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Sophstar $9.99
A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veteran and new players of the genre.
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USG$4.99
'USG' Is a captivating vertical shoot 'em up featuring hand-drawn animations and a unique art style. Customize your run with multiple weapon upgrades

SoundStorm$12.99
Reflect bullets to the beat in this psychedelic rhythm bullet hell shoot 'em up. Patterns of rhythm and bullets are melted into a unprecedented gameplay experience. Feel this immersive audivisual experience filling your soul with excitement and joy.

Rival Megagun$14.99
Rival Megagun is a competitive split-screen shoot 'em up where you transform into a giant boss ship and battle your rival head-to-head in local or online PVP.

FullBlast$4.99
Blast your way through waves of alien invaders in this retro style shooter with modern visuals. Collect power ups, destroy the enemy ships and defeat the mega bosses in 12 action packed levels. On your own or with a friend in local co-op mode.

Overdriven Evolution$14.99
Destroy Huge Bosses, dodge thousand of bullets and resolve quick puzzles with your powerfull space ship ! New and remade stages with improved graphics and 3D environments. More enemies and more bullets !

Curved Space$19.99
Curved Space is an intense arcade-style twin-stick shooter that takes the classic formula and plunges it into the weirdest reaches of space. Battle cosmic space-invading spiders across curved landscapes where bullets hug the terrain while the horizon drops sharply out of sight.

Z-Warp$6.99
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.

DEVIL BLADE REBOOT$15.99
An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

Rysen$2.99
An old arcade style 2d shmup.

Steredenn: Binary Stars$12.99
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

Interstellar Sentinel$11.99
A thrilling sci-fi fantasy shmup / shoot'em up with epic boss battles and a vast arsenal of futuristic weapons! Battle legions of demonic entities, restore the cosmic balance, and save the universe! Flow state gaming to unleash your inner hero! Feel your skills grow on your way to 1CC S+ tier rank!

RagingBlasters$14.99
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.

Sky Force Reloaded$9.99
Sky Force Reloaded is a classic shoot ‘em up experience packed in gorgeous visuals and excellent gameplay. Enjoy flashy explosions, beautiful scenery and massive bosses in single player or local cooperative modes.

Cosmonator$6.99
Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!

Vampire Memories - 吸血鬼的回忆$4.99
This is a SHMUP/STG game that allows anyone to experience and play happily; Games that will allow you to enjoy playing; Games that can make it easy for you to get started with low technical requirements; SHMUP/STG games that have completely different experiences from other games;

Beekyr Reloaded$9.99
The giant hornets have destroyed your hive and taken the pollen. Fight the swarms alone or with a friend and destroy the dangerous hornet queen! The insect world is very dangerous but... what are you waiting for to get your revenge?

Warawara Invaders$0.99
Even if you are not good at avoiding bullets or shmup games there is no problem. A 2d casual rolling shooter best for killing time!

NANOFORCE tactical surgeon fighter$7.99
Climb into the cockpit of an overpowered micro unit and fight against an invisible enemy that threatens the Human race. Progress through numerous enemy waves and bosses across more than 7 levels filled with action, secrets, and more !

Space Force Squadron$0.99
Space Force Squadron is a horizontal 2d shmup. Choose between 4 pilots with different spaceships and different attributes. Buy upgrades for ships using points earned in battles. This is arcade style game, meaning there is no possibility to save.

Polyfury$8.99
You thought geometry was difficult? Now it's got a gun! Face the fury of the Seven Deadly Shapes and blast your way through a barrage of bullets and lasers in this highly accessible bullet hell.

Enemy Mind$9.99
A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

AstroWings: Space War$7.99
"Astro Wings: Space War" is a retro style, exciting and authentic bullet hell, space shooting game.This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game.

Missile Dancer 2$14.99
Missile Dancer 2 is a new sprite scaler shmup that combines rail shooter and caravan STG.

Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo$4.99
The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.

Super Mega Space Blaster Special$0.99
A modern take on the retro arcade shooter. Super Mega Space Blaster Special is a fast-paced frantic blast of a shoot 'em up (shmup). Played alone or in local coop the game is addictive and will keep you coming back to unlock the next ship or beat your high-score.

Return Ace$4.99
Be shot and shoot back! Rule reversal type Shmup "Return Ace"What you have been given is the power to take advantage of the oncoming malice and return it.Please enjoy the unique sense of incompatibility, tension, and striking that the experience of bullet energy weaves.

REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR$9.99
The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.

Xenoraid: The First Space War$9.99
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!

