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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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Project Landsword
Tactical stealth meets top-down mecha combat and excessive destruction
MezzSoft
Action
Voidblazers
$8
In bundle
A story-driven shoot 'em up for Playdate
tkers
Shooter
Last Defense (SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis)
Shoot em up game for Sega Megadrive/Genesis
>>>AAR<<<
Shooter
Iridium
$6
A frantic new 2d shoot em up with huge levels and truly massive enemy ships.
Nebula-Design
Shooter
GIF
PARTICLE MACE
$4
In bundle
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
AndyMakes
Action
GIF
Scrapship
Save the universe in 5 minutes! Unconventional shmup. Made in QB64 QBasic
40wattstudio
Shooter
ZeroRanger
$11.99
May you attain enlightenment.
system_erasure
Shooter
Zzap!
$1.99
Twin-stick twitching, high-score chasing, particle-exploding, 2600 futurism!
NeonRetroTech
Shooter
All Humans Must Die!
4.99€
Kill as many humans as possible in 60 seconds!
mr.papshmir
Action
Play in browser
Laserbirds (ZX Spectrum)
1.49€
-50%
Embrace your fear!
Teknamic Software
Shooter
GIF
Gun Rounds
$2.99
Fast paced, turn-based shooter with a cute attitude!
blabberf
Shooter
Strikeback (C64)
$3.99
A horizontal SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
Hunter's Moon Remastered (C64)
$4.99
The classic C64 shoot 'em up - remastered.
Thalamus Digital Publishing Ltd.Verified Account
Shooter
GIF
Task Force Kampas
$4.99
A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
ｃａｓｉｏｐｅａ
Shooter
Switch 'N' Shoot
$3.99
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Matt Glanville
Action
Alien Girl - ZX Spectrum
4€
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Javier Fopiani
Action
Skyward Battles (Playdate) + free demo
$6
Arcade air combat game, 20 missions with different targets
CrankWorkGames
Shooter
Bot Vice
$9.99
Top-Down Gallery Shooter Arcade!
DYA Games
Action
IRENA : Genesis Metal Fury (SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis)
Metal shoot'em up for SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis
White Ninja Studio
Shooter
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
$3.99
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up for people who are bad at SHMUPs, but love them.
Post Mortem Pixels
Strategy
Super Star Path
$4.99
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
DYA Games
Puzzle
Antecrypt⚡
$5.40
In bundle
single-stick arena shooter on mankind's last hard drive
PUNKCAKE Délicieux 🥞
Shooter
GIF
Double Kick Heroes : Demo
Double Kick Heroes the best and only rhythm METAL shoot'em up!
Headbang Club
Rhythm
Galactic Wars
2€
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Shooter
Play in browser
Arengius
8-bit arcade chaos!
Yal
Shooter
GIF
PRAXIS FIGHTER X
$5
Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
SPARSE//GameDev
Shooter
Play in browser
Bleed 2
$9.99
A relentless arcade action game with air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses.
BootdiskRevolution
Action
GIF
Boiling Bolt
$11.99
Boiling Bolt is a 2D scrolling shooter with breath-taking 3D graphics and stunning PopcornFx effects.
Dear Villagers
Shooter
RISK SYSTEM
$9.99
High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!
RISK SYSTEM
Action
GIF
Steel Surge: Revolution
$5
Short Caravan Shmup - Alpha Release
LokiStriker
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Arena of the Mad King
Rise to victory in this tough-as-nails bullet hell boss rush arena. Touhou meets Realm of the Mad God.
naniloit
Action
Blast Rush
$2.99
The infinite-bomb shoot-em-up
Bipedal Dog
Shooter
WE ARE DOOMED
$10
In bundle
Zap polygon baddies in a neon, geometric glitch world.
Vertex Pop
Action
Ghost Grab 3000
$3.99
👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Matt Glanville
Action
OMEGANAUT
$5
Let the stars remember that humankind existed!
Txori
Shooter
MoonStriker
Vertical scroll 2D Shmup
terarin
Shooter
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