Games Like Deep Rock Galactic

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: ROGUE CORE is a 1-4 player co-op shooter with sci-fi dwarves, procedurally-generated caves and random roguelike upgrades. Explore maze-like mines and blast through hordes of alien abominations — no two runs are the same. Move quickly, work together and shoot first to survive.

Why similar: Dwarves 66.4% ★, Co-op 6.6%, FPS 5.4%, PvE 4.4%, Shooter 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It builds directly on Deep Rock Galactic's dwarf co-op shooting and class teamwork while shifting the expeditions toward a roguelite progression structure.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: Class-Based 23.9%, Co-op 16.5%, FPS 13.1%, PvE 11.1%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its four-player class-based missions, oppressive swarms of enemies, objective-driven runs, and excellent co-op combat make it one of the closest alternatives.

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Dwarves 74% ★, Co-op 10.8%, PvE 5%, FPS 3.7%, First-Person 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a superb team-based horde game with distinct careers, repeatable PvE missions, special enemies that demand coordination, and a similarly communal feel.

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Co-op 27.2%, PvE 24.4%, Shooter 16.3%, Space 15.6%, Sci-fi 12%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers hilarious, high-pressure PvE squad operations against huge alien hordes where loadout planning, friendly fire, and teamwork are essential.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Co-op 29%, FPS 23.9%, Shooter 14.3%, PvE 10.3%, Horror 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: GTFO offers tense first-person co-op expeditions into hostile underground facilities, emphasizing communication, resource management, and surviving overwhelming creatures.

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.8% ★, Co-op 25.4%, Loot 17.6%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: Its replayable co-op runs, escalating monster hordes, randomized items, and varied character abilities capture DRG's chaotic mission-to-mission replayability.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Co-op 28.6%, Shooter 14.3%, Space 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Survival 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A class-based three-player co-op shooter centered on fighting alien swarms, completing mission objectives, and tuning builds is a strong fit for DRG's combat loop.

Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: Class-Based 21.2%, Co-op 15.9%, FPS 13.4%, PvE 10.6%, Space 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Large-scale cooperative FPS battles against endless bug swarms recreate the frantic bug-hunting side of Deep Rock Galactic on a much bigger battlefield.

Cut through fungal aliens in this hyper-customizable, mission based looter shooter. Hundreds of hand-crafted upgrades, 4-player co-op, and a little roach man. What’s not to love?

Why similar: Looter Shooter 23.4% ★, FPS 18.7%, Co-op 14.2%, PvE 12.7%, Shooter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This colorful co-op FPS focuses on customizable weapons, coordinated squad abilities, and mowing through bizarre fungal enemies in replayable PvE operations.

Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.

Why similar: Co-op 27.3%, FPS 25%, Looter Shooter 24.5% ★, Shooter 6.2%, Loot 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines four-player first-person shooting, randomized runs, build-crafting, and distinctive character skills into highly replayable co-op expeditions.

Go on a mysterious journey in the wildlands in this 1-4-player VR action-adventure game inspired by Western, Dieselpunk and Lovecraftian themes. Explore old mines, nautical caves and ruins of ancient civs to unravel the secrets of the valleys. But beware! Best to keep a 6-shooter close just in case.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 24.5% ★, Loot 18.9%, FPS 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Shooter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op mining adventure shares DRG's underground exploration, ore gathering, alien encounters, and procedurally assembled cave-delving atmosphere.

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: FPS 23.4%, Looter Shooter 21.2% ★, Co-op 20.7%, Action Roguelike 11.8%, Shooter 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Fast first-person roguelite shooting, randomized levels, flexible builds, and optional co-op make it ideal for players who enjoy DRG's kinetic gunplay and progression.

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Co-op 31.9%, FPS 23.8%, Shooter 13.8%, First-Person 6.5%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is a heavily atmospheric co-op FPS about pushing through claustrophobic alien-infested corridors as a specialized squad with devastating weapons.

It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Co-op 22.6%, FPS 20.2%, PvE 15.3%, Shooter 11.3%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op FPS matches revolve around specialized perks, weapon upgrades, and holding out against increasingly dangerous waves of monsters.

DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!

Why similar: Dwarves 91.6% ★, Action Roguelike 1.9%, PvE 1.8%, Procedural Generation 1.8%, Space 1%

Why You'll Like It: This solo spin-off retains the mining, bug-slaying, upgrades, biome themes, and unmistakable dwarven style of DRG in a bullet-heaven format.

Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.

Why similar: FPS 17.5%, PvE 12%, Shooter 10%, Space 9.9%, Survival 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: RIPOUT provides procedurally generated co-op FPS missions aboard monster-filled derelict ships, with scavenging and extraction pressure reminiscent of a hostile cave dive.

