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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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Kalikan
$5
Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
LouieChapm
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Zeta Wing (C64)
$3.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(82 total ratings)
Shooter
JUMPGRID
$4.99
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Ian MacLarty
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
Switch 'N' Shoot
$1.99
-50%
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Matt Glanville
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
Cherry Bomb
$3.50
Short Shwave Shmup
Krystman
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Blazing Rangers / 炎のレンジャーマン
$12.99
An original one-screen action game for NES&FC-compatible hardware, realized in the style of '80s arcade games.
First Press Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Bot Vice
$9.99
Top-Down Gallery Shooter Arcade!
DYA Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Action
Galactic Wars
2€
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(104 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
RISK SYSTEM
$9.99
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
RISK SYSTEM
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Action
Zeta Wing 2 (C64)
$4.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Shooter
Dragon's Playground
$3
Take control of the dragon Azron and embark on a fiery reign of terror.
Extar
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Antecrypt⚡
$6
In bundle
single-stick arena shooter on mankind's last hard drive
PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Downstream Dream
$2.99
Fast-paced river racing!
ridgek
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Snow Force (C64)
$3.99
An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Lina: Witches Of The Moon
$3
A short but challanging horizontal shmup game.
Achie
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Aviator Arcade II
$2.99
Military-Grade Vertical SHMUP Action for your Commodore 64.
RGCD.DEVVerified Account
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Shooter
Cecconoid (Amiga)
$9.99
Pixel-tastic, retro-infused, twin-stick shooter.
Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.Verified Account
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Task Force Kampas
$4.99
A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
ｃａｓｉｏｐｅａ
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Shooter
Rym 9000
$5.99
Hyperkinetic shooter designed to make your eyes bleed
Sonoshee
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(65 total ratings)
Shooter
Soul Force (C64)
$8.99
A side scrolling 2D C64 space shooter
Protovision
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Alien Girl - ZX Spectrum
2€
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Javier Fopiani
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
Rogue Sentry
$7.99
A difficult twin-stick adventure shoot-em-up about a sentry droid who turns rogue to save humanity.
Mapledev
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Shooter
Ex-Zodiac
$9.99
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's.
PixeljamVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Inviyya
$12
A horizontal SHMUP for the line of classic Commodore Amiga computers.
Tigerskunk
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
River Strike
$0
-100%
Classic helicopter shoot 'em up.
Hoglet
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Skyward Battles (Playdate) + free demo
$6.50
Arcade air combat game, 20 missions with different targets
CrankWorkGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Pico8 Moon Cresta
£1
Trip to the space war. Moon Cresta. Try it now !! You can get a lot of fun and thrill.
MinionSoft
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Galaxis
$2
A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
MisterWizard01
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
HellStar Squadron
$1.99
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON.
Cosmic Crystal Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Zenodyne R
$8.99
90s 16-bit YM2612 Shooter Strikes Back!
JackDarx
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Splodey Vaders
$1
An explosive twist on an arcade classic.
Scared Square Games
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Zone of Lacryma
$7.99
A story driven vertical shmup.
oophok
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Stellar Interface
$12.99
A space-shooter meets a rogue-like.
ImaginationOverflow
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Clash Force
$4.99
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Super Star Path
$4.99
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
DYA Games
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
Unbridled Dungeon
$10
Indie_RU
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
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