- #1 SuperEpic: The Entertainment War
97% matchMixed70% of 112 reviews2019
Dev: Undercoders
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive micro transactions.
Why similar: Roguevania 64.1% ★, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Metroidvania 12%, Hack and Slash 6.5%, Multiple Endings 3.4%
- #2 Zombie City Rescue
96% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: XZ Studio
Windows
Imagine being trapped in a city full of zombies, with life and death in front of you! Don't worry, you will become one of the survivors! Quick reaction and precise shooting are your survival rules, but don't forget to stay calm, because every step can be your last! Are you ready?
Why similar: Roguevania 51.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Shooter 8.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%
- #3 Hollowroot
96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Cmrak
Windows
Hollowroot, a fast-paced 2D action roguelike. Master tight platforming and combat in ever-changing, procedurally generated levels. Every run is a new challenge. Can you survive?
Why similar: Roguevania 54.2% ★, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Metroidvania 14.4%, Bullet Hell 8.9%, Choices Matter 3.4%
- #4 风铃Windbell
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Brink
Windows
Windbell is a platform action game that contains roguelike random elements, hundreds of freely matched skills, and a hard-core hitting feel to bring you a super refreshing combat experience.
Why similar: Roguevania 55.6% ★, Metroidvania 21.3%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Hack and Slash 10.6%
- #5 Rift Keeper
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Why similar: Roguevania 71.7% ★, Action Roguelike 16%, Metroidvania 12.3%
- #6 Ninja Soul
94% matchVery Positive80% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Ash Game StudioPub: Electronic Sheep Games
Windows
Ninjasoul is a platform action game that combines roguelite with Galaxy warrior demon city. Kunoichi, Tachibana Yachiyo unexpectedly awakened the ability of "death backtracking". She will find the truth in the land that used to be her hometown in the fight and death again and again.
Why similar: Roguevania 60.5% ★, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #7 The Legend of Cyber Cowboy
93% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Liberate a town from gangs of cybernetic bandits! The Legend of Cyber Cowboy is a top-down twin-stick shooter presented in slick pixel art style.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Steampunk 18.7% ★, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #8 EXTROCORE
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dark Sumika
Windows
An apocalyptic sci-fi game where you slay demons with style. Jump, dodge, dash, and parry to avoid incoming fire. Use Rewires to shape your build, level up to put points into Attributes and Perks, and progress through the world to unlock more Abilities.
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.2%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Shooter 8.4%
- #9 The Light Of Vertical
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WangxoGame
Windows
A Metroidvania-style action adventure set in the collapsing "Sky City." Play as a life form awakening in darkness, explore decaying areas, interact with NPCs, battle bosses, collect cards, and uncover the truth through stylized art and deep storytelling.
Why similar: Roguevania 59.7% ★, Metroidvania 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Action-Adventure 5.8%
- #10 Dungeon Re-Delve
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SilverArrowGames
Windows
A top down roguelike dungeon crawler with unique and powerful items. Endless procedurally generated dungeons and levels.
Why similar: Roguevania 63.1% ★, Action Roguelike 16.1%, Procedural Generation 7.9%, Top-Down 6.6%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #11 StarBreak
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,302 reviews2016
Dev: Crunchy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.
Why similar: Roguevania 70.9% ★, Action Roguelike 19.3%, Metroidvania 6.7%, Bullet Hell 3.1%
- #12 Warped Point
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marc "selempo" Mengual
Windows
Explore the unknown, master your weapons, and face the corruption and dangers that lurk while you embrace the chaos. Welcome to Warped Point, a mysterious world on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Roguevania 66% ★, Hack and Slash 20.1%, PvE 8.9%, Action-Adventure 5%
- #13 Abalyte
89% matchMixed67% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Purple Studios
Windows
Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.
Why similar: Roguevania 77.6% ★, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Action-Adventure 3.3%
- #14 Sausage vs. Vegetable
88% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Big Pond Studio Ltd.
