PlayStation exclusive
SCE Japan Studio · PS3
It's time for some monkey business on PlayStation 3!
30 rating1 listOften paired


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229 games like Ape Escape (PS3) · 1982 – 2024
PlayStation exclusive
SCE Japan Studio · PS3
It's time for some monkey business on PlayStation 3!
30 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
Krome Studios Melbourne · Game Boy
The gameplay revolves around piloting a rescue helicopter into hostile territory and rescuing hostages. Enemies like birds, fighter jets, and even ammunition fired from various weapons can harm the player's helicopter. Saving more hostages
70 rating1 listOften paired


Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
You protect civil aviators from the dangers of aerial terrorists.
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Sega exclusive
Tokai Communications · Sega Genesis
Battle Mania Daiginjou is a shoot 'em up developed and published by VIC Tokai in 1993 for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in Japan and South Korea. It is the sequel to Battle Mania (which was released in the US as Trouble Shooter).
79 rating1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch
NebulasRay (ネビュラスレイ Nebyurasurei?) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1994 (but was first referred to, in the Katakana syllabic writing system of the Japanese language, in the ending for Tinkle Pit in
2 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
Welcome to Shooter's paradise. Telenet Japan Wolf Team's greatest hits return!
76 rating1 list
Nintendo exclusive
Beam Software · Game Boy
The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback is an Action game, developed by Beam Software and published by Acclaim, which was released in 1991.
63 rating1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Switch
Dead Connection is an arcade game released by Taito in 1992. The game takes place on September 5, 1953 "in a big city somewhere". It features a group of detectives who set out to fight a crime family. The game has a strong Film noir vibe,
70 rating1 list
Sega exclusive
Victor Interactive Software · Sega CD
Keio Flying Squadron (慶応遊撃隊 Keiōyūgekitai?) is a scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Victor Entertainment in 1994 for the Sega/Mega CD in Japan, Europe, and North America. It is the first game of the Keio Flying Squadron
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Nintendo console exclusive
Random Access · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +8
SWIV is a vertical scrolling shooter and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo arcade game Silkworm. One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when
81 rating4 lists
PlayStation exclusive
Sega · PS2
Thunder Force VI is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed and published by Sega, which was released in Japan in 2008.
3 lists
Sega exclusive
ZAP · Sega Genesis
Twinkle Tale is a 1992 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Studio Ducks and published by Wonder Amusement Studio exclusively in Japan.
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Imagine · ZX Spectrum, Windows
The object of the game is to protect a series of refugees from enemy aircraft, tanks and submarines. The player's view consists of a crosshairs upon a simple ground and sky horizon, with an altimeter, a shield indicator and a radar. Refugee
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Eighting · Arcade
In this impressive blend of an overhead shoot'em up with RPG characteristics, you must help a group of mystic bounty hunters save the earth against the evil Gobligan Underground Empire. Features excellent 2-D graphics and sound, awesome cha
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PlayStation exclusive
Racjin · PlayStation
The purpose of the game to run around various levels and to set traps, which are invisible to your opponent. Players can shoot at one another while setting traps. Each character has a different melee weapon with unique attributes.
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Sega console exclusive
Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Twin Cobra II is the sequel to Twin Cobra. The game was in development by Toaplan, but it was closed down in 94. Since Taito owned the Tiger-Heli/Twin Cobra rights, being the publishers they let Takumi finish up the game. It was their firs
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Sega AM2 · Arcade
Wing War is an arcade combat flight simulator game developed by Sega AM1 and manufactured by Sega. Released exclusively to Japanese and American arcades in 1994, the game puts players in the cockpit of a variety of both historic and modern
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Atari exclusive
Atari Lynx
Zaku is a homebrew scrolling shooter video game developed by PenguiNet and published by Super Fighter Team exclusively for the Atari Lynx on 24 October 2009. Taking place on a futuristic setting where Captain Bran and his minions plan to ov
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Nintendo console exclusive
Jaleco · Arcade, SNES
A SUPER SAGA OF 23RD CENTURY SATELLITE WARFARE! The graphics will dazzle you, the speed will astound you... but if you don't think fast and shoot faster, you won't have a chance against the alien firestorm. Because in EARTH DEFENSE FORCE,
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Sega · Arcade
With a spaceship, the player shoots several kind of robotic enemies and spaceships. At the end of every stage (except for the first one), the player meets a huge enemy spaceship as the stage's boss. Player's spaceship is equipped with a lim
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Nintendo console exclusive
Namco · Arcade, Switch
Namco's most powerful 8-bit game at the time also the first game to use a 360-degree analog joystick.
3 lists


