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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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with Joystick support tagged Shoot 'Em Up (91 results)

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Lester (C64)
A brand new C64 metroidvania platform game set in a space station where security drones have gone rogue.
knifegrinder
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
ProtoCorgi - Demo
Action Shoot Em Up - Save the universe one bark at a time!
Kemono Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Summer Carnival '22: CrossGunr D+
- Pico 8 Bullet Hell Caravan -
Aktane
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
SPITFIRE Paradise
A blazing fast caravan shmup!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
Spice Evaders
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
100 Credit Clear
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
BLUE REVOLVER [v0.51 demo]
woof
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
Mega Alien Destroyer
julianmartinezgames
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
To the hell
To the hell is a single-screen action platformer.
Singlecore Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
KARASU MELTDOWN!
FRENETIC BULLET HELL CARAVAN
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
NECROCOSMOS - There is no god up here
hebilee
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
Flyre
A pixel art shmup with a skilltree.
CozyFractal
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Vector Zero Online
Multiplayer Online Fps fast Pase Gameplay
VZGames
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Burst Fighter
relive your arcade shoot em up style in your home,with 2 player local co op
magesoft
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Fingeance
A four-player shoot-em-up that places emphasis on teamwork and strategy, discarding traditional twitch-based gameplay.
Escape Industries
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
RoyalButts
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
gath
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
PONGslaught (Original Demo)
Explosions and Lasers. But with Pong.
Ivory Lion Studio
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
RoboTemplar
Mega Man + ClassicVania, but bullet hell = ShmupVania!
Vesuvius-Dev
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
My Megamix '21: Sensory Overload
Seven awesome games made in seven adrenaline laced, drug-fueled days. One free price. Enter the mix.
Strangest.io
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Darkest Wave
Darkest Wave is an 80's retro shoot-em up synthwave SHMUP
Duckman Army Games
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Pico-Tron
Robotron reinvented
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
OFU
OFU
Fe26
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
VARUNA
Old School shooter
STORYBIRD
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
SASOD
Save the planet from an alien invasion!
Labbed
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
GUNFIELD prototype
A game that combines genres: shoot 'em up, roguelite and bullet heaven.
Shiv Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Abyssal Infants
kakoeimon
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Bloodbot
Destroy all bacterias inside the bloodstream!
Neqdos
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Invader
Missiles & auto-cannons.
Anarchy R&D
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Chicken Invaders DOS Version Fanmade Remake
Attempted faithful remake of the first version of Chicken Invaders from 1997.
Sammarald
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Super Shmup
Retro Arcade Shoot'em up
shyfu
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Sub Chase 64
A Commodore 64 arcade style remake of Sub Chase (VIC 20)
Karsten Senkel
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Nanovoid
reigning space
Lazycow
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
[JAM] MagiGhostDEADline
Collect 600+ coins to avoid eternal damnation
boghog
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
GIF
Space Shooter
Soren Saket
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Pulse
Horizontally smooth-scrolling shoot-'em-up for the Commodore VIC-20.
eyes-uk
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
OOOB
OOOB is Neon madness
BruceSlater
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
The SPES Project Redux
THE SPES PROJECT is a classic sidescrolling shoot-em-up
TEEKAA
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
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