The arcade gems featured in irem Collection Volume 3 include Mr. Heli, Mystic Riders, and Dragon Breed.

This collection is a continued celebration of IREM’s rich gaming legacy, honoring their status as pioneers in the gaming industry.

Hit the road for explosive bullet hell action through a post-apocalyptic wasteland!

Get ready for a high-octane adventure in RPM - Road Punk Mayhem, a top-down vertical shoot’em up that combines intense bullet hell mayhem with cel-shaded style! Inspired by arcade genre classics, RPM - Road Punk Mayhem lets you choose from 3 pilots of questionable sanity as you cruise through post-apocalyptic stages laying waste to enemy vehicles.

From tanks and helicopters to armored jets and monster trucks, your opponents won’t pull any stops as they try to destroy your little fighter craft. Pick up fuel and warp-enabling stopwatches to keep moving, combo your way to huge score multipliers and use bombs to clear roadblocks! How long can you survive the wastelands? Challenge online leaderboards and push your damage-dealing skills to the limit!

An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes CYGNI the vanguard for the next generation of Shoot-em Ups. Outgunned and outmanned, plunge into a sky teeming with danger in a last-ditch battle for survival. Choose to route power between weapons or shield systems and go up against unrelenting waves of ground and aerial enemies. Upgrade your ship by picking up new tech and take down colossal alien bosses in visceral combat; do whatever it takes to survive. CYGNI is an exhilarating space shooter elevating the genre to a truly next-generation experience. Encamped within the remains of a long-lost civilization on the planet CYGNI, Earth forces are decimated by a surprise attack from a powerful, biomechanical, alien race. As one of the last pilots on the last carrier in the fleet, you are the only line of defence against the unyielding alien bombardment.

After countless nights battling fiends on the scorching grounds of a treacherous planet, Brotato has decided to take refuge in the depths of the oceans. But he will soon discover that he is not alone.

Are you a bad enough Vampire Survivor to save the President's cousin's sister's dog from the traitor squadrons of Red Falcon? Join Contra Force and stride into a doomsday extravaganza in Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns.

Assemble a squad of classic Characters and arm yourself with an explosive arsenal of arcade weaponry in this action packed expansion for Vampire Survivors. Blast through thousands of fearsome foes and bonkers bosses from throughout the lauded lineage of Contra games. Persist determinedly through prodigious stages inspired by iconic Konami series, but be prepared for a bullet-hell of a fight, because if your trigger finger lacks stamina, Earth may lack a future.

Operation Guns embraces the visceral simplicity of classic Contra, with build-focused Characters that encourage min-maxing and stat manipulation, a tonne of weapons (we're talking 22 including evolutions!), and a difficulty curve that combines quintessentially arcade-hard gameplay with the Vampire Survivors formula.

Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements. Hell is empty, the devils are here, and there's no place to run or hide. All you can do is survive as long as you can until death inevitably puts an end to your struggles. Gather gold in each run to buy upgrades and help the next survivor.

As a member of the Wolf Fang Corps, the player pilots a robot weapon called an "Armored Mecha" and heads to the battlefield. Build your own robot by combining three parts: "torso (subweapon)," "arms (melee attack)," and "legs (movement method)." Defeat the enemies by using shots, melee attacks, stomp attacks, and subweapons. If the robot is destroyed, the pilot can fight alone. Fight hard to collect items and repair your robot to revive it! Take on the battlefield as many times as you like with the Saturn's unique character voices, new actions, and boss rush mode!

Under Defeat is a shoot ’em up video game developed by G.rev and City Connection, and published by City Connection

Cyber Mission is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up with retro aesthetics, dynamic combat, HD visuals and intense combat inspired by classic elements from both run ’n gun and shooter genres. Take on your adversaries solo or team up with a friend in local co-op! Float and maneuver through zero gravity stages, blast enemy swarms, take down screen-filling bosses and use companion cyber drones to increase your forward fire rate, cover your back and more!

Ready yourself for an intense robot shooting raid battle like never before!

Here’s one of the most emblematic titles from Jaleco, Formation Z. Take the form of a humanoid robot or the form of an aircraft to defeat your enemies in a brand new game with updated graphics and sound design. Soldiers, in formation. A shivering and exciting return awaits us!

Old-school challenge and style collide with modern advancements and mission design in Gravitators, a twin-stick shooter that puts you in control of 4 different ships as you defend mankind against invasion! Complete a vast array of mission types as you travel to Earth, the Moon, asteroids, planets and exoplanets, the depths of outer space and even black holes! Explore to unlock hidden objectives and rewards, but always be mindful of which power ups will serve the mission at hand.

