CLUSTER GAME-WHERE-ARCADE · 34 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2021-02-04
Space arcade shooter games
This cluster consists of arcade-style space games, mostly browser-based, where players pilot ships to shoot enemies, dodge obstacles, and survive waves in retro or physics-driven settings. The dated history shows 13 entries across 11 distinct months from June 2017 to February 2026, with the largest single-month count (three) in February 2026. The highest activity signals among members are all zero stars, so no traction leader stands out with meaningful engagement.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 6 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled
Operator · 14 hobby · 1 indie · 4 open source · 1 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01blast-back1★5 daysliveai-builthobbyWeb-based arcade game in which players control a ship, blast enemies, and chase high scores.
- 02asteroid0★7 days—hobbyBrowser game that lets a player pilot a ship to shoot and fracture an asteroid with physics-based collisions in a 2D scene.
- 03im0★12 days—hand-codedhobbyBrowser game in which the player pilots an armored suit through a destructible city and battles enemy drones and walkers.
- 04orbit-hop0★24 days—hobbyOne-touch 3D arcade game where players pilot a delivery ship between planets using timed launches and predictive trajectories.
- 05asteroids-v20★25 dayslivehobbyBrowser game that recreates the classic arcade Asteroids with ship combat, splitting asteroids, power-ups, and local high scores.
- 06head_control_20★17 days—hobbyArcade game where players steer ships on a shared screen using phone tilt or head-tracking camera, dodging asteroids in solo or head-to-head modes.
- 07squadron-holotable0★22 days—hobbyBrowser tactics game that recreates tabletop starfighter combat with hidden maneuver planning and cinematic resolution, playable against AI or online.
- 08head_control0★17 days—hobbyMultiplayer arcade game in which players dodge asteroids by tilting their phone or using camera head tracking.
- 09starloom-deep-routes0★1 moliveindieSpace roguelite game in which players pilot a ship through procedurally generated star sectors, completing contracts, trading, and fighting to destroy an ancient threat.
- 10Inane0★1 mo—hobbyBrowser-based space shooter game with character classes, drone fleets, and PvP arena.
- 11Maelstrom0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceArcade game where a player pilots a spacecraft through an asteroid belt and battles asteroids and enemy ships.
- 12space-blaster-vanilla0★11 mostaleliveai-builthobbyBrowser game where players pilot a spaceship and battle waves of enemies in a retro arcade-style shooter.
- 13Spaceminer0★2 yrabandonedliveopen source3D space exploration game where players pilot a ship to mine asteroids for minerals used to break, repel, stop, or shield.
- 14Gravity Force0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGravity-based arcade game where players attract asteroids by touching the screen to collect them.
- 15starcon0★3 mo—hobbyA modern rewrite of Star Control's Super Melee combat game with rollback netcode and extensible ship mechanics.
- 16ZeroGravitySumo1★1 yrabandonedliveai-builtA fully AI-generated 3D web game where the player controls the last spaceship in an arena.
- 17Shift_Drift0★6 mostaleliveai-builthobbyBrowser game that reimagines a classic asteroids arcade experience with real-time physics and synchronized scoring.
- 18remix-of-astro-shapes-shooter0★7 mostale—ai-builthobbyBrowser arcade game where players pilot a ship through space and shoot geometric shapes for points.
- 19Asteroid's Revenge0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceEndless survival arcade game where the player controls an asteroid seeking revenge by destroying spaceships.
- 20earth-defense-final0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builthobbyBrowser game where players defend earth from waves of enemies in an arcade-style shooter.
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