Games like Space Cadet
Looking for games like Space Cadet? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with VARYZNEX, Bladestar or Distant Space.
1 76%Game Brain Scoremusicgraphics, gameplay97% User Score 30 reviewsA horizontal scrolling 2D shmup
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56%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicgameplay, story56% User Score 68 reviewsBladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.
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83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding83% User Score 979 reviewsSpace Distant are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.
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97%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystory, grinding97% User Score 296 reviewsBeat Invaders is a cool space Shoot-Em-Up. Blast your way through enemy fleets! Upgrade your ship with rockets & armor! Defeat the final boss! All to flashy neon musically charged visuals!
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35%Game Brain Scoregraphics, story35% User Score 60 reviewsGrav Blazer is an arcade space shooter with a focus on fast paced action. Players will experience procedurally generated levels with increasing difficulty. To beat a sector all space bases need to be defeated. Each base will constantly construct enemy ships to defend themselves and the ship type and strength is determined by what sector you are in. Skill based firing mechanics, rotational controll…
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59%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding59% User Score 90 reviews[Media 2075031] Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled...
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94%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding97% User Score 10,045 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviewsNova Drift distills the mechanical depth of an action RPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
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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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90%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsmonetization, story90% User Score 529 reviewsEchoes+ is an intense retro action space shooter that will test your reaction and concentration levels to the max!
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92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, music92% User Score 120 reviewsThe second chapter in one of the most loved and respected Japanese shooting game series ever: The Tale of ALLTYNEX by Japanese indie developer SITER SKAIN. Carefully crafted play experiences, destructive fun, and absorbing gameplay have made the ALLTYNEX trilogy renowned in shmup / shooting game communities, both in Japan and overseas.
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