- #1 TechBeat Heart
97% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Machine Games
Windows · Linux
SCORCHING TECHBEAT ACTION! A frantic combo-based score attack shooter. Make combos to earn more time. Master all weapons and defeat a raving mad machine. 100% arcade action. Online ranking. Lots of achievements. A Dual Gunstrike spin off.
Why similar: Unforgiving 34.6% ★, Arena Shooter 15.1%, Perma Death 14.8%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Difficult 9.3%
- #2 Curse Rounds
96% matchPositive95% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: TENTACLES INTERACTIVE
Windows
A roguelike with unique curses, 60+ cards, incredible shots and power-ups. No two attempts are ever the same.
Why similar: Perma Death 30.8%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Difficult 14.1%, Shooter 4.9%
- #3 An Action Roguelite for when you have 20 minutes to spare
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Cinnamon Pupper
Windows
Dive, jump n' shoot, an Action Roguelite for when you only have 20 minutes to spare. Blast beasties, create builds, grow OP. Get a quick session during that dead empty time between appointments.
Why similar: Perma Death 29.7%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Roguelite 18.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #4 Red Sector
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Narzioth
Windows
A sci-fi roguelike about a lone pilot on a forbidden mission through his galaxy. Piece together his story as you scavenge to build your loadout in this procedurally generated space shoot'em-up.
Why similar: Unforgiving 36.8% ★, Perma Death 16.4%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Difficult 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #5 Hell Trigger
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
Shoot your way through thousands of enemies in an always adapting flesh monster. Gather upgrades and dodge to survive the brutal onslaught. Can you reach The Heart in this brutal horror-inspired rogue?
Why similar: Unforgiving 36.7% ★, Arena Shooter 18.4%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Difficult 10.5%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #6 Wild Light: Darkest Isles
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frostforged Games
Windows
Survive unforgiving nights in this topdown roguelite... explore the island, set up camp, and slay Titans in souls-like combat as you hunt the source of the desolation. But beware, the longer you survive, the darker the nights become
Why similar: Unforgiving 36.8% ★, Perma Death 15.6%, Action Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #7 Ogre Chambers 2222
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Build the MOST SATISFYING GUNS to ANNIHILATE ENEMIES by COMBINING EVERY ATTACK you find in this fast-paced BULLET-HELL ROGUELIKE set in TRANSFORMING ARENAS! 💥
Why similar: Action Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 14.4%, Arena Shooter 13.5%, Roguelite 13.1%, Difficult 11.3%
- #8 Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Odd Dreams DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 100+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!
Why similar: Perma Death 19.6%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Difficult 12.6%
- #9 DAWN ONE
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: shaderbunny
Windows
Neo arcade, 100% mouse-controlled. Hot, fast and brutal hack and slash character action.
Why similar: Unforgiving 52% ★, Perma Death 23.9%, Difficult 9.2%, Zombies 5.8%, Combat 4.5%
- #10 Seedovia
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ab
Windows
Seedovia is a rogue-like dungeon crawler where you traverse room after room, fighting challenging monsters. Chain your weapons, collect game-changing passive upgrades, and equip items to create unique builds and become increasingly more powerful.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.6%, Difficult 16.2%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 15.9%, Procedural Generation 15.7%
- #11 Ziggurat
89% matchVery Positive85% of 3,953 reviews2014
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Why similar: Roguelite 19.2%, Perma Death 16%, Arena Shooter 13.4%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #12 Star of Providence
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,276 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Roguelite 15.2%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Arena Shooter 12.7%, Perma Death 12.3%, Difficult 11.8%
- #13 Wicked West
88% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Maid GamesPub: Maid 4 Fun
Windows
Survive the unforgiving frontier in Wicked West, a top-down shoot 'em up where every kill earns upgrades and new abilities. Face relentless enemies, epic bosses, and one-shot death in this brutal Wild West survival challenge. Can you outlast the chaos?
