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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 for Linux tagged Shoot 'Em Up (75 results)

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Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 total ratings)
Action
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Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Shooter
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White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
Short Caravan Shmup - Alpha Release
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Action
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👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
Short Shwave Shmup
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Shooter
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a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(104 total ratings)
Shooter
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A small spooky themed RPG
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Role Playing
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Lock and Release! A PICO-8 caravan shmup. Reach the core. Defend the Earth!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
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Take control of the dragon Azron and embark on a fiery reign of terror.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
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Bleed
$4.99
Air-dodge, slow-time and blast baddies in this twin-skick action-platformer!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(138 total ratings)
Action
Fast-paced river racing!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
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👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Military-Grade Vertical SHMUP Action for your Commodore 64.
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Shooter
A narrative SHMUP / roguelite
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
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
A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
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Bullet hell shmuptroidvania !
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
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An arcade shooter where enemies learn behaviours from those that went before • WebGL Demo • Win/Mac/Linux Versions
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Shooter
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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
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BURN BRIGHT!! YOU ARE THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE!!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
tiny petscii arcadey shooty
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
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Hop into your spaceship and battle waves of opponents to find the legendary space pizza! Now 100% more Deluxe than ever!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
⚠MORE CHAOS INCOMING⚠
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Puzzle
Procedural and sleek bullet hell.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
A short, caravan shmup. Reach for higher scores, unlock new pallets, unveil the eye!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
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A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical scrolling shoot'em up with ship upgrades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
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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
Conquer a galaxy. One planet at a time.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
An Infinite wave based shooter with a unique dash mechanic
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
A fun acrade shooter
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Classic arcade game with campaign through Solar system and retro-style action.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
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