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224 games like Genetos · 1981 – 2026

  • Why 69Form.49World.25Curated.50Lists.00Indie · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    PS5, Windows, Xbox Series

    IndieShoot 'em upShooterShmupAction

    It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.

    72 rating2 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 58Form.50World.25Curated.32Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Taito · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Darius Gaiden is a two-dimensional shoot'em up. The player controls a space ship named the Silver Hawk and must guide it through scrolling stages, destroying enemies and avoiding obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with forward-firin

    75 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 51Form.44World.25Curated.24Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Taito · SNES, Satellaview

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Darius Force, also known in North America as Super Nova, is a shoot 'em up game released for the Super Nintendo in 1993. One main difference between this game and the rest of the Darius games is that the player can choose one of three Silv

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 48Form.73World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Zyrinx · Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    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

    1 list

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.70World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, MSX, Switch

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    Darwin 4078 is an arcade game released by Data East in 1986. The game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up like Xevious, but as the title indicates, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is incorporated into the gameplay.

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 47Form.72World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 47Form.72World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Grobda

    1984

    Namco · Arcade, NEC PC-6000 Series, Switch +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The player must take control of Grobda, a tank trapped in an arena filled with numerous indestructible obstacles and several enemy tanks. When an enemy tank is killed, it will cause an explosion, and any other enemies that happen to be in t

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 46Form.69World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    UPL · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience 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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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 46Form.70World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 46Form.70World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 46Form.69World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

    1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Technosoft · Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionArcade

    Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 45Form.67World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Arika · Nintendo DS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Why 45Form.67World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Netherworld is a shoot 'em up video game published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by Jukka Tapanimäki for the Commodore 64, and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.

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  • Timed NEC exclusiveWhy 44Form.65World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Now Production · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    On Earth in the 23rd century, a space time warp opens up over the Atlantic Ocean. From it comes an enormous invasion force analyzed to come from the 25th century. As Earth is attacked by the alien war machines, it is revealed that the culpr

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  • Why 44Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple

    70 rating9 lists

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 44Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Success · Arcade, PS2

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Psyvariar is a vertical scrolling shooter released in arcades in 2000 by Success. The game contains a variety of stages and it features a 'buzz' gameplay style, making it possible to earn levels by dodging enemy bullets.

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 43Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aleste

    1988

    MSX, Master System, PS4 +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 43Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Pyramid · PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is

    2 lists

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 43Form.62World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Karous

    2007

    Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In this unique vertically-scrolling shooter you take the role of a mysterious girl named Karous, who commands a tiny fighter ship and attempts to destroy an evil armada bent on world domination. The game plays as your average vertical-scro

    4 lists

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  • Why 43Form.67World.13Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Pocky & Rocky Reshrined follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they take on the Nopino Goblins! A third sequel in the series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is currently being d

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  • Why 43Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Warashi · Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionSide view

    Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.

    8 lists

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  • Why 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Freeverse · macOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against

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  • Why 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Sharp X68000, Windows

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupDoujin gameAction

    Cho Ren Sha 68K is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up in which the player takes control of an unnamed spaceship to fight against a horde of enemy spacecraft on a giant and seemingly endless ring-shaped space station. The game features a loop

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 41Form.47World.63Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Athena · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionScience fiction

    Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for t

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Eighting · Arcade, FM Towns, PS4 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionShared screen

    Sorcer Striker, released in Japan as Mahou Daisakusen is a 1993 medieval-themed scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing (now known as Eighting) , and later ported to the X68000 and FM-Towns computers and the EZweb m

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Athena · Arcade, SNES

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Strike Gunner S.T.G is an Action game, developed by Athena and published by Tecmo, which was released in 1991. A vertically scrolling shooter.

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  • Why 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tatsujin Co., Ltd. · Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows +1

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionScience fiction

    Truxton Extreme, which inherits the DNA from legendary arcade masterpiece Truxton, is a collaboration with manga artist and Toaplan alumni Junya Inoue.

