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Games like Otherwar

2023PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable67 % positive5.89 €

An action tower defense game where you play an angel defending heaven against Satan's armies. You dodge dense projectile patterns while placing towers and using skills.

  • Pixel art
  • Fantasy setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Fast pace

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In short: Games like Otherwar

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

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Best match

Touhou Fuujinroku: Mountain of Faith

85 %Match

2007PC, Steam Deck playable98 % positive12.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Otherwar: pixel art, combat with precise timing and a fantasy setting.

A classic Touhou bullet-hell shooter where you weave through dense danmaku patterns as a shrine maiden. The Faith-meter scoring system and memorable soundtrack make it a fan favorite.

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Iron Fisticle

Fast pace

A tough twin-stick arena shooter inspired by 80s arcade classics, with axe-throwing action, branching routes, bonus stages and clever bosses. Optional scanlines add to the retro feel.

eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX

Pixel art

A Japanese doujin bullet-hell shooter set in a war between vampires, their hybrid kin and human exorcists. It centers on dense bullet patterns, precise dodging and arcade score chasing.

eXceed Gun Bullet Children

Pixel art

A Japanese doujin bullet-hell shooter where you play magical children fending off vampire hordes above Tokyo. Dense bullet patterns and precise dodging take center stage, with several characters offering different playstyles.

Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

Pixel art

You fly as Reimu through a bullet-hell shooter where strange summer weather and a leveled Hakurei Shrine throw Gensokyo into chaos. Dense walls of projectiles demand precise dodging, and that tension is the heart of the experience.

Bardbarian

Tactical depth

A humorous blend of tower defense, real-time strategy and shoot'em up where you play a bard with an axe-lute, performing solos to summon troops and fend off waves of enemies.

Project Warlock

Fast pace

A fast retro first-person shooter in the spirit of Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein, with pixel-art visuals, guns and spells. Over 60 levels of monsters and bosses, plus a simple upgrade system for weapons and magic.

Kill Knight

Pixel art

A fast isometric arcade shooter where you blast through swarms of eldritch horrors with a hefty arsenal. Quick reflexes and constant movement are key, wrapped in a grim dark-fantasy look.

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