Games like FORTRESS DEFENDER
Games like FORTRESS DEFENDER include Huntdown, Broforce, Blazing Chrome, METAL SLUG, and Planes, Bullets and Vodka. We matched them by the tags players give FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam (Shoot 'Em Up, 2D, Side Scroller, Retro, and Shooter): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Huntdown
Shared: Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter

Broforce
Shared: 2D · Action · Pixel Graphics

Blazing Chrome
Shared: Retro · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up

METAL SLUG
Shared: 2D · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up

Planes, Bullets and Vodka
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Retro · Action

Contra Anniversary Collection
Shared: Side Scroller · 2D · Retro

Hotline Miami
Shared: Action · Retro · 1980s

DRAINUS
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Action · 2D

METAL SLUG X
Shared: 2D · Shoot 'Em Up · Action

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shared: Retro · 2D · Pixel Graphics

METAL SLUG 3
Shared: Side Scroller · Action · Retro

METAL SLUG 2
Shared: 2D · Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller

LUFTRAUSERS
Shared: 2D · Shoot 'Em Up · Action

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Shared: 2D · Action · Indie

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Shared: Action · Retro · Pixel Graphics

ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Retro · 2D

SANABI
Shared: Action · 2D · Pixel Graphics

ZeroRanger
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · 2D · Action

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Shared: Retro · 2D · Action

Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Shared: 2D · Side Scroller · Action

Cyberhunt
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Action · 2D

Intrusion 2
Shared: 2D · Action · Shooter

UFO 50
Shared: Retro · 2D · Action

Zombotron
Shared: 2D · Action · Shooter