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258 games like Hero Core · 1979 – 2018
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Thomas Happ Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world. Is this a distant planet? The far future? Or a complex virtual-reality computer simulation? Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine world in order to learn its sec
80 rating9 lists11 h main storyOften paired
Image & Form · Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Switch +6
SteamWorld Dig 2 takes you on a platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. When an old trading town is struck by mysterious earthquakes, it’s up to a lone steambot and her unlikely companion to uncover what trembling terrors l
86 rating8 lists7.5 h main storyOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast
A prediction is that before human civilization, there was once an advanced civilization on Mars. A sorceress destroyed the civilization and everything that was remembered of it, except a chip called "INFINITY". In 2100, millions of people w
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Eclipse Software · BlackBerry Z10, Linux, MS-DOS +3
Tyrian is a scrolling shooter computer game developed by World Tree Games Productions and published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames. The game was officially released as freeware in 2004, and the graphics were made available under an open license
80 rating3 listsOften paired
Atari console exclusive
Arcade, Atari 2600
In this shoot 'em up the player has to fight off four assault waves consisting of different enemy types until he reaches a huge UFO. After destroying the protective plates guarding the UFO's pilot in his cockpit the player can kill the pilo
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Radical Fish Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
85 rating6 lists36 h main storyOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Takumi Corporation · Arcade, Dreamcast
Vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Takumi Corporation and published by Capcom on their CPS-2 arcade system board and ported later that year to the Dreamcast console.
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Sega console exclusive
Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Genesis
"Grind Stormer" is a 1993 vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game originally developed and published by Toaplan in Japan and North America. It is considered to be the spiritual successor to Slap Fight. Based around a video game withi
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Ubisoft Reflections · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
Awesome is a science fiction action video game released by Psygnosis for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990. It features a variety of gameplay styles, from overhead shooting to Asteroids-esque sequences, and a pre-rendered ray-traced intro sequ
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Apple II, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS
Catacomb is a 2-D top-down third-person shooter created by John Carmack. It was originally created for the Apple II, and later ported to the PC. It should not be confused with The Catacomb, which is the second game in the series (originally
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Xbox console exclusive
Linux, Windows, Xbox 360 +1
In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures as you make your way toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet! Solve complex puzzles and upgrade your ship with alien tec
76 rating6 lists5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
CAVE · Arcade, PS4, Xbox One
Dangun Feveron is a vertical scrolling shooter game developed by Cave and published by Nihon System Inc. in 1998. The gameplay is typical of manic shooters, with numerous swarms of enemies onscreen at any given time, and bosses that shoot i
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Over The Moon · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown
78 rating5 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Arcade, Switch
Cybattler is a up-scrolling shoot 'em up game where you take control of the mecha CYX-0017 BLANCHE that can shoot and slash with its plasma sword in all direction in a space themed environment. As you make progress you have to fight of vari
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Dinamic Software · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +3
Queen Gremla rules over five confederations of planets thanks to a powerful army of Terminators led by Arkos, her most faithful servant, until the queen's contempt caused her to go over to the enemy army led by McKiller. The game is divide
58 rating4 lists
Double Fine · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their
77 rating3 lists5.5 h main story
Sega console exclusive
SCE Studio Liverpool · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga +5
Time is running out for the corporate mogul Tiron Korsby. A microscopic probe has been injected into his bloodstream by corporate rival Axiom Corporation. A probe that with every beat of his heart is cruising towards his brain to execute it
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D-Pad Studio · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hoo
84 rating5 lists8 h main story
Xbox exclusive
Sega Sports R&D · Xbox
The fourth installment of the Panzer Dragoon series has you playing Orta, a young girl who has been imprisoned by the Empire. Under a wave of attack, the prison camp is broken through by a mysterious dragon, and Orta takes it upon herself t
84 rating5 lists
Puppy Games · Android, Linux, Nintendo 3DS +6
As the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addicti
70 rating4 lists1.5 h main story
The Vision Factory · CD-i, Philips CD-i
Alien Gate is a fixed shooter. Each stage consists of the player's ship facing off against a giant head that spawns several smaller enemies. Once all the required enemies are defeated, the player must defeat the head as a boss. The backgrou
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Sega console exclusive
Toaplan · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Batsugun is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by the now-defunct Japanese game developer Toaplan. The title translates to "exceptional" or "extraordinary". It was the final game created before Toaplan's dissolution, an
76 rating2 lists
Timed Sega exclusive
Linux, Sega Genesis, Wii +2
During the first global biowar, a powerful retrovirus filled the planet Avaron with new and deadly forms of life. Only a few survivors remain in O.P. Odysseus, an orbiting platform circling Avaron. Hundreds of years after the biowar, condit
70 rating4 lists
MS-DOS
Catacomb 3-D is the third in the Catacomb series of video games, and the first of these games to feature 3D computer graphics. The game was originally published by Softdisk under the Gamer's Edge label, and is a first-person shooter with a
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The Game Bakers · Switch, PS4, PS5 +2
Fight your way free in our frenzied all-boss fighter, and discover what’s waiting behind the last gate. Furi is all about the tension of one-on-one fights against deadly adversaries. It’s an intense, ultra-responsive hack-and-slash with a u
79 rating6 lists5.5 h main story
Namco · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +13
Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a y
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a huge, open world filled with intricate puzzles, oddball characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure telling a personal story about faith,
80 rating5 lists11 h main story
Nintendo console exclusive
WayForward Technologies · Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Windows
A sequel to the 3DS/Wii U puzzle-platformer by WayForward that swaps law enforcement for fire-fighting.
