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256 games like Blasteroids · 1979 – 2022

  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 78Form.46World.25Curated.71Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    A shooter from the same company who brought you Terra Cresta.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 76Form.22World.54Curated.75Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800 +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Set in the year 2003, the game involves using a spaceship to destroy enemy droid ships. The player's ship is controlled with a spinner to rotate the ship, a button for thrusting, and a button for firing lasers. The enemies that the player m

    62 rating5 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 70Form.28World.28Curated.66Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Toaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +5

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the

    69 rating1 list1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 69Form.25World.25Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    CAVE Interactive · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    ESP Ra.De. is a 1998 arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus. It is the first non-DonPachi game released by Cave. ESP Ra.De. received spiritual prequels in the form of the Espgaluda series; however, ESP Ra.De. is related to the

    1 listOften paired

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  • Why 68Form.13World.49Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Cinematronics · Vectrex

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    With the beginning of a new game, a map screen is shown with the player's position, as they control a ship set in a series of interconnected caverns. They must first plan out the best route in order to get to the central area in each Missio

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  • Why 68Form.35World.25Curated.58Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Gungrounds · Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Serious Sam: Tormental is a 3D rogue-lite top-down shooter where you blast your way through the tormented mind of demigod of destruction Mental, as he imagines worlds and monsters that stand on your path towards his inner ego. Let the showd

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  • Why 68Form.42World.25Curated.54Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Infinite Dreams · Android, Linux, Switch +5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    There are many scrolling shooters but none of them is like "Sky Force". This stunning shoot ‘em up game combines the classic arcade elements with the new possibilities offered by current technology. The new installment in the series just ca

    75 rating4 lists16 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 67Form.19World.25Curated.67Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    CAVE · Arcade, Switch, PS4

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    ESP Ra.De. is a 1998 arcade game developed by Cave and published by Atlus. It is the first non-DonPachi game released by Cave. ESP Ra.De. received spiritual prequels in the form of the Espgaluda series; however, ESP Ra.De. is related to the

    2 listsOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 67Form.45World.28Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Toaplan · Android, Arcade, Linux +6

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Truxton is a 1988 vertically scrolling, shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan, later ported to the Mega Drive (worldwide) and the PC Engine (Japan-only). Like many other scrolling shooters, the game is set in outer space, where the

    69 rating3 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 66Form.32World.26Curated.57Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Will Wright · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Raid on Bungeling Bay has the player controlling a helicopter which is on a mission to destroy everything that moves. The only ally is the carrier, which is where the player begins at each level and may return to for repair and pick up bomb

    53 rating2 listsOften paired

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  • Why 60Form.23World.25Curated.53Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Eighting · Arcade

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    The game takes place in the heated battles of 1944 during the Second World War as a super ace pilot attempts to defeat an entire army. The game operates and plays like most standard shooters. The objective of every level is to shoot enemy p

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  • Why 60Form.28World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Vasara

    2000

    Visco · Arcade

    ShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Vasara is an arcade scroll shooter game released by Visco in 2000. All six stages. The motif is the Battle of Sekigahara and the Jin of Osaka, but all the cavalry has been replaced with air bikes, and battleships and tanks have appeared, cr

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 59Form.44World.33Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Sega's take on the 1943 style of vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups was set in the future. Your fighter plane is aged and under-powered, yet you must face down large planes, tanks and ground targets to achieve victory. Each level ends with

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 59Form.20World.13Curated.57Lists.00Action · Arcade · Often paired

    Exidy · Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision +2

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    In Venture you control the adventurer Winky who sets out to collect treasure. You start out on an overview map of a dungeon which shows several rooms containing treasure. Since you cannot kill any enemies while rummaging through the dungeon

    43 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 56Form.39World.25Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    SETA Corporation · Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch 2

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A nuclear powerplant has fallen into the hands of terrorists and you pilot a motorcyle equipped with machine guns that can be improved along the way. Make your way through difficult terrain and battle against loads of terrorists on foot, in

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  • Why 55Form.15World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Vasara

    2000

    Visco · Arcade

    ShooterActionBird view / IsometricNinja

    Vasara is an arcade scroll shooter game released by Visco in 2000. All six stages. The motif is the Battle of Sekigahara and the Jin of Osaka, but all the cavalry has been replaced with air bikes, and battleships and tanks have appeared, cr

    1 listOften paired

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 55Form.48World.25Curated.29Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / IsometricScience

    Verytex is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan. Taking place on the colonized fictional planet of Syracuse in a futuristic sci-fi setting, where its military force initiated a violent coup d'état against the inhabitants for un

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 53Form.10World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    PS3, Windows

    ShooterActionScience fictionFirst-person shooterScience

    A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushed the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels.Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island. A week ag

    83 rating2 lists12 h main storyOften paired

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 53Form.25World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Namco · Arcade, MSX, NES +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You control a monster fighter. A warp zone is set in the middle of the screen. Warp to the next level when flashing

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  • Why 52Form.56World.26Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Capcom · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Forerunner to Forgotten Worlds. The control method allows you use the fire buttons to shoot in opposite directions, defending yourself from attacks from the rear. The power ups are selectable and if you collect an alpha symbol you combine w

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  • Why 50Form.32World.25Curated.32Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Frozenbyte · Linux, Windows, macOS

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.

    75 rating1 list4 h main story

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  • Why 50Form.22World.25Curated.38Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Frozenbyte · Linux, Windows, macOS

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of the last remaining humans on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, where the alien onslaught is in full force.

