60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up, Singleplayer.
Jeb dreams of one day becoming a big game developer and he's created a bunch of cheesy arcade games that he wants people to play-test for him. But he doesn't want any girls because he thinks girls aren't any good at video games. Lilith will try to show him just how wrong he is.
Crystal Breaker
Shoot the enemy at close range! Crystal Breaker is a vertically scrolling shmup that focuses on close range attack.
POOSTALL Royale
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Shoot the enemy at close range! Crystal Breaker is a vertically scrolling shmup that focuses on close range attack.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31%, Score Attack 18%, Arcade 17.4%, 1990's 9.3%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
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Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.2%, Top-Down Shooter 27.7%, Arcade 15.3%, Score Attack 12.8%, Old School 4.9%
Master your Blade in frantic, fast paced combat!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.6%, Top-Down Shooter 28.3%, Score Attack 15.9%, Arcade 15.4%, Action 7.4%
Shin Sophstar is an electrifying remix built for speed and scoring. With 25+ ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 24.7%, Arcade 15.1%, Score Attack 10.7%, Female Protagonist 6.5%
Jump into endless fights in this arcade game. You have just one job: Survive as long as you can and beat your score over and over. The enemies are stronger with each wave so your journey to great score would not be easy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Score Attack 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Arcade 18.3%, Action 4.8%
Blast alien invaders and song lyrics into stardust in this relaxingly chaotic shoot-'em-up! A full-length, '80s-inspired rock album plays start to finish as you fight through an alien invasion. No death. No game over. Just tune in and get that high score. Arcade style!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 32.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Arcade 15.6%, Score Attack 10.2%, Hand-drawn 6.4%
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Arcade 14.7%, Score Attack 10.9%, Action 4.6%
Orchid Glitter is late 2000s style 2d shmups. This isn't just a bullet-hell shooter where you dodge bullets. The game design also includes features like eliminating bullets with charge attacks, and earning points and resources by taking dangerous actions.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26%, Score Attack 15.9%, Arcade 10.2%, Female Protagonist 4.6%
Enjoy a casual color and shape matching game. Easy to pick up but hard to master and complete all the challenges.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, 2D Platformer 23.3%, Arcade 17.2%, Score Attack 12.5%, Cartoony 6.8%
An old arcade style 2d shmup.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Arcade 15.4%, Score Attack 15.2%, Old School 6.1%
You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.7%, Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Arcade 15.2%, Score Attack 10.5%, Old School 3.9%
A 2D top-down arena shooter. A freely scrolling shooter. Pixel graphics reminiscent of the SNES. Easy to control with the directional pad, two shot buttons, and a bomb button. Make full use of your two shots to smash through enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Arcade 13%, Female Protagonist 8.4%
Asteroids and Aliens, Arcade Shooter pays tribute to the Arcade Classic Asteroids. Destroy the Asteroids, save the humans, kill Aliens with Lasers, Missiles, Smart Bombs, or Nukes. You have unlimited Missiles/Bullets but limited Laser firepower and Shields, they can be recharged collecting powerups.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Arcade 12.7%, Cartoony 6.3%
Plasma Sky is a neon arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Ease in and power up early, you'll need a strong ship as the intensity ramps up. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and race the world in a fresh challenge every week - the same seeded run for every pilot on Earth.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Score Attack 22%, Arcade 16.2%, Action 3.5%
A fast-paced vertical shooter built for short sessions! 2-Minute and 5-Minute score attack modes with beautiful X68000-style pixel art.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Arcade 15.6%, 1990's 9.5%
Epic Pandemonium is a classic run-and-gun action game with a strong focus on boss battles. Inspired by the 16-bit Contra saga.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.4%, 2D Platformer 19.2%, Arcade 17%, Female Protagonist 11.6%, Casual 5.4%
This is the biggest news title of 2025. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, 2D Platformer 18.9%, Action 8.1%, Casual 6.6%
Killon is a retro shooter that features exhilarating combat, manic enemies and a charged cannon waiting to be unleashed. Fly a starship across the universe and restore the future today.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Score Attack 13.7%, Arcade 13.4%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
Save Earth from an invasion of intergalactic chickens! Finger-blistering arcade shooting action for one or two players.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Arcade 18.1%, Casual 8.9%, Action 7.7%
Call Sign is Magic Liner is an old school Shmup with a new twist. You can strategically draw lines and defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Arcade 19.5%, Casual 11.7%, Action 8.4%
Retro style 2D vertical scrolling simple shooter.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Score Attack 16.4%, Arcade 14.3%, 1990's 7.7%
Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Arcade 17.8%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Action 6.7%
