Retro bullet heaven games

64 games matching this tag, most reviewed first.

Devil Daggers

Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.

#fps#difficult#indie

95% · 9,369 Steam reviews

$14.99

STRAFE: Gold Edition

STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

#rogue-lite#action#shooter

72% · 2,439 Steam reviews

$5.24

Vampire Hunters

First-person survivor. Yes, FPS bullet heaven. Works better than it sounds.

#action-roguelike#fps#bullet-hell

90% · 1,973 Steam reviews

$0.49

Swarmlake

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

#fps#arena-shooter#retro

95% · 1,910 Steam reviews

$14.99

Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved

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!

#action#twin-stick-shooter#arcade

90% · 1,586 Steam reviews

$0.99

Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea

They have launched an active invasion on our lands in late September this year, so let us break free of the slavic hand that held us by our balls for many ages! Rally all of our reptile militia, we will end this all together! LIZARDS, WE WILL NEVER BE SLAVES BUT WE WILL BE CONQUERORS!

#pixel-graphics#bullet-hell#dark-fantasy

85% · 1,381 Steam reviews

$4.99

Desktop Survivors 98

Desktop Survivors 98 is a chaotic roguelite dungeon crawler that unfolds right on your Desktop. Your cursor becomes the hero as you explore new rooms, battle relentless waves of enemies, and collect powerful new weapons.

#action#action-roguelike#casual

95% · 1,369 Steam reviews

$14.99

Disc Room

Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.

#indie#action#difficult

93% · 1,115 Steam reviews

$3.99

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is a old school style shooter, but remixed for the 21st century with next generation graphics and deep, modern gameplay. Playing is simple: you are a geometric "ship" trapped in a grid world, facing off against waves of deadly wanderers, snakes, and repulsars.

#arcade#twin-stick-shooter#casual

91% · 1,094 Steam reviews

$3.99

ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!

#arcade#action#shoot-'em-up

91% · 934 Steam reviews

$4.99

Impaler Gold

Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.

#action-roguelike#1990's#boomer-shooter

92% · 585 Steam reviews

$3.99

Maze Mice

Maze Mice is a bullet heaven roguelite where time only moves when you move. Collect dots, level up, choose upgrades, and avoid cats. All at your own pace.

#early-access#action-roguelike#bullet-time

89% · 320 Steam reviews

$19.99

Space Invaders Extreme

The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?

#action#shoot-'em-up#arcade

87% · 265 Steam reviews

$4.99

GUNFIELD

GUNFIELD – A game that combines the genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite. Choose the perfect weapon combinations and upgrade your ship to destroy hordes of enemies and giant bosses, using strategy and a powerful arsenal.

#action-roguelike#pixel-graphics#rogue-lite

97% · 260 Steam reviews

$19.99

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers

UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.

#shoot-'em-up#fmv#side-scroller

93% · 249 Steam reviews

$6.99

Fantasy Survivors

A rogue-lite where you fight thousands of creatures, unlocking characters and equipment, to challenge deeper levels. Team up with friends or go solo; all drops are instanced so you don't have to share. Satisfying gameplay combined with smart choices make one-more-run a no-brainer.

#action#casual#rogue-lite

87% · 240 Steam reviews

$3.74

Early Access

Elemental Survivors

Grind, die, upgrade, repeat in this auto-attacking roguelite/RPG! Transform into an enemy-blender with your fave attacks made devastating with equipment, party members, and elemental evolutions. Survive to earn gems to unlock areas, permanent upgrades, characters, and god-like summons.

#action-roguelike#bullet-hell#action-rpg

72% · 194 Steam reviews

$19.99

Tempest 4000

Tempest 4000™ is a visually stunning, action-packed tube shooter based on the classic hit arcade game, Tempest™.

#casual#arcade#shoot-'em-up

69% · 194 Steam reviews

MIGHT'N MOW'EM: CO-OP SURVIVORS ONLINE cover art

$2.99

Early Access

MIGHT'N MOW'EM: CO-OP SURVIVORS ONLINE

Multiplayer Survivors: Meet MIGHT’N MOW’EM. Mow thousands of enemies with an ever-growing arsenal of weapons and magic, solo or with friends. Classes, upgrades, ultimates, quests, and group buffs add a rewarding meta game to a dopamine-filled core loop.

