- #1 Xeno Strikers Hyper Squadron
97% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Synthesizer Games
Windows
A roguelike top-down shoot-em-up! Defeat waves of enemies and level up your ship and arsenal as you move from world to world! Challenge yourself with 12 different difficulties, from a breeze in the park to tough as nails!
Why similar: Gun Customization 43.4% ★, Roguelike 16.1%, Perma Death 14.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Action Roguelike 9.8%
- #2 Mouse Curser
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CapsuleCollapse
Windows
Your movement is controlled like a mouse cursor. You will earn money for killing enemies which will let you pay for weapons and spells. Mix and match magics to convert this bullet hell into a bullet heaven.
Why similar: Gun Customization 47.6% ★, Perma Death 17%, Roguelike 14.3%, Action Roguelike 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #3 Nanima
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Precism
Windows
Nanima is a physics-based nanomachine builder where creativity drives combat. Loot and add gear to your ship as you go, with full control over how you dish out damage and move through the harsh microbial world that is the human appendix.
Why similar: Gun Customization 40.7% ★, Perma Death 12.8%, Roguelike 12.7%, PvE 10.3%, Action Roguelike 7.9%
- #4 Meowmunitions Prologue
95% matchPositive81% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Pete Karesisto
Windows
This game gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience where you play as a cat whose eggs were stolen by the birds. Do your best to retrieve the eggs by Picking up Crafting components to Customize your own gun, and Shoot down the birds.
Why similar: Gun Customization 35.7% ★, Roguelike 16%, Perma Death 13.8%, PvE 9.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.2%
- #5 Meowmunitions
94% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Pete KaresistoPub: Voyage Technology
Windows · Linux
Meowmunitions gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience with a unique gun customization mechanic, letting you design your gun however you like. The random nature of the game, with multiple augments and artifacts, forces you to think of new and creative synergies to approach each run.
Why similar: Gun Customization 32.3% ★, Perma Death 15.3%, Roguelike 15.2%, PvE 10.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.1%
- #6 36 Nights
94% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac Lee
Windows
36 Nights is a tower defense game with roguelike and bullet heaven elements. Buy turrets and upgrade your survivor to defend against waves of zombies. You'll need careful strategy and a little luck if you want to survive 36 nights...
Why similar: Gun Customization 51.8% ★, Roguelike 19%, Strategy 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, 2D 4.2%
- #7 Spellmasons
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,132 reviews2023
Dev: Octavia Blue
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!
Why similar: Gun Customization 36.5% ★, Roguelike 16.6%, Perma Death 14%, PvE 10%, Strategy 7.4%
- #8 Velvet Guard
93% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2018
Dev: Pongu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You got one bullet, fire it wisely as one mistake may cause you death in this fast paced game. Choose from a selection of abilities to survive in difficult situations and master them to become the champion of the Velvet Guard.
Why similar: Gun Customization 37.9% ★, 4 Player Local 20.1%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, PvP 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #9 Blitz Smash Ultimate
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Matt Concepts
Windows
This game rolls roguelite and run and gunner into a tight experience with 1-4 couch co-op. Combine bullet powers found on the field to create unique bullet types. Dash to avoid attacks but also to crash enemies or deflect bullets.
Why similar: Gun Customization 33.4% ★, 4 Player Local 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.3%, Action Roguelike 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #10 Idiots' Fantasy
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Ill-Fated Studios
Windows
Idiot's Fantasy is an idiotic hack-slash Roguelike in a world where every rule can be changed by equipping various rule books. Fight, explore, buy, switch, and die as you conquer this randomly generated world using the idiotic gameplay you've created yourself.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 17.5%, Roguelike 17%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, Action Roguelike 9.6%, PvP 9.6%
- #11 Bone Mayhem
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Howtodrinkwater
Windows
Bone Mayhem is a first person shooter versus waves of enemies, where player can apply modifications to weapon and active abilities.
Why similar: Gun Customization 52.6% ★, Roguelike 19.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Action Roguelike 8.5%, PvE 6%
- #12 Mega Demon Blaster
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Alfalou
Windows
Blast demons until you can't escape no more! Mega Demon Blaster is a casual arena based shooter where you create builds for your weapon and try to break the game before you die! Enemies comes in waves and they get stronger and stronger but luckily you do to.
