- #1 Raiden IV x MIKADO remix
97% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Buckle up and blast off with Raiden IV x MIKADO remix! This classic arcade shoot ‘em up comes fully equipped with new music, battle modes, vertical screen play, and more!
Why similar: Flight 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Aliens 13.3%, Bullet Hell 12.6%
- #2 Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
96% matchMixed67% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: MOSS Co., Ltd.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Soar sky-high in Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX, an electrifying entry in the classic arcade shoot-‘em-up series! Customize your music, wallpapers, game mode, and more before launching into high-octane aerial action!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Aliens 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Flight 13.5%, Bullet Hell 12.6%
- #3 Zarlor Mercenary
96% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Epyx, Inc.Pub: Pixel Games UK
Windows
Top-down shooter action for the Atari Lynx handheld console. WANTED: Hot gun for hire. Travel to several exotic and dangerous places. Discover several exotic and dangerous aliens and kill them. Kill lots. For cash. Buy more weapons and kill again.
Why similar: Flight 18.5%, Aliens 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Retro 5.8%
- #4 Gamma Zero
95% matchPositive90% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Sinclair Gurny
Windows · Mac · Linux
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Aliens 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #5 AstroWings: Space War
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Toward Inc.
Windows · Mac
"Astro Wings: Space War" is a retro style, exciting and authentic bullet hell, space shooting game.This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Flight 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Aliens 12.3%, Bullet Hell 11.2%
- #6 Super Forklift 3000
94% matchPositive100% of 35 reviews2020
Dev: Marcos Game Dev
Windows
Super Forklift 3000 is an arcade space shooter with a twist: you drive a forklift that carries and shoots up to three boxes. Defeat enemies and bosses while managing your different box types. Be careful not to run out of ammo!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Bullet Hell 11.6%, Aliens 10.6%, Space 8.9%
- #7 Slordax: The Unknown Enemy
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: SoftdiskPub: Ziggurat
Windows
In this classic top-down shoot 'em up, fly the deadliest ship in the galaxy on a dangerous first-strike mission to annihilate an alien threat before they become too powerful to stop. Pick up upgrades from fallen enemies along the way and become an unstoppable force!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Aliens 16.4%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Retro 7.2%
- #8 METEOR COMMANDER
92% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Propulsion Studios
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Aliens 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Flight 15.8%, Arcade 7.4%
- #9 Space Defense
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Guilherme UemaPub: Uema Studio
Windows
You and your space troop have a tough mission to defend Earth from an alien invasion in this epic space war. Will you be able to guide your troops to victory?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Flight 14.2%, Aliens 12.4%
- #10 Cosmic Brothers
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: namjo-games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Blast through endless waves of asteroids and alien formations in this retro-inspired arcade shooter. Unlock new weapons, find powerful loot, upgrade your ship, and master devastating skills to survive the cosmic onslaught. Made with love by a father-daughter team.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Aliens 18%, Space 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #11 DRUM'N'BASS MASSACRE
90% matchMixed38% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: illuminatiPub: SA Industry
Windows
DRUM'N'BASS MASSACRE is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you destoy your enemies while performing unimaginable maneuvers using your interstellar interceptor, accompanied by original drum and bass soundtrack
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Flight 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Arcade 6.3%
- #12 Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!
89% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: Orange_JuicePub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.3%, Flight 12.8%, Cute 7.4%
- #13 THUNDER STRIKER
88% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: RETSUZANPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Flight 9%, Retro 7.4%
- #14 Exorush
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thrashmodule
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 16%, Aliens 15.5%, Arcade 8.8%
- #15 Dental Strike
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Joycat Games
Windows
A throwback to retro shoot'em up games typical of the 80s, where you play as a tooth fairy fighting against rotten teeth and bacteria using different abilities and special shots.
Why similar: Flight 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #16 Exo-Calibre
86% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Vampixel GamesPub: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
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 27.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Cute 6.7%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #17 Super Captain 3D
86% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: Team Gizmoid
Windows
Super Captain 3D is a shoot-em-up game where you become a Super Hero ready to fight the Pixel Invaders. It features an art style that combines 3D pre-renders with 2D pixel art. Use your Superpowers to protect the Universe!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Aliens 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Arcade 6.7%, Funny 6.5%
- #18 Sophstar
84% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Banana Bytes
Windows
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Aliens 14%, Space 6.8%
- #19 Galactic Slice
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: BulbIdeas
Windows
Galactic Slice sci-fi shooter game all about pizza, you use the WASD keys to move & the spacebar to shoot. Galactic Slice is all about an alien race wanting to destroy & ruin pizza forever, which simply cannot happen! Your job is to eliminate the aliens & save all pizzakind.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Aliens 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Arcade 8%
- #20 Starfighter Neon
85% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: MadeOfDinosaurs
Windows · Mac
You've been dropped into enemy space. Weave your Starfighter between alien spaceships, lasers, asteroids and bombs destroying as many as you can and collecting valuable coins and powerups as you go.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Aliens 15.5%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Arcade 6.1%
- #21 KALE - Grakonian War Campaign
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Inorganic Visions
Windows
You're here because no one else can fly this hell-run. Heroes died a long time ago. You’re what’s left.
