In 1990, the year of X-Out’s initial release on C64, it stood out as a breath of fresh seaside air in the stale shoot ‘em up space. 

Many games of its genre did (and still do) take place in “space” but X-OUT paves the way by going for  a dive through underwater worlds. 

But what really pushed it further than its other side-scrolling competitors was its shop system. By allowing players to mix and match from a wide variety of ships, weapons, and other accessory parts to build their fleet, X-OUT made every play-through (attempt) feel different and unique.

A daring attack against the enemy homeworld, guarded by mechanical hives that pulse deadly cannons and emit flurries of swirling missiles. Shoot from range as you find pockets of safety amongst the hail of incoming fire, and then dart forward in daring forays to nibble away at the enemies defenses. Gather enough energy by destroying the enemy’s shields and you can power up your massively destructive Zorlon cannon, which sends searing blasts of golden energy into the enemy hive. Yars: Recharged is the latest title from Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox, the team behind the Atari Recharged series, infusing elements of arcade, shoot-em up, and bullet hell into the classic's formula. Yars: Recharged requires players to remain acutely aware of visual and audio cues that hint of impending danger, and to master rhythm of each boss as they navigate increasingly complex enemy defenses, all to epic soundtrack by Megan McDuffee. The new game marks Atari’s return to the Yars universe, which is based on Howard Scott Warshaw’s classic Yars’ Revenge. Released in 1982.

Test your racing driver skills in the game Your Car Shooter. The action takes place on the world's most dangerous freeway, where distraught drivers ignore the rules of the road. Around a lot of accidents and chaos!

Accused of a horrific crime you didn’t commit, you find yourself in Yurukill Land—a mysterious amusement park filled with life threatening attractions you must survive if you desire freedom. Writer Homura Kawamoto, best known for his hit title Kakegurui, writes a twisted and multifaceted story that will keep you wanting more. In addition to an in-depth story, Yurukill also features shoot-‘em-up gameplay by renowned developer G.Rev, and online leaderboards allowing players to see how they rank among the competition.

Z: Escape is a dark themed runner-shooter platformer game. Z awakens with no memory of who he was, or what he is. Destroying the bio pod in which he was trapped, Z notices the laboratory equipment all around the room. Something horrific has been done to him in this laboratory space station. As the stations alarm goes off, he has no choice but to escape it.

This is your next great opportunity to dive into 16-bit classic consoles era and master your play-skill. Zeon 25 is an amazing 2D Shoot-’Em-’Up experience with 90’s vibes and hardcore gameplay.

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.

Each ship in the game comes equipped with three unique weapons and a passive ability. These weapons offer the same creativity and depth of abilities found in the best MOBA games, but you will not find a single cooldown on any of them. Instead, all weapons in the game work on a charge system that builds off the damage you deal. Abilities charge fast, and playing well makes them charge even faster.


Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter and source of the popular meme "All your base are belong to us". Now on PC with all-new features and quality of life bonuses!

A twinstick shooter game where you fight against waves after waves of Zombie Cubes!

Zombie exterminator is a top-down shooter roguelite where you play a soldier. Combine weapon parts and create unique weapons. Use gadgets and relics to exterminate zombies. Fight against zombies and horrendous creatures.

The apocalypse is here. Zombies flood in from all sides. You have 80 days until the rescue team arrives. Your desperate struggle for survival begins now!

Zombie Scrapper is a twin-stick shooter that drops you right into the zombie apocalypse! You will battle hordes of zombies in destructible environments; not just your regular undead horde, but you'll have to outmaneuver fast zombies, out muscle big beefcake zombies, and make exploding zombies go boom! All while scavenging whatever scrap you can get your hands on to unlock a truly powerful arsenal of weapons, to keep your brains where they belong!

Face off as the Zombie Soldier against the undead army. Explore graveyards and army bases to eradicate them all. Shoot, jump and destroy in this simple retro styled 2.5D metroidvania throwback game. A casual yet challenging introduction to the Zombie Soldier world.

Welcome to Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack - prepare to survive zombie outbreak in this FPS shooter game!

After an undercover science experiment went wrong, a mysterious deadly virus has broken free from a lab, turning all the people on its way into mad zombies! This modern world plague has spread all over the world, zombie apocalypse began on every continent and every country, the biggest cities have become battlefields between undead monsters and the last survival zombie killers.

The biggest zombie outbreaks happened in the major cities - New York, London, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico and Johannesburg are on the brink of a collapse. A few survivors, who was Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack, had to hide in the underground subway tunnels. Your mission is to travel to those places, fight against zombies in the streets, protect those who got lucky to survive and deliver the blood samples to the lab to create an antivirus. Now it's only you who can give humanity a chance to survive!

Only few people, whose DNA has a rare gene, are immune to the virus and their blood can be used to create a vaccine. So, while most of the survivors are hiding underground, the bravest of them are stepping outside to face mad zombies at the streets and make their way through to the nearest laboratories and create a vaccine. But only those, who could be called a true zombie killer and zombie hunter are able to resist and defeat hordes of mad zombies, running at them from every direction! And you were destined to become such a zombie killer!

Sometimes you'll be left alone on city crossroads, in the middle of local zombie outbreak, and your mission will be just to survive there. Hordes of zombies will run at you from every direction, so keep your aim steady and try not to run out of ammo.

In other missions you are sitting safely on the roof, and your mission will be to protect scientist or some innocent people who got trapped by zombies and left to die. A good sniper rifle will definitely come in handy there!

You are an elite special force fighter so you have a large arsenal in your disposal - pistols, submachine guns, assault and sniper rifles, shotguns, grenades and armour - everything a zombie killer could ask for! Make sure you gear up properly, spend your money on weapon upgrades and extra ammo as you are about to face several waves of very fast zombies with an extremely strong zombie monster at the end of each level!

Aliens have attacked the planet, and they’re turning innocent people into mindless zombies.

It won’t be long before the invaders have destroyed the planet unless somebody with guns stands in their way. That’s where you come in! Lead a cadre of soldiers who are ready to take down every last enemy in their path.

You can fight alone or with a friend thanks to the local co-op mode! Try to beat the 33 levels and unlock all the 7 survival levels and the boss rush mode!

ZombieThon is an arcade shoot ‘em up, with the goal of each mission being to survive as long as possible and to use any means to do so.

Shoot zombies from terrace like a boss! Zombo Buster Rising Remastered brings you a nostalgic experience of classic 2D side shooting-defense in enhanced build right from your Steam library!

A deadly virus outbreak has plagued the planet and the United Nations has set up quarantine zones around the globe.

Rumors have spread that there are survivors trapped inside the quarantine zones, along with footage of grotesque, reanimated corpses roaming the streets. As the world’s governments search for the origin of the infection, they’ve deploy highly skilled mercenaries as the last hope for humanity. The fate of humanity is in your hands. It's your turn to fight the walking dead.

Create unique, customizable characters and arm yourself with 10 types of weapons. You’ll need the firepower when you get attacked by up to 100 zombies at once!

Best PC Shoot Em Up Games

XOut: Resurfaced

Yars: Recharged

Your Car Shooter

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games

Z: Escape

Zeon 25

ZERO GUNNER 2

Zero Strain

Zero Wing

Zombie Cubes

Zombie Exterminator

Zombie Hunter: D-Day

Zombie Scrapper

Zombie Soldier

Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack

Zombies, Aliens and Guns

ZombieThon

Zombo Buster Rising

Zomborg

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