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

Why similar: Co-op 34.9%, PvE 19.8%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%, First-Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A crewed spaceship co-op game with role specialization, repair emergencies, boarding combat, and chaotic communication captures DRG's social teamwork wonderfully.

A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!

Why similar: Dwarves 89.6% ★, Survival 3.9%, PvE 3.2%, Exploration 2.7%, Action 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its dwarf-led co-op mining, underground exploration, crafting, base building, and creature-filled caverns make it a particularly strong thematic companion.

REMNANT II® pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself.

Why similar: Co-op 32.2%, Shooter 14.2%, Looter Shooter 12.9% ★, PvE 11.5%, Dark 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op expeditions feature distinct archetypes, randomized world layouts, boss encounters, loot progression, and challenging PvE combat.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Co-op 52.1%, Survival 20.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Horror 11.8%, Action 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Although slower and more simulation-heavy, its co-op submarine missions demand role coordination, repairs, exploration, and survival against terrifying alien threats.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Co-op 28.5%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Horror 13.2%, PvE 12%, First-Person 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op scavenging runs into procedurally generated hostile locations preserve the humor, extraction tension, and teammate-dependent chaos of a DRG mission.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: Co-op 37.4%, FPS 26.9%, Shooter 12.4%, Survival 8.5%, Horror 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its director-driven co-op campaigns and special infected create the same need for constant rescue, positioning, and coordinated survival under pressure.

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Co-op 26.2%, FPS 20.4%, Shooter 13.7%, Survival 11.7%, First-Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Volcanoids mixes co-op underground resource gathering and exploration with a mobile drillship that must be upgraded and protected from hostile machines.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Co-op 30.1%, Procedural Generation 22.9%, Survival 15.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Combat 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Core Keeper offers cooperative underground exploration, mining, crafting, boss fights, and base building for players who especially enjoy DRG's cave and resource loops.

Live the future of despair.The year is 2024 AD. The survivors fought against the remaining threats while trying their best to continue their recovery.Three years passed in the year 2027. In a new world without hope, the time has come to once again resist the fate of the Earth.

Why similar: Co-op 26.3%, PvE 23.3%, Shooter 22.9%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Action 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is pure cooperative alien-extermination spectacle, letting specialized classes use absurd weaponry against enormous insect hordes and destructible environments.

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: Co-op 35.3%, FPS 33.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Shooter 6.3%, First-Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Sanctum 2 blends co-op first-person combat with tower-defense planning, making every alien assault a collaborative exercise in building and shooting.

Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

Why similar: Looter Shooter 41% ★, Co-op 16.5%, PvE 11.3%, Space 10.8%, Shooter 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Warframe's mission-based co-op, highly distinct frames, huge build variety, fast PvE combat, and loot chase suit players who want more progression after DRG.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Co-op 30.8%, Space 27.5%, Survival 18.5%, Exploration 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its relaxed cooperative planetary exploration, terrain deformation, mining, and resource-driven crafting appeal to the more exploratory side of Deep Rock Galactic.

Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.3% ★, Co-op 22.4%, FPS 18.8%, Shooter 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op FPS combines shooting alien hordes, scavenging resources, improving equipment, and defending a mobile base during dangerous expeditions.

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 15.8% ★, Co-op 15.1%, FPS 11.7%, PvE 10.2%, Space 9.8%

DWARF COMBAT! Stonewards is a 1-4 player co-op first-person roguelite defense game. Lead a crew of stubborn dwarves from your base camp to aid nearby kingdoms, mine deep for resources, forge powerful upgrades, and hold the line against relentless monster attacks.

Why similar: Dwarves 80% ★, Procedural Generation 5.8%, PvE 4.4%, Survival 3.4%, First-Person 3%

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Co-op 20.9%, FPS 16.9%, PvE 13%, Shooter 10.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world co-op FPS emphasizes scavenging, coordinated fights against dangerous machines, and gradually improving gear across hostile environments.

Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 19.7% ★, FPS 15.1%, Loot 12.8%, PvE 11.4%, Shooter 7.7%

Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.

Why similar: Dwarves 82% ★, Procedural Generation 4.8%, PvE 4.2%, Action Roguelike 3.3%, First-Person 2.4%

Vermintide is an epic co-operative action combat adventure set in the End Times of the iconic Warhammer Fantasy world.

Why similar: Dwarves 62.6% ★, Co-op 15.9%, FPS 8.2%, First-Person 4.9%, Survival 2.8%

Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 20% ★, Class-Based 15.1%, PvE 12.4%, Loot 10.7%, Action Roguelike 9.4%

Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.

