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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 rated featured$5 or less tagged Shoot 'Em Up (26 results)

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White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
Fast paced, turn-based shooter with a cute attitude!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(114 total ratings)
Shooter
A brand new SHMUP for the C64!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Meditate in bullet heaven (Soundtrack & Steam key included, free demo)
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Action
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Action
👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
A casual bullet hell shoot-em-up!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Shooter
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$2.99
Shoot baddies with your eyeball water. Clear projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up for people who are bad at SHMUPs, but love them.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Strategy
Boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Glitchskier is a cyber-action shmuERROR 0x0000006c4
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
An explosive twist on an arcade classic.
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Procedural and sleek bullet hell.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
A rhythm-synchronised, old-school score-chasing arcade game that plays like some alien coin-op from another dimension.
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A sprawling flip-screen exploratory sci-fi shmup developed for the 1983 Commodore 64 home computer!
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Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Blast your way through waves of gangsters and other criminals in this retro style shooter.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Memorization shooter meets frantic bullet hell action.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Be the coolest pizza delivery shop in the Jovian system!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
A retro-styled 3D vector shooter, wrapped around the inside of a sphere.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
A game of huge bombs and revenge gone wrong, fighting for the honor of your temper-tantrum President!
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
more care, more control
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Don’Yoku is a Shmup, fast, technical, hard and rewarding.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Super shooty-shooter!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Grab the atomic core and fight to escape…if you can.
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
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