Gameloft · Legacy Mobile Device, Java virtual machine, Mobile
Brothers in Arms: Art of War is a game developed and published by Gameloft for mobile phones, based on Gearbox's Brothers in Arms series.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Amiga, Atari 8-bit +3
Megablast (メガブラスト) is a 1989 Horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game released by Taito in Europe and Japan. One or two players could control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight st
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Icon Design Ltd, Michael Davies, GOOF, John Brennan · Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum +1
Proof of Destruction (P.O.D.) is a fixed shooter for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 16 written by Shaun Southern and published by Mastertronic in 1987. The player spaceship moves along the bottom of a grid, attempting to shoot enemy spacesh
3 lists
Atari console exclusive
Midway Games · Arcade, MS-DOS, Atari 7800
Sarge is a top-down shooter. The goal is to stop the invading terrorists by controlling a tank and a helicopter. All enemy forces must be destroyed in each level. Two-player mode facilitates gameplay by adding two more units on the battlefi
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Yuke's · Switch, PS4, PS5 +1
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 tells the story of what happened to the voxel Earth after the events of the first installment. It cleverly introduces elements from Earth Defense Force 6 and features the Wing Diver Shooter, who didn’t
86 rating1 listOften paired
Timed Sega exclusive
Warashi · Arcade, Dreamcast, Xbox 360 +2
Triggerheart Exelica is a vertically scrolling Japanese arcade shooter with a little bit of everything: fast-paced action, scalable difficulty, massive hordes of enemy Ver'mith, and cute humanoid weapons who can either shoot down enemy ship
60 rating1 list
PlayStation exclusive
Cavia · PS2
Based on the anime series of the same name, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a fast-action third-person shooter for up to four players. As "Major" Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, and Tachikoma, you can engage enemies in both multiplayer c
73 rating1 listOften paired
Timed NEC exclusive
Compile · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii, TurboGrafx-16
Take on the alien hordes in this vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from the people behind Aleste. The power-up system in Spriggan relies on different coloured globes - you can have three of these in stock at any one time and the order they
3 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · MSX, Wii, Wii U
In the year 189 of the stellar calendar, humanity happened upon the ruins of an ancient (and, if the st. 7 decor is anything to go by, rather decadent and malicious) civilization, and sent an archaeological crew to explore them. However, th
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PlayStation exclusive
Square Enix · PS4, PS5
A 4v4 online party shooter from Square Enix that has you battling to foam as much of the city as you can while avoiding your opponents traps and weapons. Use foam to build terrain, creating slippery surfaces to surf around the arena at hig
51 rating1 listOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
Rainbow Studios · Windows, MS-DOS, PlayStation
The sinister NoirDyne Corporation has reactivated a once abandoned bioweapons production facility: The Hive. Operated by genetically engineered creatures called Hivasects, the Hive is producing a toxic substance to be used as a biological w
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Design Design · ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Dragon 32/64 +2
You destroy enemy bases, ships and spaceports on your mission to liberate the galaxy.
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Timed NEC exclusive
Hudson Soft · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Sega CD, Wii +4
In the once peaceful land of Mistral, legend holds of a brave knight named Drak who has sealed an evil god named Deoric beneath the six continents of the land. However, peace never lasts. The Garuda Empire has invaded the lands of Mistral,
73 rating8 lists
Timed Xbox exclusive
Xbox 360, Windows, Switch +1
An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!
75 rating4 lists2 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Technical Engineering Support · Virtual Boy
Bursting through incredible dimensions of Virtual space the final mission is clear. Obliterate all enemies and obstacles created by KAOS and terminate this menacing battle system from within. Employing an impressive arsenal of high-tech we
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Nintendo exclusive
Irem · SNES, Game Boy Advance, Wii +1
The evil Bydo Empire returns in this entry of the R-Type series. So climb into the latest R-Type vessel, the R-90, and blast through six side-scrolling levels on your way to destroy the Bydo mothership. Gameplay is still the classic R-Type
80 rating5 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Make Software · NES
The Dimensional Stone, which is required to maintain balance in the world of starship pilot Mark was stolen. The king finds a hero to retrieve the stone; using the "Fuzzical Fighter" to transport the player's character into enemy territory.
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Nintendo console exclusive
UPL · Arcade, Switch
The game takes place in modern times where a great depression has swept over the world. Amidst the depression and its riots of jobless workers, a mad scientist starts his plan of world domination. Taking command in the titular fortress orbi
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Arcade, Dreamcast, PS2 +1
Psyvariar 2: The Will to Fabricate (サイヴァリア2: THE WILL TO FABRICATE?) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up developed by SKONEC Entertainment and distributed by Success. It is the sequel to the 2000 title, Psyvariar. The game was initially
3 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Raw Thrills · Arcade, Wii
Terror puts you in the place of an elite anti-terrorist agent who is charged with protecting the U.S. from all terrorist activities. With a full scale assault spanning the entire U.S., this is your chance to show terrorists who is in charge
27 rating2 listsOften paired
Timed Xbox exclusive
Joe Williams · Linux, macOS, Windows +4
Who's Your Daddy is a casual 1 on 1 video game featuring a clueless father attempting to prevent his infant son from certain death.
71 rating1 list0.5 h main storyOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Technosoft · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Hyper Duel is an Action game, developed and published by TechnoSoft, which was released in Japan in 1996.
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo 3DS
In Nano Assault, players blast their way through 32 twisted cell stages and dark worlds with rugged landscapes that adjust in difficulty based on the player's skill level. Prepare to battle and defeat extreme nemeses including the Black Nuc
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Atari Inc. · Apple II
Pentapus is a shoot 'em up for the Apple II published by Turning Point Software in 1983. It was developed by Jeremy Sagan, son of astronomer Carl Sagan. The player battles an army of enemies led by the Pentapus.
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PlayStation console exclusive
MOSS · Windows, Arcade, PS2 +1
Raiden III Digital Edition is a revival of the classic Raiden series of scrolling shooter games.
60 rating3 lists