- #1 Desktop Survivors 98
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,420 reviews2025
Dev: Brandon Hesslau
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Desktop Survivors 98 is a chaotic roguelite dungeon crawler that unfolds right on your Desktop. Your cursor becomes the hero as you explore new rooms, battle relentless waves of enemies, and collect powerful new weapons.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.7%, 1990's 15.7%, Old School 10.7%, Action 10.2%, 2D 7.8%
- #2 Doomed to Hell
97% matchVery Positive82% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Top-Down 12.7%, Action 12.6%, 2D 6.9%
- #3 Dungeon Core
96% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Talismanic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Core is a roguelite top-down shooter where you get to explore the sewers and beyond to ultimately reach an old underground research facility. Old nuclear waste has caused dangerous mutations in creatures due to a failed experiment. You set out to destroy the abandoned nuclear core.
Why similar: Gun Customization 33.3% ★, Top-Down 21.7%, Action 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 2D 10%
- #4 Fried Panic
95% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Simply Artizan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive as long as possible in Fried Panic! Buy weapons, abilities, and even donut producing machines. Fight through waves of eggs, lemons, chicken drumsticks, and much more, all in a top down pixel art style.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.9%, Top-Down 16.4%, Action 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Combat 9.4%
- #5 Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
94% matchVery Positive99% of 359 reviews2026
Dev: Shaun Hammond Business Solutions Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
The family computer is infected again and it’s your job to fend off waves of viruses and adware foes with an arsenal of nostalgic Y2K-inspired weapons. Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is a survivor-like auto-shooter filled with nods to the days when computers were actually fun.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37%, 1990's 15%, Top-Down 13.3%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #6 Double Down
94% matchVery Positive87% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Burndown Studios
Windows
Double Down is a roguelike FPS for high-octane high rollers. Smash robots and spin slots to win powerful upgrades, and make your way through growing waves of enemies to face The House and take back the casino.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 60.9%, Action 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Combat 7.9%, Indie 2.2%
- #7 Rabbit Hole
93% matchVery Positive90% of 1,663 reviews2024
Dev: ShortCake_CafePub: Engi_ee
Windows
Rabbit Hole is a fast paced, tough-as-nails 2D RogueLike-Shooter, made with love for the genre. You are Disc, someone who was suddenly brought to the Rabbit Hole. Collect guns, fight foes and meet strange new characters on your descent to the bottom, all in an attempt to find your heart again.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.3%, Action 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D 11.3%, Adventure 6.2%
- #8 NETHER DUNGEONS
92% matchVery Positive83% of 434 reviews2024
Dev: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Nether Dungeons is an action-packed dungeon crawler. Battle through procedurally generated dungeons, face relentless enemies, and defeat epic bosses. Customize your hero, wield diverse weapons, and survive intense challenges as you descend into ever-changing, dangerous depths.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.1%, Top-Down 18.9%, Action 9.3%, 2D 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #9 >SYS//PURGE_
91% matchVery Positive91% of 128 reviews2026
Dev: tomo2515x
Windows
>SYS//PURGE_ is a free, fast-paced FPS inspired by 90's classics, with roguelike elements. Collect items, stay alive and descend deeper into the facility. You take control of an LN-X unit, a glitch breaks you out of the Overseer's control. Make it burn.
Why similar: Action 68.5%, Combat 19.5%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #10 A Clumsy Flight
91% matchMixed69% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Rdev group
Windows
Shoot down swarms of planes to survive your adventure through the clouds. Make smart upgrade decisions along the way to not get submerged by the hundreds of enemies coming your way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.5%, Top-Down 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action 11%, 2D 8.7%
- #11 Gunbot Diplomacy: Blast Off
90% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive the wasteland in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from tons of build-defining modules and wacky bots for a new experience every run. Prologue teaser build.
