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Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.

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Side Scroller

Featuring gameplay that moves horizontally across a scrolling background, with characters typically walking, running, or jumping from left to right. Often includes platforming elements and side-view perspectives.

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Top freetagged Shoot 'Em Up and Side Scroller (495 results)

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Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Action
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
Shooter
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Shooter
An arcade game about blowing up robots
Shooter
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
Action
2D Pixel art run and gun
Shooter
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Shooter
Underwater Exploration shooter (You know, That sub level in Super Mario Land)
Shooter
Intense 80s style 2D shooter with a cyber psychedelic aesthetic
Action
A mouse-driven shoot 'em up for the rest of us!
Shooter
Can you dig it?
Action
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC.
Action
A drawn on film shmup
Shooter
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
Shooter
Stellanova is a fast horizontal action-arcade shooter with vibrant pixel art, and stunning action set-pieces!
Action
Shooter-Defence hyprid arcade action!
Shooter
Retro side-scrolling shooter
Shooter
A side-scrolling-arena-shooter-platformer inspired by Bubble Bobble and SmashTV, but with rocket launchers and pigeons
Shooter
A witch themed shoot em up!
Shooter
Play in browser
A 2d sidescrolling shooter with lunar lander-style flight controls.
Shooter
Answer the Call of the Void in a subaquatic side-scrolling shooter for the NES!
Shooter
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
Shooter
Action
Play in browser
Furiously Fast Action Shoot 'em up.
Action
A modern 3D top down SHMUP set in a universe where you are waging war on a relentless alien foe.
Action
17th Century retro witch-hunting
Shooter
a Mario-style 2D platformer game featuring shooting and action mechanics and hardcore gameplay. Download the Demo now!
Platformer
Chaotic roguelike shoot-em-up with magic spellcasting!
Action
Play in browser
2D-Arcade-Shooter inspired by the best Commodore Amiga-Shooters from the 80ies and 90ies.
Shooter
Bullet hell through dawn and dusk. Made during Global Game Jam 2022.
Shooter
Play in browser
A mini run 'n' gun.
Action
Play in browser
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
Action
Action
Play in browser
A retired bounty hunter and a stolen cat.
Platformer
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