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Games like Spinning Around

2017PC84 % positive

A simple arcade game where you steer your spaceship quickly and precisely through gates. It purely tests your reflexes, with no story or frills.

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Spinning Around are Arcade Moonlander, Trail of Destruction and Star Advent. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Spinning Around special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Arcade Moonlander

92 %Match

2017PC93 % positive

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Gameplay comes before story
  • Easy to pick up

An arcade-style lunar lander where you steer a craft with limited fuel and must touch down gently and upright on the landing pad. Satellites and space worms add extra hazards.

Trail of Destruction

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You pilot a ship that leaves a trail, and destroy enemies by looping that trail into a circle around them. Abilities, items and arena events keep the fast arcade action tricky and varied.

Star Advent

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A small indie space adventure where you make your way through space and cannot afford any mistakes. Little is known about the details, but it seems to emphasize skill and precision.

Scramble

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An early arcade side-scrolling shooter where you fly a jet over rough terrain, firing and dropping bombs while blowing up fuel tanks to keep flying. Its appeal is the constant fuel pressure and precise maneuvering around the landscape.

Keyboard Killers

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A frantic typing-style arcade game where you destroy incoming meteors with keystrokes to save your starship and your dragon friend. The hardest levels demand over 500 actions per minute.

Xevious

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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.

Bit.Trip Beat

Easy to pick up

A rhythm-driven retro arcade game in the style of Pong: you bat incoming beats back with a paddle in time to the music, while pixel visuals and chiptune sound blend into a hypnotic experience.

Linea, the Game

Easy to pick up

A short arcade survival game where you must dodge platforms and obstacles for over 60 seconds on each of four levels, set to bitpop music. Online leaderboards add a competitive angle.

Star Wars: Episode I - Racer

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced Star Wars pod racing game where you thunder through hazardous tracks at breakneck speed. With over 20 racers, upgrades and Anakin as the headline pilot, it captures the famous race from the film.

Gyruss

Easy to pick up

A classic Konami arcade shooter where you rotate your ship around the edge of the screen, blasting waves of enemies that swoop in from the center. Known for its tube-shooter design and its memorable Bach-based soundtrack.

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