#singleplayer#early-access#1980s

61% · 177 Steam reviews

$9.99

Centipede: Recharged

Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.

#arcade#retro#shoot-'em-up

84% · 170 Steam reviews

$0.99

SWARMRIDER OMEGA

SWARMRIDER OMEGA is an "endless runner"+"twin stick shooter" ARCADE mashup. Based on SWARMRIDERS(2016), OMEGA is a darker and faster version, featuring the Saint from UBERMOSH Vol.5.

#indie#action#arcade

79% · 126 Steam reviews

$9.99

Iron Crypticle

IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!

#action#indie#pixel-graphics

84% · 120 Steam reviews

$6.99

Horde Hunters

Slay hordes of enemies on thrilling missions to save the humanity from a looming demon onslaught.

#rogue-lite#bullet-hell#action-roguelike

87% · 103 Steam reviews

$4.99

Geometry Survivor

Geometry Survivor is rogue-lite survival where you fight waves of enemies. Unlock innovative upgrades in the shop, acquire new ships and conquer the unforgiving grid world.

#action-roguelike#survival#rogue-lite

75% · 102 Steam reviews

$10.99

BroodStar

BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.

#rogue-lite#shoot-'em-up#top-down-shooter

95% · 99 Steam reviews

$2.99

Void Prison

Void Prison is a fast paced, endless arcade twin stick shooter that puts you inside of an ever shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don't get consumed by the void. Complete achievements to unlock new skins and powerups and get on top of the leaderboards!

#arcade#bullet-hell#twin-stick-shooter

80% · 97 Steam reviews

$6.99

Versebound

Slay hordes of enemies and fight mythical bosses in this challenging action roguelike. In a desperate fight for survival you must perform rituals, buildcraft and learn from every misstep to become stronger. Use unique abilities and powerful artifacts to beat every trial in the world of Kalevala!

#action#action-roguelike#rogue-like

98% · 83 Steam reviews

$3.99

Whackerball

Whackerball is a twin-stick shooter roguelite with Breakout inspired mechanics. Master the unique combat system as you venture through a multitude of diverse areas while collecting powerful and game changing upgrades.

#action#action-roguelike#rogue-like

89% · 72 Steam reviews

$3.99

Breaking Survivors

Brick-breaking gameplay meets Survivors-like mechanics. Use your balls to destroy bricks, level up and pick upgrades to hold your ground against waves of incoming bricks and try to high score in this roguelite brick breaking game.

#arcade#casual#rogue-lite

89% · 70 Steam reviews

$4.99

Early Access

A Clumsy Flight

Shoot down swarms of planes to survive your adventure through the clouds. Make smart upgrade decisions along the way to not get submerged by the hundreds of enemies coming your way.

#early-access#action-roguelike#action

70% · 67 Steam reviews

$0.99

Frantic Dimension

Frantic Dimension is a retro twin-stick shooter inspired by the earliest twin-sticks, 'Space Dungeon' and 'Robotron 2084'. Never stop moving and shooting... or you'll die.

#action#indie#free-to-play

91% · 67 Steam reviews

$1.99

Dino Survivors

Face hordes of Dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures in this survival game with minimalist gameplay! Dino Survivors is a casual game with Roguelite elements, where you need to be faster and survive several species of extinct animals. Your choices will determine this.

#casual#rogue-lite#action-adventure

89% · 61 Steam reviews

$9.99

Blood, Fuel, Ammo & Speed

Blood, Fuel, Ammo & Speed is a fast-paced roguelite FPS action game. BFAS is focused on highly brutal, stylish, and smooth gameplay. Rip the Demons apart with your various satisfying weapons and sleek movement patterns. Power up your Operator with numerous stat upgrades and items.

#action#shooter#action-roguelike

85% · 54 Steam reviews

$4.99

HiveCorp

Join the HiveCorp mercenaries in their fight against an onslaught of enemies in this action rogue-lite auto-shooter. Avoid enemies, level up and combine powerful weapons and equipment to survive.

#stylized#sci-fi#action-roguelike

71% · 48 Steam reviews

$0.74

Chase Survivors

Survive the apocalypse for 15 minutes! In 'Chase Survivors,' evolve your character and your weapons to face hordes of horrifying creatures. Rescue is already on the way, just wait.