Survive 20 relentless minutes against endless monsters in a fast-paced twin-stick shooter inspired by arcade classics. Master precise controls, grab powerful upgrades, and chase the highest score. A fast-paced top-down arcade shooter with eight-directional movement and shooting.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, 2D Platformer 18.1%, Cartoony 8.7%, Old School 6.2%
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 35.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Score Attack 12%, Arcade 11.4%, 1990's 4.5%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 33.3%, Score Attack 13.6%, 1990's 5.9%, Action 5.1%
The Strait of Hormuz Mini Arcade is a retro-style 2D shooter where world economy is at risk! Shoot down attacking speedboats and missile launchers to protect vital shipping lanes. Forget high scores—your real objective is keeping global oil prices low to prevent total recession! Or switch sides...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Arcade 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23%, Action 7.8%, Old School 6.3%
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 27.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Arcade 15.5%, Score Attack 10.9%, 1990's 8.5%
Retro shooting, perfected. Blast and dash through in a gorgeous retro 2D world! Explore and fight your way out of the arcade machine!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43%, Arcade 19%, Score Attack 18.6%, Casual 10.3%, Action 7.3%
If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?
Why similar: Score Attack 26.3%, Arcade 23%, 2D Platformer 20.9%, Funny 9.4%, Action 6.8%
STAR SHREDDERS is a prologue to an extensive, story-rich SHMUP with strategic elements. Play as Clash, leading the Valkyrie force in the onset of an epic interstellar war. This teaser sets the stage for a larger adventure.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.7%, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Score Attack 18.2%, 1990's 8.3%, Old School 6.5%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.8%, Score Attack 22.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Arcade 14.3%, Action 5.1%
The world is engulfed with poisonous gas and deadly monsters. To survive and find truth about the world, welcome to Smogpunk.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 33%, Arcade 17.9%, Action 9%, Indie 3.9%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 38%, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Arcade 11.4%, Score Attack 9.7%, Action 5.3%
Introducing FixEight, Toaplan's thrilling vertical run-and-gun game featuring eight peerless warriors with cutting-edge weapons. Embark on an exhilarating cosmic escapade with up to three players at once. Now on PC with modern extras!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 40.9%, Arcade 21.3%, Score Attack 16.5%, 1990's 6.7%, Old School 6.6%
A topdown bullet hell game where you control a spaceship and fight waves of asteroids and enemy spaceships.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Score Attack 23.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.9%, Arcade 13.3%, Casual 5.3%
Zombie Apocalypse 2021 is a fast old-school shooting game in platformer style. Kill all zombies and protect your city in this super fast game!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.7%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Arcade 14.1%, Cartoony 6.9%
The sequel to the speed-and-destruction shmup "Raging Blasters" is here! It's called "Raging Blasters 2." This is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shmup in which players control a fighter jet and battle various enemies in outer space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.2%, Arcade 20.3%, Score Attack 15.8%, Casual 8.6%, Action 7.3%
Artificial intelligence threatens the galaxy. Buckle up and fight computing power with the only power that counts: FIREPOWER! Experience Toaplan's brain-melting Slap Fight (AKA Alcon) with its gauge-based power-ups and strategic gameplay. Now on PC with the latest features!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.3%, Arcade 25%, Score Attack 19.4%, Action 10.3%, 2D 2.4%
Auto shooter score attack survival game where your character moves forward continuously and you control the direction of travel by rotating left and right
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Arcade 19.9%, Score Attack 13%, Action 9.1%
A small topdown shooter in pixelart graphics.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, 2D Platformer 17.6%, Arcade 17.1%, Casual 10.3%
The playful witch dances to unleash stunning magical moves! Witch Dance is an evolving action puzzle. The controls are simple, but the challenge is infinite. Right click to move, left click to cast. Gather your magic and dance your way to victory!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29%, Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Arcade 14.2%, Score Attack 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.3%
Experience Toaplan's arcade shooter Flying Shark (AKA Sky Shark) on PC with the latest quality-of-life features. Ride through the skies as they burn in a rain of armor-piercing bullets! You have been chosen for the mission. Because you are the best pilot there is!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43%, Arcade 25.4%, Score Attack 18.4%, Action 10.2%, 2D 2.4%
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23%, Score Attack 18.4%, Arcade 15.4%, 1990's 8.7%
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Score Attack 16.8%, Arcade 15%, Action 6%
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 44.9%, Arcade 23%, Score Attack 17.1%, Old School 6.7%, Action 5.4%
The second installment in Saikyo's vertical scrolling shooters, following the 1993 Best Shooting Game award winner “Sengoku Ace”.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Arcade 18.3%, 1990's 7%, Action 7%
You are Vakimoh. They are the Venkazoids. Fight for your life in this quick and brutal arcade-style shooter. Can you escape your cage?
