Best Bullet Hell games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our bullet hell game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify bullet hell games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best bullet hell games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Hell is Other Demons

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 May 2019

Blazing Beaks

Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

Price -75% 3.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 May 2019

Himno

Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 26 Apr 2019

TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II

Touhou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival part II is a danmaku shooting game, which is the second part of Touhou Makuka Sai. The repeat of incident is coming again. Can the girls going to the netherworld solve the mystery?

Price 10.79€
Rating 9.3
Release 18 Mar 2019

CounterAttack: Uprising

CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Mar 2019

Touhou Luna Nights

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action.  Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 25 Feb 2019

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: Get ready for an electrifying mix between bullet hell and typing game! Turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of private exorcist Ray Bibbia!

Price -80% 2.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Feb 2019

Project Warlock

Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.

Price 11.00€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Dec 2018

Super Ledgehop: Double Laser

Cutie anime girl realizes her cool big bro is missing?? Cheese it up with Chizuru and SHOOT TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG in this top down bullet hell shooter! Absorb enemy bullets using your waveshines to utilize their bullets as your own! Show those cheeseheads that you're better!

Price 0.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Nov 2018

ZeroRanger

This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

Price 11.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Sep 2018

Touhou Big Big Battle

just a touhou rts game

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Sep 2018

Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.

Price -90% 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Sep 2018

THE GREAT GEOMETRIC MULTIVERSE TOUR

LIBERATE THE GEOMETRIC PEOPLE AND SAVE THE MULTIVERSE! Fight through the randomly chosen universes of the Geometric Multiverse, arming yourself to the teeth with insane weaponry and mutating your mind, body, and soul with the unrelenting power of genetically altering pills.

Price 0.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Aug 2018

東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival

Fantastic Danmaku Festival is a Touhou Project fanfiction STG with colourful danmaku, beautiful remix music and original music. Besides the characters we know in Touhou Project, there is also a brand new original character named Nix in this game! With the Scarlet Devil mansion as their stage, the girls are soaring in the sky of Gensokyo!

Price 7.39€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Aug 2018

PUSS!

Insane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 02 Aug 2018

MOTHERGUNSHIP

MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 17 Jul 2018

Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity

The world of Touhou comes alive in this beautiful action RPG (featuring “bullet hell” elements, of course!). Infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid, Sakuya, set off to chase rumors of a massive monster, all while sending baddies flying with fluid action and signature skills!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Jul 2018

Just Shapes & Beats

"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.

Price -40% 10.19€
Rating 9.5
Release 31 May 2018

Mini-Dead

144 FPS boss battle action with a devilishly creative game mechanic.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 04 May 2018

Copy Kitty

Boki can copy the special abilities of any foe and then combine up to 3 of them into a unique super-weapon! Blast through hordes of evil robots in cyberspace, while training to become a superhero!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Apr 2018

Diabolic

The game is set in a dark pixel fantasy world. Destroy hordes of monsters ruling over what once was a prosperous land. 10 levels filled with various enemies await, you, each requiring a different approach to defeat. Like in any RPG, leveling up is the core element of the game

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Mar 2018

SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 15 Mar 2018

Swarmlake

Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.

Price 2.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 Mar 2018

Acceleration of SUGURI 2

Acceleration of SUGURI 2 is a lightning-paced duel-style shoot'em'up from Orange Juice, featuring all favorite characters from the SUGURI universe.

Price 8.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Mar 2018

Shooty Skies

The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Mar 2018

Heroes of Hammerwatch

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

Price 11.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 01 Mar 2018

The Void Rains Upon Her Heart

Help her heart battle tough bosses in this Boss Rush, Bullet-hell with rogue-like elements. Fight through several randomly chosen boss battles leading up to a final battle. Each defeated monster will give her random gifts that power up her heart. Don't let her heart break!

Price 11.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 14 Feb 2018

Dungreed

Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!

Price -50% 4.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 14 Feb 2018

Blast-off

Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Jan 2018

Full Metal Furies

From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jan 2018

Zula Global

Zula is an intense free-to-play FPS in which you can play cooperatively with your teammates to overthrow the enemy side. You can enjoy new content weekly and receive gifts every day. Variety of maps and weapons from the real world so you can immerse yourself 100%.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 12 Jan 2018

永远消失的幻想乡 ~ The Disappearing of Gensokyo

"The Disappearing of Gensokyo" is a Touhou Project doujin game from MyACG Studio, a Chinese doujin game fan circle. We have re-imagined Touhou as an ARPG, creating this "Danmaku-Shooting-ARPG". We hope this game will be a good experience for those who are both new and knowledgeable of Touhou!

Price 10.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Jan 2018

Disassembly 3D

Disassembly and destruction physics sandbox simulator. Detailed models of objects and vehicles and their internal parts. Disassemble objects successfully to unlock weapons mode and destruction. Fight evil mannequins with everything you got in physical combat!

Price 27.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 30 Nov 2017

Sky Force Reloaded

Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Nov 2017

Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition

Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Oct 2017

弹幕音乐绘 ~风雷幻奏曲~ / Barrage Musical ~A Fantasy of Tempest~

This is a music rhythm STG where stages with highly BGM synchronization will show you a barrage musical;   A shop system with dozens of items available offers you infinite possibility;   An AI based auto dodging system benefits beginners.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Oct 2017

Let Them Come

Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.

Price -80% 1.55€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Oct 2017

ARMORED KITTEN

Awesome side scroll action about Cute and Deadly Kitten with a double shotgun!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Sep 2017

Cuphead

Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 29 Sep 2017

Will Glow the Wisp

Navigate through psychadelic mazes to chill electornic beats. Imagine a mix between Super Meat Boy and Geometry Wars.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Sep 2017

AngerForce: Reloaded

AngerForce: Reloaded is an action-packed vertically scrolling shoot'em up game that pays homage to the classics of 90’s arcades. This high octane experience is set against the backdrop of a 19th century human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 14 Sep 2017

Gangs of Space

Gangs of Space is a massively-multiplayer Rogue Shmup where Gangs of players compete for the conquest of the galaxy.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Aug 2017

Sine Mora EX

Sine Mora EX is a side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a unique challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. Mixing classic shooter sensibilities with contemporary presentation, Sine Mora EX is a gorgeous shoot'em up offering both a Story Mode that weaves an excessive tale and an Arcade Mode.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 08 Aug 2017

Arcade Mayhem Juanito

Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Aug 2017

1982

1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Jun 2017

CRYPTARK

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Jun 2017

Nex Machina

Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 20 Jun 2017

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.7
Release 20 Jun 2017