- #1 Risk of Rain Returns
97% matchVery Positive90% of 28,738 reviews2023
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31%, Roguelike 17%, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Local Co-Op 14.2%, Co-op 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: This faithful modern reimagining preserves the original's 2D stages, escalating timer-driven chaos, item stacking, and four-player co-op.
- #2 Risk of Rain 2
96% matchVery Positive94% of 353,255 reviews2020
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.1%, Roguelike 19.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.6%, Co-op 9.4%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It translates Risk of Rain's randomized items, swarming enemies, boss hunts, and co-op survival loop into a third-person 3D format.
- #3 Roguelands
96% matchVery Positive80% of 3,732 reviews2016
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Embark on an epic journey in this hardcore Multiplayer RPG! As a Galactic Cadet, you and your Combat Squad of friends must brave hostile worlds in search of valuable loot and resources. Craft powerful gear, slay otherworldly creatures, and save the galaxy.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.3%, Roguelike 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Co-op 6.6%, Platformer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This is a sci-fi action roguelite with procedurally generated worlds, loot-heavy builds, boss battles, and cooperative play.
- #4 20XX
95% matchVery Positive91% of 4,583 reviews2017
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 28%, Platformer 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Online Co-Op 9%, Roguelike 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedural platforming stages, run-based upgrades, precision shooting, and online co-op make it an especially close mechanical companion.
- #5 30XX
94% matchVery Positive90% of 2,820 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.7%, Roguelike 17.1%, Perma Death 13.6%, Platformer 11.9%, Local Co-Op 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A polished roguelite platformer built around randomized stages, weapon upgrades, fast movement, and optional co-op in a Mega Man-like structure.
- #6 Vagante
94% matchVery Positive89% of 5,040 reviews2018
Dev: Nuke Nine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Action Roguelike 23.7%, Roguelike 14.6%, Difficult 11.6%, Perma Death 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A demanding fantasy platforming roguelike with permanent death, randomized dungeons, build choices, and co-op adventuring.
- #7 Caveblazers
93% matchVery Positive85% of 4,551 reviews2017
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 10.1 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 24.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, Platformer 11.4%, Perma Death 11.1%, Difficult 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Caveblazers captures the tense, run-ending danger of Risk of Rain through difficult procedural platforming, combat, loot, and secrets.
- #8 Spelunky
92% matchVery Positive92% of 16,681 reviews2013
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Roguelike 20.9%, Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 9.3%, Local Co-Op 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Its randomly generated caves and high-stakes one-life expeditions make every run tense, unpredictable, and skill-focused.
- #9 Dungreed
91% matchVery Positive93% of 9,605 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 33.1%, Roguelike 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Roguelite 7.5%, Platformer 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its fast 2D combat, randomly generated dungeon runs, weapon variety, and upgrade-driven builds strongly suit Risk of Rain players.
- #10 Spelunky 2
91% matchVery Positive93% of 21,992 reviews2020
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 13.7%, Platformer 13.4%, Perma Death 12.9%, Roguelike 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers similarly unforgiving procedural platforming and permanent-death runs, with co-op adding another layer of emergent chaos.
- #11 Rogue Glitch Ultra
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,596 reviews2021
Dev: Rarebyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A roguelite action platformer in a vibrant glitch-ridden world. Amass a huge arsenal from over 150 weapon options and face hordes of enemies and tough boss fights. Jump into multiplayer (up to 4 player co-op online or local) to collect, unlock, and upgrade for endless replayability.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelike 16.5%, Platformer 11.2%, Difficult 10.7%, Local Co-Op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A compact but intense platforming roguelite centered on rapid movement, escalating enemy patterns, and highly replayable randomized runs.
- #12 Fury Unleashed
89% matchVery Positive87% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Roguelike 17.8%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Perma Death 11.1%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Difficult 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This comic-book roguelite emphasizes relentless platform-shooter action, stacked upgrades, randomized levels, and cooperative play.
- #13 Nuclear Throne
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,817 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: Action Roguelike 29.7%, Roguelike 23.1%, Difficult 10.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Its rapid-fire runs, randomized weapons, brutal difficulty, and mutation-based builds match Risk of Rain's escalating action intensity.
- #14 ScourgeBringer
88% matchVery Positive86% of 3,284 reviews2020
Dev: Flying Oak GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.2%, Roguelike 17%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Platformer 8.4%, Roguelite 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers extremely mobile 2D roguelite combat, procedural progression, punishing difficulty, and a satisfying learn-through-death structure.
- #15 Neon Abyss
87% matchVery Positive86% of 23,629 reviews2020
Dev: Veewo GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
Why similar: Roguelike 31.1%, Action Roguelike 24.8%, Platformer 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Roguelite 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful run-based platform shooter where huge item synergies can radically transform your weapons, movement, and combat style.
- #16 Astral Ascent
86% matchVery Positive95% of 8,595 reviews2023
Dev: Hibernian Workshop
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Roguelike 15.6%, Perma Death 11.3%, Difficult 10%, Platformer 9%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful action-platforming roguelite featuring customizable spell builds, fluid aerial combat, and substantial run-to-run variety.
