60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up.
WAVECADE is a sci-fi, arcade-style #shmup where YOU control the speed of the game. Destroy blocks, minions and bosses in style as you collect powerups and avoid hazards. How far can you go?
Flux Commander
In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!
Insectipede
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
In this tactical shoot-em-up you can bend time to gain both defensive and offensive advantages. Use time-slowing Flux Energy to dodge enemies and their bullets, or to dominate and overwhelm the deadly bosses!
Why similar: Bullet Time 26.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Time Manipulation 15.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.3%, Shooter 6.6%
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Bullet Time 17.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, 1980s 11.7%, Arcade 8.5%
A modern revisitation of the 80s arcades. Use your Razerwire to cut through waves of nanobugs with a rogue-like inspired progression.
Why similar: Bullet Time 22.8% ★, Time Manipulation 20.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Character Customization 7.3%, Arcade 6.4%
Splitfire is the homage to classic twin-stick shooters like Geometry Wars, that evolves the genre by answering the question, 'What if both thumbsticks controlled their own weapons?'.
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Time Manipulation 9.6% ★, Arcade 6.4%
Time Recoil is a top-down shooter with a slow motion twist! Punch through walls guns blazing while time slows down! See your enemies drop down like flies - and save the world from a mad scientist dictator!
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.6% ★, Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13%, Time Travel 9.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 6.5%
Blast your way through enemy territory and level up your versatile arsenal of high-tech weapons in this handheld game style retro shmup!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, 1980s 15.4%, Retro 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%
"TIME CONTROL" bullet hell action. Overcome impossible odds by slowing, stopping and rewinding time!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 24.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Time Travel 17.7% ★, Bullet Time 13.6% ★, Time Management 6.9%
BACKFIRE is a tense horror-themed arcade shooter about a haunted 80's arcade cabinet with a sinister twist- Your weapons fire backwards. Engage in intense combat, bend time to your advantage, and die to demented bosses. Upgrade your power after each attempt until you are strong enough to prevail.
Why similar: Bullet Time 24% ★, Time Manipulation 20.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, 1980s 11.2%, Arcade 6.6%
A grid-based arcade shooter where you battle aliens and your constantly changing controls. After every control scramble, time slows down to allow you to react, but you'll need to quickly scramble if you want complete each level before your energy runs out!
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.2% ★, Time Manipulation 24.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Time Travel 9.9% ★, Sci-fi 7.6%
Not a Brick Breaker Game
Why similar: Bullet Time 23% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, 1980s 14.2%, Arcade 9.1%, Shooter 8%
Princess Khalifa: Legacy of Wrath is a fast-paced top-down action game focused on precision movement, dashing, and controlling enemy swarms in a surreal sci-fi world.
Why similar: Bullet Time 16.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Time Manipulation 14.3% ★, Arcade 8%
How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, 1980s 11.6%, Arcade 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Retro 12.2%, Arcade 9.7%, 1980s 8.8%
Welcome to an epic world of endless carnage, where you battle alien foes at lightning fast speeds, and engage in mind meltingly epic boss battles. Immerse yourself in a beautifully hand crafted world, with visually stunning top down graphics and unlimited action packed levels.
Why similar: Bullet Time 29.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Space 7.5%, Top-Down 5.9%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, 1980s 10.1%, Arcade 8.7%, Shooter 8.2%
Star Jet Alpha is a top-down space shooter inspired by classic arcade games. Progress through each stage by blowing up enemy space stations while avoiding or destroying enemy missiles, space mines and asteroids. Unlock Star Jet capabilities by completing stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, 1980s 12.4%, Space 11%, Arcade 10%
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, 1980s 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 11.2%, Retro 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%
A bullet hell shooting game that you can go back in time and use time lapse to always be successful, go back in time whenever you want and show all your skills.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 23% ★, Time Management 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Time Travel 13.6% ★, Sci-fi 7.1%
A precision bullet-hell boss rush. Dodge 15 escalating attack types, chain perfect grazes into devastating combos, and strike during vulnerability windows across 28 handcrafted boss fights. Three difficulty modes, risk contracts, and deep upgrade progression keep every run fresh.
Why similar: Bullet Time 27.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Arcade 7.9%, Shooter 7.4%
Another version of the classic Asteroids game
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 10.4%, Retro 8.1%
Royal Odyssey is a retro-style arcade space shooter where you pilot Prince Zayven’s ship through a deadly asteroid storm, blasting your way to survival.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, 1980s 15.2%, Retro 10.3%, Top-Down 8%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Arcade 11.6%, 1980s 10.9%, Shooter 9.6%
This game challenge you to play many mini games in one screen at the same time.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 37.6% ★, Time Management 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Retro 8.5%, Arcade 6.2%
Layer Section, the home console port of arcade game RayForce is back with new features and online ranking. Use the new lock-on laser function to defeat multiple enemies at once for a higher score in this gorgeous 2D vertical shooting game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Arcade 10.6%, Shooter 9.3%, Retro 9%
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 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, 1980s 11.4%, Arcade 11.1%, Shooter 9.5%
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Why similar: Bullet Time 24.2% ★, Time Manipulation 21.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Psychedelic 7.2%, Arcade 6.8%
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 8.9%, Retro 8.4%
A short space shooter game that you can finish in your break time with beginner-friendly gameplay and some special features.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Bullet Time 13.3% ★, 1980s 12.5%, Arcade 11.2%, Shooter 9.6%
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 20.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Bullet Time 15.2% ★, Arcade 11.8%, Retro 8.3%
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Bullet Time 14.6% ★, 1980s 14.2%, Retro 13.7%, Arcade 8.8%
42 and more ways of using your own dead body in time travel. GOST of Time is an absurdist top-down action and puzzle game with time-traveling mechanics.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, 1980s 13.8%, Time Travel 11.2% ★, Psychedelic 8.3%
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Retro 10.3%, 1980s 10%, Space 8.7%
Defend Spacebase 19 from the asteroids swarming down on the station! Shoot down waves of stones and equip different powerful weapons. How many waves can you last? A simple nostalgic retro arcade turret defense shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Time 17.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 13.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Arcade 11%
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, 1980s 15.2%, Arcade 9.2%, Bullet Time 8.6% ★
Time Turned is a time-bending puzzle game where you use time clones to solve puzzles that would otherwise be impossible to complete alone.
