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Best Shoot 'Em Up Games

Top 50 of 185 qualifying games — tagged Shoot 'Em Up (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-08-06.

1 Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons. (2017) Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · Difficult · $14.99 98.5%4,537 reviews 2 Mirage Feathers (2024) Anime · Cute · On-Rails Shooter · $4.99 98.3%2,588 reviews 3 Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith. (2020) Indie · Action · Bullet Hell · $14.99 98.4%1,641 reviews 4 Angel at Dusk (2024) Action · Bullet Hell · Shooter · $14.99 98.2%1,725 reviews 5 Minishoot' Adventures (2024) Twin Stick Shooter · Bullet Hell · Metroidvania · $14.99 97.7%8,175 reviews 6 Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. (2019) Bullet Hell · Difficult · Great Soundtrack · $14.99 98.1%1,608 reviews 7 Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt (2016) Indie · Female Protagonist · Free to Play · Free 97.8%2,923 reviews 8 Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers. (2021) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Action · $14.99 97.8%1,816 reviews 9 Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue (2021) Bullet Hell · Action · JRPG · Free 97.5%3,397 reviews 10 Star of Providence (2017) Rogue-lite · Bullet Hell · Action Roguelike · $14.99 96.9%3,350 reviews 11 Downwell (2015) Precision Platformer · Action Roguelike · Pixel Graphics · $2.99 96.5%8,599 reviews 12 Cuphead (2017) Difficult · Cartoon · Co-op · $19.99 96.2%218,507 reviews 13 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival Part II (2019) Bullet Hell · Indie · Shoot 'Em Up · $12.99 96.8%2,638 reviews 14 Voidigo (2023) Action Roguelike · Twin Stick Shooter · Rogue-like · $4.99 96.5%4,886 reviews 15 Mushihimesama (2015) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · $19.99 96.9%1,558 reviews 16 Bit Blaster XL (2016) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Difficult · $0.99 96.4%6,152 reviews 17 Touhou Kikeijuu ~ Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. (2019) Indie · Bullet Hell · Great Soundtrack · $14.99 97.1%1,056 reviews 18 Shotgun Witch (2020) Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Free 96.7%1,107 reviews 19 Iron Meat (2024) Shoot 'Em Up · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · $15.99 96.6%1,096 reviews 20 KUNKUN Defender (2024) Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · $2.99 96.7%1,020 reviews 21 Nova Drift (2024) Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell · $17.99 95.6%14,553 reviews 22 Chicken Invaders 5 (2015) Action · Casual · Indie · $5.99 96.4%1,112 reviews 23 東方幕華祭 TouHou Makuka Sai ~ Fantastic Danmaku Festival (2018) Bullet Hell · Indie · Action · $8.99 96.1%1,500 reviews 24 ZeroRanger (2018) Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · Action · $11.99 95.9%2,209 reviews 25 pureya (2021) Minigames · Arcade · Casual · $5.99 95.9%2,441 reviews 26 DRAINUS (2022) Action · Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · $14.99 96.2%1,151 reviews 27 10 Minutes Till Dawn (2022) Shoot 'Em Up · Action Roguelike · Lovecraftian · Free 95.5%4,136 reviews 28 Commando Collection (2024) Action · Shooter · Bullet Hell · $4.99 95.8%1,637 reviews 29 Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲 (2019) Free to Play · Action · Indie · Free 95.7%1,498 reviews 30 POSTAL: Brain Damaged (2022) Shooter · Action · Boomer Shooter · $19.99 95.0%11,107 reviews 31 DoDonPachi Resurrection (2016) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · $14.99 95.9%1,068 reviews 32 Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (2013) Action Roguelike · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · $2.99 95.4%1,927 reviews 33 Kill The Crows (2023) Action · Western · Arcade · $4.99 95.1%3,134 reviews 34 Multi Turret Academy (2024) Early Access · Tanks · Top-Down Shooter · $8.99 95.3%1,789 reviews 35 CRUEL (2025) Action · First-Person · Boomer Shooter · $9.99 95.2%1,834 reviews 36 Beat Hazard (2010) Rhythm · Music-Based Procedural Generation · Twin Stick Shooter · $9.99 94.6%7,445 reviews 37 HUNTDOWN (2021) Side Scroller · Pixel Graphics · Action · $19.99 94.8%4,386 reviews 38 Turnip Boy Robs a Bank (2024) Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · Rogue-lite · $14.99 95.0%2,214 reviews 39 Waves (2011) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Twin Stick Shooter · Free 95.1%1,562 reviews 40 OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns (2021) Arena Shooter · FPS · Arcade · Free 94.8%2,366 reviews 41 Kill It With Fire (2020) Action · Simulation · Comedy · $12.99 94.5%5,463 reviews 42 Swarmlake (2018) FPS · Arena Shooter · Retro · $2.99 94.9%1,928 reviews 43 SNKRX (2021) Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Arena Shooter · $2.99 94.5%4,335 reviews 44 DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION (2023) Action · Cartoon · Rogue-like · $2.99 94.2%13,777 reviews 45 Ikaruga (2014) Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Arcade · $9.99 94.7%2,357 reviews 46 Utopia Must Fall (2024) Early Access · Arcade · Shoot 'Em Up · $8.99 95.0%1,292 reviews 47 Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2 (2018) Action · Side Scroller · Co-op · $12.99 94.0%5,528 reviews 48 HYPER DEMON (2022) FPS · Arena Shooter · Fast-Paced · $14.99 94.2%3,332 reviews 49 ROBOBEAT (2024) Action Roguelike · Rhythm · FPS · $19.99 94.4%1,837 reviews 50 Sven Co-op (2016) Co-op · FPS · Online Co-Op · Free 93.6%32,395 reviews