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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

A perspective where the camera is placed directly above the player. Common in 2D games, but can also be used in 3D games.

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Top donatedtagged Shoot 'Em Up and Top-Down (74 results)

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The Space Adventure the 80s never made!
Role Playing
A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Action
SturmFront - The Mutant War is a classic action game in the tradition of Mercs, Shock Troopers and Commando.
Shooter
Classic overhead run-and-gun game
Shooter
Fight the Darkness.
Action
An intense SHMUP within a pseudo-"bullet hell" vein
Shooter
Caelus Trident is the debut game from Fractured Rogue Studios LLC. Can you defend Earth until the threat is vanquished?
Shooter
ARCADE-STYLE ORBITAL SHOOTER vs. VIRUSES
Shooter
a 2D top down space shooter
Shooter
Top-down Music-generated Shoot-em-up
Shooter
A expermentation game for looking glass portrait
Shooter
The game where you have to control the controller
Shooter
Play in browser
Reach the highest scores in this Bullet-Hell SHMUP!
Shooter
Play in browser
​Build and expand your mobile city and fight against hordes of evil, inter-dimensional crystalback apes.
Action
Play in browser
A Dream of Hunting
Action
A hand-built retro shmup
Action
A fairly space themed, top-down shooter inspired by various classic games from the '80s & '90s..
Action
An infinite survival shooter with lots of juice. Let's see how long YOU can last!!
Shooter
Norwegian folklore themed rogue-like focused on deforestation
Action
A bonus mini game for FUMES community.
Action
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Save the planet from killer asteroids
Action
Fighting endless enemies to challenge your skill and reaction.
Shooter
Play in browser
You are no one, just another test subject. Make your last moments count.
Shooter
Starwave Defender is an intense top-down shooter based around wave survival!
Shooter
A true hardcore retro shoot 'em up experience!
Shooter
It's the classic shoot'em up game. You get control of your spaceship and your goal is to survive as long as possible.
Shooter
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Save the universe in 5 minutes! Unconventional shmup. Made in QB64 QBasic
Shooter
A short coffee-break top-down shmup in space!
Shooter
Play in browser
Sci-Fi Simulation-Prediction SimPret
Strategy
Retro space shooter
Action
Your a bun that hates jam, and shoots them down to survive.
Shooter
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A quick top down shooter.
Shooter
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