Why similar: Unforgiving 34.7% ★, Perma Death 17.2%, Arena Shooter 16%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #14 Adventure Delivery Service
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Miller Tinkerhess
Windows
Adventure Delivery Service is a procedurally generated roguelite action-adventure game. You play a delivery person who must retrieve packages stolen by monsters and hidden in dungeons deep underground. Beneath the game’s playful style lies a challenging difficulty curve.
Why similar: Unforgiving 48.7% ★, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Roguelite 15.1%, Difficult 13.5%, Action 6.2%
- #15 Heartless Dark
86% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: iamRoarke
Windows
Inch your way through oppressive darkness using only a flashlight and 6th sense in this tense top-down roguelike. Shoot, stun, electrocute, poison and blow-up monsters in abandoned corporate offices where resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.
Why similar: Unforgiving 37.1% ★, Perma Death 16.9%, Difficult 13.3%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #16 ETERNAL BLOOD
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2021
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
ETERNAL BLOOD is a high-adrenaline arcade-action FPS. Face legions of demons, harvest their souls and become a God of Destruction.
Why similar: Perma Death 22.8%, Arena Shooter 22.2%, Zombies 14.2%, Difficult 11%, Action Roguelike 9%
- #17 Spider Monkey
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Chosen Masters GamesPub: CM Games
Windows · Linux
A physics-based action roguelike where every swing, shot, and mistake is driven by real momentum. Master web-slinging movement, chaotic combat, and unforgiving physics in a game that’s easy to start — and brutally hard to master.
Why similar: Unforgiving 39.8% ★, Perma Death 18.9%, Roguelite 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Shooter 7.2%
- #18 A Contusion
84% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: gakovniza
Windows
A Contusion is a leisurely hardcore top-down roguelite shooter where the hero gets lost in the labyrinths of memory. A variety of weapons, armor and shields, grenades and first aid kits, powerful artifacts and perks will become faithful companions on the path of memories.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.3%, Difficult 15.4%, Roguelite 15.4%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Shooter 10%
- #19 Dash Bang Rift LLC
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jozsef NagyPub: eulerian-solutions
Windows
Take over your grandma's company Dash Bang Rift LLC in this high-stakes action roguelite/roguelike where you out-math the apocalypse. Experiment with volatile Rift Mod stacks to transform standard weapons into god-tier destruction before the rift overwhelms you. Finish your shift—or die trying.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 19.4%, Perma Death 18.1%, Action Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 13.7%, Difficult 12.2%
- #20 Lonely tiny spaceship
82% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Lonely bro
Windows · Mac · Linux
A shooter in the space arena, in which you grow from a small, clumsy to a powerful capital spaceship, using resources obtained from destroyed hordes of enemies and other cosmic evil.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 21.5%, Perma Death 21%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Difficult 13.9%, Roguelite 11%
- #21 ZombWave
84% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Matúš Kačeriak
Windows
A zombie virus has hit the entire planet. the human species is on its knees. You take on the role of a soldier who survived a helicopter crash when returning to a base that was under attack. If you want to obey your order you have to face thousands of zombies.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26%, Perma Death 18.8%, Zombies 18.6%, Action Roguelike 12%, Shooter 7.3%
- #22 Orbit Express
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nebula Nomad Games
Windows
Orbit Express is a physics-based roguelike game. Pilot your delivery spacecraft through a procedurally generated galaxy, creating a unique challenge every time you play. Avoid collisions, upgrade your craft, mind your fuel, and master your flying skills, all for a minimum wage!
Why similar: Perma Death 28.3%, Procedural Generation 19.9%, Unforgiving 13.5% ★, Action Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #23 Deicider
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Collision Fox
Windows
Forge your path to glory and liberty in this gladiator rogue-like. Sculpt a warrior attuned to your spirit and prowess, combining gear from four categories and honing six sacred attributes to confront the reigning champion and shape a legacy destined to echo through the ages.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 25.5%, Perma Death 20.5%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Roguelite 5.9%
- #24 Scorched
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Gaupestudio
Windows
Meet Bob, ready with his water hose on the field. As a fireman, he likes blasting houses with water that are on fire. Lucky day for him, all the houses are on fire in this area. You need to shut down the fires, while zombies are coming from nowhere to chase you.
