- #1 Nuclear Throne
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,420 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 31.8%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Difficult 11.5%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 11.1%
- #2 Skelly Selest
96% matchVery Positive93% of 286 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 35.6%, Roguelite 22.7%, Difficult 10.4%, Roguelike 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #3 Dungreed
96% matchVery Positive93% of 9,514 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.9 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 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Roguelike 10.8%, Difficult 6.4%
- #4 Neon Abyss
94% matchVery Positive86% of 23,504 reviews2020
Dev: Veewo GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.5 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 21.4%, Roguelite 16.7%, Roguelike 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #5 Dungeon Souls
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,226 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 33.6%, Roguelite 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Roguelike 9.7%, RPG 9.5%
- #6 Lovecraft's Untold Stories
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 948 reviews2019
Dev: LLC Blini GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 38.3%, Action Roguelike 21.8%, Roguelite 13.8%, RPG 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #7 Spirits Abyss
93% matchVery Positive96% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 34.9%, Difficult 18%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #8 Straimium Immortaly
92% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 20.5%, Roguelite 17.4%, Difficult 12.5%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #9 Gloom
91% matchVery Positive83% of 602 reviews2017
Dev: Hunchback Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 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 30.2%, Action Roguelike 26.1%, Roguelite 11.1%, Difficult 9.2%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #10 Downwell
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,486 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 41.7%, Difficult 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Roguelite 6.2%, Action 6.1%
- #11 Overture
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,262 reviews2015
Dev: Black Shell GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.5 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 33%, Bullet Hell 17%, Roguelite 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, RPG 7.5%
- #12 Pixel Descent
89% matchVery Positive84% of 135 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 32.6%, Bullet Hell 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Roguelike 9.1%, RPG 8.1%
- #13 UnderMine
89% matchVery Positive90% of 9,748 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 17.5 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 49%, Roguelite 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, RPG 5.8%, Action 3.3%
- #14 Star of Providence
87% 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: Action Roguelike 24.7%, Bullet Hell 23.5%, Roguelite 18.9%, Difficult 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #15 Ether Loop
88% 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 23.5%, Roguelite 19.6%, Action 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Adventure 9.9%
- #16 Tiny Rogues
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,450 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.6 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 26.4%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Roguelite 15.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Roguelike 8%
- #17 Hyper Light Drifter
86% matchVery Positive93% of 18,466 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 33.5%, Difficult 31.8%, Action 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%, RPG 8.4%
- #18 Starward Rogue
86% 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 27.8%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Roguelite 16.2%, Difficult 12%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #19 Axiom Verge
84% matchVery Positive90% of 6,442 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.6 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 43.7%, Action 16.9%, Indie 14.9%, Difficult 13.2%, Adventure 11.3%
- #20 ScourgeBringer
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,193 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 22.2%, Roguelite 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Action 9.2%
- #21 The Madness of Little Emma
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2015
Dev: Bartosz Bojarowski
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 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 58.5%, Difficult 11%, Action 9.5%, Roguelike 9.2%, Indie 7%
- #22 Hell is Other Demons
82% matchVery Positive93% of 337 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 Roguelike 25.1%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, Difficult 12.8%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #23 Eternal Step
83% 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 26.3%, RPG 18.8%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 14.2%, Indie 9.5%
- #24 Dive The Depths
79% 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 31%, Roguelite 19.6%, Difficult 16%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #25 Eldritch
81% matchVery Positive88% of 2,216 reviews2013
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 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%, Action Roguelike 29.4%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 10.5%, Action 3.1%
- #26 Feral Fury
81% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.2%, Roguelite 21%, Bullet Hell 16.3%, Difficult 8.5%, Roguelike 5.8%
- #27 Doomsday Hunters
78% matchVery Positive90% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.7 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 24.5%, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Difficult 15.4%, Roguelite 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #28 Wayward Souls
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 232 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 41.9%, Roguelite 21.3%, RPG 14.4%, Action 9.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #29 Eldritch Survivors
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Button
Windows
Uncover the secrets behind the protagonists' fate, trapped in an endless cycle of death. Eldritch Survivor is a survival-like game that maximizes both the narrative and the excitement of each dungeon encounter. Immerse yourself in a 99% pure Lovecraftian world and confront the terror of the unknown.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.8%, Lovecraftian 16.1%, Roguelike 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #30 Zombie Party
79% matchVery Positive85% of 698 reviews2016
Dev: Peach Pie Productions
