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Battle Garegga

Battle Garegga is a classic arcade bullet-hell game released in 1996. It’s notable for its innovative “rank system,” whe...

Classic Arcade Vertical Bullet Hell

9.4 Excellent

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DoDonPachi DaiOuJou

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou is a classic arcade game developed by Cave. It’s notable for its intense vertical bullet-hell gamepl...

Classic Arcade Vertical Bullet Hell

8.9 Great

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Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi

Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi is a classic 2003 arcade bullet hell game developed by Cave. It’s recognized for its complex...

Classic Arcade Vertical Bullet Hell

8.9 Great

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Crimzon Clover: World Explosion

Enhanced PC release of Crimzon Clover published by Degica in 2014, adding a new World Explosion mode, arrange mode, and...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

8.3 Great

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Crimzon Clover

Vertical bullet hell shooter by indie developer Yotsubane, debuting as a doujin title in 2011, notable for its BREAK and...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

8.0 Great

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Jamestown+

Enhanced version of Jamestown released for PlayStation 4 in 2015, adding new playable ships, bonus levels, and a harder...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

8.0 Great

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Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

Co-op bullet hell by Final Form Games released in 2011, set in a 17th-century British colony on Mars, notable for suppor...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

7.8 Good

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Raiden IV: Mikado Remix

Raiden IV: Mikado Remix is a 2014 enhanced console release of Raiden IV featuring a fully rearranged soundtrack produced...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

7.5 Good

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Blue Revolver

Indie bullet hell by TeamArgon released on PC in 2016, notable as a rare Western-developed game closely modeled on Japan...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

7.5 Good

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Hellsinker

Doujin vertical scrolling shooter by Ruminant's Whimper released in Japan around 2007, notable for its exceptionally com...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

7.5 Good

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Gunvein

A 2023 indie vertical bullet hell developed by ESCA, praised for its classic arcade sensibility, tight scoring systems,...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

7.5 Good

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Alltynex Second

Vertical scrolling shooter by SITER SKAIN released as a doujin game in Japan and later published commercially by Nyu Med...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

7.3 Good

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Natsuki Chronicles

Horizontal scrolling shooter by Qute Corporation released in 2019, sharing its universe with Ginga Force and notable for...

Modern PC Bullet Hell Horizontal

7.0 Good

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Danmaku Unlimited 3

Bullet hell shooter by Sunny Tam released in 2017 for PC and mobile, notable for refined graze and bomb mechanics and hi...

Modern Vertical PC INDIE

7.0 Good

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RefleX

Vertical scrolling shooter by SITER SKAIN and part of the Alltynex trilogy, notable for a reflective shield mechanic tha...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

7.0 Good

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Cho Ren Sha 68K

Vertical scrolling shooter originally developed for the Sharp X68000 by Koichi Yoshida in 1995, later made freely availa...

Classic Vertical PC Bullet Hell

7.0 Good

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Ginga Force

Vertical scrolling shooter by Qute Corporation released for Xbox 360 in 2013, notable for its story-driven structure fea...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

6.8 Fair

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Kamui

Vertical scrolling doujin shooter by SITER SKAIN, the first entry in the Alltynex trilogy released in Japan in the early...

Classic Vertical PC Bullet Hell

6.5 Fair

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Trouble Witches NEO!

A 2011 enhanced console version of Trouble Witches published by Arc System Works for Xbox Live Arcade, expanding the ori...

Modern Vertical PC Bullet Hell

6.3 Fair

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Trouble Witches

A 2006 Japanese doujin bullet hell by Sugar Rocket set in a fantasy world, featuring witch characters who ride broomstic...

Classic Vertical PC Bullet Hell

6.0 Fair