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A retro-styled nonlinear shmup with co-op and branching paths, but reviewers find its slow ship and unfair damage frustrating.

Project X: Light Years
A demanding 2D horizontal shoot-'em-up with punishing-but-fair combat, local co-op split-screen play, and a short campaign clocking in at around 5.5 hours for reviewers.
2025-08-15
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Games like Super Hydorah

A retro-styled nonlinear shmup with co-op and branching paths, but reviewers find its slow ship and unfair damage frustrating.

Project X: Light Years
A demanding 2D horizontal shoot-'em-up with punishing-but-fair combat, local co-op split-screen play, and a short campaign clocking in at around 5.5 hours for reviewers.
2025-08-15
- Action

Science fiction

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Side view

Arcade

Andro Dunos II

A horizontal retro shoot-'em-up where you pilot a battleship through seven stages with a clever weapon system, plus a Boss Rush mode—short, challenging, single-player.

2022-03-25

Shooter
Action
Arcade

Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo

A fast-paced vertical shoot-'em-up with seventeen ships, a forgiving health system, and a merciful difficulty curve that suits newcomers; reviewers report a compact ~2-hour experience.

2015-01-23

Shooter
Action
Indie
Arcade

Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition

An intense vertical-scrolling bullet hell shmup with lightsynth visuals and beat-synced waves, delivering short, challenging arcade bursts.

2015-09-04

Action
Indie

Dimension Drive

An intense split-screen space shoot 'em up about switching between two battlefields, with a short but punishing solo or co-op campaign.

2017-12-07

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

Super XYX

A challenging single-player indie shmup with over-the-top arcade action, praised for its pixel art and music, and typically played in short sessions.

2020-08-10

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Third person
Indie
Arcade

Sine Mora EX

A visually striking but divisive side-scrolling shoot'em up with time-based mechanics, story and arcade modes, local co-op and PvP, and a short, challenging playtime.

2017-08-08

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Side view
Arcade

Space Elite Force II

A fast-paced side-scrolling space shmup with local co-op, weapon upgrades, pixel art, and tough boss battles, best enjoyed in short score-attack sessions.

2020-02-03

Shooter
Action
Warfare
Science fiction
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Arcade

1917 - The Alien Invasion DX

A short bullet hell shooter where a WW1 female pilot uses alien technology to fight memorized waves of invaders across Earth and space.

2016-06-10

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

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

Starr Mazer: DSP

A single-player, side-scrolling shoot 'em up where you pilot experimental fighters against a quirky G'ell invasion; it's hard, retro-styled, with short sessions (median ~80 minutes).

2016-08-26

Action
Science fiction
Indie

Project Root

A difficult top-down shoot 'em up with open scenarios, ship upgrades, and punishing off-screen projectiles.

2014-05-01

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Project X: Light Years