74 rating4 lists
The Bitmap Brothers · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
Xenon is a 1988 vertical scrolling shooter computer game, developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Melbourne House which was then owned by Mastertronic. Xenon was followed in 1989 by Xenon 2: Megablast. The player assumes the role
75 rating3 lists
The Assembly Line · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST +6
No-one likes a and loser. And no-one comes more universally despised than Xenites. For a thousand years they have been plotting revenge for their humiliating defeat in the last Galactic Conflict. Now the very fabric of time is in danger. Th
75 rating2 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Winning Entertainment Group · NES
Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the vein of Gradius and R-Type. The game is notable for its unique visual design, as the game takes place inside the intestinal tract
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Sega console exclusive
Eighting · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Battle Garegga is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up arcade game. The storyline takes place in a sort of diesel punk versions of the 1940s. Main heroes are brothers Brian and Jason — the sons of genius designer who want to destroy the evil
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Nintendo console exclusive
Adventure Planning Service · Switch, Windows
Crimzon Clover: World Ignition is a fast-paced, top-down bullet-hell shooter where players command one of three unique ships through relentless waves of enemy fire. The game expands on the original with multiple play modes: Boost (adaptive
89 rating2 lists1 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Moppin · Android, Switch, PS4 +3
Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the
76 rating4 lists6.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Lunar Ray Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Timespinner is a 2D metroidvania platformer about a young woman who travels through time to destroy the empire that killed her family. At its heart, the game is a child of the great pixelated classics of the SNES and PS1 age. From the rich
77 rating6 lists6 h main story
NEC console exclusive
Capcom · Arcade, PC Engine SuperGrafx, TurboGrafx-16
The year: 1941. The place: 20,000 feet in the air over the North Atlantic. Lightning flashes across the skies of war-torn Europe. Your mission: beat back the imperial forces before they can use their new weapon! In 1941: Counter Attack, th
64 rating3 lists
Sega exclusive
Micronet · Sega Genesis
Curse is a 1989 shoot 'em up game developed by Micronet for the Mega Drive video game console. It was a sideways scrolling shoot 'em up spread across five levels. Although an American release was planned, it was never officially released ou
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Linux, Windows, macOS
DRL, formerly DoomRL, is an independent game that applies the classic gameplay of roguelikes such as Nethack to the familiar tropes and setting of Doom and Doom II.
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Derek Yu · Windows
Eternal Daughter is a free action-adventure game inspired by Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
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Timed Nintendo exclusiveOver The Moon · Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
The Fall is a side-scrolling adventure game with platforming and combat elements. Your character is an AI controlling a combat suit whose occupant is unresponsive and presumably dead or seriously injured. You have crash landed on an unknown
78 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Success Corporation · Switch, PS4, Windows
Psyvariar Delta is a classic shooter known for the Buzz System, where players level up by grazing enemy fire and chaining Buzz. Also included in this version are 2 HD remakes of the arcade classic Psyvariar Medium Unit and Psyvariar Revisio
88 rating2 lists0 h main story
CAVE · Arcade, Nintendo DS, PS3 +1
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku-tachi is a vertical bullet hell shoot 'em up developed by Cave and released in 2003.
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Milestone · Arcade, Dreamcast, GameCube
Radilgy is a vertical shooter with its own unique graphical design taking inspiration from anime and the look of cel-shaded graphics.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, PlayStation, Raiden II +1
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.
77 rating1 list1 h main story
Vlambeer · Windows
The legendary Serious Sam reloads and rearms in an explosive, turn-based RPG developed by indie developer Vlambeer (Super Crate Box, Ridiculous Fishing). Serious Sam: The Random Encounter follows Sam and his band of oddball mercenaries as t
64 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Research & Development 1 · Nintendo 3DS, SNES, Wii +1
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry
96 rating15 lists3.5 h main story
Xbox exclusive
Microsoft · Xbox 360
Ready to save the universe from an Araxian invasion? Challenge them solo or recruit up to three friends for an all-out assault. Feeling lucky? Try it on Insane mode – the rewards are greater but the name is all too accurate.
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Switch, PS4, Windows +1
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifact
83 rating4 lists13 h main story