Games Like Black Future '88

20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.1%, Roguelite 20.2%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Action 8.6%, Co-op 8.3%

Buckle up for shoot ‘em up chaos in this fast-paced and hyper-stylized roguelite. As the infamous bounty hunter Black Paradox, it’s up to you to travel through space and defeat the Hellraisers – the most dangerous criminal organization in the galaxy.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.6%, Roguelite 18.6%, 1980s 16.8%, Co-op 14%, Local Co-Op 10.2%

Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.9%, Action Roguelike 28.9%, Roguelite 18.8%, Action 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%

NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.4%, Cyberpunk 18.2%, Roguelite 15.7%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Action 8.7%

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.2%, Roguelite 18.6%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 4.9%, Local Co-Op 4.2%

In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33.4%, Action 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Side Scroller 15%, Platformer 8%

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 56.6%, Action 19%, Pixel Graphics 15%, Platformer 8.3%, Indie 1.3%

Tower 57 is a fast-paced neo-retro shooter where cooperation is as important as your ammo capacity. As a member of an extraordinary task force fight your way through a dieselpunk megatower and uncover its hidden secrets.

Why similar: Action 58.1%, Local Co-Op 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Indie 4.9%

Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.3%, Roguelite 20.6%, Co-op 11.6%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Action 6.6%

Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.5%, Roguelite 21.9%, Co-op 18.1%, Action 14.1%, Side Scroller 5.3%

In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.3%, 1980s 19.3%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Co-op 12.7%, Action 8.7%

A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.7%, Roguelite 24%, Local Co-Op 20.2%, Action 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%

TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 53.4%, Roguelite 19.6%, Action 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, Adventure 5.7%

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 56.6%, Roguelite 18.7%, Local Co-Op 9.3%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%

Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.3%, Roguelite 26.9%, Action 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Platformer 2.2%

A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

Why similar: Cyberpunk 31.6%, Action Roguelike 29.2%, Roguelite 17.9%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Action 7.4%

Blade Assault is a 2D action rogue-lite platformer with beautiful pixel art set in a desolate sci-fi world. Fight against the corrupt military of Esperanza as part of the resistance force of the Undercity. Bring the corrupt to justice by becoming stronger and fighting alongside your trusty comrades.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 29.2%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelite 17.9%, Action 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 58.2%, Roguelite 14.9%, Action 8.6%, Local Co-Op 7.6%, Co-op 7.5%

Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.1%, Roguelite 27.8%, Action 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Adventure 4.4%

Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic roguelike action-platformer. Hunt your prey through vast procedurally-generated levels filled with tough enemies, useful loot and experience points. Fight alone or with a friend – either way, it won’t be easy!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.5%, Roguelite 28.3%, Co-op 13.4%, Action 7.3%, Platformer 2.9%

SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.8%, Roguelite 29.4%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Co-op 10.8%, Action 9.4%

Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.4%, Cyberpunk 26.1%, Platformer 12.8%, Action 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.7%, Roguelite 15.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Action 11.4%, Local Co-Op 10.1%

Nongunz is a roguelite action-platformer. Battle grotesque creatures, kill quickly to maintain your combo meter, and rescue worshipers to become part of your idle army to buy upgrades.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.3%, Roguelite 17.8%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 11.6%, Action 8%

Rising Hell is a vertical platformer rogue-lite filled with adrenaline-pumping action and tons of heavy gothic metal shreds. Climb out from the ever-changing hell while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.4%, Roguelite 28.7%, Action 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Platformer 5.6%

Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.

Why similar: Roguelite 33.6%, 1980s 30.3%, Local Co-Op 22.7%, Action 13.5%

A roguelite action platformer in a vibrant glitch-ridden world. Amass a huge arsenal from over 150 weapon options and face hordes of enemies and tough boss fights. Jump into multiplayer (up to 4 player co-op online or local) to collect, unlock, and upgrade for endless replayability.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.3%, Roguelite 20.1%, Local Co-Op 15.5%, Co-op 14%, Action 8.8%

The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.1%, Local Co-Op 15.9%, Action 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Platformer 4.6%

Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.

Why similar: Action 48.1%, Adventure 25.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Co-op 8.1%, Indie 4.5%

Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.

