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Games like Bullshot

If Bullshot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gold Rush In The Oort Cloud, Guns, Gore & Cannoli and Star Saviors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its compact levels encourage replayability, developer actively improves game and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Bullshot: Help Frank F. Franky fight the evil cardesians, zombies & robots while setting your arrested friends free. Bullshot is a run 'n gun game that tries to recover the essence of the 90s classics, such as Abuse, Contra or the Metal Slug sagas.

2016ActionIndie0.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby GATO STUDIO
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Aim with cursor feels preciseCompact levels encourage replayabilityDeveloper actively improves gameChallengingLightheartedNostalgic

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Steam players who put hours into Bullshot also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Gold Rush In The Oort Cloud

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Welcome to the SSGMC - Solar System Gold Mining Corp. You're going to mine a gold! Gold from asteroids.

    2017ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Second-strongest match for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Star Saviors

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Bullshot.

    Third-strongest match for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. HOLY COW! Milking Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    Ever tried milking yourself while avoiding lawnmowers, butcher knives and sharks at the same time? Beat hundreds of levels and thousand of enemy waves in the endless journey to fill up the milk tank!

    2021ActionAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Ranked #5 for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Jets'n'Guns Gold

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Ranked #6 for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

    2014ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Ranked #7 for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Super Hydorah

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Ranked #8 for Bullshot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.

    2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Bullshot

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Bullshot.

    Reviewers of Bullshot cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

    2008Adventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Contrast

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bullshot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. DOOM

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bullshot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Robot terminator

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Bullshot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    This is a third person action adventure game,The player is on an island full of monsters,Players can explore freely in bad weather,The player must kill the monster or avoid the monster's attack and survive as long as possible.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Terminator 2D: NO FATE

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Reviewers of Bullshot cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    Experience the thrill of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with arcade action & pixel-perfect graphics! In this unique story blending iconic scenes from the movie with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.

    2025Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bullshot at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Bullshot on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bullshot.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from GATO STUDIO

Other recommendable Steam games by GATO STUDIO, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Waylanders

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GATO STUDIO, the studio behind Bullshot. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Slip the bonds of fate in this party-based RPG filled with Celtic myth and historical legend. Discover thrilling adventure alongside mortal companions and immortal allies as you explore the world of The Waylanders.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. AR-K

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GATO STUDIO, the studio behind Bullshot. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    Filled with mystery, humor, and suspense, and brought to life in rich 3D-animation, AR-K is a point-and-click story game with a twist

    2014IndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. AR-K: The Great Escape

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Bullshot.

    Another title from GATO STUDIO, the studio behind Bullshot. Shares Indie with Bullshot.

    AR-K: The Great Escape is the third episode in the classic point and click saga of AR-K. Help Alicia Van Volish to escape from District 8 and discover the source of the mysterious Golden Sphere through a great story, written by the 3 times Eisner award-winning writer Greg Rucka.

    2015IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Super Hydorah

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bullshot.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bullshot.

    Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.

    2017ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bullshot

How much does Bullshot cost?
Bullshot is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Bullshot have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Bullshot supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Bullshot?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bullshot are Gold Rush In The Oort Cloud, Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Star Saviors.
Who developed Bullshot?
Bullshot was developed by GATO STUDIO.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Bullshot.

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