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Power-Up

A fast-paced retro shoot-'em-up featuring evolving weapons, intense arcade combat and massive bosses — from one-man studio Psychotic Psoftware.

★ DRAINUS ★ EARTHION ★ R-TYPE DIMENSIONS EX ★ PLANES, BULLETS AND VODKA ★ ENEMY MIND ★ HORIZON SHIFT ★ STARR MAZER: DSP ★ METAL SLUG 2 ★ UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER – THE FEAST OF THE WOLVES ★ HUNTDOWN ★ WARHAMMER 40,000: SHOOTAS, BLOOD & TEEF ★ ALTITUDE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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DRAINUS

96% 👍 OF 603
About This Game

This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Absorb-and-Return Combat
  • …Reconfigure Your Fighter
  • …Find Story Recordings
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Earthion

95% 👍 OF 503
About This Game

Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Swap Special Weapons
  • …Carry Ship Upgrades
  • …Use a Regenerating Shield
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Planes, Bullets and Vodka

85% 👍 OF 3.1K
About This Game

Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fly Randomized Tunnels
  • …Dodge Bullet Barrages
  • …Keep Kill Combos
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Enemy Mind

85% 👍 OF 800
About This Game

A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Possess Enemy Ships
  • …Swap Ships Mid-Battle
  • …Use Ship Abilities
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Starr Mazer: DSP

71% 👍 OF 269
About This Game

The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.

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METAL SLUG 2

89% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Choose Four Soldiers
  • …Ride Armed Camels
  • …Turn Into Mummies
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UFO ROBOT GRENDIZER – The Feast of the Wolves

85% 👍 OF 679
About This Game

For the first time in video game history, climb aboard Grendizer the Legendary Robot and fight against the forces of evil to defend our planet Earth!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Pilot Grendizer
  • …Break Robot Shields
  • …Fly Spazer Rails
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HUNTDOWN

95% 👍 OF 4.4K
About This Game

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shoot From Cover
  • …Take Down Gang Bosses
  • …Grab Enemy Weapons
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

87% 👍 OF 3.2K
About This Game

From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Reclaim Your Hair Squig
  • …Blast Through Hive City
  • …Choose Your Ork Class
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Altitude

92% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …trigger an EMP blast to drop enemy planes, hit afterburners through a minefield, arm a nuke on the way in, and fight off laser warps near the hangars.
  • …run a Plane Ball match with 19 AI so the whole field turns into nonstop aerial chaos of passes, blocks, and explosions.
  • …stall on purpose, drop toward the bottom of the map, then use the dive speed to outplay and shoot someone down.