The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Speedollama added at rank #16.
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Steel Saviour Reloaded (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Steel Saviour is back! Try yourself at this revised 16: 9 version of a cult side scrolling shooter.

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  • campaign
  • cooperative
  • shoot-em-up
  • local
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • attack
  • score
  • multiplayer
  • controller-support
  • remake
  • arcade
  • space
  • 2d

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Space Elite Force 2 in 1 (2021)

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Playstation 4 Linux PC Windows Xbox One

Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • gun
  • bullet-hell
  • jet
  • scroller
  • rock
  • attack
  • retro
  • score
  • space
  • 1990s
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • customization
  • music

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Schildmaid MX (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...

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  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • mythology
  • space
  • pixel
  • attack
  • score
  • retro
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • arcade
  • controller-support
  • shooter

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Counter Attack Strike (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

CounterAttack is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

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  • cooperative
  • local
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • 4-player
  • campaign
  • gradius
  • scroller
  • multiplayer
  • space
  • action
  • first-person
  • shoot

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ElbmarKs (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A tribute to the magnificent side-scrolling Arcade shoot’-em-up games with a modern look, physics-based movement, and some challenging twists that will test your speed, reflexes, accuracy, patience, and memory at the same time.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • gun
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • physics
  • old-school
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • customization
  • controller-support
  • action

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Escape the Kreegan (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Escape corruption and deliver truth to the people in the only way you know how. as a space fighter pilot! You steal a ship and flee, it falls to you to duke it out in space and deliver truth to the people. Restore peace. Restore justice. Save humanity and Escape The Kreegan!

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • bullet-hell
  • sci-fi
  • arcade
  • vehicle
  • 2d
  • hand-drawn
  • controller-support

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Cyber-Cat (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Cyber-Cat is a fast-paced, action, first-person shooter, where you take control of a cat with cybernetic enhancements and outfitted with advanced weaponry.

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  • cartoony
  • hero
  • shooter
  • dark
  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • action-adventure
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • fps
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • fast-paced
  • colourful
  • atmospheric

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Polyfury (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

You thought geometry was difficult? Now it's got a gun! Face the fury of the Seven Deadly Shapes and blast your way through a barrage of bullets and lasers in this highly accessible bullet hell.

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  • bullet-hell
  • top-down
  • perma-death
  • tutorial
  • attack
  • score
  • shoot-em-up
  • modern
  • linear
  • shooter
  • pve
  • minimalist
  • controller-support
  • futuristic
  • difficult

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Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess (2024)

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Pilot the Megacopter, a sentient weapon that gains power by feeding on the blood of its enemies. Play through the campaign featuring seek and destroy, boss, rescue, and defense missions against the evil reptoid army. Upgrade Megacopter with the fabled AZ-TECH: ancient weaponry and armor.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • humor
  • twin-stick
  • isometric
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • 1990s
  • dark
  • retro
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • vehicle
  • pixel
  • gore
  • arcade

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Guntech 2 (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One

Guntech 2 is a return of the good old “cave flyer” shoot ’em ups genre. It’s a twin-stick shooter influenced by such classics as Thrust, Oids, Geometry Wars, and Asteroids. You can play in single-player, or couch co-op with up to 4 players!

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  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • dragon
  • retro
  • space
  • gun
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • 2d
  • sci-fi

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