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Games Like Dead End Job

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Local Co-Op, Shooter, Indie.

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Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 74% — of 133 reviews
Released: 2019-12-13
Developer: Ant Workshop Ltd
Publisher: Headup
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 36 min
Mean playtime: 9.8 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 42%

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  2. #2 Zombie Admin
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    Dev: Hastily Assembled
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    Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.9%, Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Action 9.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 6.9%, Procedural Generation 4.8%

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    96% matchMixed64% of 814 reviews2017
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    Why similar: Action 32.2%, Top-Down Shooter 22.3%, Local Co-Op 18.6%, Indie 17.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 5.5%

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    94% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
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    Why similar: Local Co-Op 32%, Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Action 19.6%, Indie 11.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.2%

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    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 87 reviews2016
    Dev: UFO Crash Games
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    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    91% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Dev: Iced Lizard Games
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    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 86 reviews2022
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    75% matchVery Positive91% of 195 reviews2018
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    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,420 reviews2015
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    74% matchVery Positive91% of 276 reviews2018
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    70% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2025
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    76% matchMixed46% of 508 reviews2016
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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2018
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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,241 reviews2016
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    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 23%, Fast-Paced 21.4%, Indie 14.4%, Difficult 12.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.8%

  53. #53 Moss Destruction
    70% matchMostly Positive72% of 113 reviews2019
    Dev: Shotgun with Glitters
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A fast-paced rogue-lite with procedurally generated, action packed levels. Rank up and install Mech Tech upgrades from an overstock! Snap on ability cartridges to your battle-mech, slay huge bosses through 3 distinctive worlds and guide your tiny green heroes towards victory!

    Why similar: Action 31.7%, Top-Down Shooter 30.2%, Indie 17.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.7%, Procedural Generation 5.5%

  54. #54 Roboquest
    63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 23,771 reviews2023
    Dev: RyseUp Studios
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Fast-Paced 23.8%, Action 23.5%, Co-op 17%, Shooter 14.5%, Indie 12.6%

  55. #55 Droid Assault
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
    Dev: Puppygames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.

    Why similar: Action 26.8%, Local Co-Op 26.5%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Indie 14.3%, Shooter 4.8%

  56. #56 Good Robot
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 262 reviews2016
    Dev: Pyrodactyl
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?

    Why similar: Action 39%, Indie 24.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.5%, Procedural Generation 7.6%

  57. #57 Repetendium
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 294 reviews2022
    Dev: Bearlex Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 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: Top-Down Shooter 58.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Action 14.1%, Top-Down 6.1%, 2D 2.9%

  58. #58 M.O.O.D.S.
    64% matchVery Positive87% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: StickyStoneStudio
    Windows

    Grab a gun and take down hostile robots corrupted by synthetic emotions! Combine weapon modifications and wreak havoc in this roguelite shooter. Let your emotions shape combat and alter boss fights! Fight alone or join up with up to 4 players!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.1%, Local Co-Op 27.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.1%, Action 9.3%, Procedural Generation 5.2%

  59. #59 ANTONBLAST
    61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,412 reviews2024
    Dev: Summitsphere
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!

    Why similar: Action 31.3%, Fast-Paced 23.8%, Indie 13.8%, Cartoony 13.6%, Singleplayer 8.1%

  60. #60 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 891 reviews2012
    Dev: Shadow Planet ProductionsPub: Xbox Game Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    In this Insanely Twisted, 2-D action-adventure game, explore unique environments and battle bizarre creatures.

    Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.9%, Action 31.8%, Indie 19.7%, 2D 4%, Singleplayer 3.7%

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