- #1 Nuclear Throne
97% 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: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Action Roguelike 20.5%, Roguelike 16.3%, Difficult 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It’s the closest overall match to Gungeon’s fast top-down roguelike gunplay, with brutal runs, wild weapon drops, and constant dodge-or-die pressure.
- #2 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
96% 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 28.6%, Roguelike 21.7%, Difficult 14.2%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its room-based progression, huge item synergies, punishing runs, and endlessly replayable top-down shooting make it one of the clearest alternatives to Gungeon.
- #3 Voidigo
96% 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: Bullet Hell 26.5%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.5%, Roguelike 11.4%, Local Co-Op 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This colorful roguelite nails the same chaotic bullet-hell energy, quirky weapons, and frantic boss fights that make Gungeon so addictive.
- #4 Tiny Rogues
95% 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: Bullet Hell 32.6%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.5%, Difficult 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures Gungeon’s bullet-dodging, build experimentation, and compact room-clearing structure in a faster, more distilled form.
- #5 Star of Providence
94% 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: Bullet Hell 30.9%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelike 9.3%, Difficult 8.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its tight room-based shooting, bullet-hell patterns, and run-defining upgrades feel extremely close to Gungeon’s arcade-precise combat loop.
- #6 Wizard of Legend
94% matchVery Positive91% of 21,044 reviews2018
Dev: Contingent99
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Roguelike 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It swaps guns for spells, but the rapid dungeon rooms, dodge-heavy action, build variety, and local co-op hit many of the same pleasures.
- #7 Blazing Beaks
93% matchVery Positive83% of 2,624 reviews2019
Dev: Applava
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.7%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 13%, Roguelike 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down roguelite echoes Gungeon with twin-stick room combat, risky item decisions, and a strong focus on movement and positioning.
- #8 Doomsday Hunters
91% 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 29.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.3%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Difficult 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its dense projectile chaos, randomized runs, and over-the-top weapon combinations make it a natural fit for Gungeon fans.
- #9 Toroom
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 202 reviews2021
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Toroom is a dungeon crawler roguelike-like top-down shooter, where the protagonist just wants to come back to his bedroom after waking up in a world of fantasy. Fight your way through multiple biomes, clear rooms full of enemies, get as much loot as possible and defeat the bosses in your way.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Difficult 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It’s a compact top-down shooter roguelike centered on clearing small rooms, dodging patterns, and snowballing through loot-heavy runs.
- #10 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
91% matchVery Positive94% of 13,091 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.7%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Difficult 12%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.8%, Roguelike 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: While more tactical and recoil-driven, it delivers similarly intense roguelike gun runs built around weapon mastery, loot, and relentless combat.
- #11 Dead Estate
89% 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: Bullet Hell 27.2%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.4%, Roguelike 12.5%, Difficult 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares Gungeon’s love of fast runs, frantic shooting, big weapon variety, and dangerous room-by-room combat, just with a horror twist.
- #12 Exit the Gungeon
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,752 reviews2020
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 48.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Difficult 8.8%, Dungeon Crawler 7.6%, Action 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It’s a direct companion piece with the same humor, enemies, and gun obsession, though its side-scrolling arcade format makes it less similar mechanically.
- #13 Cavity Busters
89% matchVery Positive96% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: SpaceMyFriend
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Cavity Busters is a roguelite toothpunk bullet hell where you bite and chomp cavity infested enemies. Run on the walls, dodge through bullet filled rooms and stomp baddies. Collect power ups, contract powerful diseases, and carve your way through a bloated body kingdom.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.9%, Action Roguelike 14%, Roguelike 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%, Difficult 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Beneath its weird presentation is a fast room-clearing roguelike shooter packed with synergies, tough enemies, and bullet-dense encounters.
- #14 Archvale
88% 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 54.8%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Local Co-Op 8.9%, Co-op 6.8%, Difficult 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its bullet-hell dodge work, top-down perspective, and weapon-centric progression make it a strong pick if you like Gungeon’s combat feel.
- #15 Rush Rover
87% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers punchy twin-stick roguelike action with randomized loot and tight dodge-and-shoot combat that feels very Gungeon-adjacent.
- #16 Noita
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 88,532 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Roguelike 22%, Difficult 19.4%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Dungeon Crawler 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 12%
Why You'll Like It: It’s much more systemic and unforgiving, but its improvisational roguelike runs and devastating projectile combat appeal to players who like Gungeon’s chaos and difficulty.
- #17 Doomed to Hell
86% matchVery Positive82% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.5%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelike 12.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.3%, Difficult 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This one emphasizes top-down bullet-hell arena fights and repeatable runs in a way that overlaps nicely with Gungeon’s core combat loop.
- #18 Hades
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 307,900 reviews2020
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 37.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.2%, Roguelike 19.8%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Difficult 9.4%, Roguelite 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Even though it’s more melee-focused, the slick room-based roguelike flow, build variety, and mastery-driven combat appeal strongly to Gungeon players.
- #19 NeuroVoider
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 909 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.9%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.3%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Roguelike 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This twin-stick roguelite offers the same run-based carnage, co-op-friendly chaos, and satisfying weapon/build escalation as Gungeon.
