ARMORED HEAD
Fight off thirty waves of robots in a single arena, spend your coins on turrets and tricks, and hunt down every secret on the way to the gold cup.
98% of 1,232 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like Armada Fighters
If Armada Fighters scratched a fast-paced and retro itch for you, keep reading. You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
Astro Flame: Starfighter
You are the last pilot standing against an enemy fleet. Upgrade your starfighter, face epic bosses, and survive the chaos of space battles. Astro Flame: Starfighter is a fast-paced arcade shoot ‘em up in the spirit of the classics.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
75% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Armada Skies
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
60% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Furious Angels
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day. Compete on the leaderboards, transform into a flying tank and shred the skies to pieces!
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
87% of 348 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Phoenix 2
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders. Play a new mission every day and climb the world-wide leaderboards.
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
65% of 258 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8FreeNova Swarm
The arcade classics, rebuilt for 2026. A vertical shmup where swarms hold formation, then peel off and dive. Read the wave, rescue captured fighters, draft your build and chase real players up the rival ladder, one named pilot at a time, through endless sectors and 50 bosses.
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Armored Evolution
Armored Evolution is an arena style top down shooter where you battle planetary guardians on a quest to dominate the universe! Venture alone or with your friends earning legendary avatars and weapons on your way. Find and upgrade equipment to discover unique strategies and decimate your foes!
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
84% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Gal-X-E
Gal-X-E aims to revive the old-school shoot em up genre, and adds modern elements to it! Fight your way through endless waves of randomly generated madness! Collect spaceships and show the enemy who's boss!
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
86% of 95 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAWA
A fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the eight fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own end-level special boss.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
78% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Icarus-X: Tides of Fire
Blast your way through waves of enemies and bullets and defeat massive boss ships in this fast-paced vertical Shoot'em Up with a traditional Arcade Mode and an experimental Campaign Mode that borrows from the mechanics of ARPGs such as Diablo and Borderlands.
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
75% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99CLOUD PATROL
Fly across floating islands, hold off swarming drones, and face down three colossal bosses. Earn coins, unlock stronger firepower, and climb the endless Ascension ladder. This sky is yours to guard. Dive into a fast, exhilarating wave-based first-person aerial shooter.
Fast-paced, Replayable, Tense
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Starship Wars
Destroy enemies, bosses and everything you see ahead!! Get crystals to buy better starships and get stronger. Have fun in three different game modes.
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
94% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Titan Attacks!
As the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addictive gameplay of the classic arcade shoot 'em up, but is packed full of extras - new features, new...
Fast-paced, Retro, Replayable
92% of 656 Steam reviews are positive$5.29
Hidden gems like Armada Fighters
RagingBlasters
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
99% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Phoenix 2
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders.
65% of 258 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
Space War: Infinity
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability.
93% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
CounterAttack: Uprising
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup).
90% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Polygon Attack
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
89% of 240 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Furious Angels
Furious Angels is a brutal score attack shooter with different waves each day.
87% of 348 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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
Rigid Force Alpha
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an…
78% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Super Star Path
Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and…
82% of 340 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans.
84% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Fly a customizable ship through 43 levels of monsters, bosses and explosions, armed with 70 upgradeable weapons.
87% of 1,252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$7.99
Newest games like Armada Fighters
CLOUD PATROL
Fly across floating islands, hold off swarming drones, and face down three colossal bosses.
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Nova Swarm
The arcade classics, rebuilt for 2026. A vertical shmup where swarms hold formation, then peel off and dive.
92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Phoenix 2
A fast-paced shoot 'em up where skill matters. Master over 100 ships, unleash powerful special abilities, and blast through waves of Invaders.
65% of 258 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8Free
COSMIC WARFRONT
Top-down space combat shooter. 6 chassis, 8 weapons, 3 enemy factions, 3 bosses.
100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Astro Fighters 2
Blast through overwhelming bullet storms, graze enemy fire for massive score boosts, and bend time to survive impossible odds in this intense…
89% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Astro Flame: Starfighter
You are the last pilot standing against an enemy fleet. Upgrade your starfighter, face epic bosses, and survive the chaos of space battles.
75% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
All Systems Operational
A chaotic bullet-hell ARPG from competitive gamers who hate easy modes. Bosses roast you, enemies swarm you, and only skill gets you through.
100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Galactic Outlaws
"Galactic Outlaws" is a side-scrolling space shooter where you lead an elite squad on high-risk missions.
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Galaxy Highways
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights.
95% of 62 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
TOP DOG
Dogfight your way through short, intense and randomized runs. Hard but easy to pickup, with daily leaderboards and minimum hardware requirements
88% of 264 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$5.99
D.A.R - Deadly Alien Rogues
DAR is an arcade-style single-screen shoot-em-up inspired by the classics, with some modern rogue-like twists!
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Starship Wars
Destroy enemies, bosses and everything you see ahead!! Get crystals to buy better starships and get stronger. Have fun in three different game modes.
94% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$0.99