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Arcade

Simple, fast-paced games with colorful graphics and catchy audio, that require few or no explanations, can be played in short bursts, and usually require a lot of skill. Similar in style and spirit with the arcade game cabinets of the 80s and 90s.

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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 rated$5 or less tagged Arcade and Shoot 'Em Up (104 results)

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Dodge bullets and fight the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
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White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(71 total ratings)
Action
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(144 total ratings)
Action
Awesome run & gun action adventure for the C64 from the author of Hessian!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Action
Short Shwave Shmup
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Shooter
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a 8bit Space shooter in Pico 8
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(105 total ratings)
Shooter
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A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Action
👻 Wrangle endless waves of ghosts in a post-apocalyptic clean-up mission.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Action
Fast-paced river racing!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
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Bleed
$4.99
Air-dodge, slow-time and blast baddies in this twin-skick action-platformer!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(129 total ratings)
Action
A short but challanging horizontal shmup game.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
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A classic shoot em' up on steroids.
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Shooter
Classic helicopter shoot 'em up.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
RHEUM
$2.99
Shoot baddies with your eyeball water. Clear projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Shooter
A Short Arcade-Style Shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
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Bullet hell shmuptroidvania !
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
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tiny petscii arcadey shooty
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Shooter
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ZX Spectrum Game inspired in Aliens Movies.
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
An explosive twist on an arcade classic.
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Hop into your spaceship and battle waves of opponents to find the legendary space pizza! Now 100% more Deluxe than ever!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Bullet Purgatory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A rhythm-synchronised, old-school score-chasing arcade game that plays like some alien coin-op from another dimension.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A curse-filled shoot 'em up
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Shooter
Cat Ace
$4.99
An aerial combat arcade shooter.
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Embrace your fear!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
A short, caravan shmup. Reach for higher scores, unlock new pallets, unveil the eye!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
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Crush the forces of hell and get a high score in this addictive, action-packed, arcade-inspired twin-stick shooter!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
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Kill as many humans as possible in 60 seconds!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
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An Infinite wave based shooter with a unique dash mechanic
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical scrolling shoot'em up with ship upgrades
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
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Blast your way through waves of gangsters and other criminals in this retro style shooter.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Pixelart - Action Alien Space Shooter
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical scroll 2D Shmup
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
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