Games like Buster Monkeys
Looking for games like Buster Monkeys? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Bug Butcher, Space Pirates and Zombies or Starscape.
1 85%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability90% User Score 648 reviewsCritic Score 81%17 reviewsThe Bug Butcher is an action-packed 2D side scrolling shoot em up game where peril comes from above. So in a nutshell, pest control with machine guns in space. The core mechanics hold old ties from the classic arcade shooter “Super Pang” where you shoot vertically, but with modern day twists. You are Harry, a brash and tenacious exterminator who has a knack for decimating bugs.
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability92% User Score 3,624 reviewsCritic Score 67%1 reviewsAt its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It's similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions. But as you dig deeper, SPAZ becomes much more.
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82%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding82% User Score 148 reviewsMoonpod's Starscape mixes old school arcade game play values with characterization and an involving plot to deepen the whole experience. With most of its crew missing and its weapons systems ruined, the space research station Aegis is all but lost. As the last remaining pilot you must help rebuild the station's defenses, acquire alien technology and create your own uniquely configured set of fi…
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, replayability99% User Score 3,364 reviewsCritic Score 85%11 reviewsTHE UNCHOSEN HAS RETURNED... His minions have emerged from the underworld, your village has been destroyed, and all your friends are now trapped in corrupted crystal... Embark on a journey to save the world in this bullet-filled adventure, born from our desire to mix the joy of open-ended exploration with a top-down shooter's juicy game feel. ENGAGE WITH TIGHT COMBAT Take control of a swift and …
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88%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, optimization94% User Score 1,713 reviewsCritic Score 83%22 reviewsLovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 4-player couch co-op action space shooter set in a massive neon battleship. Only through teamwork can you triumph over the evil forces of Anti-Love, rescue kidnapped space-bunnies, and avoid a vacuumy demise. Deep space is a dangerous place, but you don’t have to face it alone!
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35%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicgameplay, optimization35% User Score 98 reviewsStar Drifter is a super hard and hectic space shooter, inspired by classics such as R Type, Xenon, Galaxian, Moon Cresta and Gradius.
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83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, stability85% User Score 872 reviewsCritic Score 72%1 reviewsIn a galaxy far far away, you are one of thousands of Cargo Commanders, facing ambushes and dangers as they scavenge abandoned containers for valuable cargo. Competing with the other commanders for leaderboard positions in various space sectors, you need to find enough cargo to earn you way back home! The main job of a Cargo Commander is to explore containers and collect as much cargo as possible.…
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62%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, grinding66% User Score 117 reviewsCritic Score 54%4 reviewsRetro-style Arcade Action! Join Pete Jr on his quest to defeat the nefarious Bubble Pirate! Dodge and pop bubbles with your anchor and collect coins to customize your pocket game with new faceplates, buttons, backlights, and more!
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68%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicstory, gameplay68% User Score 77 reviewsExperience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space.
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58%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygraphics, replayability58% User Score 320 reviewsSuper Killer Hornet Resurrection is an intense vertical shooter with a brain train twist. Through the chaos and explosion try to answer the falling math problems to increase your multiplier and power up your ship. Featuring a superb sound track by UK rock hip hop maestros the Sixty fours as well as classic tracks from Dylan Barry.
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