You play as Photon who, after another sell-out gig, has once again asserted his galactic lyrical dominance. He gets word his friend Gamma-Boi is organizing the ultimate after-party in his honor. However, it is not going to be easy to reach. The other musical artists want a shot at the top and will do anything to get there. However, to Photon, they are just Haters. Space Haters. It is up to Photon to blast through the so-called "Monarchs of Music" and reach the afterparty of the light-year, and of course, look good whilst doing it.

You are a sentry droid, part of the robotic legion that nearly wiped out mankind and seized control of civilization, but you’ve gone rogue and now represent humanity’s last hope for survival! Rogue Sentry is a hardcore twin-stick adventure shoot’em up where you’ll navigate the complex inner workings of a gigantic prison fortress, face gun and laser wielding machines, pick up human survivors along the way and attempt to escape to safety before it’s too late!

Presented in 1-bit pixel art style and set to a retro chiptune soundtrack, Rogue Sentry is a minimalistic and nostalgic journey with an epic finale and multiple endings. What fate will humanity meet on your watch?

Things That Bounce and Explode is a fast-paced blend of brick-breaker and action RPG. Fight against the Blokolonian menace with an arsenal of mighty B.A.L.L.s, and master thousands of builds in this ever-evolving bouncing adventure!

Brutal Dinosaur is a game that mixes two styles of games, beat em up and shooter in a unique way.

The World of Adventure ‘Wonderland’! Let’s see what kind of adventures are waiting for you!An alien boy Kooring returned to Wonderland with a warrior! They started adventure to look for Kooring’s dear friend Tooring to save who is under the spell of bad Red Queen!

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.

The chopper kicks up dust as it sets down.  Through the haze of dirt and grit you make out El Cadron, a shabby, little Texas border town.  It looks quiet enough, but folks have been disappearing.  As a tactical weapons expert, you soon discover it's crawling with aliens disguised as humans.  Welcome to Ground Zero Texas.  Armed with four BattleCams outfitted with a particle beam that stuns the aliens and a RoverCam used to search out the Reticulan weapon stash, you're into a sci-fi, wild west gun fest.

Meteoroids 3D is a simple action game set in space, which wants to pay tribute to a great game of the eighties: Asteroids. Meteoroids 3D does not pretend to be better, or try to emulate the greatness of Asteroids. We just want to bring a funny and addictive game to the players.

In this arcade classic for one to two players, collect pieces to assemble the ultimate weapon as you fight through waves of terrorists that have occupied the control center of a nuclear missile site.

Super Real Darwin is a fast-paced, vertical scrolling shoot-em-up that rewards skill and persistence – a cult classic for the retro shmup fan. Take control of a fighter ship capable of mutating into different shapes as it evolves while fighting off enemy invaders.

Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Discover the world's beautiful atmosphere while fighting experienced Aviators. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.

Gravity Heroes gives you the ability to change gravity in a beautiful pixelated world. You can play the game alone challenging yourself to beat the best score, but you can also invite your friends and see who is the master of gravity. Play the game up to 4 players in any game mode.

"Shoot 'em up" evolve to a new level... Dramatic side-scrolling shoot 'em up! You play as Natsuki, and carry out the missions! Do you believe her past or future?

On stardate 2258.42, Talios, the main moon of our system was destroyed by an unknown mothership. As the best pilots of the Binarystar Space force, you are in charge of assessing the threat, strategically retaliate, and destroy the unknown invader.

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced roguelite bullet hell shooter with tower defense elements. Shoot your way through diverse alien planets while strategically gathering traps and resources for the epic boss fights. Defend your planet and stop the catastrophic Rogue Star from annihilating everything.

In the aftermath of a brutal attack on Free Space, humanity sends scout ships to the star system that was at the source of the assault. But when one of the pilots doesn’t return home, it’s up to his daughter -- the talented starpilot Sabrina -- to find him. Habroxia 2 is a non-linear, old-school space shooter with upgrades, boss fights, and even New Game , all wrapped in a retro package combining pixel graphics, chiptunes, and stellar gameplay.

A Western Drama is an arcade audio game, without any graphics, in which you only use your ears and a pair of headphones to interact with the environment of the game. Follow a dramatic story in the typical spaghetti-western style.

Mixing old and new, Astrokicker is inspired by classic shootemups going back to the 80s, with a few twists. The player gets to fly in any direction, and using a combination of skill and strategy, takes out the starbases controlling warpfields.

Blast through corrupted worlds in this HD remaster of a cult classic! Xenocider is a third-person rail shooter inspired by arcade classics and presented in nostalgic 32-bit style!

Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction. Arcade mode: It consists of 8 stages. The game is cleared when you break through all the stages. You can choose from three difficulty levels.

The pigs have gone mad! They are destroying everything! It\'s up to you to stop this Bacon Rebellion and save your farm!

The doors to hell have been opened. The Earth has become a battlefield among 10 infernal armies. Bael, the most feared among all demons, set out in an insane crusade to conquer the Earth for himself in this scrolling shooter game, with 10 stages with plenty of action, violence and blood.

An arcade-style pixel art 2D vertical scrolling shooter. As retro as it gets. Shoot straight, collect points, power up your weapons, and destroy oncoming enemies and bosses. Choose your difficulty level and make your way through eight challenging stages.

Famous for its cool world and innovatively omnidirectional shooting system, ZERO GUNNER 2, is coming back as ZERO GUNNER 2-. Let’s blast off every enemy's planes from various sides of your screen.

Get ready and battle for the ultimate upgrade. Defentron, the retro-futurist computer system is trying to safeguard itself from malicious viruses that seek to control its core. Use strategy to upgrade your lines of defense and become the most powerful security system ever known. Think like an 80s software. You will face fast, hard, resilient enemies, capable of regenerating or splitting when destroyed, returning to the battlefield. Nobody will be safe until the last of the living enemies falls. Will you be able to save Defentron from the enemy threat? It all depends on you.

Best PC Shoot Em Up Games

Ranked games, page 21 of 47

Space Haters

Rogue Sentry

Things That Bounce and Explode

Brutal Dinosaur

Kooring VR Wonderland : Heart Castle Crush

Barrage Fantasia

Ground Zero: Texas - Nuclear Edition

Meteoroids 3D

Retro Classix: Heavy Barrel

Retro Classix: SRD - Super Real Darwin

Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators

Gravity Heroes

Natsuki Chronicles

Binarystar Infinity

Rogue Star Rescue

Habroxia 2

A Western Drama

Astrokicker

Xenocider

RagingBlasters

Bacon Rebellion

Hell Pages

GyroBlade

ZERO GUNNER 2

Defentron

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