From the makers of the iconic Galaxy on Fire series comes a new breed of space shooter for PC and Xbox One, combining roguelike elements with top-notch visuals and a captivating story.

Rival Megagun is a competitive split-screen vertical shmup (or shoot 'em up, shooting game, STG) where you transform into a gigantic boss ship - your "Mega Gunship" - to invade your opponent's screen.

Toki sets off on a new adventure! The cult action/platform game originally released on arcade machines in 1989 is back with a super-simian new version, featuring all-new hand-drawn graphics and re-orchestrated music!

SGW: Stellar Climax is an engaging 1-4 player couch co-op action shooter game, combining SHMUP and Brawler-like gameplay with light RPG elements. Choose from different game modes, gameplay settings, mechs, weapons and upgrades to customize your experience freely. Soar through space, defeat evil and save the future... from itself!

The coin-op classics, R-Type & R-Type II, are together on Steam! Fight through all 14 Bydo-infested stages in retro 2D graphics or shiny 3D graphics - and swap back and forth with the touch of a button 'on-the-fly'. The new 3D graphics are accompanied by fully re-imagined arrangements of the timeless R-Type music tracks! The classic game-play remains untouched while the new Infinite game mode allows continuous progression from game start to final boss... the Bydo will not evade you this time! Both game modes can be played as single player or local multiplayer. Pull yourself together, save the earth and strike down the Evil Bydo Empire!!

Humanity is terraforming Mars, but chaos and destruction threaten the planet. Battle your way through innumerable hordes of enemies that wish to destroy you and face the most terrible and powerful monsters in the galaxy. Our destiny is in your hands.

Fresh from the oven, Toast Time: Smash Up brings the unique toast-based recoil/reload action from cult smash hit Toast Time to the multiplayer brawler/esports genre. Inter-dimensional time-blob beasties have sailed the cosmos in pursuit of spare time, and now on an idyllic Monday morning, they've found it, tasted it...

'Atomic Robo-Kid' is a shoot'em up game released by UPL in 1988. The player will control an atomic Robo-Kid sized robot and proceed into the underground dungeon to fight with enemies using several types of weapons. So enjoy various stages in the game whether you're exploring the dungeon using free scroll or playing the battle mode fighting with the enemy one on one. The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.


Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Force, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.

MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.

The Bug Butcher is an intense action shooter, wrapped in stylistic 2D art, and smeared with juvenile humor where timing and fierce reflexes are paramount in protecting your fragile squishy body! The gameplay has an extremely simple chore mechanic that is easy to understand, but hard to master. Plus, who doesn’t love a universe where you wield a beefy arsenal of military grade weaponry that lets you slice through bugs like a hot knife through soft, melted butter. 


<p>The legendary shoot-’em-up is here to celebrate its 10-year anniversary in super-destructive style. Harnessing the intensity of classic arcade games combined with modern visuals, Sky Force Anniversary offers a true to its core, stunning scrolling shooter experience with an incredible new social gameplay element.</p>

Whilst storming from City to City, looting buildings and suburbs for loads of Glorious Guns, Gadgets, Goodies and Gold, you must always stay alert and trigger-happy. Because The Walking Vegetables is the most Radically Rapid Turbo Paced Top Down Shooting Veggie-Zombie Mayhem you’ll ever experience!

<p>You are Roy Becket, a young pilot with dreams of becoming as skilled as his adoptive father. When a galactic war with an ancient mechanical alien race reaches its boiling point, Roy is forced to spring into action and take control of an otherworldly bipedal war machine in hopes of saving what's left of humanity. Joining Roy is a young girl who claims to have escaped the clutches of the nefarious aliens. Forever altered through horrible experimentation, she now possesses the very abilities humanity will need to push back the doomsday clock.</p>

Operation Pig is a pure Arcade where you will have to test your skills to prevent Ramon pig from being destroyed by the enemy hordes. Travel a total of 40 frantic levels full of dangers and prevent the pig succumbs to enemy attacks. Collect all kinds of weapons and upgrades to defend yourself and get through levels full of dangers and traps. Get ready for a game that you can not stop playing until you finish it. If you are a lover of the eighties challenges and have spent hours playing in the Arcades of your neighborhood, Operation Pig will make you relive those years. What are you waiting for? Are you ready to show your friends that you are a true special agent?

