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147 games like DefeatMe · 1976 – 2026

  • ABA Games · PC-9800 Series

    ShooterArcadeSpace simulation1990sFreeware

    In this early 3D vector shooter by Kenta Cho (ABA), you pilot a space fighter battling increasingly challenging waves of enemy ships. The game uses flight-sim controls, multiple view modes, and simplified physics simulation, much like earli

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    Hudson Soft · Amiga, Game Boy Advance, Legacy Mobile Device +3

    ActionAction-adventureArcadePlatformerShooter

    Challenger is a frantic single-screen shoot 'em up. The player is in their craft at the bottom of the screen, shooting bursts of three shots at 45 degree angles at flashing polygons. When hit, the polygons split into smaller ones. Your task

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    Shohei Yuki · Linux, macOS, Windows +1

    ShooterIndieArcadeShmupBullet hell

    A horizontal shooter in which the player controls a four-way shooting ship in a world dynamically changing its difficulty to match the player's skill level.

    70 rating0 lists0.5 h main story

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  • North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp. · Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    A shooting game featuring a Defender style left/right shooting ship. Enemies drift onto the screen with increasing speed, somewhat reminiscent of Geometry Wars.

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  • Atari, Inc. · Arcade

    ArcadeSide view

    Destroyer is a single player 1977 arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. The playfield displays your ship moving across the surface (displayed as a wavy line) and submarines moving across the screen. The target depth is set usin

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    Athena · NES, SNES

    ShooterShoot 'em upEducational

    Dezaemon is a game designing application that lets aspiring developers create their own vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up. Players have control over how their ship looks, design how their levels (up to three) will look, and also create a titl

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  • Linley Henzell · Windows

    ShooterIndieArcadeActionBird view / Isometric

    A single player split-screen shoot 'em up where you control both ships at the same time. The left ship is built for taking down many weak enemies, while the right is best for bosses. You can swap the ships at any time depending on the needs

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  • Commodore 16

    AliensShoot 'em upUfoSpace battleWar

    A shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.

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  • Cactus · Windows, macOS

    ShooterIndieShoot 'em upActionBird view / Isometric

    Burn the Trash! is a shooting game played on a single screen, where the player controls a spaceship, fighting wave after wave of "trash" enemies along with the occasional boss. The "trash" shoots bullets that the player's ship must avoid, l

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  • Relative Software · Linux, macOS, Windows +3

    AdventureArcadeHorizontally scrolling shooterIndieShooter

    CounterAttack is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from

    80 rating2 lists1 h main story

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  • Desync

    2017

    The Foregone Syndicate · Windows

    ShooterIndieCyberpunkActionScience fiction

    DESYNC is an intense, single-player first person shooter that begs you to play dangerously and creatively. Eliminate your opponents as you perform violent attack sequences using the explosive digital weaponry and lethal side-arms at your di

    73 rating0 lists4 h main story

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  • Miami Software · Apple IIGS

    ShooterArcadeActionSide view

    The player controls a small space ship which can move in all directions on a field that horizontally scrolls left and right. The player can shoot horizontally. Each level has a set number of alien vessels that must be destroyed to progress

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  • Commodore 16

    Modern warfareShoot 'em upTankModern militarySingle-screen level

    A single-screen shoot'em up in which two players guide their tanks along the screen and try to blow each other up.

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    Kyugo · Arcade, NES

    ShooterArcadeActionWarfareThird person

    A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up game.

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  • Data East Corporation · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    This is a "Galaga" style vertical shoot'em up with a few unique twists that make it interesting. You pilot a single fighter ship against an armada of enemies (sound familiar?). There are 2 different play screens that alternate.

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  • Commodore C64/128/MAX

    Shooter

    In this shooter seen from a 1st person perspective, you are a gunner on a battleship and you must shoot down wave after wave of enemy aircraft as they attempt to sink your ship. Controlling a sight you must move 360 degrees around your ship

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  • ToasterFuel · Linux, macOS, Switch +3

    PlatformerPuzzleStrategyIndieAction

    Deleveled is a physics-based puzzle-platformer in which you simultaneously control two characters who fall in opposite directions. You must help them work together to get through dozens of tricky levels.

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  • Alpha Omega Software · Commodore C64/128/MAX

    Shoot 'em upScience fiction

    A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Clark John Denham and published by The Power House for the Commodore 64. In a battle-armoured jet suit the player fends off enemy aircraft and guided missiles whilst avoiding deadly landscape fe

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  • Terry Cavanagh · Windows

    ShooterShoot 'em upScrolling shooterActionSurvival

    Self Destruct is a hectic top-down arcade shooter made for the TIGSource PG competition. Players control a small ship that needs to survive 250 waves of enemies. The hook for this game is that all enemy waves are procedurally generated, mak

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  • John Marshall, Jack Wilkes · Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeShoot 'em upMazeSpaceshipTeleportation

    A multi-directional shoot'em up in which the player tries to find the exit out of a giant automated spaceship by piloting the Shadow Skimmer over its surface.

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  • Linux, macOS, Windows

    Action

    A mini-game designed for split screen experiences with up to 4 players. Pilot your spaceship through an anti-gravity suspended asteroid field to destroy enemy targets. Summon wingmen to coordinate your team, unlock upgrades to increase your

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  • Windows

    StrategyIndieAction

    A top-down, multiplayer, physics driven, space shooter game with destructible ship parts. Build your own spacecrafts. Fight with and against other players in different game modes, using a variety of weapons. Pick up super weapons and slice

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  • Data East Corporation · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeShoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    An arcade sci-fi shoot-'em-up by Data Est, where a lone ship must defend the planet Terra from alien forces.

