Games Like Void Pulse

A vertical scroll shooter where deflecting enemy projectiles is key to success.

Why similar: Old School 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, PvE 10.4%, Shooter 8.4%

"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, PvE 13.9%, Shooter 9.8%, Arcade 8.8%

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 21%, Bullet Hell 17%, Old School 12.4%, Shooter 10.7%, Arcade 9.3%

Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Old School 15.3%, Arcade 11.6%, Action 10.1%

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 19%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Flight 14.2%, Old School 10.5%, Shooter 9.1%

A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Old School 12.7%, Shooter 11.5%, Arcade 10.1%

The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Hell 16%, Old School 15.8%, Arcade 10.5%, Shooter 9.3%

A classic shoot-em up where you avoid waves and waves of enemies coming and shooting at you. This is NOT a Bullet hell shooter.

Why similar: Old School 26.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Action 9.3%, 1990's 9%

The Zanac battle, which was supposed to have ended, was not over. To suppress the reactivated organic intelligence, Zanac takes flight once again!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Old School 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Arcade 11.2%

Geometrical is an addictive hybrid of a survivors-like and an incremental endless progression. Face waves of enemies, improve your stats after each round, and get ready to battle a final boss every 7 days. Will you be able to defeat the 5 great bosses?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, PvE 13.4%, Shooter 8.9%

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: Bullet Hell 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

You play as a young boy who dreams of being a famous astronaut who discovers alien worlds and life. One hot summer day, you fall asleep and into a terrifying dream made up of your worst childhood fears. Can you survive this nightmare of asteroids, space spiders, deadly skulls & more?

Why similar: Old School 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Arcade 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action Roguelike 7.2%

Fire up your blaster cannons and take on waves of enemies in this retro shoot'em up with procedural levels. Come back stronger with each attempt and beat the high score!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 8.4%

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 13.3%, Flight 12%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, 1990's 10.2%, Old School 9.8%

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 15.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 10.8%, Old School 10.7%

Reclaim the arcade. This is a high-octane space shooter where vibrant pixel art meets relentless alien armadas. Master your orbital defenses and survive the ultimate galactic onslaught.

Why similar: Old School 20.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Arcade 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

Defeat thousands of enemies that are invading Andromeda! Andromeda Survivors is a casual game with rogue-lite elements where you collect skills and upgrades for your ship to create amazing builds!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Arcade 8.6%

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: Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Old School 12.6%, Shooter 8.6%, PvE 8.3%

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: Bullet Hell 16.1%, Old School 12.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

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: Old School 20%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Arcade 8%

Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Old School 15.6%, Shooter 10.8%, Arcade 9.3%

Super Arcade Boy returns in a retro shoot ’em up with 8 levels, waves of Greenies, power-ups, and 8 big boss battles. Talk with the alien leader—then save the planet.

Why similar: Old School 14.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Bullet Hell 10.8%, Shooter 9.1%, Arcade 8.2%

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 18.5%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Arcade 9.1%

Retro arcade classic, Defeat a million invaders from another dimension in this side scrolling shoot'em up.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Old School 10.8%, Flight 10.2%, Shooter 10%

Spaced Liberation is a very small indie game about the liberation of a planet.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arcade 8.7%, Shooter 8.1%

Take your chance and feel like 10 again.😊To start let's meet this retro cutie.🚀 River Rush is reminiscent of an old vertically scrolling shoot’em up games.🚀 If you remember them, it's time to catch up with nostalgia. Or your father's nostalgia.😉 Board in and have some fun.👨‍🚀

Why similar: Old School 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Flight 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

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 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, PvE 13.1%, Old School 9.6%, Shooter 9.2%

Abyssal Tides is a fast-paced naval bullet-hell roguelite—pilot a sloop, stack upgrades mid-battle, and fend off 30 handcrafted enemy waves to save the world from the Void. Leap over rolling swells and crush your foes with arrows and cannon fire to rekindle humanity’s hope.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.9%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, PvE 13.7%, Shooter 9.1%

A shoot'em up inspired by the 16-bit classics of the genre.

Why similar: Old School 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Flight 11.4%, Arcade 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

ATOMIC GUARDIANS is a fully CO-OP arcade retro shoot 'em up, where one player flies the ship, and the other player mans the shields. Fight your way through a never ending horde of Brutal Bosses, Alien Monsters and Gigantic Asteroids as you rack up a new world-wide high score. Play with up to three friends, and see how long you can last!

