Games Like GoNNER

In this sequel to GoNNER: Journey your way through deep dark chaotic places with unimaginable sparks of colour as you go on a mission to help Death rid a mysterious presence from her lair. Battle crazy bosses, lose your head (a lot), in this messy, cute, fast-paced procedurally-generated platformer.

Why similar: Roguelite 26.1%, Action Roguelike 25.6%, Platformer 14.1%, Shooter 8.6%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it refines the chaotic, rhythmic platforming and surreal aesthetic of the original.

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: Roguelite 29.8%, Action Roguelike 23.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Indie 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly fast-paced, high-octane 2D combat experience that rewards aggressive play and precise movement.

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 36%, Platformer 23.5%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelite 7.4%, Indie 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same intense, precision-based platforming and arcade-style difficulty found in GoNNER.

Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.3%, Roguelite 22.8%, Platformer 17.4%, Perma Death 9.9%, Difficult 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer roguelite that emphasizes chaotic combat and unpredictable procedural encounters.

Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39%, Roguelite 19.1%, Difficult 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Shooter 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similarly chaotic, high-difficulty shooter experience with a focus on procedural generation and fast combat.

In this fast paced twin-stick roguelite platformer, you play as an unnamed child ascending an ominous clocktower in pursuit of their lost memories. Harvest and sacrifice souls to grow your power in order to challenge procedural encounter rooms and intimidating bosses!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.7%, Roguelite 37%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, 2D 4%, Cute 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick platformer-shooter that shares the frantic energy and high-difficulty roguelite progression of the seed game.

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 34.1%, Platformer 29.9%, Difficult 12%, Procedural Generation 6.7%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for difficult 2D platformer roguelites, sharing the same 'learn through death' philosophy.

A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.7%, Roguelite 28.6%, Difficult 12.3%, Shooter 11%, Procedural Generation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A vibrant and chaotic shooter that focuses on boss-rush intensity and procedural variety.

20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.9%, Platformer 22.5%, Roguelite 21.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%, Procedural Generation 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, action-platformer roguelite that captures the spirit of classic run-and-gun games.

Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.

Why similar: Roguelite 26%, Platformer 20.4%, Difficult 14.9%, Shooter 14.8%, Perma Death 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game features fast-paced, comic-book-styled platformer-shooter action that mirrors the intensity of GoNNER.

Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.7%, Roguelite 22.8%, Platformer 15.1%, Difficult 12%, Shooter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell platformer that focuses on fast-paced, arcade-style action and high-difficulty encounters.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.7%, Difficult 14%, Great Soundtrack 12.7%, Roguelite 12.5%, Indie 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An essential roguelite that shares the deep procedural variety and challenging gameplay loop.

Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 42%, Roguelite 34.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Indie 2.6%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a fast-paced, arcade-style action experience with deep build variety and high replayability.

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 81.2%, 2D 8.7%, Action 4.4%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D platformer roguelite that emphasizes intense combat and scaling difficulty over time.

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.9%, Platformer 32.9%, Difficult 14.6%, Indie 7.2%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features high-difficulty, one-hit-kill mechanics and fast-paced action that demands perfect execution.

TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.6%, Roguelite 18.1%, Platformer 14.3%, Difficult 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutally difficult 2D platformer roguelite that emphasizes verticality and punishing traps.

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 39%, Roguelite 24.7%, Platformer 10.7%, Indie 7.9%, Difficult 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D platformer with deep combat mechanics and a challenging roguelite structure.

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 38%, Roguelite 30.5%, Platformer 8.6%, Difficult 6.2%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D action-platformer roguelite that focuses on fast combat and diverse character progression.

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: Roguelite 28.7%, Action Roguelike 27.2%, Difficult 10.4%, Shooter 9.6%, Procedural Generation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intense bullet-hell shooter roguelite that demands high precision and quick decision-making.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.3%, Difficult 28.7%, Indie 11.2%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the atmospheric, high-difficulty, and great-soundtrack qualities that define the feel of GoNNER.

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 49.2%, Roguelite 26%, Difficult 10.1%, Procedural Generation 4.8%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers extremely fast-paced, high-difficulty combat that requires quick reflexes and mastery of mechanics.

Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.7%, Platformer 19.1%, Roguelite 13.9%, Difficult 11.6%, Perma Death 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A difficult platformer roguelite that emphasizes exploration and dangerous procedural environments.

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: Great Soundtrack 42.1%, Difficult 19.7%, Roguelite 18%, Indie 8%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines rhythmic gameplay with chaotic roguelike elements, much like the musical focus of GoNNER.

Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!

Why similar: Roguelite 24.4%, Action Roguelike 23.7%, Indie 11%, Perma Death 10.4%, Difficult 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, 2D action game that strips away complexity for pure, arcade-style roguelite combat.

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: Roguelite 36.4%, Action Roguelike 30.7%, Difficult 9.8%, Shooter 8%, Great Soundtrack 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an intense, high-difficulty shooter experience with deep weapon mechanics and fast combat.

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 37.4%, Roguelite 28.9%, Platformer 13.3%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging 2D platformer roguelite that focuses on emergent gameplay and high-stakes combat.

Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

Why similar: Roguelite 39.9%, Action Roguelike 25.4%, Indie 14.7%, Action 6.9%, Side Scroller 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D platformer-shooter roguelite that blends fast-paced action with varied gear-based progression.

Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.1%, Roguelite 24.2%, Difficult 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic shooter-roguelite that features a unique aesthetic and fast-paced, challenging gameplay.

A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.8%, Roguelite 30.8%, Platformer 16.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural metroidvania-style roguelite that captures the exploration and combat intensity of 2D action games.

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 31%, Roguelite 27.3%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Difficult 7.9%, Perma Death 7.2%

Afflicted by severe amnesia, you drift deep into the Common Dream. You scour for the lost pages of the Necronomicon, while clinging on to any little purpose you have left. Faced with mad dreamers, horrible abominations and eldritch deities, you feel drawn to the dark Abyss deep within.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.6%, Roguelite 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Perma Death 6.9%

RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

Why similar: Roguelite 35.7%, Action Roguelike 29.8%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Difficult 7.7%, Perma Death 7.1%

C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

Why similar: Platformer 28.9%, Shooter 20.4%, Difficult 19.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.2%, Side Scroller 7.3%

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: Platformer 25.4%, Action Roguelike 20%, Difficult 14.9%, Perma Death 14.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%

Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.

Why similar: Platformer 39.3%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Indie 11.9%, Perma Death 7.5%

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 35.6%, Platformer 17.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Roguelite 11%, Difficult 8%

Collapsed is a post-apocalyptic roguelike action-platformer. Hunt your prey through vast procedurally-generated levels filled with tough enemies, useful loot and experience points. Fight alone or with a friend – either way, it won’t be easy!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.7%, Roguelite 31.8%, Platformer 11.1%, Shooter 7.5%, Procedural Generation 3.8%

Atomik: RunGunJumpGun is a tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. One button lets you fly, the other blasts obstacles out of the way. With a cast of crazed characters, challenging gameplay, and a pulsing musical score, it delivers twitchy platforming goodness.

Why similar: Platformer 30.1%, Difficult 20.4%, Indie 19.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Action 8%

Bounce to the top in this skill based, roguelite action-platformer! Collect powerful items, pick unique weapons, and fight off a variety of enemies while navigating around with a fun, difficult, and unique movement system. Are you up for the challenge?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.2%, Platformer 20.4%, Roguelite 20.3%, Difficult 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.5%

Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!

Why similar: Roguelite 20.9%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Platformer 18.9%, Difficult 9.7%, Procedural Generation 8.5%

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 48.4%, Platformer 18.6%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Difficult 8%, Indie 7.9%

A simple, fast paced platformer with one small change: Your character can't run. Play as an adorable robot named Blitz and help it escape the factory it was built in. The only problem is, it seems like everything is trying to break you!

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 24.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Indie 14.7%, Action 6%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Platformer 42.5%, Indie 18.9%, Difficult 10%, 2D 8.8%, Action 6.5%

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 46.8%, Roguelite 17.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.9%, Difficult 6.8%, Indie 5.9%

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 48.7%, Roguelite 22%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, Indie 8.6%, Action 3.5%

Escape Goat 2 is a puzzle platformer game where you use machinery, the environment, and a friendly mouse to progress through a dungeon.

Why similar: Platformer 55.2%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Indie 15.9%, Action 3.4%, 2D 3.3%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Platformer 38.3%, Great Soundtrack 23.2%, Difficult 22.4%, Indie 8.6%, 2D 3.2%

The Dungeoning is a difficult action platformer with character levelling, set in a procedurally generated dungeon. Kill enemies, level up using experience and master varied weapons and magic. Collect gold to spend with traders and buy better weapons. Try NG+ and beyond for an extra challenge.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.4%, Roguelite 23.3%, Platformer 17.8%, Indie 8.2%, Action 3.4%

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 58.9%, Platformer 25.1%, Indie 6%, Shooter 4.6%, Action 3.2%

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 38.5%, Roguelite 21.8%, Platformer 15.6%, Indie 6.2%, Difficult 6.1%

Alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with only your Fistcannon™; you are Cargo Corps' latest recruit, a Cargo Commander.

Why similar: Roguelite 25.8%, Action Roguelike 22.6%, Platformer 18.7%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Shooter 11.3%

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

Why similar: Action Roguelike 51.4%, Roguelite 26.4%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 8.9%, Action 3.2%

A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.2%, Roguelite 21.7%, Difficult 12.6%, Perma Death 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.5%

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 52.6%, Roguelite 35.2%, Procedural Generation 4.9%, Indie 3.4%, 2D 1.4%

Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.

Why similar: Indie 28.6%, Shooter 18.3%, Difficult 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 14.5%, Action 12%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Platformer 32.1%, Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Indie 13.3%, Difficult 9.7%, Action 5.2%

Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.

Why similar: Roguelite 33.1%, Action Roguelike 31.7%, Platformer 10.8%, Difficult 7.3%, Perma Death 5.6%

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 42.8%, Roguelite 21.5%, Platformer 17.2%, Difficult 9.1%, Indie 6.7%