Windows
Sausage vs. Vegetable is a run-based roguelike with bullet heaven elements, following a band of outcast sausages to level up, loot, and fight their way to uncover the truths behind the vegetable invasion.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Hack and Slash 17.8%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%
- #15 Little Knight 2: Old Dreams
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: 黑猫游戏
Windows
Little Knight 2: Dark Souls of the Past "is the official 3D RPG sequel to the classic" Little Knight ", continuing the passion and adventurous spirit of its predecessor, and creating a broader and more free medieval fantasy world.
Why similar: Roguevania 55.5% ★, 3D Fighter 17%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Open World 5.5%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #16 Isekai Mage
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TongLee
Windows
Protagonist dies in a truck accident, reborn as a Mage Adventurer in an isekai. Explore chests, battle monsters, complete quests, and customize skills via roguelike mechanics. Defeat the Demon King in this blend of RPG, adventure, and light roguelike.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.3% ★, Metroidvania 25.7%
- #17 The End Grows
86% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Atopia.studio
Windows
Incremental Roguevania || Hurry up, the world ends in 5 minutes! Gain 100 levels in a single strike and distribute your stat points mid-battle to adapt instantly.A Fast RPG blending action, exploration, and a unique real-time leveling system!
Why similar: Roguevania 55.8% ★, Metroidvania 20.9%, Action Roguelike 13%, Open World 5.6%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #18 O.R.B. Offensive Rolling Bot
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riimu Games Oy
Windows
Lead O.R.B. to save our world from total annihilation in this thrilling 2D-platformer. O.R.B. is a robot sent from the future to destroy an evil A.I. DiOS before it can fulfill its evil plan. O.R.B. has some special skills, and transforming into a ball is just one of the tricks up in its sleeves!
Why similar: Roguevania 61.5% ★, Metroidvania 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Story Rich 1.3%
- #19 Ufouria: The Saga 2
84% matchVery Positive91% of 125 reviews2024
Dev: SUNSOFT
Windows
Explore the unique and wacky world of SUNSOFT's Ufouria in this exploration-based side-scrolling game. The levels' terrain change each time you play with new secrets to explore. Be charmed, comforted and tickled by the fluffy felt-like remake of the strange-but-cute world of Ufouria!
Why similar: Roguevania 48.9% ★, Metroidvania 23.9%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #20 Carter Story / 卡特冒险
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: 椰果工作室/Coconut Studio
Windows
Carter's Story is a RogueLike game with random elements combined with action adventures, where you try to randomly pick up equipment and fight enemies, and eventually get the trial of growth.
Why similar: Roguevania 67.1% ★, Action Roguelike 18.7%, Action-Adventure 6.1%, Multiple Endings 5.5%, Story Rich 2.6%
- #21 Dark Sword: The Light of Ainn
82% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: MrDoth
Windows
Dark Sword is a frenetic action game that mixes bullet-hell and hack-n-slash in the midst of a devastating and dark open world with a tragic backstory, where the player must immerse himself in order to defeat the powerful guardians that guard it.
Why similar: Metroidvania 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Hack and Slash 16.7%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, PvE 9.2%
- #22 Chicken Must Fry
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SignatureGamez
Windows
Chicken Must Fry is a survivor-like game where you play as a raw chicken refusing to be fried, wiping out monsters from the ruthless Frying Empire. Combine various skills and items, upgrade your characters, and survive the endless waves of enemies!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.4%, Action Roguelike 23.1%, Hack and Slash 19.9%, Bullet Hell 19.1%, PvE 8.9%
- #23 Archetype and the Four Winds of Hell
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Serf of Cinder
Windows
Master the four elements, and kill demons. In this short Metroidvania, you play as the Archetype, a legendary elemental master, on a mission to close a portal to hell and end a demon invasion. Learn new abilities, fight demons, and if you fail, be reincarnated with mastery of a different element.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.7% ★, Metroidvania 23%, Shooter 10.2%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, PvE 4.4%
- #24 Ghost 1.0
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,107 reviews2016
Dev: @unepic_franPub: Unepic Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
Why similar: Roguevania 66.6% ★, Metroidvania 33.4%
- #25 METROMAGE
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAYA GAME STUDIO
Windows
MetroMage is an intense action roguelike where you combine elemental magic, stack damage multipliers, and create devastating builds. Explore procedurally generated maps, face escalating enemy waves, and grow overwhelmingly powerful with every new run.
