- #1 SUPER Dungeon Muncher
97% matchMixed68% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: n_nexy
Windows
Avoid becoming Muncher's next meal in this fast-paced, brutally challenging adventure!
Why similar: Perma Death 22.8%, Score Attack 13.1%, Arcade 12.8%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #2 Cozy Space Survivors
96% matchVery Positive96% of 410 reviews2024
Dev: simonschreibt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.3%, Roguelike 18.2%, Arcade 13%, Top-Down 12.3%, Funny 8%
- #3 Whackerball
96% 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: Roguelike 21.7%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Perma Death 15.8%, Arcade 13.7%, Cute 6.6%
- #4 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
95% matchVery Positive80% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Roguelike 24%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Action RPG 14.4%, Top-Down 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #5 Noobs Want to Live
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,983 reviews2023
Dev: 元气弹工作室(GD Studio)Pub: Lightning Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Noobs Want to Live is a fast-paced roguelike featuring several characters and a large pool of skills to choose from (that synergize with one another, too!) Fight, kill, grow. Each run is a new chance to create a steamrolling build!
Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, Action RPG 15.5%, Roguelike 14.9%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #6 Dizzy Rogues
94% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: kumakare
Windows
Dizzy Rogues is an auto-runner roguelike with "turn" based combat. Bounce your weapon off enemies and objects, rack up your combo, and purchase unique items.
Why similar: Perma Death 21%, Roguelike 19.6%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Arcade 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #7 FLERP
93% matchVery Positive87% of 408 reviews2022
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Fend off hordes of enemies in this arcade tower defense roguelite with autobattler elements. Build up a team of powerful synergies and become unstoppable.
Why similar: Score Attack 20.4%, Roguelike 19.8%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Perma Death 15.7%, Arcade 13.3%
- #8 Slimekeep
92% matchVery Positive90% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: BenBonk
Windows · Mac
In a world becoming corrupted by the evil Slime King, KILL or CAPTURE various slimes to grow stronger and save Slimetopia! Venture through procedurally generated levels in this fast-paced roguelike, if you're tough enough to not get slimed...
Why similar: Perma Death 29.8%, Roguelike 17.3%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Top-Down 11.2%
- #9 Doomed to Hell
91% 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: Perma Death 25.5%, Roguelike 20%, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action-Adventure 8.1%
- #10 Pesticide Not Required
89% matchVery Positive94% of 947 reviews2024
Dev: Jampacked Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
Why similar: Action RPG 28%, Action Roguelike 23.9%, Top-Down 13%, Score Attack 8.8%, Arcade 7.9%
- #11 Pixel Descent
90% matchVery Positive85% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Moonskull Games
Windows
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.2%, Score Attack 14.5%, Action RPG 13.5%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #12 Super Space Pug
91% matchMixed54% of 324 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Dawn StudiosPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Super Space Pug is a classic arcade shmup. Take control of 'Demetrius the Third'(Space Pug) to defend your personal space from the evil, fish flinging cats and random rocks because its a space shmup, and without rocks it would be rather non-space-y.
Why similar: Arcade 38.2%, Cute 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, 2D 17.6%, Action 6.8%
- #13 Bronana
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 156 reviews2024
Dev: busy bear
Windows
Bronana is a thrilling and hilarious survival roguelike. Embody the spirit of a fearless banana warrior to take down waves of vicious snack monsters. Through a rich variety of random events, grow stronger, evolve abilities, and face off against challenging bosses to save the homeland.
Why similar: Perma Death 26.1%, Action RPG 15.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Arcade 10.3%
- #14 Beyond the Long Night
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 186 reviews2023
Dev: Noisy Head GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Explore a whimsical underground world whilst being chased by a mysterious corrupting force in this charming twin-stick action roguelike! Befriend loveable characters, fend off enemies with chaotic abilities, and uncover the secrets of this subterranean kingdom caught in a time loop.
Why similar: Roguelike 18%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Surreal 14.9%, Multiple Endings 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #15 Dagger Froggy
86% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Solluco
Windows
Dagger Froggy is a small action Roguelike, Where you face hordes of enemies... Cute? With each round you get stronger, But so do the cute creatures. >:)
Why similar: Roguelike 35.5%, Arcade 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Cute 10.1%, 2D 10.1%
- #16 Normis Simulator
86% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: PropilGames
Windows
Playing as Normis, you are a typical representative of the mainstream with a traditional stable life, ironically referring to youth subcultures, avoiding conflicts and extreme actions, preferring routine and social adaptation.
