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274 games like R-Type

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01 Zybex Cover

1988 · Atari8bit, C64, ZXS

Zybex

91%

A horizontally scrolling 'always firing' shoot 'em up game with an emphasis on power ups and notable for the fire button only being used to change weapon. The player takes the role of one of two convicts; Rinser and Cassalana, escaping from an execution in...

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91% Starker DNA-Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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02 Blood Money Cover

1989 · Amiga, Atari-ST, C64

Blood Money

86%

Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience that makes all other games you've played seem prehistoric? Because Blood Money is simply the best arcade game you've ever seen. It has staggering graphi...

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86% Starker DNA-Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Andro Dunos Cover

1992 · neogeoaes, neogeomvs

Andro Dunos

82%

Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Visco in 1992 for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot enemies, collect power...

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82% Starker DNA-Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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04 Xevious Cover

1982 · ACPC, Apple][, Arcade

Xevious

79%

It's a nightmare, but it's true! Research shows that we are the actual aliens on Earth, and the ruthless Xevions are the original inhabitants. Now the Xevions want Earth back -- minus humans! Their invasion forces are fierce -- the land is crawling with deadl...

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79% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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05 Zaxxon Cover

1982 · Apple][, Arcade, Atari5200

Zaxxon

79%

Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object of the game is to h...

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79% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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06 Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Cover

2010 · PS3, Vita

Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype

74%

In Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype, you will return to Gota IV as part of the Soldner-X defense force. Mankind will once more rely on your battle against new mysterious powers. Staged across seven unique action-loaded levels accompanied with an adrenaline pumping...

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74% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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07 R-Type Final Cover

2003 · PS2

R-Type Final

73%

Like other games in the R-Type Series, the game is a scrolling shooter where you need to guide a spaceship through various stages and destroy the many enemies (including very large end of level bosses). The game features a large variety of spaceships (over 10...

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73% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Combat-focused Game feel
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08 Galaxian Cover

1979 · Arcade

Galaxian

72%

Galaxian is a shooter arcade game developed by Namco in 1979. It was released by Namco in Japan and a few months later by Midway Games in North America. The game was developed to compete with Taito Corporation's Space Invaders, released a year earlier, and fea...

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72% Sehr nah dran
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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09 Raiden II Cover

1993 · Arcade, PC

Raiden II

66%

Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground.

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66% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel
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10 Broforce Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Broforce

59%

When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce - an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force. Brace your loins with up to four players to run ‘n’ gun as dozens of different bros and eliminate the o...

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59% Spannender Match
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Arcade Genre Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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11 Turrican Cover

1990 · Amiga, ACPC, Atari-ST

Turrican

55%

Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turric...

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55% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel
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12 Star Wars: Battlefront II Cover

2005 · PC, PS2, PSP

Star Wars: Battlefront II

54%

Star Wars: Battlefront II is the sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront. It is a high-selling Star Wars video game following the many adventures of several characters. The two games are very similar, as both revolve around troopers from various factions fighting in...

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54% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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13 Doom Cover

2016 · PC, PS4, XONE

Doom

53%

Developed by id software, the studio that pioneered the first-person shooter genre and created multiplayer Deathmatch, Doom returns as a brutally fun and challenging modern-day shooter experience. Relentless demons, impossibly destructive guns, and fast, fluid...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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14 Halo: Combat Evolved Cover

2001 · Mac, PC, XBOX

Halo: Combat Evolved

53%

Bent on Humankind's extermination, a powerful fellowship of alien races known as the Covenant is wiping out Earth's fledgling interstellar empire. Climb into the boots of Master Chief, a biologically altered super-soldier, as you and the other surviving defend...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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15 Halo 3 Cover

2007 · PC, X360, XONE

Halo 3

53%

Halo 3 is a shooter game where players primarily experience gameplay from a first-person perspective. Much of the gameplay takes place on foot, but also includes segments focused on vehicular combat. The balance of weapons and objects in the game was adjusted...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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16 Call of Duty: Ghosts Cover

2013 · PC, PS3, PS4

Call of Duty: Ghosts

53%

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person shooter set in a near-future scenario where the United States has been devastated by an orbital weapons strike. The single-player campaign follows Logan Walker, a soldier fighting alongside an elite special operations uni...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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17 Halo 2 Cover

2004 · PC, XBOX, XONE

Halo 2

53%

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie and the sequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. The campaign alternates between two playable characters: the human supersoldier Master Chief and the Covenant warrior known as the Arbiter. The game introduced online...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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18 Halo: Reach Cover

2010 · PC, X360, XONE

Halo: Reach

53%

Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter set in 2552, serving as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Players control Noble Six, a member of Noble Team, an elite squad of Spartan supersoldiers defending the human colony world of Reach from a Covenant invasion. The...

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53% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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19 Doom Cover

1993 · DOS, Linux

Doom

52%

In the future, humans have left Earth and settled throughout the galaxy. On Mars, the Union Aerospace Corporation has established a radioactive waste facility and allowed the military to conduct teleportation experiments on the nearby moons of Deimos and Phobo...

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52% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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20 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Cover

2012 · PC, PS3, PS4

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

52%

Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generatio...

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52% Spannender Match
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Shooter Genre Action Theme Science fiction Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
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