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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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Side Scroller

Featuring gameplay that moves horizontally across a scrolling background, with characters typically walking, running, or jumping from left to right. Often includes platforming elements and side-view perspectives.

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Top rated freetagged Shoot 'Em Up and Side Scroller (178 results)

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An arcade game about blowing up robots
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Chaotic roguelike shoot-em-up with magic spellcasting!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Chaos then dust
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Shooter
Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
A 1-bit style sidescrolling shoot-em-up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
2D Pixel art run and gun
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
Furiously Fast Action Shoot 'em up.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Bullet hell through dawn and dusk. Made during Global Game Jam 2022.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
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Can you dig it?
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
a Mario-style 2D platformer game featuring shooting and action mechanics and hardcore gameplay. Download the Demo now!
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter where you conquer Limbo!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Underwater Exploration shooter (You know, That sub level in Super Mario Land)
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Retro side-scrolling shooter
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A mouse-driven shoot 'em up for the rest of us!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A drawn on film shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Nonsensical shmup about a mail delivering witch
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Stellanova is a fast horizontal action-arcade shooter with vibrant pixel art, and stunning action set-pieces!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Creative, combo-centric shoot'em up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Shooter-Defence hyprid arcade action!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Sci-fi, Platformer
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Intense 80s style 2D shooter with a cyber psychedelic aesthetic
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Block bullets from block shotguns blowing off blockfaces, non stop action.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
A side-scrolling-arena-shooter-platformer inspired by Bubble Bobble and SmashTV, but with rocket launchers and pigeons
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Simple old school style side-scrolling shmup
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Horizontally smooth-scrolling shoot-'em-up for the Commodore VIC-20.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
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