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284 games like Karous

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01 Your Average Old School Shmup Cover

2024 · PS4, PS5, browser

Your Average Old School Shmup

68%

An old school and simple shoot 'em up with an adaptative difficulty.

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Karous

68% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 ZType Cover

2011 · Android, browser, iOS

ZType

67%

A Type-to-shoot Space Shoot'em'up. Type in the words above the spaceships to destroy them. The fewer spelling mistakes you make the higher the score.

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Karous

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Pac-Man Cover

1980 · Arcade

Pac-Man

55%

Pac-Man is a 1980 maze action video game developed and released by Namco for arcades. It is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Players control Pac-Man, who must eat all the...

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Karous

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Pawarumi Cover

2018 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Pawarumi

55%

Pawarumi is a modern shoot’em up set in a retro futuristic sci-fi pre-Columbian universe. You’ll take control of the almighty ship Chukaru and its three unique weapons! Shoot wisely to either do double damage, heal yourself or charge your Super Attack!

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Karous

55% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Deathsmiles Cover

2007 · Android, Arcade, PC

Deathsmiles

50%

Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

Your match for

Karous

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Horror Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Image Fight Cover

1988 · Arcade, famicom, NES

Image Fight

50%

On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space complexes were being lost....

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Karous

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Aleste Cover

1988 · MSX, SMS, Wii

Aleste

50%

Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it hasn't taken over you....

Your match for

Karous

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Raiden IV OverKill Cover

2014 · PC, PS3

Raiden IV OverKill

50%

The series that changed the history of arcade shoot'em ups is back with the crazed action of Overkill mode! Instill fear in your enemies with devastating attacks and earn the acclaimed title of Master Ace!

Your match for

Karous

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Mortal Kombat II Cover

1994 · Amiga, Arcade, DOS

Mortal Kombat II

48%

Mortal Kombat II is a fighting game originally developed by Midway for arcades in 1993. It serves as the second main installment in the Mortal Kombat franchise and follows the success of its predecessor by enhancing the gameplay and further developing the orig...

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Karous

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Horror Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Psyvariar 3 Cover

2026 · Switch, Switch 2, PC

Psyvariar 3

48%

Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.

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Karous

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Acrobat Mission Cover

1991 · Arcade, SFAM, SNES

Acrobat Mission

47%

The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are available throughou...

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Karous

47% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Super Stardust HD Cover

2007 · PS3

Super Stardust HD

46%

Super Stardust HD is a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 video game console, developed by the Finnish company Housemarque. In Japan it is known as Star Strike HD. Super Stardust HD was the first title with trophy support on the PlayStation 3. Super Sta...

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Karous

46% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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13 DonPachi Cover

1995 · Arcade, PS1, PS3

DonPachi

46%

DonPachi is a 1995 vertical manic shoot-'em-up originally in arcades and was the first game from the developer Cave. Settings are mainly woodland and enemies are military vehicles and robots, culminating in the final boss, a huge robotic bee. One of three weap...

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Karous

46% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, New 3DS

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

45%

A top-down roguelike action-adventure game and remake of the 2011 original, rebuilt from its Flash engine to enable expanded content and features. Players control Isaac through procedurally generated dungeon floors, using tears as projectiles to defeat monster...

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Karous

45% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Horror Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Horror Game feel Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Sky Shark Cover

1987 · Amiga, ACPC, Arcade

Sky Shark

45%

Sky Shark (released in Japan as "Hi Sho Zame", and in Europe as "Flying Shark")is a military-themed vertically scrolling shoot 'em up game in which players take control of the titular biplane through five increasingly difficult levels in order to defeat an ass...

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Karous

45% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Raiden IV x Mikado Remix Cover

2021 · Switch, PC, PS4

Raiden IV x Mikado Remix

45%

Raiden IV, the popular shoot 'em up arcade and console game, debuts on Nintendo Switch. Instill fear in your enemies with devastating attacks and earn the acclaimed title of Master Ace!

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Karous

45% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 Rico Cover

2019 · Switch, PC, PS4

Rico

44%

Rico is an arcade-style, first-person shooter inspired by modern action cinema. In the game you and a friend play as a pair of loose-cannon police partners, given twenty-four hours to crack a case as part of an elite organised crime taskforce. Planning is tac...

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Karous

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Cygni: All Guns Blazing Cover

2024 · PC, PS5, Series X|S

Cygni: All Guns Blazing

44%

It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.

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Karous

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax

44%

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is an engaging action shooter game, combining SHMUP and Brawler-like gameplay with light RPG elements. Choose from different game modes, gameplay settings, mechs, weapons and upgrades to customize your experience freely...

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Karous

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Xenoraid Cover

2016 · Switch, PC, PS4

Xenoraid

44%

Xenoraid is an exciting vertically scrolling shoot'em up rooted in the classic action gameplay of the genre with modern additional features. Intercept the alien threat in missions that play out differently every time. Pilot skillfully to line up devastating b...

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Karous

44% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
Arcade Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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