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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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shmup

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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GIF
ShootOrDie (Godot 3.2)
Don't even try to make a kiss
Laurent Ongaro
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
GIF
weiner
A fast paced weiner shooter game.
HamHus
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Senseless Murder Simulator
A game where you kill everyone and anyone in your path!
Milkshake
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Simulation
Máscara
Shmup in a ghost world.
ElVago
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Kleptomanihat
Collect (steal) hats. Become a superstar.
Alexander Jurcau
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Tousler
A modern and original side-scrolling shooter better than Defender.
PJimmyB
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Scavenger
One human, one droid and a Scavenger class space ship. Enter the Star Hulk Icarus on one last mission.
Clockwork Pixels
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Descent
Your descent into a cave inhabited by dark and twisted optic monsters seeking your destruction.
Billiams
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Dimension Hopper
Chase Sir Zebulon through new Dimensions!
Aztec Game Lab
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
U.N Squadron (Built in Unity)
UN Squadron remake on Unity Engine
dfmr96
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Redd's Runaway - Demo Version
[Demo Version] A run and gun game inspired by the mythos of the Halloween and the Day of the Dead.
BeWolf Studio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Imperial Walker Arcade
Sci-fi walker mech side scroller
Axoma Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
The Elven Resistance
bullet heaven shoot'm'up
omagerio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Dragons in Space
The Voices Games
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
The Sleepwalker
Godot Wild Jam 55
TheJohnyFeeD
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Panic Drive
Use portals and dimension hopping to evade the aliens!
jesperb
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Hard Stop A Friend Indeed
Asymmetric Co-op Game / Shooter - Jump and Run
Himamori
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Blue Dart
A manic side scroller bullet hell shooter in the spirit of some great arcade classics
buribalazs
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Violet Raystorm
Gradius-inspired shoot-em-up on the Tic80
The Great Metaphor / TGM Games
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Super Shot
The Flappy Shoot'em Up
Codey
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Operation Pico
Rescue All Hostages!
AntonyOakenfull
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Agony Remake DEMO
Alestes
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Cloudship
Cloudship : save the clouds, save the world
Oxey405
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
DroneSwarm
A top-down shmup featuring drones as power-ups.
monoRAIL
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Alien Go Boom
Save the Universe from the purple alien invasion!
BitWizurd
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Ride Armor Cyclone
A dystopian retro mecha anime shooter
SOYBABY
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Looking for Rebecca
Rebecca, your wife, disapear. Investigate, go through the labotary and find her !
square_it
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Gracie&Mike 2
lassehonnens
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
hack_the_world
hack the environment to defeat your foes
bynine
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
AstroMouse (LD39)
Pilot your mouse-made craft through a dangerous asteroid field!
Retrosaur
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Billy Bandit
There's a bounty on yer head, shoot your way outta town in this wild west style side-scroller
OFFBRAND Storefront
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
8-Bit Theatre Remake
8-Bit Theatre Fan Game for #RemakeJam
Gamepopper
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Run X Gun
Run and gun while you shoot down hoards of alien space ships in a bullet hell shooter/endless runner.
RevolutionaryInteractive
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Red Rust / Free Demo
Contra meets Double Dragon! Soviet themed arcade fighting and shooting game about battling robots!
ArtSource Digital
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Driff
Underwater Shoot 'Em Up
Bop Stick
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Flight O flight[V4.0]
A new shoot'em up and scrolling shooter game(Battle against Air Forces!).
AMAXANG GAMES
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
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