Bang! Bang! Destroy your enemies! shoot em up! It may seem obvious to call games about shooting just shoot em up games, but why make things complicated? You shoot things up in shoot em up games, so why call them anything different? Also known as shmup or STG, shoot em up games are shooter games where the player defeats large waves of enemies with long-distance weapons. It may seem simplistic, but the best games are — shoot your way to victory with our shoot em up games!