Games like Existential Crisis 2: The Elite Unit | Shoot-em-up
Looking for games like Existential Crisis 2: The Elite Unit | Shoot-em-up? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Hurricane of the Varstray: Collateral hazard, Super XYX or Battle for Asciion.
1 74%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayreplayability, grinding74% User Score 102 reviewsThe Hurricane of the Varstray is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with a SF story: in the distant future, to defend the Earth against the invasion of mystery mechanical structures, 4 girls head to "the Varstray sector," far away from the Earth and considered as the villain.
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87%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystability87% User Score 87 reviewsSuper XYX is a new vertical shoot-em-up in the vein of 80's and 90's arcade classics.6 Stages of action + bonus modes and unlockables, including Boss Rush and optional checkpoint play.6 playable ships each with their own unique destructive firepower.Includes fully rebindable keys, controller support and screen rotation (TATE)
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Battle for Asciion is a classic horizontal shoot 'em up built entirely from real text characters. No sprites. No pixels. No images. Just pure ASCII action, massive bosses, weapon upgrades and retro arcade challenge.
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62%Game Brain Scorestory, replayabilitygraphics, gameplay62% User Score 288 reviewsHELI HEROES updates the old-school "shoot'em up" arcade machine games to new dimensions on today's PCs. You command an AH-64 Apache Longbow or a Russian Hokum helicopter. The goal is to fly through various levels and carry out the mission objectives. During the missions you will find different types of weapons and additional offensive and defensive systems. The game's look and feel is ma…
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76%Game Brain Scoremusicgraphics, gameplay97% User Score 30 reviewsA horizontal scrolling 2D shmup
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54%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, optimization54% User Score 261 reviewsArcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to the PC in its most modern and advanced form yet! Join the war for Earth's future-where the tide of battle holds constant surprises.
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73%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, stability73% User Score 371 reviewsDSP is side-scrolling, roguelike, shoot 'em up set in the Starr Mazer universe.
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95%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsoptimization, character development95% User Score 555 reviewsA fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, stability95% User Score 732 reviewsCritic Score 89%8 reviewsThe 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 humanity. What is NEXY’s intent? Should you attack what you shouldn’t understand? Orders are orders, and Col. Godwin Longhener is not to be ignored. The legendary bul…
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91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability, grinding96% User Score 299 reviewsCritic Score 77%3 reviewsDeathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!
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