Games Like Trace Vector

Inspired by the retro glory days of 8-bit games, Rex Rocket is a traditional 2D platformer brought into the 21st century. Paying tribute to classic NES games like Mario, Mega Man, and Metroid, old-school platformer fans will find Rex Rocket a breath of fresh air.

Why similar: Action 28.7%, Great Soundtrack 25.5%, Indie 23.3%, Adventure 22.5%

Jump back to the good old days of arcade machines with Void Invaders: a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up game inspired by classics such as Galaga and Space Invaders!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 54.8%, Action 22.6%, Indie 22.6%

Experience a fast-paced, single-player adventure mixing fluid motion, split-second decision making, stylized machine-age visuals, and a dynamic soundscape.

Why similar: Action 35.7%, Indie 33.3%, Adventure 30.9%

Luminosity is a fast paced arcade game. You take the control of a space ship and your objective is to close off the enemy drones and conquer a certain percent of the map in order to blow them up. Things quickly escalate and you face an increasing number of unique and challenging enemies and environments all trying to destroy your laser...

Why similar: Action 51.9%, Indie 48.1%

Get in your ship, push the throttle to max, and try not to die. Daily leaderboards where your name stays forever if you're good enough. Custom colors, custom music, YouTube in-game. It's free. What are you waiting for?

Why similar: Action 100%

Addictive fast-paced shoot-em-up with beautiful 3D graphics and an amazing soundtrack. 5 ships to choose from and 5 action-packed Stages.

Why similar: Action 53.8%, Indie 46.2%

Pivvot is a thrilling game of strategic avoidance that will consistently test and challenge your ability to make quick, impulsive decisions. As the game progresses, you will have to rely on your instincts and problem-solving skills to navigate down the winding path for survival.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.4%, Indie 29.7%, Action 22.9%

A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40%, Action 30.4%, Indie 29.5%

Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!

Why similar: Action 54.7%, Indie 45.3%

Instant Dungeon! mixes dungeon exploration with arcade action in the vein of the classic maze games from the 80s. Let Instant Dungeon! create a new dungeon just for you, complete with glittering treasures, vicious monsters, brutal boss battles, wild power ups and most importantly fun, Fun, FUN!

Why similar: Action 33.7%, Indie 33.6%, Great Soundtrack 32.7%

Intake is the new retro-futuristic drugstep arcade shooter from Cipher Prime. In this polychromatic love child of Dr. Mario and Ikaruga, you battle a never-ending barrage of pills, pushing your skill and reflexes to the limit to avoid a lethal dosage.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.9%, Indie 30.3%, Action 24.8%

Trace ribbons of light to release the energy in the music as you speed through stylised alien worlds. Battle strange enemies and fight epic boss battles all driven by an incredible licensed soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39%, Indie 31.4%, Action 29.6%

Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!

Why similar: Indie 42.6%, Great Soundtrack 41.5%, Action 8.6%, Adventure 7.3%

Vector is an exciting, arcade-style game featuring you as the exceptional free runner who won’t be held down by the system. In this totalitarian world freedom and individually is nothing more than a distant dream. But the heart of a freerunner is strong, and so you break free.

Why similar: Action 45.4%, Indie 42.6%, Adventure 12.1%

Ghost Blade HD is an intense bullet-hell shoot 'em up game, with satisfying and addictive score-based gameplay. With its inspiration going back to the shooting games of the 1990s era, Ghost Blade HD ties old memories to current tones and techniques.

Why similar: Indie 50%, Action 50%

Dispersio is a retro-style action platformer. As you progress through the game, you will have to use and combine special abilities, such as dashing, wall-jumping and more. There's even a hard mode for hardcore players.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.6%, Indie 31.7%, Adventure 29.7%

Taking to the stars in this six-axis arcade shooter, your ship flips at every angle, tackling enemies and mazes in a race to be the best that humanity has to offer. Collect the orbs and blast your way through 360° of pure synthwave action. Upgrade your craft and make your mark as the top starfighter of all time.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.7%, Action 27.4%, Indie 25.8%

GRIDD: Retroenhanced is an intense arcade-style cyberpunk hacking shoot 'em up with an incredible soundtrack, procedurally generated elements, and electric visuals.

Why similar: Action 50.8%, Indie 49.2%

RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.

Why similar: Action 51.3%, Indie 48.7%

Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!

Why similar: Action 100%

Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.8%, Action 35.4%, Indie 28.7%

Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.4%, Action 32.4%, Indie 27.2%

As a subatomic particle you start a journey into subatomic space! This arcade title takes you to the limits of your reaction speed - and with the powerful level editor you can create even harder challenges!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.2%, Indie 33.6%, Action 28.1%

Dodge. Drift. Dance through danger.

