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.
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Owinka Shooter
Arcade shooter with unlimited ammunition and bean-shaped enemies
95% positive
Free
1982
Retro arcade shooter with power-ups you can collect or destroy
93% positive
Free
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Fast-paced space shooter with randomized runs and demanding boss fights
88% positive
969 reviews
The Knight Witch
Flying Metroidvania with bullet-hell combat and customizable spell cards
72% positive
969 reviews
Tadpole Tales
A hand-drawn shoot 'em up about cleaning polluted rivers
90% positive
Free
Pesticide Not Required
Top-down action roguelite mixing automatic attacks, insect swarms, and farming
94% positive
951 reviews
ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Arcade space shooter with alien waves and a dual fighter
92% positive
947 reviews
DED
A free-to-play shoot 'em up built around speed and challenge
82% positive
Free
HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME
Run-and-gun roguelite action with permanent cybernetic upgrades between bounty hunts
88% positive
943 reviews
Sektori
Twin-stick arcade shooter with shifting arenas and evolving bosses
96% positive
937 reviews
Legend of Mysteria RPG
Pixel-art mystery RPG about a mage framed for murder
72% positive
930 reviews
Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism.
2D bullet-hell shooter with stage-based fights against underground spirits
96% positive
925 reviews
Tiny Bridge: Ratventure
A bridge-building puzzle game where construction happens in real time
64% positive
920 reviews
BLUE REVOLVER
2D bullet-hell shooter built around special weapons and scoring chains
98% positive
913 reviews
Demo Maiden and Spell
A one-on-one bullet hell fighter built around spells and dodging
97% positive
913 reviews
Panzer Dragoon: Remake
On-rails shooter with dragon riding and attacks from every direction
77% positive
906 reviews
Tesla vs Lovecraft
Twin-stick arena shooter pitting Tesla's inventions against Lovecraft's monsters
89% positive
897 reviews
Super Bit Blaster XL
Arcade shoot 'em up with a ship that never stops
94% positive
889 reviews
Symphony
A vertical arcade shooter with levels shaped by your music
86% positive
882 reviews
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Touhou Kinjoukyou ～ Fossilized Wonders.
Vertical bullet-hell shooter with mix-and-match stones that change your attacks
91% positive
881 reviews
Demo Mech Havoc
Top-down vehicle shooter where weapons tear through walls and cover
96% positive
876 reviews
Project Gunship
Single-player AC-130 gunship simulation with thermal targeting and combat scenarios
76% positive
867 reviews
Echoes+
Arcade space shooter with escalating waves and high-score challenges
92% positive
Free
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT
A scrolling shooter where close-range kills raise scores and difficulty
98% positive
857 reviews