
Embark on an exciting journey in a top-down western shooter inspired by classic NES action games. Battle through handcrafted levels, buy abilities, upgrade weapons to face multi-phase bosses in a world where a man's best friend is his revolver.
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Embark on an exciting journey in a top-down western shooter inspired by classic NES action games. Battle through handcrafted levels, buy abilities, upgrade weapons to face multi-phase bosses in a world where a man's best friend is his revolver.

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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.

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Control the line of fire. Take the shot. A retro pixel-art 1v1 western shooter focused on positioning and mind games.
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: Boss Rush 22% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shooter 12.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Arcade 10.6%
Control the line of fire. Take the shot. A retro pixel-art 1v1 western shooter focused on positioning and mind games.
Why similar: Western 36.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.8%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 6.1%, Top-Down 5.7%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Arcade 13.2%, Old School 8.8%
You play as Reverend Devlin, an unforgiving priest whose dubious past as former leader of Los Gauchos, a Mexican gang of gold-thieving gunslingers, has finally come back to haunt him.
Why similar: Western 49.5% ★, Shooter 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Action 9%, Top-Down 7.9%
Blast your way through increasing waves of enemies in this fast-paced top-down action-arcade shoot 'em-up while unlocking new levels, weapon upgrades and harder enemy types as you make progress in RED BLASTER!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 10%, Old School 7.2%
A lonesome crawdad mired in debt, you vie to topple the loan sharks and cruel robber barons who run your neck of the bayou. Lob your machete, sling your harpoon, and unlock 100+ upgrades as you battle and bet your way through this surreal 8-bit roguelike boss rush.
Why similar: Boss Rush 39.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Old School 8.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.1%, Arcade 7.2%
Dracs After Dusk is an arcade, top-down shooter. Blast through bloodsuckers as the sharp shootin’ sheriff of a wild west town. Battle the deadliest bosses, claim weapons from the Armory to fuel your leaderboard topping run. It's an old school quarter muncher but luckily you have unlimited credits!
Why similar: Western 39.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 5.6%
Face off in Don't Shoot First, a Wild West duel where timing is everything. Draw too soon, you lose. Wait too long… it’s over. Do you have the nerves to hold back and the reflexes to strike at the perfect moment?
Why similar: Western 50.2% ★, Shooter 12.1%, Arcade 11.7%, Retro 9.3%, Old School 8.7%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Arcade 11.7%, Old School 9.3%
Chaotic boss-rush, bullet-hell-y, twin-stick arena shooter mayhem! Dynamically changing arena forces you to be vigilant: Watch the bullets, watch the walls!
Why similar: Boss Rush 42.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Arcade 7.6%, Retro 6.8%
An intense, retro run-and-gun platformer western game!
Why similar: Boss Rush 35.9% ★, Western 20.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Retro 6.8%, Shooter 5.6%
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
Why similar: Western 43.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Shooter 15.1%, Action 8.5%, Arcade 4%
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 27.3%, Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 13.5%, Old School 12.3%, Retro 10.9%
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 29.5%, Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 15.4%, Old School 10.5%, Action 10.2%
Hyper Shapes is a frenetic minimalist Boss Rush where understanding the enemies attack patterns and weaknesses is key.
Why similar: Boss Rush 57.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 5.4%, Action 4.4%
Wild Willy West is a western top-down shoot 'em up, featuring action packed levels and instant death combat. Use an arsenal of magical bullets to blast your way through the old west, and take revenge on those who wronged you.
Why similar: Western 29% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Retro 8.3%
The Wild Outback is an arcade top-down shooter game in a Wild Western setting. It's a single player game where you join cowboys in the fight against an alien invasion of mutant animals and lazer-firing robots!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Western 28.4% ★, Arcade 14.5%, Shooter 9.2%, Top-Down 6.8%
Ride into a Wild West bullet storm in this vertical arcade shoot ’em up. Blast bandits, upgrade your firepower, and survive a ruthless retro-inspired challenge.
Why similar: Western 41.6% ★, Arcade 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9.7%, Top-Down 9.3%, Action 6.3%
A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Shooter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Supernatural 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
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 30%, Retro 21.1%, Shooter 19.8%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 9.4%
After having his brand-new car stolen by bandits, Jorge leaves home determined; shotgun in one arm and thousands of cartridges in the other, and he won't rest until he gets his car back from those evildoers.
Why similar: Western 51.1% ★, Shooter 13.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Retro 11.9%, Action 3.7%
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Arcade 11.9%, Old School 8.9%
Sunset Devils is a top-down action shooter, Where every weapon's unique controls must be mastered through the thrill of an old west gunfight. A classic spaghetti western story of vengeance, portrayed in stylish pixel art.
Why similar: Western 39.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Supernatural 18.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 3.9%
Escape the grasps of death in this top down co-op shooter where two ghost fight to return to their lives!
