The Best Shoot-em-up Games

Update : Iron Meat added at rank #23.
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Memory Lost: Chapter One (2022)

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PC Windows Linux

First chapter of Memory Lost. It is a story-driven action shooter, the battles in which are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy's body. First-aid kits were not delivered, there is only one magazine in the weapon - change the bodies to survive!

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  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • beat-em-up
  • isometric
  • shooter
  • gore
  • violent

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Pewt 'em Up! (2022)

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PC Windows Android

Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.


  • shoot-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • aliens
  • retro
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • space
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • linear
  • action

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Chicken Invaders 5 (2014)

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IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Chicken Invaders puts you at the forefront of a battle against invading intergalactic chickens, bent on revenge for our oppression of Earth chickens. This time, the chickens have hatched a devious plan to block out sunlight and freeze Earth to death!

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  • shoot-em-up
  • casual
  • arcade
  • action
  • battle
  • cooperative
  • boss
  • 4-player
  • orchestral
  • horizontal
  • spin-off
  • multiplayer
  • vertical

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Beat Invaders (2022)

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PC Windows Linux

Beat Invaders is an unique space action roguelite! Blast your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them! Blast away to a pushing soundtrack and neon visuals!

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  • rogue-like
  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • bullet-hell
  • attack
  • score
  • rhythm
  • futuristic
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • action
  • casual
  • scroller

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Grandpa's Cheese (2022)

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PC Windows

Grandpa has gone mad! collect the cheese and give them to Reeze so he can feed his mouse to get the hell out of the house!

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  • 3d
  • beat-em-up
  • pve
  • shoot-em-up
  • werewolves
  • fps
  • shooter
  • surreal
  • vampire
  • thriller
  • abstract
  • first-person
  • arcade
  • fight
  • zombies

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Crimzon Clover - World EXplosion (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. Earn all the power-ups for an overpowered experience in the all new ARRANGE version.


  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • crt
  • local-only
  • hardcore
  • vertical
  • boss

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Jets'n'Guns 2 (2020)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Jets'n'Guns 2 is a side-scrolling space shooter with insane levels of action and destruction. Travel the galaxies and unleash an arsenal of the deadliest weapons and devices to save the universe from its inevitable doom.


  • shoot-em-up
  • shoot
  • side-scrolling
  • shooter
  • unique-playing
  • scrolling
  • vertical
  • action
  • stage
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • retro
  • local

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Q-YO Blaster (2018)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat


  • shoot-em-up
  • pixel
  • boss
  • horizontally-scrolling
  • bullet-hell
  • shooter
  • coin-op
  • action
  • horizontal
  • couch
  • cooperative

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UDONGEIN X (2021)

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PC Windows

Help Reisen Udongein Inaba navigate through 14 action packed stages in this exhilarating 2D Bullet Hell Platformer based on Touhou Project!

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  • bullet-hell
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • platform
  • scroller
  • mythology
  • pixel
  • action
  • old-school
  • retro

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Reloader: test subject (2022)

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PC Windows

Reloader: test_subject is an experimental "Bullet Counting Reload Action" game. Experience being a Reloader: having legendary shooting skills and engaging in Close-Quarters Combat(CQC). You just have to remember how to use the gun you’re holding.

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  • voxel
  • noir
  • beat-em-up
  • 2.5d
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • cyberpunk
  • 2d
  • tactical
  • hack-and-slash
  • real-time
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • simulation

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