Colt Canyon is a pixel art rogue-lite shooter where you have to save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits. Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum.

Your mission is to defeat the cops gone mad in this action-packed rogue-lite by destroying swarms of humans. Beware, their mission is to destroy humanity. The fate of the whole mankind is in your hands. Are you brave enough to take on the mission?

Arm your fighter with numerous upgradeable weapon systems and supplemental Force Shards! Collect Energy Orbs to fill up your energy supply and eventually unleash an extremely powerful blast against your foes!

Genetic Disaster is a cooperation action game with an appealing accessibility. Play alone or team-up to 4 friends, on couch coop or through Internet, pick a character and try to run away from the mad mansion! Each of the 10 levels are procedurally generated. Hordes of enemies are waiting for you! Call your friends for help, but be careful, the mansion will adapt, for better or for worse.

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?!

It's the ultimate, strategic SHMUP ReMix! Control TWO combat wings, flick between THREE different formations, and BLAST your way through overwhelming enemy fleets! Liberate planets, build colonies, research tech and skills, craft items, or even play 2p co-op in this unique new indie game.

Jet Lancer is a frenetic aerial dog-fighting game where you hunt enemy pilots, carve up giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as a daring mercenary in the far future.


The plot of the game tells us the story of a lookout who witnessed the advancing forces of darkness. The guard, armed with just one crossbow, decides to warn his comrades with the help of signal lights. Dark burial is a 2D platformer with a side view, the task is to complete the level and light the signal fire. On the way to the hero's cherished goal, we are waiting for a lot of puzzles that can be solved with the help of your crossbow and arrows. A huge number of enemies and traps will not make you bored.

A roguelite action platformer where you play through pages of a comic book, and get rewarded for playing like a true hero. Featuring soft permadeath, unique combo system and a mix of hand-designed levels and procedural generation.

Drawing inspiration from the golden age of Japanese shoot‘em ups, Task Force Kampas combines retro action with modern conventions, adding new mechanics and randomly generated stages with hand-crafted bosses. In a unique twist, the game can be finished, but skilled players will find a way to continue past the ending and claim even higher scores! Rhythmic gameplay and a pulsing soundtrack work together to create an intense audio-visual experience.

Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up, sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track. Tackle bosses, dodge and deflect an onslaught of bullets, use multiple weapons and exploit bullet time to take out your foes.

StarCrossed is an action arcade game with a magical girl aesthetic and a cooperative twist. Join our cast of 5 space-faring heroes as they travel across the stars, working together to strengthen their bond and defeat a looming evil that threatens the galaxy!

Null Drifter is a 1BIT LO-FI shooter, a journey into the void inside a computer simulation! Lose yourself in this frenetic yet chill experience!

It’s the 80’s all over again. Only this time, the human race has more than an obnoxious pop culture to contend with. With World War III nearing its demise, Earth only just begins to catch its breath when it is threatened by yet another menace. Unlike the preposterous mullets of its inhabitants however, this one’s invisible – a parasitic organism capable of making hosts of unsuspecting human beings, consuming what’s left of their souls and wreaking unfathomable havoc. And it’s spreading. With a vengeance.

Strange and unusual creatures inhabited Earth’s underground, unknown to humankind. This was until Momoko, a fashion-obsessed high school girl, accidentally discovered them. Together, they plotted to combine the civilizations above and below the surface to create a new world: Dezatopia.

Exit the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon climber immediately following the adventures of the misfit ‘Gungeoneers’ and their journey for personal absolution in Enter the Gungeon.

A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!

Player will control Sayo—a young Shinto shrine maiden—in fighting against monsters in order to save the kidnapped Seven Lucky Gods.

Profane is a time-based twin-stick shooter where you must face ruthless bosses in intense 1v1’s! Play as Talaal, the last Herald, hunted by her siblings. Time is your currency and health, use it to create ability combos and fight for glory on the leaderboards!

Last Encounter is a twin-stick roguelike in deep space following a group of heroes trying to prevent the unavoidable by cloning their ships and designing their weapons with swappable components.

Advanced technology lets you and your friends clone your avatars so death is not the end. Teleport into new sectors of space, discovering the ever-changing, procedurally generated layouts and hazards filled with strange beings and alien environments.

Find dozens of advanced weapon components scattered throughout diverse galaxy biomes. Combine the pieces as you see fit to create the strongest weapon in the universe.

Choose from a variety of unlockable and upgradeable ships and prove your skills against bosses and mini-bosses in the far reaches of space.

Take the role of Garret or Gwen, pilots charged with saving their world from an ancient evil. Evade, adapt and survive randomly generated challenges that are never the same twice. Take down gods and demons alike in unpredictable bullet hell shoot 'em up action, and dive deeper to confront the hidden eye that watches over all!

'SASUKE VS COMMANDER' is a shooting game released by SNK in 1980.
Become the ninja Sasuke and take down enemy ninjas who are after the shogun's life.
Ninja bosses attack with various ninjutsu, so calmly assess their patterns and strike back!

The first new game in 12 years from Alfa System, the team that brought you.the Shoot 'Em Up "Castle of Shikigami III" in the "Castle of Shikigami" series. Five uniquely talented sisters are squabbling over which of them will marry the angel Yashin. Enjoy the heroic(?) strategies of all five! The Tension Bonus System (TBS) means your score and number of coins multiplies based on your  distance from enemies and their attacks, and the Powershot System changes normal attacks into strong attacks, further ramping up the tension!

It came from space and ate our brains is a unique Arcade top-down shooter. Looking for addicting gameplay, four-player co-op mode, and tons of aliens to send into oblivion? You’ve come to the right place!

198X is an arcade epic. A coming-of-age story told through multiple games and genres, worlds and characters. Experience the thrill of shooting, driving, jumping, fighting and role-playing – combined with emotional, cinematic storytelling. Welcome to the world of 198X – where a new life is just 1 credit away.

Best Switch Shoot Em Up Games

Ranked games, page 21 of 30

Colt Canyon

Rogue Robots

Rigid Force Redux

Genetic Disaster

Game Tengoku CruisinMix Special

Steel Rain

Jet Lancer

Dark burial

Fury Unleashed

Task Force Kampas

Gun Crazy

StarCrossed

Null Drifter

HyperParasite

Dezatopia

Exit the Gungeon

Super Bit Blaster XL

Arcade Archives Kiki Kaikai

Profane

Last Encounter

Project Starship

Arcade Archives SASUKE VS COMMANDER

Sisters Royale: Five Sisters Under Fire

It came from space and ate our brains

198X

Browse by genre, platform and year

Genres

Years

Platforms

More Switch lists

More