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Nuclear Throne
2015Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
111 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Arcade Shooter Games
Find arcade shooter games with evidence-backed shooter roots, related hybrids, and useful structural filters.
6 accepted games Taxonomy v3 Source scores weighted by evidence
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Best reviewed blends the source score with rating volume. Release order is oldest first, and A–Z is title order. Unusually high scores with very small samples are treated as uncorroborated outliers until more players weigh in.
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Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
2014Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
29 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
#0386/100
Hotdogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
2016Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
Supporting signalsSandbox · Relationships
25 RAWG ratingsOpen entry →
#0474/100
Broforce
2015Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
374 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
#0580/100
QuiVr
2018Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
2 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
#0673/100
Operation Warcade VR
2017Primary genreShooter › Arcade Shooter
1 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Compact score-driven shooting built around immediate target-and-survive play, mazes, or short replayable stages rather than a long-form campaign.
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Compact score-driven shooting built around immediate target-and-survive play, mazes, or short replayable stages rather than a long-form campaign.
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Do not assign Arcade Shooter from theme, presentation, camera, or a minor mechanic alone; its defining interaction and progression pattern must recur through the core game.