
A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Bullet Hell, Singleplayer, Arcade.

A mouse-only, endless sci-fi arcade shooter with dead-simple controls — just aim and auto-fire kicks in. Shatter asteroids into plasma cores, wield three upgradeable weapons, freeze time, and survive endless difficulty scaling.

Shape Survivors
The arena is shrinking. Annihilate endless swarms of angry geometry to climb the global leaderboards in this relentless bullet heaven. Collect Poly shards, upgrade your weapons, and unlock permanent meta-progression to survive the crush in Shape Survivors.

Shmup!
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
The arena is shrinking. Annihilate endless swarms of angry geometry to climb the global leaderboards in this relentless bullet heaven. Collect Poly shards, upgrade your weapons, and unlock permanent meta-progression to survive the crush in Shape Survivors.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.1% ★, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Score Attack 9.3%
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Bullet Hell 25.2%, Arcade 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 8.1%, Score Attack 7.9%
GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite. Choose the perfect weapon combinations and upgrade your ship to destroy hordes of enemies and giant bosses, using strategy and a powerful arsenal.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 7.8%, Arcade 5.2%
Shape Swarm is a fast-paced bullet heaven survivors-like where evolving geometric enemies adapt to your tactics. Build powerful upgrade synergies, survive escalating waves, and hold the line long enough for the colony fleet to escape.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.5% ★, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.9%, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Score Attack 6.5%
Defeat enemies, collect Modules, and create powerful builds in this cyberpunk bullet hell shooter. Combine weapons and Modules to forge your own playstyle and push through endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.8% ★, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, Score Attack 7.4%, Sci-fi 2.4%
This arcade shoot 'em up has no shooting and you can only turn right. Avoid waves of enemies and get points as they crash into each other. Pick up power-ups, such as a large laser or a force field to destroy the enemies. Die, get a score and repeat to get a higher score the next run.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Score Attack 12.4%, Fast-Paced 6.4%
Hardcore arcade survival shooter where you pilot a mech completely blind to the battlefield. Your only sight? The minimap. With relentless waves of enemies closing in, precise movement, and total awareness are your only chances at survival. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33.5% ★, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Score Attack 6.9%
Everything is ASCII. A survivor-like roguelite where every monster, bullet, and explosion is made of text on a CRT screen. 8 characters, 16 weapons, 6 enchantments, 4 game modes. See how long your terminal holds.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.1% ★, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Score Attack 10.7%, Arcade 6%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Bullet Hell 12.9%, Score Attack 9.7%
The vertical scrolling shooter game '.Decluster' and its sequel '.Decluster Zero' are now available in one package.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Bullet Hell 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Score Attack 6.7%, Arcade 6.7%
Bullet Heaven 2 is a bullet-hell shoot-em-up inspired by games like Touhou and Jamestown. It's all about shooting every cute thing that moves, while dodging hundreds of shiny bullets per second!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.7%, Bullet Heaven 31.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 23.9%, Difficult 4.2%, Action 2.9%
"Bullet Hell Monday: Finale" is a beginner-friendly bullet hell shooter. Upgrade your craft, clear the Chapter Mode, defeat bosses, and enhance your abilities to conquer stages.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 27.7%, Bullet Hell 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Score Attack 7.3%, Arcade 6.5%
SinsKiller is an isometric action arcade shooter set in a Dante-inspired Hell. Play as a fallen battle-mage wielding arcane power to obliterate demonic hordes and face brutal bosses. Face your sins. Kill them. Earn your redemption.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32.9% ★, Bullet Hell 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Score Attack 12.8%, Bullet Time 8% ★
SMASH your way into roguelite breakout styled chaos. Launch projectiles, swing your trusty hammer, crush enemy hordes, and collect tools to change the gameplay. Swing fast. Smash waves. Survive the chaos. You got this.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 43.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.7%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Arcade 9.4%, Action 2.9%
Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Arcade 6%
Become the galaxy’s deadliest hunter! Wield 7 weapons at once, unleash ricochet chaos, and conquer alien worlds in this fast-paced roguelite. Survive 10 minutes of madness, trigger your Rage, and slay the boss. Master unique Signature Weapons and craft your ultimate build!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Arcade 6.6%
Papership is a modular, comic-book vertical-scroll shmup about building your ship block by block and learning how every block changes how you fly. Clear a procedural Voyage, then crack open the endless Atlas endgame and forge gear no campaign could give you. Your ship is whatever you make of it.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 46.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Arcade 9.9%, Action 2.1%
Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Score Attack 15.5%, Bullet Time 10.5% ★
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 28.4%, Bullet Hell 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Score Attack 12.2%, Arcade 6.6%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 72.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 8.5%, Bullet Hell 7.6%, Score Attack 6%, Arcade 3.6%
Catboy in a bullet hell! Nyan, nyan, pew pew pew!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Score Attack 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Arcade 8.7%
Blast through overwhelming bullet storms, graze enemy fire for massive score boosts, and bend time to survive impossible odds in this intense arcade-inspired vertical shmup. Master unique ships, conquer brutal bosses, and chase the perfect run.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.1%, Bullet Hell 19%, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Score Attack 13%, Bullet Time 12.3% ★
An arcade style bullet-hell shoot 'em up where you'll have to dodge thousands of bullets.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 33%, Bullet Hell 25%, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Arcade 12.2%, Action 3.7%
Don’t Touch The Rocks is a fast and punishing, incremental bullet hell. Deploy your roster of ships through endless waves of rocks. Upgrade ships, time dashes, aim shots but don't touch the rocks!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.8% ★, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Bullet Time 9.7% ★
a bullet heaven type game inspired by retro shoot'em up games of the 90s. Survive and defeat waves of enemies in an infinite space arena, acquire power ups and defeat the final boss !
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 44.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Bullet Hell 7.4%, Arcade 5.5%
Shin Sophstar is a high-voltage 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 26.6%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Arcade 10.4%, Score Attack 8.6%
Touhou-like 2D shooting!!! Chubby protagonist!! Orthodox and easy to understand operation!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.5%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Score Attack 10.2%, Action 3.4%
This is a high-difficulty bullet hell shooting game and a sequel to "Bullet Hell Monday." It offers an exciting experience for players who demand advanced skills and precise strategies. As a common system, six types of special weapons are equipped, expanding the player's tactical range.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28.6%, Bullet Hell 25.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Score Attack 8.8%, Arcade 7.5%
Survive hordes of out-of-control industrial machines in this top-down arena auto-shooter. Earn upgrades as you level up, complete objectives to enhance weapons, and unlock modules to return stronger. Drive through gaps between enemies and push through to face powerful bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 46.6% ★, Bullet Hell 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Arcade 7.1%, Score Attack 4.3%
Dive into the symphonic chaos of geometric warfare! Unleash futuristic weaponry, customize your hovering platform, conquer relentless foes and dance to victory in this mesmerizing reverse bullet hell shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Score Attack 10.2%
Her Name Was Fire is a Tarotpunk twin stick roguelike where you progressively unlock spells and upgrades to defeat hordes of void creatures. Survive the 5 stages of grief and vanquish the Major Allegories.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Score Attack 8.9%
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 27%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Arcade 9.8%, Action 3.5%
A fast roguelite survival chaos where you destroy endless plague hordes, stack insane upgrades, and break the rules of power.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 46.8% ★, Bullet Hell 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Score Attack 9.6%, Arcade 6.2%
Hopeless Sea is arcade-inspired STG with roguelike elements. You pilot a ship to cut your way through hordes of procedurally generated, merciless sea monsters. Choose wisely from a variety of ships, weapons and traits since conquering this hopeless sea is the only option to survive.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.6%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 9%, Arcade 7.5%
Can you survive the Empire's onslaught? Avoid the attacking enemies and upgrade your ship to last long enough to escape in this space survivorslike.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 47.4% ★, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12%, Arcade 5.8%
Sparks flare around the man all five sisters wish to claim. Introducing the new vertical scrolling shooter game!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.2%, Top-Down Shooter 32.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Arcade 11.2%, Action 3.5%
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: Bullet Heaven 39.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.8%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Arcade 7%
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash. Choose between multiple ships and specialize in each one’s weapon system. Will you focus on shooting, shot charging, or close-range attacks? In EXZEAL, it’s your choice.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.4%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Score Attack 11.3%, Arcade 8.1%
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: Bullet Heaven 43.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Bullet Hell 17.9%, Score Attack 8.4%, Arcade 6.9%
Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 42.8% ★, Bullet Hell 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Score Attack 12.4%, Arcade 7.4%
Top-down fast-paced neon arcade action. Weaponize your deadly glowing trail to box in and destroy endless waves of enemies and bosses, but beware, your trail can kill you . Responsive controls, tons of levels, audio synced visuals, retro vibe and global leaderboards. Think snake meets geometry wars.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 45.7% ★, Score Attack 16.2%, Fast-Paced 12%, Arcade 9.7%, Bullet Time 6.5% ★
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 28.5%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Score Attack 9.1%, Arcade 7.3%
PhaigeX is a fast-paced "Bullet Heaven" space shooter, tasking the player to explore space sectors and contain a rising incursion of rogue AI-controlled units. Pilot a variety of ships, call in the support craft, and use a myriad of upgrades to lay down heavy firepower towards the enemy forces.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 39.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 15.5%, Arcade 6.5%
Welcome aboard, Confiner! As PhaigeX Megacorp’s newest specialist, you’re tasked with curbing the AI incursion into hyperspace sectors. Choose your ship, upgrade your modules, accept commissions, and deploy adaptive strategems to fend off the relentless AI invasion.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Bullet Hell 16.9%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Arcade 5.7%
Merge Mutants is a fast-paced top-down survival shooter where hostile scientists try to keep you locked up. Synthesize their remains into healing, abilities, and loyal mutants, then merge matching units into bigger and more powerful ones. Break out of the lab or die trying.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 52.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, Action 3.2%, Sci-fi 2.5%
One-button bullet-heaven where a single shot mutates into neon chaos. Imagine Flappy Bird colliding with Vampire Survivors. Full version adds online leaderboards, challenges and unlockable gear.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 47.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 18.5%, Score Attack 11.2%, Arcade 7.4%, Bullet Hell 6.7%
Crush the countless crabs while blasting your way through the cancer zone!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 56.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.5%, Arcade 9.1%, Bullet Hell 7.3%, Action 2.7%
SUPER FLAIL is a fast-paced arcade score attack game of flail-swinging rampage. Swing your flail to destroy everything until you die. Compare your score with other players and get on the top of the leaderboards.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Score Attack 11.2%, Arcade 8.2%
Brick-breaking gameplay meets Survivors-like mechanics. Use your balls to destroy bricks, level up and pick upgrades to hold your ground against waves of incoming bricks and try to high score in this roguelite brick breaking game.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 49.3% ★, Score Attack 15.6%, Arcade 10.2%, Bullet Hell 9.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.7%
Triangle Service presents the essential arcade experience! Power up your ship, evade enemy fire, and blast your way to the final boss in DeltaZeal!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27%, Bullet Hell 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.1%, Arcade 7.4%, Score Attack 7%
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 26.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 20.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Fast-Paced 10.1%, Arcade 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: Bullet Hell 23.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Score Attack 12.6%, Arcade 9.5%
Space Show is an explosive space shoot’em up blending fast-paced arcade action with roguelite progression. Destroy waves of asteroids, battle enemy fleets, and defend Earth in an endless war where only survival… and glory matter!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 36.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Score Attack 10.1%
OUTBLAST is a fast and frantic arcade shooter for flatscreen and VR. You are piloting interceptor C11-28. Your objective: destroy infected constructs, collect data particles, and purge the system before total collapse.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Bullet Heaven 15.3% ★, Score Attack 12.6%, Bullet Time 12.4% ★
Dodge your way through the crucible of fire! Crucible is a 2D, high-action, top-down shooter game.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 28.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.8%, Score Attack 9.5%, Action 3.4%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, Arcade 8.4%, Score Attack 7%
Go free your besieged home planet... all by yourself! Emancipator GO! is a survival game with roguelite elements.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.8% ★, Bullet Hell 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%, Score Attack 8.6%
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Arcade 14.4%, Action 4.7%
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: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Bullet Time 12.6% ★, Arcade 7.4%
Survive the chaos of a bullet-heaven action game. Tear through enemy hordes, stack wild ability combos, and endure cataclysms that rewrite the rules mid-fight. The pace ramps up every minute - either you grow stronger, or you get wiped out.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 48.4% ★, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Score Attack 8.5%, Arcade 6.9%