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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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Roguelite broken build simulator. Shoot down hordes of monsters to stay alive for 10 minutes.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(628 total ratings)
Action
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A first-person shooter, survival , adventure game
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(161 total ratings)
Adventure
Top-down arcade shoot 'em up ft. Inugami Korone
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(203 total ratings)
Shooter
Karlson is thristy
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Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(404 total ratings)
Action
Escape from your pursuers with only your diving gear and some help from local hooligans!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(154 total ratings)
Action
A manic shooter for beginners and psychos alike.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Shooter
A knight who modifies his gun by changing its attachments.
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(370 total ratings)
Shooter
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Endless shooter where things gets more chaotic the higher your score.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(40 total ratings)
Shooter
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A rogue-like shoot'em up based on the flash classic "Heli Attack".
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(150 total ratings)
Action
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Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(61 total ratings)
Action
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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
(43 total ratings)
Shooter
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:3 Nyah!~
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Shooter
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Slay hordes of aliens in this survival roguelite shooter. As NIMRODS the mission is to Test Weaponry
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(101 total ratings)
Action
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A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(133 total ratings)
Action
A vertical SHMUP for the C64
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(82 total ratings)
Shooter
Save the galaxy Danioy from invasion of army corps Doscoponian.
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Shooter
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Bullet-hell shooter
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
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Short Caravan Shmup - Alpha Release
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Action
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👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(149 total ratings)
Action
Fast paced, turn-based shooter with a cute attitude!
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(114 total ratings)
Shooter
An ARPG-SHMUP hybrid with immense mechanical depth.
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Action
A short simplistic boss-rush/bullet-hell shmup released for the Game Boy to celebrate the console's 30th anniversary.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Shooter
A brand new C64 metroidvania platform game set in a space station where security drones have gone rogue.
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Platformer
A shooter inspired by Saint Dragon on Atari ST. You have 2 sides, one invicible and one with guns!
Deepnight GamesVerified Account
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Action
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Rescue breakfast in this action-packed arcade style shoot -em-up!
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(19 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
Cellular Minesweeper Shooter 🔬
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Puzzle
Roguelite with Procedural Skill Trees
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Action
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Top-down shmups
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Shooter
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Action-packed cube-collecting excitement!
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(38 total ratings)
Shooter
Fransouls - shoot em up
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Action
Spooky Stylish Mercenary Force
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
Shooter
Bullet-hell shooter
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Shooter
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An original one-screen action game for NES&FC-compatible hardware, realized in the style of '80s arcade games.
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Stave off your nightmares in this unique shmup/platformer hybrid!
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(100 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
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