PlayStation console exclusive
MiniSquadron
2009Android, BlackBerry OS, Ouya +4
Fly planes on your phone with this Combat-like plane game
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Steer by what it is tap once for more of it, twice for none of it
262 games like Shock Troopers · 1987 – 2026
PlayStation console exclusive
Android, BlackBerry OS, Ouya +4
Fly planes on your phone with this Combat-like plane game
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Video System · Android, Arcade, Nintendo Switch 2 +4
Sonic Wings Special is a 1996 vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up that combines the features in Sonic Wings, Sonic Wings 2, and Sonic Wings 3. It was ported to arcade as Sonic Wings Limited. The home console version adds new characters and en
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Timed NEC exclusive
Success · Arcade, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Switch +7
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter arcade game, released on Sega's Sega System 16B Arcade system board in 1989. It is the first in the Cotton series of videogames. It was ported to both the Sharp X68000 and the NEC Turbo
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Underground Development · Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64 +6
Space Invaders is a game in which the player controls a laser cannon by moving it horizontally across the bottom of the screen and firing at descending aliens. The aim is to defeat five rows of eleven aliens—some versions feature different
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Timed PlayStation exclusive
Namco · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +2
High-tech tanks meet full blown, first person firepower. Cyber Sled cataplults you to a future where tank warfare resembles forumla one racing on an arena football field. Eleven armored battlesleds play hide-and-seek, then seek-and-destroy
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Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Pocky & Rocky Reshrined follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they take on the Nopino Goblins! A third sequel in the series, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is currently being d
77 rating4 lists2.5 h main story
PlayStation exclusive
Media.Vision · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1
The object of interest in this game is the mysterious Valkiry Stone. Two treasure hunters, Axel and Ruka, set out to find the stone, but the evil gang known as the Pumpkin Heads wants to find the stone first. As either Axel or Ruka, blast
80 rating3 listsOften paired
PlayStation exclusive
Athena · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Dezaemon Kids! is a title in the Dezaemon series that allows players to create their own shoot-'em-up games. The players can design levels and enemies by themselves or choose from a number of presets, as well as compose musical themes for t
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Timed SNK exclusive
ADK · Arcade, Browser, Dreamcast +10
Twinkle Star Sprites is a 1996 competitive scrolling shooter arcade game originally created by ADK. It was ADK's last production for the Neo-Geo platform. The gameplay, which can be characterized as a combination of a fixed shooter and a ve
67 rating9 lists1 h main story
PlayStation exclusive
Compile · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Zanac X Zanac is a shoot'em up game released by Compile to commemorate the 15th anniversairy of the original game. This title includes two games - a reimagination of the original game, called Zanac Neo and 3 different versions of the NES po
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PlayStation exclusive
C.I.I · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
A shoot-'em-up that was originally released in Japan under the Simple 1500 Series Banner and later released in the US as a budget title by A1 Games through Agetec.
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Timed SNK exclusive
SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +5
Published in 1993, the original Super Sidekicks (known as Tokuten Ou, "Goal-Scoring King" in Japan) was SNK's first soccer video game. It features 12 teams divided into two groups which compete for the "SNK Cup" (the main differences betwee
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Tatsujin Co., Ltd. · Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch 2, Windows +1
Truxton Extreme, which inherits the DNA from legendary arcade masterpiece Truxton, is a collaboration with manga artist and Toaplan alumni Junya Inoue.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Pyramid · Android, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita +1
Dariusburst is a horizontal scrolling shooter developed by Pyramid and published by Taito. It forms part of the Darius series and it is released for the PlayStation Portable in December 24, 2009. Like previous Darius games, Dariusburst is
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Psikyo · Android, Arcade, Switch +9
Continuing where the last game ended, the forces of CANY had been demolished by the previous Strikers' line-up. However, a small group known as the FGR stole the sources and technology responsible for the last events and planned to continue
71 rating6 lists1 h main story
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Success · Switch, PlayStation, PS3 +3
Cotton 100% is a side scrolling shooter by Success and Datam Polystar, and likely sequel to the arcade game Cotton originally released in 1989. Previously only available in Japan under the title of Märchen Adventure Cotton 100%, It receive
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PlayStation console exclusive
Triangle Service · Arcade, PS2, R3000 +1
A space shooter with vertically scrolling stages. Based on the arcade version.