Why similar: Roguevania 52.1% ★, Metroidvania 19%, Action Roguelike 18%, Procedural Generation 7%, PvE 3.9%
- #26 HyperRaid
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Daniel Paine
Windows
Dive into chaos with HyperRaid, a fast-paced bullet hell adventure set in Eldoria! As a Mercenary Guild member, raid Grokk's Hold, battling goblins for a powerful artifact. With randomized perks, each run offers a thrilling challenge. Ready for Mercenary Mayhem?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.1%, Hack and Slash 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Bullet Hell 19.8%, Shooter 7.7%
- #27 Tiny Pixels Vol. 2 - Stormy Knights
78% match7 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Eastasiasoft Limited
Windows
Step into the armored boots of an overzealous knight as you fight across the continent rescuing princesses from their monstrous captors in Tiny Pixels Vol. 2 - Stormy Knights!
Why similar: Roguevania 61.7% ★, Action Roguelike 19.8%, Hack and Slash 18.5%
- #28 Gears of Dissent
78% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Jacob Gislason
Windows
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36%, Top-Down Shooter 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #29 Necromancer's Revenge
79% matchNegative8% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: GPG
Windows
Summon the Dark Lord for revenge! This game combines survival and roguelite elements, where you summon monsters and place totems to defeat monsters and take down the Dark Lord!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Hack and Slash 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, PvE 9.1%
- #30 Weapon Hacker
81% matchPositive95% of 37 reviews2020
Dev: Luke Rissacher
Windows
Hack scavenged parts into custom-made weapons and explore / shred your way through a multiverse of infested weapon facilities.
Why similar: Roguevania 54.1% ★, Metroidvania 22.8%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
- #31 Bulletail
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: ApeXPloit Studios
Windows · Linux
Snake-meets-bullet-hell roguelike where your tail is your ammo. Eat bullets to grow, spend length to shoot, and survive escalating waves, enemies, and bosses.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Action Roguelike 24.9%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, PvE 12.3%, Shooter 9.9%
- #32 Paranoid
77% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Brenner Simon
Windows
Paranoid is Dungeoncrawler/Roguelike with an oldschool pixelartstyle where you need to survive alone in the dark and discover new items and pills that help you through this dangerous World. Can you find a way out and wake up?
Why similar: Roguevania 54.8% ★, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Shooter 7.9%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #33 Metro Dungeon
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inkblunder
Windows
A 2D action roguelike RPG blending bullet hell combat, hack-and-slash precision, and dark futuristic pixel art. Descend through shifting dungeons, battle evolving bosses, and shape your fate through choices that alter every run.
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Action Roguelike 19.4%, Hack and Slash 16.5%, Bullet Hell 15.8%, PvE 8.6%
- #34 FALLENSTAR
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NebulaVoid Interactive LLC
Windows
Step into the shoes of Aetherion's newest agent and join them on their quest for infinite energy. Choose your playstyle and weapons, upgrade your equipment, and complete your missions to become stronger and survive on planet 347TH2-Terminus in this fast-paced roguelike-metroidvania.
Why similar: Roguevania 53% ★, Metroidvania 26.3%, Shooter 7.4%, Procedural Generation 5.6%, Action Roguelike 5.4%
- #35 Meat is Murder
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Entertainment Software International
Windows
A top-down survival horror game, with procedurally generated maps, where eating meat heals you... but every bite makes the vegan serial-killer faster.
Why similar: Roguevania 82.1% ★, Procedural Generation 10%, Top-Down 8%
- #36 Crimsonwood
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: nodoxi
Windows
Crimsonwood is a roguelike top-down shooter in a cursed national park. Collect various weapons, gain perks and battle hordes of enemies to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Action Roguelike 25.7%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Shooter 10%
- #37 Manor Mania
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Retriod SoftwarePub: Deadzors
Windows
Manor Mania is a Metrovania Randomizer game nut scaled down in size with more focus on replayability. It has a handcrafted map, equippable gear/weapons, and random Powerups that help you navigate the manor. Many randomized elements ensure variety for each run.
