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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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Reckless Square
Gabi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Missile Command
Remake of Atari's famous 1980 Missile Command
Psy-Labs
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
BITCRUSH
Grid-based bullet-hell shooter and food delivery sim
Hamezii
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Assault Shell 2 Demo
Team Overloaded
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Nadine's Fleet: Updated
Nadine, the rogue AI, has set it's sights on war with humanity. Time to take it out.
KuroGamedev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
ULTRAVIOLENT 2D
2D SHOOT EM UP
Richard Woods
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Don't Shoot Anybody
Tommy Keys
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Piipa
A 360º dodge'em up where the enemy is your weapon!
REVstudio
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Claustrom
Submission for Bullet Hell Gamejam 2022.
fawdot
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Tiny Planet, Big Universe
Ludumdare 38 submission!
dvbb
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Sub-Orbit Shootout
Blast ships in the dusty sub-orbit of a dying planet
mushutriple
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Typhoon Force: Storm Fighter
Spaceship shoot'em up
frostblue
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Capture Core
Take Everything!
Team Overloaded
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
The Element Crystal
The battle between Element Witch and Element Enemies
SimpleCrystal
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
WhyAliens
The real story of a simple Earthling who decided to drive away uninvited guests from his home planet
awarsgames
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Survival
Airborne Retribution: Legacy: Revelations of Invasion: the Return IV Deluxe Edition Remaster: Gold
LorenzoLion
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Imagine Death
Bullet hell + visual novel (for game jam)
Halfstar
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Tree Invaders
An Arcade Game for GoGodotJam (2021)
poppy ribbon
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Glitch in the System
A 2D twin-stick shooter.
Tribe Games
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Flight over Little Island
How many balloons can you pop in 80 seconds?
redkite
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Kill'em
The zombies are closing in, kill them,? or Join them?
Chirpy
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Pirate Riot
Defeat rival ships and become the master of the seas!
MutinyStudio
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Bohred Atoms
Fire your nuclear bullets and destroy the enemy's electrons!
üro
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Snake X Jack
John Carpenter + Phish + Contra
Tommy Keys
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
The Duck
A game based on a video from 2019. Navigate The Duck to a place.
Jack G. F.
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Ramming Speed Jam
Tiny Planet Studios
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Shoot 'Em Down
A Shoot 'Em Up where you're the boss!
Abner Santos
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
STRIKE: In the Crystal Crypt
Fight Robots with your Rocket Fists as you venture into the Crystal Crypt!
Linker
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Ticaruga
A bullet hell shoot 'em up, demake of Treasure's Ikaruga.
Escada Games
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Cannibal Crusher
top-down defense game, where you defend your unconscious friend from waves of hungry cannibals
Adure
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Nuclear Countdown
radioactive
BlueOctopus
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Override Overload
Shoot, dodge, and try not to overload your shield!
lighthexagon
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
SiCuS
A local coop game where you have to defeat waves of enemies (2 controllers recommended)
Lecareux Florian
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
endless vertical shmup test
Grave Reaper Cushions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
DuelEM
TurtleGuy1527
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Agony GB - animation test
Very early proof-of-concept for a Game Boy demake of the 1992 Amiga classic.
Grave Reaper Cushions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
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