Why similar: RPG 37.1%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Cute 13.7%, Action 12.1%, Relaxing 12%
- #17 Pixel Poops
87% matchVery Positive89% of 87 reviews2021
Dev: Mostly Random GamesPub: yyrGames
Windows
You have a problem with joggers. They think they own the whole park. They talk about motivation, or reaching their goals. But in this action-packed throwback to early 80s console games, you'll show them. You'll stop them yourself...in the most effective way you know.
Why similar: Surreal 27.2%, Score Attack 26.2%, Arcade 14.9%, Top-Down 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #18 9 Lives to Defend
85% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Goldarait
Windows
Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
Why similar: Action RPG 21.5%, Roguelike 19.6%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Top-Down 11.1%, Arcade 10%
- #19 Picayune Dreams
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 4,605 reviews2023
Dev: StepfordPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]
Why similar: Surreal 30.6%, Action Roguelike 27%, Roguelike 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Action 3.8%
- #20 RESTLESS SOUL
84% matchVery Positive92% of 323 reviews2022
Dev: Fuz GamesPub: Graffiti Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Laugh in the face of death in this hauntingly humorous comedy adventure about a wayward soul trying to make it back to the land of the living. Engage in bullet-hell lite battles, solve puzzles, and communicate with the dead as you navigate this “colorful” world. Death is just the beginning.
Why similar: Action RPG 33.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, RPG 10.1%, Action-Adventure 10%, Funny 9.2%
- #21 DUNGEON SLASHER
84% matchNo user reviews67% of 262 reviews2026
Dev: 96Percent
Windows
Navigate maps filled with enemies, destroying all who get in your way! Use a variety of character, artifact, and skill synergies to defeat the dungeon!
Why similar: Action RPG 24.2%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, RPG 6.2%
- #22 What a Shitty Job
81% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: 胖哒工作室
Windows
"Last P Class" is a 2D top-down survival action game with simple, easy and refreshing gameplay, containing a small amount of Roguelite elements.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.8%, Top-Down 24%, Funny 14%, 2D 11.6%, Cute 11.6%
- #23 Supercat Survivors
80% matchVery Positive83% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: Happy Universe Studios
Windows · Mac
Meow! This is a cat-themed Survivor-like game where you control an adorable Supercat! Battle monsters to level up, collect items, upgrade weapons, and experiment with strategic builds to fight off invading creatures threatening Meow Star.
Why similar: Roguelike 28.8%, Action Roguelike 26.1%, Funny 11.2%, RPG 10.3%, Relaxing 9.9%
- #24 Solace Inc.
81% matchVery Positive91% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A survivors-like about a time-travelling company where you recruit your employees against endless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Roguelike 30.3%, Action Roguelike 26.4%, Top-Down 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 8.7%
- #25 Space Survival
83% matchMixed50% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: UltraShock Gaming LLCPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Space Survival is the next great SIMPLE 2D casual space action shooter where you have to defend against wave of enemies, have fast reflexes and strong will to win. It is great way to relax, but also a great challenge. How long can you stay focused?
Why similar: Perma Death 34%, Arcade 19.6%, Top-Down 16.4%, Action-Adventure 14.2%, 2D 9.9%
- #26 Hell Shooter
78% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: PLAY Mephistowaltz
Windows
Hell Shooter is a roguelike dungeon crawler game. It features unique attack methods, exhilarating action, an oriental hellish atmosphere, and each character's storytelling.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.3%, Action Roguelike 22.7%, Roguelike 21.7%, RPG 10.2%, Funny 9.5%
- #27 TinyKeep
82% matchMixed65% of 417 reviews2014
Dev: PhigamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
TinyKeep, a top-down procedurally generated dungeon escape game with permadeath - you die and it's game over. Master the frantic physics-based combat, lure enemies into traps or make them fight each other for dominance. There are many ways to survive in TinyKeep!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.9%, Perma Death 30.9%, RPG 18.2%, Action 7%
- #28 Cramped Room of Death
79% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Hafiz Mohd RozlanPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
A puzzle adventure in close quarters! Use your spear to defeat enemies and collect treasure, but plan your moves carefully—each room has tight turns, deadly traps and no margin for error.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.9%, Top-Down 19.7%, Roguelike 17.3%, Cute 16%, Action Roguelike 13.9%
- #29 Death by Scrolling
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: Terrible Toybox NZPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Purgatory, inc. now under new management! Death by Scrolling is an action game where you kill enemies, collect gold, and avoid the Reaper long enough to pay the Ferrymanʼs exorbitant river-crossing fee to the afterlife.