Why similar: Old School 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Shooter 10.5%, Arcade 10.1%

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: Old School 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Flight 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%

Turn the incoming swarm of deadly bullets into your own weapon of chaos in this precision STG bullet hell. Grab and toss enemies, dodge and deflect torrents of bullets, and reshape the battlefield with explosive chain reactions.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.7%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, PvE 14.5%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 8.7%

Fight pests and insects to protect your garden!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 18%, Shooter 10.5%, Action 7.9%

A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Arcade 8.7%

In Survival of Exon, strategic combat is key. Eliminate foes to collect coins and upgrade your character, becoming a force to be reckoned with. As the difficulty ramps up, you'll need to strategically enhance your gear to overcome the onslaught and emerge victorious.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, PvE 14.6%, Shooter 10%

Clear the asteroid field before the Corpos hunt you down with their AI weaponry!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.9%, Old School 16.6%, Shooter 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Action 9.2%

Slash. Dodge. Shoot. Survive. A fast-paced arcade shooter packed with relentless enemy waves.

Why similar: Old School 16.9%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Arcade 11.3%

Triangle Service’s MINUS ZERO is a shooter that focuses on a tried-and-true shoot-’em-up weapon: the lock-on laser. It’s shoot-’em-up purity: just you, your lock-on laser, and a whole bunch of enemies. As long as you continue to blast away at the waves of enemies, you’ll maintain invincibility, but if you lose track of your position...

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, Old School 12.8%, Action 11%, Arcade 9.8%

Rick Henderson is back! Join the endless arena battle, upgrade your ship, upgrade your guns, upgrade your drones. Fight, upgrade, die, repeat.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, PvE 14.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 7.6%

Syder Reloaded revives the Syder series in this love-letter to 90s Amiga shmups with upgraded graphics and refined gameplay. Challenging levels, a fleet of ships and a motherload of alien invaders. Get back to your roots and curse at your monitor in this skills-first shooter.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Old School 12.8%, Shooter 9.5%, Arcade 9.4%

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 15.3%, Old School 15%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Shooter 10.2%, Arcade 9.1%

If your ideal is strong... Hold it tightly... even in death... The Swan EM-43DSC... A experimental fighter jet blasts through the skies of the New East/West. And as the pilot clutches his yoke, he commits to his rebellion knowing full well, that his mission is not for the faint of heart....

Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.8%, Old School 14%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

"Balls Mania!" is a truly unique game where the object is to get as many "blue balls" as you can without getting your own balls smashed! In "Balls Mania!" the more blue balls you have and the more "ball goop" you spill, the higher your score is likely to be!

Why similar: Old School 27.2%, Bullet Hell 22%, Arcade 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Action 8.5%

Join the quest to overtake the void and become a hero! In this game, you will slay your enemies in a point and click fashion and overtake the void for good, or so you think... Join the quest in taking over the void to find out!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.9%

An Incremental Rogue-Lite Game that is exactly the PERFECT difficulty. You have the ability to adjust your stats, your enemies stats, and even your enemy count. All of which reflect back to how many resources you acquire during the game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.1%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, PvE 17.4%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 6.6%

Pilot the tank Golgalian in an endless micro shoot 'em up inspired by arcades old and new. Blast mechs, dodge bullets, and compete on the global leaderboard!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Arcade 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%

Returning to the classic style of spaceship games in pixel art. Survive in space as many enemy ships and anything else that can destroy your ship, get all the advantages and improvements available to get your best score.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Shooter 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Action 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%

Can you survive against crazy cultists and be the last cult standing?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, PvE 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Old School 8.1%

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 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.8%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Old School 12.6%, PvE 11.6%

Collect allies and weapons in parallel worlds and defeat thousands of enemies. Rescue to the Parallel is a new roguelike game. Rescue characters to make friends, search for weapons and treasure chests. The route you choose extends your survival time infinitely.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.6%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, PvE 18.6%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

Single player, top down, retro space-shooter, destroy enemies and fight bullet-hell bosses, upgrade during runs and after them to progress further and faster.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 9.3%

The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.

Why similar: Old School 15.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 9.3%

Stellar Space is a new take on a classic arcade game with a modern, rogue-like, form for new players to enjoy!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, PvE 11.1%, Bullet Hell 8.7%, Arcade 8.5%

Dash through enemies, collect power ups and survive waves of enemies in this fast paced bullet-hell

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, PvE 15.3%, Arcade 9.9%

Bullet hell about destroying computers. Be the ultimate bug you ever wanted to be. Swarm those capacitors and break the boards! [THIS GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT]

Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.7%, PvE 17%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 9.6%

A fast-paced, top down movement shooter. A drifter must master the art of drifting, the nature of the enemy and the rhythm of attack and defence. Only then can a drifter become The Astrodrifter.

Why similar: Old School 16.6%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.6%, PvE 9.9%, Flight 8.8%

A dark bullet hell shooter in the world of BAROQUE Customize your build with items Grow stronger with every death A roguelike STG for fast, repeatable runs

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Old School 12%, Shooter 11.2%

Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Old School 13.6%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Spacegirl 2038 is a fast paced, high energy arcade style shooter. Save your sister and her crew, they're depending on you!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 14.6%, Old School 14.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, Arcade 10.9%, Shooter 10.7%

AWA 2024 is a fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the ten fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own special end-level boss.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.2%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%