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.7% ★, Time Manipulation 22.5% ★, Time Travel 21.8% ★, Time Management 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%
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 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Retro 9.9%, Shooter 8.3%, Arcade 7.1%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, 1980s 13.5%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.5%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Bullet Time 24.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Arcade 7.7%, Shooter 7.4%
Mashup of classic arcade games.
Why similar: Bullet Time 35.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, 1980s 12.6%, Arcade 9.3%, Space 8.4%
Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!
Why similar: Bullet Time 26% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Arcade 6.9%
ZEROCRON is a straightforward, classical arcade Twin-Stick Shoot-Em-Up with a strong Commodore-Amiga-era feel. Blast asteroids and enemies to burning pixeldust!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, 1980s 12.3%, Retro 9.8%, Arcade 8.6%
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Retro 11.1%, Arcade 10.3%
Take control of humanity’s last resort in defending the planet from the many dangers outer space has to offer. Shoot or deflect incoming projectiles, harvest them from the moon and spend the loot on upgrades.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Bullet Time 12.2% ★, Arcade 10.3%, Shooter 9.2%
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: Bullet Time 22.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, 1980s 13.7%, Retro 10.2%, Arcade 8.7%
Minestorm reimagined with modern gameplay! Blast through waves of deadly mines, gear up with powerful upgrades between levels, and dive into intense rhythm-based stages set to an original soundtrack !
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, 1980s 13.2%, Arcade 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.3%, 1980s 14.4%, Arcade 9.6%, Retro 9.6%
The Pacifist is a retro sci-fi top-down action game with unique mechanics that blends elements of the Arcade and Rhythm genres on a gorgeous, minimalist battlefield. Only in The Pacifist can you fight without fighting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, 1980s 10.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Top-Down 8.7%
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 10.3%, Character Customization 9.5%
In this unique top-down shooter, originally released in 1987, take on the role of the plucky little Biopton Nimrod, sent on a dangerous mission to rescue his friends from the 'Matrix' prison planets of the Cratons. Contains both the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum versions of the game.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Retro 12.3%, Arcade 8.1%, Shooter 7.6%
Embark on a dangerous investigation in Ultra Mission™, the latest game by Gumbo Machine™. As an agent of the Stellar Exchange Commission, you must traverse the 20 dizzying levels within Otto Labs, each littered with powerful automatons and questionable experiments. This is going to be a blast!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, 1980s 16.6%, Arcade 9.5%, Shooter 8.5%
Dash through dangerous levels, warp time, and blast enemies in this time-bending action platformer! Manipulate the crumbling dimension of time to escape a deadly factory. Use your wit, your laser weaponry, and your time-warping abilities to face your demise head-on and triumph!
Why similar: Bullet Time 30.3% ★, Time Manipulation 29.9% ★, Time Travel 15% ★, Retro 8.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Have You Been Waiting for a Modern Take on Classic Asteroid Shooters? 🚀 Your wait might just be over! Astro Busters brings you a fun space shooter with realistic physics, responsive controls and thrilling arcade action. Take on missions, upgrade your weapons, ships and fight solo or in multiplayer.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, 1980s 12.8%, Retro 11.7%, Space 11.3%, Arcade 10.6%
Last Soul is a 2d pixel art action platformer with a compelling story about a future where mankind has lost its will. Explore and fight your way through a variety of levels, and take on awesome boss enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Time 27.6% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.1%, Retro 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Up for some retro arcade action spiced with extra bullets and BOSS enemies? Shoot your way through many different levels filled with nasty bugs, spiders, frogs, bees and more. Fight huge BOSS enemies and collect extras and play bonus waves. Retro Arcade action at its best!
Why similar: Bullet Time 27.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Arcade 7.5%, Retro 7.5%
A time-bending action shooter where you freeze combat, deflect bullets, steal enemy weapons, and leave levels drenched in destruction and gelatinous remains.
Why similar: Bullet Time 34% ★, Time Manipulation 32.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Shooter 9.3%, Arcade 7.5%
Defendor is a throwback to the fast paced arcade games of the 80s.A retro style, arcade shooter where you upgrade your base to increase the capabilities of your ship, unlock new weapons, ships and cause more mayhem.Defend your base until everyone makes it into the escape ship.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, 1980s 14.6%, Shooter 10.6%, Retro 7.8%
A Uniquely Radicalized Adventure Every Flight!
Why similar: Bullet Time 23.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Time Manipulation 16.4% ★, 1980s 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%
The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.
Why similar: Bullet Time 25.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Arcade 7.5%, Top-Down 6.8%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Shooter 10.9%, Arcade 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%
