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Games like Steam and Metal

Looking for games like Steam and Metal? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a anime and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo, Clash Force or 1993 Space Machine.

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  1. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 456 reviews

    Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as shmup veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and seventeen playable ships. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo.

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  3. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 273 reviews

    Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1993 Space Machine.

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  4. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    40% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Shoot your way through intense levels with a swiftly increasing difficulty, in a world completely built with handcrafted models. Invest your score in upgrades, or save it to gain interest with the risk of losing it all. Use your greed wisely to beat your friends and climb up the score table. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blue Flamingo.

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  5. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 1,052 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 11 reviews

    You are Roy Becket, a young pilot with dreams of becoming as skilled as his adoptive father. When a galactic war with an ancient mechanical alien race reaches its boiling point, Roy is forced to spring into action and take control of an otherworldly bipedal war machine in hopes of saving what's left of humanity. Joining Roy is a young girl who claims to have escaped the clutches of the nefarious a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astebreed.

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  6. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    58% User Score Based on 320 reviews

    Super 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 1,245 reviews

    Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Saviors.

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  8. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    54% User Score Based on 261 reviews

    Arcade 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Raiden V.

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  9. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 390 reviews

    A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spaceport Hope.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 1,082 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions. You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots. Super intense arcade shooting action. One unique challenging boss per stage! Unlockable "Extra Missions" mode. Three difficulty modes: Hard, Normal and Easy. Polished an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bot Vice.

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  11. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    76% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Red Death is a vertical shooter, Prologue of the series Project Starship! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Death.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    75% User Score Based on 72 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode. A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century. WARNING: Highly addictive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vortex Attack.

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  13. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    94% User Score Based on 1,422 reviews

    Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer YOTSUBANE, AdventurePlanningService, this unique top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on. Your first step in Crimzon Clover: World Ignition is as simple as choosing how you want to play, and which powerful ship will be yours to command. Choose your mode from … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    68% User Score Based on 368 reviews

    Sun Blast is the best 3d space shooter on Steam. Earn upgrades as you fight your way through a huge seleciton of levels. Full gamepad support! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sun Blast.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 979 reviews

    Space 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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Space.

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  17. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 1,140 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 6 reviews

    Jet Lancer is a frenetic aerial dog-fighting game where you hunt enemy pilots, carve up giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as a daring mercenary in the far future. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jet Lancer.

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  18. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    84% User Score Based on 558 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 4 reviews

    Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with contemporary presentation, Sine Mora is a gorgeous shmup that offers a Story Mode that weaves an over-the-top tale and an Arcade Mode that provides deep, satisfying gameplay to challenge fans of the genre. With many ways to manipulate time, Si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sine Mora.

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  19. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 1,241 reviews
    Critic Score 100%Based on 1 reviews

    From the collaboration between Housemarque (Resogun, Alienation, Matterfall), and Robotron and Smash TV legendary creator Eugene Jarvis comes Nex Machina, an explosive arcade experience created with competition in mind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nex Machina.

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  20. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, stability
    94% User Score Based on 1,861 reviews

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.Unlike most top-down shooters, which give multiple players a shared pool of lives or continues, Jamestow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jamestown.

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  21. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 209 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

    Fight over the Earth-like planet of Seventia and its scarce resources of Septonium. A vertical shoot ’em up at its core with an added focus towards immersive storytelling. Follow the story of Alex and Margaret, two exceptional pilots, for the first time on Steam and PlayStation 4. - Various exciting bosses over a dramatic 10-stage Story Mode - Alternative Score Attack Mode with Online Leaderboard… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ginga Force.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 519 reviews

    Get back to some serious Old-School gaming with Syder Arcade! A love letter to Amiga games of the 90′, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders. Syder Arcade is a free scrolling, multi directional shoot ’em up, an uncompromised old-school experience, furious, challenging, straightforward. This game will bring you back in time, when bulky starships were … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syder Arcade.

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  23. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    98% User Score Based on 160 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

    An arcade shoot 'em up with just one button... Whenever you shoot, you also flip direction. Save the world with a single button! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Switch 'N' Shoot.

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  24. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    95% User Score Based on 1,542 reviews
    Critic Score 84%Based on 2 reviews

    "Assault Android Cactus is a manic twin stick arena shooter for the PC with screens full of enemies, buckets of bullets and high scoring combo chains! Take on the role of Cactus, an enthusiastic police android, who responds to a stranded space freighter only to discover it under siege by its malfunctioning robot workers. Cut off from the outside and in over her head, Cactus and the androids she re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assault Android Cactus.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    77% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    A fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the eight fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own end-level special boss. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AWA.

