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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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Project Landsword
Tactical stealth meets top-down mecha combat and excessive destruction
MezzSoft
Action
GIF
windowkill
Something's wrong with the window...
torcado
Action
Highway Assault Force
Downloadable 3D Shmup for Windows
SIRMAC
Action
Mortal Mythos: Island of Fairies [DEMO 2]
Join Nieo, Lucia, and Huey in their quest to uncover the truth behind what's going on within the Island of Fairies!
MortalMythos
Shooter
3030 Deathwar
The Space Adventure the 80s never made!
Crunchy Leaf Games
Role Playing
Santron (C64)
A Christmas version of Neutron, a challenging SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
Twin Tiger Shark
Shmup!
Wide Pixel Games
Shooter
Xenoblast (ZX Spectrum)
ZX Spectrum space shoot-em-up! (2021)
Tony Kingsmill
Shooter
Macrophage
Join the fight!
RoyalSkies
Action
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.
alienfae
Action
Awaken: Underwater Odyssey
Tryzna
Shooter
GIF
SturmFront - The Mutant War
SturmFront - The Mutant War is a classic action game in the tradition of Mercs, Shock Troopers and Commando.
Andrade-Games
Shooter
Slay.one Desktop
Multiplayer survival top-down shooter
slayoneapp
Shooter
GIF
Summer Carnival '22: CrossGunr D+
- Pico 8 Bullet Hell Caravan -
Aktane
Shooter
Play in browser
THE GAMBLER
A bullethell roguelike where you're a cowboy lizard shooting frogs with a magic dice revolver.
lamedeveloper
Shooter
Waves
A twin-stick score attack shooter with 7 game modes.
SquidInABox
Shooter
Dark System Alpha
A physics-based top down space shooter RPG in an open galaxy
DarkstoneStudios
Action
STARFIGHTER 77
Nostalgia Fueled Retro Space Shooter
papptimus
Shooter
Honey Guardian
Shoot invaders out of your hive in 2 minutes
IoriBranford
Shooter
Play in browser
Autobahn Chaos
2D arcade style top down shoot-em-up.
Jim Lessels
Shooter
Bullet Heaven 3 [Prototype]
Dodge hundreds of bullets in this fast-paced shoot-em-up!
Matt "Kupo" Roszak
Shooter
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Invasion of the Emerald Saucers (ZX Spectrum Next)
Protect your cargo pods from the Emerald Saucers!
robc
Action
Second Legacy
A top-down 90s style arcade shoot'em up
CarboHydroM
Shooter
Watch out for Snakes
A low poly top down retro arcade shooter.
Matt Lucas
Shooter
Absolute Reflex
Bullet Hell, where you can stop time!
Jukio Kallio
Shooter
Diversion-A
An intense SHMUP within a pseudo-"bullet hell" vein
Tadpole Interactive
Shooter
Caelus Trident
Caelus Trident is the debut game from Fractured Rogue Studios LLC. Can you defend Earth until the threat is vanquished?
Fractured Rogue Studios LLC
Shooter
Digital Soul Data
cyberspace hacking action
Prifurin
Shooter
Darkest Wave
Darkest Wave is an 80's retro shoot-em up synthwave SHMUP
Duckman Army Games
Shooter
Atom Heart v1.2 (C64) Commodore 64
Atom Heart - a science-fiction shoot'em up adventure for the Commodore 64 / C64
modernart
Shooter
Paper Defender
Werllen
Shooter
Shoot Stuff (Early Access)
Just do it.
omegapixel
Shooter
FIGHTERWALL: ARCADE - updated FEB 8
ARCADE-STYLE ORBITAL SHOOTER vs. VIRUSES
bunbijou
Shooter
GIF
Faith or Death
A top-down zombie shooter where you play as a nun on an important mission. Kill hordes, loot, and customize your nun.
Duane Creates
Adventure
Patrollin W.T.H
Survive, defend and protect your command ship from the incoming waves.
neochilds
Shooter
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