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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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Top rated$5 or less tagged Retro and 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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A vertical SHMUP for the C64
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(82 total ratings)
Shooter
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
👾 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
(34 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 vertical SHMUP for the C64
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
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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Fast-paced river racing!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
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An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
A short but challanging horizontal shmup game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
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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 classic shoot em' up on steroids.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Shooter
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
Classic helicopter shoot 'em up.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Trip to the space war. Moon Cresta. Try it now !! You can get a lot of fun and thrill.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
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A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
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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
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Puzzle
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
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
Bullet Purgatory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A curse-filled shoot 'em up
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Lovecraftian Space Harrier meets Ikaruga action game!
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Vertical scrolling shoot'em up with ship upgrades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
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Use all your wits, cunning and blasting skills to escape from the prison ship!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
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
The infinite-bomb shoot-em-up
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Conquer a galaxy. One planet at a time.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Kill as many humans as possible in 60 seconds!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
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GUNSTAR
£1.99
Top-down, multi-directional shooter
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
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
Classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score.
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
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