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
1,175 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
1,175 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Top-down action roguelite with card decks and escalating enemy swarms
78% positive
1,697 reviews
Shooty Skies
An arcade shoot 'em up with a voxel art style
91% positive
Free
Demo Waves
Twin-stick arena shooting with a time-slowing ability for close calls
95% positive
Free
Star Saviors
Space bullet-hell shooter with distinct roles for two local players
82% positive
1,691 reviews
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
Bullet-hell shooter with chapter retries for clearing patterns without hits
98% positive
1,691 reviews
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Classic arcade collection with rewind and online scoreboards
68% positive
Free
Bleed
A shooting platformer built around bullet time and acrobatic dodging
92% positive
1,658 reviews
Demo Shadowgrounds
Top-down sci-fi shooter with weapon upgrades and tactical flashlight use
82% positive
1,623 reviews
Revolution Ace
Top-down shoot 'em up with air and ground targets
71% positive
1,620 reviews
Destiny Warriors RPG
A fantasy JRPG about warrior students confronting restless spirit beasts
61% positive
1,611 reviews
Shark Attack Deathmatch 2
Underwater first-person shooter with rival divers and roaming sharks
75% positive
1,608 reviews
Nomad Survival
Top-down survival roguelite with automatic attacks and evolving abilities
87% positive
1,604 reviews
GIBZ
Side-scrolling zombie shooter with four-player co-op across early 1900s London
88% positive
1,603 reviews
Mushihimesama
Vertical bullet hell shooter with giant insects and dense patterns
96% positive
1,591 reviews
IS Defense
Stationary arcade shooter about defending Europe's coast from invasion
91% positive
1,589 reviews
TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival
A bullet-hell shooter with magical battles and four playable heroines
95% positive
1,568 reviews
Kero Blaster
Side-scrolling platformer about a frog clearing monsters from teleporters
94% positive
1,551 reviews
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and crowded enemy waves
87% positive
1,530 reviews
Talented
Arcade roguelite shooter with randomized skill trees each run
91% positive
1,525 reviews
BLACKWOOD
Third-person action mixing contract killings with running a DVD shop
53% positive
1,507 reviews
Commando Collection
Remastered Flash-era arcade shooters with varied military combat
96% positive
1,498 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive
1,493 reviews
DETOUR
Road-building strategy where rival companies sabotage each other's truck routes
58% positive
1,462 reviews
Bot Vice
An arcade gallery shooter built around cover and bullet dodging
92% positive
1,440 reviews