- #1 Skelly Selest
97% 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 35.5%, Roguelite 22.2%, Difficult 10.7%, Roguelike 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #2 Nuclear Throne
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,764 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 31.6%, Bullet Hell 18%, Difficult 12%, Roguelite 11.1%, Roguelike 11%
- #3 Dungeon Souls
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,229 reviews2016
Dev: Lamina Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33.3%, Roguelite 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, RPG 9.8%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #4 Dungreed
95% matchVery Positive93% of 9,591 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 35.5%, Roguelite 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Roguelike 10.7%, Difficult 6.7%
- #5 Spirits Abyss
94% matchVery Positive96% of 427 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 34.6%, Difficult 18.6%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #6 Neon Abyss
94% matchVery Positive86% of 23,608 reviews2020
Dev: Veewo GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Action Roguelike 23.7%, Bullet Hell 21.1%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #7 Downwell
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,612 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 41.1%, Difficult 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Action 6.4%, Roguelite 6%
- #8 Lovecraft's Untold Stories
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 964 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 39%, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Roguelite 13.2%, RPG 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%
- #9 Overture
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Black Shell GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.9%, Bullet Hell 16.7%, Roguelite 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9%, RPG 7.7%
- #10 Straimium Immortaly
91% matchVery Positive90% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.9%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Roguelite 17%, Difficult 13%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #11 Star of Providence
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,362 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Action Roguelike 24.6%, Bullet Hell 23.3%, Roguelite 18.4%, Difficult 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #12 Gloom
90% matchVery Positive83% of 606 reviews2017
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Action Roguelike 25.7%, Roguelite 10.7%, Difficult 9.4%, Roguelike 6.9%
- #13 Pixel Descent
88% 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 32.5%, Bullet Hell 28%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Roguelike 9%, RPG 8.3%
- #14 Starward Rogue
89% matchVery Positive90% of 489 reviews2016
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.5%, Bullet Hell 23.1%, Roguelite 15.7%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #15 Hyper Light Drifter
87% matchVery Positive93% of 19,122 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33%, Difficult 31.9%, Action 9.5%, Adventure 9.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #16 Tiny Rogues
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,706 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.7 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 26.3%, Bullet Hell 21.7%, Roguelite 15.3%, Difficult 12.8%, Roguelike 8%
- #17 UnderMine
86% matchVery Positive90% of 9,846 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 48.9%, Roguelite 23.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, RPG 6%, Action 3.5%
- #18 Ether Loop
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 314 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Lens
Windows
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.8%, Roguelite 18.9%, Action 13.4%, Adventure 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #19 Relic Abyss
83% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: Reverse LoopPub: Mameshiba Games
Windows · Linux
Experience a unique hand-crafted Bullet Heaven Roguelite RPG set in a Fantasy x Sci-fi world filled with 💪might, 🪄magic, and 🎡lost technology! A mysterious tale centered around a world-devouring Abyss awaits...🦑🌎
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.3%, Lovecraftian 21.2%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Roguelite 16%, RPG 6.9%
- #20 Axiom Verge
84% matchVery Positive90% of 6,599 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Pixel Graphics 43.3%, Action 17.2%, Indie 14.6%, Difficult 13.4%, Adventure 11.5%
- #21 The Madness of Little Emma
84% matchVery Positive80% of 145 reviews2015
Dev: Bartosz Bojarowski
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Madness of Little Emma is a difficult action platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring over 250 items with insane synergies, varied enemies, and numerous secrets and mysteries to discover.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.9%, Difficult 11.4%, Action 9.9%, Roguelike 9%, Indie 7%
- #22 ScourgeBringer
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,268 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21.6%, Roguelite 20%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Action 9.7%
- #23 Eldritch
82% matchVery Positive88% of 2,223 reviews2013
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.9%, Action Roguelike 29%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 10.2%, Action 3.2%
- #24 Dive The Depths
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: FrizuoPub: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Dive The Depths is an action-roguelike set beneath the ocean's surface. As a humble diver, you must navigate the world filled with bizarre sea creatures, submerged ruins, and forgotten histories. Can you conquer the depths and unravel the secrets that hidden beneath the waves?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.8%, Roguelite 19.1%, Difficult 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #25 Hell is Other Demons
81% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 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 Roguelike 25%, Bullet Hell 23%, Roguelite 15.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelike 8.7%
- #26 Doomsday Hunters
79% 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: Bullet Hell 24.1%, Action Roguelike 23.3%, Difficult 16%, Roguelite 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #27 Eternal Step
81% matchMixed64% of 75 reviews2015
Dev: Once More With GustoPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Eternal Step is a deviously difficult, rogue-like action adventure game.
