- #1 Footgun: Underground
97% matchVery Positive87% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: Turtle Knight GamesPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Roguelike with balls! Prove your ball skills and dribble your way through a randomly generated, dangerous track network full of deadly challenges! Face post-apocalyptic mutants, improve your balls with high-tech upgrades and escape the pixel art underground labyrinth.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Roguelike 14.5%, Perma Death 14.4%, Arcade 11.4%
- #2 Cave Crawler 2
96% matchVery Positive91% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler 2 is a retro-inspired 2D side-scroller. Escape a series of winding caves full of strange creatures and treacherous platforming challenges.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 28%, Side Scroller 23%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Platformer 10.8%, Linear 9.7%
- #3 Buff Knight Advanced
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Buff Studio Co.,Ltd.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Buff Knight Advanced is a 2D Pixel RPG where you’re constantly on the move. Kill the invading monsters with your sword or by timing your use of spells carefully! As you progress the game becomes more intense with stronger and uglier monsters!
Why similar: Side Scroller 18.2%, Runner 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Perma Death 13.8%, PvE 11.3%
- #4 Cave Crawler
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,108 reviews2022
Dev: Evan Youssef
Windows
Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 26.9%, Side Scroller 22.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Platformer 10.2%, Linear 10.2%
- #5 Chrono Survival
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 115 reviews2022
Dev: Petushock ProductionPub: Petushock Production
Windows
On the eve of the end of the world, become the last hope for the world by standing alone against thousands of monsters. Chrono Survival is a hyper arcade rogue-lite game that combines simple gameplay and challenge.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.8%, Perma Death 33.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action 11.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #6 This Is No Cave
94% matchVery Positive97% of 142 reviews2025
Dev: monome.studio
Windows
A one-click parkour game in space. Zoom through intricate levels using your suit's thrusters and grapple hook, all while evading colossal alien worms and racing against the clock.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 19.5%, Runner 17.2%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Arcade 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%
- #7 NETHER HEROES
93% matchVery Positive90% of 759 reviews2024
Dev: MitridanPub: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.9%, 2D Platformer 16.4%, Roguelike 16.1%, Character Customization 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #8 Katanaut
91% matchVery Positive90% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: VoidmawPub: Acclaim, Inc.
Windows
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.5%, Roguelike 25.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Platformer 7.9%
- #9 Whackerball
92% matchVery Positive89% of 73 reviews2023
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Whackerball is a twin-stick shooter roguelite with Breakout inspired mechanics. Master the unique combat system as you venture through a multitude of diverse areas while collecting powerful and game changing upgrades.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.8%, Roguelike 22.2%, Arcade 13.4%, Perma Death 11.3%, Action 9.2%
- #10 ChronoBreach
91% matchVery Positive97% of 262 reviews2019
Dev: UpsilonGames
Windows
A deadly factory surrounds you. The manipulation of time is necessary to escape this underground facility. Use your wit, your laser blaster, and your time-warping abilities to face your demise head-on and triumph!
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 34.1%, Action 34.1%, Platformer 23.8%, Singleplayer 8%
- #11 Dungeon Core
90% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Talismanic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Core is a roguelite top-down shooter where you get to explore the sewers and beyond to ultimately reach an old underground research facility. Old nuclear waste has caused dangerous mutations in creatures due to a failed experiment. You set out to destroy the abandoned nuclear core.
Why similar: Roguelike 21%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Perma Death 14.9%, Bullet Time 14.4% ★, Pixel Graphics 10.2%
- #12 Verlet Ascend
89% matchVery Positive89% of 90 reviews2023
Dev: Sagewind StudioPub: Stratera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.4%, Roguelike 21.3%, 2D Platformer 18.5%, Platformer 8.9%, Action 8.1%
- #13 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
89% matchVery Positive81% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.4%, Roguelike 26.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.4%, PvE 14.2%, Action 7.8%
- #14 Iron Meat
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,041 reviews2024
Dev: Ivan Valeryevich SuvorovPub: Retroware
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Iron Meat is a run-and-gun arcade shooter that immerses players in an apocalyptic future overrun by "The Meat," an iron-ravenous mass mutating everything in its path. Blast your way through retro-inspired stages and bosses to uncover the shocking horrors behind secret experiments on the Moon.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, 2D Platformer 14.6%, Character Customization 13.1%, Side Scroller 12%, Arcade 10.7%
- #15 Grimhook
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 3,988 reviews2023
Dev: Unlimited Fries
Windows
Bounce, dash, and grapple through flooded caverns in this fast-paced first-person action platformer. Descend into Grimhook's sunken ruins as Dart, mastering Lovecraftian powers and decimating robotic foes. Explore, battle, and unravel the mysteries below Miletos.