Why similar: Top-Down 29.2%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Cute 17%, 2D 14.2%, Funny 9.5%
- #30 Kitty's Last Adventure
76% matchVery Positive98% of 173 reviews2025
Dev: Woum
Windows · Mac
Cute Survivor where you play as Kitty the cat aboard her flying cat-saucer🛸 created by her distraught human.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.4%, Roguelike 21.7%, Arcade 15.9%, Funny 12.4%, Cute 11.9%
- #31 Planetary Dustoff
79% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Rymdfall AB
Windows · Mac
Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 60.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Action 9.4%
- #32 Lost Potato
77% matchVery Positive94% of 241 reviews2020
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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: Perma Death 36.9%, Roguelike 20.4%, Action Roguelike 19%, Action 8.7%, 2D 8%
- #33 Pigeons Attack
76% matchVery Positive92% of 193 reviews2019
Dev: Nixtor Game Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Pigeons Attack is a top-down shooter whose goal is to survive the pigeons hordes for as long as possible. Use upgrades and weapons placed around the level. Unlock new characters, maps and magic runes. Help fight this invasion, alone or with your friends!
Why similar: Roguelike 34.3%, Action Roguelike 30.8%, Top-Down 19.8%, Funny 10.2%, Action 4.9%
- #34 Hypersensitive Bob
77% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2016
Dev: SIEIDI Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Hypersensitive Bob is roguelike sky-platform crawler where Bob fights his myriad forms of allergies. Some extreme situations may require Lobotomy or Surgery - even Laxative may prove to be necessary for Bob's survival. Loot vaccine vials, discover crazy item combos & encounter waves of enemies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 86.5%, Action 13.5%
- #35 Into the Necrovale
73% matchVery Positive85% of 638 reviews2024
Dev: CLYDE gamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.6 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 RPG 25.5%, Roguelike 22.3%, Action Roguelike 21.2%, Action-Adventure 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #36 Voidigo
71% 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: Roguelike 29.2%, Action Roguelike 27.3%, Funny 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action-Adventure 9.8%
- #37 Backspace Bouken
75% matchVery Positive92% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: RNG Party Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.
Why similar: RPG 33.6%, Action RPG 25%, Action 12.1%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Funny 11%
- #38 UnderMine
72% 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 46.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Top-Down 10.9%, RPG 9.5%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #39 Twilight Survivors
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,089 reviews2024
Dev: DORIDORI STUDIO
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!
Why similar: Action RPG 27.1%, Action Roguelike 22.2%, Roguelike 18.4%, Score Attack 14.2%, Arcade 12%
- #40 HyperParasite
75% matchVery Positive82% of 149 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Perma Death 40.8%, Roguelike 21%, Top-Down 15.3%, Funny 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #41 Fried Panic
73% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Simply Artizan
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive as long as possible in Fried Panic! Buy weapons, abilities, and even donut producing machines. Fight through waves of eggs, lemons, chicken drumsticks, and much more, all in a top down pixel art style.
Why similar: Roguelike 25%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Top-Down 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Score Attack 8.8%
- #42 Liminal Void
72% matchVery Positive83% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Jeistar
Windows
This is an art horror game where you snatch souls, cast spells, and die repeatedly. Select from 4 colorful characters and occasionally listen to them yap about their problems. It's very "mood." No penalty for death and you'll have fun even when you lose.
Why similar: Surreal 38.4%, Action Roguelike 27.7%, Multiple Endings 18.1%, RPG 12.5%, Action 3.3%
- #43 Transcendence
74% matchVery Positive89% of 227 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Action RPG 30%, Perma Death 24.9%, Roguelike 15.8%, Top-Down 12.9%, RPG 7.5%
- #44 Demon Lord: Just a Block
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,363 reviews2026
Dev: YuWave
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Who dares reduce you, a mighty Demon Lord, to just a block? Uncover your secret nemesis and take your revenge in this action roguelite where the world only moves when you do. Plan your moves step by step or dodge, parry, and collide with enemies for powerful attacks!