- #17 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 459,038 reviews2014
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 27.4 hrsMean: 161.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.7%, Roguelike 23.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.4%, Difficult 10.6%, Local Co-Op 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedural runs and enormous pool of stackable items offer the same addictive search for game-breaking build combinations.
- #18 Revita
85% matchVery Positive81% of 2,438 reviews2022
Dev: BenStarPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 41.1%, Roguelike 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Roguelite 10.4%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: This fast twin-stick platform shooter combines randomized rooms, powerful relic combinations, and risk-heavy health-for-upgrades decisions.
- #19 Heroes of Hammerwatch
84% matchVery Positive87% of 9,539 reviews2018
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.6%, Co-op 12.1%, Roguelite 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Online Co-Op 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative pixel-art roguelite dungeon crawler built around repeated expeditions, loot collection, classes, and escalating enemy threats.
- #20 Enter the Gungeon
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 89,914 reviews2016
Dev: Dodge RollPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.4%, Roguelike 24.8%, Difficult 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Local Co-Op 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A bullet-heavy action roguelike with enormous weapon variety, demanding boss fights, secrets, and excellent co-op support.
- #21 Dead Cells
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 183,835 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 28%, Roguelike 23.1%, Platformer 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Roguelite 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Though more melee-focused, its exceptionally responsive combat, procedural routes, punishing deaths, and build variety make it a natural fit.
- #22 Skul: The Hero Slayer
82% matchVery Positive93% of 57,659 reviews2021
Dev: SOUTHPAW GAMESPub: NEOWIZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 34.9%, Roguelike 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Platformer 7.4%, Difficult 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its changing character forms and item synergies create varied action-platforming runs with a strong emphasis on build experimentation.
- #23 Roboquest
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 24,458 reviews2023
Dev: RyseUp Studios
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.9%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Roguelike 13.9%, Co-op 10.3%, Perma Death 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shifts the formula to first-person shooting but retains fast roguelite runs, randomized upgrades, powerful builds, and online co-op.
- #24 Gunfire Reborn
79% matchVery Positive93% of 103,749 reviews2021
Dev: Gunfire Reborn StudioPub: Duoyi Games
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 49.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.
Why similar: Roguelike 30.8%, Online Co-Op 19%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Co-op 12.5%, Roguelite 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its cooperative roguelite structure, randomized weapons, scroll synergies, and repeatable boss runs echo Risk of Rain's build-focused loop.
- #25 Flinthook
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 844 reviews2017
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 35.9%, Roguelike 16.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Difficult 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grappling-hook platform shooter with randomized runs, relic combinations, and quick combat that rewards mobility and repeat attempts.
- #26 Ember Knights
78% matchVery Positive94% of 7,054 reviews2023
Dev: Doom TurtlePub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ember Knights is an action rogue-lite for 1-4 players where you play as legendary knights, the last spark of hope against the mad sorcerer Praxis and his hordes of unwavering fiends. Wield weapons & skills, build synergies with game-changing relics and free the universe of Praxis’ corruption.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.9%, Roguelike 12.2%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Local Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This polished co-op action roguelite has fast combat, randomized upgrades, distinct character builds, and challenging boss encounters.
- #27 Black Future '88
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 750 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 50.2%, Co-op 10.8%, Roguelite 10.3%, Local Co-Op 9.4%, Action 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A neon-drenched roguelite platform shooter with time pressure, randomized upgrades, and frantic vertical combat.
- #28 Rogue Legacy 2
78% matchVery Positive91% of 15,153 reviews2022
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
Why similar: Platformer 25.2%, Roguelike 21.7%, Difficult 14.9%, Roguelite 9.5%, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This refined platforming roguelite offers responsive combat, procedural castles, varied classes, and meaningful progression between dangerous runs.
- #29 Metal Unit
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,906 reviews2021
Dev: JellySnow StudioPub: NEOWIZ
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Action 13.6%, Roguelite 11.2%, Indie 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling action roguelite mixes randomized equipment, weapon-driven builds, and difficult combat across branching runs.
- #30 Catacomb Kids
80% matchVery Positive87% of 629 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Roguelite 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Difficult 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A harsh pixel-art action platformer with procedural dungeons, permanent death, emergent item interactions, and chaotic combat.
