Free to Play

List of Free to Play STG/SHMUPS

Note: a lot of these games need Japanese locale AND Japanese notations in order to work properly.

A

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Abmneshi: The Prophecy	December 18, 2012	PteriForever	https://web.archive.org/web/20141213174415/http://www.forgottenplanet.com/caillan/AbmneshiTheProphecy.rar
Aero Chimera	April 24, 2014	SAS	https://sas.itch.io/aero-chimera
An Oath To The Stars	August 3, 2017	Himeki Games	https://store.steampowered.com/app/594820/An_Oath_to_the_Stars/
Apare Usapie!	2015	Sorafune Atelier	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se471934.html
Arginaros	2005	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
アタナトスの魔法使い(Atanatos Wizard?)	2011	N-linear	https://n-linear.org/atanatos/

B

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Banisher	????	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
Bike Banditz	2003	Watanabe Seisakusho	https://www.myabandonware.com/game/bike-banditz-coa
Blaster Gear	Mar 10, 2019	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/blaster-gear
Blaynix	2011	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
Blue Wish	2005	x.x Game Room	https://www.mediafire.com/file/bu5d9dw1ts560yr/blue_wish1.14_W10Patched.rar
Blue Wish Desire	Presumably 2021/2022	x.x Game Room	https://twitter.com/xxgameroom/status/1365325726279340038
Blue Wish Resurrection	2006	x.x Game Room	https://www.vector.co.jp/download/file/winnt/game/fh416461.html
Blue Wish Resurrection Plus	2008	x.x Game Room	https://www.vector.co.jp/download/file/winnt/game/fh452584.html
Book of Star Mythology	2016	Mace's Secret Base (raichu)	https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1edWG8LmHnGuS1brL8q-aq6T4HoWcnWKr&export=download
Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle	December 1, 2016	Trick Nostalgie	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/13429
Broken Pearl	December 20, 2014	Mikael Tillander	https://mix256.itch.io/broken-pearl
Bullet Hell Monday	October 3rd, 2016	MASAYUKI ITO	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.msykit.Stg1u
Bullet Hell Monday Finale	April 13th, 2020	MASAYUKI ITO	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.msykit.Stg1u
Bullet Tracks II	April 21, 2020	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/bullet-tracks-ii
Bun-Boh-Gu Wars!	2013	紙製アトリエ	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/cmt/winnt/game/se502252.html
⊂二二二（　＾ω＾）二⊃　ブーーーーーン!!!!	2005	Iwasaki++	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/603

C

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Capture Core	July 5, 2016	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/capture-core
Caravan Star 改 -KAI-	June 22, 2011	NSS	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/3293
Caravan Star II	November 19, 2011	NSS	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/3516
Chataan	2013	eyelash	https://www.mediafire.com/file/uddzl3525z13j2r/Chataan_CC.rar
Cho Ren Sha 68K	1995	Famibe No Yosshin	https://web.archive.org/web/20190726062221/http://www2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~yosshin/my_works/download.html
Collapse Dream	December 31, 2016	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/13717
Contlade	2009	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
Crisis Rose The Trial	September 8, 2019	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/crisis-rose-the-trial

D

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Dangan GB	Jan 1, 2019	snorpung	https://snorpung.itch.io/dangan-gb
Dead Planet	2013	jeff_jks	https://www.mediafire.com/file/2vu54ihfcdooymd/Dead+Planet+ver+1.0.1.2.rar
Death Strike	Oct 28, 2018	Olof Næssén	https://darkbitsorg.itch.io/death-strike
Demolition Gunner: In Seek And Destroy	2006	Astro Port	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se413422.html
Dokingan	February 13, 2015	GOTYO	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/8241
D-STARS	May 28, 2015	tuisekimode	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/9294
DoDonPachi Daiueiku	2014	Guan	https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/611-dodonpachi-daiueiku/
Dotonpachi Daimao Darkslategray Label	2011	Gustav	https://www.mediafire.com/file/sd5ujdce5cwtcds/Dotonpachi_Daimao_Darkslategray_Label.zip/file
Dotonpachi Maximum	2012	Gustav	https://www.mediafire.com/file/ecl342s7gjqlpru/Dotonpachi_Maximum.zip/file