Why similar: Gun Customization 38% ★, Perma Death 16.5%, Roguelike 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.4%
- #13 Rogue Station Defense
89% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Cladcake
Windows
A rogue-like sci-fi Tower Defense strategy game with infinite replayability!
Why similar: Gun Customization 42.4% ★, Roguelike 19.5%, PvE 11.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #14 Rune Fighters
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SebyFlyFly
Windows
Rune Fighters is a magical action-packed run'n'cast adventure game set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Use self-created spells to burn your friends or fight waves of enemies in the arena, and restore peace in the fiend-filled medieval-fantasy world through the campaign.
Why similar: Gun Customization 52.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 17.9%, 4 Player Local 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, 2D 2.8%
- #15 Lost Castle / 失落城堡
86% matchVery Positive87% of 23,770 reviews2016
Dev: Hunter StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 23.6%, Roguelike 13.9%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, PvP 11.6%, PvE 10.1%
- #16 Plummet
87% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: ORBMIT Productions
Windows
Immerse yourself in an action packed battle against your friends to be the last one standing on top of the plateau. Outmaneuver your opponents as your favorite hero, using its special abilities in your own unique way. Topple your foes while not losing your step in a game that's always on the edge.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 34.9%, Local Multiplayer 26.1%, PvP 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #17 Time to Strike
86% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2024
Dev: Ravernt
Windows
Time to Strike is busted build bullet hell roguelike. Create overpowered builds and break the game by collecting powerful weapons, modifying them with whacky mods and discovering crazy synergies!
Why similar: Gun Customization 45.3% ★, Perma Death 14.4%, Roguelike 14.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.3%, Action Roguelike 9.1%
- #18 Deadswitch Combat
84% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Wilkin Games
Windows
DEADSWITCH COMBAT is a fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter. Experience action-packed combat with hundreds of weapons, vehicle combat, and plenty of team-based game modes.
Why similar: Gun Customization 46.2% ★, PvP 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Strategy 10.3%
- #19 Deep Space Scoundrel
85% match9 user reviews100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Bolder Games
Windows · Linux
Deep Space Scoundrel is a rogue-like space adventure where you use a variety of classic arcade mechanics to explore the universe, customize your ship, land at spaceports, and fraternize with other aliens and low-lives.
Why similar: Gun Customization 45% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 15.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Action Roguelike 8.6%
- #20 Bombs And Bugs
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: eiloware
Windows · Linux
Bombs and Bugs is back! This remaster of the original 1997 DOS version of the game keeps the fun going while four bugs try to bomb each other into oblivion. The last bug standing wins the match! Couch multiplayer at its best.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 39.7%, Local Multiplayer 22.1%, PvP 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #21 1 Billion Spells
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Icedrop Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Can a freshman wield the power of magic? Enrol in the academy and create your own crazy, fancy, weird, and powerful spells. Battle rogue magical creatures in this strategic arena survival roguelite.
Why similar: Gun Customization 42.8% ★, Roguelike 19.2%, PvE 14.6%, Action Roguelike 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #22 GREED
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: smolderri
Windows
GREED - "roguelite" with "drag-drop" elements and item physics. Сhaos of constantly falling random items and advancing enemies. Create items from a variety of combinations, expand the tower in the upgrade tree, use magic to apply effects, and buy what you need to plan your steps ahead.
Why similar: Gun Customization 35.5% ★, Roguelike 23.3%, Perma Death 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Action Roguelike 5.9%
- #23 MEAT MAN
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PyrotechnicGames
Windows
Blast through hordes of skeletons in this action-roguelike shoot em up where random upgrades will decide your playthrough. Choose a bullet type to start with and add improvements to your gun and body as you fight through increasingly difficult waves of skeletons on your way to hell.