Why similar: Atmospheric 26.8%, Platformer 24.3%, Action 23.7%, Combat 20.2%, Singleplayer 5%
- #16 Boosted Survivors
86% matchVery Positive96% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Clarity Games
Windows · Linux
Survive waves! Choose new abilities! Modify your hero in any way you like! Craft a powerful masterpiece, or a horrible concoction of awful ideas! Discover secrets! Sandbox your way to victory! Boost! Survive! Boosted Survivors!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.5%, Roguelike 23%, Arcade 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Action 8.9%
- #17 Platformines
88% matchMixed67% of 329 reviews2014
Dev: Magiko GamingPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 69%, Action 11.7%, Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, 2D 3.8%
- #18 Into the Necrovale
84% matchVery Positive86% of 588 reviews2024
Dev: CLYDE gamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.1%, Roguelike 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Action 6.4%, Combat 6.2%
- #19 99 Levels To Hell
87% matchMixed61% of 609 reviews2014
Dev: Zaxis Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20%, Perma Death 13.2%, Arcade 12.1%, 2D Platformer 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #20 Caveblazers
83% matchVery Positive85% of 4,486 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 23.2%, Perma Death 17.2%, Roguelike 15.2%, 2D Platformer 12%, Character Customization 10.7%
- #21 Tribal Pass
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 436 reviews2016
Dev: Tribe TeaPub: Stas Shostak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all ON THE RUN.
Why similar: Runner 26%, Pixel Graphics 23.8%, Arcade 16.9%, Action 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%
- #22 Madshot
82% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: OverflowPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Madshot is a fast-paced, acrobatic, rogue-lite shooter. Survive the ever-changing road through Cthulhu and beyond. Equip endless upgrade combinations as you fight your way through horrific monsters and multi-phased boss battles.
Why similar: Bullet Time 33.8% ★, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Side Scroller 11.2%, Platformer 6.8%
- #23 Oblivion Override
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,986 reviews2024
Dev: Humble MillPub: XD
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An intense, hardcore action side-scroller. Maneuver as a ninja killerbot through dynamic wastelands with 26+ specialized weapons. Dodge, dash, and dominate. A homage to Metroidvania and Roguelike: customize atomic evolution, breach intricate alert levels to decrypt the Oblivion Code...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Perma Death 20.6%, Roguelike 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Side Scroller 12.2%
- #24 Gravebound
80% matchVery Positive92% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Atomic Game LabsPub: Student Game Developer Association
Windows
Survive as long as you can through the waves of magic guardians, level up to heighten your own magical abilities, and unlock game changing weapon upgrades and new arenas as you explore Dark Willow Crypt! Will you escape, or are you bound for the grave...
Why similar: Roguelike 38.7%, Action Roguelike 29.7%, Action 14.7%, PvE 9.7%, Combat 5.7%
- #25 Freedom Fighter
82% matchMixed66% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
"With your trusty shank and die hard will to survive, you've successfully broken out of your Prison Cell. How many other prisoners can you set free on your way to Freedom? Take down as many Guards as possible while avoiding traps and hazards along the way! From Knives, to Guns, and Mines to Bombs!"
