Games Like Touhou Chouhatsuyou ~ Burgeoning Tresses of Longevity

The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 9%

A thunderous concert appears...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, 1990's 8.8%, Shooter 8.6%, Arcade 7.7%

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: Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Shooter 7.9%, Top-Down 7.4%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.9%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 10.6%

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 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 8.1%, 1990's 7.5%

"Let's defeat the demon lord together!" A thrilling action-adventure of destruction!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shooter 10.4%, Anime 6.9%

Help Aru save Christmas in this humoristic, action-packed shooter set in the universe of QP Shooting - Dangerous!!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Anime 8.4%, Shooter 7.6%

Dininho sees an imminent threat on a planet within his system. Taken by a mixture of euphoria and concern, Dininho jumps into his ship and without thinking twice, takes off towards what may be the most dangerous and heroic adventure of your life.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 11.4%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 8.6%

Pamina VS Slimes is a fast-paced top-down arcade game where you defend your home from endless waves of slimes. Choose from 4 headpattable characters, master elemental strategies, and unleash powerful burst skills across 4 game modes. Get ready for non-stop action!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Anime 9.8%, Arcade 9.8%, Comedy 8.3%

High-School Heroines Take to the Skies!A fully-voiced bullet hell shoot-'em-up that's friendly to newcomers!Wipe out the AI robot army and save the day!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, 1990's 10.9%, Shooter 9.8%

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 24.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shooter 10%, Top-Down 6.2%

Magic Fairy Fun Blast is a challenging and fast paced arcade style bullet hell arena wave based shooter. You are a fairy that just wants to have fun but your version of fun is different than the rest of the world.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Shooter 8.5%, Arcade 6.9%

PowerUp and BusterAttack! Despite the beauty of the Danmaku aggressive playing leads to victory in this Makaism Danmaku shooter. The Danmaku Garden awaits you. There's even a cat!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9%, 1990's 8.5%

Popular vertically scrolling shoot'em up game Shikhondo is back and powered up! One day, the soul-starved Youkai escape from the depths of hell. Now, the story of the Grim Reaper and the girl who has fallen into this land begins!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Arcade 11.3%, Anime 7.7%

Shoot for the stars and help Latte train in her quest to become the top cheerleader in the universe! Use your Pom-Pom Blasts to pummel the competition while dancing through a downpour of endlessly raining enemy bullets! Ready? Aim. Fire!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 8%

Four years after their previous work “GUNBIRD,” a new, even more powerful five-member group has arrived.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 10.8%, 1990's 9.8%

A bombastic bug busting adventure! Play as one of four playable characters in their quest to to free their fellow elves from the clutches of an evil army of spiders. If they crawl, blast em all! Let nothing stand in your way.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 9.2%, Arcade 8.3%

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: Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.4%, Bullet Hell 10.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 7.7%

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: Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 8.6%

Punch through the cosmos! An arcade-inspired shoot-em-up where you play as an immortal lobster speeding through space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Arcade 11%, 1990's 8.5%

The Prism Warriors return for another helping of retro-styled bullet hell action. Face off against the sinister Twilight Four, and fight to save more than just your friends...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shooter 10.1%, Arcade 9.1%

The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Arcade 6.8%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Shooter 8.8%, Arcade 8.4%

Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, 1990's 10.7%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.5%

The ultra-hardcore, authentic vertical scrolling shooter game comes back to life in the modern age. Dodge, shoot, and destroy. Conquer all six stages and experience the real thrill of vertical scrolling shooter.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20%, Bullet Hell 20%, Shooter 12.3%, Arcade 11.7%, 1990's 11.1%

4D:XD is a top-down 2D bullet hell space shooter. Conquer the game with as few deaths as possible!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 8.5%

Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 7.2%

CRAZY APPLIANCES is a fast paced top-down shooter game! The elect robots are insane, heroes! Fight your way by using various weapons and powerful items to defeat them in different dangerous situation!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Shooter 9.6%, Arcade 9.4%

Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 8.2%

It's time for the death test, bullet believers. Prove your strength in the face of an ever-growing opponent.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Shooter 12.7%, Arcade 10.2%

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: Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shooter 8%, Arcade 7%

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: Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shooter 9.9%, Arcade 9%

Three years after Battle Marine a new battle is about to begin! Battle AirForce is the first orthodox style vertical scrolling bullet hell STG since NOKOGI Rider by SUZUKI PLAN. It was created in Z80 full assembly language, aiming at a level close to the limit of VGS-Zero.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Bullet Hell 18.9%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 7.1%

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 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 10.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 8%

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 20.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Shooter 13.1%, Arcade 10.8%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.4%, Shooter 11%, Arcade 10.1%

A shoot em' up with a manga inspired look. Destroy enemies, and use their salvage to gain more power.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Anime 12.5%, Cute 7.4%

1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Arcade 13%

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 20%, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Arcade 9.5%, Top-Down 6.5%

A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Shooter 8.9%, Anime 6.5%

Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 22.5%, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Shooter 10.6%, 1990's 7.9%

The first game in the TCSTRIKERS series. The simple controls make it fun for everyone.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Shooter 13.8%, Anime 9.5%, 1990's 9.5%, Action 7.9%

SHOCKWAVE TRIGGERS is an arcade high resolution pixel art shmup/shoot'em up, in which you use the power of Shockwaves and a good timing to get the most bonus from your destroyed enemies. It's simple: shoot, dodge, wait and SHOCKWAVE!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, 1990's 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Shooter 9.6%

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%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 11.1%

A fast, addictive space run where you weave through meteors, blast obstacles, collect coins, and survive wave after wave of rising danger.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 9.7%, Top-Down 7.8%

Shoot your enemies and try not to let them multiply themselves and turn the game into a chaotic space battle! Space Maxwell is an arcade shooter where your spaceship has the ability to destroy or to multiply your enemies. Climb the leaderboard and try to survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 9%

Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, 1990's 12.3%, Shooter 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%

The fantasy bullet battle to end monstergirl genocide! Turn hateful humans into lovable demons in this 90s arcade style shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shooter 9%, Arcade 7.7%

Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Shooter 10%, Arcade 8.3%

Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Bullet Hell 21.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Arcade 10.2%, 1990's 8.3%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 19.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 11.2%, Anime 7.9%

Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 7.9%

A Touhou-inspired bullet hell shooting game where you play as magic-using anthropomorphic characters. Explore Lunamara, a land full of magical creatures and youkai, and discover why the moon's rotation around Earth has been halted.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Shooter 10.3%, Top-Down 7.5%

Rock 'N Roll G.E.O.S. Wars is a completely new dimension of the original Rock 'N Roll game. In this game, players can work together to vanquish the space rocks that threaten Earth... or they can choose to face each other in a wide variety of duel modes!

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18%, Shoot 'Em Up 18%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Arcade 10.1%

Sai-Kyo's commemorative first title. Its simple controls and unexpected world setting sparked buzz, earning it the 1993 “Best Shooting Game Award” from several industry magazines.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14%, Shooter 10.6%, Arcade 10.1%

High-speed horizontal shmups in which many fairies fight together!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 25.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Shooter 12.9%, Arcade 12%, Pixel Graphics 9%

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: Bullet Hell 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, 1990's 13.6%, Arcade 8.6%

An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Arcade 12.4%, Top-Down 7.3%