Why similar: Dwarves 85.3% ★, Loot 5.5%, Procedural Generation 4.2%, Action Roguelike 2.3%, Exploration 1.9%

A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Co-op 37%, Survival 26%, PvE 19.7%, Exploration 13.1%, Action 4.2%

An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.

Why similar: Loot 33.2%, Class-Based 24.9%, PvE 14.8%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 7.6%

Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

Why similar: Dwarves 88.6% ★, Procedural Generation 4.2%, Action Roguelike 2.6%, Exploration 2%, Combat 1.8%

Dwarf Journey is an action roguelite platformer with randomly generated levels. Defeat enemies, level up, assemble your rune build and collect minerals to forge better equipment on an epic journey in search of immortality.

Why similar: Dwarves 98.9% ★, Procedural Generation 0.6%, Action 0.4%, Atmospheric 0.2%

Choose your loadout, blast through the corrupted denizens of a sunken civilization, and wield godly powers in Abyssus – a fast-paced 1-to-4 players FPS and roguelite brinepunk adventure.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 23.4% ★, Co-op 21.6%, FPS 18.7%, PvE 13.3%, Action Roguelike 7.8%

Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.

Why similar: Dwarves 82.9% ★, Co-op 7.5%, PvE 5.6%, Combat 2.8%, Action 1.3%

We Are The Dwarves is a real-time tactical adventure where you take control of three Dwarven astronauts and lead them through the hordes of enemies in the depths of their Universe. Tactical Adventure Sci-Fi Space Dwarves

Why similar: Dwarves 95.9% ★, Survival 1.7%, Exploration 1.6%, Action 0.8%

Hunters Inc. is a 1-4 player co-op melee FPS featuring rampaging Orc hunters, gigantic monsters to slay and procedurally generated environments teeming with deadly flora and fauna.

Why similar: Class-Based 20.5%, Co-op 18.3%, FPS 13.9%, Looter Shooter 13.7% ★, PvE 12%

Flamebreak is a roguelite action RPG featuring a unique blend of twinstick meets MOBA arena combat. Each procedurally generated run presents new challenges while your randomized hero's race, weapon, and skills inspire new playstyles and character builds.

Why similar: Dwarves 92.6% ★, Procedural Generation 3.5%, Action Roguelike 3%, Action 1%

Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

Why similar: Dwarves 92.8% ★, Procedural Generation 3.7%, First-Person 1.9%, Exploration 1.6%

Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.

Why similar: Class-Based 30.9%, Co-op 21.1%, PvE 14.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.7%

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: Co-op 22.8%, FPS 19.1%, Shooter 12.3%, Survival 10.3%, First-Person 8.3%

Enter unstable rifts, survive otherworldly creatures, and grab bizarre ingredients to fuel a secret brewery hidden beneath a British pub. Hazard Levels is a 1–4 player physics-driven co-op survival horror where the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Just make it back before last orders.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 21.5% ★, Loot 16%, FPS 13.4%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, PvE 12.3%

Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 20.6% ★, Class-Based 18.3%, Loot 16.5%, Co-op 13.5%, FPS 12.3%

Yee-haw, Cowboys! Team up in this chaotic 1-4 player co-op shooter. Journey to the Far Far West to blast monsters, sling spells, complete missions, and collect bounties. Work as a team to get in, get paid and get out (mostly) alive.

Why similar: Co-op 20%, FPS 17.6%, PvE 14.9%, Loot 14.8%, Shooter 10.6%

S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Co-op 22.6%, FPS 17.6%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Horror 7.8%

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

Why similar: Co-op 55.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Shooter 11.4%, Space 10.7%, Survival 5.3%

The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits

Why similar: Class-Based 21%, Co-op 19.5%, PvE 12.7%, Space 12.3%, FPS 11.7%

Purchase FBC: Firebreak and invite your friends to play the full game for free on any platform. FBC: Firebreak is a three-player cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces.

Why similar: Class-Based 24.3%, Co-op 18.8%, FPS 14.5%, PvE 11.8%, Shooter 7.1%

Face massive hordes of mobs and unleash chaotic abilities that paint the screen with mayhem. Dive into the largest mob density of any 3D ARPG and slay them all. Wield epic powers, create your build, and shape a world of endless possibilities in the action-packed ARPG experience.

Why similar: Dwarves 90% ★, PvE 5.9%, Action Roguelike 4.1%

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Co-op 28.6%, Shooter 21.3%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 10.6%

Fight big battles in the mines, get to mining and collecting gold and minerals. build and upgrade your towers, power up with treasure chests. Defend your base from looting goblins! using variety of weapons and tower, from RPG, ak47, canons towers, to sawblade towers and more!

Why similar: Dwarves 90.2% ★, Shooter 4.5%, Combat 3.5%, Action 1.8%