Games like Contra: Operation Galuga
by WayForward
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
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$19.99Contra Anniversary Collection
Jun 11 · KONAMI
Both: Side Scroller · Platformer · Shooter
The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.
ActionSide ScrollerRetro2DClassicPlatformerShooterDifficultArcadeLocal Co-Op👍 1,197
$4.99Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Mar 24 · Pixeljam
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · Platformer
A retro mashup of a Galaga-style shoot-em-up and simple platforming action. Made in collaboration with Eisner-award-winning James Kochalka, based on his graphic novel series for kids.
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellActionSide ScrollerRetroPlatformerArcadeShooter2D PlatformerIndie👍 128
$7.99Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse-Bouche
Apr 1 · WayForward
Both: 1980s · Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
Interstellar mayhem! A bounty-hunting cat girl! Funktasmical genre-spanning action! This one has it all — no foolin'!
1980sArcadeBeat 'em upFemale ProtagonistOn-Rails ShooterShoot 'Em UpSide ScrollerCartoonyColorfulCute
$6.99METAL SLUG 2
Apr 14 · SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Both: Arcade · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
ActionArcade2DSide ScrollerShoot 'Em UpRetroClassicMultiplayerLocal Co-OpShooter👍 1,184
-65%$3.49B.I.O.T.A.
Apr 12 · small bros
Both: 2D Platformer · Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
2D PlatformerAliensRetroShoot 'Em UpSide ScrollerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerPixel GraphicsArcadePlatformer👍 206
$5.99GIGANTIC ARMY
Mar 6 · ASTRO PORT
Both: Platformer · Arcade · Side Scroller
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
RunnerActionIndieMechsPlatformerArcadeSide ScrollerShoot 'Em Up2D Platformer2D👍 208
$7.99METAL SLUG
Jun 25 · Dotemu
Both: Arcade · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
ActionArcade2DSide ScrollerMultiplayerShoot 'Em UpRetroCo-opClassicLocal Multiplayer👍 4,510
$7.99SHOCK TROOPERS
May 18 · SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!
ActionArcade2DRetroShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsShooterAnime1990's👍 196
$7.99METAL SLUG X
Oct 2 · SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller
“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
ActionArcadeCo-opClassic2DShoot 'Em UpRetroMultiplayerSide ScrollerPixel Graphics👍 3,193
-50%$2.99Shoot 1UP DX
Sep 23 · Mommy's Best Games
Both: Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Side ScrollerShoot 'Em UpBullet HellShooterArcadeScore Attack2DSingleplayerPixel GraphicsSci-fi👍 124
$10.99Soda Crisis
May 23 · Team Soda
Both: Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
Soda Crisis is a fast-paced side-scrolling shooter game. You play a mysterious character of unknown origin, equipped with advanced high-tech gears and fierce combating skills - definitely the chosen one for this rescue mission!
Side ScrollerRunnerActionShoot 'Em UpShooterPlatformer3DGun CustomizationControllerParkour👍 2,915
$39.99R-Type Final 2
Apr 30 · Granzella Inc.
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · Arcade
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Shoot 'Em UpActionSide ScrollerArcadeShooterSpaceSci-fiSingleplayer3DCharacter Customization👍 660
$9.99Gunslugs 2
Jan 14 · Orangepixel
Both: Platformer · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
The Black Duck Army is back—bigger, badder, and armed with alien tech! In Gunslugs 2, chaos reigns as you blast through tanks, choppers, giant robots, and hordes of relentless minions. This action-packed, over-the-top run-and-gun adventure is a wild tribute to classic 80s and 90s action movies.
ActionIndiePlatformerShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsShooterRetroAction-Adventure1990's1980s
$3.99ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Apr 19 · BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!
ArcadeActionShoot 'Em UpRetroClassic2DSingleplayerPixel GraphicsShooterSpace👍 843
$4.99Heavy Weapon Deluxe
Aug 30 · PopCap Games, Inc.
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller
It's shoot-'em-up arcade action at its best! Use an incredible assortment of heavy artillery to blast away enemy tanks and planes, and fight your way to victory. What are you waiting for? Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get into the action!
CasualArcadeActionShoot 'Em UpBullet HellSingleplayer2DSide Scroller👍 425
$14.99Steel Assault
Sep 28 · Zenovia Interactive
Both: 2D Platformer · Arcade · Side Scroller
Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.
2D PlatformerFast-PacedArcadePost-apocalypticActionSide ScrollerPixel GraphicsRetroBullet HellDifficult👍 386
$7.99METAL SLUG 3
Feb 14 · SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Both: Arcade · Side Scroller · Shooter
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
ArcadeClassicActionCo-opSide ScrollerRetroLocal Co-OpShooter2DOnline Co-Op👍 6,978
Raiden IV: OverKill
Sep 2 · Moss Co., Ltd.
