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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?
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$0.99Distant Space
Dec 20 · PixelMouse
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
Shoot 'Em UpIndieArcadeSpacePixel GraphicsCasualAction2DAdventure1980s👍 492
$2.99Blast-off
Jan 22 · Quad-Games
Both: Arcade · Space · Shoot 'Em Up
Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.
ActionIndieArcadeSpaceShoot 'Em UpFuturisticSingleplayerSci-fi2DReplay Value👍 378
$9.99Starblast
Nov 8 · Neuronality
Both: Space · Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Massively MultiplayerActionSpaceIndieCasualArcadeShoot 'Em Up2DShooterDifficult👍 1,050
$1.99Sun Blast: Star Fighter
Apr 2 · OBLONE Software
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Sun Blast is the best 3d space shooter on Steam. Earn upgrades as you fight your way through a huge seleciton of levels. Full gamepad support!
ActionShoot 'Em UpIndieAdventureAnimeArcadeSpaceShooterSci-fiThird Person👍 578
$1.99Star Saviors
May 6 · Sharpened Edge Studios
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Space · Arcade
Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellActionIndieSpaceGreat SoundtrackArcade2DStrategySingleplayer👍 1,535
$4.99Super Star Path
Jun 22 · DYA Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
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 face intense boss battles!
Shoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterBullet HellMatch 3DifficultArcadeShooterExperimental2DTop-Down👍 340
$3.99Nebula Invasion
Dec 12 · Nicholas Novella, Joshua Novella
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Nebula Invasion was designed for those who enjoy the classic type arcade games, a spaceship shooter with great game play. Aliens attack many different ways from marching to dive bombing. You have the tools to fight back with a ship that can power-up with double, triple, rapid fire, or plasma cannon.
ActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeRetro2DShooterSpaceBullet HellIndieColorful
-50%$1.49STELLATUM
Sep 15 · Satur Entertainment
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Space · Arcade
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellCasualSpaceRobotsPvPReal-TimeCharacter CustomizationShooterArcade👍 142
-60%$3.99Enemy Mind
Jun 6 · Schell Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Space · Arcade
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.
ActionShoot 'Em UpShooterSpacePixel GraphicsBullet HellArcadeSide ScrollerRetroIndie👍 104
-85%$2.99Ginga Force
Sep 24 · Qute
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Fight over the Earth-like planet of Seventia and its scarce resources of Septonium. A vertical shoot ’em up at its core with an added focus towards immersive storytelling. Follow the story of Alex and Margaret, two exceptional pilots, for the first time on Steam.
ActionShoot 'Em UpArcadeAnimeGreat SoundtrackBullet Hell👍 227
$2.99Project Starship
Apr 5 · Panda Indie Studio
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Project Starship is an arcade bullet-hell with random mechanics. No match will ever be the same. Who will you be? Garret or Gwen? Will you save the world from the mighty cthulhu?
IndieActionCasualBullet HellShoot 'Em Up2DPixel GraphicsArcade👍 304
$7.99TWINKLE STAR SPRITES
May 26 · SNK CORPORATION, Dotemu
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
“TWINKLE STAR SPRITES ”, a competitive 2D top-down view scrolling shooter released on NEOGEO MVS in 1996, departs for new adventures on the Steam gaming platform!Master your shots, and aim for the magical Twinkle Star”!
Shoot 'Em UpActionArcadeAnimeFemale ProtagonistCuteLocal Multiplayer1990'sPixel GraphicsRetro👍 203
$4.99Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition
Sep 4 · Entity Medialab
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition is a hardcore, uncompromising vertical scrolling bullet hell/invader hell shooter (shmup) that doubles as a techno-based lightsynth, triggering bursts of funky invaders at the pulse of a relentless beat.
ActionIndieBullet HellShoot 'Em UpGreat SoundtrackArcadeShooterRhythm2DMusic-Based Procedural Generation👍 326
$0.99Distant Space 2
Nov 2 · PixelMouse
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
Distant Space 2 - is an indirect continuation of the first part, in which you will find more dynamic gameplay. Your task is to destroy enemy ships on each level to go to the next of 26 available. In addition to conventional ships, you will have to wait for the boss ships, the battle with which will not be easy.
ActionIndieAdventureCasualArcadeShoot 'Em UpBullet HellRetroShooterSports👍 315
$4.99Revolution Ace
Mar 19 · Laser Guided Games, LLC
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.
Shoot 'Em UpActionIndieBullet HellShooterLocal Co-OpArcadeMultiplayerTop-DownSingleplayer👍 1,476
$2.99Void Invaders
Aug 14 · VoidDev
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Jump back to the good old days of arcade machines with Void Invaders: a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up game inspired by classics such as Galaga and Space Invaders!
