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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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Bullet Hell in horror style
Shooter
It's Showtime!
Shooter
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The rebellion lives on!
Action
Fangame that parodies the Chicken Invaders Episode remakes
Shooter
A brutal, fast-paced retro shooter with a twist, one relentless level, no mercy, no difficulty settings.
Shooter
For how long will your final preformance last?
Shooter
[Prototype] Fast, Chaotic, Bullet Hell
Shooter
Fight large robots in a 3D bullet Hell
Shooter
Bullet Hell on Judgement Day
Shooter
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Blast through enemy waves, master the skies, and save humanity!
Shooter
Demo of Hopeless Sea, version 0.6.4.5
Shooter
Action-packed destruct-a-thon with intense and satisfying combat
Action
A space invaders clone with cowboys and zombies, partner
Action
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​Destroy all enemies and win the king
Action
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A Twin-Stick Bullet-Hell Dungeon-Crawler where everything is tied into one resource... $*MONEY*$
Action
an Asteroids based game
Shooter
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A twin stick shoot-em-up that focuses on grazing. BigMode GameJam 2025 Entry.
Shooter
An unfinished side scroller SHMUP!
Shooter
Infamous shmup inspired by Chicken Invaders (series) and Platypus
Action
Top down arena shooter where one hit means death. Don't stop moving. Just keep shooting. Seek the G.O.D Gun.
Action
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Addictive and difficult Shmup
Shooter
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Without the bees, where would we be?
Shooter
Its a super game that recreate SPACE INVADER
Survival
An experimental "Bullet Counting Reload Action"
Shooter
​The nice alien is returning to defeat the horrible king of space
Action
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Open-source Touhou fangame
Shooter
Fun Space Shooter
Shooter
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A short 10 minute Roguelike Top-down shooter game where you play as a Wizard fighting many different enemies.
Shooter
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Shoot 'Em Up game where you must survive through bizarre and beautiful dimensions in a journey to home.
Shooter
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THE SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT
Shooter
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Take on space invaders with your vicious Twingorex !
Action
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A bullet hell action platformer!
Platformer
A game about killing droids
Shooter
Shoot as many targets as you can!
Shooter
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A short game trying to put a spin on a shoot em up by connecting an idle game as the way to progress
Shooter
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