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
Games like Starlight Squad
Still thinking about Starlight Squad and its retro and colorful tone? These games could fill that gap nicely.
Galactic Outlaws
"Galactic Outlaws" is a side-scrolling space shooter where you lead an elite squad on high-risk missions. Customize and upgrade unique ships, master devastating weapons, and battle waves of enemies in a galaxy plunged into chaos. Victory depends on your strategy and skill!
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
95% of 22 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99Galaxy Highways
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
95% of 62 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, Colorful, Fast-paced
84% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$9.99HellStar Squadron
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON. Dodge wave after wave of bullets, shoot the demons back to hell, and save the galaxy in this fresh, retro shoot 'em up/bullet hell experience!
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
87% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Pixel 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?
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
93% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Sky Mercenaries
Sky Mercenaries - Fast paced action overdose with rpg elements
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
72% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Sophstar
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 based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
100% of 96 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Pewt 'em Up!
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
96% of 171 Steam reviews are positiveFreeAstro 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.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
75% of 20 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Space 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!
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
88% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Starship 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.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
94% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Space War: Infinity
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Retro, Colorful, Fast-paced
93% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Cheaper than Starlight Squad
HellStar Squadron
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON.
87% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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
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
Space Force Squadron
Space Force Squadron is a horizontal 2d shmup. Choose between 4 pilots with different spaceships and different attributes.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
StarShip Wars
Modern release of Shoot'em Up Game !!! Take a role as pilot of Your spaceship and feel the arcade games vibes in a new modern release.
$2.99
Power-Up
A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.
60% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Exile Squadron
In this sidescrolling shoot ‘em up, you are the top pilot of the Exile Squadron, who has to stop the invading colonial forces.
91% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Defender's Squad: The Last Ride
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Bladestar
Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level.
67% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$0.54
Polygon Attack
Break through unlimited waves of enemies and fight unpredictable bosses!
89% of 240 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Alien Attack
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens.
82% of 182 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Hidden gems like Starlight Squad
Sublight
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike where you captain a battleship through escalating waves of rebels and alien swarms.
89% of 131 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
GUNFIELD
GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite.
95% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Pewt 'em Up!
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
96% of 171 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Nebula
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders!
85% of 174 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Power of Ten
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while…
79% of 247 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Neptunia Shooter
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets.
89% of 581 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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
Captain Starshot
Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters.
73% of 277 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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
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
Newest games like Starlight Squad
Sublight
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike where you captain a battleship through escalating waves of rebels and alien swarms.
89% of 131 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
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
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
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 positivePlayers online now: 1$8.99
Void Resurgence
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite.
90% of 31 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Space Dragons
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon.
83% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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
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
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
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
GUNFIELD
GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite.
95% of 253 Steam reviews are positive$4.99