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Games like Dogstar

2017PC

Dogstar is a fast retro arcade shooter where you blast enemies and rescue allies in short three-minute levels. Play solo or with a friend in co-op or deathmatch, and chase online high scores.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Pixel art
  • Playing together in co-op
  • Fast pace

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In short: Games like Dogstar

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dogstar special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Space Drifters 2D

90 %Match

2016PC

Brings what grabs you about Dogstar: good gunplay and playing together in co-op.

A top-down space shooter in the vein of Asteroids, featuring Newtonian physics-based movement. Local co-op and several versus modes make it well suited to couch play.

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Wild Guns

Pixel art

A fast arcade shooting gallery set in a steampunk Wild West, where you play Annie or Clint, dodging fire and blasting outlaws and robots in the background. Short, intense stages with a tough challenge, playable in co-op.

Ikari Warriors

Shooting and gunplay

A classic vertically scrolling arcade shooter where you fight alone or with a friend through jungles, rivers and ruins. Machine guns, grenades and rocket launchers drive fast, punishing action.

Protonwar

Shooting and gunplay

A fast-paced arena shooter built around fluid, quick movement, with free-for-all and team modes, bots, and a Horde mode for solo or co-op. It can be played on a monitor or in full room-scale VR.

The Bug Butcher

Pixel art

A fast 2D arcade shooter in the vein of Pang, where exterminator Harry blasts swarms of bugs falling from above in a research facility. Short, intense levels, power-ups and a tongue-in-cheek tone make for quick fun, including co-op.

Gatling Gears

Shooting and gunplay

You pilot a mech in twin-stick style and blast your way through an empire's armies, solo or in co-op. It is a fast, arcade-like shooter with a steampunk flavor.

Air Buster

Shooting and gunplay

A classic arcade side-scrolling shoot-'em-up in the vein of R-Type and Gradius, blasting through sci-fi stages with power-ups. Its standout feature is simultaneous two-player play.

Duck Game

Pixel art

A chaotic 2D arena shooter where ducks duel in short, frantic rounds with absurd weapons. It shines brightest as a couch multiplayer game with friends.

Virtua Cop

Shooting and gunplay

A classic arcade light-gun shooter where you play a cop blasting criminals in quick succession while avoiding civilians. Its early polygonal graphics and fast, reflex-driven pacing influenced later rail shooters like Time Crisis and House of the Dead.

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