- #1 Skelly Selest
97% matchVery Positive93% of 288 reviews2018
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Skelly Selest is a score-attack hack slash dash run 'n' gun-athon. Venture into the procedurally generated perdition depths of Hell to purge the evil taint of the Deamonica Netherlords and their fiendly followers.
Why similar: Difficult 21.6%, Procedural Generation 20.2%, Roguelike 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #2 Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite
96% matchVery Positive86% of 800 reviews2022
Dev: SmokeStabPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Orbital Bullet is a fast paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting and heavy weaponry. Kill. Die. Modify.
Why similar: Difficult 26.5%, Roguelike 18%, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #3 Straimium Immortaly
96% matchVery Positive90% of 174 reviews2016
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
Why similar: Difficult 25.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Roguelike 15.7%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #4 Ether Loop
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 314 reviews2020
Dev: Moon Lens
Windows
Ether Loop is a hardcore fast-paced bullet hell with roguelike elements. Descend the unforgiving depths of a mysterious world, encounter challenges, discover dynamic environments and fight ruthless creatures while unveiling the secrets of Ether Loop.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.4%, Action 11.7%, Difficult 11.6%
- #5 Feral Fury
94% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Difficult 21.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Top-Down 10.5%, Action 10.4%
- #6 Schism
93% matchVery Positive96% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: FamiPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Difficult 16.7%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #7 I Hate Running Backwards
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 245 reviews2018
Dev: Binx GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 35.3%, Difficult 31.4%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Action 10.8%, Roguelike 9%
- #8 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
92% matchVery Positive81% of 470 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: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Roguelike 23.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Top-Down 10.7%, Action 8.7%
- #9 Space Grunts
91% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
Why similar: Difficult 20.3%, Fast-Paced 19.6%, Space 15.3%, Roguelike 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #10 Rocky Mayhem
90% matchPositive88% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: SepSlitherPub: Frederik Holst
Windows
Systems are down and require time to repair, leaving you with a basic gunship with no hopes of escaping an aggressive asteroid event. Will you be able to survive the increasingly difficult 6 minutes to repair the ship's functions and escape? Also discover a variety of genres, all in one game!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Beat 'em up 16%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #11 Diehard Dungeon
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 499 reviews2014
Dev: Tricktale
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
Why similar: Roguelike 42.9%, Difficult 17.7%, Action 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Adventure 11.3%
- #12 Eternal Step
89% matchMixed64% of 75 reviews2015
Dev: Once More With GustoPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Eternal Step is a deviously difficult, rogue-like action adventure game.
Why similar: Difficult 45.3%, Roguelike 23.4%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #13 Heroes of Loot
89% matchMixed69% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A brutal mix between dungeon-crawler and shoot-em up. The dungeon will learn from you and become more dangerous every time you play!
Why similar: Difficult 17.3%, Roguelike 15%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
- #14 Star of Providence
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,340 reviews2017
Dev: Team D-13
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 25.4%, Difficult 17.7%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Roguelike 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #15 Blacksea Odyssey
88% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Space 10.6%, Roguelike 7.2%
- #16 Caveblazers
86% matchVery Positive85% of 4,520 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: Difficult 24.1%, Procedural Generation 23.8%, Roguelike 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, 2D 6.1%
- #17 Doomsday Hunters
84% matchVery Positive90% of 788 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Difficult 36.4%, Procedural Generation 25.3%, Roguelike 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Action 6.6%
- #18 Rush Rover
85% matchVery Positive94% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: radio
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Difficult 8.7%
- #19 Nuclear Throne
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,651 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: Difficult 26.2%, Roguelike 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Action 5.1%
- #20 Spaceship Looter
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 234 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.8%, Difficult 17.4%, Roguelike 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%
- #21 Galaxy Highways
80% matchVery Positive97% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Nanopike
Windows · Mac
An indie story-driven space shooter with intense battles, escalating enemy waves, and massive boss fights. Choose and upgrade ships, unlock powerful weapons, and protect your allies. Upgrade your base and construct a battleship to take on even stronger enemies. All set to a rock & synth soundtrack.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Difficult 19.3%, Space 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #22 Void Raiders
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Void Raiders is "radical" top down rogue-lite shmup, with permanent character progression, character centric gameplay and never ending carnage in randomly generated environments.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 58.7%, Action 41.3%
- #23 Planetary Dustoff
81% 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: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Difficult 18.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 10.2%
- #24 Hyper Simon X
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 67 reviews2018
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.5%, Fast-Paced 14.8%, Top-Down Shooter 13.7%, Difficult 12.8%, Space 11.9%
- #25 Dead
81% matchVery Positive91% of 278 reviews2018
Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
The universe wants you dead. Take on the ten great spirits of the universe in this intense boss fighting challenge!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Difficult 20.1%, Character Action Game 15.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Fast-Paced 12.8%
- #26 Slimekeep
78% matchVery Positive90% of 136 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: Difficult 25.4%, Procedural Generation 20.1%, Roguelike 17.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #27 Loot River
79% matchMixed68% of 459 reviews2022
Dev: straka.studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 26.8%, Difficult 23.4%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Roguelike 12.8%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #28 Void Resurgence
76% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Difficult 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Space 10.3%
- #29 Black Future '88
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 745 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 46.3%, Pixel Graphics 29.4%, Adventure 24.3%
- #30 Killing Room
78% matchMixed69% of 1,448 reviews2016
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rogue-like FPS with strong RPG elements set in a 22nd century reality-show parody. Win a fortune or die, but never disappoint your audience. And audience is virtual or real with revolutionary but optional features for streamers and their fans.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.2%, Procedural Generation 24.9%, Difficult 21%, Action 13.5%, Shooter 9.9%
- #31 Pixel Descent
75% matchVery Positive84% of 140 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: Shoot 'Em Up 42.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.2%, Roguelike 17.8%, 2D 9.9%, Action 8.6%
- #32 Starward Rogue
76% matchVery Positive90% of 489 reviews2016
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.1%, Difficult 17%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Roguelike 11.2%, Space 11.2%
- #33 Super Turbo Demon Busters!