- #20 Heroes of Hammerwatch
85% matchVery Positive87% of 9,522 reviews2018
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.1%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Co-op 10.1%, Bullet Hell 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: If you enjoy cooperative dungeon-running and incremental run-building, this offers a similarly compulsive top-down action roguelite loop.
- #21 Ember Knights
82% matchVery Positive94% of 6,984 reviews2023
Dev: Doom TurtlePub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.8%, Dungeon Crawler 14.5%, Local Co-Op 12.9%, Roguelike 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op-friendly action roguelite captures a similar run structure and hectic room-clearing rhythm, even if it leans more into melee than shooting.
- #22 Gunfire Reborn
82% matchVery Positive93% of 103,614 reviews2021
Dev: Gunfire Reborn StudioPub: Duoyi Games
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 49.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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: Roguelike 30.3%, Action Roguelike 14%, Co-op 13.5%, Roguelite 12.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It moves the formula into first person, but the randomized weapons, synergistic builds, and run-based shooter structure make it a good crossover recommendation.
- #23 Colt Canyon
83% matchVery Positive88% of 2,119 reviews2020
Dev: RetrificPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.8%, Roguelike 21%, Local Co-Op 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Shooter 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down roguelike gunfights, tense ammo management, and run-based progression offer a slower but still very compatible Gungeon-like experience.
- #24 Patch Quest
81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,784 reviews2023
Dev: Lychee Game LabsPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
In a labyrinth surrounded by vicious monsters, Explorers must rely on their Lasso to survive! Capture and tame ANY monster to leap, glide, surf, tunnel and websling through a treacherous, patchwork maze. This roguelike/metroidvania seems cute, but it’s a deceptively difficult bullet-hell challenge!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32%, Action Roguelike 14%, Twin Stick Shooter 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Difficult 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Its top-down roguelite exploration, projectile-heavy fights, and upgrade-driven runs scratch a similar action-focused roguelike itch.
- #25 Risk of Rain Returns
80% matchVery Positive90% of 28,677 reviews2023
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Action Roguelike 29.2%, Local Co-Op 19.4%, Roguelike 16.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Loot 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It trades dungeon rooms for side-scrolling stages, but its punishing roguelike shooting and item-stacking escalation will still resonate with Gungeon fans.
- #26 Rogue Star Rescue
81% matchVery Positive90% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.1%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Local Co-Op 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: It mixes twin-stick bullet combat with roguelike progression and hectic enemy waves, giving it a familiar dodge-and-build rhythm.
- #27 Juicy Realm
79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,675 reviews2018
Dev: SpaceCanPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Juicy Realm is a roguelike game in which players must square off against bizarre fruits all across the world. The line between the animal and the plant world has become blurred, and the food chain has been completely disrupted.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Roguelike 16.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.8%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Co-op 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The cartoon style is different, but the randomized top-down shooting, weapon collecting, and quick repeatable runs line up well with Gungeon.
- #28 ScourgeBringer
79% 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: Bullet Hell 22.5%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Roguelike 16%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Difficult 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Though it’s a platformer, its ultra-fast movement, bullet-hell evasion, and room-combat intensity evoke Gungeon’s more aggressive side.
- #29 Vampire Survivors
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 264,870 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 43.1%, Action Roguelike 24.7%, Roguelike 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Local Co-Op 5.5%
- #30 Dungreed
78% 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 27.9%, Roguelike 19.1%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Difficult 7.1%
- #31 Neon Abyss
77% 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: Bullet Hell 28.1%, Roguelike 17.6%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Loot 10.2%
- #32 Tesla Force
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2020
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
With science as your super power, charge up your coils and zap into action! Tesla Force is a rogue-lite top-down shooter featuring endless procedural gameplay with tentacle splitting action. Play as Tesla, Curie, Lovecraft and Shelley and blast the cosmic horror back into the galactic abyss!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.8%, Roguelite 19.6%, Top-Down 15.4%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This Lovecraftian twin-stick roguelite offers projectile-dense combat, randomized upgrades, and arcade-style runs that fit the same general niche.
