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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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that last a few minutes with configurable controls tagged Arcade and Shoot 'Em Up (27 results)

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ProtoCorgi - Demo
Action Shoot Em Up - Save the universe one bark at a time!
Kemono Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Action
SPITFIRE Paradise
A blazing fast caravan shmup!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
ZeroRanger (Demo)
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
system_erasure
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Shooter
SILICON SCRAMBLE
Self-destruct your way to victory!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Heat Death
Difficult dual stick shoot 'em up arcade game
gate
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
KARASU MELTDOWN!
RAISE BULLET HELL!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Polychoron
Simple but challenging 3D arcade shoot'em up where you fight against hostile drones in an endless series of unique mazes
FRACTiLE Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Signal Boosters
Use your grapple ship to hook enemies to turn them against each other or to boost the wifi signals of your planet!
SpaceMyFriend
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Protostriker M
8-Bit Shooter
Burbs
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
PONGslaught (Original Demo)
Explosions and Lasers. But with Pong.
Ivory Lion Studio
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Crumble Corp. (Tech Demo)
Run, Gun, and Dash!
MarinoDev
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Second Legacy
A top-down 90s style arcade shoot'em up
CarboHydroM
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Invader
Missiles & auto-cannons.
Anarchy R&D
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Gravity Well
Spaceship shooter where you catch enemy bullets to throw back or use as a wrecking ball
Mystical_Pigeon
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Tastrion (Demo V3 Final)
MagnaRemora
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Verisim Skies - Demo
A Vertical Shooter made for veterans and newcomers alike with an emphasis on story.
Luggage1996
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Shooter
Project "Constraint"
A 6DOF bullet-hell shmup simulator... Doesn't compute, huh?
Lithium Ballistics
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
SideBlaster
A strategic Geometric shoot-em-up.
AhoyItsPhil
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Galaxy Pilot
Arcade style blaster based on "StarForce" from 1984
BeDazzled
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Indigo Viper
Local multiplayer jump&shoot arena game
bambivalent
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Etiam
Save humanity from hostile enemies
themousery
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Buster Monkeys
Save your home planet from invasive bubbles!
cMonkeys
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Desert Bandit
A 1-button, 4 colors, low resolution wasteland shmup!
rostigerloeffel
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Blazing Horizon
Luftrausers-style Bullet Hell shooter
JustFrameAlt+F4
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
arKda
A juicy neon top-down shooter where you use an array of unique weapons to take down endless waves of foes.
PiggyTheAstro
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Crystal Void
Crystal Quest meets Scanner Sombre...
Utoxin
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Crimson Dust
Arcade racing
Shaggy Knee
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Racing
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