Why similar: Zombies 25.9%, Action Roguelike 18.4%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Perma Death 14.1%, Shooter 8.4%
- #25 Down the Dungeon
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: formless
Windows
Descend to the bottom of the dungeon without dying, platforming your way around traps, monsters, and worst of all -- falling to your death. Explore the horrific depths as you gain powerful gear and uncover the dark secrets that await you at the bottom.
Why similar: Unforgiving 48.3% ★, Perma Death 20.6%, Difficult 14.7%, Action Roguelike 8.5%, Combat 3.7%
- #26 In Game Adventure: Legend of Monsters
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 135 reviews2017
Dev: Rising Moon Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
A top-down arena shooter with a wide variety of weapons and enemies. Confront hordes of zombies and monsters in totally random generated arenas.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 20.6%, Roguelite 15.9%, Difficult 15.7%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Zombies 12.9%
- #27 Cards and Guns
79% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Cards and Guns is a top-down arena shooter roguelite, where you’ll have to defeat hordes of creatures. Choose from a variety of cards and upgrades to create unique builds and survive to the end.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 23.3%, Perma Death 22.8%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #28 Chaos Orbit
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Singularity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A chaotic roguelike platform shooter set in a haunted space foundry. Fight through 5-room floors, face twisted bosses, and stack unhinged mutations while Scraps — your sarcastic shopkeeper — roasts you at every turn.
Why similar: Perma Death 28.7%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelite 18.1%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Shooter 11.1%
- #29 DEADHUNTERS
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimsonite Games
Windows
DEADHUNTERS is a cooperative rogueplaying game. Choose your hero, embark on missions and make decisions together. Loot, level up and die again and again in an ever changing world of darkness. Conquer the damned and earn your rightful place in the Guild of Deadhunters!
Why similar: Unforgiving 37% ★, Perma Death 16%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Roguelite 11.6%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #30 Dark Ascent
77% match2 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Game Cave Studios
Windows
Dark Ascent is designed to be a test of skill, patience, and perseverance. Every decision counts, and you must learn from your mistakes to climb higher.
Why similar: Unforgiving 51.7% ★, Difficult 14.9%, Open World 12.5%, Exploration 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%
- #31 Ziircon
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nikki Rasnic
Windows
Ziircon is a RPG rogue-lite platformer, with procedurally generated mind-bending, bone-breaking dungeons. You rise from the dead, an average squire. You die and rise evermore to defeat what corrupted the world. The entire world crushes you over and over. Can you prevail over this challenge?
Why similar: Perma Death 20.6%, Difficult 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14%, Open World 13%, Procedural Generation 12.7%
- #32 The Phoenix Initiative
76% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nobody Cares
Windows
Play as one of the last surviving humans on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where resources are scarce and danger lurks around every corner. As you scavenge for supplies, fend off vicious enemies, and build a small colony, you must use your wits and combat skills to survive in this harsh new world.
Why similar: Unforgiving 44% ★, Perma Death 17.6%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Open World 7.9%, Action Roguelike 7.8%
- #33 SUPERZGUN
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Koala Bear Studios
Windows
SUPERZGUN is a 2D survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic world claimed by the undead.Shoot your way through waves of swarming zeds and upgrade your gear to outlast the Horde.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.2%, Difficult 15.9%, Zombies 14.3%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 12%
- #34 GoNNER
76% matchVery Positive81% of 1,337 reviews2016
Dev: Art in HeartPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
Why similar: Roguelite 25.3%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Perma Death 12.2%, Difficult 11.5%
- #35 Doodle Wipeout
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Mostly Stable Games
Windows
A predatory survivor-like action rougelite where you are an Eraser who is hunting the invading doodles - but you don't eliminate them with weapons but by scrubbing them. Every doodle you wipe shrinks you. Survive 10 waves of chaotic "Health-as-Ammo" combat or be erased forever.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.3%, Arena Shooter 23.7%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12%
- #36 Astral Flux
74% matchPositive88% of 32 reviews2022
Dev: CosmocatPub: Mindscape
Windows
Astral Flux is an action-platformer with roguelite elements where each run is different. Traverse hostile alien planets, discover dark secrets, and face powerful foes in combat.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.8%, Procedural Generation 15%, Roguelite 14.1%, Difficult 12.3%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #37 Nebula Cleanup Crew
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: JazzCat Games
Windows · Linux
Nebula Cleanup Crew is a short top down action roguelite shooter with a focus on hot and cold weaponry. Rescue your crew members as you blast enemies and bosses away with super heated and chilled weapons — freeze foes, overheat them and unleash powerful supertemp special attacks!
