Best Shoot 'Em Up games on PC
Action games centered on shooting enemies, often in arcade-style stages or arenas where movement and projectile dodging are important.
- Projectile-heavy combat
- Fast-paced action
- Frequent enemy encounters
Related: Bullet Hell, Shooter, Arcade, Twin Stick Shooter
202 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Cuphead
Hand-drawn run-and-gun action built around difficult cartoon boss battles
96% positive
222K reviews
PAYDAY 3
Co-op first-person heists with stealth or all-out gunfights
46% positive
66K reviews
Sven Co-op
Free co-op first-person shooter built around Half-Life-style team missions
94% positive
Free
20 Minutes Till Dawn
Top-down action roguelite with active aiming and evolving builds
90% positive
29K reviews
Nova Drift
Space action roguelite built around rapid runs and ship customization
96% positive
15K reviews
Furi
Boss-rush action with sword combat and bullet-hell shooting
90% positive
14K reviews
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
Cartoon action roguelike chasing treasure through hordes and boss fights
94% positive
14K reviews
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
Open-world first-person shooter with nonlinear errands and crude humor
65% positive
13K reviews
POSTAL: Brain Damaged
Fast first-person shooting inside the Postal Dude's distorted mind
95% positive
11K reviews
Crysis 2 Remastered
First-person shooter in invaded New York with switchable suit abilities
89% positive
9,544 reviews
METAL SLUG 3
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with branching stages and co-op missions
90% positive
9,186 reviews
Downwell
Fast-paced 2D platformer with gunboots and procedurally generated levels
97% positive
8,631 reviews
Minishoot' Adventures
Top-down spaceship shooter with open-ended exploration and bullet-heavy bosses
98% positive
8,304 reviews
Crysis 3 Remastered
First-person sci-fi shooter with stealth and a versatile bow
88% positive
8,272 reviews
Beat Hazard
Twin-stick space shooter where your own music shapes each level
95% positive
7,450 reviews
Journey To The Savage Planet
First-person alien exploration adventure with platforming and online co-op
87% positive
6,925 reviews
Dead Estate
Isometric roguelike shooter with changing weapons and monster-filled mansion floors
95% positive
6,656 reviews
HARD BULLET
First-person VR shooter with brutal combat and a weapon-building sandbox
83% positive
6,547 reviews
Project Warlock
Retro first-person shooter with spells, weapon upgrades, and key hunts
87% positive
6,218 reviews
Bit Blaster XL
Arcade shoot-'em-up with constant movement and endless score chasing
96% positive
6,154 reviews
Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2
Side-scrolling shooter pits a gangster against zombies and World War II soldiers
94% positive
5,580 reviews
Kill It With Fire
Action game about tracking hidden spiders with destructive weapons
95% positive
5,504 reviews
Apocalypse Party
Top-down zombie roguelite with character builds and online co-op
74% positive
5,442 reviews
METAL SLUG
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with six missions and a tank
89% positive
5,295 reviews