Co-op games like Enemy Mind

If the retro and fast-paced rhythm of Enemy Mind stuck with you, this helps. Start with these co-op games when you are ready. Sharing the fun is easy with these picks.

Procyon
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Star Saviors
Star Saviors is a retro bullet-hell shooter with a proper 2-player local co-op mode: two ships, different weapons and roles, 18 huge stages of aliens to clear together. Customize your ship, trade kills for upgrades, and see how long you both last when the screen fills up.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
81% of 1,537 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Alien Attack
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens. Persist them as long as you can.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
82% of 182 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
CounterAttack: Uprising
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online cross-platform coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
90% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Xenoraid: The First Space War
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
89% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
ZeroRanger
ZeroRanger is a fast, tense vertical shoot 'em up about two last fighters facing the GREEN ORANGE invasion. You shoot, dodge dense bullet patterns, and unlock new weapons as your ship grows stronger. In local co-op a friend flies beside you, so runs feel shared even when the screen fills up. A strong pick for co-op friends who want short, sharp arcade sessions with a strange story underneath.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
95% of 2,069 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99
Shmadow
Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
79% of 151 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
PixelJunk™ Shooter
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
93% of 251 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Eigengrau
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
100% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Jets'n'Guns 2
A loud side-scrolling space shooter about saving the universe from another-dimension doom, now with local co-op. You and a co-op friend tear through stations and cities together, stacking wild weapons and gadgets until the screen is full of explosions and rock music.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
90% of 1,172 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages
Ring Runner combines the fast-paced action of space combat with the rich story and skill variety of an RPG.Trek across the universe in a 30 hour long story-driven campaign based on a companion Sci Fi novel, or challenge 6 scenarios alone, cooperatively, or competitively through local or online multiplayer.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
84% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
87% of 619 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Cheaper than Enemy Mind

Procyon

It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces.

$3.99

Star Saviors

Star Saviors is a retro bullet-hell shooter with a proper 2-player local co-op mode: two ships, different weapons and roles, 18 huge stages of…

$1.99

Alien Attack

You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens.

$1.99

PixelJunk™ Shooter

In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground.

$8.99

Shmadow

Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay.

$1.99

Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

Ring Runner combines the fast-paced action of space combat with the rich story and skill variety of an RPG.Trek across the universe in a 30 hour…

$4.99

Project Starship

Project Starship is an arcade bullet-hell with random mechanics. No match will ever be the same. Who will you be? Garret or Gwen?

$2.99

Really Big Sky

A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!

$4.99

GanaBlade

This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage.

$4.99

Pixel Galaxy

A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.

$2.99

Roche Fusion

Roche Fusion is a retro, over the top space shooter. An all you can shoot buffet; fast paced and procedurally generated; with crazy waves of…

$5.99

Shoot 1UP DX

Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!

$5.99

Hidden gems like Enemy Mind

GanaBlade

This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage.

$4.99

Mighty Goose

Mighty Goose is a fast paced run & gun shooter starring a bounty hunter Goose.

$19.99

Jets'n'Guns 2

A loud side-scrolling space shooter about saving the universe from another-dimension doom, now with local co-op.

$15.99

ZeroRanger

ZeroRanger is a fast, tense vertical shoot 'em up about two last fighters facing the GREEN ORANGE invasion.

$11.99

CounterAttack: Uprising

CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup).

$14.99

Q-YO Blaster

Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat

$9.99

XenoRaptor

Take control of a cyberdragon and annihilate swarms of rocket propelled chainsaws either online or via LAN in this high speed, high skill 8 player…

$9.99

Sky Force Reloaded

A bright vertical shoot 'em up with 15 stages, huge bosses, and local co-op for two planes.

$9.99

Space Elite Force

Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles.

$2.99

Tormentor❌Punisher

Everything in Tormentor❌Punisher can be killed in one hit, from bosses to yourself. Bosses conjure traps to make the arena hellish.

$7.99

Super Hydorah

Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup…

$19.99

CRYPTARK

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly…

$14.99

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