Games Like Victory Saber 2D

This is a 2.5D vertical scrolling shooting game. Use your ingenuity to fight your way to a high score.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.2%, Mechs 24.9% ★, Shooter 15%, Sci-fi 7.6%, 2.5D 7.2%

In this Shoot'em, you fight against an alien swarm of pollinators taking over the system! With your laser beam, Blast through waves of enemies, traverse challenging puzzles, and reclaim control in this fast-paced shooter. Step up to the challenge and push back the alien invaders!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Shooter 15%, Side Scroller 13.4%, Space 8.2%, 2.5D 8.1%

70s giant robot anime-inspired side-scrolling shooting from the creators of SATAZIUS and GIGANTIC ARMY!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Mechs 29.7% ★, Shooter 9.1%, Action 8.7%, Anime 7.3%

In a valley flooded with bullets, your next challenge rises from a heap of scraps. This time there aren't blue hedgehogs or mega men to save you. Hop in and become the Blue Rider!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.3%, Mechs 21.4% ★, Shooter 14.6%, Action 12%, Robots 8%

The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Mechs 21% ★, Side Scroller 12.9%, Shooter 10.9%, Robots 6.8%

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 40.2%, Side Scroller 18.2%, Shooter 17.3%, Space 8%, Action 7.8%

Master the three weapons that change according to the humanoid robot form and fighter form, destroy the scattered enemy attack targets, and finally defeat the boss standing in your way!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30%, Mechs 27.1% ★, Shooter 15.1%, Robots 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%

2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.9%, Shooter 18.2%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Action 10.7%, Space 6.4%

Bydo Missions in Your Pocket — Beyond Dimensions, the Melody of Two “R”s.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Mechs 21.8% ★, Shooter 12.8%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Space 8.3%

B.A.D is an intense and enjoyable Shoote'em up game that captures the feeling of controlling a mass-produced humanoid robot (Battle Armor) piloted by a single soldier while keeping the realistic fast-paced action in a dramatic large scale conflict, from various Factions of Earth and Mars.

Why similar: Mechs 30.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.6%, Shooter 12.6%, Action 9.8%, Robots 9.1%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Shooter 15.4%, 2.5D 12.9%, Space 6.1%

Pilot the all-powerful cell destroying Desolazor gunship and eradicate the mutagenic genotoxic pathogen before it consumes the entire galaxy. Soar through waves of threatening enemies and bosses beyond 6 stages packed with action, explosions, and lasers!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.7%, Shooter 22.7%, Action 12%, Sci-fi 9%, Indie 2.9%

Single Player Shooting Game with 2D Collision Detection and 3D Rendering

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.7%, Shooter 24.4%, Action 11.3%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 41%, Side Scroller 24.1%, Shooter 18.4%, Action 9.7%, Indie 4.6%

classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.3%, Mechs 20.4% ★, Side Scroller 13.8%, Shooter 11.9%, Space 10.6%

Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Shooter 15.7%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Action 10.5%, Indie 8.7%

A Blast from the Past is a stunning, classic arcade shooter. Includes gameplay modes for the casual gamer through to "Tournament Mode" for Hi-Score hunters! With 4K/360Hz+ support, experience smooth as silk gameplay in this dazzling arcade blaster with something for every arcade-going fan!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.3%, Shooter 17.9%, 2.5D 13.6%, Action 7.3%, Space 7.2%

Pilot your Vangard and battling against various enemies and bosses. Astral Vangard is a casual game with rogue-like elements in a futuristic world filled with Mecha. You can choose their own Vangard with different start weapon and characteristics, improving their abilities as they advance.

Why similar: Mechs 23% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Side Scroller 10.9%, Shooter 10.5%, Robots 7.2%

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 58.5%, Shooter 14.2%, Action 10.6%, Side Scroller 9.4%, Indie 7.3%

The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.4%, Mechs 12.9% ★, Shooter 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.4%, 2.5D 8.5%

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 35.4%, Shooter 20.3%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Action 12.5%, Space 8.6%

Lock On. Light Up. Lay Waste. Demon Protocol is a retro arcade space shooter with 25 waves of relentless enemies, 4 brutal bosses, and power-ups to keep you fighting. Choose your difficulty and see how far you can push before the demons win.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.2%, Shooter 22.5%, Action 13.7%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 48.3%, Shooter 12.9%, Side Scroller 8.6%, Space 7.7%, Action 7.2%

Become a nimble mech and defeat bosses while dodging a barrage of missiles in this top-down 3D dodge'm-up inspired by mecha anime and Itano Circus!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Mechs 19.5% ★, Shooter 18.1%, Action 10.5%, Robots 5.8%

The year is 2248. You play as Anthea, a pilot for the Spacing Guild. She's battling a pirate fleet. During the game, you'll need to destroy four leader ships.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 55.2%, Shooter 17.1%, Action 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Space 6.5%

Echoes is back with a bang and in 3D! More intense and eye bleeding than before, with the action coming at you from the sides, above and below.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 53.5%, Shooter 26.4%, Action 12.7%, Indie 7.4%

Speyarranoth is a classic sci-fi space asteroid shooter in 3D. You control the game using WASD and shoot with the space key. It's wonderful to just blast full speed through the asteroid fields lasers ablaze and enjoy the explosive light show.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.4%, Side Scroller 17.9%, Space 11.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Sun Blast is the best 3d space shooter on Steam. Earn upgrades as you fight your way through a huge seleciton of levels. Full gamepad support!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 50.1%, Action 11.1%, Shooter 10.5%, Space 9.7%, Anime 7.3%

STURMWIND EX is a shoot-em up in the tradition of old arcade games. If it moves - shoot it!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, Side Scroller 15.1%, Shooter 13.7%, Space 10.4%, Action 9.4%

Your nightmares, now in High Definition! R-Type Delta HD Boosted brings back the dark, iconic shooter with modern enhancements, new music, razor-sharp graphics, and all the intensity you remember.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.1%, Shooter 19.9%, Mechs 13.7% ★, Action 11.9%, Sci-fi 5.5%

Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Mechs 17.4% ★, Side Scroller 11.8%, Shooter 11.5%, 2.5D 9.4%

make your way into their fleets to destroy them on their own field !