Why similar: Aliens 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Flight 13.9%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Arcade 9.1%
- #22 Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
80% matchVery Positive97% of 357 reviews2021
Dev: YOTSUBANEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 27.2%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Flight 12.4%, Arcade 10.1%
- #23 Saturn Quest: Blast Effect
82% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Arkhouse TelegraphPub: Arkhouse Telegnosis
Windows
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a story-driven action adventure game set in the human-less galaxy far far away. Fly, climb, shoot, explore the world and fight the giant bosses in this 8 Bit style Space Opera, full of drama and epic.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Aliens 15.7%, Bullet Hell 13%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #24 Stellar Outcast: Arena
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Ink'd Games
Windows
Dodge, boost, and blast through relentless enemy waves in this vibrant arcade shooter. Upgrade between battles and become the ultimate space fighter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Flight 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Arcade 6.9%, Top-Down 4.7%
- #25 Galactic Explorers
81% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Caden KoehlPub: Koehl Studios
Windows
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Aliens 10.8%, Space 8.9%
- #26 Invaliens
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Galactic Droids Ltd
Windows
Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Bullet Hell 18%, Flight 16.9%, Aliens 13.5%, Arcade 7.2%
- #27 Popcorn Rocket
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Battle Geek Plus, L.L.C.
Windows
Popcorn Rocket is a silly food based old-school arcade space shooter. Pilot the Popcorn Rocket as you blast through hordes of food spaceships in order to save the galaxy from the evil Nebula Empire! With a wacky cast of heroes and villains, Popcorn Rocket will leave your stomach wanting more!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Arcade 7.5%, Cute 6%
- #28 Endless Space Scrap
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: GESpacecraft
Windows
Dodge, collect, and survive. Every piece of salvage you grab makes your ship deadlier and tougher.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Flight 11.1%, Top-Down 10%, Bullet Hell 9.8%
- #29 Red Galaxy
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: CSZgames
Windows
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 22.2%, Aliens 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Arcade 9.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 9%
- #30 Project AionIX
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AionBlaze Studio
Windows
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 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Aliens 14.3%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #31 Adorable Dog: Gnomeageddon
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Outer Pixels
Windows
The Gnonmeaggedon is upon us! Hold your ground against relentless gnome waves in a fast, unforgiving bullet hell. Master movement, manage space, and cut through swarms before they overwhelm you. Between attacks, explore biomes, rescue allies, save the village.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Top-Down 8.7%, Funny 6.5%
- #32 Invaders from the Third Dimension
76% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Nile River Software LLC
Windows
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
Why similar: Aliens 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Space 10.1%, Flight 7.4%
- #33 Neon Fuga
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Abyss in Stars
Windows
By choosing one of the two ships, destroy bizarre enemies in neon worlds.
Why similar: Flight 20%, Aliens 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Space 8.6%
- #34 Orbital Invaders
76% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: Shaggy Dwarf
Windows
3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.
Why similar: Flight 19.7%, Aliens 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Bullet Hell 10.3%
- #35 Red Blue Cell
73% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Liao Kai
Windows
This is a retro barrage flying shooting game. Drive a space fighter plane, shuttle between planets and space stations, and use powerful firepower to destroy enemy space battleships! !
Why similar: Flight 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Arcade 7%
- #36 Generic Space Shooter
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Aliens 12.8%, Space 8.3%
- #37 Neon Invaders
74% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Paul Connor
Windows
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Aliens 16%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Arcade 7.8%
- #38 Touhou Chouhatsuyou ~ Burgeoning Tresses of Longevity
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Drillimation Systems
Windows · Mac
A mysterious scent has caused everyone's hair to grow haywire...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Arcade 7.1%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #39 Pretty Kitty Fuzzy
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ninja Gate Studios
Windows
Pretty Kitty Fuzzy is a 2D "bullet-hell" shmup! Help Fuzzy save the universe with the power of love and positivity through nine whimsical stages. There are tons of lore and features in this puuurrr-fect shoot-em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Cats 17.2%, Arcade 6.4%, Cute 5.6%
- #40 USG
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Pollapee
Windows · Mac
'USG' Is a captivating vertical shoot 'em up featuring hand-drawn animations and a unique art style. Customize your run with multiple weapon upgrades
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.3%, Aliens 18%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Surreal 11.5%
- #41 The Battle of Aurinoxia
70% matchPositive75% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: N11 Games Division
Windows
A retro space shoot 'em up with pixel art graphics, unique enemies, tough angry bosses, and a killer soundtrack. You are among the first pilots to arrive in the system to mount the counteroffensive against the aggressors. Get out there and show these aliens the price for messing with The Alliance!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.8%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Aliens 12.2%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #42 Nekopter
73% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: Wampy
Windows
Vous incarnerez un petit chat tout mignon ayant pour seul but de retrouver le sommeil ! Malgré sa faible condition physique, il n'est pas du genre très tendre avec ces abominables créatures le dérangeant sur ses lieux de repos préférés !
