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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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Short

Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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Find the vector from you to the target before time runs out!
Educational
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A one-minute shmup experience-- catch interviewers, avoid ghosting companies, and take part time jobs to stay afloat!
Action
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Beat the StarSpider
Shooter
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Stop Dr. Otto's robotic infestation!
Platformer
2D vertical shoot-em-up style game. Short but fun and fast-paced.
Action
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Space Invaders casual shooter ! Avoid attacks with Barrier ! Combo attacks !
Shooter
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Missile Command Rehashed with a Twist!
Shooter
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Post-Apocalyptic race against time
Action
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A BIBLICAL ACCURATE shoot 'em up
Shooter
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Climb wave after wave of enemies until you get to the top Boss!
Shooter
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Unlimited flight, Tense dogfight !
Shooter
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A High Score Chasing Bullet Hell Platforming Shooter
Action
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Charge shot bullet hell
Shooter
DOWNWELL WITH A KATANA
Action
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Shooter
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Puzzling Invaders... from space?
Puzzle
A short cute and morbid game where a lonely ghost tries to make friends.
Shooter
3D side scrolling rapid-fire, arcade style shooter.
Action
R-Type fangame developed as a university project using OpenGL by Simón Oliva and Daniel Pulido.
Shooter
Use all you abilities with only one button to escape the cave
Action
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Help Dimitri rescue Darius the Mailman from the Janitor Mafia!
Shooter
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A Bi-plane shooter frenzy!
Shooter
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The Koala Shoot-Em-Up
Action
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Destroy spaceships and asteroids in this minimalistic 2D game
Action
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Use graze power to defeat enemy!
Shooter
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mini-shmups
Shooter
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ERADICATE THAT SPICE!
Platformer
2D Horizontal Space Shooter
Action
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Made for the "Shell We Jam" with the Theme: Deep Sea
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Short game where you have to take over the world as a dark lord.
Shooter
A short 2D endless game about destroying waves of balloons before they reach the floor.
Shooter
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Horizontal Caravan goodness
Shooter
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A shoot-em-up in which you use a bikini-clad mage's sweat as bullets
Action
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