The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Blazing Trail added at rank #15.
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Astrosmash (2023)

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

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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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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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.


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

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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

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Blazing Trail (2025)

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

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

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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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Super Space Club (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Super Space Club is a lo-fi arcade space shooter to chill to. Defend a vibrant galaxy as a club of misfit heroes and battle endless waves of spacecrafts to the tune of atmospheric beats. Outlast your enemies and vibe to the rhythm of the stars.


  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • top-down
  • space
  • flight
  • rogue-like
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • 2.5d
  • twin-stick
  • retro
  • physics

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Speedollama (2024)

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Speedollama is a fast platformer shooter that sets a new benchmark for speed in the genre. Bursting with quirky humor and vibrant pixelated carnage, this game is not for the faint of heart. Are you ready to embrace the chaos and prove your skills?


  • shoot-em-up
  • metroidvania
  • retro-arcade
  • collectathon
  • platform
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • procedural
  • parody
  • funny
  • arcade
  • action
  • shooter
  • single-player

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Rick Henderson (2020)

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PC Windows ps2 xbox Xbox 360 Playstation 3 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

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

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