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Arcade

Simple, fast-paced games with colorful graphics and catchy audio, that require few or no explanations, can be played in short bursts, and usually require a lot of skill. Similar in style and spirit with the arcade game cabinets of the 80s and 90s.

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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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Roguelite broken build simulator. Shoot down hordes of monsters to stay alive for 10 minutes.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(632 total ratings)
Action
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Top-down arcade shoot 'em up ft. Inugami Korone
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(203 total ratings)
Shooter
May you attain enlightenment.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(168 total ratings)
Shooter
Escape from your pursuers with only your diving gear and some help from local hooligans!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(151 total ratings)
Action
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(155 total ratings)
Action
Bleed 2
$9.99
A relentless arcade action game with air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(159 total ratings)
Action
Endless shooter where things gets more chaotic the higher your score.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
:3 Nyah!~
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
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Shoot 'em up in which you use your life point to buy upgrades
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(172 total ratings)
Shooter
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Bullet-hell shooter
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
Short Shwave Shmup
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Rescue breakfast in this action-packed arcade style shoot -em-up!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
Arcade co-op old-school retro shmup
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Awesome run & gun action adventure for the C64 from the author of Hessian!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Action
Cellular Minesweeper Shooter 🔬
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Puzzle
Top-down shmups
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Arcade - shoot em up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Fleet command shoot-em-up. Hold out against the Martians. AI and Games Jam 2021.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Play in browser
Action Shoot Em Up - Save the universe one bark at a time!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Action
Spooky Stylish Mercenary Force
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Bullet-hell shooter
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Take on waves of enemies and upgrade weapons as the pilot of a Cyberlancer!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Action
An original one-screen action game for NES&FC-compatible hardware, realized in the style of '80s arcade games.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Top-Down Gallery Shooter Arcade!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Action
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(104 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
An arcade game about blowing up robots
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Bullet-hell shooter
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Shoot'em up arcade with crazy characters and explosions everywhere!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Shooter
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Action
Crash. Rebuild. Refuel. Fight for your life. Enjoy a cup of tea. Crash again.
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Action
- Pico 8 Bullet Hell Caravan -
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Neutral. Shield. Danger.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
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