Games like The X-Type

"Interstellar Sentinel is a challenging side-scrolling shoot 'em up, drawing inspiration from classic games like Gradius and R-Type. Its tight controls and progressive difficulty are designed for a flow state gaming experience, where players become fully immersed and perform at their peak. The game boasts stylish visuals with light anime influences."

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.

"Nova Drift" is an action-packed space combat game where you control a rapidly evolving bio-mechanical ship. With over 250 weapons and mods, you can create a unique build every run, chaining upgrade modules for powerful synergies. Games are quick, allowing for rapid experimentation and advancement, making it a great choice for players who want to enjoy a challenging and rewarding experience in a single game session.

"Enemy Mind" is a side-scrolling space shooter for PC with a classic 8-bit art style and 8 levels of challenge across 70 waves. As a being of pure psychic energy, you can take over and control any of the 20+ unique ships you encounter, each with their own power and ability. The game features an adaptive story system that changes with your play style and offers multi-player co-op for up to four players. The soundtrack is an original chiptune-inspired creation by Rainbow Kitten.

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…

Steredenn: Binary Stars is an award-winning rogue-like shoot'em up game with intense boss battles, randomly generated environments, and a vast arsenal of weapons. Experience quick, challenging sessions with upgrades and space events, available now on PC, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and iOS. Receive critical acclaim with user ratings around 90% on Steam and an average press rating of 8/10.

It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.

"TechBeat Heart" is a fast-paced, combo-based shooter where players must fight against the Blackheart and its corrupt minions in frantic, randomized waves. With a variety of weapons to master and two different soundtracks to choose from, players must make combos to earn more time and aim for the highest online score. High replayability ensures a fresh challenge with every playthrough.

"BLUE REVOLVER is a manic shooter game with a fresh take, featuring a rabbit-eared tech genius on the run from environmental police. The game offers improved controls with analog sticks, vsync option, and ammo management bar in the v0.51 demo. The player fights through hordes of enemies, big baddies, and bullet patterns, with the option for borderless fullscreen mode and better performance."

You command destructive ships to obliterate thousands of enemies, while weaving through intricate networks of invasive machine-organisms! Combining classic fast-paced shoot 'em up action with quick-thinking tactics of puzzlers, you must carefully match the right pieces to fly out of danger!