Why similar: Indie 34.3%, Action 34.3%, Adventure 31.4%

Avoid is a fast-paced arcade game that will test your reflexes!

Why similar: Action 56%, Indie 44%

Embark on a thrilling adventure through sheet music in Tadpole Treble! Escape predatory piranhas, flirtatious tadpoles and more as you make your way back home. Shoot for the top of the leaderboards, or create your own stages and music in Composition Mode!

Why similar: Indie 36.5%, Action 32.8%, Adventure 30.7%

An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.

Why similar: Adventure 51.5%, Action 48.5%

Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse!

Why similar: Indie 50.9%, Action 49.1%

Dare to travel the absurd and dangerous Orion Trail, where only the luckiest, bravest, and most stubborn captains will make it all the way to the end. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead in this single player choose-your-own-space-adventure!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.2%, Indie 23.9%, Adventure 20.6%, Action 13.3%

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 56.3%, Action 23.4%, Indie 20.2%

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.3%, Indie 32%, Adventure 16.7%

Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.

Why similar: Action 35.6%, Indie 34.5%, Great Soundtrack 29.9%

Return to the world of TRON with TRON RUN/r, a new lightning fast, action-adventure runner with a twist! Hone your DISC and CYCLE skills, then challenge the grueling STREAM program that throws endless combinations of modes and levels at you until you crash – how long can you survive?

Why similar: Action 100%

Don't Crash is a fast-paced space survival dodging game. Pilot the Argo explorer through shifting cosmic hazards, using speed, sharp turns to escape meteors and storms. Survival depends solely on skill as threats escalate. Push farther, chase higher scores, and seek the hidden Haven Sector.

Why similar: Action 100%

Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.2%, Indie 27.2%, Action 25.7%

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 60.5%, Indie 20.5%, Action 15.9%, Adventure 3.1%

Hyper Space is a “Dodge ’Em Up” Arcade game. Collect stars while avoiding space hazards to reach the highest score, unlock new skins, compete with your friends and travel through space to the most distant galaxies.

Why similar: Action 37.6%, Indie 36.1%, Adventure 26.3%

A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.

Why similar: Action 43.2%, Indie 42%, Adventure 14.8%

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 38.9%, Action 32.8%, Indie 28.3%

Dance to the rhythm with your mouse!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.5%, Action 33.2%, Indie 26.4%

Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Why similar: Action 52.2%, Indie 26.8%, Adventure 21%

Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 56.5%, Action 30.1%, Indie 13.4%

Deftly teleport your way through a cosmic obstacle course in this white-knuckle arcade dodge-em-up!

Why similar: Action 51.2%, Indie 48.8%

Dodge, dip, duck, click and point your way in this retro-arcade death trap! The invaders are approaching, the Mothership needs your help to defend the home systems. Climb aboard, ready your Navigator 3.1X fighter craft and select some targets for the big guy to blow back to hell.

Why similar: Indie 51.1%, Action 48.9%

Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.

Why similar: Indie 34.4%, Action 34.4%, Great Soundtrack 31.1%

Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42.1%, Action 29.8%, Indie 28.1%

Grav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controlled power attacks, increasing level difficulty, and endless procedurally generated levels are some of the features players will experience.

Why similar: Action 37.3%, Indie 32.6%, Great Soundtrack 30.1%

Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.

Why similar: Action 38.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.9%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 18.2%

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.6%, Indie 32.3%, Action 27.1%

Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.4%, Indie 34.3%, Action 19.5%, Adventure 6.8%

Emulate your favorite arcade games in an environment engrossed with retro realism and extremely detailed surroundings. Be filled with nostalgia and realise what arcade life felt like back in the 80’s/early 90’s.

Why similar: Indie 36%, Action 34.6%, Adventure 29.4%

Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation

Why similar: Action 58.7%, Indie 41.3%

Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 49.8%, Action 25.5%, Indie 24.7%

Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.

Why similar: Indie 52%, Action 48%

In the Arclight Arena, you fend off Glass Drones and other Player Pilots by swiping and slashing them away in glorious 4-way Sabre clashing combat!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.2%, Action 29.9%, Indie 29%

Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.

Why similar: Action 26.5%, Great Soundtrack 25.2%, Indie 24.9%, Adventure 23.5%

From gameplay to visuals to music and imagination, BIT.TRIP BEAT is inspired by classic games in every way. Get sucked into a whole new world of sight and sound as you juggle beats and ride the vibe in this modern look at the beginning of it all. BIT.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.1%, Indie 35.3%, Action 23.7%