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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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ZeroRanger
$11.99
May you attain enlightenment.
system_erasure
Shooter
Laserbirds (ZX Spectrum)
1.49€
-50%
Embrace your fear!
Teknamic Software
Shooter
Alien Girl - ZX Spectrum
4€
ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Javier Fopiani
Action
Dead Pixels: The 8-bit zombie sim.
$2.99
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves.
CSR-Studios
Action
The Shoot 'Em Up Destruction Set 3 [C64]
$2.99
More awesome C64 action games from the master of SEUCK, Alf Yngve!
Psytronik Software
Shooter
GIF
Scrapship
Save the universe in 5 minutes! Unconventional shmup. Made in QB64 QBasic
40wattstudio
Shooter
GUNSTAR
£1.99
Top-down, multi-directional shooter
Stevie G
Shooter
Soul Force (C64)
$8.99
A side scrolling 2D C64 space shooter
Protovision
Shooter
Atlantean (PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16)
$10
A exciting, deep sea homage to Defender. Waves of fun.
Aetherbyte Studios
Action
Zeta Wing (C64)
$3.99
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Shooter
Inviyya
$12
A horizontal SHMUP for the line of classic Commodore Amiga computers.
Tigerskunk
Shooter
Keep the Lights On: a Glitch City Fundraiser and Bundle
A bundle of 6 snack-sized games
Glitch City
Adventure
Cybercade
High intensity VR shootouts. Original EDM beats. Play alone or team up online.
BigPlayBen
Shooter
Outrage (C64)
$5.99
Justice comes after 30 years
Protovision
Action
MAIDEN & SPELL
$12.99
A Magical Girl Battle Game
mino_dev
Fighting
[DEMO] MECHANICAL STAR ASTRA
Action-packed cube-collecting excitement!
boghog
Shooter
Super XYX
$10
Gryzor's Games/G System
Action
Galactic Wars
2€
a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Volcano Bytes
Shooter
Play in browser
Hyperstacks
A frenetic puzzle-action game combined with a very powerful level editor that offers Unlimited Gameplay in VR
Squirrel Bytes
Action
Super Glitter Rush
$3.99
A casual bullet hell shoot-em-up!
はちのす/tiny cactus studio
Shooter
The Last Amazon Trilogy (C64) FREE
Action & adventure in the jungle in the awesome compilation of games from Alf Yngve!
Psytronik Software
Action
ASSAULT SHELL
$9.99
Drive the enemy to madness and blow them to nothingness!
Team Overloaded
Shooter
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
Ghost Grab 3000
$3.99
👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Matt Glanville
Action
Bite the Bullet
$14.99
Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter where every enemy is edible.
Graffiti_GamesVerified Account
Platformer
RHEUM
$2.99
Shoot baddies with your eyeball water. Clear projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!
SpaceMyFriend
Shooter
GIF
CORPSE REVIVER
$3
a nightmare psychedelic trash pixel vertical scrolling shooter
prophet goddess
Action
Underland Ambush
third person bullet hell/rail shooter
Alligator Truck
Shooter
Wholesome Slaughter
$1
Wholesome Slaughter is a Retro Style FPS!
Gunshot25
Shooter
Warped Space Shooter
A Godot Game Template made in Pixel Art
ansimuzVerified Account
Shooter
Play in browser
Star (Dust) Wars
ShotEmUp minigame for AMIGA (OCS,ECS,AGA).
ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP
Action
GIF
CTHULHU: Frozen Nightmare
$0
-100%
Lovecraftian Space Harrier meets Ikaruga action game!
VIRTUA WORLDS
Pacifist 8
p-shooter
ScottGrogin
Shooter
Odynexus
Help Odynexus to travel back to his homeland in this magnificent shoot'em up for the Atari Lynx!
Ancient World
Shooter
Cyber Seraph
$1.99
A colorful, retro vertically-scrolling shoot 'em
Cosmic Void
Shooter
Asteroids... But Roguelite
$5
GhostGoats
Action
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