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Dwarf Star $4.99
Dwarf Star: 16 bit inspired game where mercenary go shoot shoot on evil alien guys who were accidentally fabricated by the government. Top down space shooter with a mission based structure. However, you can do these missions in plenty of different orders with different amounts of upgrades.
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Hyper Echelon$19.99
The Cyan Galaxy is in peril! Your trusty little star fighter and rag tag squad of wingmen are the only hope against the evil EXODON! Level up from a pea shooter to an offensive powerhouse as you engage in frantic combat across many wondrous locales.

Starlight: Eye of the Storm$7.99
SHOOT 'EM UP!Starlight: Eye of The Storm is a 2D Vertical SHMUP set in a 3D background. Unleash your special powers, upgrade your weapons! Take on 10 Arcade stages or 15 Campaign missions! Drift (auto-pivot mode) behind your enemies and take them on with style!

Stars Online$3.99
Destroy Space Pirates, Collect Resources, and upgrade your ships. Solo your way through a space Sci-fi adventure to reclaim our solar system by completing Mission Ops, "Failure" is not an option.

AstroWings: Space War$7.99
"Astro Wings: Space War" is a retro style, exciting and authentic bullet hell, space shooting game.This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game.

Space Warden$9.99
Space Warden is top-down shooter in space where whole environment can be destroyed. Use lots of weapons which can burn, stun, damage, explode enemy ships, bases and terrain. Use turrets to defend your base and complete various missions.

No Space For All$9.99
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!

CROSSFIRE II (AMIGA)$3.99
Crossfire II is an Retro / Arcade / Top-Down Shooter, originally released in 2002 for the AMIGA. The main part of the game is a classic, fast paced, single player story campaign. Fly different space ships and fight, to save the universe as you know it. Also you get a survival and a local PvP mode.

Astro Traveler$4.99
A retro style space sim where you mine, trade, bounty hunt, pillage, and explore. In this game you choose you own path as you navigate the galaxy while balancing faction alligence and legality of your actions.

CyVengeFREE
CyVenge is a fast paced and action packed rougelite arena shooter. Choose from many upgradable weapons and abilities and help Cy fight against numerous waves of enemies!

Phoenix 2FREE
A modern shoot'em up with classic arcade gameplay. Launch the epic story Campaign and engage in new missions every day. Collect, upgrade and master over 100 unique ships and compete against others to show you are the best of the best!

Cosmic Tankinator$2.99
Cosmic tankinator is a hard and rapid action 2D fighter game. Blow up your enemies as you wish, with everything from large laser turrets to landmines! Upgrade your tank between each mission and go from starbase to starbase obliterating enemy turrets and tanks!

Snake Core$4.99
Are you ready to command a range of different units as they battle aliens in a mission-based take on the classic Snake? Select your path to victory!

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

Ghost Mission$10.99
Inspired by stealth-action classics of the past, take control of an elite commando with the ability to turn invisible on a tense adventure where staying out of sight is the best way to stay alive, where the line between truth and fiction is always blurry, and where nothing is ever as it seems.

AST-Hero$4.99
Fight for survival in this top-down shoot ‘em up in space, featuring unique hand-drawn visuals and sounds. It offers a challenging experience that is easy to learn, but difficult to master.

Astro Attack$2.99
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.

Antiprism$17.99
Antiprism brings classic shoot 'em up mechanics to VR and combines them with innovative single-player twin-ship gameplay. Control two ships at once as the pilots Jexen and Malik shoot hordes of enemies, dodge enemy fire, find and upgrade items, and beat hard bosses on their journey through The Gone.

Opalescence$2.99
The colorful top-down shooter/bullet-hell

Andromeda Survivors$2.99
Defeat thousands of enemies that are invading Andromeda! Andromeda Survivors is a casual game with rogue-lite elements where you collect skills and upgrades for your ship to create amazing builds!

Battle Star Asteroids$0.99
You have a very important mission. Be a hero who saved humanity from extinction. Fight intense battles, use all your skills and destroy all the threats that are coming to our planet. Remember, we don't know exactly what we are dealing with, be careful. You are our hope.

Doomsday Jetlag$6.99
Arcade shooter at the end of the world! Play as fighter pilots fending off the aerial hordes of hell during total nuclear apocalypse, Doomsday Jetlag combines casual bullet-hell, shoot-em-up & rogue-lite elements to maximise the fun of playing through armageddon!

Sophstar$9.99
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

I, AI$3.99
Classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI. You were created on space military station developing weapons. Now your goal is to break out of the lab and win your freedom.

RedRaptor$4.99
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!

Nebula$3.99
Survive in the deep void of the galaxy against thousands of invaders! Nebula is a challenging bullet hell, twin stick shooter where you have to face endless waves of space enemies. Additional map resources and space drones can provide you a support but be wary, they can as well become a deadly trap.

Fate of the World$9.99
Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...