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Alfa System · Arcade, Switch, PS2 +4
Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural shoot-'em-up classic. Choose one of six characters and utilize their unique abilities to defeat the demons infesting modern-day Tokyo in this vertically scrolling shooting game. Use each character
68 rating1 list0.5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Panther Software · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable +1
Space Griffon VF-9 is a video game developed by Panther Software for the PlayStation in 1995. An enhanced remake was released on the Dreamcast in 1999.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, Windows, macOS
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends using asteroid-style ships. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +2
G-Darius is a shoot'em up arcade game, released by Taito in 1997. It is the fourth arcade installment of the Darius series and the first in the entire series to feature three-dimensional polygonal graphics. Much like previous installments i
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PlayStation console exclusive
Namco · Android, PlayStation, PS3 +1
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 is the fourth game in the Ridge Racer series. It includes eight tracks (with reverse variants, for a total of 16 layouts) and 321 vehicles, all of which are fictional. This iteration was one of the first PlayStation t
88 rating7 lists2 h main storyOften paired
Sega console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis
SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin
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PlayStation exclusive
Techno Soleil · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Gaia Seed is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Techno Soleil. The game comes from the fabulous line of classically-styled Japanese shoot 'em ups, bursting at the seams with parallax scrolling, screen-filling bosses and other classic eff
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Sega exclusive
Zyrinx · Sega Genesis
The game consists of 10 missions. Each mission takes place in a vast cavern, with interesting weather conditions. You must explore it and complete the mission objectives -- usually collecting sub parts, rescuing trapped miners, or destroyin
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Timed NEC exclusive
Success Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color +10
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter arcade game, released on Sega's Sega System 16B Arcade system board in 1989. It is the first in the Cotton series of videogames. It was ported to both the Sharp X68000 and the NEC Turbo
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Sega console exclusive
NMK · Arcade, Sega Genesis
USAAF Mustang is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game originally developed by NMK, and published by UPL in 1990. It was ported a year later to the Sega Mega Drive by Taito while being renamed Fire Mustang. NMK Co. Ltd. also dev
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Seibu Kaihatsu · Arcade, Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar +13
Raiden consists of eight vertical scrolling missions where the player maneuvers the Raiden craft dodging and destroying enemy robots, buildings, ground targets, and aircraft. There are bombs and missile powerups as well as collectable medal
78 rating9 lists1 h main story
Sega exclusive
Technosoft · Sega Saturn
Blast Wind is a shoot-'em-up game released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1997.
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SNK · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST +8
Guerrilla War is an overhead run and gun game produced by SNK. Originally released for arcades in 1987 as a coin-operated arcade game, Guerrilla War followed the adventures of two unnamed rebel commandos (Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in the
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Sega console exclusive
Data East · Arcade, Sega Genesis, Commodore C64/128/MAX
SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutatin
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Freeverse · macOS
Join Lancer Squad, an elite unit of flight-capable troops, on their current mission to battle an extraterrestrial army set on taking control the universe's evil war machine. Active Lancer confronts you (and a companion if necessary) against
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PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
It's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.
72 rating2 lists2.5 h main story
Timed NEC exclusive
Now Production · TurboGrafx-16, Wii, Wii U
On Earth in the 23rd century, a space time warp opens up over the Atlantic Ocean. From it comes an enormous invasion force analyzed to come from the 25th century. As Earth is attacked by the alien war machines, it is revealed that the culpr
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Irem · Arcade, FM Towns, NES +6
On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space comple
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PlayStation exclusive
Japan Studio · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Need an Action Fix? Get Sky High! Little Muu has been bottled up by the menacing Captain Kabuki. Baron Aloha, once a foe, now turns to friend? Take a flying leap into the wickedly weird world of Robbit and plunge into the wildest 3D gaming
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Jukka Tapanimäki · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST +5
Netherworld is a shoot 'em up video game published by Hewson in 1988. It was originally developed by Jukka Tapanimäki for the Commodore 64, and original music was composed by Jori Olkkonen.
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Toaplan · Arcade, FM Towns, Linux +2
Gameplay is similar to the previous Truxton. Truxton II has six huge areas, each with a boss at the end; the game "loops" these six areas forever. Lives are given out at 70000 points, then every 200000 points after; players start with three
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Timed Sega exclusive
CAVE · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +2
Compared to DonPachi, DoDonPachi is generally known for introducing new gameplay elements while improving or changing existing ones. The overall background of the game, unlike following sequels, remains more or less centered around a suppos
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Sega console exclusive
Warashi · Arcade, Sega Saturn
Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Athena · Arcade, SNES
Strike Gunner S.T.G is an Action game, developed by Athena and published by Tecmo, which was released in 1991. A vertically scrolling shooter.
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Nintendo console exclusive
UPL · Arcade, SNES
The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are
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Treasure · Arcade, Switch, Sega Saturn +2
Unlike in most other shoot 'em ups, there are no power-ups. All weapons are available from the start. Weapons can 'level up', however, becoming more powerful as the player uses them to score points. There are a selection of 7 weapons that c
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Switch, PS4, Windows
DOCK, SPLIT, and FORM UP! Pilot three ships and free the solar system from the clutches of evil in this free-form shooting game! PlatinumGames’ NEO-CLASSIC ARCADE series carries on the spirit and fun of classic gaming using modern technolo
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Timed Sega exclusive
SEGA · MSX, Master System, PS4 +2
Your planet has been overrun by the meanest mutant vegetation ever created in a genetics laboratory. It's taken over buildings, labs, fighter craft... even people! And it's getting bigger... and meaner... with each passing second. But it ha
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Nintendo exclusive
Arika · Nintendo DS
Prepare yourself for one of the most intense shoot ‘em ups to hit Nintendo DSiWare. Your mission is simple: get the highest score possible, across eight phases of fierce vertical-scrolling action.
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PlayStation exclusive
Visual Concepts · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Flip, climb, hang, slide, blast, and fight through five multi-level 3D worlds. Rage up with unique rage meter. Powerful assault weapons. Vicious physical attack combos. Live or die by your state of rage.
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PlayStation console exclusive
Eighting · Arcade, FM Towns, PS4 +1
Sorcer Striker, released in Japan as Mahou Daisakusen is a 1993 medieval-themed scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing (now known as Eighting) , and later ported to the X68000 and FM-Towns computers and the EZweb m
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