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.
Touhou Kaeizuka ～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
Versus bullet-hell shooter with distinct characters and dense projectiles
98% positive
372 reviews
Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel
Space-war visual novel with branching choices and real-time ship battles
88% positive
362 reviews
Alien Shooter - Last Hope
Isometric shooter with alien hordes and an upgradeable weapon
78% positive
336 reviews
Missing Banban
2D action platformer about finding a friend through boss fights
93% positive
316 reviews
Shape Shifter: Formations
Top-down roguelite shooter with geometric swarms and stacking upgrades
91% positive
274 reviews
Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version)
Post-apocalyptic side-scrolling action RPG with zombies and hired allies
52% positive
263 reviews
Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey
Top-down space shooter with alien hordes and branching upgrades
66% positive
260 reviews
City Siege: Faction Island
Side-scrolling action strategy with squad tactics and destructible buildings
68% positive
256 reviews
Vertical Strike Endless Challenge
Arcade flight combat against endless waves of planes and ships
77% positive
243 reviews
Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
Roguelike tower defense protecting Earth's last tower from aliens
74% positive
241 reviews
Graveyard Gunslingers
Top-down zombie shooter with daytime gathering and nighttime survival
59% positive
230 reviews
Odinfall
Top-down roguelite shooter with customizable weapons and Viking gods
84% positive
222 reviews
Psionic Awake
2D horde shooter mixing wildland scavenging with fortress defense
66% positive
208 reviews
Soundodger 2
Rhythm bullet hell built around dodging song-timed projectile patterns
95% positive
206 reviews
Nautical Survival
Top-down survival shooter built around steering and upgrading boats
98% positive
202 reviews
Brother Wings
Vertical-scrolling jet shooter with two pilots and timed runs
65% positive
198 reviews
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
Side-scrolling arcade shooters with branching stages and robotic fish bosses
94% positive
155 reviews
VASARA Collection
Top-down arcade shooters with flying motorcycles in sci-fi feudal Japan
81% positive
151 reviews
PROJECT TACHYON
Sci-fi action roguelite with time travel and risky upgrades
86% positive
145 reviews
Super Roboy
Hand-drawn sci-fi Metroidvania where defeated enemies grant new skills
93% positive
142 reviews
Pixel Descent
Twin-stick dungeon roguelite with bullet-hell combat and permanent upgrades
84% positive
141 reviews
鋼鉄戦記C21
Online robot action RPG with customizable machines and planetary exploration
68% positive
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Galagan's Island: Reprymian Rising
Arcade space shooter with patterned waves and growing ship abilities
81% positive
128 reviews
Banner of Conquest
Top-down survival action with Three Kingdoms heroes and build crafting
72% positive
114 reviews