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Games like Astrowar

by Riptide Studio

Astrowar is a top-down 2D sci-fi arcade space shooter: shooting, dodging fire and avoiding meteorites. Earth Space Defenders and Starblast play most like Astrowar. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its bullet hell, shooter and arcade.

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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.

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Earth Space Defenders
Oct 21, 2025 · Hetocode
Both: Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
2.5D sci-fi top-down arena shooter, colorful arcade. Battle alien ships, collect upgrade cards and mine asteroids.
Arena ShooterBullet HellTop-Down ShooterPvEShooterSpace SimArcade2.5DTop-DownAction
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Starblast
Nov 8, 2017 · Neuronality
Both: Arcade · Shooter
Top-down 2D sci-fi arcade shoot 'em up. Mining asteroids, upgrading spaceships and fighting other players.
Massively MultiplayerActionSpaceIndieCasualArcadeShoot 'Em Up2DShooterDifficult👍 1,055
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Another Generic Space Shooter
Jul 20, 2023 · Embrion
Both: Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell space shooter, pixel art. Fighting waves of enemies, acquiring powerups and customizing runs.
Arena ShooterBullet HellTop-Down ShooterPvEShooterSpace2DTop-DownAction4 Player Local
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Nova Drift
Aug 12, 2024 · Chimeric
Both: Bullet Hell · Arcade · Shooter
Top-down 2D sci-fi action roguelike space shooter, neon arcade aesthetic. Shooting enemies, building custom ship upgrades and surviving waves.
Action RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpRogueliteArcadeShooter2DRoguelikeAction RPG👍 13,003
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Beyond Solar
Mar 29 · COREGAME Studios
Both: Bullet Hell · Arcade · Top-Down
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell shoot 'em up, pixel art. Fighting enemy swarms, upgrading ships and drone crafting.
Early AccessActionIndieBullet HellShoot 'Em UpArcadeTop-DownPixel GraphicsShooterTop-Down Shooter
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AREA WARS™
Mar 5 · Rexo
Both: Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
2D sci-fi bullet hell top-down shooter, pixel graphics. Shooting enemies, triggering chain explosions and fighting bosses.
Bullet HellTop-Down ShooterActionShooterArcade2DTop-DownControllerLinearPixel Graphics
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Cosmic Survivor
Jul 30 · Aoki Games
Both: Arcade · Shooter · Bullet Hell
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell shoot 'em up, space arcade. Shooting enemies, upgrading weapons and surviving waves.
ActionArcadeShooterBullet HellAdventureShoot 'Em Up2DTop-DownSpaceSci-fi
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Polygon Attack
Dec 27, 2016 · Magnolia Art
Both: Arcade · Shooter · Bullet Hell
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell shoot 'em up, vectrex inspired vector graphics. Shooting enemies, upgrading weapons and fighting bosses.
IndieActionCasualSpaceArcadeAdventureShooterSingleplayerBullet HellShoot 'Em Up👍 240
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Space Codex
May 17, 2016 · takk
Both: Bullet Hell · Arcade
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell shoot 'em up, retro pixelated graphics. Shooting enemy spaceships, collecting power-ups and surviving waves of enemies.
CasualRetroShoot 'Em UpBullet HellArcade👍 232
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Starfighter Neon
Dec 18, 2017 · MadeOfDinosaurs
Both: Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Arcade
Top-down 2D sci-fi arcade space shooter, minimalist neon. Laser blasting, alien dodging and collecting coins.
ActionIndieShoot 'Em Up2DBullet HellTop-Down ShooterRetroArcadeShooterTwin Stick Shooter
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Bit Blaster XL
Jan 22, 2016 · Adamvision Studios
Both: Bullet Hell · Shooter · Arcade
Top-down 2D sci-fi shoot 'em up, pixel graphics. Dodging enemies, collecting power-ups and chasing high scores.
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpDifficultShooterArcade2DControllerActionCasualMinimalist👍 5,498
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Karakia Shooter
Jun 30, 2020 · John Caruso, Diante Clark
Both: Bullet Hell · Arcade · Shooter
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell retro shooter, pixel graphics. Shoot down enemies, dodge projectiles and fight bosses.
ActionBullet HellArcadeShooter2DTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsRetroSpaceSci-fi
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