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Games like 1982

30 games alike in Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell and Arcade, with Distant Space, ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA and Neptunia Shooter closest.

ClosestDistant Space

1982, but in space, and more divisive

45 minutesLiked · 82%Its page

Shoot 'Em UpArcade

4 games that share both with 1982

  1. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

    1982, but in space

    Loved · 91%

  2. 17

    Cyberhunt

    1982, but a twin-stick shooter, and five times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  3. 21

    Shooty Skies

    1982, but made of voxels, and funny

    Loved · 91%

  4. 28Shortest

    Polygoneer

    1982, but more divisive

    Liked · 80%

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Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up

14 games that share both with 1982

  1. 3

    Neptunia Shooter

    1982, but anime, and cute

    Liked · 88%

  2. 5

    ZeroRanger

    1982, but 13 times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  3. 7

    Ikaruga

    1982, but couch co-op, and three times the hours

    Loved · 95%

  4. 8

    Bit Blaster XL

    1982, but minimalist, and twice the hours

    Loved · 96%

  5. 9

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

    1982, but top-down, and five times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  6. 10

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    1982, but PvP, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%

  7. 11

    DRAINUS

    1982, but side-scrolling, and four times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  8. 13

    Distant Space 2

    1982, but more divisive

    Liked · 81%

  9. 14

    Revolution Ace

    1982, but couch co-op, and three times the hours

    Mixed · 72%

  10. 16Hidden gem

    Mirage Feathers

    1982, but funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 98%

  11. 19

    eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package

    1982, but cute, and four times the hours

    Loved · 92%

  12. 23

    Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION

    1982, but couch co-op, and four times the hours

    Loved · 93%

  13. 24

    Enemy Mind

    1982, but side-scrolling, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  14. 30

    Really Big Sky

    1982, but in space

    Mixed · 75%

1980sRetro

4 games that share both with 1982

  1. 4

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as 1982

    Loved · 90%

  2. 6

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG

    Much the same as 1982

    Loved · 90%

  3. 12

    198X

    1982, but a beat 'em up, and more divisive

    Mixed · 76%

  4. 29

    Contra Anniversary Collection

    1982, but a 2D platformer, and side-scrolling

    Mixed · 76%

Bullet HellArcade

4 games that share both with 1982

  1. 15

    Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP

    1982, but anime

    Loved · 95%

  2. 18

    LUFTRAUSERS

    1982, but faster, and five times the hours

    Loved · 91%

  3. 25

    Swarmlake

    1982, but a first-person shooter, and faster

    Loved · 95%

  4. 27

    Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

    1982, but a twin-stick shooter

    Loved · 91%

And more like 1982

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    Distant Space

    1982, but in space, and more divisive

    Liked · 82%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

  2. 20

    Princess Remedy In A Heap of Trouble

    1982, but a top-down shooter, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%Retro · Bullet Hell

  3. 22

    Ultratron

    1982, but a twin-stick shooter, and with robots

    Liked · 88%Retro · Arcade

  4. 26

    Huntdown

    1982, but a 2D platformer, and seven times the hours

    Loved · 95%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of 1982's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of 1982's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with 1982 stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from 1982: a kind of game it is that 1982 is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that 1982's barely do, how many hours people play it beside 1982, and how its reviewers feel beside 1982's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.