Suggest description for this tag
For that old school look and feel.
Suggest updated description
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.
Projects tagged with the following aliases will automatically show up on this page:
shmup
Explore featured Action games tagged Retro and Shoot 'Em Up on itch.io · Sell your featured games on itch.io to have them show up here.
Subscribe for game recommendations, clips, and more
