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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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from 2023 tagged Shoot 'Em Up (431 results)

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NIMRODS - Demo
Slay hordes of aliens in this survival roguelite shooter. As NIMRODS the mission is to Test Weaponry
Fiveamp
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
MagicVigilante
Bullet-hell shooter
nizakashii
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Summer Carnival '22: CrossGunr D+
- Pico 8 Bullet Hell Caravan -
Aktane
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
HALF-LIFE 2D: BLOCK MESA
Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Jim Lessels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
DEAD PETALS BLISS
a fractal-trance bullet-trip 馃尭
bandaloo
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Spare 'Em Up: a Deltarune Fangame
A Shmup where you have to spare the enemies!
aamakuruu
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
AlllCall
mini-shmups
nizakashii
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Crimson Fantasia
Twin-stick youkai-busting action!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Star Fighter
ansimuzVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Dangan GB2
a short simplistic boss-rush, bullet-hell, shoot 'em up for GBC.
snorpung
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Eyevasion
They're looking for a fight - give it to them!
historymaker118
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
CrossGunr: Infinite
Bits: 8, Bullet Hell: Infinite
Aktane
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
ROMGADR
mini-game shmups
nizakashii
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Mega Alien Destroyer
julianmartinezgames
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
The night I almost lost you
A travel to the root of a story
Linohr
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
EXO-TICAL
Space Adventure for ZX Spectrum
Roolandoo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Mitruvian Van
linalike immersive sim
aplove
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Plague Survival
Mow down waves of enemies and survive until dawn!
ShaiGames
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Cosmic Call - Demo
Boomershooter Roguelike, DEMO 1.4
TexasRed26
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Ghost Nirvana
Exorcise ghosts in this fast paced bullet heaven
Thuleanx
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
DE-LIMITED
Pew pew pew against walls and bad guys
Teagher Studio
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
DUSTBITE
gunbuilding mayhem
kindanice
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Mad Meow: Purriosa's Panic
Cosmic Adventure Squad
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Triggermortis
A spooky shoot-em-up in development
Drowsy Drake Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Don't Dig Up the Dead
A horror shmup adventure. Can you find all the relics and defeat evil?
Brian Vaughn / Morning Toast
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
STARDUST SINNER
Take aim at the Scarlet Devil Mansion!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Shmoup
Endless shoot'em up in space! With controller support
y-zo studio
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Pride Fighters
Be gay, Fight evil
LAST SPROUT
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Bullet Eater
Risk rewarded Bullet Hell
Escada Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
WEXEW MEXEM
Vertical scroll 2D Shmup
zakichi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Cutie Conquest
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter where you conquer Limbo!
Brewed Leaves
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Co-omets
Co-omets, what does it mean? 4 player Co-op of course!
y-zo studio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
JOHN MUST DIE
John can be anywhere, even right beneath our feet...
Yollie
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Spaceoid
A no-kill space shooter
potof
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Balloon King
Pico-8 game based on the 1980 Namco arcade game
pahammond
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
CRUST SHMUP
BLAST BEAT BULLET HELL
safe crackers
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
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