The Best Shoot-em-up Games - Page 2

Update : Gun Reflex VR added at rank #1.
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USG (2024)

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'USG' Is a captivating vertical shoot 'em up featuring hand-drawn animations and a unique art style. Customize your run with multiple weapon upgrades

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  • shoot-em-up
  • hand-drawn
  • top-down
  • surreal
  • bullet-hell
  • gun
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • aliens
  • attack
  • score

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Containment Breach (2024)

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Containment Breach is a wave-based zombie survival game where you can blow the limbs off of enemies. Earn points to unlock doors, buy and upgrade weapons, perks, and equipment. See how fast you can escape the facility or choose to stay and go for the highest round possible.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • perma-death
  • pve
  • shooter
  • post-apocalyptic
  • zombies
  • horror
  • 2d
  • gore
  • stylized

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Retaliate (2024)

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You are valiant space hero who is not as fortunate as those in the golden age of scrolling shooters who had infinite ammo. Instead you must absorb your enemies' weapons and retaliate!

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  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • space
  • retro
  • scroller
  • linear
  • scrolling
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • vertical-scrolling

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The Rush (2024)

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PC Windows Android

The Rush is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up with graphics inspired by classic space shooters of the MSX. Buckle up and see if you have what it takes to master the highly adaptive Chameleon Quartz space fighter and single-handedly obliterate the alien invaders!


  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • linear
  • stylized
  • 2d
  • space
  • arcade
  • 1980s
  • shooter
  • controller-support
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • shoot
  • fitness

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Speakeasy (2024)

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An isometric shoot 'em-up minigame set in an underground bar in 1930s Chicago. Speakeasy combines historical charm with edge-of-your-seat action for a gaming experience that’s as thrilling as it is unique.

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  • historical
  • rapid-action
  • shoot-em-up
  • local-multiplayer
  • isometric
  • 2d
  • casual
  • stylized
  • fight
  • multiplayer-only
  • shoot
  • action
  • half-baked
  • fast-paced

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Mow That Lawn (2024)

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Action-packed sidescrolling gardening-shooter, with colorful comicbook-style graffics and gameplay inspired by the arcade-machines of the early 80's. Mow that lawn, jump over the holes and don't let piles of dirt, animals, drones-with-water-balloons or mischievous friends, get in your way.

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  • comic
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • book
  • nature
  • tutorial
  • platform
  • arcade
  • retro
  • attack
  • score
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn

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Whale Captain (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

Embark on your Dream Adventure: Discover uncharted lands, master the waves, and soar the skies! A challenging shoot-em-up bullet dodging game with a dash of side-scrolling platformer featuring a crew with hearts of gold at the ready, awaiting their Whale Captain.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • naval
  • loot
  • scroller
  • bullet
  • bullet-hell
  • hand-drawn
  • time
  • underwater
  • ninja
  • 2d
  • controller-support
  • arcade
  • medieval
  • difficult

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Historical Invaders (2024)

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PC Windows

The most wicked men that ever lived on earth. Authoritarians, dictators, and tyrants, from Hitler to Stalin, they are all back. Historical Invaders it's a fixed shooter game where you are the chosen one to annihilate the demons of our past and save mankind.

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  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • dystopian
  • emotional
  • 1980s
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • conspiracy
  • stylized
  • cyberpunk
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • colourful

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Operator Ace's Simple Infinite Survival (2024)

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early access PC Windows

O.A.S.I.S is a simple wave based Zombie survival shooter, that combines the best elements of classic arcade-style shooters with the atmosphere of an alternate 80's dystopian world. Just relax and Have some fun, Solo or with up to 3 friends.

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  • shooter
  • dystopian
  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • zombies
  • cyberpunk
  • cartoony
  • stylized
  • fps
  • arcade
  • multiple-endings
  • cooperative
  • wave
  • pve

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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024)

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42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.


  • platform
  • precision
  • psychedelic
  • documentary
  • controller-support
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • interactive
  • surreal
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • retro
  • pixel
  • 1990s

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