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.2%, Mechs 23.1% ★, Shooter 20.2%, Action 12.4%, 3D 5.2%

This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 53.4%, Shooter 20.7%, Action 11.6%, Indie 5.7%, Side Scroller 5.1%

Rym 9000 is a hyperkinetic shooter inspired by Akira, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Guxt. A treasure-hunting journey to the Moon developed by Sonoshee and composed by Roex. A unique high-octane experience conceived to stimulate your senses and make your eyes and ears bleed!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.4%, Mechs 23.1% ★, Shooter 13.7%, Action 11.6%, Indie 7.2%

Lock-on to an exhilarating sci-fi shooting fest with the trilogy which put Taito on the 90s arcade shooting map: The Ray Series, together in one collection for the first time!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 47.1%, Shooter 19.3%, 2.5D 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Action 8.7%

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 37.3%, Shooter 21.5%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Action 13.3%, Cartoony 5.4%

STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!

Why similar: Mechs 31.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Action 16.7%, Shooter 14.2%, Indie 7.7%

Half shoot-'em-up, half RPG! Blast through an intergalactic genre mashup!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.6%, Shooter 19.3%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Action 12.4%, Anime 5.7%

Blast off for a sequel that pushes every facet of 2D shoot'em ups to escape velocity!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.3%, Shooter 19.9%, Side Scroller 16.7%, Action 13.1%, Space 8.6%

Strato's Sylph is an air battle action STG based on the motif of fighter planes and beautiful girls. Set on the earth-like planet "Strange Sphere", the girls who wear weapons and run in the sky "Sylph" and The game depicts a battle with MARXII, a monster in the shape of a bee.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Mechs 31.9% ★, Action 17.8%, Indie 10.8%, Anime 7.3%

Absorb enemy fire, deflect incoming attacks, and survive intense side-scrolling battles in this reactive arcade shooter built around polarity-based combat and tactical counterattacks.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.5%, Shooter 15.1%, Side Scroller 12.5%, 2.5D 12.2%, Sci-fi 8%

A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.4%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Shooter 13.9%, Space 9.5%, Action 8.6%

Japanese boutique game studio G.rev makes its long-awaited debut on Steam with Strania!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 51.4%, Mechs 30.2% ★, Action 13.4%, Anime 5.1%

Huge Enemy is a horizontal Shoot ‘em up that takes place in a dark sci-fi universe with Japanese influences.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Action 16.8%, Side Scroller 14.5%, Mechs 14.3% ★, Indie 10.1%

In this classic side-scrolling shoot-em-up, originally published in 1989 for the Atari Lynx handheld console, take on the role of a starship pilot trapped in a web of 51 interconnected hostile universes by the evil spider Zendocon.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.9%, Side Scroller 19.2%, Shooter 16.6%, Space 7.8%, Action 7.4%

Hyper-5 is a cinematic shmup inspired by classics from the “golden era” of the 90’s. Responding to a distress beacon, deep space scout ship Hyper-5 is drawn into a terrifying battle with an unknown enemy.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.8%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Shooter 16.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Space 6.4%

Terra Bomber is presented as a two dimensional sideways scroller based upon the classic arcade shooters of the 1980s.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.9%, Shooter 20%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Space 13.4%, Indie 2.3%

You are the Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier defending Earth from a devastating alien invasion through nine levels of action platforming as well as blisteringly fast horizontal shooter stages. Originally developed for Super Famicom by Manfred Trenz, creator of the Turrican series.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38.9%, Side Scroller 18.3%, Shooter 17%, Space 7.7%, Action 7.2%

The 2017 Commodore 64 Game of the Year now available on Steam!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, Action 20.2%, Shooter 17.9%, Space 15.3%, Retro 6.9%

The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.2%, Side Scroller 15.5%, Shooter 12.7%, Robots 7.6%, Space 7.1%

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 35.7%, Shooter 18.4%, Side Scroller 17.3%, Action 7.6%, Anime 7%

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 56.8%, Side Scroller 20.8%, Action 13.9%, Indie 8.6%

"Where courage and conviction dictate, pull the trigger of your heart!"

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37%, Shooter 19.3%, Mechs 12.5% ★, Action 10.4%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Ether Vapor Remaster is a cinematic 3D arcade shooter and visual treat from developer Edelweiss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 67.3%, Shooter 13.3%, Action 7.7%, Anime 6.7%, Sci-fi 2.9%

Take control of the hyperdimensional fighter craft ‘ZanFighter’ and use its advanced warp functions to defeat an army of space beasts controlled by an evil scientist!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.1%, Mechs 23.3% ★, Shooter 13.8%, Action 8%, Robots 5.4%

Elyna X is shoot'em up (Shmup) for 2 players in cooperative mode.The year is 3864, mysterious ships appear and iniciate a terrible attack against planet Earth, It is up to Enyla, a courageous space pilot, to lead the space fleets in defense of her beloved planet.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.5%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Shooter 14%, Robots 9.1%, Action 7.7%

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 59.8%, Side Scroller 16.5%, Action 14.8%, Indie 8.9%

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 41.2%, Side Scroller 19.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Action 8.1%, Retro 5.5%

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.1%, Mechs 24.6% ★, Shooter 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Space 6.6%