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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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PUTRID SHOT ULTRA (Demo)
Chaotic roguelike shoot-em-up with magic spellcasting!
abhimonk
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
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
[FULL] REDPULSE
An arcade game about blowing up robots
boghog
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
Junkraft
Chaos then dust
Axel Malherbe
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
HALF-LIFE 2D: BLOCK MESA
Run. Think. Shoot. Live.
Jim Lessels
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Valkyrie Command
Playimu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Snow Force (C64)
$3.99
An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
VASTYNEX
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
zakichi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
Soul Force (C64)
$8.99
A side scrolling 2D C64 space shooter
Protovision
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Monochrome Ace
A 1-bit style sidescrolling shoot-em-up
jSi
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
GIF
Dragon Bros Demo
2D Pixel art run and gun
spacelizardstudio
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
Nowhere Patrol
$4.99
Boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements.
slugsoft
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Moonflight Classic
A Halloween sidescroller - fly across the night sky as Bel the witch!
sparrowhousegames
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Action
Chakravyuh
Furiously Fast Action Shoot 'em up.
Terradarc
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Action
Super Mario: Untold Stories
a Mario-style 2D platformer game featuring shooting and action mechanics and hardcore gameplay. Download the Demo now!
EM Productions
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
Dust: Battle Beneath
Can you dig it?
Gunroar
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
GIF
Clash Force
$4.99
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Shooter
Cutie Conquest
Side-scrolling bullet hell shooter where you conquer Limbo!
Brewed Leaves
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Dead Pixels: The 8-bit zombie sim.
$2.99
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves.
CSR-Studios
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Action
Space Outlaw Alice
Hissatsu Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Spice Evaders
The Extra Hot Shooting Challenge
100 Credit Clear
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
The Hunt for the Red Cthulhu
Underwater Exploration shooter (You know, That sub level in Super Mario Land)
JADE
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Shooter
1993 Space Machine
$9.99
Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that!
Aurora Punks
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Shooter
Totally Shmup
Short and sweet little retro-style shoot 'em up
EldTheZombie
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Legacy of the Elder Star
A mouse-driven shoot 'em up for the rest of us!
invicticide
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
Dark Space
Retro side-scrolling shooter
Taska
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
RoyalButts
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
gath
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
ZOE Begone!
A drawn on film shmup
Retchy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Twilight Wings
Bullet hell through dawn and dusk. Made during Global Game Jam 2022.
Golen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Cyberpunk 3776
Cyberpunk Arcade Shoot em Up - Pilot Version
Peter Hann
Rated 3.6 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Metal Dust (C64 SuperCPU)
$9.99
Protovision
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
REMOTE LIFE - Demo 1.5
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC.
nextgamelevel
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Redd's Runaway
$6.99
A run and gun game inspired by the mythos of the Halloween and the Day of the Dead.
BeWolf Studio
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Z-Exemplar
$1
Conquer a galaxy. One planet at a time.
suminell
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Shooter
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
Thalassophobe
Answer the Call of the Void in a subaquatic side-scrolling shooter for the NES!
Icon_Ninja
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
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