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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
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
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
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
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
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
River Strike
$0
-100%
Classic helicopter shoot 'em up.
Hoglet
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
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
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
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
Hyper Sentinel
$4
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up
Huey Games
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory
$4.99
Bullet Purgatory
Stumphead Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Chuhou Joutai
$4.99
A retro danmaku game
Drillimation Systems
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Pan-Dimensional Conga Combat
$4.99
A rhythm-synchronised, old-school score-chasing arcade game that plays like some alien coin-op from another dimension.
RGCD.DEVVerified Account
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Oops! All Curses
2.99€
A curse-filled shoot 'em up
FeatureKreep
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
CTHULHU: Frozen Nightmare
$1
Lovecraftian Space Harrier meets Ikaruga action game!
VIRTUA WORLDS
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
GIF
Dominion Ex
$3
Vertical scrolling shoot'em up with ship upgrades
Extar
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Harharagon (C64)
$3.99
Use all your wits, cunning and blasting skills to escape from the prison ship!
Psytronik Software
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Moonspire
$2.99
A sprawling flip-screen exploratory sci-fi shmup developed for the 1983 Commodore 64 home computer!
RGCD.DEVVerified Account
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Blast Rush
$1.79
-40%
The infinite-bomb shoot-em-up
Bipedal Dog
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Z-Exemplar
$1
Conquer a galaxy. One planet at a time.
suminell
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
All Humans Must Die!
4.99€
Kill as many humans as possible in 60 seconds!
mr.papshmir
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GUNSTAR
£1.99
Top-down, multi-directional shooter
Stevie G
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Donuts'n'Justice
$4.99
Blast your way through waves of gangsters and other criminals in this retro style shooter.
FobTi interactive
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Cycle 28
$3.99
Classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score.
Pill Bug Interactive
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
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