The Best Shoot-em-up Games - Page 3

Update : Look Down added at rank #1.
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Speakeasy (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 4

An isometric shoot 'em-up minigame set in an underground bar in 1930s Chicago. Speakeasy combines historical charm with edge-of-your-seat action for a gaming experience that’s as thrilling as it is unique.

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  • historical
  • rapid-action
  • shoot-em-up
  • local-multiplayer
  • isometric
  • 2d
  • casual
  • stylized
  • fight
  • multiplayer-only
  • shoot
  • action
  • half-baked
  • fast-paced

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Mow That Lawn (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Action-packed sidescrolling gardening-shooter, with colorful comicbook-style graffics and gameplay inspired by the arcade-machines of the early 80's. Mow that lawn, jump over the holes and don't let piles of dirt, animals, drones-with-water-balloons or mischievous friends, get in your way.

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  • comic
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • book
  • nature
  • tutorial
  • platform
  • arcade
  • retro
  • attack
  • score
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn

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Whale Captain (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

Embark on your Dream Adventure: Discover uncharted lands, master the waves, and soar the skies! A challenging shoot-em-up bullet dodging game with a dash of side-scrolling platformer featuring a crew with hearts of gold at the ready, awaiting their Whale Captain.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • naval
  • loot
  • scroller
  • bullet
  • bullet-hell
  • hand-drawn
  • time
  • underwater
  • ninja
  • 2d
  • controller-support
  • arcade
  • medieval
  • difficult

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Historical Invaders (2024)

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PC Windows

The most wicked men that ever lived on earth. Authoritarians, dictators, and tyrants, from Hitler to Stalin, they are all back. Historical Invaders it's a fixed shooter game where you are the chosen one to annihilate the demons of our past and save mankind.

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  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • dystopian
  • emotional
  • 1980s
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • conspiracy
  • stylized
  • cyberpunk
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • colourful

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Operator Ace's Simple Infinite Survival (2024)

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early access PC Windows

O.A.S.I.S is a simple wave based Zombie survival shooter, that combines the best elements of classic arcade-style shooters with the atmosphere of an alternate 80's dystopian world. Just relax and Have some fun, Solo or with up to 3 friends.

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  • shooter
  • dystopian
  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • zombies
  • cyberpunk
  • cartoony
  • stylized
  • fps
  • arcade
  • multiple-endings
  • cooperative
  • wave
  • pve

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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024)

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42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.


  • platform
  • precision
  • psychedelic
  • documentary
  • controller-support
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • interactive
  • surreal
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • retro
  • pixel
  • 1990s

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A Zombie Tail (2024)

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PC Windows Android

Defeat waves of zombies in this strategy defense style game. Armed with a bone and several power ups, keep the zombies at bay as you battle across several levels, by timing and managing your attacks across 4 lanes. Will Roxy find her human before the zombies do!


  • shoot-em-up
  • zombies
  • tower-defense
  • dog
  • linear
  • family-friendly
  • 2d
  • cute
  • strategy
  • funny
  • colourful
  • 1990s
  • achievements
  • survival

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Critical Failure (2024)

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PC Windows Android

This is a simple wave-based zombie survival game. The world's first VIDEO GAME CONTROLLED LIVE ACTION SERIES. Be prepared to directly influence the world of CRITICAL FAILURE.


  • cinematic
  • shoot-em-up
  • choices
  • action-adventure
  • attack
  • score
  • cooperative
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • adventure
  • zombies
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • team
  • first-person

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VERZEUS (2024)

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PC Windows

Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!

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  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • 1980s
  • flight
  • shock-wave
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • arcade
  • casual
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • space

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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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