Why similar: Gun Customization 48.6% ★, Action Roguelike 32.2%, Action 9%, 2D 4.8%, Combat 4.8%
- #12 Hyperhell
89% matchVery Positive97% of 178 reviews2023
Dev: Diency games
Windows
HYPERHELL is a breakneck top-down movement shooter featuring the talents of several prolific hyperpop musicians. Obliterate your way through a colorful city of demons to reclaim what was stolen from you: a fully stocked fridge.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.3%, Top-Down 21.8%, Action 9.9%, 2D 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #13 Repetendium
88% matchVery Positive90% of 297 reviews2022
Dev: Bearlex Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 60.3%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Combat 9.9%, Adventure 4.3%
- #14 Planetary Dustoff
89% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 68.4%, Action 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #15 Tiny Rogues
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,786 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.9%, Top-Down 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Combat 6.7%, 2D 4.7%
- #16 Heroes & Redemption
86% matchVery Positive85% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Observer Games
Windows · Linux
Heroes & Redemption is a rogue-lite bullet-hell where you face hordes of enemies, annihilate them, learn new abilities and enhance your skills. Explore different regions, acquire new companions and embark on adventures again and again.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.4%, Top-Down 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action 9.2%, 2D 9.2%
- #17 BULLETHELL
86% matchVery Positive90% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Walter Machado
Windows
BULLETHELL is an experimental, retro-hardcore, barely playable, ultra-fast-paced arena top-down shooter.
Why similar: Combat 30.7%, 2D 24.2%, Action 22.6%, 1990's 8%, Singleplayer 6%
- #18 99 Levels To Hell
87% matchMixed60% of 609 reviews2014
Dev: Zaxis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.4%, Action 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, 2D 11.7%, Adventure 5%
- #19 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
84% matchVery Positive80% of 474 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.6%, Top-Down 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Action 12.5%, 2D 9.8%
- #20 Bloody Hell
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,049 reviews2023
Dev: Pun Intended
Windows
A short but sweet game about an Angel on a Bloody Bullet-hell mission to kill Satan! Dash, Double Dash, Grapple & Blast your way through Hell to fulfill your Holy Mission. Will you be able to kill Satan? Or will you fail to master your abilities and DIE in this BLOODY HELL?
Why similar: Top-Down 29.8%, Pixel Graphics 22.2%, Combat 12.5%, 2D 10.9%, Action 10.4%
- #21 Corn Defenders
84% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Jackson WynnPub: JC384
Windows
A modern game inspired by many popular 1980s arcade games that depicts a student locked inside of a school. You will need to trade for and collect corn to escape. You will also need to run away from Dr. Small and the teachers
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.8%, Action 15.7%, Top-Down 13.3%, Old School 10.3%, 2D 7.1%
- #22 Half Hour Hexagon
83% matchVery Positive83% of 115 reviews2023
Dev: Carson Kompon
Windows
Obliterate a never-ending horde of enemies while you attempt to reach the 30 minute mark. Race to earn XP and level up to gain new items and opportunities for each run to become stronger than the last.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 59.4%, Action 18.4%, 2D 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #23 Toroom
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 203 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.1%, Action 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Top-Down 11.9%, 2D 9.1%
- #24 Rocky Mayhem
81% matchPositive87% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: SepSlitherPub: Frederik Holst
Windows
Systems are down and require time to repair, leaving you with a basic gunship with no hopes of escaping an aggressive asteroid event. Will you be able to survive the increasingly difficult 6 minutes to repair the ship's functions and escape? Also discover a variety of genres, all in one game!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.9%, Top-Down 19.3%, Action 13%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, 2D 9.8%
- #25 UNLOAD
79% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: RooTwoPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
UNLOAD is an interception-focused top-down shooter where ammo is life. Intercept lethal projectiles to reload and survive by a thread. As a Visitor who lost everything in an explosion, hunt down those tied to the incident and uncover the truth behind that day.
Why similar: Top-Down 27.3%, Action 25.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, 2D 9.6%, Combat 7.7%
- #26 Articrow
79% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Jackrabbit StartersPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Articrow is a 2D top-down action roguelike. Play as a magical crow exploring dungeons, collecting and upgrading artifacts with unique parts. Equip these powerful artifacts and defeat challenging enemies to escape.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.2%, Top-Down 22.6%, Action 12.4%, 2D 11.3%, Combat 6.2%
- #27 RAM: Random Access Mayhem
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Xylem Studios
Windows · Mac
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44%, Top-Down 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Action 10.6%, 2D 9.9%
- #28 Rising Hell - Prologue
81% matchVery Positive82% of 118 reviews2020
Dev: Tahoe GamesPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Welcome to the first layer of hell! Climb out from the ever-changing abyss while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons in this vertical platformer rogue-lite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.6%, Action 31.6%, Indie 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, 2D 6.1%
- #29 Mustache in Hell
80% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2016
Dev: IdunaSoft
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A trip to hell. Hordes of demons. Big guns. Insane combat encounters. Pixel art mustaches. It's going to be a long day for Officer John Mustache.