Why similar: Roguelike 17.5%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Multiple Endings 14.1%, Top-Down 12.6%, Action-Adventure 10.5%
- #45 Good Robot
74% matchVery Positive84% of 265 reviews2016
Dev: Pyrodactyl
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 60.6%, RPG 21.9%, Action 9.6%, Funny 8%
- #46 Cursorblade
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,038 reviews2023
Dev: RealPeach
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Cursorblade is a bullet hell game where you play as the cursor, fighting your way through waves of enemies. Combine weapons and items to become more powerful with your own unique builds. Slash, dodge, upgrade, and repeat!
Why similar: Perma Death 14.5%, Roguelike 14.4%, Action Roguelike 14.4%, Arcade 10.8%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #47 Dome Keeper
68% matchVery Positive92% of 22,186 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Roguelike 58.9%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, 2D 13%, Action 8.5%
- #48 Godrop
69% matchVery Positive95% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: KATOR Game StudioPub: KATOR Game Studio
Windows
One level of warning, cosmic droplet rampage! A roguelike game featuring impact piercing. Collect holy relics, build up your energy, and morph the droplets to invade the solar system and destroy the ignorant human fleet to the ground!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.1%, Roguelike 21.4%, Cute 17%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Minimalist 5.8%
- #49 RymdResa
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 304 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Roguelike 26.8%, Top-Down 16.2%, Surreal 15.9%, RPG 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%
- #50 Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS
71% matchVery Positive93% of 227 reviews2019
Dev: Oscar Gonzalez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your best friend wants to cheer you up, so he tries his best to make a dungeon for you to explore. Explore his wholesome, weird-as-heck, scrappy rogue-lite oozing with charm and humor for 1-2 Players.
Why similar: Perma Death 27.3%, Action RPG 16.3%, Roguelike 14.1%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #51 Afterplace
67% matchVery Positive97% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Evan KicePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Made by one person, an open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Explore the woods, find hidden paths, hack and slash through strange monsters, and try very, very hard not to break reality. Or don't. You do you.
Why similar: Action RPG 21.7%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Top-Down 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Action-Adventure 10.2%
- #52 Space Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive87% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Perma Death 32.7%, Roguelike 20.2%, Action Roguelike 19%, Arcade 13.5%, Top-Down 12.1%
- #53 RAD
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 967 reviews2019
Dev: Double Fine ProductionsPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Perma Death 41.2%, Action Roguelike 39.1%, Action 11.5%, Funny 8.2%
- #54 bit Dungeon II
70% matchVery Positive82% of 2,214 reviews2014
Dev: Kinto Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
bitDungeon II is fast action-adventure game with a giant overworld to explore. You are a spirit in an undead world of demons. Your "loved one's " grave has been desecrated. Fight through these corrupted lands, and bring peace to her soul.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.4%, Roguelike 20%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, RPG 15.4%, Perma Death 12.7%
- #55 Peace Data
69% matchVery Positive90% of 209 reviews2020
Dev: BITach
Windows
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.5%, Action 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Funny 15.1%
- #56 Space Killer
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Two friends
Windows
Take on the role of a spaceship pilot and protect the universe from an alien invasion. Destroy hordes of infected ships and defeat powerful bosses. Unlock new ships, create your own builds in this Roguelite, Survivors, RPG game🚀
Why similar: Action Roguelike 18.1%, Roguelike 15.8%, Arcade 14.2%, Top-Down 13.6%, RPG 11.7%
- #57 Space Gladiators
67% matchVery Positive90% of 480 reviews2021
Dev: Blobfish
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Ever dreamt of being a space potato? Now’s your chance! Space Gladiators is a 2D hand-drawn roguelite platformer following a bunch of captives fighting their way out of a planet prison. Defeat hordes of aliens in the gladiatorial arenas and earn your freedom!
Why similar: Perma Death 43.6%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Action 15.3%, 2D 9.8%, Cute 7.8%
- #58 Voids Vigil
64% matchVery Positive94% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like. Use auto-firing weapons and drones, timely dashes and special abilities to reach the Void where a final Conservator awaits convergence. Spend your Cogs wisely within the varied shops to create unique builds!
Why similar: Roguelike 31%, Action Roguelike 26.4%, Arcade 17.9%, RPG 8.7%, 2D 6.5%
- #59 Nuclear Throne
65% 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: Roguelike 31.2%, Action Roguelike 28.3%, Perma Death 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Top-Down 6.7%