GanaBlade
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage.
95% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like Starexcess
Looking for that same retro and fast-paced spark as Starexcess? These games line up well for what comes next. Most of them work well for a shared session.
GanaBlade
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage. Various scenes with rich colors Planets, Fire Stars, Jupiter Stars, Water Stars, and huge battleships. It's time to drive a space fighter and show your strength! !
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
95% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Procyon
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Steredenn: Binary Stars
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
87% of 619 Steam reviews are positive$12.99Star Saviors
Aliens took Earth, and your ship is the last argument. Star Saviors is a fast bullet hell shooter with 18 stages, two-player co-op, ship customization and a soundtrack worth turning up. Pick your weapons, dodge everything, and see how far one life gets you.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Tense
81% of 1,537 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
91% of 186 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.
Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
84% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$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 · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$0.49CounterAttack: Uprising
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online cross-platform coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
90% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99EXZEAL
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash. Choose between multiple ships and specialize in each one’s weapon system. Will you focus on shooting, shot charging, or close-range attacks? In EXZEAL, it’s your choice.
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
65% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$2.39Galactic Wars EX
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Shoot 1UP DX
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
79% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Space Elite Force II
Space Elite Force II is a fast-paced side-scrolling shmup with local co-op, weapon upgrades, handcrafted pixel art and epic boss battles. Fight through explosive stages, chase high scores and defend humanity. Wishlist now!
Also in Co-op · Retro, Fast-paced, Colorful
88% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Cheaper than Starexcess
Procyon
It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces.
95% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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
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
EXZEAL
A sequel that isn’t afraid to be different. EXZEAL is the followup to TRIZEAL Remix, but it’s much more than a simple rehash.
65% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$2.39
Shoot 1UP DX
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
79% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Space Elite Force II
Space Elite Force II is a fast-paced side-scrolling shmup with local co-op, weapon upgrades, handcrafted pixel art and epic boss battles.
88% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
FullBlast
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals.
70% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Pixel Galaxy
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
86% of 113 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
STELLATUM
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor.
58% of 142 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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
Stellar 2D
Stellar 2D is a retro style space arcade game, it's a 2D game in a 3D world. With an addictive, fast paced, casual game-play style.
40% of 744 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
Hidden gems like Starexcess
ASTROLANCER
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience!
97% of 141 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
GanaBlade
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage.
95% of 148 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
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 2,069 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99
CounterAttack: Uprising
CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup).
90% of 274 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Ginga Force
Fight over the Earth-like planet of Seventia and its scarce resources of Septonium.
80% of 230 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Q-YO Blaster
Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat
93% of 157 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
XenoRaptor
Take control of a cyberdragon and annihilate swarms of rocket propelled chainsaws either online or via LAN in this high speed, high skill 8 player…
81% of 130 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements.
91% of 186 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles.
87% of 619 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
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
Newest games like Starexcess
Super Retro Fighter
Classic Retro STG Is Back! Pick from distinctive fighters, earn permanent upgrades between battles, and brace for bosses that'll drive you up the…
75% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players!
85% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Atomanta
Atomanta is a sci-fi retro-styled vertical shoot 'em-up inspired by various Mega Drive and arcade titles from the '90s, by combining the old-school…
100% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$10.99
I Got Isekai'd Into a Shmup
I Got Isekai’d into a Shmup is a vertical shoot’em up game inspired by the best games of the 90s genre, while adding exciting features and local…
83% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
ASTROLANCER
ASTROLANCER combines top-down shooter and shoot 'em up gameplay into one action-packed experience!
97% of 141 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Totally Shmup
Beginner friendly 2D vertical and horizontal retro-style little shoot 'em up.
97% of 33 Steam reviews are positiveFree
GanaBlade
This is a hot barrage shooting game. Destroy enemy planes with powerful firepower, shuttle and evade in the barrage.
95% of 148 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Galactic Wars EX
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Sophstar
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward…
100% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Binarystar Infinity
Binarystar Infinity is a 1-Bit Shoot ‘Em Up with a challenging experience reminding of the traditional Arcade Shmup classics, that can be…
85% of 34 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
Ginga Force
Fight over the Earth-like planet of Seventia and its scarce resources of Septonium.
80% of 230 Steam reviews are positive$19.99