Games Like Strania: The Stella Machina

Mushihime-Sama is an Action, Shooter, Arcade, and Single-player video game developed by CAVE Interactive for Windows. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a princess named Reco, who has to overcome the difficulties for the villagers. Insect-like creatures roam the forest nearby the village of Hoshifuri, and the people of the village fall to a mysterious sickness.

The player has to meet the God of the Koju, who can provide a cure for the villagers. The player must traverse the wildlands, experience multiple enemies, and eliminate them. The game has various stages, and every stage offers a varied mode of challenges.

The game takes place in different places, such as a blazing desert, lush forests, and a serene cave. The game has three difficulty levels, such as Easy Normal and Hard, where the difficulties depend on the selected mode. The game has core features such as Three Modes of Difficulties, Various Locations, and Several Stages.

Starr Mazer is an Action, Shooter, 2D, and Single-player video game developed by Digital Tribe for Windows. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a pilot, where the main mission is to battle through different locations to terminate the various enemies.

It all depends on the player’s skills to either eliminate all the incoming invaders or let them destroy the player’s ship. The game has nine levels, and every level has varied enemies to face. After every three levels, the player confronts before a giant boss and must defeat the boss for more progression.

In solo mode, the player is alone to face the challenges, but the co-op mode allows the player to get help from three members of the team. As the player makes progress, the game unlocks the advanced ships as well as the pilots for the player. The core features are Nine Level, Multiple Enemies, Side-Scrolling, and Different Ships.

Sagaia is an Adventure, Shooting, and Single-player video game developed by Taito Corporation. Throughout the game, the player gets control over a character, where the main mission is to eliminate the foes who have an eye on the planet. The game takes place in the inner half of the solar system.

The game offers three kinds of powers, such as red, green, and blue powers-with varied functions respectively. The red power can upgrade the missile that is the main weapon and a bomb that is a sub-weapon. The green power acts as a shield to absorb some damage.

Two new power-ups are there, such as a yellow power-up that acts as a laser and a rainbow power-up that grants one upgrade to all the weapons. The game has several levels where some levels have mini-bosses, and most of the levels have giant monsters. The game has core features such as Multiple Power-ups, Weapons, and Mini-Bosses.

Thunder Force III is an Adventure, Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Sega. It is the third entry in the Thunder Force series and requires the player to follow the same storyline as previous ones. Throughout the gameplay, the player gets control over a ship, where the main mission is to explore the different planets and eliminate the enemies.

Eight new levels are there where each level puts the player’s skills in the test by offering a variety of challenges to pass. Before starting the game, the player can choose the desired planet, such as Hydra, Gorgon, Seiren, Haides, and Ellis.

After experiencing all the planets, the game continues to take place in the ORN headquarters. The weapon that is currently in use will lose when the ship of the player gets destroyed. Dive into the adventure, experience all the planets, battle various enemies, unlock a variety of weapons, and save humanity.

Thunder Force V: Perfect System is a Shooter, Side-Scrolling, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Technosoft. Throughout the gameplay, the player assumes the role of a starship named Gauntlet, who sets off to an adventure of destroying the Guardian. The guardian is a supercomputer that became rogue after hacking the code of a space vessel.

The game has seven levels, and each level has many dangerous enemies. The game requires the player to destroy movable formations of enemies, dodge the fired projectiles, and overcome the incoming obstacles. A boss will come to the end of a stage, and the player has to kill the giant monster for progression.

The game offers a special weapon named CRAW that can emit strong firepower and absorbs enemy shots as well. The player can use three CRAW weapons in a single turn for a limited time, and when the given time is over, the weapon will not work.

Border Down is an Arcade, Shooter, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by G. Rev. Throughout the gameplay, the player assumes the role of a pilot, who gets control over an aircraft and needs to fight against the invading aliens. The game has multiple stages, and each stage has three borders with varying difficulties.

The three borders are green, yellow, and red, where the toughest one is red and does not allow the player to pass easily. If the player loses life on the yellow border, the game will drop him to the previously cleared border. The game gets over when the player loses as life on the hardest level.

Each border is different from the others, offering varied enemies and modified backgrounds. The ship’s power meter slowly fills up as time passes, which determines the strength of the weaponry. The player can boost it up by destroying multiple enemies at once.

Metal Black is an Arcade, Shooter, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Taito. Throughout the gameplay, the player assumes the role of a rogue pilot named John Ford, who gets control over the CF-345 space fighter. The player’s main mission is to complete difficult rounds and combat against the Nemesis alien race to save humanity.

The gameplay is simple and unique, where the player cannot use any alternative weapons or bombs, but the only power-up is the Newalone molecules scattered through the rounds. The player must collect these molecules as it increases the ship’s beam level and helps the player in defense mechanism. As the player collects more molecules, the firepower becomes stronger.

After reaching the maximum gauge of the ship’s level, the player can unleash a large that can catch every single enemy within the range. If the player and the boss come across each other and their fired beams collide, the character with the highest beam level will win.

Grand Brix Shooter is an Action, Arcade, Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Pyramid for multiple platforms. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Prince Brix, whose main mission is to fight against the evil looming through several stages. The game has different zones, and each zone has a boss at the end.

The game has an upgrade system that lets the player collect experience points to power up the aircraft. The game has some secret units with massive power-ups and abilities that can turn the tables. Challenge Mode is a mode where the player can challenge other players for the high scores

As the player makes progress, the rank of the player improves through the online leaderboard. Dive into the adventure, show off the shooting skills, collect every power-up, do not leave a single enemy, compete for the online rivals, and be at the top of the ranking board.

Darius Burst: Chronicle Saviours is an Action-Adventure, Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Pyramid. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a jet fighter, who has to fight against multiple enemies through several stages.

The game has simple mechanics where at the end of each zone, a boss appears, and the player has to defeat him at any cost. The player must upgrade the jet with different power-ups that can affect the enemies through huge damage. Some power-ups can increase the player’s score, and some destroy individual enemies in the playfield.

The game allows the player to upgrade three main firepowers, such as Missile, Laser, and Grenade. With the Missile Shot, the player can eliminate missile shots of the enemy, and the same effect takes place with Laser shots. The game has nine playable ships, and the player can experience all the ships one after another.

DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is an Action, Arcade, Shooter, and Single-player video game developed by Pyramid for multiple platforms. Throughout the game, the player serves as a fighter and fight against the Belsar Army through several stages in different zones having different paths.

Each zone has a final boss at the end, and the player has to clear the end for the next level. The player can upgrade the fighter with power-ups that affect the secondary missiles and shield. Some power-ups can increase the player’s score, and some destroy every enemy in the playfield.

All the players can upgrade three types of main firepowers, such as Missile, Laser, and Wave Shot. Almost every enemy uses the same shot to kill the character, and the player can destroy them with quite ease. With the Missile Shot, the player can eliminate missile shots of the enemy, and the same effect takes place with Laser shots.