Why similar: 2D Platformer 22.8%, Arcade 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Action 14%, Platformer 12.3%
- #26 Eternal Cave Escape
81% matchVery Positive83% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: HarderGaming
Windows
You find yourself stuck in a cave with nothing but your wit... and a pickaxe! As you climb your way out you'll find this is no ordinary cave.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 41%, Pixel Graphics 25.6%, Platformer 14.3%, Action 10.5%, 2D 6.4%
- #27 ALTF4
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,816 reviews2021
Dev: PUMPKIM
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
[3D 3rd Person Perma-Death Runner Game]Try to overcome various obstacles until the end.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.9%, Action Roguelike 19.8%, Runner 18.4%, Roguelike 16.1%, Arcade 13.3%
- #28 Goosthetic
77% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: SmilewirePub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Arm yourself with sticky boots, a smart-pistol, and the titular 'Goosthetic' grappling prosthetic to swing, slide, jump, boost, and shoot your way out of a twisted and abandoned scientific facility! Escape captivity and evade slime mutations in this fast-paced action-platformer FPS.
Why similar: Runner 49%, Platformer 19.3%, Linear 16.2%, Action 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #29 Jet Kave Adventure
79% matchVery Positive86% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: 7Levels
Windows
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24.6%, Roguelike 22.1%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Arcade 15.7%, Platformer 10.4%
- #30 Dungreed
77% matchVery Positive93% of 9,514 reviews2018
Dev: TEAM HORAY
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 22.9 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 38.4%, Roguelike 25%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Action 7.1%, 2D 4.2%
- #31 Pixel Shooter
81% matchMostly Negative35% of 188 reviews2017
Dev: Sabrina Aridi
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In this 2D platformer game, get your gun and shoot all monsters in your way or just run away to the exit.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 30.5%, Side Scroller 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Platformer 11.4%, Action 9%
- #32 Dungeon of Zolthan
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 531 reviews2016
Dev: Robert AlvarezPub: New Reality Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!
Why similar: Action 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, Platformer 24.1%, 2D 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #33 Biters & Bullets: Prologue
75% matchVery Positive90% of 350 reviews2022
Dev: Night Owls
Windows
Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 42.8%, Post-apocalyptic 38.6%, Action 10.8%, Combat 6.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Speedrun
76% matchMixed68% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Jiwoo Lee
Windows
You're trapped in underground cities! Run and use your special dash movement to survive.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #35 Devious Dungeon
75% matchVery Positive83% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: WoblywarePub: Ratalaika Games S.L.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Set in the Dark Ages, Devious Dungeon is a medieval focused action platformer with RPG styled upgrades.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.5%, Roguelike 17.2%, 2D Platformer 16.5%, Arcade 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #36 Project Adder (Prologue)
74% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: NLB.DEV
Windows
Project Adder is a run-and-gun, zombie-killing, rogue-lite sandbox game with dynamic gameplay that offers a unique experience in every play-through.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, 2D Platformer 16.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #37 Aliens After Ava
73% matchVery Positive100% of 217 reviews2023
Dev: Alejandro Hervella
Windows · Mac
You are Ava, a survivor out in the wild in the midst of an alien invasion. Fight back as you dodge, jump, roll, and use advanced technology to navigate your escape across terrain and extraterrestrial foes!
Why similar: Bullet Time 32.5% ★, Runner 21.3%, PvE 18.2%, Arcade 15.6%, Action 8.4%
- #38 Hardcore and Death
72% matchVery Positive82% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows
Run through huge multi-level locations, avoiding spikes, falling platforms, and flying blades, use double jumps, and choose your route to reach the Heart before the lights go out.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 40.8%, Platformer 21.6%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Action 8.6%, 2D 8.1%
- #39 DIG - Deep In Galaxies
72% 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: Action Roguelike 18.9%, Perma Death 15.9%, Roguelike 14.4%, 2D Platformer 12.5%, PvE 10.5%
- #40 Disfigure
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,133 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Brew Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Disfigure is a grim-dark rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.2%, Roguelike 24%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Arcade 12.5%, 2D 5.9%
- #41 ReSpaced
71% matchVery Positive88% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Elevated Ants Studio
Windows
A fast-paced first-person shooter where you master gun recoil to leap across platforms, battle various enemies, and upgrade your weapon to escape an overrun space station.
Why similar: Action 65%, Combat 16.1%, Linear 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #42 Escape Doodland
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 188 reviews2018
Dev: fluckyMachinePub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Death and destruction came into Doodland. This happy and joyful land is going to change. You play as one of Doodlers, a peaceful inhabitant of happy doodle world, attacked by a merciless monster. There are only two options: run as fast as you can or die.
