Games like Tempest
Looking for games like Tempest? Here are top arcade shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Gunstar Heroes, Tempest 4000 or POLYBIUS.
- 85%Game Brain Scoregraphics85% User Score 54 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviews
The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunstar Heroes.
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- 73%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstability, monetization67% User Score 244 reviewsCritic Score 67%18 reviews
In Tempest 4000, players are once again in control of the Claw, a powerful spacecraft equipped to destroy deadly creatures and other obstructions with rapid-fire shots on vibrant geometric prisms. With three game modes to choose from and 100 levels to conquer, players must eliminate all enemies as quickly as possible to survive and achieve that coveted spot at the top of the leaderboards. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tempest 4000.
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- 94%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsatmosphere, stability95% User Score 243 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviews
Polybius is the latest trance-shooter from the creators of Tempest 2000 and TxK, Llamasoft. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POLYBIUS.
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- 92%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicstory, grinding92% User Score 210 reviews
Step into a time warp and experience Luxor like never before in Luxor Evolved, a commanding new vision for the #1 marble shooting game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luxor Evolved.
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- 79%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicreplayability100% User Score 32 reviewsCritic Score 66%1 reviews
Curved Space is an intense arcade shooter about battling cosmic energy spiders across warped, physics-defying battlefields. Space stations and asteroids curve and loop around themselves. Up? Down? Who needs those when you’ve got a spaceship, guns and swarms of bugs to blast? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Curved Space.
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- 19%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplay27% User Score 22 reviews
Pew pew pew RETRO STYLE! Shoot enemies, survive, gain lives and achieve the highest scores possible all in an old school vector style game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Triblaster.
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- 62%Game Brain Scoregraphicsmusic, stability62% User Score 28 reviews
By the year 2049, Earth has been turned into a toxic waste dump. Humankind has fled into space leaving behind an army of mechanized “Orbots” to clean up the mess. But when the Orbot leader “WarHead” goes haywire and starts a global revolt against the humans, it falls on the shoulders of the last Orbot loyal to its human masters to save the planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vectorman.
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- 78%Game Brain Scoregraphics, musicgameplay, story92% User Score 36 reviews
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of almost 1000 planets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Z-Exemplar.
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- 35%Game Brain Scoreatmosphere, gameplaymusic, graphics60% User Score 10 reviews
SPACE HASTE II is an adrenaline pumping, futuristic racing game that puts players in the driver’s seat of the hottest hovercrafts on the planet. The game continually analyzes the player’s skills and times, building up their hovercraft’s speed throughout the race according to their abilities. But there is no limit to how much speed they can accumulate and the fastest rides through the breathtaking … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haste 2.
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Ozone Guardian is a modern take on the classic arcade space shooter with colourful stark visuals and equally addicting gameplay. You defend the ozone layer against groups of evil spaceships, which increase in quantity and power each time, and you're thrown at a large menacing boss every 5 rounds. Your dodging and timing skills reward you with higher points at the end of the round, which you spend… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ozone Guardian.
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