    75 rating1 list

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 50Form.47World.53Curated.16Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Koei Tecmo Holdings · Arcade, Game Boy Advance, MSX +6

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    In the game, the player pilots a starship called the Final Star, while shooting various enemies and destroying enemy structures for points. Unlike later vertical scrolling shooters, like Toaplan's Twin Cobra, the Final Star had only two le

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 50Form.24World.67Curated.29Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit +5

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 47Form.39World.28Curated.20Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, PlayStation, Raiden II +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

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  • Why 47Form.31World.13Curated.30Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    In 1945, the second world war ended. Soon, there was peace, but an organization of high-ranking military officers from all over the world form a global army known as CANY. Their mission was to conquer the world. CANY activity was found in a

    61 rating7 lists1 h main story

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  • Why 46Form.69World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amiga, Amiga 1200, Amiga CD32 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAsteroidsAction

    Not only Super Stardust did equal its predecessor in every conceivable way, it added more flair, features, gameplay, special effects, colors and animations. Advertised as “the first true arcade shoot-em-up for home platforms”, the game was

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  • Why 46Form.08World.25Curated.41Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    The Bitmap Brothers · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amiga CD32 +11

    ArcadeShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Soldiers of Fortune (Chaos Engine in the EU) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and other featur

    62 rating6 lists4 h main story

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  • Why 45Form.17World.25Curated.33Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    CAVE · Android, Arcade, Switch +3

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    The past is being altered. An android, known as Next EXY, has traveled one thousand years back in time. Your task is to stop NEXY and the other Elemental Daughters who were built in the image of the Elemental Dolls who once protected humani

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  • Why 45Form.41World.25Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +7

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    You're a helicopter gunship pilot on a daring and dangerous mission: air surveillance of enemy territory. Success depends on how far you can penetrate enemy airspace. Can you handle the pressure? Because the further you go, the more difficu

    60 rating9 lists

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.41World.27Curated.18Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Psikyo · Arcade, Dreamcast, Switch +5

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterBird view / Isometric

    In the near future, scientists working for the powerful Asian conglomerate known as Igem have discovered a new energy source. Refusing to share their technique with the rest of the world, Igem eventually developed a weather control machine

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  • Why 44Form.54World.60Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The player controls a small craft, navigating it through a series of winding caverns and tunnels while shooting or avoiding obstacles. The caverns scroll from the bottom of the screen to the top at a fixed speed, so the player must always m

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  • Why 43Form.27World.25Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Arcade, NES, Switch +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Alpha Mission is a vertical scrolling shooter that has similarities to Xevious, with the use of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons.

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 43Form.55World.53Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Data East · Arcade, Atari 7800

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    The game of Astro Fighter consists of 4 waves and a refueling stage, which are then repeated with increasingly higher difficulty. The player's task is to eliminate the four successive waves of different types of attacking craft, while avoid

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  • Why 43Form.55World.54Curated.00Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Data East · Arcade, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'em upBird view / Isometric

    The players assume the role of an alien-humanoid space pilot who has been exiled from their home galaxy for committing an unlearned crime. The only way the player character can return is to restore their honor; the only way to do so is to i

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 43Form.40World.43Curated.11Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 43Form.37World.28Curated.16Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Sega Master System/Mark III

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    The enemy has built battle fortresses in the farthest reaches of space. There's only one way in... and one way out. Your Mission: To infiltrate the enemy's defenses and destroy their motherships!

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 42Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists.00Action · Arcade

    Imagic · Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +11

    ActionArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bi

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  • Why 42Form.54World.44Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Oids

    1987

    FTL Games · Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Rescue the OIDS from the Fiendish Biocretes who are turning them into vending machines and household appliances! Fuel your ship, charge your shields, and blast off to adventure as you challenge planetoid after planetoid of devious gravity t

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  • Why 41Form.13World.00Curated.35Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Video System · Arcade, Switch, PlayStation +3

    ArcadeShooterBird view / IsometricNinjaShmup

    There are eight stages in this game. The beginning stages consists of randomly chosen areas from nations of unselected fighters (assuming those fighters have nations). If Rabio or Lepus is chosen, all four rival nation stages become playabl

    81 rating7 lists

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  • Why 41Form.59World.26Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different

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  • Why 41Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A vertically scrolling shoot'em up designed by Steve Bak.

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 41Form.57World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Save the Underworld! Mamoru wakes up in a strange land with people he’s never seen before after what seemed to be an accident. A girl named Fururu informs him that this is the Underworld, and that it needs the help of everyone there to stop

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  • Why 41Form.47World.61Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.36World.25Curated.15Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Namco · Arcade, Wii

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionFirst-person shooterLight gun shooter

    Solvalou is a 1991 first-person rail shooter arcade game developed and published in Japan by Namco. The sixth entry in the Xevious series, the player takes control of the Solvalou starship from a first-person perspective as it must destroy

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  • Why 41Form.57World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Acorn Archimedes, Linux, Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upAsteroidsActionBird view / Isometric

    Spheres of Chaos is a hectic, fast-paced, and rather colourful arcade game in the old-school style. It's Psychedelic Mayhem!

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 40Form.44World.66Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 40Form.60World.13Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    APh Technological Consulting · Atari 2600, Intellivision

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    You are on a dangerous tank mission. To reach and destroy your assigned target, you must maneuver through a field filled with enemy mines. Although these are hidden, the mine detection equipment in your tank warns you of their presence by p

    55 rating1 list

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