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Which shoot 'em ups actually get played?

66 shoot 'em ups owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it. The typical one is recommended by 77%.

S5 games
  1. #1Broforce97% recommend
  2. #2Downwell97% recommend
  3. #3Bit Blaster XL96% recommend
  4. #4Cuphead96% recommend
  5. #5DEEP SPACE WAIFU96% recommend
A13 games
  1. #6Bleed 296% recommend
  2. #7My Friend Pedro95% recommend
  3. #8Door Kickers: Action Squad95% recommend
  4. #9Beat Hazard95% recommend
  5. #10Jamestown94% recommend
  6. #11Kero Blaster94% recommend
  7. #12Super Bit Blaster XL94% recommend
  8. #13Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime93% recommend
  9. #14Blue Estate92% recommend
  10. #15Savant - Ascent REMIX92% recommend
  11. #16Savant - Ascent92% recommend
  12. #17LUFTRAUSERS91% recommend
  13. #18Intrusion 290% recommend
B20 games
  1. #19METAL SLUG 390% recommend
  2. #20METAL SLUG X88% recommend
  3. #21NOT A HERO87% recommend
  4. #22Beat Hazard 286% recommend
  5. #23State of Anarchy85% recommend
  6. #24Planes, Bullets and Vodka85% recommend
  7. #25Cyberhunt85% recommend
  8. #26Cube Destroyer85% recommend
  9. #27Enemy Mind85% recommend
  10. #28SAMOLIOTIK84% recommend
  11. #29RIVE84% recommend
  12. #30CPU Invaders84% recommend
  13. #31Zombie Shooter83% recommend
  14. #32Valfaris82% recommend
  15. #33Aaero82% recommend
  16. #34Serious Sam Double D XXL82% recommend
  17. #35Distant Space82% recommend
  18. #36Distant Space 281% recommend
  19. #37Shooting Stars!81% recommend
  20. #38Pressure80% recommend
C16 games
  1. #39Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken80% recommend
  2. #40Polygoneer80% recommend
  3. #41Weapon of Choice77% recommend
  4. #42Horizon Shift77% recommend
  5. #43Capsized76% recommend
  6. #44Really Big Sky75% recommend
  7. #45The Culling Of The Cows74% recommend
  8. #46GALAK-Z73% recommend
  9. #47Revolution Ace72% recommend
  10. #48Mercenary Kings70% recommend
  11. #49One Gun Guy69% recommend
  12. #50Asteroid Bounty Hunter65% recommend

And 4 more: Sun Blast, Sine Mora EX, Heli Heroes, Super Killer Hornet: Resurrection.

D12 games
  1. #55DETOUR61% recommend
  2. #56Power-Up58% recommend
  3. #57Desert Child57% recommend
  4. #58Gun Monkeys56% recommend
  5. #59Super Space Pug53% recommend
  6. #60Flight of the Paladin51% recommend
  7. #61The Blue Flamingo45% recommend
  8. #62Stellar 2D40% recommend
  9. #63Nux39% recommend
  10. #64Drones, The Human Condition38% recommend
  11. #65Uriel's Chasm 2: את35% recommend
  12. #66Humanity Asset31% recommend

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. Recommended is the share of each game’s Steam reviewers who recommend it.