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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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[FULL] REDPULSE
An arcade game about blowing up robots
boghog
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
PUTRID SHOT ULTRA (Demo)
Chaotic roguelike shoot-em-up with magic spellcasting!
abhimonk
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Junkraft
Chaos then dust
Axel Malherbe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
XYDONIA / ザイドニア
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Breaking Bytes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Shooter
HALF-LIFE 2D: BLOCK MESA
Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Jim Lessels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Valkyrie Command
Playimu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
VASTYNEX
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
zakichi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
Monochrome Ace
A 1-bit style sidescrolling shoot-em-up
jSi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Dragon Bros Demo
2D Pixel art run and gun
spacelizardstudio
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Moonflight Classic
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
sparrowhousegames
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
Chakravyuh
Furiously Fast Action Shoot 'em up.
Terradarc
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Dust: Battle Beneath
Can you dig it?
Gunroar
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Spice Evaders
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
100 Credit Clear
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Twilight Wings
Bullet hell through dawn and dusk. Made during Global Game Jam 2022.
Golen
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Super Mario: Untold Stories
a Mario-style 2D platformer game featuring shooting and action mechanics and hardcore gameplay. Download the Demo now!
EM Productions
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Cutie Conquest
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter where you conquer Limbo!
Brewed Leaves
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Space Outlaw Alice
Hissatsu Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
The Hunt for the Red Cthulhu
Underwater Exploration shooter (You know, That sub level in Super Mario Land)
JADE
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
Totally Shmup
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
EldTheZombie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Dark Space
Retro side-scrolling shooter
Taska
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Legacy of the Elder Star
A mouse-driven shoot 'em up for the rest of us!
invicticide
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
RoyalButts
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
gath
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
ZOE Begone!
A drawn on film shmup
Retchy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Cyberpunk 3776
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Peter Hann
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Magimail
Nonsensical shmup about a mail delivering witch
ZahranW
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Stellanova Demo
Stellanova is a fast horizontal action-arcade shooter with vibrant pixel art, and stunning action set-pieces!
Brandon Beauregard
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
REMOTE LIFE - Demo 1.5
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC.
nextgamelevel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Abyssal Infants
kakoeimon
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Moonlight Sonata
Block bullets from block shotguns blowing off blockfaces, non stop action.
Jim Lessels
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Kuggs
Sci-fi, Platformer
Deathwish Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Nebular Crush
Intense 80s style 2D shooter with a cyber psychedelic aesthetic
Sunamico
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Tiny Robot Justice Squad: Alpha Demo
A side-scrolling-arena-shooter-platformer inspired by Bubble Bobble and SmashTV, but with rocket launchers and pigeons
mindrelay
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Pentasma
Shooter-Defence hyprid arcade action!
hijong park
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Spark
Creative, combo-centric shoot'em up
KnightmareGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
CyberShmup
Simple old school style side-scrolling shmup
degtri
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
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
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