E

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Earthen Miraculous Sword	November 18, 2013	Trick Nostalgie	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/15995
Eclosion	March 30th, 2010	Orchard	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/2639
Eden's Aegis	2010	x.x Game Room	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dl/winnt/game/se442605.html
Eden's Edge	2007	x.x Game Room	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se398222.html
Evanescent Existence	November 18, 2013	Trick Nostalgie	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/15994
Every Extend	2009	Omega	http://o-mega.sakura.ne.jp/product/e2.html
EX -Extra-	2010	yunfa -ゆんふぁ-	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se481666.html
Exodious	March 24, 2018	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/exodious

G

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
G-Style R (requires DXWnd to launch)	2010	WEVAquadrant	https://www.mediafire.com/file/fwdu7lj0jsiuec9/G-Style_R.zip/file
G-Type	2002	CncDarkside	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10CfaV195QV-weslKSBPmWT6SeoH_L9l7
GalaX	2003	masaHG	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se505345.html
Galaxy Frontier	2014	Mebius	https://web.archive.org/web/20180704140917/http://isshiki.la.coocan.jp/SDL_page/GalaxyFrontier/GalaxyFrontier1.20.zip
GekidanMachina	2016	凍結	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/11351
GENETOS	2009	Tatsuya Koyama	https://tatsuya-koyama.com/works/games/genetos/
Glory of Deep Skies	2019	Τeam αlternative Σnding	https://www.bulletforge.org/u/team-alternative-snding/p/dong-fang-meng-jiu-shi-glory-of-deep-skies
Gothic Wa Mahou Otome (requires QooApp to be playable outside of Japan)	2015	CAVE	https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.cave.mahouotome&hl=en&gl=US https://apps.qoo-app.com/en/app/1302
Graslay	2021	Ontake44	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/25159
Gravitus Minus	August 6, 2016	kometbomb	https://kometbomb.itch.io/gravitus-minus
GR3 Re-Death (link to unfinished translation)	2001-2007	GR3 Project/Nigoro	https://www.mediafire.com/file/zhsoi3gl5u60cb5/GR3Redeath.jar/file
Green Wind	2005	x.x Game Room	https://www.mediafire.com/file/pek3pksb2tctvso/green_wind1.11_W10Patched.rar
Gunflame	2003	YUU	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se282889.html
Guxt	2007	Pixel	https://www.cavestory.org/pixels-works/guxt.php
GwangeDash	2011	2ch?	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_qsqM56t8IAqq6_IkkslhN_uukR39Hi/view?usp=sharing

H

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Hollow Song of Birds	2019	Team Kaisendo	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/19424
Hydorah	2010	Locomalito	https://locomalito.com/hydorah.php
Hyper Princess Pitch	2011	Daniel Remar	http://www.remar.se/daniel/pitch.php

I

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Idinaloq	1999	Namikaze Project	https://www.namikaze.org/software/idinaloq/index_e.html
ILLUSION Super Dimension	2015	Enamel	http://enamel9x.doorblog.jp/archives/1618118.html
ImageStriker	Jul 15, 2016	Terarin	https://terarin.itch.io/image-striker
ImageStriker 2	Aug 05, 2017	Terarin	https://terarin.itch.io/imagestriker2
Infinite Blade Pavilion	Sep 6, 2020	Len	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/20533
Infinos + Extra Stage	Feb 09, 2013; Aug 01, 2013	Picorinne Soft	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/4585 http://picorinnesoft.web.fc2.com/infinosex.html
Infinos 0	Jul 21, 2014	Picorinne Soft	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/7179
Iwanaga (Requires DXWnd to launch)	November 27, 2007	Buster	https://archive.org/details/iwanaga

