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252 games like Hellfire · 1980 – 2023

  • Why 85Form.70World.25Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Science · Often paired

    Windows

    ActionArcadeScienceShooterShoot 'em up

    ZeroRanger is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up with heavy emphasis on shooting, dodging and... mystery? A menacing alien threat, GREEN ORANGE, has begun its invasion. Only two secondary fighters remain to stand against complete annihilat

    90 rating2 lists4 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 72Form.48World.25Curated.56Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Often paired

    Sensible Software · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Wizball is a scrolling shooter in similar vein to Gradius with an additional collection dynamic. It is a horizontally scrolling game taking place over eight levels, which involves navigating around a landscape and shooting at sprites. Howev

    80 rating4 listsOften paired

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  • Timed SNK exclusiveWhy 62Form.21World.25Curated.50Lists.00Arcade · Often paired

    SNK · Android, Arcade, Dreamcast +10

    ArcadeActionSide viewFighting

    If you thought you'd seen the last of the incredible Garou: Mark of The Wolves series, you were sorely mistaken. Join classic brawlers and fresh finds (there are 11 new additions in all) for the fighting experience of the decade. The game's

    79 rating13 lists1 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 61Form.11World.25Curated.55Lists.00Arcade · Shooter · Often paired

    Bitmap Bureau · Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, GameCube +13

    ArcadeShooterActionTwin-stick shooterAliens

    Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which one or two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace and get home alive! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries as you e

    70 rating8 lists2.5 h main storyOften paired

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  • Why 56Form.91World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    ZX Spectrum

    Shoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterActionSide view

    Earthlight is a shooter featuring parallax scrolling and shadow effects, a novelty for the Spectrum.

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  • Why 56Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Granzella · Switch, PS4, Windows +2

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony

    76 rating5 lists2.5 h main story

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  • Why 54Form.04World.25Curated.54Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    MAIET Entertainment · Windows

    ShooterActionMMOThird-person shooterThird person

    GunZ: The Duel is an online third-person shooting game. The game allowed players to perform exaggerated, gravity-defying moves, including wall running, stunning, tumbling, and blocking bullets with swords, in the style of action films and a

    80 rating3 lists12 h main storyOften paired

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 53Form.50World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows

    ActionArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooter

    Gates of Zendocon is a side-scrolling shooter very similar to the original arcade shooter of this type, Scramble. Unlike Scramble, however, there are 51 game areas in total, but the player fights through a subset of them through branches, c

    2 lists1 h main story

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  • Why 52Form.10World.44Curated.25Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    CAVE · Android, Arcade, Switch +3

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionSide view

    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

    78 rating1 list1.5 h main story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 52Form.81World.28Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    MX5000

    1987

    Konami · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterAction

    MX5000 is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Konami in 1987. The goal for the player is to fly in the latest fighter aircraft of the Roufanis territory and fight with the Desalis empire which is trying to dominate the world. It is

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 52Form.28World.75Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +8

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionModern warfare

    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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  • Why 52Form.04World.25Curated.50Lists.00Shooter · Often paired

    Dreamcast, Linux, PS2 +2

    ShooterActionCyberpunkFirst-person shooterArena

    Unreal Tournament is a first-person arena shooter video game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. It was the second installment in the Unreal series. It is an arena first-person shooter, with head-to-head multiplayer deathmatches

    92 rating1 listOften paired

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  • PlayStation console exclusiveWhy 50Form.58World.25Curated.13Lists.00Arcade · Science

    X2

    1997

    Team17 · Browser, PlayStation

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    X2, sometimes known as Project X-2 or X2 - No relief is a simple arcade-style side scrolling shoot 'em up released during the Team17-Ocean collaboration era of video games that created the Worms series. It is the sequel to the Amiga 16-bit

    3 lists

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

    Switch, PS4, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterAction

    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

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 49Form.35World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    N-Sub

    1980

    Arcade, SG-1000

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    N-Sub is one of the earliest naval video game titles. The object of the game is to maneuver an on-screen submarine, the "N-Sub," with the joystick and sink the enemy fleet with torpedo fire in the Cobalt Blue Sea. Torpedoes can be fired ve

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  • Why 47Form.53World.85Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    Arcade

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionThird person

    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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  • Why 47Form.29World.25Curated.22Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Frozenbyte · Linux, Windows, macOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterActionUpgradeable weaponsScience fiction

    Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for

    70 rating2 lists6.5 h main story

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  • Why 47Form.07World.25Curated.31Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

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

    ArcadeShooterActionAdventureRun and gun

    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 46Form.69World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    MOSS · Arcade, Switch, Xbox 360

    Shoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterActionShmup

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

    80 rating2 lists

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  • Why 45Form.66World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Konami · Legacy Mobile Device, MS-DOS, MSX +4

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterAction

    Knightmare, known in Japan as Majou Densetsu (魔城伝説 , Demon Castle Legend?), is a 1986 MSX vertical scrolling shooter computer game. The player is a knight, Popolon, who has to fight his way through several levels to defeat Hudnos and rescue

    70 rating4 lists

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  • Atari console exclusiveWhy 45Form.27World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, Atari 5200, Commodore 64 +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    Satan's Hollow is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Bally Midway in 1982, subsequently converted to the Atari 8-bit family, and in 1984 to Commodore 64.