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Shooter
The series that changed the history of arcade shoot’em ups is back with the crazed action of Overkill mode! Instill fear in your enemies with devastating attacks and earn the acclaimed title of Master Ace!
ActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeBullet Hell2DGreat SoundtrackShooterSingleplayerSci-fi👍 441
$2.99Guardians of Lodino Forest
Aug 21 · Adrien DITTRICK
Both: Arcade · Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
This is "Guardians Of Lodino Forest" (G.O.L.F. for short); a surreal need to play experience, an amazing hybrid sports action-adventure rhythm game about shooting an Armored series of giant golf ball boss Guardians into submission and then striking them back into their lair for a hole in one!
ActionSportsArcadeeSportsShooterArena ShooterShoot 'Em UpThird-Person ShooterThird Person1990's
$9.99Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition
Dec 10 · Dotemu
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Shooter
Originally created by Seibu Kaihatsu, Raiden series comes back with a four-title compilation of these classic scrolling arcade shooter games we enjoyed being challenged with back in the days.
ActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeRetroShooter1990'sBullet HellFlightFast-PacedDifficult👍 259
$0.99Martian Invaders
Nov 24 · LoadUpGames.com
Both: Arcade · Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down Shooter2DPixel Graphics1980sAliensMars
$14.99Vibrant Venture
Jul 24 · Semag Games
Both: Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
PlatformerAdventureSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerDifficultActionPixel GraphicsCartoony2D👍 575
-70%$3.59Anomaly Agent
Jan 24 · Phew Phew Games
Both: 2D Platformer · Side Scroller · Platformer
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAction RoguelikeHack and SlashPlatformerSouls-like2D FighterRogueliteAction RPGAction-Adventure👍 9,465
$29.99Raiden V: Director's Cut | 雷電 V Director's Cut | 雷電V:導演剪輯版
Oct 10 · MOSS Co., Ltd.
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Shooter
Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
Shoot 'Em UpActionArcadeShooterBullet HellGreat SoundtrackSci-fiLocal Co-OpSingleplayer👍 266
-50%$2.99Weapon of Choice DX
Sep 23 · Mommy's Best Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · Platformer
Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!
ActionShoot 'Em UpSide ScrollerRetroPlatformerHand-drawnAliensMultiple Endings2DArcade
$0.99Bullshot
Nov 22 · GATO STUDIO
Both: Platformer · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.
IndieActionPlatformerRetroSingleplayerShoot 'Em UpSpaceArcadeGreat SoundtrackComedy👍 232
$9.99Raimodula
May 1 · Roborar Digital Ltda.
Both: Arcade · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller
Raimodula is a fast-paced arcade platformer featuring customizable characters and randomized stage layouts. Unlock abilities, battle modular enemies, and explore surreal environments through intense and polished gameplay!
ActionArcadeCharacter CustomizationPerma Death2D PlatformerLocal Co-OpPixel GraphicsSide ScrollerScore AttackGun Customization
$9.99Titan Attacks!
Feb 3 · Puppygames
Both: Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter
As the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addictive gameplay of the classic arcade shoot 'em up, but is packed full of extras - new features, new...
Arena ShooterSide ScrollerBullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterDrivingDifficultShooterArcade👍 654
$16.99Gravity Circuit
Jul 13 · Domesticated Ant Games
Both: Platformer · 2D Platformer
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.
ActionPlatformerPixel GraphicsIndie2DSingleplayer2D PlatformerRobotsFast-PacedController👍 3,028
$4.99Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Dec 13 · NukGames
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Shooter
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
CasualActionShoot 'Em UpRetroBullet HellArcadeShooter2DSingleplayerPixel Graphics👍 2,842
$7.99Jets'n'Guns Gold
Feb 5 · Rake in Grass
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · Arcade
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
Shoot 'Em UpGreat SoundtrackSide ScrollerActionIndieBullet HellDifficult2DArcadeOld School👍 1,246
$1.99GALXAGAR
Aug 19 · MoonMuse Entertainment
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter · Arcade
"Don't go to GALXAGAR"; a phrase uttered by many who have traversed its rim. Untold treasures, and terrors, await within its blackened depths. Ready your craft, spacefarer, because you're about to enter the most dangerous sector in all the stars. Get ready.. for GALXAGAR!
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpPvEShooterArcade2DTop-DownActionControllerLinear
$4.99Platypus
Aug 15 · Anthony Flack
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Side Scroller
The vast continent-spanning city of Collosatropolis has finally reached the limits of its expansion. Tall buildings cover every available space. The air is thick with smoke and poisonous chemicals. Parking is a nightmare
ActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeLocal Co-OpRetroCo-opGreat SoundtrackBullet HellSingleplayerSide Scroller👍 374


