
Vortex is a retro styled physics driven local multiplayer top down shooter where the goal is to fly around in neat looking spaceships and kill your opponents by making their lives miserable.
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Vortex is a retro styled physics driven local multiplayer top down shooter where the goal is to fly around in neat looking spaceships and kill your opponents by making their lives miserable.

Endless Burst
This top-down shooter pits you against an overwhelming hell of bullets. Customize your experience with 9 upgradeable classes and unleash powerful attacks as you fight and dodge your way through procedurally generated levels, enemies, and bosses.

Crystal Control II
Crystal Control II is a competitive bullet hell game for two players. Capturing crystals gives you more firepower, which means more bullets for your opponent to dodge. First player to get hit loses!
This top-down shooter pits you against an overwhelming hell of bullets. Customize your experience with 9 upgradeable classes and unleash powerful attacks as you fight and dodge your way through procedurally generated levels, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Action 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Indie 18.5%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%
Crystal Control II is a competitive bullet hell game for two players. Capturing crystals gives you more firepower, which means more bullets for your opponent to dodge. First player to get hit loses!
Why similar: Competitive 27.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 19.5%, Split Screen 15.9% ★, Bullet Hell 15%, Action 12.5%
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 19.9%, Split Screen 16.2% ★, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%
Beyond The Heavens is a arcade style shoot-em-up where you take control of a ship seeking to reach the destination that calls out to it. The journey will take place across several worlds including Heaven and Hell!
Why similar: Action 19.1%, Indie 14.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Space 12.3%
Fight with and as sheep! HIRT is a sheep-fueled local multiplayer brawler game with intense, emergent gameplay. HIRT puts the players in the role of competing shepherds, fighting each other with various attacks on tiny islands. Huge amount of possible outcomes and sheep mayhem guaranteed!
Why similar: Action 21.4%, Split Screen 17% ★, Indie 16.5%, Competitive 14.5% ★, 4 Player Local 14.4%
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Action 14.3%, Space 13.3%, Indie 10.7%
Destroy your friends in SKIRMISH! This Local-Multiplayer Top-Down Space Shooter is a blast! Be the last ship in one piece to be victorious!
Why similar: Split Screen 20.2% ★, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%
The award-winning couch-multiplayer stealth brawler comes to PC! Duel in a black and white world where foes can come from anywhere!
Why similar: Split Screen 25.8% ★, 4 Player Local 25.4%, Action 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 17%, Indie 13.8%
Laser Heck is an arcade-style space shooter that could be described as "Bullet-Heck Asteroids". Defend a space station against an invading fleet by yourself or with 4 Player Split-Screen Coop, or have some fun with your friends by playing the Deathmatch, Keep Away, and Racing mini-games.
Why similar: Split Screen 27.4% ★, Action 18.4%, Local Multiplayer 15.3%, Indie 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%
A local multiplayer mix inspired by Warcraft III and Lemmings. Play with factions, spells and tiles to outwit your friends in this chaotic new take on the RTS genre.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.5%, Split Screen 23.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 21.4%, Action 12.6%, Indie 10.6%
Strikers Edge is a medieval dodgeball with weapons, ancient warriors and special powers. Challenge your opponents in local multiplayer, ascend to the top of the ladder and become the best striker!
Why similar: Split Screen 25.8% ★, 4 Player Local 22.3%, Action 18.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Indie 13.1%
Jump Stars is a two to four player party game that blurs the lines between cooperative and competitive play. Work as a team to beat the show, but there can be only one winner! Who will turn on who first?
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.9%, Competitive 20.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Action 17.4%, Indie 13.4%
Imagi is the country where fairy tale characters live, with its bad guys and damsels in distress. So much so that becoming prince charming is a treacherous path where the gloves really come off! Two, three or four players all pretend to be princes who must survive a series of challenges!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 33.5%, Local Multiplayer 22.6%, Split Screen 14.9% ★, Competitive 13.7% ★, Action 12.6%
Chaos Party is a fast-paced, friendship destroying party shooter set in a 2D universe. You are the equipment slot; Remnants will cling onto your sticky body. Each game provides a new opportunity to try synergies with over a hundred weapons. Have fun with friends online or offline!
