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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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Top down shooter

Shooter games with a top down, birds eye view of the characters surroundings.

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Top rated paidtagged Shoot 'Em Up and Top down shooter (58 results)

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Short Shwave Shmup
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
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Top-Down Gallery Shooter Arcade!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Action
A challenging 16k SHMUP for the C64
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
Cheese it up with Chizuru and SHOOT TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG in this top down bullet hell shooter!
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Rhythm
Take control of the dragon Azron and embark on a fiery reign of terror.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
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single-stick arena shooter on mankind's last hard drive
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Action
Massively multiplayer arcade space shooter
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Shooter
PAWARUMi
$14.99
Rock-Paper-Scissors with Aztec Lasers!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
A story-driven shoot 'em up for Playdate
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up for people who are bad at SHMUPs, but love them.
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Strategy
An arcade shooter where enemies learn behaviours from those that went before • WebGL Demo • Win/Mac/Linux Versions
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Shooter
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Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Classic Bullet Hell Action
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Destruction Of The Year
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Action
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Bullet Purgatory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Cat Ace
$4.99
An aerial combat arcade shooter.
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical scrolling shoot'em up with ship upgrades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
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Single-player auto-attacking 'monster'-hell shoot-em-up survival game
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
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GUNSTAR
£1.99
Top-down, multi-directional shooter
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
The retro mix of a SHMUP and a RPG you've always wanted to play!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Vulture
$9.99
A vertical shooter with a block building twist.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Top down shmup with 3 choosable ships
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score.
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Action
90s Arcade Shooting Hyper Medal Collecting Action
Rated 3.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
A Colorful Retro SHMUP! Change your destiny!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
A cute vertical shoot 'em up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Memorization shooter meets frantic bullet hell action.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Time-Bending Shooting!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
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A physics based arena shooter with roguelike elements
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Immerse yourself in a microscopic journey. Fight the plague and save the lives of Nimbos inhabitants
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Isometric mecha shooter
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Rescue stranded ships in the asteroid belt
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
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