Are you ready to travel back in time to 1943 and relive the excitement of classic arcade dogfights? Now, thanks to Virtual Reality, you’re about to discover a new level of immersion and spectacularity, while retaining the original essence and fun.

You are the sheriff. Robbers roam the village and pillage. Your mission is to catch robbers and bounties. Fight them to protect your town.

The world of Skycadia is overrun with sky pirates -- and there's profit to be made! Take to the skies and collect bounties by shooting down the scoundrels in this light-hearted flying adventure.

High Speed Cataclysm is a very dynamic spaceship fighting arena game. All of its gameplay aspects are based upon the player’s skill and ability to strategically use the weapons and assets that the ship has to offer. The game presents ship battles in closed arenas. The fights are extremely intense and require a great deal of concentration. There is no in-game automatic regeneration of elements, but they are rather caught at the right time and in the right place. What is more, there are plentiful skins to unlock, each one of them presenting characteristics adapted to the style of each game

Travel across the virtual zone and defend the core by guiding a pair of starfighters through the shoot 'em up action of Rhythm 'n Bullets. Enemies fly in from all sides, diving towards the core in time with the soundtrack. Time your shots to the beat for maximum effect, and grab awesome power-ups to clear the stage. Keep the core safe from danger in the multi-level campaign, and then try to top the leaderboards in endless mode, where the enemies never stop!

Arcade-style battle-royale shoot 'em up. Perform chain kills on enemies, send special and boss attacks to wreak havoc on your opponents. Compete with up to 99 players, dominating matches until a single winner remains! * Play in matches of up to 99 players. * Private online lobbies * Cross-platform. * 6 playable characters, all with unique abilities and playstyles.

Terra Bomber is presented as a two dimensional sideways scroller based upon the classic arcade shooters of the 1980s. Pilot your craft across ten increasingly difficult terrains while avoiding the various gun positions, rockets and baddies with only one objective; to destroy the base and the end of the level. To help in both the offensive and defence the player has both guns and bombs which can be increased in power by collecting power ups. The player must also watch their fuel levels and keep them topped up by destroying the fuel dumps.

A run and gun game inspired by the mythos of the Halloween and the Day of the Dead. Can you stop the Underworld's invasion?

Soccer Adventures tells the adventures of Robin. Robin is 12 years old, loves to play soccer and has a lot of really stunning soccer tricks. Until one day strange things happen in his neighborhood, a gang of thieves moves through the city. Although his parents and teachers do not believe him, he braves himself, armed with his soccer ball and his incredible soccer skils, on the hunt to screw up the robbers’ raid. Players experience the adventures of Robin in numerous levels. Collect credits and improve his equipment and skills. Player can use these credits to buy skills and items in the ingame shop important for the gameplay.

Waaaaay back — before Endless Legend, before Dungeon of the Endless — Opbot was just another Field Surgeon and Organ Recovery Specialist in the Mezari military.

Then, one day, something happened… and Opbot found themself on the run. In a stolen escape pod (with, fortunately, several gun emplacements), they will attempt to flee the Mezari empire, escape the tendrils of the Unfallen, avoid getting eaten by Cravers, and find a way out of a temporary breach into the Riftborn universe!

For SEGA’s 60th anniversary, we’re putting our favorite android through the wringer in homage to one of our favorite SEGA console games: Fantasy Zone.

Opbot got stuck in the Endless Zone. Can you get them out?

Get those blades spinning and load up on guns and ammo, the time has come to rebuild humanity! Dustoff Z is a game about maneuvering combat-helicopters in one of the harshest weather conditions possible – A Zombie Apocalypse.

A small retro inspired indie shmup that takes inspiration from the pixel games of yesterday and combines it with modern game engine technology.

Kooring VR Wonderland : Medicano's Attack contains 6 mini games, with special experiences in VR. In the mysterious Wonderland, you can devour exhilarating magical experience!

During the early 70s, the government created a secret experimental robot city, controlled by a supercomputer called PAL 9000. One day PAL 9000 went out of control, and rebelled against his creators. He captured all the scientists and started an evil plan to take over the world. In order to regain control over PAL 9000 and its robots, a special team of highly skilled agents has been put together: some of them have already entered the City and are entrapped inside. As Julie, a rookie agent, your goal is to find all your teammates and defeat the evil PAL 9000.