Why similar: Roguevania 54.2% ★, Metroidvania 26.1%, Hack and Slash 19.7%
- #38 Candellum
70% matchVery Positive97% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Out of Seats StudioPub: ISART DIGITAL
Windows
Play as a candle warrior fighting to keep your flame alive in a world where fire means life and death. Steal wax from enemies to survive, wield your flame tactically in intense hack-and-slash combat, and uncover the dark secrets of a dormant wax factory filled with danger !
Why similar: 3D Fighter 37.5%, Metroidvania 31.5%, Hack and Slash 24.8%, Action-Adventure 6.3%
- #39 Chorus of the Night
75% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Matt Sayer
Windows · Mac
Fight through hordes of burnt CDs, flying TVs, and faceless suits in this frantic, run-based, twin-stick shooter. Forget firing bullets, though - you'll be flinging vinyl records, throwing drumsticks and swinging guitars to fend off the enemies of music and maybe, just maybe, survive the night.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.1%, Action Roguelike 22%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Shooter 10.5%
- #40 What The HELL
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Goat Games
Windows
What the HELL is a rogue-lite top-down shooter. A terrifying future awaits the modern world under the influence of demon lords. Choose varied features to create your own skill set and determine your gameplay style. Collect demon's souls and never stop until you become stronger than they are.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, Action Roguelike 18.1%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #41 W.R.M.
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Biofire Games LLC
Windows
You are part of W.R.M trying to survive in a hostile world, plunge into the depths of the earth, and discover secrets long forgotten. Gather Anthracite. SURVIVE!
Why similar: Steampunk 28.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Shooter 13.7%, PvE 8.9%
- #42 PickaLegend
73% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: 2kblater (5)
Windows · Mac · Linux
PickaLegend - A bullet hell game about visiting interesting places and destroying everything in sight with your pets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.6%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Hack and Slash 17.4%, Bullet Hell 16.8%, PvE 9.2%
- #43 Cookies Must Die
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Twins
Windows
Stop a group of evil, mutant cookies before they reduce whole city to rubble!
Why similar: Roguevania 54.1% ★, Metroidvania 24.1%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Hack and Slash 6.9%
- #44 MYRIAD DEATH
70% matchVery Positive86% of 274 reviews2025
Dev: IGNITION MPub: holo Indie
Windows
This is an exhilarating action and shooting game where you fight using weapons with different abilities.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Hack and Slash 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.6%, Shooter 8.9%
- #45 Luck's Labyrinth
72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: CrabDancer
Windows
In Luck's Labyrinth you're a ghostly gambler in a monochromatic afterlife. Every step is a dice roll, shaping your fate. With luck as your only weapon, uncover secrets or succumb to fate's twists. Survive spectral challenges to grow stronger, but beware luck's fickleness
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.2%, Hack and Slash 22.2%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 20%, Shooter 7%
- #46 Ghost of Viyk
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: trbkk
Windows
In the lands of Vyik, death is just the beginning. Tailor your items and abilities to create your unique battle style — and slay enemies who never play by the rules, in this Ukrainian Grimfolk roguelite action. Because the price of freedom is never fair.
Why similar: Roguevania 58.3% ★, Action Roguelike 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Top-Down 6.5%, Story Rich 2%
- #47 Cloudborn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 零梦
Windows
A high-speed Ace-style roguelike aerial action game. Fly through an endless world and experience fast, arcade-style dogfights in the sky. Upgrade your abilities and build powerful combos. Every battle is massive, every location is procedurally generated, and every encounter is a spectacular showdown
Why similar: 3D Fighter 25%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Hack and Slash 14.2%, Procedural Generation 13%
- #48 Last convoy
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twohuyak Production
Windows
Speed or firepower? Survive or dominate? Build your armored convoy car by car in this survivors-like auto-shooter. The fate of the planet rides on your choices — and your convoy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Bullet Hell 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #49 Steampunk Abyss
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Videogamesters
Windows
Blast your way through this Bullet Hell Rougelite. Fight the automatons that guard The Abyss. Smash the wreckage for scrap to barter with the citizens of Duc Pointe. Use the experience you have gained to climb closer to the surface with each run. Your experience and a few weapons of your design....
