The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

Update : After Dark added at rank #43.
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Herodes (2023)

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Herodes is an exhilarating shoot 'em up game set in a future where cutting-edge technology meets the depths of the human body. Step into the role of a courageous agent tasked with the ultimate mission: saving humanity from a mysterious and deadly virus that defies all known cures.


  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • psychedelic
  • futuristic
  • arcade
  • adventure
  • shooter
  • action
  • sci-fi
  • privacy-policy
  • vehicle

42

Anyaroth: The Queen's Tyranny (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A pixel-art platformer adventure game with lots of action and a memorable story.Dive into the depths of planet Anyaroth and free its people from the tyranny of the Queen. Join the Rebellion and fight against the Regime’s mind-control system. The anya civilization needs you!


  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • short
  • linear
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • retro
  • colourful
  • war
  • story

43

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?


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

44

Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES (2022)

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60
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Raze the road less traveled with your Vulvehicle, the ultimate all-purpose armored combat machine! Whether flying through the sky, or burrowing deep underground, these gals stop at nothing to blast through terrain and enemies alike in this comical action STG!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • scroller
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • anime
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • shooter
  • cute
  • humor
  • sci-fi
  • casual

45

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!


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

46

Rick Henderson (2020)

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Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.


  • perma-death
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • arcade
  • procedural
  • choices
  • space
  • boss
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • artillery
  • pixel
  • retro
  • multiball
  • sniper

47

AngerForce: Reloaded (2017)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

AngerForce: Reloaded is a hard disk scrolling fly-and-shoot game done in the 90’s arcade style. It's set against the backdrop of a human world that has seen the outbreak of a robot rebellion. The game also features a Local CO-OP Mode that will enable you to explore the story alongside your friend. The game includes leaderboard and video recording features. Players can look each other up on the leaderboard, share their gameplay videos with each other, and interact through comments.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • shooter

48

ESCHATOS (2015)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox 360 PC Windows Playstation 4

An alien menace has descended on Earth! Defend the world from UFO invasion in this superb arcade shooter from Qute. Use your weapons effectively, deflect enemy bullets with your shield, and recapture the Moon from alien infestation!


  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • vertical
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • action
  • scrolling
  • non-stop
  • boss
  • classic

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Bleed 2 (2018)

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Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • run-and-gun
  • cooperative
  • fast-paced
  • boss
  • platform
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • action
  • twin-stick
  • randomly-generated
  • procedural
  • local
  • 2d

50

Burst Hero (2023)

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Burst Hero is a pixel roguelike shooting survival game. You can choose heroes with different abilities and use various weapons to resist a steady stream of enemies. In the battle, you can customize your build by weapons bullets and cards. Each battle will have different experiences and challenges.


  • top-down
  • rogue-like
  • auto-battler
  • shooter
  • card
  • shoot-em-up
  • twin-stick
  • bullet-hell
  • gun
  • 2.5d
  • deckbuilder
  • customization
  • vampire
  • 2d
  • arcade

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