Planes, Bullets and Vodka similar games & best alternatives

Planes, Bullets and Vodka

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.

What works

  • Addictive classic arcade gameplay
  • Low price with good value
  • Simple controls and mechanics
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Active developer and community feedback

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive over long sessions
  • Harsh color scheme causing eye strain
  • Limited content and variety
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Randomness in power-up drops can frustrate

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Slash or Die

  • Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition

  • UBERMOSH Vol.3

  • UBERMOSH:BLACK

  • SNAKE FARM

  • Knightmare Tower

More expressive

Games that feels like Planes, Bullets and Vodka but with more self-expression and customization

  • Geometry Arena

  • Seraph's Last Stand

  • Run Build Pew!

  • pureya

  • Nomad Survival

  • Bit Blaster XL

More story-driven

Games that feels like Planes, Bullets and Vodka but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Star of Providence

  • DEADBOLT

  • PIXELMAN

  • Road Scars: Origins

  • DED

  • CrocoMars

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition

  • Cyberhunt

  • Road Scars: Origins

  • Polygoneer

  • Razortron 2000

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Planes, Bullets and Vodka: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Exploration, Creativity, Story, Expression. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival, Competition.

Last update: 03/08/2026