Games like Aqua Populo

Miss the retro and fast-paced pull of Aqua Populo? These games are a good place to start.

Cheaper than Aqua Populo

SUBS: Sharks And Submarines

SUBS: Sharks And Submarines

Submarines are falling from the sky and it’s up to you to destroy them.

80% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Normal SHMUP

Normal SHMUP

Normal SHMUP is a strange shoot em' up game based around classic gameplay. Fight the enemies and regain control of the world again.

83% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
SPINGUN

SPINGUN

A manic two-button arcade shooter. Spin to steer, press both to fire, and survive endless waves and brutal bosses. Two buttons. One spaceship.

83% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Bubblesinker

Bubblesinker

Bubblesinker is an underwater roguelite shooter where you must survive fish schools' attacks and battle against gigantic sea creatures.

$2.99
Critical Fishing

Critical Fishing

Take part in wormkinds heroic struggle for freedom from their archnemesis.

96% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Furious Angels

Furious Angels

Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day.

87% of 348 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Shmup Arena

Shmup Arena

Take on intense challenges and waves of enemies in this frenetic arena shooter that demands quick reflexes and nonstop action.

100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Diving Trunks

Diving Trunks

Trunks the elephant has dropped his peanuts overboard. Help him retrieve as many peanuts as possible from the deep ocean whilst avoiding unkindly…

100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Generic Space Shooter

Generic Space Shooter

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.

74% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Shmadow

Shmadow

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

79% of 151 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Harpoon

Harpoon

Top Down Shooter, a game where the player will have to dive into the endless depths of the sea as a diver and face thousands of predatory marine…

83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Frequent Flyer

Frequent Flyer

Complete tasks and survive the oncoming enemy waves for as long as possible! Are you good enough? Are you a frequent flyer?

88% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Hidden gems like Aqua Populo

Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

It's a wet and wild PvP shooter for 2-12 players! Hunt down foes on high-speed torpedoes, Outmaneuver rivals with 360° tactics, and master 4…

79% of 107 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Bullet Bunny

Bullet Bunny

Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements.

82% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Death in the Water 2

Death in the Water 2

Dive into a haunted open sea, scavenge for treasure and fight off swarms of sea creatures under the mind control of a giant Kraken.

83% of 1,751 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Nebula

Nebula

Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders!

85% of 174 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
RagingBlasters

RagingBlasters

Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.

99% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Chroma Blast

Chroma Blast

Chroma Blast is a fast paced twin stick shooter with many different styles of play where you fight through waves of enemies while constantly…

82% of 252 Steam reviews are positiveFree
QP Shooting - Dangerous!!

QP Shooting - Dangerous!!

QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice.

95% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Shmadow

Shmadow

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

79% of 151 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender

Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender

Aqua Kitty is a fast paced retro styled submarine arcade shooter with optional 2 player local Co-op.Blast through hordes of mechanical sea monsters…

86% of 294 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Waves

Waves

Blast through neon arenas in a fast twin-stick shooter where every kill feeds the combo and every run begs for another.

95% of 1,576 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Really Big Sky

Really Big Sky

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

73% of 220 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
AquaNimble

AquaNimble

AquaNimble is about crazy intense shooter action with big quirky guns against underwater snake dragons, cybernetic sharks, swirling skeletons…

100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Newest games like Aqua Populo

Shrimp Escape

Shrimp Escape

Defy the food chain in this 2D arcade shooter! Stun predators with a pistol shrimp gun, slice them up with a mantis claw, and cash in scales for…

100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Gunboat God

Gunboat God

Become the all-powerful Gunboat God in this fluid shoot 'em up.

90% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Z-GYUBAAN!

Z-GYUBAAN!

Destroy the floor panel with the blast that defeated the enemy and rescue the captive girl!

71% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

It's a wet and wild PvP shooter for 2-12 players! Hunt down foes on high-speed torpedoes, Outmaneuver rivals with 360° tactics, and master 4…

79% of 107 Steam reviews are positiveFree
VARYZNEX

VARYZNEX

classical horizontal scroll 2D Shmup

98% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
1000 Waves

1000 Waves

1000 Waves is a bullet hell arcade game that becomes progressively difficult as you approach the 1000th wave.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Critical Fishing

Critical Fishing

Take part in wormkinds heroic struggle for freedom from their archnemesis.

96% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Stray Shot

Stray Shot

Monsters come from missed shots! Learn the monster's behaviours, shoot wisely and balance the difficulty to maximize scoring!

100% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$4.49
Bullet Bunny

Bullet Bunny

Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements.

82% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Always Surrender

Always Surrender

Battle a never ending swarm of enemies, but be sure to surrender before you die...

92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Roto Force

Roto Force

Shoot and dash your way through frantic missions! A twin-stick shooter set in a rotating world. Unlock weapons, move quickly and fight tons of bosses.

90% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$7.99