The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Xbox One - Page 3

Update : Speedollama added at rank #42.
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Asteroids: Recharged (2021)

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

How long can you survive the depths of space in this fresh revival of the classic arcade shooter, all while grooving to an original score by Megan McDuffee. Pilot solo or recruit a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.


  • shooter
  • arcade
  • shoot-em-up
  • top-down
  • 1980s
  • cooperative
  • attack
  • score
  • local
  • space
  • old-school
  • retro
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • pixel

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Risk System (2019)

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Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

High speed kinetic action. Danger is the best offense!


  • boss
  • shoot-em-up
  • anime
  • horizontal
  • bullet-hell
  • boss-fight
  • shooter
  • pixel
  • japanese-made
  • experimental
  • scrolling
  • vertical
  • challenging
  • classic
  • arcade

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Project Downfall (2019)

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Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One j

An overdose of reality can have dire consequences... Tumble down the rabbit hole and embrace your downfall with 12 endings, non linear day by day progression, sanity system and more...


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • cyberpunk
  • boomer
  • bullet
  • shoot-em-up
  • time
  • fps
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • souls
  • stylized
  • atmospheric

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VASARA Collection (2019)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch vita Playstation 4

For the very first time, highly acclaimed Japanese Arcade Shoot’em Ups - VASARA (2000) and VASARA 2 (2001) - are made available to the whole world via this package: VASARA COLLECTION!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • alternate
  • classic
  • samurai
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • historical
  • local

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Retaliate (2024)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Linux j

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!


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

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Paper Dash - Ghost Hunt (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Start an adventure as a courageous paper plane hunts evil ghosts across vibrant worlds. Soar through mystical forests and scary mansions, utilizing your flying skills and reflexes to shoot the ghosts.


  • flight
  • relaxing
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • tps
  • linear
  • arena
  • exploration
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • cartoony
  • arcade
  • cute
  • action-adventure
  • funny

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Bleed 2 (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Linux Mac OS

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!


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

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Super Hydorah (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 vita IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Force, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.


  • retro
  • shoot-em-up
  • old-school
  • horizontal
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • card-play
  • dexterity
  • classic
  • action
  • campaign
  • bullet-hell
  • meditative
  • 2d
  • controller-support

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Astrosmash (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

ASTROSMASH® was originally a Shoot´em up game for the Intellivision® console in 1981. This reimagined version is based on the game’s original theme and gameplay but much more exciting and challenging. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music adds a lot of excitement.


  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • cooperative
  • pvp
  • fixed
  • fiction
  • shooter
  • local
  • abstract
  • interactive
  • multiplayer
  • best-selling
  • arcade
  • nice
  • cross

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RedRaptor (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!


  • vertical
  • retro
  • shoot-em-up
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • shoot
  • scrolling
  • 1990s
  • old-school
  • rhythm
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • action

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