Terra Flame$14.99
Terra Flame is a horizontal shmup inspired by the 90's. The feature is that you can switch between three types of weapons in real time.

Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo$9.99
Super Galaxy Squadron is a fast-paced vertical shooter designed for human beings as well as SHMUP veterans. Featuring multiple game modes, a challenging but merciful difficulty curve, forgiving health system, and SEVENTEEN playable ships.

River Rush$2.99
Take your chance and feel like 10 again.😊To start let's meet this retro cutie.🚀 River Rush is reminiscent of an old vertically scrolling shoot’em up games.🚀 If you remember them, it's time to catch up with nostalgia. Or your father's nostalgia.😉 Board in and have some fun.👨🚀

Barrage Fantasia$9.99
A girl named Herb who claims to be a great witch lives in a poisonous swamp on the outskirts of a faraway country. One day, a red jewel is stolen from a shrine under her control. Herb escapes the swamp for the first time in order to recover her jewels.

Hellsinker.$9.99
A legendary SHMUP influential to the best makers in the genre, Hellsinker is now available on steam in its most advanced form! Gameplay, story, graphics, and even music all united into one cohesive and highly dimensional Shoot-em-up!

Burning Skies ArcadeFREE
Lt Blitz has the city sieged, and it's your job to destroy his troops. Shoot, dodge and upgrade your jet and and try to take on this challenge! Burning Skies is a free, endless retro shmup, that will take you right back to the era of arcade machines, with modernized graphics and gameplay!

Just SquatFREE
Just Squat is a shmup and visual Nobel game that focuses on boss fight by growing up a boy. Grow the boy by encountering various events at the gym and school, and push Babel out with all your might! The difficulty of boss fight and the boy's growth will be determined by the exercise you choose!

Beyond the Storm$11.99
Be NEARLY vaporized, crushed, blown to pieces, flame broiled, and electrocuted using your incredible targeting skills and class 1 fancy flying to keep you alive in this SHMUP that brings back the essence of the classic arcade shmups!

Galactic Refugees$3.99
A beginner-friendly old-school shmup meets bullet hell

Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom$4.99
Are you gonna shoot? YES! Are you gonna blast? YES! Are you gonna make a big bang? YES! Are you gonna make a big boom? YES! So what do you get? Shooting Blaster Big Bang Boom! Come have some fun, it's Good Time time!

Crisis Wing$7.99
Frantic vertically scrolling arcade shoot'em up (shmup).

BANAN'EM UP!$4.99
BANAN'EM UP! is a tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive for challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The MONKE". Die, learn, repeat: get stronger, be powerful!

STAR SHREDDERS$0.99
STAR SHREDDERS is a prologue to an extensive, story-rich SHMUP with strategic elements. Play as Clash, leading the Valkyrie force in the onset of an epic interstellar war. This teaser sets the stage for a larger adventure.

Space Smash$0.99
A retro-style, fast-paced, and addictive shoot 'em up. A throwback to the classic arcade games of the 80s. Great for playing while waiting in line for another game. 🎮 (shmup)

TetsunoEbi$0.99
I made this game as top view shmup STG(also known Shoot'em ups) game.but some people think as Shrimp STG.shrimp type anti-aircraft tank TETSUNOEBI!control the tank and destroy drones or AI tanks or large bosses.

ASTRONAVE$0.99
ASTRONAVE is an abstract shooter. You have only one boss to defeat, but it will push your abilities and focus to the limit!

X-Force Under Attack$5.99
X-Force Under Attack brings back all the charm of shmup games from the 80's/90's. It's a frenetic and chaotic space shooter with insane battles against extremely difficult bosses.

Flight of the Athena$7.99
Flight of the Athena is a twin-stick shooter + roguelite; fight through the procedurally generated campaign to earn new craft, weapons and upgrades as you take on the enemy fleet to destroy their central command.

RHYUP$14.99
RHYUP is a challenging, 5 button rhythm game with shmup elements. Defend your home planet as you take control of a spaceship and move and shoot to the beat of the music while weaving through an onslaught of eye catching, enemy fire all set to an amazing sound track of 20 unique songs.

Galactic Wars EX$7.99
Galactic Wars EX is a pixel perfect co-op retro arcade shmup retrogaming experience for modern pcs

SHOVELBOY$0.99
SHOVELBOY is a retro-style platformer where you have to collect shovels in 21 increasingly difficult small levels. How fast can you go?

Schildmaid MX$14.99
Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your shield tech and absorb projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield expires and it's danger time, you better switch up your strategy fast...

Touch Force$0.99
Most unique top down shooter. Bring hell to insectoid robot invasion.