The Best Shoot-em-up Games - Page 4

Update : Iron Meat added at rank #26.
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Black Bird (2018)

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j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone

Become the Black Bird in this dark-fantasy shooting game with an operatic twist! This is the tale of a young girl who dies a pitiful death, but is reborn as the calamitous Black Bird whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom.


  • shoot-em-up
  • pixel
  • bullet-hell
  • shooter
  • score
  • fantasy
  • fairytale
  • dark
  • replay-value
  • steampunk
  • shoot
  • attack
  • surreal
  • boss
  • scroller

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Star Hunter DX (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Betrayed by her cut-throat crew, Luna Starr - former Space Pirate Captain turned bounty hunter - has a score to settle. As Luna, travel to 5 exotic planets to track down your mutinous mates, and face them in Bullet Hell dogfights to the death!


  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • sci-fi
  • attack
  • score
  • old-school
  • scroller
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • futuristic
  • heart-pounding

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GRANDMA (2023)

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PC Windows

Join the battle to save earth from aliens and robots. Choose to play on the side of humans or aliens in battle. 1. Play alongside up to 50 online players 2. Choose various levels 3. Play in various modes such a s capture the king, rush, team deathmatch, conquest.


  • royale
  • wargame
  • shoot-em-up
  • first-person
  • tps
  • shooter
  • fps
  • pvp
  • pve
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • third-person
  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • realistic

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Rayaz Arcade Chronology (2023)

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PC Windows

Lock-on to an exhilarating sci-fi shooting fest with the trilogy which put Taito on the 90s arcade shooting map: The Ray Series, together in one collection for the first time!


  • shooter
  • two-layer
  • shoot-em-up
  • scrolling
  • arcade
  • sprite
  • sci-fi
  • vertical
  • 2.5d
  • arcade-classic
  • pixel
  • pixel-drawn
  • playstation
  • classic
  • boss

35

Sophstar (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score sytem and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.

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  • vertical
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • collectathon
  • retro
  • boss
  • vertical-scrolling
  • multiple-endings
  • attack
  • score
  • aliens
  • space

36

My Friend Pedro: Ripe for Revenge (2021)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

My Friend Pedro is back in a brand new mobile adventure of blood, bullets and bananas! Flip and fire your way through 37 action packed levels on foot, on a motorcycle and even on a skateboard. Plan your high caliber choreography for the best scores and, if your skin is tough enough, test your skills in Blood Rush mode.


  • skateboard
  • time-sensitive
  • woo
  • shoot-em-up
  • fast-paced
  • action
  • parkour
  • physics
  • shooter
  • puzzle
  • reflexes
  • arcade
  • rogue-like
  • cartoony

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Akai Katana Shin (2022)

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Xbox 360 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Be guided anew into an epic tale set in the Taisho era with three titles from Cave's Akai Katana series that has captured the hearts of passionate shoot 'em up fans. New features include an online leaderboard and new musical arrangements.


  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • arcade
  • military
  • dark
  • horizontal
  • drama
  • shooter
  • tanks
  • 2d
  • ninja
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • economy

38

Graze Counter GM (2023)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

A refreshing and highly re-playable bullet hell style shooter that WANTS you to play dangerously! Ride the razor's edge of life and death in this high-risk high-reward danger oriented arcade style shooting game.

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  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • lore
  • 1990s
  • mech
  • anime
  • sci-fi
  • dark
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • cute
  • arcade
  • casual
  • fantasy
  • shooter

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Andro Dunos 2 (2022)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo 3DS dreamcast Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

The sequel of the famous Shoot'em up from the Visco studio is back, 30 years after the first opus, released exclusively on Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES in 1992 . It's time to bring out your good old battle ship in ANDRO DUNOS 2!


  • shooter
  • arcade
  • horizontal
  • boss
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • scrolling
  • sprite
  • old-school
  • side-scrolling
  • boss-fight
  • pixel
  • classic
  • retro
  • action

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Space Moth Lunar Edition (2021)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

1CC Games’ first shoot ’em up returns with totally overhauled visuals, all-new enemies and attacks, a deeper scoring system, remixed soundtrack and fresh player powers. Space Moth: Lunar Edition is the ultimate version of the beloved cult classic.


  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • psychedelic
  • attack
  • score
  • arcade
  • 1990s
  • cult
  • retro
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • cave
  • old-school
  • shooter
  • classic

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