- #1 Kanamono
97% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Karai
Windows
Destroy your enemies and use the scraps that come out to destroy them even more! Side-scrolling space fantasy shooting game, that is "Kanamono".
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 37.5%, Action 11.5%, Shooter 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #2 Shooting Saucer
96% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: SinksAdventure
Windows
A flying saucer chases you all over the galaxy. Run away, defeat enemies, and evolve to avoid getting abducted
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Side Scroller 27.9%, Platformer 11.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Linear 6.4%
- #3 Win The Diamond
96% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: RealStorm Entertainment
Windows
Win The Diamond is a 3d side scroller action adventure sci-fi shooter game. Where, there is a Diamond hidden some where in the Level. The player needs to find the Diamond and collect it, in order to win the Diamond. But collecting it will not be an easy task.
Why similar: Side Scroller 27.4%, 3D Platformer 22.6%, Action 16.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Shooter 12.9%
- #4 Santa's Monster Shootout
95% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: EntwicklerX
Windows
Monsters and Zombies from all the world are trying to steal the gift packages, they want it all and they want it now. But Santa has guns, big guns!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Side Scroller 28.4%, Action 15.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Gore 8.8%
- #5 Beer Gunner
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Des Interactive
Windows
A fast-paced run-and-gun shooter in the spirit of the classics — shoot, jump, and shred monsters to energetic music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.6%, Side Scroller 24.8%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 9.5%, Platformer 9.1%
- #6 Arena Brutal
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Giant Eagle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shoot lead & blow heads in Arena Brutal, an action shooter that'll put your weapons proficiency to the test! You'll need to manage the uniquely simulated recoil of each gun, keep on top of ammo & avoid getting your face blown off while speeding to the exit for the highest score & the next challenge
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.5%, Side Scroller 26.6%, Gore 11%, Platformer 10.7%, Shooter 9.6%
- #7 Reign of Bullets
93% matchVery Positive81% of 100 reviews2015
Dev: Critical Bit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Reign of Bullets is a shoot ‘em up with epic loot and lots of guns. Upgrade your ship and customize your weapons to build the ultimate fighter plane.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51%, Side Scroller 32.8%, Action 16.2%
- #8 Ballpoint Universe - Infinite
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 726 reviews2013
Dev: Arachnid Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ballpoint Universe Infinite is a shoot-em-up adventure game featuring artwork entirely drawn in ballpoint pen. Explore immaculate worlds, discover the secrets of the doodles, and customize your Ink-Ship for battle! Press"Ballpoint Universe Infinite is too exuberant to ignore.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 45.9%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Action 12.4%, Shooter 6.5%
- #9 DRUNKEN BARON
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Florian Schäfer
Windows
DRUNKEN BARON is a fast-paced 2D arcade shooter inspired by classic flappy-style games. Keep your plane in the air by tapping the button, fly through chaotic corridors, shoot invading aliens, drop bombs, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 11.7%, Old School 8.6%
- #10 The 7th Sign Project
91% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Try-Estate
Windows
The 7th Sign Project is a classic 2D-platformer action game inspired by Doom, Quake, Abuse, and Painkiller games. Our goal is to entertain the player with massive enemy fights, boss fights, and stirring music.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Platformer 14.2%, Action 13.8%, Shooter 11.4%
- #11 R-Type Final 2
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 816 reviews2021
Dev: Granzella Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.8%, Side Scroller 33%, Shooter 12.1%, Action 10.8%, 3D 2.6%
- #12 Spacewing War
89% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Pneuma GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Blast off for a retro shoot’em up experience filled with clever twists and secrets!
Why similar: Side Scroller 36.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Action 9.4%, Old School 7.1%
- #13 Twinkle Hunter
89% matchPositive100% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: Silver Cat
Windows
Twinkle Hunter is a 2D action game focused on boss battles. Become a hunter whose teddy bear was stolen by the great villain 'Twinkle Thieves', and experience journey to retrieve the teddy bear. Can you hunt the thieves who attack you in various ways and rescue the teddy bear 'Mari'?