Inspired by genre classics, Gravitators holds to the basic principles of maneuvering through tight spaces while carrying heavy objects, fighting enemy spacecraft and preserving fuel. Each ship you pilot changes the experience with variations in thrust, rotation and combat strategy, while gravitational forces and environmental factors threaten to slow you down or bring your mission to a crushing end. Do you have the skill see it through?

Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

Outnumbered and outgunned in deep space? No problem! Turn your enemies' attacks into pure bullet heaven with your advanced Schildmaid technology and start collecting dangerous projectiles to power up your ship and score big! But when your shield runs out and danger time kicks in, you better switch up your strategy fast...

Schildmaid MX is a fresh, new and shiny 2D shoot 'em up in which you pick 1 of 3 ferocious space fighter crafts to wreak havoc on the invasion fleet that threatens your planet. Embark on multiple attack runs and put fear in the hearts of the enemy. The best pilots are immortalized on the online leaderboards!

Although this is a reference exhibit, it will also be revealed that the project is a collaboration with former Toa Plan manga artist Junya Inoue, and the details will be revealed in a dialogue at an event in the booth.

Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!


Mamorukun Curse! is a shoot ’em up video game developed by G.rev and City Connection, and published by City Connection.

Cotton Reboot! High Tension! is an Action game, developed by Success and published by BEEP Shop, scheduled to be released in Japan in 2025.

Shifting Domains Await

With each new run, delve into the ever-shifting domains across Planet Ekis’s gorgeous neon-drenched pixelated biomes. Each environment has its own set of challenges with unique enemies to overcome as you learn attack patterns and weaknesses.
Augmented Action

Embrace the chaos of continually changing opportunities, making decisions about character upgrades, skills and weapons that will drastically change the feel of each run. Experiment with different playstyles and create synergies for devastating potential.
Critical Control

Experience the evolution of classic run and gun gameplay tightly tuned into a bullet hell ballet. Dash, dive and shoot across stages full or dynamic enemies whilst performing perfectly timed precision parrying.

In Extremis is a challenging and provocative shoot'em up about finding yourself in the chaos of the universe.

Get ready for a blast from the past with the highly anticipated irem Collection Volume 2! In this gaming news video, we dive into the exciting release of GunForce, GunForce II, and Air Duel on consoles. Join us as we explore the gameplay, features, and limited edition boxed versions available for pre-order. Don't miss out on these iconic arcade classics making their worldwide console debut. Watch now and relive the nostalgia!

KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.

Mad Devils is a co-op, arcade shooter set in a twisted WWII setting. What does an Allied special forces squad who hunt Nazi occultist do when betrayed, killed and resurrected as demons? Their job.

Radirgy is a vertical scrolling shoot ’em up game that first appeared as an arcade game title in 2005. With the catchphrase “toon pop radio wave shoot ’em up,” the game later appeared on a variety of home video game consoles and gained popularity.

Radirgy 2 is a new, greatly evolved the shoot ’em up game. This evolutionary version of the game features the catchphrase “radio wave shoot ’em up re-proposed.” The “Murasame,” the player’s own machine, evolves in various ways to help the player.

Get ready for an adrenaline-filled elevator ride through a robot-infested tower. Wield powerful magic, and acrobatic moves as you reclaim the Alchemist’s domain from a horde of mechanical fiends.

A follow-up to the award-winning Savant - Ascent, this fast paced adventure sets you off on
a new path to greater heights!

Face unique challenges across each stage, with brand new foes and powerful bosses! Rise to the Assembly and face off against the Laser Sharks! Find yourself in the darkness of the Catacombs, lair of the elusive Valchemist! Fight invaders amongst the stars as you ascen toward your ultimate opponent - the Immortal Samurai!

Space Runaway, a compelling intergalactic journey soaked in bullet hell. Enemy vessels, lasers and larger than life bosses coming at you full speed in a 16-bit authentic arcade experience like no other. Not only an integral part of Wanted: Dead, Space Runaway is a standalone game that features 7 unique stages that will test your reflexes.
Space Runaway will be available as an arcade mini-game within Wanted: Dead and is now available for free to give a taste of things to come on Valentine’s Day 2023.

Upcoming PS5 Shoot 'em Up Games List

Irem Collection Volume 3

RPM - Road Punk Mayhem

Cygni: All Guns Blazing

Brotato: Abyssal Terrors

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns

Vampire Survivors

Wolf Fang / Skull Fang Saturn Tribute Boosted

Under Defeat

Cyber Mission

FZ: Formation Z

Gravitators

Iron Meat

Schildmaid MX

TRUXTON EXTREME

Valfaris: Mecha Therion

Mamorukun Curse!

Cotton Reboot! High Tension!

Elsie

In Extremis

Irem Collection Volume 2

KILL KNIGHT

Mad Devils

Radirgy 2

Savant - Ascent REMIX

Space Runaway