Why similar: Difficult 26.9%, RPG 19%, Roguelike 14.6%, Roguelite 13.6%, Indie 9.3%
- #28 Diehard Dungeon
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 500 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 38.2%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, RPG 9.4%, Action 7.3%
- #29 Night of the Blood Moon
78% matchVery Positive89% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: Tyler McDermott
Windows · Mac · Linux
The darkness of the blood moon is here. Rise from the nightmares and take back the dream realm! Use unique weapons, grow your power, and destroy the charming creatures of the dream realm. Develop your skills, unlock pets, and defeat bosses who will challenge your strategy along side your skill.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.3%, Roguelite 14.5%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, RPG 11.2%, Action 8.6%
- #30 Curse of the Dead Gods
76% matchVery Positive83% of 9,199 reviews2021
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.4%, Roguelite 21.4%, Difficult 17.5%, Roguelike 11%, Action 6%
- #31 Dead Estate
75% matchVery Positive95% of 6,642 reviews2021
Dev: Milkbar LadsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Cornered with nowhere else to turn, can you escape the monster-filled mansion? Dead Estate is a gory, fast-paced, challenging roguelike shooter with a heavy emphasis on horror.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.4%, Bullet Hell 24.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #32 Zombie Party
77% matchVery Positive85% of 700 reviews2016
Dev: Peach Pie Productions
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.7%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Action 7.6%, RPG 7.4%, Roguelite 6.7%
- #33 Shadow of the Depth
75% matchMixed70% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.5%, Roguelite 20.8%, Difficult 15.2%, Roguelike 10.5%, RPG 8%
- #34 Voidigo
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,893 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 28.4%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Roguelite 16.5%, Difficult 11.8%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #35 CRYPTARK
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,952 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 45.1%, Roguelite 16.4%, Bullet Hell 11.3%, Action 8.3%, Difficult 5.2%
- #36 Feral Fury
77% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.1%, Roguelite 20.5%, Bullet Hell 16%, Difficult 8.8%, Action 6.1%
- #37 Environmental Station Alpha
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,654 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 40.5%, Difficult 24.2%, Action 12.8%, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 10.2%
- #38 Delver
73% matchVery Positive88% of 2,852 reviews2018
Dev: Chad CuddiganPub: Priority Interrupt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 34.2%, Roguelite 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Roguelike 10.3%, RPG 10%
- #39 illumine
74% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2016
Dev: Dejima
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a different take on the roguelike genre. Explore a world created on the fly by your actions. Wonder about your purpose.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.6%, Roguelite 17%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 8.1%
- #40 Into the Necrovale
70% matchVery Positive85% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: CLYDE gamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.9%, Roguelite 19.5%, Roguelike 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, RPG 7.9%
- #41 ABYSS SEEKERーーWhat Do You See Deep in The Abyss
71% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: SUCCESS Corp.
Windows
A dungeon known as the Abyss has suddenly appeared. To open the "Door of Darkness" at its deepest point, the Seeker plunges into the dungeon gate... in search of the truth. Survive the onslaught of dark forces in this twin-stick survival shooter! — Are You Ready to Face Your Destiny?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.1%, Bullet Hell 33.4%, Action 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%
- #42 Our Darker Purpose
73% matchVery Positive82% of 743 reviews2014
Dev: Avidly Wild Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.2%, Roguelite 18.3%, Roguelike 13%, Difficult 11.8%, RPG 8.2%
- #43 Keeper's Toll
69% matchVery Positive90% of 794 reviews2024
Dev: Stingbot Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.6%, Bullet Hell 21.9%, Roguelite 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #44 Wayward Souls
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Wayward Souls is a randomly generated action-RPG with a heavy focus on story. Play as seven different heroes, all with their own sets of abilities. Fight through steadily greater hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.2%, Roguelite 20.3%, RPG 14.5%, Action 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #45 Game of Rebirth
69% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: ZodiacStudio
Windows
A Roguelike multiverse adventure ruled by an unseen godlike being. Your life and death are part of its game. Travel across nine wildly different worlds, gain powerful skills and bloodline upgrades, and evolve through each cycle of death and rebirth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.6%, Lovecraftian 23.3%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, RPG 7.3%
- #46 SUNLESS SEA
71% matchVery Positive83% of 9,550 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 62%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 9.3%, RPG 8.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #47 Nova Drift
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,569 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.4%, Bullet Hell 27.8%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Action 5.5%
- #48 Blacksea Odyssey
72% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.6%, Roguelite 24.2%, Action 10.4%, Roguelike 7.8%, RPG 7.7%
- #49 Schism
68% matchVery Positive96% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: FamiPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.3%, Bullet Hell 25%, Difficult 14.3%, Roguelike 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #50 Flinthook
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 844 reviews2017
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.1%, Roguelite 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, Difficult 7.8%
- #51 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
69% matchVery Positive81% of 5,578 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 29.1%, Difficult 21.4%, RPG 21%, Action 12.7%, Adventure 8.3%
- #52 Dreamscaper
67% matchVery Positive88% of 3,175 reviews2021
Dev: Afterburner StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.1%, Roguelite 26.4%, RPG 8.4%, Action 7.3%, Difficult 6.8%
- #53 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,209 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Play as a mighty Blood Wizard on a quest to escape a death-loop of psychedelic dungeons. Slay disgusting creatures using a large array of bladed weapons and unnerving spells, harness the power of cursed rings, find mysterious treasures, and learn the secrets of the universe you are trapped in.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.8%, Roguelike 18.6%, RPG 13.5%, Action 7.7%, Adventure 5.4%
- #54 Archvale
67% matchVery Positive89% of 2,392 reviews2021
Dev: idoz & phopsPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take up your weapon in this RPG bullet-hell world and embark on a journey to right wrongs from long ago. Only you can defeat the evil forces of the Undying guardians and reunite the world with the fabled Archvale.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 43.9%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, Action 11.6%, Adventure 8.5%, Difficult 6.5%
- #55 Spaceship Looter
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.9%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Roguelite 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #56 Enter the Gungeon
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 89,726 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 38%, Action Roguelike 24.7%, Difficult 9.9%, Roguelike 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%
- #57 CTHON
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2017
Dev: Gravity Games
Windows
Embark - if you dare - upon a desperate battle against the unknown horrors of the beyond; featuring roguelike elements, including procedural generation and permanent death, CTHON seamlessly blends visceral combat with strategic character building.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.8%, Lovecraftian 35.1%, Action 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #58 Heavy Bullets
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,569 reviews2014
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.5%, Roguelite 19.3%, Roguelike 10.6%, Action 9.5%, Difficult 8.5%
- #59 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 448,714 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 26.9 hrsMean: 159.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.2%, Difficult 16.5%, Roguelike 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Roguelite 8.9%