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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 ratedfrom 2016 tagged Shoot 'Em Up (212 results)

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A manic shooter for beginners and psychos alike.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(73 total ratings)
Shooter
Fight your way through the ruins of an ancient facility.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(52 total ratings)
Shooter
Blast off and strike the evil green legion of mutating ships from outer-space!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Meditate in bullet heaven (Soundtrack & Steam key included, free demo)
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Action
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Platformer
Bleed
$4.99
Air-dodge, slow-time and blast baddies in this twin-skick action-platformer!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(139 total ratings)
Action
Juicy shoot-em-up
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Try your hand against a different type of invader
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Hyperkinetic shooter designed to make your eyes bleed
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(65 total ratings)
Shooter
Fast paced shoot 'em up with an adapting enemy.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
To the hell is a single-screen action platformer.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
A tribute to Space Invaders Extreme
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
A side scrolling, renaissance era, Pike'n'Shoot'em up.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
Boiling Bolt is a 2D scrolling shooter with breath-taking 3D graphics and stunning PopcornFx effects.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Battle computer viruses in frantic bullet hell showdowns on a Windows 98 styled deskop!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Shooter
Infinite Sci-Fi Space Shooter
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
2D Pixel art run and gun
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Shooter
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
One button to Defendo your Roto.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
90s 16-bit YM2612 Shooter Strikes Back!
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Play as the toughest private exorcist around and fight evil by dodging bullets and typing your formula.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
A space-shooter meets a rogue-like.
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
STANDBY is an intensely action-packed neon lit platformer that will push you to the limits!
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Platformer
A rhythm-synchronised, old-school score-chasing arcade game that plays like some alien coin-op from another dimension.
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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A bullet filled labor of love.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Build rad spaceships and save the solar system
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Crystal Cosmos is a side scrolling color-based space shooter.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
8-bit arcade chaos!
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
A sprawling flip-screen exploratory sci-fi shmup developed for the 1983 Commodore 64 home computer!
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Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Take that, Demon King!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
The journey of Little 2-bit; a shmup made at Gamkedo.club
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
A fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as shmup veterans
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Save the planet from an alien invasion!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Fight off 4 phases of alien invaders, heroic earth defender!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
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