Why similar: Side Scroller 28.8%, Arcade 22.2%, Action 15.5%, Platformer 14.9%, 2D 9.9%
- #43 Choo Choo Survivor
70% matchVery Positive85% of 580 reviews2023
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Perma Death 15.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%
- #44 Stray Savior
70% matchVery Positive93% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 27.2%, Side Scroller 20%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Action 11.9%, Platformer 11.2%
- #45 Escape the Underground
71% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2021
Dev: Joseph EnglishPub: Sleepy Vampire Games
Windows · Mac
At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.
Why similar: 2D Platformer 31.1%, Action 18.3%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, Platformer 12.8%
- #46 Mover
73% matchMixed70% of 66 reviews2017
Dev: Hont
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%
Mover is simplified Top-Down ACT game, You need to escape from different enemies to reach the end.Every floor is procedural, but this is only the first time you open the program.Game Features Minimum design,intuitive gameplay Retro cyberpunk art style
Why similar: Action 55.8%, Arcade 44.2%
- #47 Shadow Ninja: Apocalypse
74% matchMixed57% of 182 reviews2015
Dev: Boogygames Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fast 2D ninja action where every mistake costs everything. Run, dodge, attack and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Roguelike 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Action 9.5%, Platformer 8.5%
- #48 Super Lone Survivor
70% matchVery Positive93% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: SuperflatPub: Superflat Games
Windows
The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.
Why similar: Side Scroller 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Atmospheric 19.6%, 2D 10.6%, Action 9.3%
- #49 Non-Stop Raiders
71% matchMixed66% of 85 reviews2023
Dev: Orkbadger
Windows
In this infinite side-scroll runner play as different raiders, run and jump across areas. Pillage gold from either your enemies or chests across your journey to upgradeabilities or unlock new charecters.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Runner 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, Arcade 12.2%, Platformer 5.9%
- #50 Halls of Torment
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,213 reviews2024
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.7%, Roguelike 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Arcade 12.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #51 Pape Rangers
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Pape Game StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
"Pape Rangers" is an exhilarating indie roguelike game where you'll choose different classes to defeat monsters in the caverns. Build unique and powerful playstyles for each class through a variety of skills, and even discover hidden talents and classes! Every new game offers a fresh experience.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 61%, Action 15.3%, Combat 12.2%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #52 It Lurks Below
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,274 reviews2019
Dev: Graybeard GamesPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.8%, Action 27.2%, 2D 14.1%, Platformer 11.9%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #53 Hive Jump 2: Survivors
67% matchVery Positive84% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Graphite LabPub: Midwest Games
Windows · Linux
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.6%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Action 11.5%, Combat 10.1%, 2D 6.9%
- #54 OVERWHELM
69% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2018
Dev: Ruari O'SullivanPub: Alliance
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.2%, Action 24.3%, Platformer 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, 2D 5.4%
- #55 Escape From Tethys
69% matchMixed69% of 457 reviews2018
Dev: Whimsical
Windows · Mac
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
Why similar: Action 44.9%, Platformer 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%
- #56 Airborne
65% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: bl4ckPub: XDev
Windows
Airborne is a combination of 2D Platformers, Rage Games, Parkour, while also being packed with Action. You need to get to the end of the level by dodging Spikes, Bullets, Turrets, Lasers and more!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 35.1%, Arcade 15.6%, Side Scroller 15.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Action 11.5%
- #57 COLLAPSED
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 183 reviews2019
Dev: Glaive Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 63.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Action 9%, Platformer 7.4%, 2D 2.5%
- #58 Germinal
65% matchVery Positive91% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Moonlit Monitors
Windows
Jump, hover and clean your way through this precision platformer combining permissive jetpack mechanics with a compassionate narrative about getting lost in your own fear.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 20.8%, 2D Platformer 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Action 11.1%
- #59 In The Shadows
67% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: Colorspace Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
In The Shadows is a puzzle platformer where lights scare away shadows monsters that transform into everyday objects you can use to your own advantage. Confront your fears, solve puzzles, find secrets!
Why similar: 2D Platformer 24%, Pixel Graphics 23.4%, Side Scroller 20.6%, Atmospheric 13.9%, Platformer 10.7%