Games Like DON'T DIE!

PION is a fast-paced and challenging top-down shooter. Pilot exotic hovercraft and battle your way through gauntlets of deadly drones and defense systems. Upgrade your hovercraft and weapons to keep pace with the growing swarms of increasingly powerful and intelligent enemies. You will not get far.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 74%, Action 13.7%, Roguelite 12.3%

Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.2%, Action 9.3%, Zombies 8.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, Roguelite 6.4%

Exurgo is a rogue-lite shooter built for roomscale VR. Fight your way up the Spire, an alien space elevator. Find secrets, collect power-ups and defeat bosses. Careful, each death will send you back to the start, but let you upgrade for your next ascent. Can you destroy the Spire and save the world?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 75.2%, Action 12.8%, Roguelite 12%

In this drawing-based roguelite, play as a penguin with a stash of powerful crystals to fight off hordes of enemies by drawing and shooting your way to victory!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 58.7%, Roguelite 17.5%, Action 12%, Pixel Graphics 6%, 2D 4%

Vampire of the Sands is a punishing action dungeon-crawler with roguelike elements.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.6%, Roguelite 19.3%, Action 18%

Uncle Nook's Survivors is a co-op action rogue-like game. Survive an onslaught of monsters with up to three friends.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 64.9%, Action 16.2%, Horror 12.3%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A sleek 'n' squishy top-down 3D roguelike action game.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 71.1%, Roguelite 15.8%, Action 13.1%

Rogue Stache is an action-adventure platforming roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Rogue Legacy, Risk of Rain, and Magicite. Explore vast interstellar dungeons and defeat hordes of cunning enemies!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 66.5%, Roguelite 16.8%, Action 13%, Retro 3.7%

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 60.4%, Roguelite 14.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Action 4.5%

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 63.9%, Roguelite 11.6%, Action 11.1%, Difficult 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

Whimsical Quest is a retro action roguelite adventure with enough nostalgia to entertain the old-schoolers. Fight through randomized maps, collect over 50 items, unlock different characters, collect pets to fight with you and prepare to destroy the typical evil one that won't be revealed until you meet him. Classic.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 65.6%, Action 17.1%, Roguelite 10.9%, Retro 6.4%

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 62.7%, Action 12.8%, Great Soundtrack 11.6%, Roguelite 10.2%, 2D 2.7%

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 49.2%, Roguelite 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9.3%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

Survive as long as possible from an onslaught of hundreds hiding in the dark in this rogue-lite survival game. Augment your spells together to create waves of destruction through the horde in the dark.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 69.1%, Action 18.3%, Atmospheric 5.4%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%

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 50.5%, Roguelite 17%, Action 10%, Dungeon Crawler 8.2%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%

A mysterious plague befell ancient Celephais. What choices await the twins lost in the chaos? The Roguelite action-platformer Kelipot is here! With a rich story experience, frame-by-frame animations and hand-illustrated 2D visuals. Explore and uncover the truth beneath this twisted world!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 72.8%, Action 14.8%, Roguelite 4.2%, Difficult 3.8%, Cute 2.3%

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 49.8%, Difficult 10.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%, Dungeon Crawler 8%, Roguelite 5%

To the Core is a roguelite action-platforming speedrunner. Run, jump and dash your way through levels filled with obstacles and hazards. Fight through heaps of enemies to save your father and set record times.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 74.6%, Roguelite 7.8%, Action 7.5%, Difficult 6.8%, Atmospheric 2.5%

Slice through a sushi army as a cybernetic ninja in this fast-paced rogue-like dungeon crawler and uncover what lies beneath it.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.8%, Roguelite 18.6%, Action 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Danger Gazers is a post-apocalyptic roguelite top-down shooter where you pave your own path. The choices you make will decide your fate, it will either turn you into the new ruler or... the ashes to be windswept away.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 63.3%, Roguelite 8.8%, Action 7.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%, Difficult 6.2%

Choose teammates, collect modules, and build unique character cards! Danmaku Gene(DDD) is a multi-character bullet heaven shooter with light roguelike elements. Team up, customize, and face endless challenges—beating the boss is only the beginning!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 90.6%, Action 5.3%, Roguelite 4.1%

Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51%, Action 8.7%, Great Soundtrack 7%, Difficult 6.5%, Roguelite 6.2%

‘Obsidian Crown’ is a top-down, roguelite shooter for Windows / PC that doesn't require the player to kill everything in sight! Featuring Pixel graphics and a unique ‘karma’ game mechanic, Obsidian Crown challenges each player to find the right balance of weapons in order to complete the game, save planet Earth, and rescue your beloved...