IndieActionGreat SoundtrackShoot 'Em UpArcadeRetro👍 280
$9.99Starr Mazer: DSP
Aug 26 · Imagos Softworks, Subpixel Studios
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
IndieActionEarly AccessShoot 'Em UpBullet HellPixel GraphicsArcadeShooterSide ScrollerGreat Soundtrack👍 228
$4.99Polygoneer
Aug 24 · NukGames
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
IndieCasualActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpSingleplayer2DRetroGreat SoundtrackTop-Down Shooter👍 384
$9.99Syder Arcade
Oct 24 · Studio Evil
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Shoot 'Em UpIndieBullet HeavenBullet HellShooterActionArcadeSurvivalSci-fiSpace👍 451
$1.99Intergalactic Bubbles
May 29 · Hellscape Games
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Space
Blast your way through space in this innovative 3D bubble puzzler! Bounce, bobble, swing, and explode bubbles across the universe. Intergalactic Bubbles advances the classic match-3 genre into the 21st century with stellar graphics, 3D action, and upgrades.
CasualIndiePuzzleSingleplayerArcadeShoot 'Em UpFamily FriendlyMatch 3SpaceRetro👍 1,019
$0.99Bit Blaster XL
Jan 22 · Adamvision Studios
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpDifficultShooterArcade2DControllerActionCasualMinimalist👍 5,495
$0.99Invaders from the Third Dimension
Jun 19 · Nile River Software LLC
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
A retro space shooter with a twist - now you can rotate your ship and aim diagonally at enemies, adding a whole new dimension to the shoot 'em up genre.
Shoot 'Em UpRetroArcadeActionSpaceSci-fiSingleplayerShooterAliens3D
$9.99Space Dragons
Aug 2 · TEAM Black Hat Robot
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
ActionShoot 'Em UpBullet HellPixel GraphicsArcadeShooterSide ScrollerAliens2DAnime
FreeMobile Astro
Dec 15 · Raxasoft Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Run, gun, and survive! In this twin stick arcade shooter, you'll be fighting your way through countless waves of enemies to restore maximum peace to the galaxy!
ActionIndieRetroShoot 'Em UpArcadeTwin Stick ShooterSci-fi2DFree to PlayShooter
$1.99Mars 2099
3 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · Space
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
ActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsSpaceRetroDifficultControllerSingleplayerMars
$0.99Space Codex
May 17 · takk
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?
CasualRetroShoot 'Em UpBullet HellArcade👍 232
$0.99Bullshot
Nov 22 · GATO STUDIO
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Space · 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
$0.99Super Captain 3D
Nov 12 · Team Gizmoid
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Super Captain 3D is a shoot-em-up game where you become a Super Hero ready to fight the Pixel Invaders. It features an art style that combines 3D pre-renders with 2D pixel art. Use your Superpowers to protect the Universe!
IndieShoot 'Em UpBullet HellRetroActionArcade2DColorfulPixel GraphicsSci-fi
$9.99Xenoraid: The First Space War
Sep 30 · 10tons Ltd
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!
ActionIndieShoot 'Em UpArcadeShooterSci-fiScore AttackSurvivalSpaceLocal Co-Op
$4.99Heavy Weapon Deluxe
Aug 30 · PopCap Games, Inc.
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
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
FreeCosmo Chaser
Jun 29 · Choi Jaewook
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Space · Arcade
Cosmo Chaser is space fighter action game which presents restless shooting battle. It demonstrates new style of vertical scroll shooter by presenting classic arcade action in 3D space.
IndieShoot 'Em UpBullet HellRetroSci-fiSpaceArcadeShooterCyberpunkSingleplayer
$0.99Incandescent
Jun 30 · Stephen Crabb
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.
ActionIndieShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterArcade2DCasual👍 128
$2.99Run Build Pew!
Jun 6 · Knight Owl Games
Both: Space · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteAction RoguelikeTop-Down ShooterSpaceShoot 'Em UpShooterArcadeRoguelike2D👍 552
$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
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
$4.99Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork
Mar 24 · Pixeljam
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
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
-50%$4.99Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
Jan 23 · Synset
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
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.
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellActionIndieRetroArcadePixel GraphicsDifficult2DGreat Soundtrack👍 412
$14.99Super Chain Crusher Horizon
Sep 22 · Mindware
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Super Chain Crusher Horizon is the largest, longest, most incredible PC shooting game in history with a two-player mode that is revolutionary. And, it’s loaded with game modes that solve the problems had by most shoot ‘em ups.
Shoot 'Em UpArcade2DActionIndie
$1.99Alien Attack
Jun 21 · Alien Jellyfish
Both: Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens. Persist them as long as you can.
ActionIndieCasualAdventureSimulationPixel GraphicsDifficultArcadeShoot 'Em Up2D👍 181
$3.99Nebula
Jan 25 · JuTek Pixel
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.
Bullet HeavenShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRogueliteAction RoguelikeShooterArcadeRoguelike2D👍 172
$5.99WOLFLAME
Apr 21 · ASTRO PORT
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade
Brought to you by the makers of GIGANTIC ARMY, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, and SATAZIUS, WOLFLAME is a return to the form of glorious 2D vertical vertical shooters like Raiden, Raptor, and Twin Cobra.
Shoot 'Em UpActionIndieArcadeShooterBullet HellSingleplayer2DPixel GraphicsCasual👍 108













