The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Blazing Trail added at rank #38.
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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!


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

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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

33

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!

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

34

Asteroids: Recharged (2021)

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

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.

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  • shooter
  • arcade
  • shoot-em-up
  • cooperative
  • top-down
  • 1980s
  • attack
  • score
  • local
  • space
  • old-school
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • 2d

35

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!

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

36

GoobnBalloonsDX (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Fight off waves of evil balloons and save the galaxy - solo or co-op! Travel between worlds in an extensive story mode, save your friends, and recruit them to challenge dastardly bosses in this arcade shoot ‘em up adventure!


  • attack
  • score
  • cooperative
  • shoot-em-up
  • hand-drawn
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • cartoony
  • stylized
  • retro
  • local
  • colourful
  • relaxing

37

Nephenthesys (2024)

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

Blast off on a treacherous mission to recover an unidentified energy source amidst an alien onslaught! Nephenthesys is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up presented in widescreen top-down 3D style.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shoot
  • 2.5d
  • shooter
  • space
  • scrolling
  • arcade
  • vertical
  • vertical-scrolling

38

Blazing Trail (2025)

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

Escape failed! All we have left is our will to survive, the endless hordes of enemies, and enough bullets to rip them all to shreds. Blazing trail. Vertical co-op shooter, offering accessible, action-packed gameplay.


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • isometric
  • racing
  • action-adventure
  • 1990s
  • combat
  • pixel
  • team
  • family-friendly
  • arcade
  • controller-support
  • cooperative

39

Zombies, Aliens and Guns (2024)

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

Earth’s last hope against an invasion is a band of military rebels Zombies! Aliens! Guns! Enough said.


  • 2.5d
  • zombies
  • twin-stick
  • aliens
  • shoot-em-up
  • tps
  • shooter
  • voxel
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • military
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • controller-support

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Turret Rampage (2023)

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

Defend humanity from underground monsters as the last standing turret! Force burrowers out of the ground with an artificial earthquake, capture elusive ghosts with silver shackles, and shatter alien bugs into pieces using powerful rockets!


  • tower-defense
  • shoot-em-up
  • underground
  • attack
  • score
  • pixel
  • fast-paced
  • robots
  • post-apocalyptic
  • arcade
  • quick-thinking
  • futuristic

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