Why similar: Side Scroller 33.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Shooter 11.1%, Action 8.8%
- #14 Mission Ammunition
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 102 reviews2017
Dev: Quantized Bit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The most secure prison facility in the country is under attack ... The city mayor called personally and asked you to take care of this problem.
Why similar: Side Scroller 30%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Action 20.2%, Platformer 14.4%, Shooter 9.5%
- #15 Wasp Wars: New Wasp Order
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CC164
Windows
Blast away wasp scum in Wasp Wars: New Wasp Order! Shoot your way through 12 scenic stages of trees, metal, and more, to eliminate the Wasp Army once and for all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.5%, Side Scroller 26.9%, Action 15.1%, Shooter 13.3%, Old School 9.1%
- #16 Gun Rage
87% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Denis Galewski
Windows
Gun Rage is an old-school, fast-paced, side-scrolling run and gun, with 16-bit era graphics, inspired by greatest classic games of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Side Scroller 20.1%, Old School 10.9%, Platformer 10%, Gore 9.2%
- #17 OneHanded
85% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: LarcenistGames
Windows
Short Retro style sci-fi 3d shooter-platformer with shooting mechanics, where you play as a cyborg shooting and escaping from enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, 3D Platformer 21.5%, Action 15.4%, Platformer 15.1%, Shooter 12.3%
- #18 Zeit²
86% matchPositive83% of 42 reviews2011
Dev: Brightside GamesPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 26%
Zeit² brings a new twist to the traditional side-scrolling, 2D, shoot-’em-up game sporting a unique time travel feature never seen before in this genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.3%, Side Scroller 26.8%, Action 17.8%
- #19 Beautiful Life Show
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fukudanuki
Windows
Welcome to the deadly stage of The Beautiful Life Show a side-scrolling horror action adventure. As the star of a bizarre performance, you face fatal trials. Rewind time 3 seconds before death and collaborate with your replay ghost. Will you survive to witness what lies beyond the abyss?
Why similar: Side Scroller 38.5%, 3D Platformer 24.7%, Action 9.3%, Gore 8%, Violent 7.3%
- #20 C-RUSH
84% matchMostly Negative23% of 105 reviews2014
Dev: Artnumeris
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 17%
C-RUSH is an old school Shooter, with HD graphics.A new threat is coming from the space; the plasma insects. Exterminate the vermin!!Beat your own score and compare it with the other players !Key Features:- One ship with different positions to use- Different Gameplay according to the positions and shoots- A Schmup where you need...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 59.4%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Action 14.1%, Shooter 9.9%
- #21 ZURD HUNT
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DVPub: David Vecchione
Windows
In the year 2,000,000,009, a team of bounty hunters infiltrates a massive facility swarming with hostile AI. Can they find Zurd?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.4%, Side Scroller 27.1%, Action 14.8%, Platformer 8.2%, Linear 7.1%
- #22 Starxia
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Mastiff Studio
Windows
Starxia is an old-fashioned side-scrolling space shooter. Step into the role of a Pilot and use your ship to eliminate hordes of fierce enemies. A compelling story and many interesting characters await you in this adventure. Take over the controls and fly into the vacuum of space. Let the hunt begin
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Action 9.4%, Linear 6.9%, Old School 5.5%
- #23 Victory Saber 2D
82% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Zephyr Studio Limited
Windows · Linux
Victory Saber 2D is a horizontal scrolling shooter arcade video game with Locking-on shooting mechanic.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.4%, Side Scroller 22.2%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 14%, 3D 4.9%
- #24 Forest Fury
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: CouraGGe ent.
Windows
Get ready for adventures, gather allies, and uncover the secrets of Forest Fury! Your forest is waiting for you to cleanse it of dark forces and restore its former beauty.