Why similar: Gun Customization 44.3% ★, Roguelike 20.1%, Perma Death 10.9%, Action Roguelike 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #24 Beardbarians
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: SquareSweets GamesPub: Monocle Media
Windows · Linux
Prepare your hair to attack, smack and knock back anyone who dares oppose you in Beardbarians! Pick from a colourful cast of characters and stages to duke it out with friends, locally or online, or work together to protect your gem from goblins by upgrading your abilities in the tower defence mode!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.1%, Local Multiplayer 18.3%, PvP 14.2%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #25 SpellTanks
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MilanPub: Milan Bonten
Windows
Spelltanks is an Action Roguelike where you play as a tank and have complete control over your gun. You can customize it with spells you find inside the dungeons and spells you salvage from enemies. Create your own custom combinations and try to clear the dungeon.
Why similar: Gun Customization 42.1% ★, Roguelike 16.2%, Perma Death 15.6%, Action Roguelike 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #26 RePulse-X
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Stefan Amelung
Windows
Defend Earth against alien asteroid attacks in this arcade roguelite retro shooter and experience the evolution of the genre in a gripping visual and auditory adventure.
Why similar: Gun Customization 37.6% ★, Roguelike 16.5%, PvE 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.2%, Action Roguelike 8.7%
- #27 Rise of Robots
80% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Fyn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rise of Robots is a Roguelite Shooter where you build a powerful weapon as you fight to survive ever increasing swarms of robots. Stack powerups to create a unique weapon each run and beat the challenge on each map
Why similar: Gun Customization 41.5% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, PvE 15.1%, Action Roguelike 10.5%, 2D 5.4%
- #28 ShapeShapers
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Robin Welmers
Windows
Shape Shapers is a fast-paced competitive puzzle game where you and a friend race to create complex shapes. Think fast and master the art of shape manipulation in this quirky factory-themed setting. Can you keep up with the ever-increasing demands and outperform your rival?
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.9%, PvP 21.3%, PvE 18.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #29 Wesley Smith's Repair Game
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Audune
Windows
Help Wesley Smith to collect items, craft weapons and defeat his opponents in this frustratingly funny arcade game. Compete against the merciless bots or up to three friends in couch co-op mode to become the master blacksmith!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31.2%, Local Multiplayer 20.5%, PvP 17.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #30 Abort, Retry, Fail
78% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Manpukuken Ramen
Windows
Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?
Why similar: Gun Customization 59.2% ★, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 8.5%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #31 dashton+
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Florencio Olsen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dash through the desert dodging foes and popping balloon, wearing stylish hats alone or with up to four players.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.8%, Local Multiplayer 19.4%, PvP 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12%, PvE 11%
- #32 Sky Die
76% match5 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: UWW MAGD
Windows
Sky Die is a 2D brawl that drops two-to-four players from tall heights, quickly approaching the bottom. Will you be the first to reach the finish line? Or will you succumb to traps scattered around the skies?
Why similar: 4 Player Local 35.2%, Local Multiplayer 29%, PvP 17.4%, Multiplayer 14.9%, 2D 2.6%
- #33 Snack Them All
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: 10n02 Software
Windows
A vibrant and fun local multiplayer game for 2 to 8 players, where snakes grow by eating food and battle using game-changing power-ups. With two-player-per-gamepad controls and fast-paced action, it's the ultimate party game for friends!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 34.8%, Local Multiplayer 28.5%, PvP 21.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, 2D 2.7%
- #34 Scunners Run
75% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Jamorian 5
Windows · Mac
A fast, twin-stick shooter micro-roguelike with bullet hell elements, chunky weapons and satisfying destruction. Your AI friend AL4-N will help you along the way with new weapons, upgrades and vague moral support, as you attempt to beat the Scunners Run.
Why similar: Gun Customization 43% ★, Roguelike 20.7%, Perma Death 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13%, 2D 3.5%
- #35 Crawl
75% matchVery Positive95% of 7,223 reviews2017
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.6%, Local Multiplayer 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Roguelike 11.4%, Action Roguelike 8.9%
- #36 15 Minutes At The World's End
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: zelun_
Windows
Prepare to embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey through the chaotic realms of the apocalypse in this intense bullet hell. In a world teetering on the edge of oblivion, you must harness your reflexes, strategic prowess, and sheer determination to survive the onslaught of otherworldly adversaries.
