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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 free featuredtagged Shoot 'Em Up (57 results)

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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(598 total ratings)
Action
Roguelite broken build simulator. Shoot down hordes of monsters to stay alive for 10 minutes.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(628 total ratings)
Action
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Escape from your pursuers with only your diving gear and some help from local hooligans!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Action
Shoot 'em up in which you use your life point to buy upgrades
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(172 total ratings)
Shooter
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A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(133 total ratings)
Action
Fight your way through the ruins of an ancient facility.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Shooter
Action-packed cube-collecting excitement!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
Action Shoot Em Up - Save the universe one bark at a time!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Action
Spooky Stylish Mercenary Force
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Take on waves of enemies and upgrade weapons as the pilot of a Cyberlancer!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Action
Stave off your nightmares in this unique shmup/platformer hybrid!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Action
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A bundle of 6 snack-sized games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Adventure
Crash. Rebuild. Refuel. Fight for your life. Enjoy a cup of tea. Crash again.
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Action
Blast off and strike the evil green legion of mutating ships from outer-space!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Shooter
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Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Shooter
A manic shooter about a bunny-eared genius and a fancy weapon.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
ZeroRanger-inspired Breakout-'em-up
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Action
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
Pico8 bullet hell shmup with aliens
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(53 total ratings)
Shooter
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a pico-8 voxel shmup
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Shooter
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top-down dungeon crawler bullet-hell shmup
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
Underwater shooter, synced to a killer chiptune track.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
Ultra fast paced shooter
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Shooter
Spiritual successor to Twin Tiger Shark
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Shmup!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
An organic and dark Shoot 'em up experience.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Simulation
Highscore chasing, rock grazing, enemy blasting shmup for 1-4 players.
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Official PC version of the 2014 Commodore 64 hit!
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Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Platformer
Fight through endless waves of aliens (+ asteroids), and become first on the leaderboard!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Action
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Competitive Multiplayer Top Down Arena Hero Shooter
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
Infinite Sci-Fi Space Shooter
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
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2D Pixel art run and gun
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical scroll 2D Shmup
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
The official C64 conversion of the 2014 indie classic LUFTRAUSERS.
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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
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