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Bullet heaven survivor-like shoot 'em up Gunlocked 2 announced

By Liam Dawe, 7 Mar 2025

FromLefcourt have announced Gunlocked 2, a bullet heaven survivor-like shoot 'em up that takes all the goodies from the first game and greatly expands on it.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a quality shoot 'em up throwback to Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jul 2024

Inspired by the Strike series (Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike) and Choplifter, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is a lot of fun if you love fast-paced shoot 'em up action.

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Check out the new trailer and demo for Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jun 2024

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is an upcoming shoot 'em up inspired by the Strike series of games like Desert Strike, Jungle Strike and Urban Strike and it looks fantastic (and weird).

Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 is out now with more classics

By Liam Dawe, 10 Apr 2024

If you're a shoot 'em up fan you've been eating good recently, with another quality set of games out now in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.4.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess releases in June, inspired by classic Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2024

Anyone remember Desert Strike? Jungle Strike? Urban Strike? Well, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is for you! Built like the classics, although it looks a lot more wild, like something out of a fever dream.

Multiple shoot 'em ups from Taito like G-Darius HD got fixed up for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2024

Taito and M2 have been bringing some updated shoot 'em up classics to Steam with lots of enhancements, and players seem to love them. Now titles like G-Darius HD should work great on the Steam Deck.

Upcoming bullet hell shooter Cosmic Carnage looks wild

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

Need more bullet hell goodness for your Linux PC or Steam Deck? Good news, Cosmic Carnage looks pretty wild and it will have Native Linux support.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor adds Twitch Integration and Cursed Choices

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2023

Whisker Squadron: Survivor is a lot of fun, blending the cool retro space-shooter action of Star Fox with the upgrades and repeating runs made popular by Vampire Survivors and the latest update sound great!

Steam SHMUP Fest is live now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2023

Ready for the pew pew pew? Steam is hosting their very own SHMUP Fest, so keep an eye out for stray bullets heading towards your wallet.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.2 definitely delivers

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2023

If you're a fan of retro games and you love your shoot 'em ups, you should check out Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.2.

More retro goodies coming in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2023

Ready for another blast from the past? After the success of the first set, Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2 has been announced from Bitwave Games and Toaplan.

Rightfully, Beary Arms is an incredibly bizarre bullet-hell shooter

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2023

Rightfully, Beary Arms is a weird and wonderfully whacky twin-stick shooter rogue-lite that's now in Early Access with Native Linux support and it works on the Steam Deck too.

Save your owner as a space-pup in shoot 'em up ProtoCorgi

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2023

ProtoCorgi is a shoot 'em up with a difference. You're not a spaceship, you're not even a person, you're a dog on a quest to save their owner.

Klei Entertainment announced space survival game Dread Pilots

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2023

I love pretty much everything Klei Entertainment make and Dread Pilots looks great, a space survival game where you're exploring a mysterious and hostile pocket universe called the Dread.

All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2023

Zero Wing along with other shoot 'em up classics Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton from Toaplan and Bitwave Games have their brand new PC releases out.

Zero Wing, Twin Cobra and other Toaplan classics get upgraded for PC

By Liam Dawe, 6 Feb 2023

All your base are belong to us. Toaplan are having some absolute classics revived including Zero Wing, Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton with a PC release and enhancements. Oh, and Native Linux support to ensure they're great on Steam Deck too.

Void Scrappers blends Vampire Survivors mechanics with a space shoot 'em up

By Liam Dawe, 2 Nov 2022

Void Scrappers recently released with Native Linux support and it is Steam Deck Verified. A pretty great game if you love the mechanics of Vampire Survivors but want something different.

Yars: Recharged marks a return of the 1982 Atari 2600 classic

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2022

Atari continue to get their classics revamped and remade for modern audiences, with the latest being Yars: Recharged that's a reimagining of the 1982 Atari 2600 classic and best-seller Yars' Revenge.

Void Scrappers is an upcoming space horde shooter inspired by Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Vampire Survivors has basically reignited the horde shooter genre now right? Developer 8BitSkull (Fates of Ort) has announced their next game with Void Scrappers.