Why similar: Gun Customization 27.3% ★, Roguelike 17.7%, PvP 11%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.7%
- #37 Cosmic Carnage
72% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
With 3.68 quintillion possible builds, no run is the same. Mix 10 astronauts, 10 ships, and 100+ upgrades in a relentless roguelite top-down shooter where alien swarms and brutal bosses push every skill to the limit. Adapt, experiment, and fight to survive the chaos
Why similar: Gun Customization 36.9% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelike 16.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #38 Knight of the Dungeon
73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: LyrarmaStudio
Windows · Mac
A fast-paced 2D Rogue-Like game with Bullet-Hell elements and procedural level generation.
Why similar: Roguelike 28.7%, Perma Death 19.8%, PvE 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #39 GAARL! - Gabe's Action Arcade RogueLike
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gabe
Windows
GAARL! is a roguelike action platformer. Wield your chain gun to fight monsters in frantic arcade combat, or fire it into walls to climb through handcrafted arenas. Buy upgrades, create wacky builds, get good health insurance, and unlock the mysteries of GABE'S ACTION ARCADE ROGUELIKE!
Why similar: Roguelike 26.9%, Perma Death 17.3%, 4 Player Local 14%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Local Multiplayer 10.2%
- #40 Shank the Cop
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: 2 Barrel Arts
Windows
A multiplayer mind game. Cops have to decide who is a threat and who is not. Decide who is your opponent and shoot them down, or play as the criminal and shank the cop!
Why similar: 4 Player Local 42.3%, Local Multiplayer 24.8%, PvP 19.8%, 2D 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #41 Spellshot
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Team Monumental
Windows
Survive against hordes of zombies using bullets enchanted with spells purchased from a rerolling shop. Spellshot is a fast-paced, rogue-lite fps in which you create unique builds by combining and upgrading spells, activating set bonuses, and collecting rare items.
Why similar: Gun Customization 43.2% ★, Perma Death 19.2%, Roguelike 10.5%, PvE 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #42 Echoes of Eclipse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trender Software
Windows · Linux
Echoes of Eclipse is a roguelite shoot ’em up survival game that combines fast-paced combat with strategic skill building. Choose your champion, create your ideal build, and survive relentless enemy waves alone or up to 4 players in local co-op on a constantly changing battlefield.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.1%, 4 Player Local 16.1%, PvE 15%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
- #43 Epoch Spire
71% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Prototaxite Productions
Windows
Epoch Spire is a first-person shooter roguelike, where players improve by discovering and understanding the secrets of a spire on an alien planet.
Why similar: Gun Customization 48.4% ★, Roguelike 16.4%, Perma Death 16.1%, PvE 9.9%, Action Roguelike 9.1%
- #44 1993 Space Machine
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 377 reviews2016
Dev: ExceedPub: Aurora Punks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force.
Why similar: Gun Customization 46.3% ★, 4 Player Local 21.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #45 Symbiotic
71% matchVery Positive84% of 178 reviews2022
Dev: Verb Noun StudiosPub: Champlain College
Windows
Symbiotic is a fast-paced, first-person roguelike shooter where you, an escaped prisoner, stole a real monster of a weapon: The Symbiote. Fight with an evolving weapon and escape!
Why similar: Gun Customization 41.2% ★, Roguelike 23.1%, PvE 19.9%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Combat 0.9%
- #46 Guns and Rush
71% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: MYP
Windows
Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in this intense horde combat shooter that combines roguelike and bullet-hell elements. Battle relentless waves of monstrous foes as you strive to survive and conquer challenging levels. In my game no vampire, survive 20 minutes!
Why similar: Gun Customization 31% ★, Roguelike 17%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.7%, Perma Death 10.7%, Action Roguelike 9.3%
- #47 Starship Architect
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InventState Studio
Windows
Starship Architect is a high-octane roguelike where every decision counts. Battle relentless enemies, choose from a dynamic arsenal of weapons and upgrades, and strategically assemble your ship. Unlock powerful new parts after each run and craft the perfect starship.
Why similar: Gun Customization 40.4% ★, Roguelike 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.6%, Action Roguelike 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #48 Chemical Combat
69% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: SigmoidDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Combine chemicals, prepare potions, and battle hordes of mythical monsters in this action-packed, chemistry-themed roguelike. You'll fight your way through a procedurally-generated science lab, exploding endless enemies and solving various puzzles, all to earn coins and upgrade your equipment.
