[Thanks to Tim W. and his co-editors over at our sister IndieGames.com weblog for continuing to provide some of the best coverage on the indie scene out there! This last year round-up chart looks at the sometimes neglected freeware shmup scene in 2007.]

The final 2007 Best Of Features here on the IndieGames.com.blog, we're proud to present twenty of the best freeware shoot 'em ups released in 2007.

Horizontal, vertical or hybrid 2D and 3D shooters - whatever your fancy, you'll find everything here as we unveil another twenty noteworthy shoot 'em ups from last year, some of them from the fertile Japanese dojin scene, but also showcasing the awesome Western shooter development blossoming happening in recent months.

Best Freeware Shoot 'em ups 2007

  1. Varia
  2. MinishoterRS
  3. Garden of Colored Lights
  4. Return to Sector 9
  5. Prototype II
  6. Storm Assault
  7. Arcanacra Black Label
  8. Echoes
  9. Sonic Ironstorm: Fatal Attack
10. Honeyblaster
11. Fraxy
12. XED
13. Exception
14. Axion
15. Genetos
16. Kamiha
17. Gaism
18. Blast Force
19. Dotechin
20. Reincarnation