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Kestrel $4.99
Shoot'em up with an emphasis on progression and growth through upgrades. Fly, shoot, die, upgrade, repeat.
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RANK RUNNER$0.99
Bullet-hell meets endless runner. LITERALLY ascend the Leaderboard as you play. RANK RUNNER is an intense highscore chaser, wrapped in a neon retro aesthetic. Come run the Leaderboard.

Astro Combat$2.99
Astro Combat is a Pixel Space Shooter, with Action-RPG elements.

Garlic$14.99
You are Garlic, an onion-headed boy and you want to climb the Sacred Tower to meet the Cyber Goddess to seduce her...

Dungeons & Guns$1.99
Dungeons & Guns is a pixel art visual, dungeon crawler style game, where the player aims to advance as far as possible through the enemy crowded dungeons, until reaching the final challenge. After this, new challenges will arise.

Manic Archers$14.99
Manic Archers is the very first topdown Zelda-type versus game ever! It features simplistic and on-the-point gameplay with amazing game mechanics and lovely arcade style pixelart-details. It is playable with up to 4 players simultaneously on one screen in several variants.

Spaceship for Newbies$4.99
Fly a spaceship made of scrap through obstacles in outer space - using only one button!

BLUE WISH DESIRE$9.99
BLUW WISH DESIRE is 2D veritically scrolling shmup. Go through the barrage and destroy the oncoming enemies. In addition, this game is equipped with an auto guard system that automatically prevents mistakes. So even those who are not good at barrage STG are safe.

∀stralbringer -Shaded Arkarium-$8.99
Shoot 'em up has reached a new frontier! 2D bullet-hell sci-fi action shooter with mouse control and multiple buttons!

Little Ninja$0.99
You are a young 8 year old boy named Liam, you recently got a ninja mask for a birthday present! You must protect the house from evil doers! You must be sneaky, and make sure to not get caught!

Mist Monkey: wanderer$2.99
From the mind of award-winning visual artist, Xander Clinthorne, comes a meditative indie-game about wandering and taking it slow. This title takes you deep into a beautiful pixel-art world with flow state inducing gameplay, The Great Monkey's wisdom to discover and a stunning original soundtrack.

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This is the biggest news title of 2024. A cute bullet-hell shooter is now available. The game features cool and futuristic visuals and active gameplay.

Offendron Warrior$0.99
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.

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?

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!

Mirage Feathers$4.99
「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」

Naval Warfare$0.99
As Commander of a Naval Super-Destroyer, wage war in a military campaign of epic proportions in, under and above the surface!

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Who are you fighting for? My usual job turns into a big mission. An easy-to-understand system reminiscent of the old barrage STG. Pave the way with powerful PowerShots!

The enemy weapons are better$0.99
Goofy Ahh stories that take place in the world of data. The game simply has to press the move button to run around and kill enemies with their weapons.

Galactic Explorers$1.99
Galactic Explorers is a top-down 2D retro space shooter inspired by early games such as Galaxian, and Asteroids.

Kick Ass Commandos$9.99
Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!

Double Kick Heroes$19.99
Butcher loads of zombies in Rhythm with Metal! Survive on the highway to hell fighting an epic freakshow! Now with 30 levels of pure madness! 19 Licensed tracks and a Community Level Editor to import your own songs!

Steel Seraph$1.99
Steel Seraph is a shooter-adventure hybrid set on a colony planet in the distant future. Fly, run, strafe, dodge and shoot your way through a variety of stages and take down powerful invasion leaders and their minions.

Asteroids Millennium$7.99
A modern spin on an old classic! Asteroids Millennium provides exciting new game play without departing from the feel of its predecessors. Collect power-ups, dodge threats, and blast away at asteroids and enemies alike in this survival game that is truly fun to play.

Starr Mazer: DSP$9.99
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.

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.

PigShip and the Giant Wolf$7.99
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.

Revolution Ace$4.99
A deep, tactical shoot'em up. With every takedown, you’ll earn cash and xp to upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Online and local co-op. Unique versus mode. Realistic physics and water simulation.

ZeroRanger$11.99
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

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

A.N.N.E$14.99
Explore the mysterious and beautiful planet Gomi on foot or with your spaceship in this action packed platformer and space shooter hybrid. Your mission is simple, retrieve A.N.N.E and escape.

Anti Air$12.99
Are you the new recruit? Well, grab your weapons and descent into battle on distant planets. There you will combat the Alien invasion called the Cubicon Conjunction. Waves will hit you so you better blast these invaders from the sky before they crash onto your base.How many will you take down?

RedRaptor$4.99
Blast off for a retro arcade experience in RedRaptor, a vertical shoot’em up inspired by genre classics of the ’90s!

Super Forklift 3000$1.99
Super Forklift 3000 is an arcade space shooter with a twist: you drive a forklift that carries and shoots up to three boxes. Defeat enemies and bosses while managing your different box types. Be careful not to run out of ammo!

Tiny Pixels Vol. 1 - Ninpo Blast$4.99
Jump on your hoverbike and blast off for unlimited ninja-themed bullet hell mayhem!

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Super Squash is a top-down Shoot 'Em Up arcade game which features multiple playable characters who must all unite together to stop the unrelenting hordes of enemies and bosses.

Dental Strike$2.99
A throwback to retro shoot'em up games typical of the 80s, where you play as a tooth fairy fighting against rotten teeth and bacteria using different abilities and special shots.

Feeble Light$4.99
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!

GunSuit Guardians$2.99
Gear up your GunSuit and defend Earth from an alien siege! Equip and upgrade unique arsenals of overpowered weapons to survive overwhelming numbers in this action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival.

Space God$4.99
Space God is a 'hyper retro neon' style top-down shooting game. Play in single player, online co-op mode, or online multiplayer. Don't stop, keep moving! and you might survive... maybe.

Ayako's Mission$0.99
Ayako's Mission is a 2D Top-Down Shoot'em Up game based on the story of the war breaking out between the two territories called, AY Corp and ATO Corp. where you must defend your territory against the invaders.

Super Star Path$4.99
Classic color match puzzle meets space shoot'em up action! Hop into your spaceship, open a path through huge waves of aliens and other hazards, and face intense boss battles!

Bullet Beat: Musical Shoot'em up$4.99
Bullet Beat is a shoot'em up, where everything at the levels is in tune with the music, even shooting. You can also upload your track and enjoy the experimental generated levels! Keep the combo to get stronger!

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.

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.

Armada Skies$1.99
Buy weapons and ship upgrades. Fly through the skies, collect powerups and gun down wave after wave of enemies. Today, you own the skies!

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!

Astro Attack$2.99
A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.

Inertia$2.99
You're stranded in space in an asteroid field. Use your ship to smash through fuel-rich asteroids for points and fuel, and use any power-ups you find along the way. But remember, an empty fuel tank is just as deadly as an asteroid. The void of space is a tough place to be, but you can't stop now.

Madville+$2.99
Madville+ is a rogue-lite / arena shooter with ridiculous upgrades. It is designed to have short play sessions (30-40 min) and replayability.

Fairy Fire - Defender of the Fairies$4.99
Up for some retro arcade action? Extra weapons, upgrades, smart bombs etc are your favorite tools? Then this great arcade clone is for you! Survive waves of evil creatures in this fantastic, fast paced side scroller. If you like games like Defender, Data Storm or Drop Zone, you will LOVE Fairy Fire!

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!