The new style of "Shoot 'em up" that you've been looking for.  This game brings you the thrill, urgency and fantastic experience of an authentic arcade shooting game. Evade enemy bullets and take them down. Unleash your competitive spirit by going up against their deadly shooting.
You must survive this Bullet Hell across 22 different universes. Diverse and delicate enemy attack patterns lead to intense skirmishes! The aircraft can shoot while rotating (180 degrees). Use this function to gain a tactical advantage over your enemies. Identify their patterns and upgrade weapons to clear threats from the treacherous Space Stages

Fight over the Earth-like planet of Seventia and its scarce resources of Septonium. A vertical shoot ’em up at its core with an added focus towards immersive storytelling. Follow the story of Alex and Margaret, two exceptional pilots, for the first time on Steam.

Push your shoot’em up skills to the limit in nostalgic pixel art style as you launch into Crisis Wing, lovingly crafted to recall the frantic action of arcade classics! Featuring 7 vertical scrolling stages, upgradeable weapons and cooperative multiplayer, Crisis Wing combines modern gameplay advancements with nostalgic presentation, enriched by a ricking FM soundtrack and CRT filters for a genuine old-school vibe.

Endurance is a story-driven top-down action game with lots of guns, hordes of different enemies, huge variety of levels and super intense game-play with horror ambience and sci-fi movie references! Endurance - is the prequel of Ailment - another my game. It’s definitely worth to dive into this dramatic surrounding and get old-school vibes from this pixel-art shooter The story takes you to events that had happened before the original game - Ailment. The main character and his friend are going to have a journey through the whole laboratory spaceship - Endurance - to find out how the virus, that made crew members go insane appeared in the first place and how it spread out. They are going to fight their enemies and rescue other crew members who got into a trouble. And it’s going to be pretty hardcore!

All times classic space shooting game comes back in this modernized top-of-the-art 3D version. Get back into 80's with this retro troops defending game. Enjoy the enhanced version with today device capabilities and revive the gameplay simple yet addictive of first generation video-games. You mission is to defend an armada of galactic troopers through different hostile planets. Avoid turrets riffles, space and terrestrial mines, shoot down aliens using your missiles, rockets and machine guns and save lives of your soldiers. Served by beautifull graphics and sounds, this game will bring you hours of intense gameplay. Your troops need you Captain

Gryphon Knight Epic is a 2D Medieval Shoot’em up that mixes elements from classical shoot’em ups, exploration and duel-like boss battles, it tells the story of Sir Oliver and Aquila, an accomplished knight and his loyal gryphon that are forced back to adventure once again. Sir Oliver has already defeated a dragon, married a princess and saved the kingdom. But during his quest he will face adversaries he never imagined he would, because… in reality all of them were once friends. What happened? These heroes would never go rogue… and all at once? Something is rotten in the kingdom and it's up to Oliver to discover what.

Speedgunner Ultra mixes two different genres in a very impressive way — platforming and shoot-em-up. By pressing just one button you can switch between two variations: armed cyborg with ability to fire rockets and reactive jet with ability to dash and accelerate. Use your forms and abilities wisely to overcome the challenges and crush your enemies. When you play Speedgunner Ultra, only you decide on how to surpass in-game records. So, friend, show us what you’ve got!

Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.

Double Kick Heroes mixes a shoot\'em up with a rhythm game. You must survive on the highway to hell by killing monsters with your gundillac. Only the power of METAL can save your band!

Moose Life is a trippy, psychedelic trance shooter. Created in the style of a 1980s arcade game, Moose Life offers you an exhilarating ride into the trance zone. Spectacular shooty action and a top techno soundtrack will raise your mood. If you have VR, immerse yourself for greater satisfaction.

Captain Clive: DFD is a top-down isometric view OR first person arcade shooter. This game is about progressing through difficult waves of enemies as you balance the purchasing of new guns and armor. Fast-paced action-packed shooting and maneuvering keeps the player always ready for their next gear upgrade. That's just a little about the game, let's not forget the massive bloodshed, Robert the robot ai companion, dual wielding of ANY weapon in the game, tons of guns, tons of armor, consumables, traps, bombs, turrets, and a ton of aliens!

Best PC Shoot Em Up Games

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1976 - Back to midway

Wild Gun

Skycadia

High Speed Cataclysm

Rhythm 'n Bullets

Star99

Terra Bomber

Redd's Runaway

Soccer Adventures

Endless Zone

Dustoff Z

That Tiny Spaceship

Kooring VR Wonderland:Mecadino's Attack

RoboPhobik

AstroWings: Space War

Ginga Force

Crisis Wing

Endurance - space action

Galactic Trooper Armada

Gryphon Knight Epic: Definitive Edition

Speedgunner Ultra

Bite the Bullet

Double Kick Heroes

Moose Life

Captain Clive: Danger From Dione

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