Why similar: Action 51.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Indie 10.8%
- #30 Slimekeep
76% matchVery Positive90% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: BenBonk
Windows · Mac
In a world becoming corrupted by the evil Slime King, KILL or CAPTURE various slimes to grow stronger and save Slimetopia! Venture through procedurally generated levels in this fast-paced roguelike, if you're tough enough to not get slimed...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.5%, Top-Down 21.1%, 2D 9.3%, Action 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #31 Against Great Darkness
77% matchVery Positive81% of 216 reviews2024
Dev: Hitreg StudiosPub: Hitreg Studios
Windows
Against Great Darkness is a brick-breaking, bullet hell, roguelite where you play as a pagan trying to escape Hell's maw. Trigger relics by keeping your disks bouncing, experience unique events where you can obtain incredible loot, and battle hellish bosses while always keeping an eye on your disks.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 45%, Top-Down 20.4%, Action 13.1%, 2D 10.6%, Combat 9.1%
- #32 Doomsday Hunters
76% matchVery Positive90% of 790 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Action 15.4%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #33 Witchinour
78% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.3%, Top-Down 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Old School 9.2%, Action 8.6%
- #34 BloodDome99
74% matchVery Positive96% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Halftone Gaming
Windows · Mac
BloodDome99 is a game about nostalgia, capitalism, violence, and over-the-top absurdist fun. 80s arcade meets modern horde-survival roguelike. Create unique builds, master more than 40 weapons, and kill ever-growing hordes of contestants in the retro-futuristic gladiator gameshow BLOODDOME99
Why similar: Action Roguelike 60.4%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Action 11%, 2D 10.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #35 Identifile: Desktop Dungeon
73% matchVery Positive93% of 190 reviews2025
Dev: Gearbyte Games
Windows
Become the ultimate desktop cursor in a deeply infected operating system! Navigate folders like dungeon rooms, delete viruses, and level up with EXEs in this action-packed roguelike.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.3%, Old School 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Action 11.2%, 2D 8.6%
- #36 REPLIKATOR
75% matchVery Positive86% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49%, Top-Down 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 8.7%, Adventure 5.1%
- #37 Pixel Descent
74% matchVery Positive85% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Moonskull Games
Windows
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 53.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action 13.3%, 2D 12%, Indie 4.1%
- #38 Make Me LAG
75% matchVery Positive93% of 252 reviews2020
Dev: 4H StudioLab
Windows
Make Me LAG is the first game that features a revolutionary new control scheme: your character actions are determined by the game frame count! Use external softwares and other tricks to lower the FPS count and control your character to defeat evil monsters and save the world!
