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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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$5 or less tagged Shoot 'Em Up (195 results)

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GIF
PRAXIS FIGHTER X
$5
Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
SPARSE//GameDev
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(49 total ratings)
Shooter
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
GIF
Kalikan
$5
Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
LouieChapm
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
JUMPGRID
$4.99
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Ian MacLarty
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Gun Rounds
$2.99
Fast paced, turn-based shooter with a cute attitude!
blabberf
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(115 total ratings)
Shooter
Cherry Bomb
$3.50
Short Shwave Shmup
Krystman
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Switch 'N' Shoot
$3.99
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Matt Glanville
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(152 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Steel Surge: Revolution
$5
Short Caravan Shmup - Alpha Release
LokiStriker
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Steel Ranger (C64)
$4.99
Awesome run & gun action adventure for the C64 from the author of Hessian!
Psytronik Software
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Action
Galactic Wars
2€
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Neutron (C64)
$2.99
A challenging 16k SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
The Lost Night
$2
A small spooky themed RPG
[AFK] Mario Carballo
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(67 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Zeta Wing 2 (C64)
$4.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Galencia for the C64
$4.99
A brand new SHMUP for the C64!
Jason Aldred
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Soft Body
$4.99
Meditate in bullet heaven (Soundtrack & Steam key included, free demo)
Zeke Virant
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Action
Super Ledgehop: Double Laser
$1
Cheese it up with Chizuru and SHOOT TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG in this top down bullet hell shooter!
ChairGTables
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Rhythm
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
GIF
EX TERRA
$5
Lock and Release! A PICO-8 caravan shmup. Reach the core. Defend the Earth!
LokiStriker
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
PARTICLE MACE
$4
In bundle
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
AndyMakes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Action
Downstream Dream
$2.99
Fast-paced river racing!
ridgek
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Bleed
$4.99
Air-dodge, slow-time and blast baddies in this twin-skick action-platformer!
BootdiskRevolution
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(138 total ratings)
Action
Ghost Grab 3000
$3.99
👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Matt Glanville
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Snow Force (C64)
$3.99
An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Super Glitter Rush
$3.99
A casual bullet hell shoot-em-up!
はちのす/tiny cactus studio
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
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
Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story
$4.99
A narrative SHMUP / roguelite
Coldwild Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Task Force Kampas
$4.99
A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
ｃａｓｉｏｐｅａ
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Shooter
Hunter's Moon Remastered (C64)
$4.99
The classic C64 shoot 'em up - remastered.
Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.Verified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Shooter
Alien Girl - ZX Spectrum
4€
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Javier Fopiani
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
River Strike
$0
-100%
Classic helicopter shoot 'em up.
Hoglet
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Galaxis
$2
A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
MisterWizard01
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
RHEUM
$2.99
Shoot baddies with your eyeball water. Clear projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!
SpaceMyFriend
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
$3.99
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up for people who are bad at SHMUPs, but love them.
Post Mortem Pixels
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Strategy
GIF
Fish Fly Fever
$5
Froach Club
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(16 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
Strikeback (C64)
$3.99
A horizontal SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Shooter
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