Best Shoot 'Em Up Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated shoot 'em up games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Shoot 'Em Up games on Steam.

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Time Treker Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!

Price 6.89€
Rating 6.8
Release 12 Nov 2024
Metro Awakening Metro Awakening is a story-driven first person adventure built for VR that blends atmospheric exploration, stealth and combat in the most immersive Metro experience yet. Don your gas mask, brave the crippling radiation and venture into the depths of the Metro where threats haunt your every step.

Price -61% 15.74€
Rating 7.3
Release 07 Nov 2024
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

Price -84% 0.81€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Oct 2024
NIMRODS Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.1
Release 28 Oct 2024
Duck Paradox Shoot bouncing bullets in this roguelike precision platformer killing corrupted ducks while searching for Dr. Paraducks’ beloved pet throughout the multiverse! To return to safety you’ll need to tackle difficult-to-master trials, run after run, earning upgrades, while maintaining your sanity!

Price -63% 3.65€
Rating 8.7
Release 09 Oct 2024
Harbinger Blast, slide, and tear through waves of monsters in Harbinger's retro-inspired combat, a free boomer shooter bringing '90s combat into the modern era. Fight through waves of enemies in brutal arenas and regroup at the tavern to upgrade your arsenal.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 03 Oct 2024
Ultimate Zombie Defense 2 4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!

Price -50% 7.39€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Sep 2024
Iron Meat Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.1
Release 25 Sep 2024
Star Survivor Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 20 Sep 2024
Insect Swarm The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!

Price -36% 4.41€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Sep 2024
Utopia Must Fall Defend humanity's last surviving metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this challenging base-defense arcade shooter. Featuring rapid upgrade progression, procedurally generated attack waves, dark humor and laser-sharp aesthetics.

Price -35% 5.06€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Sep 2024
Mirage Feathers 「Maybe one day, I won't have to fight when I fly.」

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Sep 2024
Squirrel with a Gun Squirrel, meet gun. As the neighborhood’s most obnoxious rodent, develop a knack (and a love?) for crime and mayhem in pursuit of golden acorns in this nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer. Fight tooth, claw, and gun to escape a secret underground facility and defeat the Agents.

Price -83% 3.33€
Rating 8.5
Release 29 Aug 2024
X Invader X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!

Price -79% 1.07€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Aug 2024
Nova Drift Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

Price -76% 4.23€
Rating 9.3
Release 12 Aug 2024
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing 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. Outgunned, outmanned and out on your own, plunge into a sky full of hell in a last-ditch battle for survival.

Price -79% 6.45€
Rating 6.3
Release 05 Aug 2024
BioGun Get injected into the microscopic world of BioGun. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you save dog-kind from extinction?

Price -78% 4.43€
Rating 8.3
Release 31 Jul 2024
Commando Collection A reboot of classic 2D side-scrolling shooters, featuring a new Survival Mode and Workshop system. Fight as a WWII Allied soldier across diverse battlefields with imaginative weapons. Survival Mode brings fresh enemies, epic bosses, and new challenges—relive childhood memories with a twist!

Price -20% 3.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 26 Jul 2024
Metal Slug: Awakening Metal Slug: Awakening continues the classic gameplay loved by fans, with exciting new features like World Adventure, 3-player Team-up, and Roguelike challenges. Join forces with your friends online to take on powerful bosses anytime, anywhere!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 19 Jul 2024
Beat Hazard 3 Are you ready to explore your music collection mapped as a stunning galaxy of wonders? Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven twin stick shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Price -24% 14.90€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 Jun 2024
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

Price 15.79€
Rating 9.2
Release 23 May 2024
ROBOBEAT Keep your trigger finger on the pulse! In rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT, you'll play as Ace - a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to your own beat using the in-game custom music editor, blasting through Frazzer's armies!

Price -52% 9.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 May 2024
The Braves Demolish hordes of enemies and survive against all odds! Unlock different characters, find powerful skill combinations and embark on an exciting journey through the variety of very different worlds in this cute but unforgiving roguelike game!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 03 May 2024
KUNKUN Defender KUNKUN Defender is an FPS + tower defense game where players need to resist zombie invasions in different regions affected by a virus outbreak until a helicopter comes for rescue.

Price -60% 1.19€
Rating 9.1
Release 02 May 2024