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.2 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 38%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action 7.3%, RPG 7.2%, Roguelite 6.9%
- #31 Curse of the Dead Gods
77% matchVery Positive84% of 8,996 reviews2021
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 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 37.5%, Roguelite 22%, Difficult 17%, Roguelike 11.2%, Action 5.8%
- #32 Death Must Die
73% matchVery Positive91% of 21,387 reviews2023
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.1%, Bullet Hell 24.5%, Roguelite 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Roguelike 7.2%
- #33 Shadow of the Depth
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 474 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 31.7%, Roguelite 21.3%, Difficult 14.7%, Roguelike 10.8%, RPG 7.9%
- #34 Diehard Dungeon
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 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 38.5%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 12.7%, RPG 9.1%, Action 6.9%
- #35 Delver
75% matchVery Positive88% of 2,836 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 34.3%, Roguelite 20%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Roguelike 10.5%, RPG 9.7%
- #36 Environmental Station Alpha
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.4%, Difficult 22.8%, Action 13.1%, Adventure 12.2%, Indie 10.6%
- #37 Nova Drift
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,407 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.6 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 32.2%, Bullet Hell 27.7%, Roguelite 21.1%, Roguelike 10.6%, Action 5.2%
- #38 CRYPTARK
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,913 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 45.2%, Roguelite 16.8%, Bullet Hell 11.5%, Action 7.9%, Roguelike 5.1%
- #39 Keeper's Toll
72% matchVery Positive90% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: Stingbot Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28.4%, Bullet Hell 23.4%, Roguelite 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Roguelike 8%
- #40 Voidigo
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,722 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 28.2%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Roguelite 16.9%, Difficult 11.4%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #41 Dreamscaper
72% matchVery Positive88% of 3,143 reviews2021
Dev: Afterburner StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.8 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 40.3%, Roguelite 27%, RPG 8.2%, Action 7%, Difficult 6.6%
- #42 illumine
74% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: Dejima
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 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 46.8%, Roguelite 17.5%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 8.1%
- #43 Blacksea Odyssey
74% matchVery Positive80% of 205 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 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 43.7%, Roguelite 24.8%, Action 9.9%, Roguelike 7.9%, RPG 7.5%
- #44 Our Darker Purpose
73% matchVery Positive81% of 737 reviews2014
Dev: Avidly Wild Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 37.5%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 13.3%, Difficult 11.3%, RPG 7.9%
- #45 ABYSS SEEKERーーWhat Do You See Deep in The Abyss
71% matchMixed63% of 57 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 41.8%, Bullet Hell 33.7%, Action 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #46 Riptale
73% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Super God
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Riptale is a challenging 2D roguelike action game aiming to make sword combat be as bloody and impactful as possible. The player collects gems that allow them to execute different attacks in the order of their choosing. All this results in a symphony of combos that fill the screen with blood and guts.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 56.3%, Roguelite 18.4%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #47 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 386,504 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 43.4 hrsMean: 182.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 44.7%, Difficult 15.8%, Roguelike 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Roguelite 9%
- #48 Enter the Gungeon
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,241 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 31.2 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 38.6%, Action Roguelike 24.7%, Difficult 9.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #49 Schism
68% matchVery Positive97% of 152 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 30.5%, Bullet Hell 25.5%, Difficult 13.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #50 Dungeons of Blood and Dream
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,083 reviews2024
Dev: Lori Vornoy
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 55.3%, Roguelike 19.1%, RPG 13.1%, Action 7.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #51 Death's Gambit: Afterlife
69% matchVery Positive81% of 5,476 reviews2018
Dev: White RabbitPub: Serenity Forge
Windows
Median: 4.0 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 29.5%, Difficult 21.1%, RPG 21%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #52 Into the Necrovale
67% matchVery Positive86% of 588 reviews2024
Dev: CLYDE gamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 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 39.1%, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, RPG 7.6%
- #53 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 494 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.1%, Action 21.2%, Adventure 18.2%, Indie 15.5%, Difficult 15.1%
- #54 Spaceship Looter
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 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 18.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #55 Archvale
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,365 reviews2021
Dev: idoz & phopsPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 45.2%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Action 11%, Adventure 8.2%, Difficult 6.3%
- #56 Flinthook
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 841 reviews2017
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 41.3%, Roguelite 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Roguelike 8.5%, Difficult 7.5%
- #57 SUNLESS SEA
67% matchVery Positive83% of 9,470 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 61.3%, Roguelite 12.1%, Roguelike 9.6%, RPG 8.5%, Adventure 5.1%
- #58 CTHON
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 94 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 48.6%, Lovecraftian 34.6%, Action 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #59 Heavy Bullets
68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,562 reviews2014
Dev: Terri VellmannPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 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 45.7%, Roguelite 19.8%, Roguelike 10.8%, Action 9.1%, Difficult 8.2%