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Ark Defender $9.99
Roguelike missile command. Survive as long as you can aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, in a hostile galaxy.
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Xentron Attack$0.99
Xentron Attack is a multi-directional shooter. The evil alien forces called Xentron have invaded your galaxy and spreading dangerous meteors and missiles in the space. Fight with smart enemies who calculates your movements. Turn your ship precisely and use the borderless space wisely.

SSS222: HyperSpace$2.99
A fast-paced addicting space shooter with an inspiration taken from many modern games. A project I have been passionately working solo for 2 years+!

Transcendence$14.99
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.

Invasion: Phoenix$10.99
Invasion: Phoenix is a passion project by a solo developer and lifelong gamer. An alien empire hellbent on conquering Earth has arrived at our doorstep, and humanity is in total anarchy. Delve into this meticulously crafted 2D top-down pixel art RTS and sign up to reclaim Earth!

Space Battle$1.99
Pilot your ship through dangerous space and defend against relentless imperial attacks in Space Battle, a high-intensity round-based strategy game. Upgrade your ship, mine for essential resources, and survive the onslaught to protect the galaxy!

Fusillade$3.99
Use your infinite deck of cards in real time to push back the never ending waves of pirates. Fly through a Roguelike, Deck-Building, Space Shoot em' up, and Destroy the Cosmos with unparalleled firepower, ingenuity, and a little bit of luck!

Chicken Invaders UniverseFREE
A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

Galactic Slice$2.99
Galactic Slice sci-fi shooter game all about pizza, you use the WASD keys to move & the spacebar to shoot. Galactic Slice is all about an alien race wanting to destroy & ruin pizza forever, which simply cannot happen! Your job is to eliminate the aliens & save all pizzakind.

Red Falcon$0.99
A hardcore arcade in retro soviet style. Red Falcon based on a cross between two classic retro games: Invaders and Tetris. Feel the power of soviet technology and destroy non-soviet sectarians heresy, that comes from another universe.

Escape the Kreegan$4.99
Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!

Timeloop Titans$9.99
Timeloop Titans is a fast-paced space arcade shooter where you defend the breathtaking Planet Gaia from relentless alien invasions. Upgrade your ship, conquer challenges, and save humanity in this cosmic battle for survival!

Cyclo Chambers$4.99
Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.

FTL: Faster Than Light$9.99
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Endless SkyFREE
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

Silent Sector$14.99
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.

BossConstructor$14.99
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.

Heat Signature$14.99
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

The Core Message$1.99
Combining retro puzzles and a arcade space shooter. You and your crew found strange materials in the galaxy core to upgrade your ship to the most powerful. While collecting core materials you came across something unbelievable ... The Core Message. The Core Message changes everything.

Cosmo 02$0.99
Cosmo 02 is a fast-paced bullet hell shooter where you play as a space soldier, destroying enemy fleets, defeating bosses, and collecting power-ups in a stunning galaxy.

Edge Of Galaxy$4.99
Edge of Galaxy is a real-time tactical space sim with RPG-lite elements. As the commander of a mercenary fleet, you must hire and manage your ships, upgrade their capabilities, and rise through the ranks to become a legend among mercs.

Farlight Commanders$9.99
Drive a spaceship where each player has an unique role. Play Solo or Coop with friends, up to 4. A perfect mix of space shoot em up and sci-fi action platformer. Fight in space or ground.

Solace Inc.$3.99
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.

Super Turbo Demon Busters!$11.99
STDB! is a rogue-like game about hardcore mercenaries and space marines escaping from a very cozy planet filled with monsters, nuclear fire, viruses and pixelated violence.

Corpoct$9.99
Test your wits as well as your ability to lead an expedition in this deep space dungeon-crawler. Hire the best heroes and villains of the galaxy. Find unknown planets in uncharted space. Start small, plan big and get a fleet of warships capable enough to rival most fearsome enemies.

Galaxy Hassle$4.99
Step into the shoes of Corelatine Rangers Ralph and Brad, as they steer their way through Asteroid Fields and Monsters a-plenty, to arrest Dr. Jillkoy - A menace known for his deadly atrocities towards intergalactic citizens. Do you have what it takes to see him behind bars?

INSPACE 2980$2.99
INSPACE 2980 is a stylish and dynamic SHMUP from the 16-bit era of games consoles and arcade machines. Take part in an exciting adventure and save the galaxy! Once again!

Axan Ships$10.99
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down

Saturn Quest: Blast Effect$3.99
Saturn Quest: Blast Effect is a story-driven action adventure game set in the human-less galaxy far far away. Fly, climb, shoot, explore the world and fight the giant bosses in this 8 Bit style Space Opera, full of drama and epic.

