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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 ratedwith an interactive tutorial tagged Shoot 'Em Up (85 results)

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A manic shooter for beginners and psychos alike.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 total ratings)
Shooter
The sweet dream to your nightmare...!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(54 total ratings)
Shooter
Fast paced, turn-based shooter with a cute attitude!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(114 total ratings)
Shooter
Action Shoot Em Up - Save the universe one bark at a time!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Action
Spooky Stylish Mercenary Force
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Top-Down Gallery Shooter Arcade!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Action
An arcade game about blowing up robots
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
Shoot'em up arcade with crazy characters and explosions everywhere!
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Shooter
Neutral. Shield. Danger.
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
A shoot'em up about crystals and lasers by ENJMIN students
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Turn hateful humans into lovable demons in this 90s arcade style shooter
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(70 total ratings)
Shooter
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Action
Alternative pacifistic shoot'them'up with global worldwide saving score! Come and help save the squids!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
High density shooting action
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Action
2D Pixel art run and gun
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
gunbuilding mayhem
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Online fighting and shooting brawler in the browser!
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Fighting
Play in browser
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Adventure
A story-driven shoot 'em up for Playdate
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
An arcade shooter where enemies learn behaviours from those that went before • WebGL Demo • Win/Mac/Linux Versions
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Can you dig it?
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
The Space Adventure the 80s never made!
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Role Playing
Dodge magical bullets in an imaginary sonicscape.
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Shooter
Multiplayer Online Fps fast Pase Gameplay
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
a Mario-style 2D platformer game featuring shooting and action mechanics and hardcore gameplay. Download the Demo now!
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Risk rewarded Bullet Hell
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
A fast-paced shoot 'em up with turret defense elements
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Action
A retro danmaku game
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a top-down shoot-em-up fused with deep, RPG-style character building elements.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
SC:UI
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Squad up! Dodge, shoot, and swap heroes on the fly!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Shooter
Vertical Shmup/Platformer, it's too hardcore
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
The infinite-bomb shoot-em-up
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Hunt colossal space-behemoths with rune-infused spears!
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Explosions and Lasers. But with Pong.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
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