Beat Da Beat
Hurrican-like Bullet Hell. Avoid the rain of bullets to the rhythms of "dubstep".
92% of 464 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Games like Horizon Shift
Miss the fast-paced and retro pull of Horizon Shift? These games are worth a look next.
Horizon Shift '81
An explosive wave based shooter (shmups) with a real Retro feel to it. You can even play the game in Tate screen mode! "...if you have the itch for some old-school arcade blast-em-up fun, Horizon Shift '81 is a great way to feed that craving." - 8/10 - The Sixth Axis
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
91% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Hell is Other Demons
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
92% of 312 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Jets'n'Guns Gold
A retro side-scrolling space shooter where you blast through 43 levels of monsters, bosses and exploding scenery with an arsenal of 70 weapons.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
87% of 1,253 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$7.99Sektori
A twin-stick shooter built on hard techno, where the arena keeps shifting and enemies never stop coming. Pick your upgrades, build a deck that fits your ship, and survive five worlds of escalating chaos. Fast runs, real challenge, and a soundtrack that pushes you through it.
Fast-paced, Tense, Colorful
96% of 930 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$14.99BLUE REVOLVER
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
98% of 842 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Waves
A neon twin-stick shooter about one thing: the score. Chain swift kills into a fat combo, drop well-timed bombs, and slow time when the screen gets too honest with you. Seven modes, online leaderboards, and runs short enough that "one more go" stops being a joke.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
95% of 1,575 Steam reviews are positiveFreeBeat Da Beat
Hurrican-like Bullet Hell. Avoid the rain of bullets to the rhythms of "dubstep". Help the hero to defeat the aliens and to take revenge on the interstellar aggressor!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
92% of 464 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Danmaku Unlimited 2
Classic Japanese style vertical manic shooting action! Shoot, dodge and explode your way through the second entry in the critically acclaimed Danmaku Unlimited series. Battle through nail-biting bullet patterns and compete for dominance on the global leaderboard!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
92% of 366 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Switch 'N' Shoot
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
96% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$3.99ZeroRanger
A vertical shoot 'em up about two fighters left against an alien invasion, with a story that keeps twisting the more you shoot. Tight arcade action, a striking two-colour look and a soundtrack worth leaving on. Hard, but friendlier to newcomers than most of its genre.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
95% of 2,068 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99Just Shapes & Beats
A musical bullet hell where the hazards are the music: dodge pink shapes sweeping in on the beat as a little blue square, alone or with up to three friends. 48 handcrafted stages, licensed chiptune and EDM tracks, and a lot of dying. It stings, it looks great, and one more go is always tempting.
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
97% of 24,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$19.99Blue Rider
In a valley flooded with bullets, your next challenge rises from a heap of scraps. This time there aren't blue hedgehogs or mega men to save you. Hop in and become the Blue Rider!
Fast-paced, Retro, Tense
87% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Cheaper than Horizon Shift
Switch 'N' Shoot
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
96% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Jet Gunner
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia.
74% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
TechBeat Heart
SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION! A frantic combo-based score attack shooter. Make combos to earn more time.
92% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Star Saviors
Fly humanity's last ship through 18 stages of bullets, bosses and hard choices about what to bolt onto it.
81% of 1,537 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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
Polygon Attack
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
89% of 240 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection
'Things will explode, things will die, you will dodge, you will do maths...Yes maths!'
64% of 193 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Mr. Shifty
Teleport, shift through bullets, and master lightning-fast takedowns in an all new kind of action game from tinyBuild and Team Shifty!
88% of 860 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
XIIZEAL
Enjoy a fast and frantic arcade shmup from Triangle Service! Attack in all directions and rack up the multipliers - do you have XIIZEAL?
89% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$2.39
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
Hidden gems like Horizon Shift
Sektori
Shoot through shifting arenas to a hard techno beat, building a new upgrade deck every run across five worlds that never let up.
96% of 930 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$14.99
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art.
98% of 834 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Hazelnut Hex
Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!
97% of 125 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
CrushBorgs
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
93% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Hell is Other Demons
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements.
92% of 312 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
ZeroRanger
Fly a fighter against an alien invasion in a hard, fast shoot 'em up with a striking two-colour look and a soundtrack worth leaving on.
95% of 2,068 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99
BLUE REVOLVER
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike.
98% of 842 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Tormentor❌Punisher
Everything in Tormentor❌Punisher can be killed in one hit, from bosses to yourself. Bosses conjure traps to make the arena hellish.
92% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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
Bot Vice
Take cover, dodge the barrage and gun down the Wildbots across 25 one-minute arcade stages as Erin Saver.
93% of 1,350 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Switch 'N' Shoot
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
96% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Newest games like Horizon Shift
Sektori
Shoot through shifting arenas to a hard techno beat, building a new upgrade deck every run across five worlds that never let up.
96% of 930 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$14.99
SHOCKWAVE TRIGGERS
SHOCKWAVE TRIGGERS is an arcade high resolution pixel art shmup/shoot'em up, in which you use the power of Shockwaves and a good timing to get the…
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Lilac 0
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface!
94% of 68 Steam reviews are positive$11.49
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art.
98% of 834 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Hazelnut Hex
Rescue breakfast in this arcade-style bullet hell shoot 'em up!
97% of 125 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$7.99
CrushBorgs
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
93% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Crisis Wing
Crisis Wing is 90's style vertically scrolling arcade shooter. Master 7 intense vertical stages, and take down massive bosses.
89% of 89 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
HORIZON VANGUARD
Blast your hovercycle through the enemy's crushing forces under a bright blue sky!
91% of 22 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Horizon Shift '81
An explosive wave based shooter (shmups) with a real Retro feel to it. You can even play the game in Tate screen mode!
91% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Hell is Other Demons
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements.
92% of 312 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
ZeroRanger
Fly a fighter against an alien invasion in a hard, fast shoot 'em up with a striking two-colour look and a soundtrack worth leaving on.
95% of 2,068 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99