- #1 Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX
97% 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 16%, Aliens 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Flight 12.8%, Bullet Hell 12.6%
- #2 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 16.3%, Retro 5.7%
- #3 Gamma Zero
96% matchPositive87% of 23 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 20.1%, Aliens 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #4 Raiden IV x MIKADO remix
95% 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 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Aliens 13.3%, Bullet Hell 12.5%
- #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 14.6%, Flight 13.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Aliens 12.3%, Bullet Hell 11.1%
- #6 Super Forklift 3000
94% matchPositive100% of 36 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 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Aliens 10.6%, Space 8.9%
- #7 Cosmic Brothers
93% 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 18.8%, Aliens 18%, Space 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #8 Slordax: The Unknown Enemy
92% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Aliens 16.4%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Retro 7.2%
- #9 METEOR COMMANDER
91% 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 18.5%, Aliens 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Flight 15.8%, Arcade 7.4%
- #10 Galaxar
91% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Exhibyte
Windows
Defend Terra against the onslaught of hostile invaders in this 2D top-down space shooter. Upgrade and empower your ship's different systems to stand a chance against the growing threat. If you fall, Terra falls, and the rest of the galaxy will soon follow.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Flight 14.8%, Aliens 13.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Bullet Hell 11.5%
- #11 Space Defense
90% 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 16.4%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Flight 14.2%, Aliens 12.5%
- #12 DRUM'N'BASS MASSACRE
89% 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 23.1%, Flight 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Arcade 6.3%
- #13 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 19%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Aliens 15.5%, Arcade 8.8%
- #14 Xmas Shooting - Scramble!!
88% 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 18.7%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Flight 12.8%, Cute 7.4%
- #15 THUNDER STRIKER
87% 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 20.9%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Flight 8.8%, Retro 7.4%
- #16 Dental Strike
86% 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 19.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Top-Down 6.2%
- #17 Exo-Calibre
85% 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 27.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Bullet Hell 18%, Cute 6.7%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #18 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 19.8%, Aliens 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 6.6%, Funny 6.5%
- #19 Sophstar
84% matchVery Positive100% of 103 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 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Aliens 14%, Space 6.8%
- #20 Starfighter Neon
84% 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 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Aliens 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Arcade 6%
- #21 Galactic Slice
82% 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 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Aliens 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Arcade 8%
- #22 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 25.5%, Flight 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Arcade 6.9%, Top-Down 4.7%
- #23 KALE - Grakonian War Campaign
81% 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 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.8%, Flight 13.9%, Bullet Hell 9.8%, Arcade 9.1%
- #24 Space War: Infinity
82% matchVery Positive90% of 126 reviews2019
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Flight 16.6%, Bullet Hell 13%, Top-Down Shooter 11.1%, Space 7.7%
- #25 Saturn Quest: Blast Effect
81% 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 17.3%, Aliens 15.8%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #26 Invaliens
80% 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 27.1%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Flight 16.9%, Aliens 13.5%, Arcade 7.2%
- #27 Galactic Explorers
79% 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 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Aliens 10.8%, Space 8.9%
- #28 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 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Arcade 7.5%, Cute 5.9%
- #29 Project AionIX
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AionBlaze Studio
Windows
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 22.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Aliens 14.3%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #30 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 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Space 8.6%
- #31 Endless Space Scrap
76% 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 19.1%, Flight 11.1%, Top-Down 9.9%, Bullet Hell 9.7%
- #32 AERA Flying Heroes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GLHF Studio
Windows
An adventure for all those who dream of conquering the skies. Choose your pilot, upgrade your ship, and make battles against waves of enemies and colossal bosses. Collect stars, unlock new missions and write your legend.
Why similar: Flight 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14%, Aliens 8.3%
- #33 Red Galaxy
77% 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 17.7%, Arcade 9.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%
- #34 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 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Space 10.1%, Flight 7.4%
- #35 Adorable Dog: Gnomeageddon
74% 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 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down 8.6%, Funny 6.4%
- #36 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 16%, Bullet Hell 15%, Arcade 7%
- #37 Orbital Invaders
75% 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 13.7%, Bullet Hell 10.2%
- #38 Generic Space Shooter
75% 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 17.8%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Aliens 12.8%, Space 8.3%
- #39 Neon Invaders
73% 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 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Aliens 16%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Arcade 7.7%
- #40 SOLSTORM
73% 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 20%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Space 7.5%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #41 Spaced Liberation
74% 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 18.9%, Aliens 18%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Arcade 7.3%
- #42 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 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Arcade 7.1%, Top-Down 7%
- #43 Nekopter
72% 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 25.3%, Flight 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Arcade 6.6%, Cute 6.3%
- #44 The Battle of Aurinoxia
69% matchPositive71% of 14 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 26%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Aliens 12.3%, Arcade 8.6%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #45 Quaxum Color Mayhem
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alympyan Arts
Windows
Battle through color soaked and mayhem paced arcade shooting action! Defend the Planetary Defense Shield (PDS) from the invading alien onslaught. Choose between charging the PDS and buying power ups to stay alive. You are the galaxy's final hope. Recharge, shoot, win! Will you save the galaxy?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Aliens 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Arcade 6.5%
- #46 USG
70% 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 22.4%, Aliens 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Surreal 11.5%
- #47 PRISMIDIA: Spirit of the Rift
71% 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 24%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Aliens 17.7%, Arcade 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #48 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 25.2%, Aliens 24.9%, Space 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Top-Down Shooter 6.9%
- #49 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 24%, Space 10.6%, Top-Down 10%, Top-Down Shooter 9.9%, Bullet Hell 9.8%
- #50 Jetpack Kiwi
70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Pitigamedev
Windows
Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!
Why similar: Aliens 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Flight 14.6%, Bullet Hell 14%, Arcade 7.3%
- #51 Akka Arrh
68% matchVery Positive85% of 66 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 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Top-Down 8.3%, Funny 7.9%
- #52 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 25.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Space 15.4%, Aliens 7.4%, Arcade 5.9%
- #53 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 19.6%, Aliens 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Arcade 7.6%
- #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 21.5%, Flight 18.2%, Aliens 16.2%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Arcade 7.2%
- #55 Neko Navy
68% matchVery Positive98% of 161 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 37.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Cute 9.7%, Action 5.3%
- #56 Star Jet Alpha
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valles Games
Windows · Mac
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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Space 12.3%, Arcade 8.8%
- #57 Gravitar: Recharged
67% matchVery Positive84% of 57 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 28.4%, Aliens 25.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.2%, Arcade 10.1%, Space 7.9%
- #58 Galactic Patrol
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Binx.tv
Windows
A lost 1998 arcade-style shooter returns! Fight through 25 levels and 300+ waves of alien attacks inspired by classic shoot-'em-ups like Space Invaders and Galaga, featuring top-down, side-scrolling, and rear-view gameplay.
Why similar: Flight 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 15%, Space 11.5%, Aliens 11%
- #59 Pretty Kitty Fuzzy
67% 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 20.4%, Cats 20.1%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Funny 7.9%, Arcade 7.5%
- #60 Truxton 2
64% matchPositive94% of 49 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 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Aliens 15.4%, Top-Down 9.1%, Arcade 8.2%