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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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ZeroRanger
$11.99
May you attain enlightenment.
system_erasure
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(182 total ratings)
Shooter
Bleed 2
$9.99
A relentless arcade action game with air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses.
BootdiskRevolution
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(159 total ratings)
Action
JUMPGRID
$4.99
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Ian MacLarty
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
Cherry Bomb
$3.50
Short Shwave Shmup
Krystman
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Galactic Wars EX
7.99€
In bundle
Arcade co-op old-school retro shmup
Volcano Bytes
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Shooter
Galactic Wars
2€
In bundle
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Neutron (C64)
$2.99
A challenging 16k SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
The Lost Night
$2
A small spooky themed RPG
[AFK] Mario Carballo
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(67 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
GIF
Eigengrau
$9.99
In bundle
Are you really doing the right thing?
Martin Mauersics
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Super Ledgehop: Double Laser
$1
Cheese it up with Chizuru and SHOOT TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG in this top down bullet hell shooter!
ChairGTables
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Rhythm
Dragon's Playground
$3
Take control of the dragon Azron and embark on a fiery reign of terror.
Extar
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Hyperspace Dogfights
$8.50
-15%
Jet-combat roguelite, occasionally with swords and 300+ other items to strap onto your jet.
sleeper_games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(85 total ratings)
Action
GIF
PARTICLE MACE
$4
In bundle
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
AndyMakes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Action
Demonizer
$12
Turn hateful humans into lovable demons in this 90s arcade style shooter
IoriBranford
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Shooter
Antecrypt⚡
$6
In bundle
single-stick arena shooter on mankind's last hard drive
PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Downstream Dream
$2.99
Fast-paced river racing!
ridgek
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Bleed
$4.99
Air-dodge, slow-time and blast baddies in this twin-skick action-platformer!
BootdiskRevolution
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(138 total ratings)
Action
Lina: Witches Of The Moon
$3
A short but challanging horizontal shmup game.
Achie
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Devil Engine: Complete Edition
$24.99
High density shooting action
Poppy Works
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Action
Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story
$4.99
A narrative SHMUP / roguelite
Coldwild Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Rym 9000
$5.99
Hyperkinetic shooter designed to make your eyes bleed
Sonoshee
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(65 total ratings)
Shooter
Galaxis
$2
A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
MisterWizard01
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
RHEUM
$2.99
Shoot baddies with your eyeball water. Clear projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!
SpaceMyFriend
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Cycle Chaser H-5
$4.99
BURN BRIGHT!! YOU ARE THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE!!
PD CGT
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Warwind
$2
Bullet hell shmuptroidvania !
LouieChapm
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
HellStar Squadron
$1.99
Embark on an adventure through space with the ferocious HELLSTAR SQUADRON.
Cosmic Crystal Games
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Central Limit Theorem
$2
An arcade shooter where enemies learn behaviours from those that went before • WebGL Demo • Win/Mac/Linux Versions
Amicable Animal
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Captain Alexia
$5
if only you could read to the monsters
Ludonaut
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
PET RUN/STOP
$5
tiny petscii arcadey shooty
Ludonaut
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Undercroft Warriors
$2.99
Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Fuzzy
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
There Will Be Ink
$7
Stick figure armies battling in a notebook, just like you used to draw in class instead of paying attention!
summitfever
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
GIF
WAKER
$3
Procedural and sleek bullet hell.
akirassasin
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
DOOMTANK
$5.99
Destruction Of The Year
Unibear Studio
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Polyfury
£7.99
You thought geometry was difficult? Now it's got a gun!
WayfarerGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
CTHULHU: Frozen Nightmare
$0
-100%
Lovecraftian Space Harrier meets Ikaruga action game!
VIRTUA WORLDS
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Bring It On!
$4.99
In bundle
Single-player auto-attacking 'monster'-hell shoot-em-up survival game
Axol Studio
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
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