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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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Top-Down

A perspective where the camera is placed directly above the player. Common in 2D games, but can also be used in 3D games.

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AcceleNation
​Build and expand your mobile city and fight against hordes of evil, inter-dimensional crystalback apes.
Reaktori
Action
Play in browser
C-Dogs SDL
Classic overhead run-and-gun game
congusbongus
Shooter
GIF
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SturmFront - The Mutant War is a classic action game in the tradition of Mercs, Shock Troopers and Commando.
Andrade-Games
Shooter
Tadpole Tales
A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Andrei Zi Zhen
Action
Planetary Pest Control
An asymmetrical couch co-op adventure played with a Mech and a Monkey.
DangerZone GA
Adventure
3030 Deathwar
The Space Adventure the 80s never made!
Crunchy Leaf Games
Role Playing
One Finger Doom
Doom in one finger!
Marvin Advergames
Shooter
Play in browser
Crater Hounds
Roguelite mech-riding, phase-shifting twin-stick action
facecrime
Shooter
Play in browser
Kill-BOI 9000
Upgrade your very own Kill-BOI and fight off hordes of creepy eye monsters!
PlayWithFurcifer
Action
Play in browser
Endless Pursuit
Survive the endless pursuit of dangerous enemies.
CaffeinatedOwl
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Queen
A demake of Splatoon for Kronbits Demake Jam
Kyle O
Shooter
Play in browser
Guariniara
Salve sua tribo e a mata dos terríveis invasores em busca da magia da natureza.
R_Goulart
Shooter
Play in browser
Hearts Ablaze
Western shoot-em-up where your hearts are your everything
Jon Topielski
Shooter
Play in browser
Retaliator
A modern 3D top down SHMUP set in a universe where you are waging war on a relentless alien foe.
Tinman
Action
AnGree Face
Endless twitch shooter. Combine words to make spells. Over 2,000 unique combinations.
ivysly
Action
Kill The Arcade
Roguelite shooter set in a fully functioning arcade.
polaritybear
Action
GIF
Space Ranger
A short coffee-break top-down shmup in space!
Dumenglume
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Rogue Android
A top-down shooter with deck-building mechanics.
Michael Darling
Shooter
Huldra
Norwegian folklore themed rogue-like focused on deforestation
John Hauge
Action
//operation_P// [Alpha]
Survive and shoot (kinda) everything that moves!
Fancy Bugs
Shooter
Octopus Revenge
Arm an Octopus with weapons and Shoot'Em Up!
Kujemo Games
Shooter
Play in browser
PERPETUAL QUEST
A weird autoscrolling-RPG! Made for LD41
Robin Field
Adventure
Shoot a Shot
Shoot em up
Liminal Creations
Play in browser
ULTRA FORCE: OBLITERATION
Aliens are invading and there's only two pilots who can stop them. Made for Opera Jam 2021!
Stepford
Shooter
Play in browser
Totally Shmup
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
EldTheZombie
Shooter
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5-Minute Cowboy Turtle Top-Down Shooter! Yee-Haw!
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Shooter
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Shooter
GIF
Forever Loot
Twin-stick shooter with plenty of loot!
Gundogan
Shooter
The Darkness
Fight the Darkness.
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Action
Dangerous Planet
Can you survive for 15 minutes?
purmalis
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Death From Space
Save the planet from killer asteroids
Jeff Ballinger
Action
River Raid 2017
River Raid remake for GameDev School
Ruszard
Action
Survive 10
Reach the highest scores in this Bullet-Hell SHMUP!
KP
Shooter
Play in browser
RUSTMITES
A bonus mini game for FUMES community.
tarkovsky
Action
Play in browser
Decashot
10 seconds, 1 level, can you do it?
Deep-Fold
Action
Play in browser
GIF
(((Sonic Bloom)))
Top-down Music-generated Shoot-em-up
ModalModule
Shooter
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