Why similar: Side Scroller 42%, Shoot 'Em Up 38.9%, Shooter 12.2%, Action 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #25 R-Type Dimensions III
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KRITZELKRATZ 3000Pub: ININ
Windows
Building on the legacy of R-Type Dimensions and R-Type Dimensions EX, Dimensions III has been completely re-envisioned with cutting-edge visuals and sounds, expanded gameplay modes, and a range of new features designed to deliver the most definitive modern edition of R-Type’s classic era.
Why similar: Side Scroller 33%, Shoot 'Em Up 32.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 8.1%, Linear 6%
- #26 Black Otaku - SOS HD
80% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Def Sauce
Windows
Big guns have begun an attack on YOUR communities, and trust, bredren, YOU DI ONLY BLACK MAN DAT CYAN STOP DEM ...and di only way to stop dem, is to run-right and shoot everything that moves!!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Side Scroller 29.4%, Shooter 12.2%, Platformer 9.7%, Action 9.6%
- #27 The Rift Rebels
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Playthrough Experience
Windows
An unknown force from a parallel reality trapped Earth’s energy in three runes. The best resistance fighters have been sent on a critical mission to destroy the runes and seal the dimensional rift.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 25.6%, Action 15.2%, Platformer 13.7%, Old School 8.4%
- #28 HopStepHotspring
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: MonochromeTales
Windows
HopStepHotspirng is a simple jumping action game Using a simple but deep 3-step jump Let's overcome various terrains to reach the legendary secret hot spring together with the main character, Atsumi.
Why similar: Side Scroller 35.9%, 3D Platformer 29.1%, Action 18%, Atmospheric 10.2%, 3D 5.9%
- #29 Weird Hero
79% matchMixed68% of 209 reviews2016
Dev: Snail-Ninja Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Weird Hero is a humorous and challenging shoot'em up where the hero, SuperMegaDude, battles countless foes with his arsenal of weird weapons: the Flickinator, the Atomic Toaster, a magician's hat and other strange devices.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.8%, Side Scroller 25.4%, Action 20.4%, Platformer 14.2%, Shooter 10.5%
- #30 Sorcery of Ruin, Sword, and Red Hood
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AOMI Design Studio
Windows
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter: ‘The Adventure of the Little Girl in the Red Hood and Little Bird Companion in a World of Swords and Magic!’ If you can read the enemy attacks and dodge the ones you should avoid, it might be surprisingly straightforward (All dodging them is perfectly fine too).
Why similar: Side Scroller 44.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 40.8%, Action 14.9%
- #31 Shadow and darkness
77% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Soomka Games
Windows
You are a explorer of new planets. As it turned out, other planets are inhabited by shadows that are very hostile. Your task is to survive several waves to win.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.7%, Side Scroller 31.3%, Action 16.9%, Shooter 14.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #32 The Splice Creatures
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badri Bebua
Windows
What starts as a battle against a minor evil may ultimately lead to saving the whole world
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.8%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Action 12.8%, Shooter 11%
- #33 Stellar Raid
77% match8 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: Berry Patch Games
Windows
Stellar Raid is a side-scrolling run and gun game inspired by the greatest classic games of the genre! With a variety of weapon upgrades at your disposal (including a support drone) you’ll charge through hordes of enemy mercenaries to take down one of the Universe’s most notorious space terrorists!
Why similar: Side Scroller 41.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 38.7%, Shooter 6.8%, Platformer 6.2%, Action 5.7%
- #34 Undead Trail: Haunting Shadows
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beyond Tiny Games
Windows · Mac
Play as a lone survivor in a creepy mansion overrun by zombies. Fight, solve puzzles, and hide to stay alive. Created by a single developer, this passion project promises a top-tier horror experience.