    60 rating1 list

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  • Sega exclusiveWhy 45Form.43World.00Curated.22Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Sega Genesis

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fictionBird view / Isometric

    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

    2 lists

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 44Form.24World.25Curated.27Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Nichibutsu · Arcade, Switch

    ArcadeShooterShoot 'em upActionSide view

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

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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 44Form.46World.85Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    Hudson Soft · Virtual Boy

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    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

    4 listsDescribed alike

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  • Why 43Form.61World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Aicom · Android, Arcade, Browser +8

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to the acclaimed Neo Geo shooter Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise. A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, th

    70 rating5 lists

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  • Why 43Form.32World.25Curated.18Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Gungrounds · Windows

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionRoguelike

    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 43Form.28World.25Curated.23Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +8

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    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 42Form.51World.56Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    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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  • Why 42Form.33World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up

    PixelJAM Games · Browser, Windows, macOS

    Shoot 'em upActionIndie

    The original 8-bit twin-stick space shooter about brotherly love, available to play for free.

    70 rating1 list3 h main story

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  • Sega console exclusiveWhy 42Form.49World.54Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Taito · Arcade, Sega Saturn

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Gekirindan is a vertical shoot-'em-up by Taito where players select one of three different fighters against an army of mechs through different time periods.

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  • Why 42Form.18World.47Curated.24Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Atari, Inc. · Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 +13

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    As a regional commander of three anti-missile batteries, the player must defend six cities in their zone from being destroyed. The player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting

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  • Why 42Form.15World.25Curated.09Lists.00Arcade · Shooter

    Infinite Dreams · Android, Linux, Switch +5

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionIndie

    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 story

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 42Form.57World.00Curated.07Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Andrew Braybrook · Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +8

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterScience fiction

    Uridium (released on the NES as The Last Starfighter) is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64, and later ported to other 8-bit machines. It consists of fifteen levels, ea

    74 rating5 lists

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  • Timed Atari exclusiveWhy 42Form.52World.55Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up

    Xevios

    1982

    Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterAction

    It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back -- minus humans! Their invasion forces are fierce -- the land is

    57 rating1 list

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  • Why 41Form.57World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Aackosoft · Commodore VIC-20, MSX, VIC-20

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Space shooter.

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  • Why 41Form.65World.00Curated.00Lists.00Shoot 'em up · Shooter

    Linux, Windows, macOS

    Shoot 'em upShooterScrolling shooterOpen-sourceSpace

    Immerse into a decisive battle against tons of cunning foes, face the terrifying bosses and protect your homeland throughout 15 diverse levels of the game. The hardcore gameplay of AstroMenace, packed with pure non-stop action, will become

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  • Why 41Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists.00Shooter · Scrolling shooter

    MOSS Co., Ltd. · PS3, PS4, Xbox 360

    ShooterShoot 'em upScrolling shooterActionShmup

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

    80 rating5 lists

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  • Why 41Form.22World.82Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Shoot 'em up · Described alike

    Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionSpaceship

    Hades Nebula is a futuristic vertical scrolling shooter set in the year 2124. As humanity searches for new habitable planets due to dwindling energy reserves, players pilot a small spacecraft on a mission to thwart the villainous Emperor Ha

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

    Ambrosia Software · BeOS, Linux, Windows +1

    ArcadeShoot 'em up

    Maelstrom is a video game developed by Andrew Welch, released as shareware in November 1992 for Mac OS.

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  • Why 41Form.59World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Aicom · Arcade, Linux, Neo Geo +5

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    The basic gameplay is simple: progress through the levels in the spacecraft, collecting powerups and protecting the spacecraft from destruction. The game has very obvious similarities in design and gameplay to R-Type. It is actually believe

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 40Form.55World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    Imagic · Atari 2600

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Pilot Star Voyager through treacherous space. As you look out from the Command Bridge, stars rush past. Penetrate the seven star portals and save the Capital Starport. Destroy enemy ships with photon torpedoes or lasers, or evade them to ma

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  • Timed Sega exclusiveWhy 40Form.54World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Factor 5 · Sega Genesis, Wii

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionSide view

    The Machine has enslaved the galaxy under its tyrannical rule. As Bren McGuire, the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the evil forces of the Machine that have devastated the galaxy.

    73 rating1 list

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  • Atari exclusiveWhy 40Form.55World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Zaku

    2009

    Atari Lynx

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    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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  • Why 39Form.44World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Team17 · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionAliens

    A remake of the original classic Amiga title Alien Breed, Evolution features update graphics, gameplay and features.

    61 rating1 list5.5 h main story

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  • Why 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Arcade · Science

    UPL · Arcade, Switch, PS4 +1

    ArcadeScienceShoot 'em upShooterAction

    Bio-ship Paladin is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique

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  • Nintendo console exclusiveWhy 39Form.52World.25Curated.00Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Jaleco · Arcade, SNES

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    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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  • Nintendo exclusiveWhy 39Form.38World.25Curated.10Lists.00Science · Shoot 'em up

    Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii U

    ScienceShoot 'em upShooterActionLight gun shooter

    Earth is under threat from Ruffians - mutants bred to boost dwindling food stocks who have turned against their masters. As a young resistance fighter, face an onslaught of bio-genetic monsters and corrupt military forces in your battle to

    74 rating1 list

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