Shoot-em-up sprites

Pew pew pew and more for FREE!

Stop searching for placeholder shoot-em-up sprites and start building your dream shooter! These asset packs give you a fantastic starting point for prototyping top-down or multi-directional shmups.


See this comprehensive free SHMUP pack in action!

This multi-directional arcade shooter serves as a playable demo, featuring ALL the shoot-em-up sprites from the FREE asset pack.

The game (built with easy-to-use and powerful tool SHMUP Creator by bulo studio) is available to download (for Windows only):

What’s inside (now TWICE updated!):

  • Player ship: 1 core design,
  • Enemies: 10+ distinct enemies (including standard types and a ‘snake’ enemy),
  • Weapons & FX: Player & enemy bullets, a laser weapon, animated explosion, and an animated impact effect,
  • UI & items: Health/power bar graphic, bonus pickup item, versatile board/panel for text/scores, and an awesome title graphic.
  • Environments: 4 unique backgrounds.

Download this pack for free, then start prototyping your next “Pew pew pew!” adventure today!


More shoot-em-up sprites

Ready to forge intense shoot ’em up levels or craft your next old-school masterpiece?
The Shmup Crash Zone tileset provides a versatile arsenal of 32×32 pixel art assets, meticulously designed for that authentic retro feel:

  • Seamlessly tileable assets like desert, grass, lava, bridge, craters, destroyed structure, and an iconic crashed spaceship!
  • Player ship, bullets, animated  explosion and more!


★ The arcade game Black Sheep Squadron (WIP) is also powered by SHMUP Creator

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