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Retro

Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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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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Toptagged Retro and Shoot 'Em Up (2,139 results)

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A knight who modifies his gun by changing its attachments.
Shooter
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a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
Action
Escape from your pursuers with only your diving gear and some help from local hooligans!
Action
Arcade air combat game, 20 missions with different targets
Shooter
Military-Grade Vertical SHMUP Action for your Commodore 64.
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Shooter
Grapple with the guilt of extermination.
Shooter
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Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Shooter
Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
Action
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👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Action
single-stick arena shooter on mankind's last hard drive
Shooter
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Action
A super cute, fast paced shoot 'em up featuring a lovable dolphin.
Shooter
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Space Adventure for ZX Spectrum
Action
Action
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Go on a rampage as a gun-wielding werewolf!
Action
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Hyperkinetic shooter designed to make your eyes bleed
Shooter
Ex-Zodiac
$11.99
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's.
PixeljamVerified Account
Shooter
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
Shooter
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Action
A brand new C64 metroidvania platform game set in a space station where security drones have gone rogue.
Platformer
Short Shwave Shmup
Shooter
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Roguelite with Procedural Skill Trees
Action
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A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
Shooter
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Action
Classic overhead run-and-gun game
Shooter
Official PC version of the 2014 Commodore 64 hit!
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Platformer
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Shooter
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An explosive fast-paced arcade space shooter.
Shooter
Explore, Engage and Upgrade in this retro metroidvania.
Adventure
The official C64 conversion of the 2014 indie classic LUFTRAUSERS.
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Shooter
Crash. Rebuild. Refuel. Fight for your life. Enjoy a cup of tea. Crash again.
RGCD.DEVVerified Account
Action
90s 16-bit YM2612 Shooter Strikes Back!
Shooter
An original one-screen action game for NES&FC-compatible hardware, realized in the style of '80s arcade games.
Action
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
Shooter
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Shooter
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