Games like Cavatus
Games like Cavatus include War Thunder, Cleared Hot, Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition, Black Myth: Wukong, and Project Wingman. We matched them by the tags players give Cavatus on Steam (Action, Arcade, Side Scroller, 2.5D, and 3D): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

War Thunder
Shared: Action · Vehicular Combat · Combat

Cleared Hot
Shared: Action · 1980s · Vehicular Combat

Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
Shared: Arcade · Action · Side Scroller

Black Myth: Wukong
Shared: Action · Combat · 3D

Project Wingman
Shared: Action · Arcade · Indie

MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
Shared: Action · Arcade · 2.5D

Rogue Legacy 2
Shared: Arcade · Action · Indie

MULLET MADJACK
Shared: Arcade · Action · 2.5D

Retrowave
Shared: 1980s · Action · Indie

ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Shared: Arcade · 3D · Action

Terminator 2D: NO FATE
Shared: Side Scroller · Arcade · Action

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE
Shared: Action · Vehicular Combat · Flight

Streets of Rage 4
Shared: Action · Arcade · Side Scroller

My Friend Pedro
Shared: Action · Side Scroller · Indie

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
Shared: Action · 3D · Arcade

GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
Shared: Arcade · 2.5D · Action

Starship Troopers: Extermination
Shared: Action · Arcade · Combat

ICEY
Shared: Action · Side Scroller · Indie

ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
Shared: Action · Combat · 3D

R-Type Final 2
Shared: Action · Side Scroller · Arcade

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+
Shared: Arcade · Action · 3D

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
Shared: Action · Combat · 3D

God of War
Shared: Action · Combat · Singleplayer

Contra: Operation Galuga
Shared: Action · Arcade · Side Scroller