A more comprehensive list: https://www.facebook.com/notes/shmups/l ... 8935840820
- Verts - static
- Decimation X3** (space invaders clone)
- radiangames Crossfire 2** (space invaders clone where you phase between top & bottom of screen.)
- Redshift Traditional bullet hell with a rechargeable slowdown mechanic.
Verts - scrolling
- Break Limit (dash through environment and keep speed up)
- Chronoblast** CAVE-inspired bullet hell. Extensive TATE and scaling support.
- Hypership Out of Control (speed based shmup racer)
- Prismatic Solid** (bullet hell - shot changes with the repositioning of options, which absorb bullets and increase in size depending on how many bombs you save.)
- Retrofit Overload* (galaga clone)
- Score Rush** (twin stick bullet hell)
- Shoot 1UP** (your powerups are extra ships that form a swarm - great artwork)
- Snops Attack! Zombie Defense** Crimzon Clover-inspired bullet hell.
Horis
- Aeternum** Horizontal Touhou clone. Very well done.
- Birth Order Bullet hell & card/board game mashup.
- Game Type* A Mommy's Best Games title, similar to Wisplisp in form. Each brief loop adds more speed and enemies.
- Leave Home* (rank-based score attack)
- Mega Shooter 11*(Plays like an NES hidden gem, with equal portions of flaw and brilliance.)
- Orbitron: Revolution High fidelity Defender clone by the reassembled folks who developed Bionic Commando: Rearmed
- REVOLVER360** (unique gimmick where you can rotate the game around the x-axis to find gaps in the bullet curtain)
- WispLisp Array of List** (Bullet hell caravan shmup. Weird and wonderful. Mind the big hitbox.)
Arena Shmups
- Atomhex* (Twin stick with chaining and SUBATOMIC MODE)
- Beat Hazard (syncs with your music)
- Gravitron360 (lunar lander type game with gravity)
- Grid Space Shooter* Hectic twinsticker with interesting powerups, and nods to Warning Forever's piece-by-piece enemy destruction.
- Infinity Danger* (Competent Warning Forever clone. Global ranking updated in real time.)
- radiangames Ballistic** (very polished twin sticker)
- radiangames Fireball* (plays like pacifist mode in geometry wars)
- radiangames Inferno* (objective-based twin stick)
- radiangames JoyJoy (twin sticker with many weapons that can be swapped on the fly)
- みみ いんざ すかい/Mimi in the Sky* (twin sticker with ketsui-inspired scoring)
If you know of one that you think should be on the list, please give a shout out with your recommendation rating, and I'll update the OP!