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1978 Classic

This 1978 arcade classic boils shooting down to a simple, gripping loop: you fend off ever-faster rows of descending aliens with a laser cannon while chasing a high score. It shaped the shooter genre for decades.

What defines Space Invaders:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for Space Invaders are Terra Lander, Galaga and Madrobot X. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Space Invaders special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Terra Lander

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2015 PCPlayStationNintendo Switch 2.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Gameplay comes before story

A retro arcade shooter in the spirit of the classics, where you guide a ship with scarce fuel through twenty increasingly tough levels to the landing pad. Every move and shot burns fuel, which you replenish by blowing up fuel dumps.

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Galaga

Gameplay comes before story

A classic arcade shooter where you pilot a fighter along the bottom of the screen and blast waves of insect-like aliens. The tractor beam that captures your ship, which you can rescue for double firepower, gives it its hook.

Madrobot X

Sci-fi setting

A classic retro shoot 'em up in pixel art where a robot escapes a mad scientist's lab with help from a fellow robot. The focus is on quick reflexes and arcade action.

Point Perfect

Gameplay comes before story

A mouse-driven arcade game where you guide your cursor through a procedurally generated gauntlet of retro enemies, drawing boxes around foes so the mothership can shoot them down. It demands precise reflexes and a steady hand.

Xevious

Sci-fi setting

A 1982 arcade classic in which you pilot the Solvalou fighter through vertically scrolling waves of alien enemies, shooting air targets and bombing ground ones at once. It was a pioneering title for the shoot-'em-up genre.

Blue Rider

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An arcade shooter where you fight to survive as the Blue Rider in a valley flooded with bullets. It nods to classic console heroes and leans on fast reflexes.

Pester

Sci-fi setting

A fast, busy retro vertical shooter in the spirit of classic C64 games, remade from an early hobby project and first released on Xbox Live Indie Games.

1993 Space Machine

Sci-fi setting

A classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the spirit of Gradius, R-Type and Life Force, celebrating retro arcade space combat with pixel art.

Wolflame

Sci-fi setting

A classic vertical 2D shooter in the vein of Raiden and Twin Cobra, built around arcade action, reflexes and dodging bullets. A no-frills retro throwback from the makers of Gigantic Army and Satazius.

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