Spinner Invaders$7.99
Shoot your way through a thrilling action adventure of 120 waves in 4 different game modes while fighting against waves of enemies and 12 extreme bosses. Save the world from The General by yourself or with a friend locally and play 10 different Challenges.

Gatekeeper$14.99
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to find the stolen Heart of the Universe and shoot your way through the hordes of machine enemies guarding the planetary gates. Play solo or in 4 people co-op and become the next Guardian!

WarZone$9.99
A tough soldier has been send to infiltrate an enenmy base and destroy it.

Vostok 2061$9.99
Vostok 2061 is a modern-graphics vertical scroll shooter. Gorgeous alien worlds, spaceships, and bosses. Explore mysteries as you listen to a great soundtrack!

Space Hero: Intergalactic Titan$2.99
A top-down "bullet-heaven" roguelite where you play as a futuristic space marine. Use a variety of damage and utility abilities in your attempt to survive. Earn tokens to spend on permanent character upgrades, ability upgrades, and ability mods that allow you to customize your playstyle.

Traxion$2.99
TRAXION is a space-themed cave flyer featuring beautiful pixel art, great music, and tons of meticulously crafted physics puzzles.

Space War: Infinity$1.99
A semi-procedural shoot-'em-up that will test your skills. Level up your ship, unlock amazing weapons, and defeat 5 formidable bosses. Challenge the infinite by facing real-time waves of enemies after completing all missions. Become the intergalactic hero now!

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

Starwulf$2.99
Dive into Starwulf's unique blend of brick puzzles and space shooter action. Explore diverse planets and star systems, unlock special missions, and upgrade your ship. Can you save your home planet? Casual subgames, included to the demo version, offer endless fun.

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.

Asteroids: Multiplayer$2.99
A modern version of the classic arcade game

Hunter Project: Operation Survive$11.99
Hunter Project: Operation Survive is an action top-down shooter with the goal of survival. You are a member of the Cleaner Containment Regiment. You are tasked to go to Earth and fight off the infection as well as save lives and gather data. Do what you must to survive.

Chaos Moon : 1CC Edition$5.99
A classic style SHMUP in the tradition of 80's and 90's vertical scrolling shooters. Maximize your run and get to the top of the High-score Leaderboard. Can you achieve the rank of Fleet Admiral? It's a challenge. Visit our website for a free playable browser demo of the game.

Cyberhunt$0.99
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!

ExtraGalactica$4.99
Slow time to a crawl as you pilot your super charged space craft through randomly generated waves of enemies, defeat huge bosses, and explore a cyberpunk planet with a flunking college football captain and his team's feline mascot Nova!

Infested: Space Colony$4.99
Infested: Space Colony is an intense action top-down shooter in a dimly-lit environment where aliens roam in shadowy darkness. Explore various sections of the colony ship. Hunt down aliens before they hunt you down.

Magnificent-1$2.99
Get into the cockpit of an ace pilot fighting in the galactic war in this sci-fi arcade top-down shooter. Participate in numerous campaign missions to explore the story of Magnificent-1 and enjoy the arcade mode to strive for the highest score.

AWA 2024$4.99
AWA 2024 is a fast paced shoot-em-up featuring modern military aircraft. Choose one of the ten fighter aircraft and take the battle to the skies throughout nine action-packed stages each with their own special end-level boss.

PhaigeX: Hyperspace Survivors$4.99
PhaigeX is a fast-paced "Bullet Heaven" space shooter, tasking the player to explore space sectors and contain a rising incursion of rogue AI-controlled units. Pilot a variety of ships, call in the support craft, and use a myriad of upgrades to lay down heavy firepower towards the enemy forces.

Orbital Defense Force$9.99
Orbital Defense Force (O.D.F) is a multiplayer shoot 'em up co-op rogue-like game. play as mercenaries working for the O.D.F., accepting contracts to defend planets from invaders and earn precious scrap that can be used to upgrade their ship to take on more difficult contracts.

Space Waver$2.99
Space Waver is an action-adventure-shooter space game, with a strong bind to comics. Become a space mercenary and experience his life through multiple contracts.

Gem Raider 2$1.99
Gem Raider 2 is an old-school move-and-shoot game. Your objective in each room is to destroy all of the Power Gems and return to the teleport pad to exit. Other Gems can also be destroyed to increase your score. There are 20 rooms and each of the 9 types of enemy Gems has unique weapons or skills.

Space Dragons$9.99
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.

Space Mercenary Defense Force$4.99
Defend against the alien invasion and take down the mother ship! Utilise branching upgrade trees, unlock new ships, and equip permanent upgrades to create your own unique build and defeat the growing hordes of invaders in this sci-fi action roguelike!

Failure to Launch$0.99
SIMULTANEOUSLY complete whacky minigames while piloting a spaceship through an endless runner of difficult obstacles. Fail a minigame or hit an object and your ship will meet a FIERY EXPLOSION. Are you skilled enough to fly while also finishing minigames? Prepare to LAUNCH INTO FAILURE