“ALPHA MISSION” is a shooting game released by SNK in 1985. Equip Power Armor as you fight and experience one of the most innovative shooting games of its time. Collect parts to assemble eight types of Power Armor to use strategically as you play the game. The "Arcade Archives" series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.


Play as an elite pilot driving the Interstellar Recon Mecha geared with an unique set of weapons and special abilities. Create deadly fleet with gathered parts and weapons! Try out Startide's editor to make new spaceships with various technology you find along your journey.

1-4 Players can battle against time-honored characters in a nostalgia-inducing collage of retro set-pieces from BurgerTime, Karate Champ, Lock ‘N Chase, Heavy Barrel, Side Pocket, and Bad Dudes!f iconic Data East games for a super serving of HEAVY BURGER!

Fun and Quirky shoot-em-up game.

The object of the game is to shoot the chickens using an array of different weaponry, from pistols, to AK47, RPG’s to Alien Ray Guns! Gameplay is set over a field twice as wide as the screen, so you must be constantly moving your aim side to side in order to reach the whole game field.

To increase the difficulty, the chickens throw eggs at the screen to obscure the player’s field of view. Once your screen is covered….GAME OVER!

During each level, ammo crates drop at varying intervals which will refresh your ammo levels and “Shino”.

Carry up to 3 weapons with you; only 4 are available in the earlier levels, the remaining weapons will unlock as you progress through the levels.

The game contains 15 different levels. Each level introduces different baddie chickens with varying difficulties to kill them due to enhanced protection gear. Chicken types include Riot Police Chickens, Tank Chickens, Ninja Chickens, Helicopter Chickens and many more

I Hate Running Backwards is a fast-paced infinite runner hybrid that puts the shoot ’em up genre on its head! Pick your character and blast away at enemies with a high powered weapons arsenal. Earn perks and get stronger as you defeat challenging bosses. Sam and friends get stuck in the mixed space-time continuum and fight across different time periods, all in one single crazy run! How far can they go?

STRIKERS 1945 PLUS is a shoot 'em up game released by Psikyo in 1999. Make use of Shots, Super Shots, and Support Attacks to make your way through a chaotic dogfight! Historical piston fighters, such as the P-38 Lightning, are ready to rumble!! A state of the art arcade shoot 'em up from the masters of the genre, Psikyo. The 'ACA NEOGEO' series has faithfully reproduced many classic NEOGEO masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores.

Fast-paced twin stick shooter roguelite action.

In Demon's Crystals players fight the possessed inhabitants of the world to collect the life-sustaining crystals that the Urican demons depend on.  The Urican have always been at the top of the food pyramid. But now these astral demons must fight for their own survival.  Fight your way through the levels to restore peace to the world and keep the Urican alive!

Be elusive! Be intense! Be constant! Put your reflexes to the limit, manipulating time itself to make impossible maneuvers, using an advance scoring system to rank your performance!

CYBER-LIP is an action game released in 1990 by SNK. The state-of-the-art scientific army computer CYBER-LIP has suddenly gone rogue! Use a variety of items and weapons to stop the slaughter of all humanity! In two-player mode, two people can work together to take out the target.

Best Switch Shoot Em Up Games

Everspace

Rival Megagun

Toki

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax

R-Type Dimensions EX

Mars: Chaos Menace

Toast Time: Smash Up!

Arcade Archives Atomic Robo-Kid

Super Hydorah

M.A.C.E.

The Bug Butcher

Sky Force Anniversary

The Walking Vegetables

Astebreed

Operation Pig

Arcade Archives ALPHA MISSION

Startide

Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Heavy Burger

Chicken Range

I Hate Running Backwards

ACA NEOGEO STRIKERS 1945 PLUS

Feral Fury

Demon's Crystals

Debris Infinity

ACA NEOGEO CYBER-LIP

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