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A short, caravan shmup. The games below have the most in common with it — shooter, shmup, arcade — ranked by how closely they match, favouring the ones you can play right here in your browser.
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The 10 closest to Defender X
- Raiden X
A vertical flight shoot 'em up. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- Steel Surge: RevolutionPlays on lokistriker.itch.io
Steel Surge: Revolution is a short caravan shmup. In common: caravan shooter, shmup, shooter.
- Karasu Meltdown!Plays on crows-nest.itch.io
Karasu Meltdown puts you into the elephant's foot of hell raven Utsuho Reiuji, who thought it'd be a fun idea to smash up the Palace of Earth Spirits! In common: caravan shooter, shmup, shooter.
- CrossGunrPlays here
CrossGunr is a bullet hell inspired caravan shmup for the pico-8, made for the Lazy Devs Basic Shmup Game Jam, and with the help of Lazy Devs Academy Tutorials. In common: caravan shooter, shooter, arcade.
- ChromacellPlays here
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- Honey GuardianPlays here
Short score-attack shmup in the "caravan" style. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- ExovorePlays on spikything.com
EXOVORE is a dual-stick space horror shoot’em-up inspired by the legendary Sinistar. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- GenesisPlays on incube8games.com
The year is 2120, Earth has been attacked by an evil AI - GENESIS. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- Shoot the RocksPlays on arcade.ly
Anyone who has ever been into arcade, computer, or video games will have heard of Atari's 1980 arcade classic Asteroids. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
- Spolous ExPlays on suppon.itch.io
Save the galaxy Danioy from invasion of army corps Doscoponian. In common: shmup, shooter, arcade.
All matches
Every game like Defender X

Raiden X
Shoot Em Up · 2005
PlayableAlphaSteel Surge: Revolution
Shmup · 2023
PlayableKarasu Meltdown!
Shoot Em Up · 2022
PlayableCrossGunr
Retro · 2022
PlayableChromacell
Retro · 2024
PlayableBetaHoney Guardian
Shoot Em Up · 2022
PlayableExovore
Shmup · 2025
PlayableGenesis
Shmup · 2021
PlayableBetaShoot the Rocks
Shoot Em Up · 2017
PlayableSpolous Ex
Shoot Em Up · 2020
PlayableBetaStar Citadel
Retro · 2016
PlayableJourney to Entorus
Shoot Em Up · 2022

Twinkle Star Sprites
Anime · 2016
PlayableCrossGunr: Infinite
Retro · 2023
PlayableLocked Arcadia
Retro · 2023
BetaAstra Space Defender
2D · 2026
PlayableCakefoot
2D · 2024
PlayableRain Drop
Shmup · 2020
PlayableKalikan
Retro · 2023
PlayableMetrash
Exploration · 2019
PlayableSelf Layout Shooter
Shmup · 2023
PlayableSkulldude
Shoot Em Up · 2017
PlayableUnControlled Shooter
Shmup · 2021
PlayableEx Terra
Retro Arcade Shooter · 2024
PlayableSky Fighters
Action · 2022

Shock Troopers
Shoot Em Up · 2016

Thunderax 9K
Shoot Em Up · 2011

Cat Astro Phi
Shmup · 2010