- #33 Downwell
77% 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 38%, Difficult 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Roguelike 9.6%, Indie 3.5%
- #34 UnderMine
76% 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 43.9%, Dungeon Crawler 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Roguelite 9.2%, Roguelike 4.9%
- #35 AK-xolotl: Together
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,523 reviews2023
Dev: 2Awesome StudioPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The cutest, deadliest top-down roguelike shooter featuring AK-wielding Axolotls. Blast your way through the animal kingdom with an arsenal of kick-ass guns, mighty power-ups and even raise an army of trigger-happy baby axolotls. 🔫🔫 Double the firepower! Local co-op update now live!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 36.5%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelike 11.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.2%, Difficult 9.5%
- #36 Risk of Rain 2
74% matchVery Positive94% of 351,788 reviews2020
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Action Roguelike 25.9%, Roguelike 17.3%, Bullet Hell 10.2%, Co-op 9.4%, Loot 8.3%
- #37 MineGeon: Renegades
74% matchMixed69% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Kickstone Studio
Windows
Descend into the dangerous depths of PAIMO in this co-op sci-fi roguelite bullet-hell focused on resource gathering. Play solo or with friends as you fight, gather resources, and upgrade together. The deeper you go, the greater the risks, rewards, and secrets waiting beneath the surface.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelike 10.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%
- #38 Dead Cells
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 182,870 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.2%, Roguelike 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Difficult 10.8%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #39 Spelunky 2
72% matchVery Positive93% of 21,899 reviews2020
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Why similar: Difficult 22.1%, Action Roguelike 18.7%, Local Co-Op 18.5%, Roguelike 15.8%, Co-op 11.1%
- #40 Dungeon Souls
75% 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 24.5%, Dungeon Crawler 18.3%, Roguelike 16.2%, Bullet Hell 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #41 The Binding of Isaac
73% matchVery Positive95% of 62,807 reviews2011
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34%, Roguelike 27.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Bullet Hell 9.5%, Dungeon Crawler 4.7%
- #42 20 Minutes Till Dawn
70% matchVery Positive90% of 29,063 reviews2023
Dev: flanne
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 51.4%, Action Roguelike 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Roguelite 7%, Action 2.2%
- #43 Crypt of the NecroDancer
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 26,473 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: Roguelike 31.8%, Dungeon Crawler 19%, Difficult 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Local Co-Op 10%
- #44 Spelunky
72% matchVery Positive92% of 16,651 reviews2013
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.6%, Roguelike 27.1%, Difficult 17.5%, Local Co-Op 15.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #45 Heavy Bullets
73% 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 39%, Roguelike 20.8%, Difficult 9.7%, Dungeon Crawler 7.7%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #46 Gunforged
70% matchVery Positive82% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Firebelley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gunforged is a goofy fantasy roguelite shooter where you create broken builds every run. Forge your guns with randomized gun parts, collect passive abilities, and embed gun-changing runes into your guns to create the ultimate build.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.4%, Action Roguelike 19.2%, Roguelike 15.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 12%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #47 Risk of Rain (2013)
71% matchVery Positive93% of 29,832 reviews2013
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.4%, Roguelike 24.9%, Difficult 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Local Co-Op 8.4%
- #48 Brotato
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 118,068 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.8%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelike 17.2%, Local Co-Op 12.5%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #49 Cuphead
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 220,068 reviews2017
Dev: Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31%, Difficult 26.6%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Co-op 10.4%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #50 Bullet Bunny
69% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2024
Dev: penusbmic
Windows
Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 15%, Roguelike 14.9%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #51 The Crackpet Show
69% matchVery Positive86% of 851 reviews2022
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.4%, Difficult 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.8%, Roguelike 10%
- #52 Roboquest
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 24,341 reviews2023
Dev: RyseUp Studios
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.7%, Action Roguelike 26.9%, Roguelike 11.1%, Co-op 9.2%, Roguelite 7.4%
- #53 Hero Siege
71% matchMixed67% of 47,195 reviews2014
Dev: Panic Art Studios Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.6%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelike 11%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #54 Asterogues
67% matchVery Positive87% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: pipotchi600Pub: indie.io
Windows
Beat up planets in Asterogues, a cosmic bullet hell shoot-em-up hybrid! Pick your character from a band of outcasts banished to the Asteroid Belt, dodge and shoot your way through a brutal onslaught of bullets, and take revenge against the Solar System!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.4%, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelike 12.8%, Local Co-Op 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #55 Woodpunk
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.8%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Roguelike 8.9%, Difficult 8.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 8.5%
- #56 Gatekeeper
65% matchVery Positive84% of 3,311 reviews2025
Dev: Gravity LagoonPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gatekeeper is a fast-paced rogue-like. Go on a quest to chase down Chaos and reclaim the stolen Heart of Time, fighting your way through relentless enemy forces. Play solo or in 4-player co-op and become the next Gatekeeper!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.1%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelike 14%, Difficult 10.6%, Co-op 7.1%
- #57 Rabbit and Steel
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 11,507 reviews2024
Dev: mino_dev
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
RABBIT & STEEL is a co-op action roguelike that recreates the essence of high-level MMO raiding in a randomized, simplified, bunny-sized package. Choose your class, gather your rabbit-eared companions and battle your way to the Moonlit Pinnacle!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.4%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelike 12.3%, Difficult 10.4%, Co-op 8.1%
- #58 Pathogenic
63% matchVery Positive93% of 3,747 reviews2026
Dev: Aberrant LabsPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.4%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelike 12.1%, Local Co-Op 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%
- #59 Portal Dungeon
66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,197 reviews2023
Dev: Dusk Dog Studio
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Portal Dungeon is a side-scrolling Roguelite adventure game that supports up to 4 players in co-op mode. You control an adventurer as you and your friends bravely set out to find the last portal in this world. Go forth! Defeat powerful enemies! Save the world!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27.5%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelike 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #60 Catacomb Kids
68% matchVery Positive87% of 628 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 48.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Difficult 10.1%, Local Co-Op 9.5%