K

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Kaikan	2013	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
KIRISAME BLADE	2014	Bikkuri Software	https://freegame-mugen.jp/shooting/game_2967.html
KIRISAME BLADE 2	2015	Bikkuri Software	https://freegame-mugen.jp/shooting/game_3584.html
Kogeki	January 25, 2017	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/

L

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Life Fortress Volcabamba	2010	Zakuro Fantasia	https://userweb.alles.or.jp/gyonin/game.htm
Legacy Of The Elder Star	June 7, 2016	Kickbomb Entertainment LLC	https://store.steampowered.com/app/443250/Legacy_of_the_Elder_Star/
Legendary Wings	2013	Venom Team	https://gamejolt.com/games/legendary-wings/16063
Leiria -Stargazer-	2011	N-linear	https://n-linear.org/stargazer/download.html
Luna Child's Final Defense Line 3	2015	Enamel	http://enamel9x.doorblog.jp/archives/2037475.html

M

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Machine Fantasy	2015	Mr. JX	https://sites.google.com/site/mrjxrmplan/mfgoh
Magical Singular Day	2011	Lidera	https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1m-1cEZjZFCIsvAW71r5CnGpYvCj5XniA&export=download
Magical Singular Day -Absolution-	2012	Lidera	https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1wcHny9x3mI4JwkETDwDx6NSl1-rNlasZ&export=download
Makkigan	March 31, 2019	GOTYO	https://www.syakerake.jp/104
Malice Eater	2015	Project Noise	http://sekka.akizora.net/pnnl001/
MARISA MATRIX	2010	Y-NRG SYSTEM	https://ykkb.hatenadiary.org/entries/0000/00/05
Mecha Ritz	February 16, 2015	HEY	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/8513
Marsh	2010	yunfa -ゆんふぁ-	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se481666.html
Medicalat	2002/2003	OSABISI YU-KI	http://osabisi.sakura.ne.jp/m2/games/medicalat0/
MiniShooter	2005	Peposoft	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cWn45ei64u0sYJjUkxZfYDc9uzIoL-3M/view
MiniShooterRS Delta	2007	Peposoft	https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DCO9mDjrViBfUgre-PkzIuSuKgCjz8Ix
Moon Striker	Mar 11, 2017	Terarin	https://terarin.itch.io/moonstriker
My Little Pegasus - Kizuna DoPonyPachi	2012	Giest118	https://www.mediafire.com/file/flo63t2fey5uwng/My_Little_Pegasus_-_Kizuna_DoPonyPachi.zip/file

N

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Nightmare Trip	October 26, 2018	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/18753

O

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
OSP RAID	2016/11/27	ZAP	http://www.kit.hi-ho.ne.jp/zapzap/works_eng.htm
Odd Mobs -小怪奇-	2010	Gustav	https://www.mediafire.com/file/ydi1ulip45oflh6/Odd_Mobs.zip/file
one-two + Cagar Label	2013	Naoh!, Cagar	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HNZEafMR1O02rOTBGNmrQ4yzb_O9nF0y/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/14la0Fa-x1tL79FvwgkFRzLfGqocQoJIk/view?usp=sharing
Odd Mobs Rainbow Label eXtra	2010-2011	Gustav	https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ualnaw6ro080n6/Odd_Mobs_Rainbow_Label_-_eXtra.zip/file
Odd Mobs Zero Arrange	2011-2012	Gustav	https://www.mediafire.com/file/hob1yo2q83pzngg/Odd_Mobs_Zero_-_Arrange.zip/file