Why similar: Split Screen 26.3% ★, 4 Player Local 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%, Physics 7.6%
Slimebrawl is a 3D melee brawler game focused on quick action and fast rounds. Select your character, customize your appearance, choose your heirloom and get ready to brawl. Play in 2-4 player matches and collect the most slime at the end of the game to win.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 37.8%, Local Multiplayer 27.2%, Action 19.7%, Indie 15.2%
Shoot' Em Up, Vertical Fast & Fun !The Overdriven Ship is back :More better, more intense, and more beautiful !
Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Action 8.7%, Space 7.6%
Pixel Ship Shooter is a fast-paced retro shooter game, dodge bullets and zap your friends to death!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 18%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Action 10.6%
Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Space 11.2%, Action 9.9%
A retro 2D top-down space-shooter.
Why similar: Split Screen 35.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Action 10.6%, Retro 8.6%
ReallyGoodBattle: Fast-Paced, Action-Arcade, Platform-Fighter with an early-Atari inspired minimalistic design. With 2 buttons and a joystick, defeat your foes (or friends) in a simple, yet satisfying way. Run along the walls and approach from all angles to land satisfying, one-hit-kills to win.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.3%, Competitive 26.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 18.7%, Action 15.2%, Indie 11.7%
Sweezy Gunner is an eye melting, brain bending, mouse squeezing 2D Shoot em up. destroy everything in your path, Upgrade the Sweezy Gunner ship. A Large open World! Travel through the lush green fields, frozen tundra and arid desert. Explore the depths of the many dungeons, caves and temples and collect that tasty loot!
Why similar: Action 23.8%, Bullet Hell 19%, Indie 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Space 15.4%
3..2..1..Grenades! is a snowball fight with high explosives. Help save Grenades Co from the terrible monster it's unleashed in this LOCAL MULTIPLAYER ADVENTURE GAME. Save the day or battle it out by yourself with bots, or with up to 4 of your friends!
Why similar: Split Screen 32% ★, 4 Player Local 28.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.5%, Action 12.9%, Indie 10%
Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.4%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.8%, Bullet Hell 7.9%
Shoot-'em-up brawler for 1–4 players: fire projectiles, gather power-ups, dash to disarm, keep your rivals in the palm of your hand, and become the final boss of this bullet-hell arena.
Why similar: Competitive 21.1% ★, Action 18.2%, Indie 14%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.7%
Play Xentripetal Force while sitting on a couch with your family or friends to experience survival in outer space. Xentripetal Force supports up to 4 players. Use your character's ability and score in your friends' goal in order to win.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 30.7%, Action 26.7%, Local Multiplayer 22.1%, Indie 20.5%
Super Sky Arena is a modern re-imagination of Starfox multiplayer! Local multiplayer dogfights for up to 4 Friends (or Enemies). Your Friends are too far away to join you on your couch? Host an online game for them instead or play against the AI. Multiplayer fun for all!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 39.5%, Local Multiplayer 24.6%, Action 20.3%, Indie 15.6%
Watergate Xtreme is a frantic multiplayer extravaganza where you and your friends run around in a maze trying to control your guy and a remote control bomb at the same time.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 36.9%, Local Multiplayer 24.3%, Action 22.7%, Indie 16%
A fast and skill based party game where all of the focus lies in fun and engaging gameplay.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 35.7%, Local Multiplayer 27.1%, Action 24.3%, Indie 12.9%
Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Action 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Indie 13.9%
Take to the stars and smuggle, shoot, scavenge and steal your way to wealth and glory! Cashtronauts is fast-paced space capitalism at its finest. How are you going to make your millions?
Why similar: Split Screen 25.8% ★, 4 Player Local 23.3%, Action 16.9%, Indie 12.6%, Space 11.1%
Trigger Time is a story-driven, top-down Shoot 'em up with a fun gravity gun and physics puzzles to solve. Blast your way through 9 levels filled with enemies, hazards and bizarre bosses. Along the way you'll take control of vehicles, pick up weapons, items and boosters.
Why similar: Action 23.9%, Indie 18.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 16%, Physics 9.5%
A mouse controlled vertical scroller/shooter (with bonus mazes)
Why similar: Action 24%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Indie 18.4%, Bullet Hell 13.9%, Space 12.9%
An old-school chaotic twin stick space shoot em' up. You are not the hero - you're part of a squad! - Play single player with the AI or drop in / drop out local co-op!