Why similar: Gun Customization 48.4% ★, Roguelike 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 11%, Action Roguelike 7%, Top-Down 4.5%
- #49 Schism
67% 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: Gun Customization 44.1% ★, Roguelike 15.4%, Perma Death 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.6%, Action Roguelike 8.2%
- #50 Wibbly Witches
70% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2020
Dev: Autumn SeniorPub: OST Senior
Windows
Wibbly Witches is a fast and frantic couch competition for 2-4 players. Navigate evolving arenas and use magic spells to outsmart your opponents in a wyrd and wobbly battle to the death! Only one witch can claim the tiny crown...
Why similar: 4 Player Local 45.7%, Local Multiplayer 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, PvP 12.5%, 2D 7.8%
- #51 DIG - Deep In Galaxies
68% matchVery Positive95% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Molton Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Why similar: PvP 20.4%, Roguelike 15.8%, Perma Death 14.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, PvE 11.9%
- #52 Back Alley Beatdown
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JAKs Studios
Windows
Back Alley Beatdown is a 2D Platform Fighter with Roguelike elements. In this dystopian world you must fight to survive by any means necessary. Use your skills and any underhanded tricks to challenge your friends to fun and exhilarating combat to find out who the true champion of the streets is!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 22.8%, Roguelike 22.6%, PvP 16.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%
- #53 Jetboard Joust
69% matchVery Positive82% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Gun Customization 29.8% ★, Perma Death 19.1%, Roguelike 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Action Roguelike 8.1%
- #54 SKY TOMB
69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: BreadnButterCult
Windows
Have you ever looked at a boss and felt "Damn, I wish I - the player - was that powerful." Look no further than the retro-styled dopamine-fueled time-deleting powertrip of SKY TOMB!
Why similar: Gun Customization 41.4% ★, Perma Death 19.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Action Roguelike 8.8%, PvE 8%
- #55 SurgePoint
66% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: The Blue
Windows · Linux
Craft weapons mid-run, strafe through chaos, chain recoil jumps, spawn platforms out of thin air. Pick cards. Break runs. Repeat.
Why similar: Gun Customization 45.5% ★, Roguelike 17.5%, Perma Death 16.3%, PvE 10.2%, Action Roguelike 9.1%
- #56 HopSquash!
70% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Domarius Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump on your friends and rack up points! Easy pick-up-&-play local multiplayer, even kids can play it! 8 players on the same screen, multiple levels, and a level editor, with full gamepad support! A spiritual successor to the DOS PC game "Jump 'n Bump" by Brainchild Designs.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 25.9%, 4 Player Local 24.7%, PvP 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #57 Bad Friends Shooter
68% match6 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Marek Škreko
Windows · Mac
Play against your friends on one device in this action packed game! Available for up to 4 players on one device.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 34.8%, Local Multiplayer 22.8%, PvP 21.4%, Multiplayer 13.7%, 2D 6.9%
- #58 BeefArena
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: zinkem
Windows
Defend the earth from an invasion of cosmic cattle alone or with a friend in a roguelike romp with old school attitude. Find weapons, meet new friends, and make a grocery run through an extra terrestrial invasion that's never the same!
Why similar: Gun Customization 36.1% ★, Roguelike 15.8%, PvE 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12%, Action Roguelike 9.1%
- #59 Blade Blitz
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hella Studios
Windows · Mac
Spin, slice, and score in a frantic local sword-fighting tug-of-war. Clash with friends, push the offense toward their goal, and claim victory in chaotic arenas using wild power-ups.
Why similar: 4 Player Local 31%, Local Multiplayer 19.6%, Roguelike 13.8%, PvP 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%
- #60 Machick 2
64% matchVery Positive90% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: DeadpixelPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A magical, chaotic roguelike-survivor. Craft insane wands, evolve and fuse powerful spells, equip crazy gear, and wield the power of divine relics. Get ready to wipe out hordes of hungry frogs and face mighty bosses in unique, unpredictable runs.
Why similar: Gun Customization 47.3% ★, Roguelike 23.5%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 6%