Laser Droplets$1.99
Laser Droplets is a mixture of shoot ‘em up, bullet-hell, arcade styled, 2D game. It consists of 16 mini stages, each with a unique stage boss.

Cuboid Keeper$6.99
Cuboid Keeper is a fast-paced arena shooter with a gripping storyline and an unique spaceship building system. Take control of the legendary Guardian of the Cube and face four advanced civilizations hell-bent on defeating you.

Red Galaxy$0.99
This is a retro space shooting game, where you only fight against the strongest enemy. There are 15 unique bosses in the game, and players need to use different weapons and strategies to defeat them. Dedicated to you who are both challengers and retro game lovers.

STARR RINGER$9.99
Grab the fate of all life in your hands. Blast your way through the cosmos, destroying monstrous cosmic beasts and the space cultists summoning them, on your path to stopping your mother from unleashing the chaos realm upon the universe, in this sci-fi cosmic horror bullet-hell, STARR RINGER.

HELLAXY$3.0
fast-paced, high-difficulty 2D space dogfighting roguelite game.

Cozy Space Survivors$2.99
A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.

Extinction Eclipse$9.99
You are in command of the human fleet, searching for asteroids to mine, extract resources and build bases and more ships to defeat aliens invaders. This simple and short action RTS has a full and exciting campaign, and a skirmish mode that allows you to play a different mission on every match.

Where is Earth?$6.99
Where is Earth is a top-down vehicular combat game. Traverse planets, evading threats and obstacles, in search of your crew. Gather resources to assemble upgrades, landing vehicles, space craft, weaponry and support modules to aid you in your fight against an unknown enemy.

Clive vs Hives 2$5.99
Blast aliens to pieces and start a rebellion in this fast paced pixel art top down shooter where sprinting kills.

The Fermi Paradox$18.99
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

Graceful Explosion Machine$12.99
Skillfully pilot the Graceful Explosion Machine, a fighter ship armed with a ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array! Lost in deep space, you'll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued uncharted planets, fighting an alien armada to find a way home.

GUNPIG: Firepower For Hire$0.99
Sci-fi top-down twin-stick shooter with 9 weapons, 3 alts and secret hidden collectibles!

Starexcess$6.99
Escape from a tyrant government and save the planet Shambala. Be the resistance! Starexcess is a retro-looking vertical shoot 'em up inspired by the 16-bit era. Take on enemy armies and dodge frenetic shots in this shoot 'em up for one or two players in a local ofline co-op.

Reassembly$14.99
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Space Strider$2.99
Space Strider is a 2D Sidescroller Shoot 'em up with Roguelite elements, where you beat hordes of enemies and defeat unique bosses. Unlock, upgrade and level up your Spaceships to become the ultimate Space Strider!

NetherspaceFREE
A sci-fi shoot'em'up game with heavy focus on upgrades experimentation, featuring two unlikely heroes that must work perfectly together, despite their share of secrets, to surpass their limits and succeed in eliminating a threat that might destroy both Earth and Andraxia if left unchecked.

Astero Inc.$11.99
Astero Inc. is a space mining simulation game where players will travel to a dystopian future in a tense competition for asteroid mining rights throughout the universe. Take on the role of a small business owner in an all-out fight against the mighty Black Corp.

GalaxIverse$0.99
GalaxIverse is a top down fast paced vertical blastathon, Battle Fleets and formations of aliens with the occasional boss thrown in for good luck.

Star Saviors$1.99
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.

Hyperbolic Ignition$0.99
Hyperbolic Ignition is a 2D multidirectional bullet hell-like shooter about a wandering pilot trying to return home. By utilizing wormholes, enter and evade combat against hostile spaceships, machinery, sentient crystals, and remnants of warfare.

Nanoplanet Survivors$3.99
Nanoplanet Survivors is a heart-pounding bullet hell survival game set on a hostile planet. Battle relentless waves of alien foes and adapt with powerful upgrades and unique character abilities. Epic boss fights make every playthrough a thrilling challenge. Can you emerge as the ultimate survivor?

REVO$14.99
Dodge and shoot your way through waves of enemies. REVO is a high speed, neon drenched space shoot ‘em up inspired by arcade classics of the 1980’s. Collect pickups, unlock powerful, ammo hungry weapons, and defeat giant bosses.

The Last Archwing$4.99
The Last Archwing is a fast paced, vertically scrolling space shooter. Will you and your friends take up the mantle as Earth's last defenders and thwart the plans of the evil Emperor Zarkhan?