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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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with Xbox controller support that last a few minutes tagged Arcade and Shoot 'Em Up (89 results)

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GIF
satryn
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
maybell🌻
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(147 total ratings)
Action
GIF
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
HUNTERS' PATH REBIRTH
Spooky Stylish Mercenary Force
hwilson
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
XYDONIA / ザイドニア
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Breaking Bytes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Shooter
DEAD PETALS BLISS
a fractal-trance bullet-trip 🌸
bandaloo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Planetary Pest Control
An asymmetrical couch co-op adventure played with a Mech and a Monkey.
DangerZone GA
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
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
Resquid
Alternative pacifistic shoot'them'up with global worldwide saving score! Come and help save the squids!
Rhadamenthe
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Shooter
Crimson Fantasia
Twin-stick youkai-busting action!
CROW'S NEST
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
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
Belly
An organic and dark Shoot 'em up experience.
Theo V.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Simulation
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
GIF
Phased
Stay with your friend and try not to break the flow!
Coralie Feniello
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Honey Guardian
Shoot invaders out of your hive in 2 minutes
IoriBranford
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
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
MoonStriker
Vertical scroll 2D Shmup
terarin
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Shooter
AIR FORCE 1943
Take off and shoot down everything that flies
Weatherlight
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
STANDBY
STANDBY is an intensely action-packed neon lit platformer that will push you to the limits!
Standby
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Jumper
Part bullet hell, part shoot-em-up, all retina blasting neon action!
RocketFoxGames
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Crystal Control
Crystal Control is a competitive bullet hell shoot 'em up for two players!
Virtually Competent
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Storm Vulcan
Destroy huge spaceships with the power of thunder
roeri
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Darkest Wave
Darkest Wave is an 80's retro shoot-em up synthwave SHMUP
Duckman Army Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
ZOE Begone!
A drawn on film shmup
Retchy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Protostriker M
8-Bit Shooter
Burbs
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Hawkwing
Retro arcade shootemup
Los Geekos Studio
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 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
Cyberpunk 3776
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Peter Hann
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Crumble Corp. (Tech Demo)
Run, Gun, and Dash!
MarinoDev
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Pico-Tron
Robotron reinvented
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
TENANT
A space dogfighting game in which you can invade and use the enemy ships to your advantage.
Croxel Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Pico-Bot
Original retro-style shooting game
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Nebular Crush
Intense 80s style 2D shooter with a cyber psychedelic aesthetic
Sunamico
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Beyond The Sky (AGBIC Jam)
Top down space shooter with rogue-like elements.
Fabric Visions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
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
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