#post-apocalyptic#action-roguelike#bullet-hell

79% · 42 Steam reviews

$3.99

Early Access

Further Still: Survivors

Pick and choose between tons of weapons, spells and equipment to create a build capable of surviving a never-ending horde of monsters. Find a build, break the game and see how far you can take it.

#action-roguelike#action#rogue-lite

86% · 37 Steam reviews

$2.99

ZANZIBART

You are MYRMIDON OF LOSS. Because of your FOOLISHNESS, your BELOVED MASTER, ZANZIBART, has been KILLED. Go forth and SLAUGHTER ENEMIES and ACCUMULATE ITEMS to AVENGE ZANZIBART...

#action#rogue-like#bullet-hell

86% · 35 Steam reviews

$3.99

Bound Survivor

Bound Survivor is a 2D pixel top-down roguelike action game. Combine weapons with “bond” tags to trigger powerful synergies and create your own combat style. Every run offers fresh challenges!

#casual#rogue-like#pixel-graphics

82% · 34 Steam reviews

$5.99

Slash or Die 2

In this game you will face violence and extraordinary complexity. You will have to become one of three heroes to slash enemies or to die from their hands. What will your hero do? It depends only on your skills…

#action#indie#2d

88% · 33 Steam reviews

$3.99

Bacon Rebellion

Do you ever want to just relax and slaughter something? Well, lucky for you, the pigs have gone mad! They are destroying everything! So grab your trusty double-barreled friend and put an end to this Bacon Rebellion!

#arena-shooter#twin-stick-shooter#score-attack

87% · 31 Steam reviews

Free

Hyper Pop

Hyper Pop is a frantic action roguelike bullet heaven. Use your mouse cursor to guide and protect your character as it grows to become absurdly overpowered against hordes of cute emojis!

#action#rpg#action-roguelike

65% · 31 Steam reviews

$0.99

Deal With Nyarlathotep

《奈亚契约》是一款带有德州扑克元素与割草生存游戏。你将扮演与克苏鲁背景下的古神签订灵魂契约的赌徒，以扑克为媒介使用古神力量击退如潮的敌人。每一张扑克都对应一个独特技能，组出德州牌型会带来强大的力量，最终依靠自己的智慧和力量逃离禁锢！

#adventure#action#action-roguelike

83% · 29 Steam reviews

$6.99

Dungeon and Craft

In this adventure with a total of 6 weapons, you will produce your own weapons and turn the mushrooms you collect from the forest into pots that you can sell. In the dungeons, you will fight against challenging creatures for 16 waves and improve your character.

#action-roguelike#bullet-hell#pixel-graphics

93% · 29 Steam reviews

$0.99

Meme Survivors: Backrooms

Meme hordes are attacking! Choose one of four heroes and survive 30 minutes in the hellish Bullet Hell Backrooms!

#action-roguelike#bullet-hell#rogue-lite

100% · 28 Steam reviews

$2.99

Magecraft

Annihilate hordes of mobs and challenging bosses with the ultimate Spell Building system. Infinitely customize your weapons and see how quickly you can break your computer! Abuse the open-ended nature of the spell creation system to destroy the game balance.

#action-roguelike#bullet-hell#arcade

72% · 25 Steam reviews

$4.99

Asteroids... But Roguelite

Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.

#retro#action-roguelike#shoot-'em-up

89% · 19 Steam reviews

$4.99

Doughbee

A real time wave based roguelike about battling doodle creatures and collecting perks along the way, with ranging effects from elemental damage to things like rammer Doughbee and even a scorpion mech, see how far you can make it through this bullet hell of a nightmare.

#action-roguelike#bullet-hell#perma-death

100% · 19 Steam reviews

Free

CHUTNEY: Space Survivor

CHUTNEY: Space Survivor is a third person, hoard-shooting deck builder where you play as Chutney, shooting down hordes of enemies with his Omni-gun. Alter your attacks by collecting different cartridges and create unique synergies!

#action#singleplayer#3d

94% · 17 Steam reviews

$2.44

Early Access

Impact

Build your deck against hundreds of monsters and defend yourself against your enemies with the best deck. Unlock characters with rogue-lite elements, a wide range of weapons and special abilities as you progress.

