The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Salvo Subs added at rank #11.
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Salvo Subs (2025)

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Destroy your friends online in Salvo Subs, a retro inspired top-down shooter. Unlock 32 submarine vessels in 10+ arena game modes.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • submarine
  • 2.5d
  • pvp
  • arcade
  • retro
  • team
  • sci-fi

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Grind Stormer (2024)

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Grind Stormer, aka V・V, is a vertically scrolling manic shooter with gorgeous pixel art graphics and an upbeat FM soundtrack. Developed by an all-star team at the legendary Japanese studio Toaplan, known for their stellar shoot ‘em ups.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • reality
  • arcade
  • shoot
  • shooter
  • aliens
  • linear
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • local
  • sci-fi

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What's Outside (2024)

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You’re stuck out in the middle of space alone in ship, see how long you can survive with endless enemy ships and do all it again.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • attack
  • score
  • bullet-hell
  • short
  • pve
  • space
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • vehicle
  • replay-value
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • funny

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Critical Annihilation (2016)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Critical Annihilation is a Twin-Stick SHMUP (Shoot-em Up) made entirely out of tiny voxels. We take advantage of voxel technology to hype up the explosive gameplay. Everything is destructible to its core.


  • feedback
  • run-and-gunning
  • voxel
  • shoot-em-up
  • aliens
  • destruction
  • good-looking
  • multiplayer
  • action
  • physics
  • bullet-hell
  • mech
  • isometric
  • gore
  • farming

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Speedollama (2024)

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Speedollama is a fast platformer shooter that sets a new benchmark for speed in the genre. Bursting with quirky humor and vibrant pixelated carnage, this game is not for the faint of heart. Are you ready to embrace the chaos and prove your skills?


  • shoot-em-up
  • metroidvania
  • retro-arcade
  • collectathon
  • platform
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • procedural
  • parody
  • funny
  • arcade
  • action
  • shooter
  • single-player

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BLUE REVOLVER (2016)

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BLUE REVOLVER is a fresh new shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. An adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you fight and flourish to evade the maniac environmental force, "Blue Revolver"!

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  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • rock-solid
  • single-life
  • arcade
  • extra-difficult
  • vertical

17

After Dark (2025)

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After Dark is a horror adventure game filled with monsters, oddities, and more! Traverse a strange, other-worldly forest to rescue your sister and bring her back home! There will be many dangers along the way, can you survive?

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  • shooter
  • walking-simulator
  • loot
  • horror
  • hidden-object
  • first-person
  • linear
  • surreal
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • fps
  • zombies
  • dark

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Thumb Tanks (2024)

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Tease your friends and get medals for it! Shoot, deploy mines, and use your tank's special ability to take down your buddies in this local PvP frenzy and gain bragging rights. Collect coins to buy special items, earn points for skilled play, and upgrade your tank after each round.

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  • split-screen
  • pvp
  • top-down
  • local
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • multiplayer
  • party
  • 4-player
  • funny
  • family-friendly
  • arena
  • cartoony
  • casual
  • retro

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Twin Hawk (2024)

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Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • vertically
  • scrolling
  • linear
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • military
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • experimental
  • old-school
  • vertical
  • cooperative

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Tiger-Heli (2024)

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Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • vertically
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • controller-support
  • arcade
  • scrolling
  • bomb
  • retro
  • 1980s
  • old-school
  • pixel

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