BULLET PARTY
The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$0.49
Games like NIDUS
If NIDUS scratched a fast-paced and surreal itch for you, keep reading. These games could fill that gap nicely. Most of them work well for a shared session.
Struggling
Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Surreal, Colorful
93% of 398 Steam reviews are positive$14.99PUSS!
A cat gets sucked into another dimension, and the only way out is a gauntlet of neon mazes you steer through with nothing but a mouse. PUSS! is a fast, absurd avoid-'em up with bullet hell bosses, glitching walls and a vaporwave fever dream for a soundtrack. Easy to pick up, brutal to finish.
Fast-paced, Surreal, Colorful
92% of 1,065 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99BULLET PARTY
The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Colorful, Tense
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$0.49Archons
Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously! Customize your build and abilities to fit your own unique playstyle and blast your way through enemy parasites and bosses!
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Colorful, Tense
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99Ambidextro
A witch has the prince and the princess, and the royal wizard has been cut in half to save both at once. Your brain will file a complaint. It is worth it.
Fast-paced, Surreal, Tense
98% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positive$5.59VIVIDLOPE
Rapid gravity arcade action! Dash! Spin! Slam! Paint!
Fast-paced, Surreal, Colorful
97% of 457 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99Fly'N
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!
Fast-paced, Colorful, Hand-drawn
92% of 289 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Assault Android Cactus+
Junior Constable Cactus answers a distress call and lands on a freighter whose robot workforce has gone berserk. A fast twin stick shooter where your battery drains instead of your lives, so standing still is not an option. Nine androids, 25 transforming stages, giant bosses, and up to four friends on one couch.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Colorful, Tense
94% of 1,328 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Bleed
Wryn wants to be the ultimate videogame hero, and her plan is to fight every hero who currently holds the title. A fast, acrobatic action-platformer: slow time, triple dash, wall jump and shoot your way through seven levels and a stack of inventive bosses. Short, but built to be replayed.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Colorful, Tense
92% of 1,500 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Just 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.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Surreal, Colorful
97% of 24,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$19.99THOTH
THOTH is a challenging twin-stick shooter you can conquer alone or cooperatively with a friend. Each stage is handcrafted to test coordination and puzzle-solving skills. Colorful minimalist graphics combine with an intense unnerving soundtrack, making for an exciting mix of art and arcade.
Also in Co-op · Fast-paced, Surreal, Tense
87% of 215 Steam reviews are positive$0.99No Need for Flowers
Dodge through colorful bullet patterns as you shoot down hordes of enemies in this arcade-style scrolling shooter bullet hell about magic dragon girls! Uncover a tragic story about acceptance as you overcome intense challenges that test both your skills and memory.
Fast-paced, Surreal, Colorful
100% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Cheaper than NIDUS
Ambidextro
Split the royal wizard in half and rescue the prince and princess at the same time, one character per hand.
98% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positive$5.59
Bleed
A pixel-art action-platformer where a pink-haired heroine with a big arsenal fights her way to the title of greatest hero of all time.
92% of 1,500 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
THOTH
THOTH is a challenging twin-stick shooter you can conquer alone or cooperatively with a friend.
87% of 215 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Riddled Corpses
Frenetic arcade style twin-stick shooter. Fight your way through hordes of enemies alone or with a friend!
68% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Miracle Fly
A unique action-puzzle platform game that will give you a whole new gaming experience.
86% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
The Bug Butcher
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang!
87% of 663 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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
Flywrench
Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.
95% of 337 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!
92% of 520 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Swarmlake
Fight a record-breaking swarm in a fast, colorful first-person arena where every run is a fight to stay above the tide.
94% of 1,848 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like NIDUS
CICADAMATA"
Speed through surreal levels as a cicada agent, chaining stylish kills and chasing leaderboard scores.
96% of 1,739 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99
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
Ambidextro
Split the royal wizard in half and rescue the prince and princess at the same time, one character per hand.
98% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positive$5.59
Archons
Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously!
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
VIVIDLOPE
Rapid gravity arcade action! Dash! Spin! Slam! Paint!
97% of 457 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
NeverAwake
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams...
95% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
River Tails: Stronger Together
River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D co-op adventure platformer designed around an asymmetrical co-op system.
81% of 190 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Toodee and Topdee
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge!
93% of 674 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Heavenly Bodies
Control a cosmonaut limb by limb and tackle delicate jobs that fall apart hilariously, alone or with a friend on the couch.
95% of 3,795 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$19.99
Struggling
Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork.
93% of 398 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
PUSS!
Guide a cat through shifting neon mazes with your mouse, survive bullet hell bosses and find the way home.
92% of 1,065 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Newest games like NIDUS
CICADAMATA"
Speed through surreal levels as a cicada agent, chaining stylish kills and chasing leaderboard scores.
96% of 1,739 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.99
Left Not Right
Control Lefty with your left hand, and Righty with your right. At the same time! Don't worry — it's a single-player game. No friends required.
93% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
No Need for Flowers
Dodge through colorful bullet patterns as you shoot down hordes of enemies in this arcade-style scrolling shooter bullet hell about magic dragon…
100% of 48 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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
Ambidextro
Split the royal wizard in half and rescue the prince and princess at the same time, one character per hand.
98% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positive$5.59
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
Archons
Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously!
92% of 442 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Joe 'n Jo
Guide two tethered giraffes through tricky physics platforming, alone or with a friend.
63% of 1,296 Steam reviews are positiveFree
River Tails: Stronger Together
River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D co-op adventure platformer designed around an asymmetrical co-op system.
81% of 190 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
VIVIDLOPE
Rapid gravity arcade action! Dash! Spin! Slam! Paint!
97% of 457 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
NeverAwake
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams...
95% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Black Widow: Recharged
Defend your spider web from an onslaught of bugs in this frenetic revival of the cult classic twin-stick shooter, all while jamming to an infectious…
77% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$9.99