Why similar: Action Roguelike 65%, Roguelite 20%, Action 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%

A lunar lander roguelike that feels like spinning across an icy road and nailing a perfect parallel park. Slingshot from landing pads to fuel platforms, avoid interstellar debris, discover a dense network of game-changing upgrades, and top the leaderboard in this physics-loaded ode-to-arcades.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 53.7%, Action 10.9%, Roguelite 10.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Difficult 6.3%

In this roguelike horror, light is your only weapon. Protect the lighthouse, resist the darkness, and survive as long as your sanity holds. Every failure leads to a new, unpredictable run.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.3%, Action 18.1%, Dark 7.4%, Horror 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%

Rogues Like Us is a hack n' slash rogue-lite unlike any other! Stand against a resurging threat by yourself or with a friend in local co-op. Collect weapons, armor, enchantments, and more by exploring dangerous locales and defeating powerful bosses! Stop the constructs, save the town.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 64%, Roguelite 12.6%, Action 11.6%, Difficult 7.1%, Dungeon Crawler 4.7%

A roguelite game where the player controls the actions and the character automatically attacks. Control the brave with different talents, survive the fight with monsters and enrich their own profession composition, become a master of all profession, defeat the Kings of the undead in this world.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 61.7%, Roguelite 18.7%, Action 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%, 2D 4.5%

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 63.9%, Action 11.7%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Difficult 7.1%, Horror 5.4%

Crown Control is a top-down roguelite survivor where you equip powerful crowns, unleash an arsenal of attack skills, and survive wave after wave of increasingly unhinged enemies. Pick your wannabe hero and enter the battlefield to prove your worth.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.8%, Roguelite 17.4%, Action 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, 2D 4%

Rogue'n Roll is a fast paced roguelike top-down shooter. Kill nasty monsters, get rewarded !

Why similar: Action Roguelike 77.8%, Action 14.7%, Roguelite 7.6%

A retro arcade style Top down shooting game. Shooting them with a machine gun, blasting them with missiles, dashing them with a vehicle, whipping them with an energy chain, or burning them with a napalm...No matter how you get it done, “ALIEN BUGS MUST DIE!”

Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.8%, Roguelite 15.1%, Action 11%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Difficult 8.4%

sphereFACE is a retro-styled 3D vector shooter, wrapped around the inside of a sphere. An unashamedly abstract shooter that ranges from slow, strategic sniping to frantic rock-dodging action, with roguelike elements of exploration, progression, discovery and permadeath.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 59.9%, Roguelite 10.2%, Action 8.9%, Difficult 8.5%, Dark 6.9%

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 57.9%, Roguelite 11.9%, Action 10.3%, Difficult 6.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

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 50.9%, Experimental 15%, Action 14%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Roguelite 9.5%

A high-intensity, Touhou Project survivor-like action game set in Gensokyo, playable in just 5–10 minutes! Break through overwhelming enemy hordes and bullet hell attacks using your own unique builds and pure player skill.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 64%, Roguelite 19%, Action 17%

Damned Cold is a twin-stick shooter where you play as a prisoner of war trying to escape their captors through killing cold in a reactive diesel-punk world.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 76%, Action 13.4%, Difficult 10.6%

Take all of the combat of an Action-RPG and cram it into a non-stop action game with RPG character progression, add a bit of satire, and just one life to make it to the end, and that’s Pylon: Rogue.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 72.5%, Roguelite 14.1%, Action 13.4%

Dark Inquisition is an action RPG dungeon crawler where you play as Inquisitors, wielding forbidden arts to purge the land of unholy inhabitants. Embark on a perilous journey through procedurally generated dungeons, confronting formidable foes, and uncovering ancient prophecies.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.8%, Roguelite 14%, Action 9.8%, Dark 4.7%

Void Raiders is "radical" top down rogue-lite shmup, with permanent character progression, character centric gameplay and never ending carnage in randomly generated environments.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 67.6%, Roguelite 13.1%, Action 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%

TumbleSeed is a deceptively deep roguelike about balancing a seed up a dangerous and ever-changing mountain.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 67%, Roguelite 12.5%, Action 11.7%, Difficult 8.8%

Dungeon Potato is a fast-paced, top-down action roguelike where your loadout shapes the story. Survive unpredictable encounters, forge unique builds, and battle through a perilous labyrinth. Will you rise as a servant of the Potato God or rebel against it?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.4%, Action 9.2%, Difficult 7.6%