Why similar: Cats 25.4%, Flight 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Arcade 6.7%, Cute 6.3%
- #43 Defender's Squad: The Last Ride
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: JMC
Windows · Linux
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Space 10.6%, Top-Down 10.1%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Top-Down Shooter 9.9%
- #44 SOLSTORM
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jerry Zhu
Windows · Linux
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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Space 7.5%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #45 9 Lives to Defend
69% matchVery Positive87% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Goldarait
Windows
Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
Why similar: Cats 28.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Cute 6.7%
- #46 Last Space Guardian
71% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Douglas Henrique LucianoPub: DHDevStudio
Windows
Survive 10 enemy stages! Shoot 'Em Up style, spaceship game, in pixel art and 8-bit retro music! Evolve your shot to the maximum level, use the energy bar for upgrades, and special abilities! Advance each stage by defeating Bosses and enemies to collect new skills, transformations and extra lives!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Aliens 24.8%, Space 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Top-Down Shooter 6.7%
- #47 QP Shooting - Dangerous!!
70% matchVery Positive93% of 515 reviews2014
Dev: Orange_JuicePub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice. Nothing can stand between QP and her pudding - not even difficulty options to reduce the experienced gamer to tears!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Flight 17.8%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Cats 12.6%, Arcade 7.7%
- #48 Quaxum
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alympyan Arts
Windows
Quaxum is a new age retro arcade shooter where you defend the planetary defense shield from the onslaught of aliens. Balance your energy between charging your shield and buying power ups to clear the screen of enemies! 50 levels of color mayhem! Recharge, shoot, win!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Aliens 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Arcade 6.6%
- #49 Spaced Liberation
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: hoiJesse
Windows
Spaced Liberation is a very small indie game about the liberation of a planet.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Aliens 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Arcade 7.3%
- #50 Akka Arrh
68% matchVery Positive84% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Llamasoft Ltd.Pub: Atari
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Top-Down 8.3%, Funny 8%
- #51 PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chain Damage Games
Windows
PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift is a sci-fi shoot 'em up game in the style of arcade classics. Dodge barrages of attacks, survive bullet hell bosses, and save Prismidia!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Bullet Hell 19.4%, Aliens 17.6%, Arcade 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #52 Netherspace
69% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Konstantinos Katsoris
Windows
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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Aliens 19.1%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 7.7%
- #53 Solitarius
69% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Brendel
Windows
Solitarius is a 2D top-down wave shooter set in a sci-fi space environment. It is a free minigame that contains six different levels, eight different enemies and nine different weapons. Instead of surviving as long as possible you have to make it through each level.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Space 15.4%, Aliens 7.4%, Arcade 5.9%
- #54 VERZEUS
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: RETSUZANPub: Henteko Doujin
Windows
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Flight 18.2%, Aliens 16.2%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Arcade 7.2%
- #55 Neko Navy
68% matchVery Positive98% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: DeathMofuMofuPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Flying cats versus 10,000 soothing characters! What awaits them beyond all those furious midair fights...? Witness the world's most shocking ending for yourself!
Why similar: Cats 37.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 29.8%, Bullet Hell 18%, Cute 9.8%, Action 5.3%
- #56 Space way: Echo of the Galaxy
65% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: My general
Windows
In this retro space shooter you will have the opportunity to take control of a space fighter and crush waves of enemies. Show all your agility and reaction!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.1%, Flight 26.5%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Arcade 7.3%, Space 7%
- #57 Barrage Fantasia
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: l3lPub: Hanaji Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Cute 8.3%, Arcade 8.3%
- #58 Gravitar: Recharged
66% matchVery Positive84% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Adamvision StudiosPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
The cult classic Gravitar has been Recharged. Complete missions in each solar system, navigating a variety of challenging environments, each with varying levels of gravity that will test your skills as a pilot before unlocking new solar systems to explore.
Why similar: Flight 28.5%, Aliens 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Arcade 10.1%, Space 7.9%
- #59 Truxton 2
65% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Bitwave GamesPub: Clear River Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The sequel to Toaplan’s shoot ‘em up masterpiece Truxton is a thrilling insane space action with an unforgiving difficulty level. Enjoy the visually stunning pixel graphics and vibrant music as you dodge the high-speed bullet rain and take on tough bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Aliens 15.4%, Top-Down 9.2%, Arcade 8.2%
- #60 Hexagonal Explods
67% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: lemoniedev
Windows
Hexagonal Explods is a vertical shoot 'em up game where you need to defend the earth from aliens. Collect power ups, fight funny bosses and... well... SHOOT THEM UP!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Bullet Hell 10.9%, Funny 8.2%, Top-Down 7.9%