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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$5 or less in development tagged Shoot 'Em Up (39 results)

Explore games in development tagged Shoot 'Em Up on itch.io. Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enem · Sell your games in development on itch.io to have them show up here.

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A short but challanging horizontal shmup game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Platformer-roguelike about going down and then up again
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
A twin-stick shooter where your music is your weapon
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Bullet hell shmuptroidvania !
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Space rocks shoot-em-up roguelite!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
if only you could read to the monsters
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Bullet Purgatory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Cat Ace
$4.99
An aerial combat arcade shooter.
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Single-player auto-attacking 'monster'-hell shoot-em-up survival game
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
An Infinite wave based shooter with a unique dash mechanic
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Pixelart - Action Alien Space Shooter
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Your favorite Invaders ~ with a Twist!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
a nightmare psychedelic trash pixel vertical scrolling shooter
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Lux Ex
$1.99
Destroy bugs and glitches in your astral body to recover your ancestrality data.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Cats vs Sharks, in space!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Oldschool based Shoot'em'up with simple graphics
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Arcade fun
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Let's save the Earth from invaders!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
A Shoot-em-up Shoutout to Arcade Culture
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Roguelike survival
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Strategy
Isometric mecha shooter
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Blast your way through several enemy waves. Strike at enemy formations prioritizing targets depending on the situation.
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Farming Adventure on top of Sky!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
A bullet hell robot-shooting adventure in space!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
A game about a bee in the war
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Space Roguelike in a dark universe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
You enter the DUNGEON and try to get as far as possible.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Once you see, nothing will be the same.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Survival
An intense roguelite shoot 'em up where you must save your city from cyborg Karens!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
more care, more control
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
There’s no rest in Hell. There’s no peace in Hell.
Rated 2.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
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