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245 games like Stargunner · 1979 – 2023
Nintendo console exclusive
Apogee Software · Game Boy Color, MS-DOS, Windows +2
Duke Nukem is back. Captured by an alien foe in the middle of promoting his best-selling book, “Why I’m So Great”, Duke must once more defeat the forces of evil to save himself from the knowledge-stealing Rigelatins, and ultimately prove hi
69 rating3 listsOften paired
WMS Industries · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +7
Moving from one room to the next within the studio/arena, players have to shoot down hordes of enemies as they advance from all sides, while at the same time collecting weapons, power-up items, and assorted bonus prizes until a final show d
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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
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 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance +4
This game is action from beginning to end, do not think that you will have a moment of peace, even because Aliens are at war with planet earth, and resting will be your least concern.
80 rating3 listsOften paired
PlayStation console exclusive
Linux, MS-DOS, Panasonic M2 +3
Welcome to Descent - 30 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is
74 rating6 lists12 h main storyOften paired
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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NEC console exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android +12
R-Type is set in the 22nd century, and the player flies a futuristic fighter craft called the R-9a "Arrowhead", named for its shape, and because it is the ninth model in the 'R' series of fighter craft (but it is the first of the series to
75 rating1 listOften paired
Konami · Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Arcade +12
Contra (also known as Gryzor in Oceania and Europe), is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. The game had multiple ports, including for var
65 rating14 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Timed Atari exclusive
Ikegami Tsushinki · Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600 +13
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object
76 rating1 listOften paired
Capcom · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1
A gigantic space explosion sends two strange meteors crashing to Earth. The call goes out and Mega Man speeds to the site. There he sees his arch-rival, Dr. Wiley, fleeing the scene, clutching one of the mysterious metallic meteors. Now Meg
72 rating6 listsOften paired
MS-DOS, macOS
Jetpack is a platform game available as freeware, originally published as shareware by Software Creations in 1993. The object of the levels is to collect all of the green emeralds scattered around the level while avoiding obstacles and enem
82 rating2 listsOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows
Be the new saviour as the Iridion force strikes back! A century has passed since the Iridion Empire was defeated. Humans have populated the old Iridion galaxy giving mankind freedom and peace. Suddenly, all communications with the human out
82 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Apogee Software · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WW
60 rating1 list6 h main story
Taito · Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Windows +1
Space Invaders Extreme combines the captivating essence of the original game with a stunning alliance of futuristic graphic design and cutting-edge audio. The gameplay experience has been developed to maximise on the consoles' abilities, of
78 rating5 lists1 h main story
Treasure · Android, Arcade, Dreamcast +5
In this vertical scrolling spaceship shooter, you control a ship that can change its polarity at will. As blue/white, the ship can easily destroy red/black enemies, and vice versa. Bullets of your polarity can be collected to fuel your ener
89 rating13 lists1.5 h main story
Timed SNK exclusive
SNK · Android, Arcade, Browser +14
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls!
82 rating17 lists1 h main story
MS-DOS
Overkill is a vertical scrolling shooter that was released by Epic Games and Precision Software Publishing in 1992. The game was designed and developed by Tech-Noir Productions and Ste Cork. Overkill was Epic's first vertical shooter. The g
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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
JAM Productions · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
You're pitted against Dr. Pyrus Goldfire. He's found a way to replicate pure gold, which he's using to fund his maniacal plan. Goldfire has built six highly-secure, futuristic locations where his creations are being hatched. It's up to you
80 rating1 list7 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
Atari console exclusive
Epyx · Atari Lynx, Windows
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
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Rake in Grass · Switch, PS4, PS5 +1
Side scrolling shooter with insane level of action and destruction! Assume a role of a brave space pilot and jump into an epic adventure across the universe to save it from inevitable doom! Unleash arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devic
90 rating1 list3.5 h main story
Timed Sega exclusive
Treasure · Android, Game Gear, Linux +7
The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
71 rating13 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Shin'en Multimedia · Game Boy Advance, Windows
In the distant regions of our galaxy, far beyond the darkest limits of the Orion Nebula, a deadly force has bee unleashed upon the universe and is heading straight for Earth. Get ready to travel forward to a time, when the fate of the unive
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JAM Productions · Linux, MS-DOS, Windows +1
It's the 22nd century: Galactic travel is commonplace, peace is at hand, and the future looks bright - until Goldfire's plan to unleash an army of military mutants shocks the galaxy. Dr. Goldfire, a brilliant bio-scientist whose morbid rese
76 rating1 list5 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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MS-DOS, Windows
God of Thunder is a 2D platform puzzle game created by Ron Davis and published by Software Creations in 1993. It was previously a shareware product but was released as freeware.
