The Best Shoot-em-up Games for Xbox Series X - Page 3

Update : Ra Ra Boom added at rank #2.
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Xatrom Command (2024)

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

Team up and shoot down waves of invading aliens. Single player or multiplayer top-down shooting action


  • voxel
  • cooperative
  • aliens
  • twin-stick
  • tps
  • shoot-em-up
  • local
  • shooter
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • casual
  • arcade
  • multiplayer

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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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Memory Lost (2024)

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

Memory Lost 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!


  • top-down
  • cyberpunk
  • shooter
  • beat-em-up
  • lore
  • twin-stick
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • soundtrack
  • isometric
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • violent
  • narrative

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Tiny Pixels Vol. 1 - Ninpo Blast (2024)

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

Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!


  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • ninja
  • retro
  • arcade
  • rogue-like
  • pixel
  • vertical
  • pirates
  • survival
  • shooter
  • vertical-scrolling
  • shoot
  • boss
  • action

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Earthion (2025)

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Xbox Series X j PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.


  • space
  • 1990s
  • soundtrack
  • music
  • shoot-em-up
  • retro
  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • japan
  • stylized
  • anime
  • futuristic

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Asteroids: Recharged (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 PC Windows 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
  • local
  • attack
  • score
  • space
  • old-school
  • colourful
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • controller-support

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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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Jetpack Kiwi (2023)

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

Jetpack Kiwi is a classic 2D side scrolling shoot em up game featuring 20 levels, 5 bosses, hordes of enemies spaceships, with multiple characters to choose from; each one with an unique special attack. Complete the game in single player or with a friend in local co-op!


  • jet
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • 1990s
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • flight
  • arcade
  • cute
  • retro

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Cassiodora (2022)

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

Cassiodora is a medieval fantasy game inspired by classic shoot 'em up with unique mechanics and epic boss fights. Save the princess Cassiodora by yourself or with up to 2 friends on the same screen.


  • 2.5d
  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • character
  • split-screen
  • attack
  • score
  • cooperative
  • customization
  • campaign
  • medieval
  • controller-support
  • colourful
  • local

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Space War: Infinity (2019)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Linux

Space War: Infinity is a semi-procedural shoot-'em-up with a weapon upgrade system of the ship and unlocking of items. Embark in your ship and fight for your survival!


  • top-down
  • jet
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • procedural
  • attack
  • score
  • shooter
  • space
  • 1990s
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • waves

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