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265 games like Galaga · 1980 – 2026
Picorinne Soft · PS4, Nintendo 3DS, Windows +3
Once upon a time… Andro Dunos is a side scrolling arcade game from shoot’em up category (Shmup). It's the sequel to the famous shoot’em up from Visco studio is coming to PixelHeart. It’s time to bring out your good old spaceship fighter in
79 rating1 list1.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, PS4, Windows +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
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, PS4, Windows +2
"Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myr
77 rating6 lists8.5 h main storyOften paired
PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of ME
87 rating2 lists9 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows
Welcome to Shooter's paradise. Telenet Japan Wolf Team's greatest hits return!
76 rating1 list
CI Games S.A. · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360
Unleash a fury of powerful weapons as you blast your way through armies of Alien forces hell-bent on taking you down! Battle through 14 intense levels and prepare to face a barrage of beastly-sized bosses that will test your every skill. Ea
50 rating4 lists6.5 h main storyOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
24 Caret Games · PS3, Windows
Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse! Navigate deadly enemy waves and un-fire attacks in Retro/Grade, a mind-bending rhythm game by 24 Caret Games. Pick up a gamepad or a guitar controller and help Rick Rocket restore the continuity of
78 rating3 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
Thunder Cross is an Action game, developed and published by Konami, which was released in 1988.
70 rating1 list
Ambrosia Software · BeOS, Linux, Windows +1
Maelstrom is a video game developed by Andrew Welch, released as shareware in November 1992 for Mac OS.
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Xbox exclusive
FromSoftware · Xbox
Launch into aerial mayhem as an elite Murakumo unit sent to suppress a rampage of renegade mechs. Blaze through cityscapes at supersonic speeds, lock on, and destroy targets with experimental Murakumo weaponry before all is lost.
40 rating3 listsOften paired
PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
81 rating5 lists5.5 h main storyOften paired
Toaplan · Arcade, Linux, Sega Genesis +3
In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society. However, a space matter known as the Black Nebula began to spread, threatening to engulf the galaxies controlled by humans. It t
58 rating2 lists1.5 h main story
PixelJAM Games · Browser, Windows, macOS
The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.
70 rating1 list3 h main story
PlayStation exclusive
PS4
Overcome an ever-expanding threat that might have already seeped too far into the core of humanity itself.
71 rating3 listsOften paired
Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3
This is a pure arcade game- a fast action packed journey through six very different worlds where lightning fast reflexes and furious fire button action are your only hope of survival. Your mission orders are simple, you must destroy the pl
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Nintendo exclusive
Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy
Pilot a Futuristic Star Fighter in a Battle for Mankind! GALACTIC YEAR 210. The earth and its colonies face annihilation in a futuristic war against the human race. YOU have been chosen to pilot RAGNAROK, a star fighter from an advanced al
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Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8
It is your mission, 'Mr. Heli' our hero, to unmask 'The Muddy' who is hiding deep underground and rescue the planet. Clear all the zones including floating green islands, moving rock beds, mysterious underground temples, and much more! The
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MS-DOS
New-age Galaxian. Move along in space in your fighter and shoot anything that moves, while collecting power-ups.
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Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Windows +1
Sprawl Zero is a fast-paced shooter inspired by the Golden Age of 2000s FPS. Survive a brutal cyberpunk city collapsing under military rule and cult fanaticism. Use your Gravity-Gloves, augments, and an arsenal of over 40 weapons to crush t
80 rating1 list6 h main storyOften paired
PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
You and an AI mech named Magus explore a dystopian landscape in the year 2222. A catastrophic poisonous rain event known as Tears of the New Moon nearly eradicated the human race — survivors fled to the underground city of Amasia. To surviv
70 rating2 lists32 h main storyOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2
This game has flavors of several different video games rolled into one. It is mostly like Xevious, being an overhead shooter against a plethora of enemies, each with a unique characteristic. Unlike Xevious, however, that only allowed you to
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Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit
An excellent arcade-style shooter, Caverns of Mars is a downward-scrolling game where players must pilot their craft through a series of five underground levels filled with alien ships, narrow passageways and a variety of obstacles, includi
3 lists
Atari console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Atari 2600
Here, you control a ship through a human's body while shooting viruses. It was licensed by Fox Video Games, as it is based on the 20th Century Fox film, Fantastic Voyage.