#action#action-roguelike#rogue-like

82% · 17 Steam reviews

$5.99

Unrelaxing Quacks

Survivors but fast. Ditch the waiting simulators. Embrace the speedrun. Power up quickly, but expect the challenge to match with dynamically raising difficulty. There is no meta progression to save you, only option is to learn the map and get good at the game.

#action#bullet-hell#action-roguelike

76% · 17 Steam reviews

$2.99

Early Access

StarMech

Transform your mech to fight, upgrade, and survive long enough to jump to safety in this bullet hell roguelite.

#action-roguelike#action#bullet-hell

69% · 16 Steam reviews

$2.99

Solbane

Battle against bosses in a shoot'em up combined with RPG elements. Choose between three diverse classes, and create your combo build from a pool of over 50 abilities. The game features a variety of bosses that require different strategies and builds to conquer.

#action#shoot-'em-up#bullet-hell

87% · 15 Steam reviews

$5.99

Dextram

This arcade shoot 'em up has no shooting and you can only turn right. Avoid waves of enemies and get points as they crash into each other. Pick up power-ups, such as a large laser or a force field to destroy the enemies. Die, get a score and repeat to get a higher score the next run.

#score-attack#arena-shooter#bullet-hell

100% · 14 Steam reviews

$9.99

Quantum: Recharged

Dodge and encircle your enemies in this neon-drenched revival of the one-of-a-kind arcade classic!

#action#shooter#arcade

64% · 14 Steam reviews

$4.99

Early Access

Radio Silent

You're a marine that just latched onto a ship that went radio silent for 10 years after entering a wormhole in space. Battle hoards of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and collect audio logs to discover the chilling history of the ship you've boarded.

#early-access#action#1990's

100% · 14 Steam reviews

$2.59

ArenaMania

Can you survive the challenges of the Arena? The progressively difficult levels and their hundreds of enemies are just looking for a way to hunt you down. Your only help is your experience and your spells leveling up after each level. If you can pick them up…

#arena-shooter#indie#action

100% · 7 Steam reviews

$2.99

Early Access

DunJumb

Whether you choose magic, swords, or both, make your way through the thousands of monsters attacking you! DunJumb is a colorful 2D medievial survivor game with roguelite elements, in which you create, buy and reinforce a combination of weapons against formidable enemies!

#early-access#bullet-hell#rogue-like

80% · 5 Steam reviews

$2.99

GAIA Survivors

Control a variety of robots and destroy invaders from outer space in order to save the destroyed earth! "GAIA Survivors" is a 'Shoot 'Em Up' type sci-fi rogue-lite casual game with a retro-futuristic worldview.

#action#rogue-lite#2d

60% · 5 Steam reviews

$1.99

Early Access

R-Lyke: Reverse

Side-scrolling, retro 2D shoot'em'up with rogue-lite elements. Survivors-style game.

#early-access#action-roguelike#bullet-hell

80% · 5 Steam reviews

$2.99

Early Access

SKY TOMB

Have you ever looked at a boss and felt "Damn, I wish I - the player - was that powerful." Look no further than the retro-styled dopamine-fueled time-deleting powertrip of SKY TOMB!

#early-access#action-roguelike#score-attack

75% · 4 Steam reviews

$4.99

Early Access

Super Smash Asteroids

"Super Smash Asteroids" is a high-speed, twin-stick, top-down, rogue-like space shooter. Choose from 6 unique ships, upgrade with 70+ items & blast through epic bosses. Level up for intense, action-packed battles in a futuristic universe. Buckle up for a thrilling journey to glory!

#action#arcade#rogue-like

100% · 4 Steam reviews

$2.99

Evil Robots

Fast-paced and frenetic. Survive as many hordes of robots as you can using the different weapons available. Play solo or with a friend (local or online cooperative).

#action#action-roguelike#casual

100% · 2 Steam reviews

$1.99

Run and Gun

Run and Gun is an action roguelike shooting game where you mow down thousands of enemies while unlocking newer and deadlier weapons. The enemies won't stop spawning, and your guns won't stop firing. Earn gold each run to unlock permanent upgrades to make your next run deadlier.

#action#action-roguelike#arcade

50% · 2 Steam reviews

$2.99

Shield King

Fight off hordes of enemies, slay Bosses, Dash through enemies and push them off the buildings In this shield themed roguelite.

#top-down#bullet-hell#action-roguelike

100% · 1 Steam reviews