Why similar: Steampunk 28.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Procedural Generation 5.3%
- #50 Monster Portal
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Nicholas JaureguiPub: Fanatic LLC
Windows
Monster Portal is a roguelite with dungeon-crawler like elements. It follows one of your world's last few powerful heroes, sent on a quest to rid the planet of monsters and their gruesome overlords that have overtaken your world from hellish dimensions.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, PvE 9.8%
- #51 Boots Versus Plants
71% matchMixed68% of 31 reviews2021
Dev: DnovelPub: My Way Games
Windows
In the platformer from the creators of RRRR fights with mutant plants on the way to find a solution to the dark past. Overcome many thoughtful challenges and puzzles.
Why similar: Roguevania 58.1% ★, Metroidvania 24.1%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, PvE 4.5%
- #52 NEOHELL
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HVNSART GamesPub: PxJ Zone
Windows · Mac · Linux
A fast-paced survivors-like shooter with roguelite elements and round-based progression. Blast your way through demonic hordes in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world, fight bosses, upgrade your weapons and abilities, and survive the chaos of the NEOHELL
Why similar: Action Roguelike 20%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, PvE 10.5%
- #53 War Beans
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Otis MillerPub: Fire Cycle Games
Windows · Linux
Wage war against massive hordes of orcs, undead and demons in this survival roguelite. Upgrade and combine epic weapons and talents. Enlist an army to fight alongside you. Embrace the chaos of the battlefield!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Hack and Slash 20.7%, Action Roguelike 19.7%, Bullet Hell 18%, PvE 11.6%
- #54 Death Machine
66% matchMixed58% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Philip Froelich
Windows
Conquer the mechanical citadel in Death Machine - a metroidvania, with a roguelite item system. Gather items to gain strength, navigate the perilous machine world, leverage the aid of ancient demons, and seek out dangerous denizens to defeat before the forces of the machine close in on you.
Why similar: Roguevania 45.2% ★, Metroidvania 29%, Steampunk 25.8% ★
- #55 Okay, Panic
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GotANormalJob
Windows
A top-down space survival roguelite. Harvest crystallized spacetime, build your arsenal from 40+ absurdly named weapons, and hold off increasingly hostile void entities until the universe runs out of things to throw at you. It usually doesn't.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.7%, Action Roguelike 23.6%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, PvE 11.1%, Shooter 8.2%
- #56 The Bow: Ultimate weapon
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nomad Ukiki
Windows
A top-down shooter incremental game where you defeat enemies, sell loot, unlock powerful upgrades, defeat bosses for special items, and shape your own combat build through steady progression.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.8%, Hack and Slash 24.5%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Shooter 13.1%, PvE 8.7%
- #57 SpellBurst Barrage
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ilias Giouroukis
Windows · Linux
SpellBurst Barrage is a Spell Crafting top-down arena shooter survival roguelite. Combine spells for customized attacks and unleash a barrage of elemental fury. Use different elemental damage types and synergies. Summon allied creatures to support you in combat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 25.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Hack and Slash 23.3%, Bullet Hell 20.9%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #58 Cat Watch
65% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Decimate SoftwarePub: Minicactus Games
Windows
A 2D arcade shooter minigame with roguelike progression where you control a cat defending an apartment against enemies that seek cover and strike at the right moment. Jump, attack, and eliminate waves of mosquitoes, rats, and bats as you advance toward the source of the infestation.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Action Roguelike 25.2%, Bullet Hell 21%, Shooter 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
- #59 AKU: BRAVE REBORN
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InGame
Windows
A side-scrolling action game that combines Metroidvania-style exploration with roguelike cycles. In the early stages, non-linear Metroidvania exploration helps unlock core abilities; in the later stages, switching to the roguelike cycle mode allows for highly free challenges and build construction
Why similar: Roguevania 77.1% ★, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Action-Adventure 5.4%
- #60 Robot&Gun&Magic
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PX Games
Windows
Guns and magic intertwine — carve your way through the apocalypse. Play as an awakened robot warrior, wielding firearms and magic power to scavenge, fight, and survive in a world stripped bare of resources. Ammo is scarce, mana is precious, and every battle is a fight for survival.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Shooter 11.2%