Games like Retro Space Ball

In Star Drifter, players explore a procedurally generated universe, battling enemies and gathering resources to upgrade their ship. With a focus on relaxing gameplay and pixel art aesthetics, the game offers a soothing yet challenging experience. Players can discover new planets, meet alien species, and delve into various dungeons to uncover rare treasures.

"Platypus is a sci-fi shooter game with great mechanics, sensational visuals, and excellent music. The game features local multi-player options for up to 2 players in a split screen format, as well as single-player mode. The story revolves around the invasion of the neighboring country of Mungola by the industry-laden Collosatropolis, with the latter expecting little resistance."

Steredenn: Binary Stars is an expanded version of the award-winning shoot 'em up game, Steredenn, offering infinite replayability through intense boss fights, randomly generated environments, and a vast arsenal of weapons. Play solo or with a friend in local co-op mode, choosing from 5 playable ships, each with unique abilities. The game provides quick, intense sessions featuring rock-hard boss battles that will keep you coming back for more.

In Shoot 1UP, players control a fleet of ships instead of a single one, with each 1UP collected adding to the armada immediately. The game features up to 30 ships on-screen at once, and weapons upgrade as more ships are collected. Local co-op play allows for up to 60 simultaneous player ships, and sacrificial bombs become more powerful with more ships. The game offers a challenging yet enjoyable manic shooting experience.

"ShipLord is a survival game set in space where players dodge asteroids and battle bosses to collect energy and progress through unique levels. A medal-based system rewards players with upgrade points for completing levels on higher difficulties, which can be used to upgrade shield, energy tractor, and force field abilities. With over 100 upgrade points available, players can improve shield and force field duration and cool down times, as well as decrease energy spawn time."

Gal-X-E is a shoot 'em up game that revives the classic genre while adding modern elements. It focuses on player skill rather than level grinding, with 24 spaceships across 6 classes that offer unique playstyles. Players face endless waves of enemies, relying on dexterity and strategy to collect score multipliers and gain high scores.

"KAMUI is a single-player shooter game with excellent music and innovative game mechanics. Players must navigate 6 stages of 2D arcade-style shooting action, piloting the KAMUI fighter craft over high and low altitude planes. A unique scoring system based on the auto-targeting Lighting Attack and bullet-destroying Light provide additional challenges."

Space Junk, the much loved, retro-styled homage to arcade classics, has finally arrived on Steam. This game-play in this 2d Action shooter is fiendishly simple, but fiercely addictive! Steer your player through waves of interstellar junk, pulverising it with your blaster and breaking it down until it's reduced to space dust. Fight your way through 25 increasingly intense levels of action. Aim t…

Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based, single screen shooter, with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack! Use the unique risk reward multiplier system to maximise power-ups, build your bomb and destroy EVERYTHING!

"Fly and Destroy" is a fast-paced bullet hell shoot 'em up where you pilot a spaceship to destroy asteroids and face off against a final boss. Navigate through treacherous traps, collect power-ups, and combine abilities to pull off skill shots and devastating combos. Compete against friends, challenge yourself on the highest difficulty, and prepare for frustration and broken keyboards.