Hidden gem Shoot 'Em Up games
60 overlooked Shoot 'Em Up games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Indie 1628
Adventure 1436
Casual 1381
2D 1247
Singleplayer 1196
Action 1145
Puzzle 981
Story Rich 754
Pixel Graphics 747
RPG 724
Cute 673
Strategy 591
Exploration 576
Anime 558
Simulation 553
Visual Novel 534
◆ 88Sophstar
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 88Eigengrau
🕳 ×13 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
◆ 88Infinos Gaiden
🕳 ×20 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players$10.99
◆ 87Hazelnut Hex
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$7.99
◆ 85Switch 'N' Shoot
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~6k players-50% $1.99
◆ 85Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players-60% $1.99
◆ 85Egglien
🕳 ×13 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action
▮ ~1k players$5.99
◆ 85Wild Dogs
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$9.99
◆ 84Super Forklift 3000
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players-70% $0.59
◆ 84Earl vs. the Mutants
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, RPG
▮ ~6k players$2.99
◆ 84Owinka Shooter 2
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$4.99
◆ 84WE ARE DOOMED
🕳 ×32 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 84Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo
🕳 ×8 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~5k players$14.99
◆ 84Sky Racket
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Sports
▮ ~7k players$14.99
◆ 83Neko Navy
🕳 ×7 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~6k players$10.99
◆ 83Beat Invaders
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual
▮ ~8k players$9.99
◆ 83Everyday Shooter
🕳 ×11 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Casual
▮ ~5k players$9.99
◆ 83PUTRID SHOT ULTRA
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players-75% $0.74
◆ 83Nowhere Patrol
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~9k players$4.99
◆ 83Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~9k players$9.99
◆ 82Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
🕳 ×10 gap
Action
▮ ~5k players$44.99
◆ 82Stray Shot
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players-40% $3.59
◆ 82Buster's TD
🕳 ×11 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 82Ellipsis
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players$4.99
◆ 82Solaroids
🕳 ×10 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~2k players-75% $2.49
◆ 81Devader
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$7.99
◆ 81Tadpole Treble
🕳 ×10 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~11k players$4.99
◆ 81Bullet Noir
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~760 players-40% $7.19
◆ 81Galacticon
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players-60% $1.99
◆ 81Adventure Rush
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 81東方逆妙乱 ~ Ephemeral Unnatural Balance
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players-60% $3.99
◆ 81Barrage Musical ~ Basic Danmaku Tutorial ~ / 弹幕音乐绘 ~ 基础教学篇 ~
🕳 ×4 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~8k players$1.99
◆ 81Amaranthine
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$2.99
◆ 81KIPIDON: We Will Always Love You
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~680 players$7.99
◆ 81Dark Old Sun
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 81Mutant Gate
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 81BLACK BIRD
🕳 ×19 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$18.99
◆ 80Project Starship X
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 80Space Smash
🕳 ×7 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
◆ 80Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action
▮ ~8k players$29.99
◆ 80Galencia
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 80Speedgunner Ultra
🕳 ×10 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~800 players$5.99
◆ 80DANMAKAI: Red Forbidden Fruit
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 80BroodStar
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$10.99
◆ 80Across the Galaxy: Stellar Dominator
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~1k players-30% $6.99
◆ 79Ricky Recharge
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 79Cyberwar: Neon City
🕳 ×7 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~8k players$17.99
◆ 79PAWARUMI
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players-67% $4.94
◆ 79Soundodger 2
🕳 ×14 gap🔁 Franchise
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~8k players$19.99
◆ 79Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers
🕳 ×6 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing
▮ ~9k players$19.99
◆ 79GoobnBalloonsDX
🕳 ×8 gap
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~880 players$9.99
◆ 79RefRain - prism memories -
🕳 ×9 gap
Action, Indie
▮ ~5k players$14.99
◆ 79Gundemonium Recollection
🕳 ×7 gap
Action, Indie
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 79Danmaku Amanojaku ~ Impossible Spell Card.
🕳 ×9 gap
Action, Indie
▮ ~7k players$10.99
◆ 79TimeTekker
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 78Harvest Hero Origins
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 78Beekyr Reloaded
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 78Z-Exemplar
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
◆ 78Shooty Fruity
🕳 ×11 gap
Action, Simulation
▮ ~9k players$19.99
◆ 78Arcade Mayhem Juanito
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~14k players$9.99