Games Like Caveblazers

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 19.3%, Perma Death 13.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Roguelike 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dark fantasy aesthetic and brutal, trap-filled platforming exploration that defines the Caveblazers experience.

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Platformer 18.3%, Roguelike 16.1%, Local Co-Op 11.5%, Difficult 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title in the genre, it captures the same tense, procedural cave-diving and physics-based platforming gameplay.

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 33.1%, Roguelite 19.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Platformer 11.1%, Local Co-Op 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the high difficulty and chaotic, item-focused combat found in Caveblazers.

Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 14%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Platformer 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished, high-octane action-platformer experience with deep combat mechanics and roguelite progression.

A fantasy action roguelike of exploration and murder. Live, kill, die, improve, live again.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 17%, Perma Death 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Roguelite 11.9%, Roguelike 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title features similarly brutal melee combat and a dark, unforgiving atmosphere.

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 43.5%, Roguelite 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Roguelike 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A polished dungeon-crawler that balances action-oriented combat with rewarding meta-progression.

Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

Why similar: Platformer 22.3%, Roguelite 17.1%, Difficult 14.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Procedural Generation 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly addictive loop of platforming, exploration, and character growth that will appeal to any Caveblazers fan.

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Perma Death 19.7%, Roguelike 15.8%, Action Roguelike 15.4%, Difficult 15.1%, Roguelite 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply systemic and highly destructive procedural world that rewards creative use of items and spells.

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.3%, Roguelike 16.7%, Perma Death 11.1%, Platformer 11%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic action-roguelike that excels at creating a sense of escalating power and chaos during each run.

Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.3%, Local Co-Op 15.3%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it captures the intense, spell-casting combat and high-speed action that Caveblazers players enjoy.

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.2%, Roguelite 24.5%, Co-op 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Procedural Generation 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes long-term character progression and cooperative dungeon crawling in a pixel-art setting.

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 26.9%, Roguelite 18.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced twin-stick platformer roguelite features tight controls and a unique health-as-currency mechanic.

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.4%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on swapping character abilities through skulls provides a similar variety to the item-heavy gameplay of Caveblazers.

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 23.6%, Platformer 16.6%, Roguelite 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Local Co-Op 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-speed, platforming-focused roguelike experience inspired by classic action games.

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: Roguelike 15.4%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Platformer 13.1%, Roguelite 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This run-and-gun platformer offers chaotic combat and a massive variety of items that drastically change each run.

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 30.3%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Difficult 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that blends action-roguelike elements with RPG mechanics and a wide array of weapons.

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, 2D Platformer 15.7%, Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers fluid, fast-paced hack-and-slash combat within a beautifully animated 2D roguelike structure.

Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.1%, Perma Death 12.1%, Local Co-Op 11%, Roguelike 10.8%, Platformer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer roguelike that focuses on exploration and survival in a dangerous, procedurally generated abyss.

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 28.7%, Roguelite 17.8%, Difficult 16.9%, Roguelike 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This compact action-roguelike focuses on tight combat and deep build variety that feels very satisfying.

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: Action Roguelike 28.2%, Roguelite 22.6%, Platformer 17.5%, Perma Death 9.9%, Difficult 9%

Why You'll Like It: It features a unique, surreal art style and challenging, high-speed platforming combat.

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 20%, Perma Death 15.4%, Roguelike 11.6%, Difficult 10.7%, Roguelite 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines comic-book aesthetics with fast-paced, combo-driven action and roguelite elements.

A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.2%, Roguelite 13.4%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Difficult 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on tactical, challenging combat where positioning and item usage are key to survival.

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 30.1%, Difficult 14%, Roguelite 12.3%, Platformer 12%, Procedural Generation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing, procedural platformer that requires extreme precision and patience to conquer.

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.6%, Local Co-Op 16.5%, Roguelike 15.9%, Difficult 11.4%, Action RPG 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person dungeon crawler that captures the brutal, unforgiving nature of classic roguelikes.

A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.2%, Roguelite 16%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Platformer 10.6%, Local Co-Op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends Metroidvania-style exploration with roguelite mechanics to create a unique, challenging experience.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 12.9%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, high-intensity platformer that focuses on vertical descent and precise combat mechanics.

Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Explore ever-changing dungeons, filled with powerful weapons and items. Battle back the hordes of evil. Rescue villagers to improve your town and increase your power for your next trek into the dungeon.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.4%, Roguelite 19.7%, Roguelike 19.4%, Perma Death 11.1%, Procedural Generation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This dungeon-crawler features a similar emphasis on item discovery and challenging boss encounters.

Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve?

Why similar: Perma Death 20.6%, Action Roguelike 20.1%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, 2D Platformer 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward, action-heavy roguelike experience with a focus on dungeon survival.

Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.4%, Platformer 23.1%, Difficult 15.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game features massive, hand-drawn bosses and a challenging, chaotic combat loop.

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 17.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Difficult 10.5%, Character Customization 10.3%, Roguelike 10.2%

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 27.8%, Difficult 16.9%, Retro 10%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, its challenging platforming and boss fights will appeal to fans of difficult 2D games.

Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.4%, Perma Death 16.1%, Roguelike 15.6%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

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 15.3%, Perma Death 15.3%, Roguelite 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.4%, Perma Death 16.7%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Roguelike 10.5%

Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.8%, Perma Death 18.9%, Roguelite 15.4%, Roguelike 12.7%, Action RPG 8%

Embark on an epic journey in this hardcore Multiplayer RPG! As a Galactic Cadet, you and your Combat Squad of friends must brave hostile worlds in search of valuable loot and resources. Craft powerful gear, slay otherworldly creatures, and save the galaxy.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.6%, Roguelike 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Co-op 8.7%, Perma Death 8.4%

Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.6%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Perma Death 7.7%

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 27.7%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Platformer 14.8%, Roguelike 14.1%, Character Customization 10.2%

Delve into the shifting dungeons on your hunt for the Yithidian orb, but getting it might just be the easy part. Delver is a single player first-person action roguelike dungeon crawler, just like you wished they used to make.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.9%, Perma Death 16.7%, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 16.2%, Perma Death 15.3%, Roguelite 11.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Local Co-Op 10%

Ants Took My Eyeball is a 2D action platformer roguelite. Descend into an ever-changing ant hill, fight your way through hordes of insects with a variety of weapons, face formidable bosses and ultimately find your stolen eyeball.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 13%, Perma Death 12.5%, Local Co-Op 9.5%, Difficult 9.5%, Roguelite 9.2%

Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.1%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Difficult 11.4%, 2D Platformer 11%, Roguelike 10.8%

Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical & ever-changing land. Battle foes using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, & gear. Gear up for adventure in the dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, & harness the power of Sparklite!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.3%, Roguelite 16.1%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Local Co-Op 8.4%

Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.8%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Roguelike 15.1%, Difficult 14.1%, Roguelite 9.5%

Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

Why similar: Perma Death 17.2%, Platformer 12%, Difficult 10.8%, 2D Platformer 10.8%, Local Co-Op 10.6%

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 17.9%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Roguelite 12.2%, Platformer 11.2%, Roguelike 10.7%

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.9%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Local Co-Op 19.7%, Roguelike 13%, Co-op 5.4%

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 22.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%

A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.1%, Co-op 21%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Retro 9%, Roguelike 7.4%

Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that let's you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. Help the Bard to overcome the dungeon’s many dangerous perils and use your new-found treasures to improve your character and to buy new weapons and gear!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.8%, Roguelite 14.8%, Platformer 14.6%, Difficult 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%

A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.8%, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Roguelite 12.7%, Action RPG 10.6%

In this sequel to GoNNER: Journey your way through deep dark chaotic places with unimaginable sparks of colour as you go on a mission to help Death rid a mysterious presence from her lair. Battle crazy bosses, lose your head (a lot), in this messy, cute, fast-paced procedurally-generated platformer.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.2%, Roguelite 14.9%, Roguelike 12.6%, Platformer 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9%

Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.1%, Roguelike 16.7%, Local Co-Op 13.8%, Perma Death 12.4%, Procedural Generation 8.1%

Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 12.8%, Perma Death 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Roguelike 8.6%

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 18.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Platformer 11%, Difficult 10.7%

Cryptical Path is an action rogue-lite that pushes the boundaries of the genre. Play the Architect, build your own rooms, and tame an ever-changing labyrinth you've been summoned in.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.7%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Roguelike 15.4%, Perma Death 12.6%, Difficult 9.5%

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 21%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Roguelite 12.4%, Co-op 6.8%

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 24.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Perma Death 13.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.8%

Dragon is Dead is a 2D dark fantasy roguelite with hack-and-slash combat and unlockable classes. Build class skill trees, slot runes, and chase Legendary and Mythic loot through corrupted stages.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Roguelike 15.5%, Action RPG 11.1%, Platformer 10.5%