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Capcom · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64 +7
Gun.Smoke is very similar to Commando, another Capcom game, but with several differences. Whereas Commando is a run and gun game, this game is a scrolling shooter in which the screen scrolls upward automatically and players only have three
69 rating6 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Vlambeer · Android, Commodore 64, Linux +6
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of ene
79 rating6 lists1 h main story
Timed Atari exclusive
Namco · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade +18
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
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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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SNK console exclusive
Visco Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo
Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot en
70 rating2 lists
Timed Sega exclusive
Sega AM2 · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android +11
A call for help comes from deep in the universe. Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces. Quick on the scene is Space Harrier equipped with his laser, who must attempt to outwit and outmanoeuvre the hoards and prevent Fantasyl
66 rating9 lists
Incinerator Studios · PS3, Windows, Xbox 360
"Star Raiders features a fresh new take on the seminal classic, letting you engage in epic dogfights and aerial assaults against the onslaught of the evil Zylons. Utilize radical ship transformations and robot co-pilots in the heat of battl
34 rating3 listsDescribed alike
Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping
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Sega exclusive
Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are bullets as your only defense, but if you shoot the flashing red pieces on the terrain, chances are that a green ship w
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Atari ST, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 64 +3
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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Nintendo console exclusive
Tecmo Koei Games · Arcade, NES, Nintendo 3DS +2
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar. A year has passed since Ryu last faced his arch enemy, and still the activity down at the bottom of the realm of darkness continues. Ashtar, the evil lord w
80 rating9 lists
PS4, PS5, Windows +2
Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet,
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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.
60 rating4 lists
Rare Ltd. · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy +4
Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses. Players start with three lives each time the game is starte
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Nintendo console exclusiveTecmo · Arcade, MS-DOS, NES +4
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar. A year has passed since Ryu last faced his arch enemy, and still the activity down at the bottom of the realm of darkness continues. Ashtar, the evil lord w
80 rating1 list
Nintendo exclusive
M2 · Wii
Contra ReBirth is the ReBirth series of Contra. It is the 12th installment of Contra.
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Nintendo exclusiveHot B · NES
Over Horizon is a Shoot-'Em-Up game, developed by Pixel and published by Hot-B, which was released in Europe in 1991.
70 rating2 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Sunsoft · Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS
In Trip World, you play as a strange creature called Yakopoo, who has to recover his tribe's stolen flower to prevent the villagers from fighting each other.
56 rating4 lists
PlayStation console exclusive
Linux, PS5, Windows +1
Wreak vengeance with your elite craft on waves of Swarm bugs, who are hellbent on killing you and everyone you love. Harvest their guts for scrap and earn a deliciously varied array of upgrades. Beat the last wave if you have the skill, the
80 rating1 list2.5 h main storyDescribed alike
Xbox exclusive
Twisted Pixel Games · Xbox 360
Unlock Splosion Man, one of the most awesome games of all time. The full version of Splosion Man includes an unlockable premium dashboard theme, free gamerpics, and even avatar accessories! You’ve sploded the rest, now splode the best. Splo
78 rating3 lists