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  27. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    79% User Score Based on 370 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and face intense boss battles! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Star Path.

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    35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    35% User Score Based on 98 reviews

    Star Drifter is a super hard and hectic space shooter, inspired by classics such as R Type, Xenon, Galaxian, Moon Cresta and Gradius. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Drifter.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 523 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 1 reviews

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which the player takes control of the "Drainus", a ship that can absorb energy bullets, to take down the countless enemy ships zipping through space. Energy absorbed can be used to enhance the ship's functions, such as adding new weapons. StoryThe Planet Halpax is located in the far reaches of space, suffering from the oppressive rule of the Khar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DRAINUS.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    63% User Score Based on 329 reviews
    Critic Score 76%Based on 7 reviews

    Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower 57.

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  31. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    47% User Score Based on 409 reviews

    You are Akane, a Kunoichi ninja secretely loving her master Goro, a noble samurai. One day Goro is kidnapped by the evil Hiromi - you have to rescue him, but it won't be an easy task! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Akane the Kunoichi.

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  32. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, replayability
    59% User Score Based on 59 reviews

    You don't know who you are, where you are and why you are here, you know just thing, you want to survive and get out of HELL! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mastema: Out of Hell.

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    77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 308 reviews

    Corgi Warlock is a 1-4 player side-scrolling fantasy action game, where one brave Corgi will take on the Skeleton Bunny King's army! Against the power of Narwhals, Fencing Bears, and Crazed Unicorns, it takes more than your average Corgi to survive the King's onslaught... it takes a CORGI WARLOCK. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corgi Warlock.

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  34. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 171 reviews

    BIRDCAGE is an arcade-style vertical scrolling shoot’em up inspired by genre classics, blending gritty pixel art sprites with 2.5D backdrops and a pumping retro soundtrack! Blast through 6 unique stages of bullet hell mayhem, facing off against enemy swarms using multiple shot types and rechargeable specials. Chase high scores by maintaining chains and kill rate. Strategically activate Hyperblade… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BIRDCAGE.

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  35. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    54% User Score Based on 1,952 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 56 reviews

    Mighty No. 9 is a Japanese 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from the 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something amazing! Led by a veteran team with decades of experience, Mighty No. 9 promises to be an evolution in the well-known genre. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mighty No. 9.

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  36. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    47% User Score Based on 350 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon. Hidden in the darkness of the dungeons are shops, casinos and elevato… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 99 Levels To Hell.

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  38. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 609 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

    Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival. Steredenn is at the crossroads between a shmup and a rogue-like. Enjoy the infinite replayability of the game with its unforgiving gameplay, intense boss fights, (almost) ran… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Steredenn.

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  39. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 213 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 9 reviews

    Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drifting Lands.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    49% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is a fun and challenging game with a retro feel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reset 1-1.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    52% User Score Based on 226 reviews

    The challenge is Project Mercury. The power is Raxasoft. Make your way on foot, on a hoverbike, up skyscrapers, and down bottomless pits, as you exterminate a threat of unknown origin! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Mercury.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development
    80% User Score Based on 120 reviews

    Inspired by “shmups” and shadows, Shmadow is a modern twin-stick side-scroller that nods to retro arcade gameplay. Use your light to blast through your enemies, unlock new powers, and defeat bosses before the darkness extinguishes you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shmadow.

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    32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay
    32% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiamat X.

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  45. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 466 reviews

    Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guns of Fury.

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  46. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    92% User Score Based on 1,242 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like! Bleed is an action-platformer focused on stylish, acrobatic dodging and fluid, challenging gameplay. There's no filler, just you and your skills ag… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bleed.

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  47. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 1,668 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 4 reviews

    Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos. In-between Balance and Chaos stands one man, whose efforts will either bridge the ancient divide or doom the world to destruction. Outland is an ambitious 2D-platformer with a beautiful visual style and a unique, polarity-switching gameplay syst… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outland.

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  48. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    62% User Score Based on 349 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Asteroid Bounty Hunter is a space shooter mixed with interesting boss fights and breathtaking visuals, with a reward system to take your skill to another level. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asteroid Bounty Hunter.

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  49. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 1,914 reviews

    Experience the full evolution of the award-winning Geometry Wars franchise and battle through waves of enemies on 3D grids in this frenetic arcade shooter! Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved includes all of the great content & features from Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions and more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved.

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