Blast-off
Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe.
86% of 379 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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Chasing that fast-paced and retro feeling you got from Dark Matter? Browse these games for your next favorite.
Blast-off
Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
86% of 379 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Ion Assault
In ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
74% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$9.99PARTICLE MACE
An arcade space game where your only weapon is a trail of trash tethered to your ship. No guns: you build momentum, swing the junk into enemies and asteroids, and die anyway. Solo, or with up to three friends on one couch, it turns one thumbstick into something surprisingly deep.
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
87% of 1,080 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Redux: Dark Matters
Redux: Dark Matters is a fast-paced space shooting game with fresh scoring elements - a bastard-hard shooter and definitely a must have for every shmup fan!
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
63% of 24 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Gunborg: Dark Matters
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
93% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Pixel Star
Endless arcade action takes a modern twist, creating a uniquely challenging open space shoot-em-up experience. From brutal bosses to black holes and beyond, countless hazards await discovery. How long can you survive?
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
93% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Space Drifters 2D
Space Drifters 2D, is a top down space shooter with Newtonian physics style movement. Made in the Unity engine with graphics and controls reminiscent of Asteroids with the added benefit of a local co-op and multiple versus modes.
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
74% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Galactic Glitch
A physics-powered space roguelike where your gravity gun is half the fun. Grab asteroids, catch incoming missiles and hurl them back, or rip armor off enemy ships and throw that too. Fast twin-stick combat, wild builds and colossal bosses in a glitched, collapsing galaxy.
Fast-paced, Tense, Replayable
89% of 946 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$12.99Fly and Destroy
Fly and destroy is a space arcade unlike anything you've experienced before. It combines extremely fun game mechanics with breath taking visuals. The game itself has elements of almost every popular indie genre, but probably the most fitting would be the space bullet hell.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
64% of 151 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$4.99Space Codex
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
86% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Cycle 28
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.
Fast-paced, Retro, Minimalist
74% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$0.67PixelJunk™ 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.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
93% of 251 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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Pixel Star
Endless arcade action takes a modern twist, creating a uniquely challenging open space shoot-em-up experience.
93% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Space Drifters 2D
Space Drifters 2D, is a top down space shooter with Newtonian physics style movement.
74% of 19 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Space Codex
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is…
86% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Cycle 28
A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake.
74% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$0.67
PULSOR
PULSOR is a fast paced shoot em' up space arcade game where you orbit a black hole.
80% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
ASTRONAVE
Dodge the assault of spheres in circular moves, while destroying celestial bodies and fighting only one boss that will push your abilities and focus…
67% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Bit Blaster XL
Pilot a ship that never stops moving, dodge everything, and chase high scores in endless retro survival.
96% of 5,498 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$1.99
Space Mayhem
Inspired by classic arcade shooters, Space Mayhem is a fast-paced score chaser with a retro style.
100% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Space Smash
Fast-paced retro shmup where space keeps shrinking. Collect energy orbs, avoid danger, unlock ships, and chase the highest score in this addictive…
92% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$1.04
Gamma Zero
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them!
100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
in Space
in Space is a procedural sidescrolling shooter that values precision and strategy over reflex or memorization.
85% of 88 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like Dark Matter
Galactic Glitch
Hurl asteroids, catch missiles and rip enemy ships apart with your gravity gun in fast, chaotic roguelike runs.
89% of 946 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$12.99
Ball-it Hell
Dodge! Strike back! This is a fast-paced barrage arcade game. Move the character to dodge bullets.
95% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Death In Abyss
Death In Abyss is an intense flight shooter that challenges you to utilize your maneuverability and explosive firepower to survive against the…
83% of 161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Gamma Bros
Guide the Gamma Brothers through waves of alien attacks, blasting your way home from work in this frantic twin-stick space shooter about brotherly…
92% of 168 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Blast-off
Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe.
86% of 379 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Switch 'N' Shoot
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
96% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Space Codex
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is…
86% of 233 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Echoes+
Echoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
92% of 858 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Devil Daggers
Survive a nightmare of swarming horrors with nothing but a hand of daggers, one hit from death at every second.
96% of 7,508 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$9.99
PARTICLE MACE
Fly a tiny ship through hostile space, swinging tethered junk into enemies with nothing but momentum.
87% of 1,080 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Space Moth DX
Fact: everything is better with lasers. So we put lasers on over 30 angry giant insects who want to stop you, Space Moth, from escaping Earth and…
84% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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.
93% of 251 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Newest games like Dark Matter
Death In Abyss
Death In Abyss is an intense flight shooter that challenges you to utilize your maneuverability and explosive firepower to survive against the…
83% of 161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Galactic Glitch
Hurl asteroids, catch missiles and rip enemy ships apart with your gravity gun in fast, chaotic roguelike runs.
89% of 946 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$12.99
Gamma Zero
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them!
100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Ball-it Hell
Dodge! Strike back! This is a fast-paced barrage arcade game. Move the character to dodge bullets.
95% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Super Astrovade
Master the difficult art of dodging bullets while blasting thruster flame in the face of your enemies. No guns, no upgrades, no level-ups.
80% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Boot & Shoot
stranded in space with nothing but a gun, hostiles start showing up out of nowhere... what now? you can't escape, but you can boot and shoot
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Meteor Blasters
Drift through escalating asteroid chaos in this high-speed arcade space shooter.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Gunborg: Dark Matters
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade…
93% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Shooty
A space arcade shooter with light rogue-like elements.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Asteroides
it's simple, fast, rocking, without pauses, without life, without time will you save the earth?
76% of 21 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Pilots Of Darsalon
Your job is to locate and transport the containers to your base avoiding enemies on your way.
73% of 37 Steam reviews are positive$4.99