In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 53.9%, Action 12.9%, Roguelite 11.7%, Difficult 7.4%, Dark 6%

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 61.9%, Roguelite 17.4%, Action 9.1%, Difficult 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.1%

Basingstoke is a tense rogue-like that mixes stealth and arcade action. Explore the smouldering ruins of Basingstoke, a world of reanimated undead and ferocious alien monsters. Scavenge as you go, crafting equipment to help you in your mission: escape Basingstoke!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.5%, Action 12.9%, Roguelite 12.2%, Zombies 10%, Difficult 5.7%

This is a dungeon crawler game with roguelike elements based on Ancient Chinese story. Under the Fallen Dragons Temple, you`ll fight with various dragons which all have different shapes. The art style is based on real artifacts from China, we hope you could experience a different style of our culture.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 89%, Action 11%

Avoid or defeat dolls that move when you're not looking, take their bodies, and make your way to the 399th dimension. This is a short horror game of fear and strategy, an exploration survival horror.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.2%, Action 16.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Dark 7.1%, Horror 6.7%

Cellular Survival is an action shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Choose your path, equip yourself, and push forward and overcome the perils that stand in the way of your survival. The fate of the microscopic realm rests in your hands.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 56.8%, Action 19.9%, Dark 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, 2D 4.5%

Risk the Dark is an action-filled top-down roguelite set in harrowing darkness. Struggle to escape a shadowy, monster-infested cave while battling threat after threat. Using a variety of weapons, melee, as well as interactions with NPCs and items, light your way and Risk the Dark.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.5%, Roguelite 14.6%, Difficult 9.9%, Dark 9.4%, Action 7.3%

Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world! Customise your character, master all difficulty levels and literally jump to the top of the leaderboards to prove your skills!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 83.4%, Action 12.6%, 2D 2.3%, Pixel Graphics 1.6%

Vile is an action rogue-lite about fighting demonic creatures and other horrors throughout a vile world. Fight enemies and/or complete random objectives given to you in procedurally-generated dungeons to put a stop to the creatures forever! Collect souls, find new weapons, new artifacts, and battle EPIC bosses!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 68%, Action 11%, Roguelite 9.9%, Dungeon Crawler 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%

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 44%, Roguelite 14%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Difficult 7.6%

Lumen: Survive the Dark is a dark, atmospheric action roguelike where you fight relentless enemies, survive deadly encounters, and push deeper into the unknown. Master combat, adapt to chaos, and endure a world that grows more hostile every run.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.3%, Action 15.9%, Roguelite 15.3%, Dark 7.1%, Horror 6.4%

One day, invaders from the other world attacked and kidnapped all ARPs. Your mission is to travel through parallel worlds, enjoy the rhythms, rescue the ARPs and survive until end. Let us dive you into the first rogue-lite survival game from Algorhythm Project.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 56.1%, Roguelite 17.4%, Action 11.8%, Cute 6.1%, 2D 4.1%

Jump into this fast-paced action-roguelite and purge a cursed orphanage! Crush murderous toys with your bare hands, spend looted essence on retro arcade machines, and chain your abilities into devastating combos to end the nightmare once and for all.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.4%, Roguelite 16.1%, Action 11%, Dungeon Crawler 7.3%, Horror 6.2%

Pixelmancer is a casual roguelite game developed by a solo developer - You play as a mage with companions that will aid on your journey, you can upgrade almost anything for your hero, beasts & weapons. You will die constantly but become stronger with every death - How far can you go?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 62.8%, Action 12.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, 2D 4.4%

Pixelpunk XL is a pixelated old school first person shooter with rogue-like game mechanics set in sci-fi environment.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 58.6%, Action 11.3%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%, Roguelite 7.3%, Difficult 5.7%

You are Zildo, the janitor of a company where employees have been replaced by robots. Enraged, you decide to destroy all of them and reclaim your place. Explore procedurally generated worlds, find weapons, and use power-ups to win.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.5%, Roguelite 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Difficult 10.8%, Action 7.5%

For the Glory of Wilson is an action roguelite where you recruit allies who fight alongside you and influence every battle.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 49%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Roguelite 12.1%, Action 9.3%, Difficult 8.7%

A humorous action roguelike in which you play as a tooth battling endless hordes of sweets. Survive wave after wave, level up your character and face increasingly dangerous enemies. How long can you last?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 65.6%, Action 23.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%