Why similar: Split Screen 25.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.1%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, 4 Player Local 10.5%, Space 8.6%
Ready up a space ship and destroy your friends in this frenetic multiplayer Asteroids reimagining! In Super Rock Blasters, up to 4 players will wheel around space rocks, dodge ricocheting bullets and blast each other into tiny neon colored giblets.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 32.8%, Local Multiplayer 23.6%, Action 18.5%, Indie 13.6%, Retro 11.5%
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 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Action 10%, Shooter 8.6%
Unexpected Sequence is a game inspired by classic bullet hell titles, aiming to keep the original feel and some of the difficulty. Customize your ship and fight your way back to humanity through hordes of enemies and unique bosses.
Why similar: Action 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Indie 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Space 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, 4 Player Local 11.4%, Action 9.4%
A local team-based multiplayer game for 2-4 players where players control rats and score points by feeding a ball of cheese to their team’s giant baby rat.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.9%, Competitive 22.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 17.7%, Indie 17%, Action 15.9%
Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Space 12.7%, Retro 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Action 16.5%, Indie 11.6%, Bullet Hell 10.7%
Call your friends and lead your squad through the outer space and protect your planet from asteroids and alien ships on this local shoot'em up. Shoot, evolve e explode these space enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Action 12.4%, Indie 9.3%
World Destroyers is a fast-paced, skill-testing, multiplayer space shooter that pays homage to classic games such as Asteroids, but with modern high-speed action.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 24.2%, Action 21.1%, Local Multiplayer 17.5%, Indie 16.2%, Space 12.5%
Challenge your friends to a glorious duel of rocket jousting for up to four players! Settle rivalries and become the last knight standing in this fast-paced local multiplayer!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.3%, Local Multiplayer 21.1%, Action 21.1%, Indie 15.8%, Physics 10.7%
Embark on a journey through space and time, battling a cosmic menace to save the Universe. Using the all powerful Cossanox this alien seeks to reshape the known universe in order to spread and consume. You and your crew must put an end to the threat and recover the Cossanox.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 18.9%, Action 18%, Indie 13.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.6%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.4%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.6%
Inspired by classic arcade games, Viper Attack is a fast, addictive arcade shoot-up! Master the challenge and fight your way through many brutal levels
Why similar: Action 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Indie 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Bullet Hell 12.9%
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 20.2%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Action 16.5%, Indie 12.7%
1x! Space Adventure is an arcade top-down shump with gradually increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Action 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Shooter 10.7%
Get ready for Death Carnival. Intense Top-Down Shooter with multi-elevation combat. Easy to start, thrilling to watch. Over a dozen characters with unique attacks and story. Adrenaline-fueled combat in singleplayer, online co-op, or competitive PvP.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 15.5%, Action 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Indie 12.2%
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Space 9.1%, Shooter 8.6%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Action 16.6%, Shooter 10.5%, Space 8.8%
Super Neo Tanks is an arcade style local multiplayer game where you battle it out in frantic, bullet-filled combat. Dodge, dash, and line up your shots to be the last tank standing!
Why similar: Competitive 21.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Action 9.6%
Dodge danger with built-in bullet-time teleportation. Cosmic chaos, neon lasers, and bosses that delight in your demise. Frantic, fierce, and endlessly replayable. Go solo or team up for co-op mayhem.
Why similar: Split Screen 23% ★, Competitive 18.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 11.8%, Bullet Hell 11%
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.9%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Action 21.7%, Indie 14.3%, Space 10.6%
Floppy Heroes is a ragdoll physics brawler with dismemberment, a wide range of weapons and armor, very simple controls, and custom battles playable with up to 6 local players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.4%, Local Multiplayer 23.8%, Action 19.8%, Indie 14.1%, Physics 10.9%
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
Why similar: Space 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Indie 12%
Space Wars is an exciting 2D space shooter. It has tons of powerups, tons of action, and tons of hardcore gameplay!
Why similar: Action 19.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Indie 15.1%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%
From Headshot Labs, Cheitha is a competitive survival shooter. Overcome waves of enemies by unlocking new tiers of weapons and opening passageways to even the odds. Challenge your friends' scores on the leaderboard by surviving longer.
Why similar: Competitive 21.7% ★, Action 20.6%, Indie 15.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%
Simple, intuitive and addictive, Zombiotik is the tag couch game wich will make your living room a meeting place for you and your friends. In a colorful and minimalist universe, 2 to 8 players try to survivre as long as possible to the epidemics by placing walls and barricades on their way.
Why similar: Split Screen 28.3% ★, Competitive 22.1% ★, Action 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 15.8%, Indie 14.7%