P

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Paro Paro	2020	Ooe	http://ooeshinichiro.work/archives/24253212.html
Patchouli (Touhou Suguri)	2009	KvLW	http://www.mediafire.com/file/cu9cx33bcl6yrpu/patchouli_ver1.3.rar
Patriot Dark	2007-2008	Temperance Lance	https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=25128
Phantasmagoria Trues	2013	Len	https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1ZGC0h_W-p0nIH8S2KEn_Pef41d-lygwG&export=download
Pink Rose Garden Touhou	2012	Giest118	https://www.mediafire.com/file/e0yp5faxo0zl1zi/Pink_Rose_Garden_Touhou.zip/file
Precious Star	December 29th, 2015	Orchard	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/10854

R

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Radio Zonde	2002	Ranyon	https://www.vector.co.jp/download/file/win95/game/fh313786.html Stage 1 graphic fix: https://archive.org/download/zonde_141/zonde141fix.zip
Reactivate Majestical Imperial	October 2, 2014	Trick Nostalgie	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/15996
Redneg	December 31, 2016	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/13716
Redneg 3Stars	April 14, 2018	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/17441
Redneg Allstars	April 26, 2019	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/20058
Redneg W	December 31, 2016	Autosaido	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/13720
REDPULSE	September 09, 2017	Boghog	https://boghog.itch.io/redpulse
Reflection	February 06, 1999	Ysuer	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se072546.html
REVOLGEAR II -SECOND BRIGHTNESS-	2013	Bikkuri Software	https://freegame-mugen.jp/shooting/game_2966.html
REVOLGEAR II Ver. D Rev+EX	2014	Bikkuri Software, XYRS	https://freegame-mugen.jp/shooting/game_2968.html
R.G.B	2005	STG	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/518
Riverbed Soul Saver	Jun 27, 2014	ido, Len	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/19555
R.O.Z -RESTRAINT OF ZERO-	Jun 29, 2004	Arue	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se330805.html
Ryosan-gata Saisho Heiki Dotechin (量産型最終兵器ドテチン)	2007	JMG	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se429156.html

S

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Salamander NG	2014	Oblio Design	http://www.obliodesign.altervista.org/gate/index.php/2012-12-18-12-20-14
Sengoku Youkai Daikassen	2011	吉田	https://freegame-mugen.jp/shooting/game_1357.html
Servants Of Harvest Wish	May 16, 2020	Dream Compass	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/22891
Shift Roar Demo	April 18, 2020	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/shift-roar-demo
Shining Shooting Star	2016	雨夜枫雪制作组	https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=18716.0
Solid State Survivor	2012/07/11	kt.software	http://ktstg.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/904/
Sonic Ironstorm: Fatal Attack	2007	Astro Port	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/winnt/game/se439075.html
Sonic Sisters	2006/4/13	ZAP	http://www.kit.hi-ho.ne.jp/zapzap/works_eng.htm
Spolous	Jan 10, 2021	Suppon	https://suppon.itch.io/spolous
Stargunner	Nov 19, 1996	Apogee	https://www.gog.com/game/stargunner
Starhall Redthel	September 11, 2013	PteriForever	https://web.archive.org/web/20141213174453/http://www.forgottenplanet.com/caillan/StarhallRedthel.zip
Starhall 2 - Arcrain	November 11, 2014	PteriForever	https://web.archive.org/web/20141213174421/http://www.forgottenplanet.com/caillan/Starhall2.zip
Star Shooter Revival	2021	Stella Mahou	http://dokidokivisual.com//magic_of_stella/ss_sn_revival.php
Storm Assault	Cancelled	STORM PROJECT	http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191611/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~bp-827z/asd/products/s_assault/dl.htm
Storm Caliber	September 5, 1999	SRX	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se099618.html
Storm Gear	Jan 1, 2011	STORM PROJECT	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/5830
Striker Wing	November 18, 2017	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/striker-wing
Strike Witches STG	2009	Morihama	https://www.mediafire.com/file/7qss0yk72z0cr3j/Strike_Witches_STG.zip/file
Suwako no Danmaku Pyonpyon Daisansaku (Suwapyon)	2010	UTG Software	https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZovHOkZWFbqjCCNdEyPayfSVi8rTBhB0TPV
Suwako-chan Cubic (Suwapyon 2)	2012	UTG Software	https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZXuzOkZonTdwleUiAHwRq1oTS62l0zn1VlX

