r/shmups↗
Shoot 'em ups!
A Reddit gaming community dedicated to shoot 'em up games. Shoot 'em up, in a general sense, means a 2D sprite-based game with lots of shooting as the primary game mechanic. If it fits that basic description it is welcome here. To avoid being MEGABOMBED (banned) please follow the community rules below: (1) no links to ROMs or ROM sites (2) declare when posting own content/games (3) be good to each other
21k subscribers279 posts / mo in Sep 2026185 authors / mosince 2009
r/shmups has 21k members (+21% over the last 12 months). It gets about 279 posts a month from 185 people. Top topics: Switch Shmups, Nintendo EShop Games and Arcade Sticks.
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- Switch Shmups17%
- Nintendo EShop Games2.4%
- Arcade Sticks1.1%
- Nintendo Switch Games1.0%
- Switch Gaming News0.9%
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