Burst through all the missions of the fierce space war in this excitingly intense action game. Turn your space-fighter into deadly fighting machine with weapon upgrades, rocket turrets, bots and additional weapons. Encounter various modifications of enemy fighters, cruisers, mine-layers and ground defences. Destroy vast command ships before they destroy you. Gorgeous graphics and special effects, original environment in each level and much more.

• License: Demo
• Language: English, Russian
• Release: 2006-08-18
• Size: 5 Mb
• Cost: 19.99 $

Funny freeware space-shooting arcade in which you have to clean up the galaxy from the asteroids using the laser cannon mounted on your spaceship. Some asteroids give you useful power-ups increasing weapon power or restoring health.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-05-27
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

Make a raid deep into alien force positions to eliminate the threat for your homeworld. You'll encounter lots of different alien ships, upgrade your weaponry with extra-weapons, blow up enemy barriers and defeat powerful bosses. Lots of special effects, unique tactics for each level, nice music and sound FX, Worldwide Hall of Fame and much more.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2008-04-24
• Size: 6 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Zirconia 2: Battle is a unique 2D "space" shooter not set entirely in space. In this game, you and a computer-controlled opponent are playing vertical scrolling shooters, split-screen style. You must defeat 7 different opponents indirectly by using cards that you will draw throughout the course of the match. These cards will have various effects, such as spawning enemies on your opponent's side, or by sending projectiles over.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-10-31
• Size: 15 Mb
• Cost: Free

Experience huge battles in a brand new breed of addictive, asteroids style space shooter. Desperate Space takes the genre to exciting new levels with its team-based gameplay and focus on saving lost civilian ships. Unlike other shooters, this game will deliver non-stop action, whilst still providing variety that simply isn't found in any other title.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-08-23
• Size: 9 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Space Skramble is a space shooter based upon the 80's game Scramble. Players must dodge or destroy enemy missiles shot from the ground. Players face swarms of enemy saucers that make maneuvering difficult at best. In some levels you get assaulted by a storm of fireballs, that are fast and indestructible and must be manically dodged. Levels sends the player into obnoxiously tight machine tunnels. Pilot error is the only (though formidable) enemy.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-08-08
• Size: 19 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

3D arcade style space shooter with an integrated mp3 player. Highly addictive action game. It has 40 levels, 11 different enemy ships with unique attack patterns, several power-ups, nice explosions with long smoke trails and beautiful moving nebulas and rotating galaxies in the background. You can put up to 50 of your favorite mp3 songs into the music player's playlist and listen to them in random or sequential order while playing the game.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2008-04-22
• Size: 759 Kb
• Cost: 8.00 $

Asteroids collide and aliens attack out of no where firing indiscriminately in this free arcade style space shooter game for the PC.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-05-05
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

Acamar Rising is a 3D space shooter where a lone fighter must defend a space station against the many threats of space, from asteroids to aliens. Assaulting the station is a variety of threats, the most common of which are asteroids and comets, which hurtle towards the station. Let too many of these items past and there won’t be anywhere to left to dock!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-12-14
• Size: 38 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Scum of the Universe is a game that combines two genres: arcade and strategy. On one side, it's a classic vertical-scrolling 3rd person shooter game. On the other side, it is an adventure and strategy. You should choose whether you'll be an independent space trader, firearms smuggler, fierce freedom-fighter or something in between. Following the main storyline, you go through the galaxy from one planet to another.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-01-15
• Size: 4 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Power Manga, developed by TLK Games, belongs already to the legacy of the space adventure. It is one of the best Arcade Game developed under GNU General Public License. The present version for Windows is as neat as exciting. 42 levels, more than 200 sprites, some 14 guards that you must destroy with an arsenal of impressive space fight weaponry gearing your handy and fast patrol spaceship.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English, French
• Release: 2005-01-31
• Size: 7 Mb
• Cost: Free

Can you reach Astariel? Astariel is a fun retro arcade game requiring quick decisions and even faster reflexes. Blast your way through hordes of colourful and frenetic alien attack waves in a battle to reach your home world Astariel. Astariel features a beautiful 3d lighting and an exciting 2-player mode using Mouse-Party(TM)technology.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-09-27
• Size: 4 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Experience total control over your ship and destiny in this high-speed shooting game where unlimited ammo is just about enough. Shoot your way through hundreds of waves of alien aggression. Save mankind in an epic adventure of top-scrolling action. Fight dozens of minor aliens and a huge boss at the end of every mission. Grab powerups, roast your enemies with a mighty laser, deal out some heavy damage, get a new ship, or enjoy immortality.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-09-25
• Size: 11 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Do you remember when arcade games ruled your world? When the blisters on your fingers testified to your mastery over alien hordes? Alawar Entertainment is proud to present Crusaders of Space 2, an exhilarating shooter that combines classic arcade action with modern innovations to create a gameplay experience that transcends time.

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-05-19
• Size: 15 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Arcade Style Space Shooter

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2005-08-12
• Size: 4 Mb
• Cost: Free

Looking for a space shooter that will surprise you? AstroAvenger features cool graphics, excellent sound effects and groovy sound track. The game employs an advanced upgrade and power-up system that allows you to buy new types of weapons, ammo, armor and batteries as you advance from one level to another. Fighting takes place in five distinct space galaxies with a total of 50 levels. There are over 25 different enemy ships types to combat.

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2007-03-27
• Size: 9 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Developed by Toastsoft (www.toastsoft.com), XOP is an incredibly intense manic space shooter. Bullets fly fast and furious as enemy swarms flood the screen. Just when the situation seems too hopeless, you can pull out your Reflect Shield, to send the huge waves of bullets right back at the badguys. This is an amazingly fast paced and tense game that will have you still twitching well after your game is over. Multiple huge bosses on every level!

• License: Demo
• Language: English
• Release: 2002-07-08
• Size: 2 Mb
• Cost: 14.95 $

AstroMenace is an astonishing hardcore scroll-shooter where brave space warriors may find a great opportunity to hone their combat skills. Gather money during the battle to spend them on turning your spaceship into an ultimate weapon of mass destruction and give hell to swarms of adversaries. Enjoy the wonderfully crafted 3d graphics and high-quality special effects along with a detailed difficulty adjustment and a handy interface of AstroMenace.

• License: Demo
• Language: English, German
• Release: 2007-02-19
• Size: 20 Mb
• Cost: 19.95 $

Star Reaver is a freeware arcade style space shooter game, available for free download. Defend your ship from dive bombing alien space invaders. Grab the power ups for powerful new multi-directional weapons that shred the marauding invaders. Free download available for PC and Mac.

• License: Freeware
• Language: English
• Release: 2006-05-05
• Size: 1 Mb
• Cost: Free

Rock on with this 2D retro shoot-em-up! Asteroidia features fast paced action with colorfull graphics and explosive sound. Enhancements and 2 modes of play, make this classic more fun then ever! 60 levels of high octane arcade blasting fun you'll want to come back for a "quick fix" over and over again! Get this program for free when joining the JGOware Software Membership!

• License: Shareware
• Language: English
• Release: 2004-12-22
• Size: 3 Mb
• Cost: 9.95 $