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A retro-styled wave-based shmup with agile ship moves and Tate mode, best enjoyed in short arcade bursts.

Horizon Shift
A compact wave-based single-screen shoot 'em up with platformer elements, centered on defending your horizon from enemies.
2015-05-29
- Action
- Indie

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Horizon Shift '81
Games like Horizon Shift '81

Find the Steam hidden gems

single-players with secrets you find without a guideor

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Games like Horizon Shift '81

A retro-styled wave-based shmup with agile ship moves and Tate mode, best enjoyed in short arcade bursts.

Horizon Shift
A compact wave-based single-screen shoot 'em up with platformer elements, centered on defending your horizon from enemies.
2015-05-29
- Action
- Indie

1982

A free retro-inspired arcade blasta-thon with a short, casual playtime of about 22 minutes.

2017-06-28

Action
Indie

KAIKAN

A compact, challenging vertical-scrolling shooter with six aircraft types and five stages, focused on fast-paced score attack.

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Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie
Arcade

Space Warpster

A fast-paced, single-player 2D side-scrolling shoot 'em up with pixel art and old-school reflex play, praised by reviewers as a short but enjoyable arcade run.

2026-06-11

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Survival
Indie
Side view
Arcade

CometStriker DX

A fast-paced arcade shooter with solo and split-screen co-op, multiple difficulty settings, and a practice mode, offering a well-received ~4-hour shmup experience.

2018-06-08

Action
Indie
Side view

Shoot 1UP DX

A fast-paced vertical shmup where you launch an entire armada of ships at once, with one-button controls, co-op, and challenging boss fights in short, score-chasing sessions.

2015-09-23

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie

99 Waves to Die

A retro twin-stick arcade shooter with 8-bit style, mixed player feedback on controls, and average reviewer sessions around 7-8 hours.

2015-04-09

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie

Switch 'N' Shoot

A fast-paced single-button arcade shooter about switching direction as you shoot, with a short, challenging run of around 4-5 hours.

2016-10-17

Shooter
Action
Indie
Arcade

SPACEMAN

A very short retro shoot-em-up with an authentic arcade feel, playable solo with gamepad or keyboard and no timed-input pressure.

2026-02-17

Action
Side view

Astrogeo

A fast-paced single-player arcade shooter with unlockable ships, weapon swapping, and escalating waves, built for short high-score runs.

2026-02-20

Action

Galactic Retribution Vol.1

A short, lighthearted retro arcade shooter where you defend the solar system in wave-based single-ship combat.

2026-06-25

Geometry Skies

A fast-paced abstract arcade shooter that trades downtime for intense high-score chasing with simple, snappy gameplay.

2026-03-23