T

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
TranscendPang	January 8 2012	MetaFormingPro	http://cerebralmuddystream.nekokan.dyndns.info/TranscendPang/index.html
Tadpole Tales	March 12, 2021	Pinnical Studio	https://store.steampowered.com/app/1428900/Tadpole_Tales/, https://zizhen96.itch.io/tadpole-tales
Tank Domination	2006	Astro Port	http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f2699.html
TECHNO SYLPH -vsys gaiden-	2002	KBZ	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se234546.html
The Flying Pancake Octopus in Black Hole	July 26, 2019	Vagues	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/20679
The Under Stellar 2	2000	STUDiO B-ROOM	http://www.mediafire.com/file/12z9538wo6oqq6d/The_Under_Stellar_2.7z/file
Tiny XEVIVOS	2013	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
TM Shooter cure black label	2015	daishihmr	http://github.dev7.jp/tmshooter-cbl/
Tri Focuser ~ Outside The Traditional World	Jun 23, 2017	ido, raichu, Shijimi Nono	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/20064
Trisker -トライスカ-	November 19, 2016	Efesu -えふえす-	https://www.freem.ne.jp/win/game/13353
ToDonPachi Red Label	2016/01/04	Shooting Star	https://ornro.tistory.com/2
Trigonometry Wars 3 Redux + Cagar Label)	March 12, 2013	Giest118, Cagar	https://www.mediafire.com/file/gcas0klf682qlzt/Trigonometry_Wars_3_Redux_%252B_Cagar_Label.zip/file
Trigonometry Wars 4	2012	Giest118	https://www.mediafire.com/file/wxln2c7mivesplv/Trigonometry_Wars_4.zip/file
TUMIKI Fighters	2004 4/3	Kenta Cho	http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tf_e.html
Twin Tiger Shark	July 23, 2014	Mikael Tillander	https://mix256.itch.io/twin-tiger-shark
Tyrian 2000	Nov 30, 1999	Eclipse Productions, Epic Megagames	https://www.gog.com/game/tyrian_2000

U

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Urban Uprising - Dark New World	2005	Astro Port	http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f3315.html
Unofficial Salamander 3	Dec 25, 2008	Ace9921	https://www.mediafire.com/file/la353mx9tixc4k4/Unofficial_Salamander_3_Full_Version_2.0.zip/file

V

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Vacant Ark (Requires DXWnd to launch)	2005	Buster	http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f3299.html
Vastynex	2018	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html

W

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Warmachine Overload	2005	Astro Port	http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f3316.html
Warning Forever	2004	Hikware	http://www.hikware.com/Prod/index.html#wf
Winglancer	2011/11/3	ZAP	http://www.kit.hi-ho.ne.jp/zapzap/works_eng.htm

X

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
XED	September 12, 2007	BomB	https://www.vector.co.jp/soft/win95/game/se442136.html
Xeno Fighters R	1998-2021+	Team XF	https://xenofighters.fandom.com/wiki/Xeno_Fighters_R_Wiki
XOP Ultra	2002-2011	Christopher Emirzian	http://sk8tokyo.com/udder/prog/xop/index.html
XOP Black Ultra	2008-2011	Christopher Emirzian	http://sk8tokyo.com/udder/prog/xopblack/index.html

Z

Game	Release date	Author	Download link
Zakesta	Presumably 2021	Zakichi	http://zakichi.ojaru.jp/menutml.html
Zen-Ichi	2005	Equinox	https://archive.org/details/ZenIchi
Zenodyne	March 25, 2014	Jack Darx (Team Grybanser Fox)	https://gamejolt.com/games/zenodyne/24328
Zero Guard Demo	November 4, 2020	Team Overloaded	https://overloadedstudios.itch.io/zero-guard

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