Why similar: Roguelite 17.7%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Perma Death 14.2%, Arena Shooter 13.4%, Difficult 12.9%
- #38 Deep Dungeon
74% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Lampidev
Windows
Deep Dungeon is a rogue-lite like you have never seen before. The vast underground caves are dangerous and full of vicious enemies. There's no failsave, no checkpoints. If you die, the run is over!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.8%, Perma Death 19.4%, Roguelite 19.1%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #39 Horde Slayer
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Wagner Rodrigues
Windows · Linux
A horde survival top-down shooter. Survive countless hordes of feral snakes.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.8%, Zombies 16.3%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
- #40 Pennylooter
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Josh Sellers
Windows
Meander your way around a never-ending world, defeating successive waves of enemies and stealing their pennies so that you can buy items that'll help you defeat even more enemies. There's also boss fights. And frogs.
Why similar: Perma Death 30.6%, Open World 19.4%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #41 Corebreaker
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aQuadiunPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Corebreaker is a fast-paced action-platformer game with rogue-like elements. Play as Nova, a robot designed to awaken when humanity is extinct by the machines. Unlock abilities, upgrades and powerful weapons as you fight your way through supreme robots to find out your purpose!
Why similar: Perma Death 23%, Arena Shooter 22.5%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #42 Deadly Days
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,877 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Roguelite 20.6%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Perma Death 8.6%, Difficult 7.8%
- #43 Lost Soul
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abdallah Mohamed
Windows
Lost soul is a roguelite action-platformer. inspired by deadcells, and hades. You'll explore an ever-changing Tower with a 2D souls-lite combat.
Why similar: Perma Death 27.2%, Action Roguelike 18.7%, Roguelite 18%, Difficult 17.9%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #44 Drift Scavenger
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Villain Games
Windows
You are a soul lost in the Drift. Weaponize your momentum to defeat the greater demons and the devil ending your cyclical hell. Explore a procedural map, collect new weapons and escape to the refuge to stash your loot. Pack your knapsack carefully! If you die you'll lose everything you brought.
Why similar: Unforgiving 34.7% ★, Perma Death 14%, Difficult 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #45 Roguely
72% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: SQRL Studios
Windows
Roguely is a fantasy themed top-down shooter pixel art action roguelite with some bullet hell thrown in. Fight and dodge your way through the randomly generated maps to rescue your friends. Find upgrades along the way and save up arcane fragments for permanent blessings from the gods.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.8%, Action Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 15%, Difficult 15%, Procedural Generation 12.2%
- #46 Glorp
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raster.Software
Windows
Shoot your way through an endless stream of enemies! GLORP is an action roguelike where you must upgrade your skills and weapons to become overpowered
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.8%, Perma Death 22.4%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 15.2%, Shooter 9%
- #47 Primordial Pain
70% matchPositive95% of 40 reviews2022
Dev: Jan Malitschek
Windows
Primordial Pain is a brutally unforgiving, fast paced arena shooter with one key mechanic: Pain. Perform an elegant dance on the fine line between maximum power and certain death.