Why similar: Action 49.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.8%, Platformer 16.1%, Side Scroller 12.5%, Indie 3.3%

I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.8%, Roguelite 22%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Action 11%, Co-op 4.9%

The Great Rebellion is a cyberpunk 2D sidescrolling run'n'gun roguelite using mouse/twinstick-shooter controls. It features randomly generated levels, multiple difficulty modes (including optional permadeath), a dynamic soundtrack and an upgradeable player character.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 25.4%, Action Roguelike 24.5%, 1980s 20%, Roguelite 16%, Action 6.6%

Traverse 'The Arc' in this beautiful, Cyberpunk-styled action rogue-lite as you attempt to reset an evil rogue AI. Experiment with different weapons and augments as you fight hordes of machines programmed for your annihilation! Collect Nanites & power-up after every run either solo or with friends!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.6%, Cyberpunk 29.8%, Roguelite 16.7%, Co-op 14%, Action 6.4%

Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.6%, Roguelite 26.8%, Co-op 20.4%, Action 6.6%, Indie 0.6%

RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 82.4%, Action 16.6%, Indie 1%

Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.6%, Local Co-Op 21.4%, Action 19.1%, Co-op 16.7%, Indie 1.3%

Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.4%, Roguelite 29.2%, Action 12.1%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 1.1%

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: Action Roguelike 37.9%, Roguelite 20.4%, Co-op 11.6%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Action 5.7%

Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.7%, Roguelite 21.9%, 1980s 14.9%, Co-op 10.9%, Action 6.3%

Infected Shelter is an ultra-violent rogue-lite post-apocalyptic beat'em up. Singleplayer and co-op for up to four players.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.2%, Roguelite 15.9%, Local Co-Op 10.5%, Action 10.2%, Co-op 10%

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 27.7%, Action 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Platformer 13.7%, Adventure 10.6%

Assemble a cyber agent team to infiltrate procedurally-generated bases in this co-op stealth roguelike adventure. Master highly tactical combat, a cache of cyber weaponry, and teamwork to save humanity from mind-control.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Co-op 19.2%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Action 15.3%, Roguelite 12.6%

In this fast paced twin-stick roguelite platformer, you play as an unnamed child ascending an ominous clocktower in pursuit of their lost memories. Harvest and sacrifice souls to grow your power in order to challenge procedural encounter rooms and intimidating bosses!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.8%, Roguelite 29.6%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Adventure 4.4%

An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.5%, Roguelite 24.7%, Cyberpunk 11%, Action 9.5%, Side Scroller 7%

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 33.8%, Cyberpunk 32%, Roguelite 20.2%, Action 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.1%, Roguelite 28%, Action 18.7%, Adventure 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!

Why similar: Action 41.4%, Co-op 23.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Platformer 10.7%, Side Scroller 8.8%

In a not-so-distant future taken over by companies and technology, a Cyborg and an AI fight together to save mankind from nanoviruses. Play alone or as a team of 4 players in this Post-Cyberpunk Action Roguelike Dungeon Crawler!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Cyberpunk 27%, Roguelite 21.2%, Co-op 8.7%, Action 8.3%

Lock and load for chaotic, fast-paced action in Gunslugs! Battle the evil Black Duck Army across wild, procedurally generated levels packed with explosions, jetpacks, chicken guns, and rogue-like permadeath. Unlock heroes, conquer bizarre worlds, and fight your way to the gates of Hell!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.7%, Roguelite 26.4%, Action 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Platformer 8.7%

Traverse the dungeon in this awesome action / bullet-hell roguelite where every choice could make or break your run. Stack over 130 different items and create powerful synergies to become truly overpowered with 13 unique characters!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.3%, Roguelite 20.8%, Action 12.9%, Co-op 11.7%, Local Co-Op 10.3%

Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.1%, Roguelite 26%, Action 9%, Local Co-Op 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

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 29.1%, 1980s 23.3%, Cyberpunk 21.3%, Roguelite 16.6%, Action 5%

An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 36.3%, Cyberpunk 25.2%, Roguelite 21.8%, Action 6.5%, Side Scroller 5.7%

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Why similar: Cyberpunk 48.4%, Co-op 25.3%, Action 12%, Local Co-Op 9.1%, Adventure 4.4%

Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.8%, Cyberpunk 23.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, 1980s 12.6%, Co-op 11.8%

A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

Why similar: 1980s 33.1%, Roguelite 31.9%, Local Co-Op 17%, Action 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.4%, Roguelite 29.2%, Action 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Adventure 5.5%

Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.7%, 1980s 25.8%, Roguelite 17.2%, Action 12%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.3%, 1980s 27.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 5.8%

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.3%, Roguelite 26.5%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Side Scroller 5.3%