Phobos Vector Prime is a notalgic videogame that combines the classic mechanics of the great arcade titles of the 80s with the MOBA's strategy gameplay adapted to an intriguing narrative. All this accompanied by a spectacular retrowave style OST.

This is the first time space battles occur not only in the depths of galaxies, but right inside cross-dimensional wormholes! Punch your way through waves and waves of enemies from all races in the universe as you travel through volatile and crazy wormholes, all rendered in high-quality 3D with a heart-pumping progressive soundtrack! Over 25 levels are awaiting you, filled with challenge and dangerous big boss encounters. And if that wasn't enough, three EPIC boss showdowns will test every space combat skill you have!

Toon War is a twin stick shooter game with colorful and vivid graphics. Your mission is to liberate peaceful villages from evil forces, eliminate enemies and win over dangerous bosses.

Dimension Drive is a comic book-styled shoot'em up that features an unique teleportation mechanic across a dual battlefield. Play two games at the same time in this smart shooter!

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.

In Bow to Blood you will compete to become Champion of the Arena, as its inscrutable Overseers test you and your fellow challengers in a winner-takes-all fantasy reality show.

The story from behind the scenes of EDF 4.1 unravels here. The EDF series is back with new feelings of despair and bug-slaying satisfaction as you fight your way through never-ending swarms of giant insects in a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up!

Poop Slinger! A casual poop launcher game where poop and slingshots combine for one heck of a smelly experience!

Grab hold of your favorite Poop Slinger, load it with your favorite poop and start slinging. There are 11 different Poop Slingers and 4 different types to choose from. Blast big turds up close or shoot smaller pellets from a distance. Every map and game mode as the right Poop Slinger for the job.

Poop Slinger includes a casual progression system. Just sling poop and unlock new maps, game modes, slingers, poop colors and attachments as you journey along.  Daily, Weekly and All-Time Leaderboards using GameSparks.

Game Tengoku CrusinMix is a vertically scrolling shooting game mixing cute characters, a game world parodying a wide range of gaming tropes and history, tight controls, refined mechanics and eggplants?!

Every end is a new beginning! When Europe seemed to be freed, a secret German commando called The Aces of the Luftwaffe took their chance to strike back and invade the USA! It’s your duty to restore peace and liberty by climbing aboard deadly wings of steel and fight against their fearsome war machines in bombastic air battles! Experience an epic storyline and survive the bullet hail above US coasts and cities! Command your wingmen, fight as a team, fight as a squadron!

AIRHEART is a dieselpunk action game about a young woman, who flies her airplane and catches skyfish among beautiful sky islands. Amelias biggest dream is to reach the stratosphere and to bring down the legendary Skywhale, which promises riches and fame for a lifetime.

Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.

The evil Broccoli, irritated by the fact that kids hate vegetables and love ice creams, has created an army of vegetables to destroy the flavor galaxy. Only the Ice Cream Surfer with the help of his 4 super tasty friends can prevent that.

Inspired by an arcade classic, Super Destronaut DX is retro space shooter that pits you against an enemy more dreaded than a UFO, a scoreboard.

Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? Ikaruga is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

"GHOST PILOTS" is a shooting game released by SNK in 1991. The hero flies an old-fashioned seaplane in order to fight the two powerful nations invading their own country. Alongside giant military weapons, a mysterious combat unit arrives and makes for an intense battle.

"SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad" is a military action game released by SNK in 1998. Four mercenaries have risen up to thwart the ambitions of a massive corporation. In addition to a main attack, weapon, and jump abilities, vehicles have also been added to the gameplay, which together with branching paths give the player the ultimate freedom in choosing how they will take on stages.

Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling shooter with an original "Monster-Hunting" gameplay. Search and hunt down dreadful sea monsters and explore the post-apocalyptic underwater world.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!” - That´s the glorious sound of bullets in this 2D shooter platformer! Step in a world of state-of-the-art Cupcakes weaponry! After a picnic went horribly wrong, Pancake the Cupcake desperately tries to fend off hungry flies away from his girlfriend Cherry!

"EVERSPACE is an action-focused single-player space shooter, combining roguelike elements with top-notch visuals and a captivating non-linear story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, yet beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Your skills, experience and talent for improvisation will be tested continuously while learning about your own existence through encounters with interesting characters, each having their own part of the puzzle to tell. Each run will be exciting as you will have to face completely new situations keeping each part of the game long-lasting and generating lots of individual, meaningful moments to experience. GALACTIC EDITION Contents: PS4 Game, 20 + Track Soundtrack, Exclusive Manual, DLC Expansion ""Encounters"" - Adds new story, characters, quests, a brand new player ship, freighter loads of novel equipment, additional enemies, and much more."

METAL SLUG XX, the most recent installment in the famous run-and-gun action shooting series, returns to the battlefield on PlayStation®4 with a plethora of brand new features! In addition to the classic dot-pixel graphics being upscaled to 1080p and additional 4k resolution support, this “remastered” port of METAL SLUG XX is fully functional with DUALSHOCK®4 game controllers, including vibration support to make the heated battle feel even more hectic, and fan-favorite voice samples played through the controller’s speaker during the release of POWs and other in-game events. METAL SLUG XX also offers two different types of scanlines for players who want a true nostalgia trip, as well as newly implemented Trophies for those who love a good challenge! In addition to the six characters found in the original release, “the silent soldier” Leona Heidern is now playable from the beginning for even more action! MISSION START!

GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.

Take to the skies on an exciting Little Witch Academia adventure! Step onto the Grand Charion with Akko and friends as they battle their way through monsters in the sky and ground. Watch as the Grand Charion transforms and puts you into the cockpit and fight your way to the high score. Download the Little Witch Academia Magic Knight Grand Charion mini-game now!

A face-melting, pixel-pumping arcade shoot 'em up featuring awesome power-ups, epic boss battles and spectacular effects at a blistering 60fps. Blast into battle against giant space destroyers in Arcade Mode, tackle endless waves of enemies in Survival Mode and face off against epic level guardians in Boss Run mode.


Inspired by both modern and old school shooters and from the developers behind Midnight Deluxe, InkSplosion is an arcade delight that is simple to learn, yet hard to master, thanks to endless levels that are decorated only by your colourful ammunition.
Should you rise to the challenge and emerge experience, it only means it is time to bid “farewell” to Normal mode and say “hello” to Arena and Hard, 2 brutal modes that would offer even the most gung-ho of players a worthy conquest!

Best PS4 Shoot Em Up Games

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Phobos Vector Prime: The First Ring

Hyper Void Complete

Toon War

Dimension Drive

FullBlast

Bow to Blood

Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wing Diver The Shooter

Poop Slinger

Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special

Aces of the Luftwaffe - Squadron

AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings

Blacksea Odyssey

Ice Cream Surfer

Super Destronaut DX

Ikaruga

ACA NEOGEO GHOST PILOTS

ACA NEOGEO SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad

Earth Atlantis

Birdcakes

EVERSPACE: Galactic Edition

METAL SLUG XX

GoNNER

Magic Knight Grand Charion

Hyper Sentinel

InkSplosion

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