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 42.1%, Score Attack 22.1%, Arcade 20.1%, Action 7.4%, Old School 6.7%
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 43.3%, Top-Down Shooter 28.6%, Arcade 20.1%, Action 5.7%, 2D 1.8%
A top-down, quick-shot arrow game where precision is key. Master explosive, piercing, and homing arrows as you battle relentless foes and navigate unpredictable attacks. Test your skill in the realm of aberrations to save your loyal pet hawk!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.9%, Score Attack 24.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Arcade 17.7%, Action 4.2%
Everyone, gather at the YO-KAI Disco! The cursed shooting party begins! All past game modes, additional characters, and BGM are included at once!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Arcade 19.8%, 2D Platformer 16.1%, Action 7.4%
BEAT THE MONS is simple pixel auto shooter. Dodge, shoot, beat all these monsters and earn score! Life is not much else...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, 2D Platformer 17.1%, Arcade 16.2%, Casual 6.7%
MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 34.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Arcade 15.1%, Casual 12.4%, Action 10.1%
A stylish sci-fi arcade shooter about cleansing the galaxy of pesky demons! Cosmic Cleaner is a fast-paced, high score chasing action game that progressively gets more challenging. Designed for quick and easy fun.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31.1%, Score Attack 22.4%, Arcade 19.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Action 8%
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 39.9%, Top-Down Shooter 31.3%, Arcade 11.3%, 1990's 9.5%, Action 4.6%
It's Christmas! Pelt the humans with gifts! Quickly!!!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33.6%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Arcade 19.2%, Score Attack 8.7%, Action 7.8%
Ever played a difficult shmup wishing for just one more bomb? Blast to your heart’s content in Blast Rush LS, a fresh explosive experience with infinite bombs, other powerful abilities, and extra challenges that demand more than just big booms. Escaping an exploding mothership isn't easy, after all!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Score Attack 20.1%, Arcade 11%, 1990's 7%
Step into "Elemental Mage Defense", a dynamic realm where magic meets valiant heroism. As a mage, you'll defend your homeland through strategic battles, unfolding narratives, and thrilling expansions. Every choice carves your legacy.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 29.2%, Top-Down Shooter 24.4%, Score Attack 21.9%, Arcade 15.3%, Casual 5.4%
Pirate's Peril is an arcade shooter themed in the world of pirates on the open sea!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 37.7%, Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Arcade 24.1%, Action 10.7%, 2D 2.2%
Two classic games collide to create one amazing experience you can always just pick up and play. Enjoy Endless levels and see how high of a score you can get.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 39.7%, Arcade 19.7%, Casual 12.3%, Action 8.9%, Old School 7.5%
Break Through! The 360-Degree Encirclement! All-Directional Scrolling STG Arrives Four Years Since the Previous Title—Evolved Zero Gunner Stay Tuned!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 31%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Arcade 18.9%, Score Attack 10.4%, Action 7.6%
