.5%
The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Shooter 15.3%, 1990's 10.9%, Action 8.8%, Anime 6.6%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 11.1%, Retro 6.4%
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: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Shooter 13.9%, Arcade 13.1%, 1990's 9.5%
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 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, 1990's 13.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.2%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, 1990's 12.3%, Shooter 12%, Arcade 10.3%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 12.5%, 1990's 10.7%
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 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, 1990's 13.9%, Shooter 12.1%, Retro 7.5%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 13.9%, Action 8.3%
Influenced by classic top-down shooters like Sinistar and Bosconian, Shibui Coliseum is a multidirectonally scrolling shoot ‘em up for fans of fast-paced arcade action.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, 1990's 11.9%, Arcade 11.8%, Retro 11.7%
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 24.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Shooter 12.6%, 1990's 11.4%, Retro 9.6%
PCpill™ is an action-packed top-down shooter where you take control of the PCpill™ Antivirus to disinfect the hard drive of an old desktop PC. Use your PillGun to blast the rot away and restore your computer, one file at a time!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 12.9%, 1990's 9.2%
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 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12.5%, Action 7.5%
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Shooter 14.7%, Arcade 11.2%, 1990's 7.4%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
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 26.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 9.5%, Retro 7.2%
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 22.8%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 13.3%, 1990's 9.9%, Retro 8.7%
Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Shooter 14.1%, Arcade 13.2%, 2D Platformer 11.9%
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.1%, Retro 7.5%
Fast-paced vertical scrolling space shooter featuring intense boss battles, challenging enemy waves, and score-driven arcade gameplay.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 12.1%, 1990's 9.8%
A small topdown shooter in pixelart graphics.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 15%, 2D Platformer 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Arcade 12.3%
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 18.6%, Shooter 16.3%, 1990's 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, 2D Platformer 11.3%
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 19.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Shooter 10.2%, 1990's 10%, Arcade 9.7%
Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Arcade 13.4%, 1990's 10.9%, Action 7.5%
Tank Blitz: is a retro-style 2D top-down tank shooter where you engage in intense battles against a variety of enemy tanks, armored trains, and devastating railguns. Utilize the terrain for cover as you outmaneuver and outgun your foes in strategic combat scenarios.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Shooter 15.1%, 2D Platformer 15%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 9.2%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Shooter 14.2%, Arcade 13.7%, Action 8.9%
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, 2D Platformer 13.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, Arcade 11.6%
A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, 1990's 12.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 9.8%
The Saikyo-style system, trusted by players from casual gamers to hardcore enthusiasts, now features a new three-stage charge shot enhancement system, significantly boosting strategic depth. If you haven't played it yet, we urge you to give it a try.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 13%, 1990's 11.2%
An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Shooter 10.9%, 1990's 10.8%, Arcade 9.2%
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: Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.3%, 1990's 10.3%
Call Sign is Magic Liner is an old school Shmup with a new twist. You can strategically draw lines and defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 9.7%
ReCoil is a 2D Top-Down Shooter with a unique twist to it's genre. The recoil of your weapons launches you back.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Arcade 9.4%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
A PIONEER OF THE BULLET HELL GENRE BY TOAPLAN IS BACK!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, 1990's 14%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Shooter 13.4%, Arcade 12%
Everyone, gather at the YO-KAI Disco! The cursed shooting party begins! All past game modes, additional characters, and BGM are included at once!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Shooter 14.4%, Arcade 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.1%
The vertical scroll type Shoot Em Ups Game. The player-controlled fighter jet have the durable and can't be shot down in one hit. You will fight through the total of 5 stages, attacking enemies with missiles and lasers, blocking enemy bullets with shields.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, 2D Platformer 18.7%, Arcade 12.8%, Shooter 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
SOLSTORM is a classic hand-crafted arcade bullet hell, skillfully weave, and dodge through 9 stages with waves of projectiles as you persevere and see a space odyssey to the end!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Shooter 11.1%, 1990's 10.6%, Arcade 10.1%
Absorb matching enemy fire, unleash devastating burst attacks, and survive escalating waves of neon arcade chaos in this fast-paced reactive shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Shooter 12.3%, 1990's 11.3%, Arcade 11.1%
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 26.1%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.7%, Retro 9.3%, Action 8%
Simple vertical scrolling shooter with a bear as the main character, 5 stages in total
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 21%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Retro 9.8%
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 27.1%, Shooter 15.8%, Arcade 15%, Action 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Shooter 14.8%, 1990's 14.2%, Arcade 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
You are the Squad Killer! Blast through this retro arcade experience guns blazing! Hope you brought your reflexes because this pixel art massacre offers some good old hard core button mashing fun!
Why similar: Arcade 14%, Shooter 13.7%, 2D Platformer 13.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.1%, 1990's 10.8%
The Strait of Hormuz Mini Arcade is a retro-style 2D shooter where world economy is at risk! Shoot down attacking speedboats and missile launchers to protect vital shipping lanes. Forget high scores—your real objective is keeping global oil prices low to prevent total recession! Or switch sides...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.8%, Arcade 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Retro 14.7%, Action 9.2%
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 29.2%, Retro 14.7%, Shooter 13.5%, Arcade 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Clear the asteroid field before the Corpos hunt you down with their AI weaponry!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 15%, 1990's 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Action 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 25.5%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 15%, 1990's 9.6%, Action 9.3%
Gunbird characters go wild! A new sensation, ‘Block-Breaking Shooter’—combining the fun of block-breaking and shooting games—is here!! Simple controls make it enjoyable for everyone from kids to adults.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Shooter 15%, Arcade 14.2%, 1990's 12.2%, Action 9.8%
STAR SHREDDERS is a prologue to an extensive, story-rich SHMUP with strategic elements. Play as Clash, leading the Valkyrie force in the onset of an epic interstellar war. This teaser sets the stage for a larger adventure.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, 1990's 14.1%, Retro 9.9%, Cyberpunk 7.6%
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 25.7%, Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 13.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Action 9.8%
Survive endless waves of escalating enemies in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Dodge overwhelming attacks, master precision movement, and fight to stay alive inside hypnotic neon chaos.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Shooter 13.7%, Arcade 12.4%, Retro 6.7%
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Arcade 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 6.6%
An omnidirectional scrolling twin-stick shooter with pixel art reminiscent of the 80's.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Shooter 12.2%, 1990's 11.1%, Arcade 10.6%
Vertical-scrolling 2D shooting game with three types of weapons
Why similar: Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Arcade 15.9%, Action 10.1%
