Description: This is a place on Lemmy to talk about arcade, PC, and console shmups/shoot 'em ups/STGs. (We can talk about other arcade-based/scoring genres too, if you'd like.) All experience levels welcome.
Rules: This community is kindly hosted at lemmus.org and follows the rules of that instance, which are:
Links: - Shmups Wiki - Shmups Forum - STG Discord
Shmup Deal Trackers (not affiliated): - PC shmup tracker - Console shmup tracker
Weekly open thread for 1 August, 2026
GRADIUS ORIGINS Notice of Update Ver.1.004 · GRADIUS origin collection update for 3 August 2026 · SteamDB
Do you know Truxton?
Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC launches August 6
Game industry hardship fundraiser: 127 DRM-free games for U$10
How I Feel About Earthion One Year Later
Touhou-inspired dark fantasy bullet hell shooter SANASANA announced for Steam.
The Neo Geo Shmup 'Project Neon' Is Coming To Modern Consoles, Starting Today With Xbox Platforms
Bandcamp Friday: More Shmup Soundtracks
SPOLOUS EX by suppon is free on itch.io
Truxton Extreme Review (Tech Gaming)
Interview: "We're Deeply Grateful" - Masahiro Yuge On Truxton Extreme, 2D Gaming And Resurrecting More Toaplan Hits
Truxton Extreme | PC Gameplay & Commentary (Gentlemen's Pixel Club)
Vulgus Amiga AGA Port Nears Completion
STG Weekly #217: Sagaia
The Shmups of Retro Gamer's "Hardest Games of All Time"
Weekly open thread for 25 July, 2026
Viral Reload EX is out
Player Ship DLC “R‑9Aix Extra Arrow” — Now Available - R-TYPE FINAL 2
"Steam Pilots" lawsuit reaches settlement