Why similar: Side Scroller 24.9%, 3D Platformer 13.3%, Gore 12.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Violent 10.4%
- #35 MechShell
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BevMaxGames
Windows
Pilot S.H.E.L.L., a weaponized snail mechsuit, and defend the Overgrown Realms. Customize your shell, unlock abilities, and squad up in 4-player co-op side-scrolling combat. Activate Battlefield Clarity to shift into first-person warfare.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Side Scroller 20.4%, 3D Platformer 16.2%, Action 12.9%, Platformer 11.8%
- #36 Iron Project: Reclaim
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vinicius OliveiraPub: Yu Game Studio
Windows
In a world devastated by machines, humanity places its last hope in a warrior equipped with special armor. Explore intense stages, face challenging bosses, and fight to reclaim what remains of the planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Side Scroller 28.8%, Action 14.8%, Platformer 10.2%, Shooter 8.7%
- #37 Icarus
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Denis EvansPub: Japster's Cavern
Windows
Icarus, a classic side-scrolling space shoot-em-up tribute! - Thumping soundtrack, Bosses, Multiples, Power-ups, Secrets, BIG levels... ...Give the (free) work in progress / teaser demo a try!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.4%, Side Scroller 33.7%, Action 10.3%, Shooter 7.5%, Old School 6.9%
- #38 Missing Banban
72% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2025
Dev: Simon CarnyPub: Euphoric Brothers
Windows
Grab your weapons and delve into this action side-scroller intense adventure. Jump around and explore the insane levels. Shoot and dodge your way through enemies. Fight to find your friend and solve the disappearance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.9%, Side Scroller 33.4%, Platformer 13.5%, Horror 7.2%, Linear 6.3%
- #39 Coal Road
73% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: BUstation
Windows
This is a horizontal shooter game. The story takes place in a city infected by "coal", where most people have become coal zombies. When the government learned of the great changes in the city, it sent two elite soldiers to investigate the situation.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Side Scroller 28.2%, Platformer 15%, Shooter 13.7%, Action 10.3%
- #40 Cuzuco
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Screaming Armadillo
Windows
Challenge yourself and demonstrate your precise high-speed hand control to help our little armadillo get back home as fast as possible in this fair but unforgiving platformer game.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.8%, 3D Platformer 25.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Action 12%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #41 Habroxia 2
73% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Lillymo Games
Windows
Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38%, Side Scroller 29.9%, Action 17.3%, Shooter 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #42 Celestia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devon Meyer
Windows
Celestia is a solo-developed indie game. An angelic bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you defeat enemies throughout the skies, and relax on a floating island with your companions.
Why similar: Side Scroller 39%, Shoot 'Em Up 34.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Action 9%, Linear 5.5%
- #43 Humanity Asset
74% matchMostly Negative31% of 509 reviews2014
Dev: Browny ApplicationPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Humanity Asset is a Metroid-style 3D platformer that pays homage to the traditional retro classic shoot ‘em up genre. Aliens have invaded Earth to strip the planet of its resources, to save their own dying planet. As in all classic shoot 'em ups, only you can save the day - now there’s a surprise!
Why similar: Action 34.3%, Side Scroller 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Platformer 18.3%
- #44 Chronicles of Childhood
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Georgios Gyftopoulos
Windows
A story-rich, platform, side-scroller in the coming of age genre. Travel around the Fantasy World of "Chronicles of Childhood", with your slingshot at hand. Fight and avoid imaginative creations, to finish all the levels and discover what does it really mean to grow up.
Why similar: Side Scroller 41.8%, 3D Platformer 25.7%, Platformer 15.1%, Action 11.3%, 3D 5.6%
- #45 Ondine: Prototype
70% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Pier38
Windows · Mac
Collect souls, level your weapons, and unleash devastation in one of the most mechanically complex 2D shooters ever made.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Side Scroller 23.1%, Action 16.5%, Shooter 14.7%, Platformer 5.2%
- #46 Gearbits: Gear Angels
70% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Quackpond Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.7%, Side Scroller 30.1%, Action 15.7%, Shooter 14%, Linear 4%
- #47 Beyond Zero Line
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BIIMSPub: BIIMS GAMING
Windows
A nation is on the brink of collapse and you have been given a special order: rescue the trapped president. Run, jump, and gun your way across its interconnected districts full of enemies and secrets. Uncover the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, 3D Platformer 13.2%, Shooter 12.7%
- #48 R-Type Dimensions EX
71% matchVery Positive87% of 323 reviews2018
Dev: Tozai Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.8%, Side Scroller 29.8%, Action 13.8%, Shooter 4.6%
- #49 Before the explosion
70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: MOUSZZPub: JetGam.es
Windows
Space, emptiness and silence! Suddenly, a huge meteorite flies to the spacecraft and hits the engine, the spacecraft is damaged. You have only 3 minutes before the explosion to have time to leave the ship.
