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A clay-animated side-scrolling shooter set in a dystopian city, with spaceship combat and local split-screen multiplayer; Steam reviews are very positive.

Platypus Reclayed
A short, fast-paced arcade shooter remake with new weapons, local co-op, and a nostalgic claymation feel.
2025-09-17
- Shooter
- Action

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Games like Platypus

A clay-animated side-scrolling shooter set in a dystopian city, with spaceship combat and local split-screen multiplayer; Steam reviews are very positive.

Platypus Reclayed
A short, fast-paced arcade shooter remake with new weapons, local co-op, and a nostalgic claymation feel.
2025-09-17
- Shooter
- Action

Indie

Side view

Arcade

Tadpole Tales

A short free-to-play 2D hand-drawn shmup about a tadpole cleaning rivers, with cute visuals but basic gameplay that reviewers played for about four hours.

2021-03-12

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers

A fast-paced black-and-white 1950s sci-fi shoot 'em up with live-action cutscenes and a ~6-hour campaign, playable solo or in local co-op.

2022-09-21

Shooter
Action
Warfare
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade
Racing

Flying Tank

A very positively received side-scrolling shmup that has you piloting a tank through boss fights with solo or local co-op, lasting roughly 7 hours.

2024-12-06

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

UNDER DEFEAT

A polished, nuanced scrolling shooter blending aerial combat with local co-op, praised for its hidden depth and strong replayability.

2025-02-06

Shooter
Action
Bird view / Isometric
Arcade

PLANES ATTACK

A brief free-to-play arcade shoot 'em up where you defend the sky by shooting enemy planes and dodging missiles.

2019-05-06

Action
Indie
Sport

SATAZIUS

A single-player 2D shoot 'em up about a space pirate conflict on an abandoned planet, playable in about three hours.

2011-12-16

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie
Side view
Arcade

G-Darius HD

A horizontally scrolling shmup where you capture enemies and launch them back as giant beams, featuring multiple versions, co-op modes, and a challenging but charming arcade feel.

2022-03-30

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Arcade

Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender

A fast-paced retro submarine arcade shooter where you defend milk-mining kittens from mechanical sea monsters, with local co-op and a short, challenging arcade feel.

2014-02-03

Shooter
Action
Comedy
Science fiction
Indie
Side view

Heavy Weapon Deluxe

A casual single-player side-view arcade shoot-'em-up with tank-based modern-warfare combat, twin-stick controls, and brief, explosive play sessions that reviewers enjoyed despite some control quirks.

2006-08-30

Shooter
Action
Side view
Arcade

Platypus II

A lighthearted claymation arcade shooter with local co-op, power-up collecting, and a short play session of roughly two hours.

2014-08-15

Action

Sine Mora

A single-player dieselpunk bullet-hell shoot'em up where time is the core resource; mostly positive reviews but with a critical note about genre unfamiliarity and a short sampled playtime.

2012-11-09

Shooter
Action
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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