Why similar: Boss Rush 47.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 7.5%, Top-Down 5.3%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Arcade 14.5%, Action 9.7%
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 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 12.3%, Old School 10.4%
An infiltration and hide-and-seek game in 1v1 with multiple maps and powers
Why similar: Western 42.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Arcade 13.4%, Action 7.5%, Top-Down 5.5%
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shooter 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Arcade 12.8%, Old School 9.9%
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 32.1%, Retro 18%, Shooter 14.8%, Arcade 11.7%, Top-Down 7.6%
Touhou Renkyouto is a top-down bullet hell title starring the green-eyed Parsee Mizuhashi. Adventure from the Underworld to the surface and back again to solve an incident involving stray spirits causing chaos, and maybe help Parsee realize her love along the way.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Shooter 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Arcade 11.7%, Old School 9.5%
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 43.5%, Retro 13.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 10.5%, Action 7.5%
Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Shooter 15.4%, Arcade 11.9%, Old School 7.9%
This game is a tribute to the Run "N Gun games (Commando, Ikari Warrior, Heavy Barrel, Guerilla Wars, Mercs...) from the mid 1980's that you could find in arcades or on 16 bit consoles.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.9%, Retro 16.2%, Shooter 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Arcade 12.6%
"Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western world. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques.
Why similar: Western 41.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Arcade 10.3%, Dark Fantasy 8.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 5.7%
A fast-paced roguelike space shooter where every credit counts. Fight through dangerous sectors, upgrade your ship mid-battle, and convert your earnings into permanent power. Because when you die, you keep what matters.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Shooter 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Old School 9.4%, Arcade 7.5%
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 26%, Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Arcade 14.1%, Action 8.7%
PROJECT: FIRMAMENT is a top-down horde shooter where you blast through missions using a unique aiming system that puts quick-minded positioning, map knowledge, and loadout planning as the main contributors to your success.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 30.3%, Shooter 17.7%, Arcade 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Action 10.5%
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Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Arcade 13.7%, Top-Down 9%, Old School 8.8%
This is a top-down 2D shooter focused on fast movement and responsive combat. Take on enemy hordes and switch between a variety of weapons to survive. The game draws on classic inspirations, offering a focused experience. Tight action, simple controls, and shaped over two years of development.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 38.7%, Shooter 18.4%, Old School 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.8%, Action 8.4%
One Shot is a top-down shooting game set in the Wild West. A former sheriff, burning with vengeance after his son is kidnapped, heads into an outlaw hideout to wipe them out. Arm yourself well and prepare for one-shot kills.
Why similar: Western 41.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Arcade 6.8%, Top-Down 6.5%
A score-driven vertical STG built around aggressive grazing, medal chaining, and risk-reward survival mechanics. Dodge impossible bullet patterns, manipulate time itself, and push for the ultimate 1CC.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Shooter 14.6%, Arcade 11.6%, Old School 9.7%
Play as a survivor of the aftermath of a train wreck during the Western Expansion era. Traverse the haunting railway tracks of a rural settlement cursed by supernatural forces unleashed after displacing Native inhabitants.
Why similar: Western 44.6% ★, Supernatural 23.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%, Action 4.8%
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 25.3%, Shooter 18%, Arcade 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Old School 11.6%
They dug too deep! An army of darkness has been released! Now it's up to the faith and skill of Warren, a gunslinging priest, to close the gates of darkness and SAVE THE MINERS! Gameplay - top-down view, simplified inventory system, level randomization, endless maps, leaderboard, & arcade style.
Why similar: Western 48.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 28.1%, Arcade 13.1%, Action 4.2%, Combat 1.6%
Grimrush is a top down action game in which you must face off a gauntlet of seven brutal boss fights. Utilize three characters and a large selection of active and passive abilities. Balance offense and defense to take down the bosses and maximize your score!
Why similar: Boss Rush 49% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Action 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.9%, Indie 1.7%
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 32.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21%, Shooter 14%, Retro 10.7%, Arcade 9%
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 30.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Shooter 15.4%, Retro 13.2%, Arcade 11%
Peer beyond the veil and experience the ethereal in The Ghost and The Phoenix, a captivating neo-classical top-down shooter. Navigate the realms between life and death in this supernatural action-packed adventure.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Supernatural 15.6%, Old School 14.3%, Arcade 8.5%
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 27.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Shooter 16%, Arcade 13.8%, Retro 10.1%
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 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Old School 8.4%
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Shooter 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Arcade 13.4%, Retro 8.7%
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Shooter 13.8%, Arcade 11.1%, Top-Down 8.3%
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Retro 14.2%, Shooter 14%, Arcade 13.2%
A psychological action JRPG about control and collapse. Play as one of the ACP’s experimental supersoldiers and battle the Afflicted, humans warped by supernatural phenomena. Uncover the truth and question what remains of your humanity.
Why similar: Boss Rush 42.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Supernatural 17.2%, Shooter 9.3%, Top-Down 5.2%
A fantasy based arcade shooter set in World War 2 with frantic bullet hell shooter style gameplay and a bullet time slo motion mechanic. Take on the enemy forces solo or with a friend either in local co-op or online with STEAM's remote play together.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.8%, Shooter 16.7%, Arcade 14.2%, Old School 10.2%, Retro 9.2%
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: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Shooter 16.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Arcade 14.8%, Action 9.5%
Dive into the deepest pits of hell, shotgun the hell out of big bad demons then blast them out of the existence, do not hesitate or crumble or you will get humbled, fast.
Why similar: Boss Rush 65.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shooter 7.1%, Action 5.3%, Top-Down 4%
A colorful run-and-gun shooter with hordes of enemies, powerups, perks and diverse environments!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.5%, Shooter 17.4%, Arcade 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Action 11.2%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Arcade 13.4%, Top-Down 7.5%, Old School 6.9%