2 lists
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +4
From the mind of Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites) comes High On Life. Humanity is being threatened by an alien cartel who wants to use them as drugs. It’s up to you to rescue and partner with charismatic, talking guns, take
70 rating1 list9 h main storyOften paired
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
The Regulus system has been attacked by alien forces, and you are the only Terran fighter in place to clear the area and rescue the captured hostages. The game is a vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up with 5 levels. The first of these involv
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +3
In this game, you must guide your spaceship around while picking up hostages located on the surface, and bring them to safety. Your task becomes difficult by lunar leepers who leap up and try to grab you or the hostages that are picked up b
64 rating2 lists
Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
So.... got what it takes to be a X Slayer?!?... 7 weapons, blood and gore, twisted music by Seepage & Psyko Syndikate, and maps where you can blow up everything. its awesome. started making it in 1998 in high school with my friend and now i
66 rating3 lists3.5 h main storyOften paired
Windows, iOS, macOS
Warblade is a shareware computer game for Microsoft Windows and OS X, written by Norwegian developer Edgar M. Vigdal. The Windows version runs well on Linux under Wine. It is also available for retail in the App Store for iOS devices (in iP
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PlayStation console exclusiveTriangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1
A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.
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Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum
Tile-based horizontally scrolling shooter.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
A mothership drops aliens, up to three on screen at a time. There are ten per level. You must shoot them but avoid the items they fire at you. You fire by pushing up on the joystick. Pushing left or right makes you go left or right. If you
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Crystal Computing · Arcade, ZX Spectrum
Basicly a Space Invaders clone in which the aliens are aligned on the far left and right side of the screen. They move into the middle of the screen in order to snatch their prey and bring them back to the far left or right side respectivel
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Bullfrog Productions · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
Fusion is a scrolling multidirectional shooter developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Atari ST and Amiga.
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Commodore 16, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +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
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Atari console exclusive
Midway Games · Arcade, Atari 7800, MS-DOS
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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Odin Computer Graphics · Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
Sidewize is a horizontally scrolling shooter released by Firebird in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. It was followed by a sequel, Crosswize.
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ADK · Arcade
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a plane flying over a landscape with no land-based enemies. Collect power-ups to upgrade your ship's speed, shot power and special weapon power selected at beginning of the stage. F
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Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +5
A vertical scrolling space shooter.
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Atari exclusive
Atari 2600
Spider Fighter is a Space Invaders style game. It is your mission to prevent space spiders from stealing your food reserves which are located on the top right of the screen. The spiders hatch from cocoons which are dropped from the top left
2 lists
Atari exclusive
Timed NEC exclusive
TurboGrafx-16, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD, Wii
Zonk is back in Super Air Zonk, the sequel to the shooting game spin-off of the Bonk series, Air "Zonk." Now moving to a rockabilly beat and able to transform into nine different characters, Zonk lets loose through seven action-packed stage
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Timed Sega exclusive
Sunsoft · Sega Genesis, Wii
Super Fantasy Zone is an entry in the Fantasy Zone series of games, and was initially released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive. Unlike previous outings, Super Fantasy Zone was handled entirely by Sunsoft (under license from Sega), who had p
65 rating5 lists
Timed NEC exclusive
Kaneko · PS3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Store TurboGrafx-16 +5
Move fast and blast! It's a nonstop explosion of fire power and you're streaking through space, right in the middle of it! The Brains Cult you once defeated is back, badder than ever. But your finger's on the trigger of an incredible new te
6 lists
Technosoft · PlayStation, Sega Saturn
In a grim future where a once-benevolent alien technology has turned against humanity, only a ragtag group of ace pilots can save the Earth from total annihilation. Code name: Thunder Force! Witness the first 32-bit installment of the massi
4 lists
Interceptor Micros · Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System +4
Tomcat (also known as F14 Tomcat ) is a video game published in 1989 in the UK by Players Software. The game was released on the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum as a budget title.
4 lists
Arcade, MSX
A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.
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