Why similar: Side Scroller 32.9%, 3D Platformer 26.1%, Action 17.5%, Platformer 17.3%, 3D 5.4%
- #50 Sigma Star Saga DX
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Half shoot-'em-up, half RPG! Blast through an intergalactic genre mashup!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35%, Side Scroller 29.9%, Action 16.6%, Shooter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 4.1%
- #51 The Next Kingpin
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madd Gaming
Windows
This is a mafia themed First Person Shooter game to become the next Kingpin. You will travel around the city streets filled with other mafia families who all feel they should be the Next Kingpin of New York.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, 3D Platformer 31.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 11.1%, 3D 5.2%
- #52 Shadows of Steel Moons
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shiv
Windows
Shadows of steel moons is an action-platformer with dark techno-fantasy style. The story of a valiant knight who defeats mechanical gods and monsters.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.5%, Side Scroller 32.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Shooter 7.3%, Action 7.3%
- #53 Jets'n'Guns 2
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,284 reviews2020
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 58.2%, Side Scroller 20.5%, Action 16.4%, Violent 4.9%
- #54 Along the Edge of the Sky
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Dark Star Nova
Windows
Along the Edge of the Sky is a dynamic first-person action-platformer where you must escape Limbo and reach the Heavens. The road ahead is tough, and you will need to destroy hordes of demons along the way. Can you traverse this path and not give up? In this thrilling escape, it all depends on you!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, 3D Platformer 21.7%, Platformer 14%, Shooter 12%, Action 9.7%
- #55 Soda Crisis
66% matchVery Positive93% of 3,188 reviews2022
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Soda Crisis is a fast-paced side-scrolling shooter game. You play a mysterious character of unknown origin, equipped with advanced high-tech gears and fierce combating skills - definitely the chosen one for this rescue mission!
Why similar: Side Scroller 37.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 30.9%, Shooter 10.1%, Platformer 9.5%, Action 8.1%
- #56 Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
67% matchVery Positive94% of 5,401 reviews2018
Dev: Rogueside
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.
Why similar: Side Scroller 34.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Gore 11.7%, Action 11%, Shooter 8.9%
- #57 Valfaris
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,694 reviews2019
Dev: Steel MantisPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
Why similar: Side Scroller 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Gore 16.6%, Action 15.3%, Platformer 14.7%
- #58 Night of the Scarecrows
68% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: StarCo Interactive
Windows
Wrong turn, wrong place. Now you are in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by horde of faceless creatures... and you are very short on ammo.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Violent 18.3%, Action 16%, Gore 10.1%, Old School 9.5%
- #59 LASERPITIUM
68% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: THE REETEAM
Windows
Free the galaxy by destroying the EVA program and its artificial planet HELOS. In this 2D shoot'em up, take control of one of the three ships of your choice and go to the different planets to eliminate each threat. 1 or 2 Player coop.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.4%, Side Scroller 29.9%, Action 16.6%, Shooter 6.6%, Linear 5.5%
- #60 Jet Gunner: Refueled
65% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Sinclair StrangePub: Clickteam
Windows
Jet Gunner is reloaded, remade and refueled for a new explosive 8-bit adventure. Relive the past glory days where VHS was king, phones didn't have screens and you'd have to blow into a cartridge to get your gaming fix.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Side Scroller 25.3%, Platformer 14.3%, Shooter 11.8%, Action 11.4%