Why similar: Action 76.8%, Indie 23.2%
- #39 Skelly Selest
73% matchVery Positive93% of 288 reviews2018
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.7%, Top-Down 14.6%, Action 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, 2D 3.7%
- #40 Pogo Rogue
70% matchVery Positive92% of 213 reviews2024
Dev: Bounce Back Games
Windows
Bounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.9%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Action 14.6%, 2D 9.8%, Adventure 3.1%
- #41 EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
70% matchVery Positive94% of 1,410 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.3%, Top-Down 24.7%, Old School 11.1%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 3.5%
- #42 Neophyte
68% matchVery Positive90% of 681 reviews2026
Dev: Regal Pigeon
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat. Collect spells, choose perks and discover powerful synergies to become an unstoppable monster-slaying wizard.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 55.6%, Top-Down 14%, Action 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, 2D 6.9%
- #43 ASTRONAUTILUS
72% matchVery Positive95% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: neozoid.games
Windows
Your ship has crash-landed on a stray rogue planet, and you're out of fuel... It's up to you to delve beneath the frozen surface and find a way to get your ship back into space while fighting strange sea creatures and uncovering the mysteries of the world beneath the ice!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.3%, Action 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, 2D 7.4%, Indie 2%
- #44 Cyberhunt
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Why similar: Top-Down 23.7%, Old School 18%, Action 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D 11.1%
- #45 EMPTY SHELL
70% matchVery Positive88% of 861 reviews2023
Dev: CC ARTSPub: Hyperstrange
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
EMPTY SHELL will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a Japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.8%, Top-Down 24.2%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Old School 8%
- #46 Boons & Burdens
71% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Boons & Burdens is a single player action-roguelike set in the depths of hell. Battle hordes of demons through 12 levels, collect gems to purchase powerful boons, and choose from deadly burdens that alter the game's difficulty. Will you be the paragon of power or the architect of your own defeat?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.3%, Top-Down 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 11.2%, 2D 8.7%
- #47 In Game Adventure: Legend of Monsters
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 136 reviews2017
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A fast-paced top-down arena shooter with a wide variety of weapons and enemies. Battle hordes of zombies and monsters in procedurally generated arenas, chase the high score in Arcade Mode, and wishlist now to get ready for the fight.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.3%, Top-Down 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Action 9.4%, 2D 9%
- #48 DUNGEON SLASHER
69% matchMixed65% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: 96Percent
Windows
Navigate maps filled with enemies, destroying all who get in your way! Use a variety of character, artifact, and skill synergies to defeat the dungeon!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 59.2%, Action 14.6%, 2D 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Combat 5.1%
- #49 Chrono Survival
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 115 reviews2022
Dev: Petushock ProductionPub: Petushock Production
Windows
On the eve of the end of the world, become the last hope for the world by standing alone against thousands of monsters. Chrono Survival is a hyper arcade rogue-lite game that combines simple gameplay and challenge.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.5%, Old School 17.8%, Action 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #50 Diehard Dungeon
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 501 reviews2014
Dev: Tricktale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 66.5%, Action 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Adventure 5.1%, Indie 5.1%
- #51 UnderMine
67% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 64.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Top-Down 10.2%, Action 6.2%, 2D 3.6%
- #52 Shotgun Witch
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,116 reviews2020
Dev: Asephy
Windows
Only armed with a double barrel shotgun, go through waves of hell spawns to get your book back! A bullet hell arena shooter!
Why similar: Top-Down 41.4%, Action 21%, 2D 20.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Adventure 2.8%
- #53 Gunbot Diplomacy
67% matchVery Positive86% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive hordes of enemies in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from a wide variety of build-defining modules and wacky base bots for a new experience every run.
Why similar: Gun Customization 48% ★, Action Roguelike 33.1%, Action 8.7%, 2D 6.6%, Indie 2.1%
- #54 WASTED
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,181 reviews2016
Dev: Mr. Podunkian
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 77.5%, Action 16.9%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #55 Sublevel Zero Redux
69% matchVery Positive87% of 529 reviews2015
Dev: Sigtrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 61.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 6.5%, Indie 3.6%
- #56 CRUEL
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,885 reviews2025
Dev: James Dornan
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Why similar: Action 47.4%, Pixel Graphics 27.6%, Combat 9.5%, Indie 6.6%, Adventure 5.8%
- #57 NETHER HEROES
65% matchVery Positive89% of 778 reviews2024
Dev: MitridanPub: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.9%, Action 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 7.7%, Combat 5%
- #58 Arksync
65% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Dykom Software
Windows
Wired from the ashes of twin stick Shooters, Arksync evolves the genre with breakneck player movement and combat. Survive and buy weapons, utilities, and upgrades; then risk it all as you fight to survive, and take a toy bear home.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.4%, Gun Customization 28.3% ★, Action 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Adventure 3.5%
- #59 Penimorta
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 268 reviews2021
Dev: 0Dark&Nerdy
Windows · Mac
You are a Wizard. Being imprisoned in Penimorta, a maximum security prison, has little appeal. Naturally, you've decided to bust out. The problem is... between every floor of Penimorta is a Corporeal Beast. Can you escape?
Why similar: Top-Down 26.5%, Old School 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Action 13.6%, Combat 11.5%