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 41Form.58World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Aicom · Arcade, FM Towns, Neo Geo +5

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    One or two players (in hot-seat or cooperative mode) control a spaceship equipped with a laser cannon which can be charged (by holding the shooting button down) for a stronger blast. Besides the main weapon, three special weapons are availa

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  • NEC console exclusiveWhy 41Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    TurboGrafx-16, MSX

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up in the Xevious franchise. Adds bosses, power-ups and a story to the Xevious model.

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 40Form.56World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Epics Inc · PlayStation, PS2, PS3 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the

    50 rating1 list

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  • Why 40Form.55World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    G.rev · Arcade, Dreamcast, Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Under Defeat is a shoot 'em up arcade game by G.rev. It was released for the Sega Dreamcast in March 2006. The game takes place in an alternate reality based on World War II, and, in a controversial twist, players control German-speaking ch

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  • Why 39Form.54World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    MOSS · Arcade, Switch, Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    Caladrius is an Action game, developed and published by Moss, which was released in Japan in 2013.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.54World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    NES

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    The most happening place in the universe is the trendy, upscale solar system of IOTA Synthetica, part of the Galactic Federation of artificial stars. It's as far from dirty old Earth as can be... But don't sign up to go yet! A strange cosmi

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  • Xbox console exclusiveWhy 39Form.53World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    MOSS · Windows, Xbox One

    Shoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    A quarter-century after the arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre, the series now comes to the Xbox One in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future, where the tide of battle holds constant

    80 rating4 lists

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupActionScience fiction

    A shoot-'em-up that was originally released in Japan under the Simple 1500 Series Banner and later released in the US as a budget title by A1 Games through Agetec.

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  • Why 38Form.51World.25Curated.00Lists.00Doujin game

    Windows

    Doujin gameActionFighting2dSide view

    Big Bang Beat - 1st Impression - is a dōjin fighting game made by NRF based on the eroge Daibanchou: Big Bang Age by AliceSoft. The game borrows some elements from fighting games by Capcom and Arc System Works.

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  • Why 38Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

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

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    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 38Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Microdeal · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionBird view / Isometric

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

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.33World.81Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter · Described alike

    Konami · Game Boy

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fictionHigh score

    Nemesis is an Action game, developed by Konami and published by Ultra, which was released in Japan in 1990.

    74 rating1 listDescribed alike

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  • PlayStation exclusiveWhy 38Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shmup

    G-Artists · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable

    ShooterShmupScience fictionBird view / IsometricThird person

    In Philosoma, you blast through 18 vertical scrolling deep space environments in search of the mysterious distress call, destroying enemies and obstacles in your path. Go up against a variety of vehicles including the "Hover Carrier," the

    50 rating3 lists

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 38Form.51World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Game Boy Color

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    When a vicious crew of aliens decides to hone in on Earth and do some damage, you're the planet's only hope for salvation. You'd better be in top form as you command a killer spacecraft out into orbit in hopes of rescuing humanity from unth

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  • Why 38Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Konami · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn

    Shoot 'em upShooterShmupScience fictionArcade

    Like the original Salamander, and as opposed to the Life Force releases, Salamander 2 abandons the selection-bar based power-up system, in favor for a simplified system that focuses on powering weapons up based on specific icons. For exampl

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 38Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    Tecmo · Arcade, Switch

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupScience fictionShared screen

    Strato Fighter, otherwise known as Raiga: Strato Fighter, is a 1991 video arcade game developed by Tecmo. It is a horizontal side-scrolling space shooter in which two players may play simultaneously. The game sets players in the year 2135 o

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 38Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 37Form.47World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Krome Studios Melbourne · Game Boy

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionStrategy

    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

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  • Why 37Form.53World.13Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Shoot 'em up

    SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +3

    ShooterShoot 'em upShmupActionBird view / Isometric

    Ghost Pilots is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in 1991 by SNK.

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  • Timed Xbox exclusiveWhy 37Form.49World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    G.rev · Arcade, PS3, Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / IsometricArcade

    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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