- #31 Rogue Legacy
77% matchVery Positive92% of 18,856 reviews2013
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Why similar: Roguelike 32.1%, Platformer 24.7%, Action Roguelike 22.5%, Addictive 4.3% ★, Indie 3.4%
- #32 Magicite
77% matchVery Positive85% of 7,591 reviews2014
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 19.4%, Roguelike 19.2%, Platformer 9.8%, Perma Death 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #33 Hammerwatch
76% matchVery Positive89% of 6,516 reviews2013
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment. Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch. Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four unique environments with traps, hidden secrets and puzzles.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 19.6%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Co-op 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #34 The Binding of Isaac
75% matchVery Positive95% of 62,928 reviews2011
Dev: Edmund McMillen
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.2%, Roguelike 27.1%, Difficult 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.6%, Addictive 7.2% ★
- #35 Hyper Light Drifter
74% matchVery Positive93% of 19,210 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Machine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 39.8%, Difficult 21.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.6%, Indie 6%, Action 5.7%
- #36 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
75% matchVery Positive85% of 14,063 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Roguelike 36.6%, Perma Death 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Difficult 8.6%
- #37 Hero Siege
76% matchMixed67% of 47,887 reviews2014
Dev: Panic Art Studios Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Hero Siege is a fast paced Pixel Art ARPG featuring an expansive roster of unique classes, deep build experimentation, and a player driven economy.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.5%, Roguelike 16.8%, Local Co-Op 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Co-op 8%
- #38 Rampage Knights
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,614 reviews2015
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29%, Roguelike 20.9%, Co-op 11.4%, Local Co-Op 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
- #39 Crypt of the NecroDancer
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 26,523 reviews2015
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Why similar: Roguelike 32.3%, Great Soundtrack 27.5%, Difficult 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Local Co-Op 7.2%
- #40 Wizard of Legend
72% matchVery Positive91% of 21,075 reviews2018
Dev: Contingent99
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.2%, Roguelike 19.2%, Local Co-Op 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Difficult 6.8%
- #41 TowerClimb
73% matchVery Positive92% of 410 reviews2015
Dev: Davioware and Quazi
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 34.4%, Difficult 11.9%, Platformer 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #42 Legend of Dungeon
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,640 reviews2013
Dev: Robot Loves Kitty
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 30.1%, Roguelike 24.5%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Perma Death 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #43 Starbound
71% matchVery Positive90% of 123,321 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.8%, Co-op 16%, Multiplayer 9%, Survival 7.4%
- #44 Streets of Rogue
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,104 reviews2019
Dev: Matt DabrowskiPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Roguelike 17.7%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Local Co-Op 7.1%
- #45 Realm of the Mad God Exalt
72% matchVery Positive83% of 47,727 reviews2012
Dev: Wild Shadow StudiosPub: Deca Live Operations GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 55.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.1%, Roguelike 18.4%, Perma Death 13.9%, Difficult 11%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #46 Spirits Abyss
71% matchVery Positive96% of 430 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 21.1%, Roguelike 17.7%, Platformer 12.1%, Difficult 10.2%, Local Co-Op 10%
- #47 SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
70% matchVery Positive94% of 13,095 reviews2018
Dev: Flow Fire Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.3%, Online Co-Op 15%, Roguelike 11.7%, Difficult 10%, Roguelite 10%
- #48 FTL: Faster Than Light
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 78,865 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Roguelike 49%, Perma Death 19.4%, Difficult 14.5%, Roguelite 5.8%, Indie 5.4%
- #49 Vertical Drop Heroes HD
71% matchVery Positive80% of 743 reviews2014
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.9%, Roguelike 18.5%, Platformer 13.2%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Co-op 9.1%
- #50 Downwell
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,640 reviews2015
Dev: MoppinPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.1%, Platformer 16.6%, Difficult 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Roguelike 8.5%
- #51 Crawl
69% matchVery Positive95% of 7,322 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: Action Roguelike 30.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Roguelike 14.6%, Local Co-Op 12.3%, Great Soundtrack 10.1%
- #52 Aura of Worlds
67% matchVery Positive91% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Roguelike 22.8%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Platformer 14.1%, Difficult 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%
- #53 Death Road to Canada
68% matchVery Positive93% of 10,537 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.7%, Roguelike 15.2%, Great Soundtrack 12.2%, Local Co-Op 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #54 Torchlight II
68% matchVery Positive93% of 45,606 reviews2012
Dev: Runic GamesPub: XD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
Why similar: Co-op 31.5%, Online Co-Op 30.4%, RPG 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 8.2%
- #55 Teleglitch: Die More Edition
68% matchVery Positive83% of 2,957 reviews2013
Dev: Test3 ProjectsPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.4%, Roguelike 28.2%, Perma Death 11.1%, Difficult 10.5%, Roguelite 3.7%
- #56 Noita
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 89,025 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.6%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Difficult 15%, Perma Death 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #57 Bastion
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 38,212 reviews2011
Dev: Supergiant Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
Why similar: Great Soundtrack 71.6%, Action 10.3%, Indie 9.9%, RPG 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #58 Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition
69% matchMixed68% of 1,408 reviews2014
Dev: Code AvaricePub: Digerati
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Paranautical Activity combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.1%, Roguelike 29.6%, Great Soundtrack 10%, Difficult 5.5%, Roguelite 4.8%
- #59 Awesomenauts
67% matchVery Positive85% of 26,902 reviews2012
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!
Why similar: Platformer 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Co-op 9.7%, Multiplayer 9%
- #60 Children of Morta
65% matchVery Positive88% of 23,441 reviews2019
Dev: Dead MagePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Why similar: Roguelike 22.1%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, Online Co-Op 12%, Local Co-Op 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%