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    Sierra · Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore VIC-20 +5

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upTime limit

    Threshold is a typical shoot 'em up that places the player's spaceship at the bottom of the screen where he has to fend of the enemy. If the player misses an enemy and he reaches the opposite side of the screen he will reappear on the other

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  • 7 Raven Studios · Xbox One, Switch, PS4 +1

    ShooterArcadeMultiple endingsHard mode exclusivesAction

    After Wave: Downfall is an arcade shooter where the player battles against monsters, completes various missions with a cool battleship. Deathrix invaded the world and released a mysterious meteorite causing a great flood. Players can upgrad

    70 rating0 lists1 h main story

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  • Tom Griner · Commodore VIC-20, Commodore C64/128/MAX

    ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionSide view

    In this space combat game, pilot a lone spaceship on a mission to eliminate various hostile enemies including flying saucers, seekers, satellite dishes, and spinners. Utilize the top-screen radar to track enemy movements and strategically p

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  • Attack

    1976

    Taito · Arcade

    Shooter

    A military shooter where players shoot on-screen enemy vehicles including tanks, jeeps and trucks.

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  • Omori Electronics Corporation · Arcade, MSX

    ArcadeShoot 'em upShooterActionScience fiction

    A shooter where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.

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  • Taito · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeVehicular combatVehicle combatAction

    Battle Shark is a first-person shooter which has the player looking through a 'periscope' in order to destroy the enemies. This game features simulated damage whenever the player gets hit by either an enemy torpedo or a missile.

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  • T&E Soft · MSX

    Shooter

    In this basic, top-down shoot-em-up set in space the player can move the ship anywhere on the screen to shoot the incoming enemy ships. There are also static mines that do not attack the player but explode when collided with. As time goes o

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  • Nao Games · Windows

    IndieActionSide view

    This is an action game in which players compete to defeat the number of enemies that appear from the left and right sides of the screen. The most distinctive feature of the game is the control method, which is innovative and original, like

    0 lists1.5 h main story

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  • Nao Games · Windows

    Side view

    This is an action game in which players attempt to survive by defeating a number of enemies which appear from the left and right sides of the screen. Use a unique keyboard-banging control scheme for maximum dopamine! Go Berserk, or Die!

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  • Midway Manufacturing · Arcade

    Shooter

    An undersea shooting game where the player uses a mounted spear gun to kill sea creatures that move across the screen. Shoot the sharks, swordfish and octopuses but try not to hit any of the skindivers.

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  • Electronic Devices · Arcade

    ShooterArcadeFirst person

    A 1- to 2-player military combat battle game where players use optical machine guns to shoot on-screen enemies.

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  • Amstrad CPC

    Shoot 'em upActionScience fiction

    A mixture of a bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up and a racing game where two players compete on a splitscreen with one player racing his spaceship above and one below.

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  • Browser, iOS

    PuzzleStrategyAdventureMedievalBlock-breaking

    A physics-based game where players must destroy a variety of fortifications by launching projectiles.

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  • Dement

    2019

    Windows

    AdventureIndieAction

    Dement is a story-driven dark adventure game that explores the concept of perception. Explore an open environment with various in-door locations, discover interesting characters, and defend yourself against a large variety of enemies with b

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  • Arcade

    Beat 'em upAdventureMartial artsBrawlerAction

    Demolish Fist is a side scrolling beat 'em up where the player controls one of four characters, Enzo, Leoneer, Vanessa or Undead as you battle your way through various stages. There are many items, which are available to use as a weapons ag

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  • xionchannel software · iOS, Android

    ArcadeAction

    A game where you control an anime girl who is charged with electricity when you hold the screen and then kills enemies by releasing it.

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  • Cactus · Windows, macOS

    ShooterIndieBullet hellActionScience fiction

    Fractal Fighter is a shooting game, where the player's spaceship engages several large enemy ships in one-on-one combat. The enemy ships resemble a branching fractal; they are made of a core, out of which branch out several large lasers; ou

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  • Puny Human · Linux, Windows, Switch +2

    ShooterPuzzleIndieArcadeShoot 'em up

    You command destructive ships to obliterate thousands of enemies, while weaving through intricate networks of invasive machine-organisms! Combining classic fast-paced shoot 'em up action with quick-thinking tactics of puzzlers, you must car

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    Universal Entertainment · Arcade, SNES

    ArcadeFixed shooterShoot 'em upShooterAlien invasion

    The aim of this arcade game is to launch missiles from the bottom of the screen at enemy spacecraft located at the top. To get there, the missile must pass through a asteroid belt flying across the screen and avoid the shots being fired dow

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  • KISS ltd · Windows

    IndieShoot 'em upAction

    Horizon Shift is an explosive wave based, single screen shooter, with a ton of new ideas and platformer elements. Do what it takes to protect your horizon from the ever encroaching enemy attack! Use the unique risk reward multiplier system

    70 rating0 lists10 h main story

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  • Action

    Its Simple, Shoot! Is a minimalist top down 2D wave shooter that has the player utilizing various weapons and abilities to overcome their foes.

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  • Konami · Arcade, ZX Spectrum

    ArcadeFixed shooterShooterShoot 'em upAction

    The player controls a small spaceship is at the bottom of the screen. Like most Space Invaders-type games of the period, the ship can move left and right (but not up or down), and can fire one bullet at a time. The ship may not fire again u

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  • Daniel Bienvenu · ColecoVision

    ShooterPublic domainActionSide view

    Shooter game for Colecovision in which you eliminate enemies. When you run out of bullets whoever has got the highest score wins.

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  • Creepsoft · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE +5

    ShooterActionBird view / Isometric

    Mega Phoenix brings the concept of the earlier arcade game Phoenix into the 90s, to the extent that a coin-op version was later made by Inder. The game is a single-screen shoot ‘em up in which the player moves left to right while shooting s

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