Why similar: Unforgiving 42.7% ★, Arena Shooter 23.3%, Difficult 15.5%, Shooter 7.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #48 Void Strife
69% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Andrei Patea
Windows
Wield a bunch of wacky animals, armed-to-the-teeth in your fight for freedom! Stampede over your enemies in this silly roguelike twin-stick-shooter on your way to defeat to the biggest evil of all - the BRAINIAC who gave you soul. 🐎
Why similar: Perma Death 25.7%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Difficult 16.8%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Shooter 10.1%
- #49 Caveblazers
70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,486 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Difficult 12.4%
- #50 BitRick's Venture
68% matchPositive96% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: Kakapo Devs
Windows
BitRick’s Venture is a fast-paced roguelite shooter with procedural map generation where you control BitRick, a guy with a questionable sense of humor who loves trash-talking after humiliating his enemies.
Why similar: Roguelite 26%, Procedural Generation 25.2%, Perma Death 21.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #51 Comet Force
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Linux
Comet Force is a Space Arena Shooter Action Roguelite. Build your camp, recruit to compose and grow your troop, collect upgrades and unique effects, fight enemies and bosses, and choose how the threat evolves. Keep your troop strong enough to survive all waves and close off the anomaly.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 22.2%, Perma Death 20.8%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #52 LOOSEPO
69% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2021
Dev: MEWSTURBO
Windows
This is an ultra-lightweight Top-Down shooting game with roguelike elements. You need to constantly recycle your empty wine bottles to replenish ammunition. Use the initial props cards and the upgrade cards in the game to build a powerful butt baby, and then help it defeat the evil rotten demons
Why similar: Perma Death 27%, Difficult 20.2%, Roguelite 18.4%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Retro 6.9%
- #53 The Gunslinger
69% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Le Mesurier
Windows
Annihilate an ever-growing horde of monsters to survive. Unlock & choose from a variety of upgrades to create unique and game-breaking builds in this minimalist action-roguelike game!
Why similar: Arena Shooter 26.6%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelite 19.5%, Perma Death 14.1%, Action 6.2%
- #54 Zombies Aren't Your Friends
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CYBER TENGU studio
Windows
A zombie arena-shooter roguelite survivor game. Shoot your way through thousands of zombies to find friends to help you build a better defense. Level up to unlock perks and bonuses to help your team survive longer.
Why similar: Arena Shooter 35%, Zombies 21.9%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Combat 5%
- #55 Ironforged
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IronforgeDreams
Windows
Slow-paced, tactical VR shooter where every mistake is punished. You fight with a minimal arsenal - your pistol, composure, timing, and precision. Wake up as CM-42 and fight your way out of a relentless combat training facility designed to break the weak and forge perfect soldiers.
Why similar: Unforgiving 54.6% ★, Roguelite 15%, Shooter 11.5%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Action 2.8%
- #56 Pit of Ascension
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Powerdive Games
Windows
Jump, dodge, and shoot your way through a series of bosses to become the champion of the pit in this bossfight roguelike!
Why similar: Perma Death 24%, Action Roguelike 21.1%, Roguelite 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Combat 8.6%
- #57 Little Devils
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: kitjenson
Windows
A brutal precision platforming journey through the 9 circles of hell. Liberate your ancestors, die a million times, and meet Satan... you know... for fun.
Why similar: Unforgiving 66.2% ★, Difficult 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Retro 6.3%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #58 Boomeraxe
66% matchPositive94% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: SoBad
Windows
Who says a twin-stick shooter needs guns? Boomeraxe is a bullet hell dungeon crawler with a unique core mechanic: Your only weapon hurts you too.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.7%, Perma Death 20.5%, Roguelite 20.1%, Action 8.8%, Retro 8.1%
- #59 No Time For Pants
65% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Push Inc
Windows
Fight for your loot with each extraction in a dark, dangerous facility that evolves as you push deeper. Customize loadouts and adapt your playstyle every run as you learn, loot, and unlock what you need to escape. Hardcore, compact, tactical, roguelite, extraction. This is No Time For Pants!
Why similar: Perma Death 21.6%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelite 13.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.2%