Games like Super Stardust
Looking for games like Super Stardust? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Stardust, Rick Henderson or Hive Jump.
1 This is where it all began – way back in 1993 with the original Stardust, a legendary shoot-em-up for the Amiga 500 (an Atari STE version followed in ‘94) that wowed critics and gamers alike. Stardust dazzled with its tight controls, solid gameplay and stunning technical achievements like ray-traced graphics, full-screen animations & 3D hyperspace tunnel sequences. Players controlled an upgradea…
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72%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsgameplay, stability96% User Score 26 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsRick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true hommage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.
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66%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstability, replayability68% User Score 281 reviewsCritic Score 63%6 reviews"Hive Jump is one part Spelunky, one part XCOM, and all parts alien ass-kicking. You and your friends assume the role of JUMPERS, and blast your way through subterranean alien hives in run-and-gun 2D platforming action. Kill aliens, avoid traps, collect resources, and defeat the hive queen lurking at the bottom of the hive to complete the JUMP."
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71%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicstory, replayability71% User Score 150 reviewsSixteen levels (in four groups of four) await you in this long-developed Bitmap Brothers title. The basic gameplay is similar to Gauntlet, but in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and such in the maps. The visuals are in the 'metallic and blue' style the Bitmaps appeared to favor.
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96%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, character development95% User Score 205 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviewsRogue Flight is a breathtaking arcade space combat game inspired by the landmark style of 80's and 90's prestige anime. Jump into true stylish arcade action with a huge host of spacecraft upgrades, game modes and multiple narrative paths. It's been 3 years since the world burned. It was ARGUS; the interstellar watchman system given control of the Solar Defense Force. In a secret facility deep be…
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89%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygrinding, monetization94% User Score 1,796 reviewsCritic Score 74%3 reviewsA new six-degree-of-freedom shooter from the creators of Descent with intuitive controls, amazing lighting and graphics, and the best zero-G robot-blasting combat ever devised.
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95%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaymonetization, grinding95% User Score 417 reviewsBullet hell for everyone
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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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87%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystory, replayability92% User Score 763 reviewsCritic Score 72%2 reviewsAs the last surviving tank commander on Earth, single-handedly turn back the evil invading alien army, drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld... Titan Attacks has the same easy-to-learn and addictive gameplay of the classic arcade shoot 'em up
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87%Game Brain Scoremusic, storygrinding, stability90% User Score 730 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsSide scrolling shooter with insane level of action and destruction! Assume a role of a brave space pilot and jump into an epic adventure across the universe to save it from inevitable doom! Unleash arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices ever installed in a spaceship!
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