77% matchMixed55% of 188 reviews2017
Dev: HeroLabs
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
STDB! is a rogue-like game about hardcore mercenaries and space marines escaping from a very cozy planet filled with monsters, nuclear fire, viruses and pixelated violence.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Roguelike 14.3%, Space 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #34 Tiny Rogues
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,641 reviews2022
Dev: RubyDev
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Difficult 23.7%, Roguelike 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
- #35 Dangerous Bullets
77% matchMixed64% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: Indie Games StudioPub: Enoops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Dangerous Bullets- This dynamic hardcore platforming, challenges you.
Why similar: Difficult 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Action 17.7%, Shooter 14.6%, Adventure 12%
- #36 Rising Hell
73% matchVery Positive89% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: Tahoe GamesPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Rising Hell is a vertical platformer rogue-lite filled with adrenaline-pumping action and tons of heavy gothic metal shreds. Climb out from the ever-changing hell while you fight hordes of blood-lusting demons.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 25%, Difficult 21%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Roguelike 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%
- #37 Witchinour
74% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: mahojigoku
Windows
Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Fast-Paced 18.5%, Difficult 17.1%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #38 Burning Knight
74% matchMixed70% of 126 reviews2020
Dev: Rexcellent GamesPub: 2Awesome Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Difficult 19%, Roguelike 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Shooter 7.4%
- #39 Yury
75% matchMixed56% of 608 reviews2014
Dev: Cubic Pie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
For those of you who cannot live without old-style hardcore platformer challenges, Yury brings the ultimate spikes-lava-monsters experience.
Why similar: Difficult 28.7%, Fast-Paced 20.2%, Space 18.6%, Action 9.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #40 Enlightenment
73% matchMixed63% of 459 reviews2018
Dev: LizardKing
Windows
In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.
Why similar: Difficult 29.7%, Action 18.9%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Top-Down 15.7%, Roguelike 14.3%
- #41 Undungeon
72% matchMixed64% of 377 reviews2021
Dev: Laughing MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Undungeon is a gorgeous Action/RPG driven by intense real-time combat and an immensely rich science fiction story. Travel between dimensions and change the world around you in an attempt to reconstruct the shattered Multiverse.
Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Roguelike 14.7%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #42 BroodStar
70% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: David Schmidthoffer
Windows · Mac · Linux
BroodStar is a classic arcade shmup with roguelike elements. Acquire crazy item combos, encounter strange events and fight challenging bosses on a quest to destroy the living planet, the BroodStar.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Space 12.3%, Roguelike 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #43 Deflector
69% matchVery Positive87% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Arrowfist GamesPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Deflector is a top down action rogue-lite set in a deadly microcosm. Dive deep into hostile worlds teeming with viruses. Strike down increasingly challenging enemies with your weapons and their own deflected projectiles. Live, die, grow stronger and become powerful enough to reach the Source!
Why similar: Difficult 40.4%, Roguelike 20.8%, Top-Down 14.6%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Action 7.8%
- #44 Super Mutant Alien Assault
72% matchVery Positive86% of 177 reviews2016
Dev: CybernatePub: Surprise Attack
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones - dance with death through randomised rooms to clear your space freighter of irradiated aliens in a brutal arcade platformer shooter stuffed to the brim with unlockable weapons, explosives, special abilities and defense moves.
Why similar: Space 20.7%, Difficult 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Action 14.3%, Shooter 10.8%
- #45 Space Bandit
70% matchVery Positive94% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Sam Murray
Windows · Linux
Brutal twin stick shooter with fun and clever enemies. Also has roguelite and Sci-Fi stuff.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Space 12.9%, Shooter 8.9%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #46 rooMaze
73% matchMixed60% of 203 reviews2017
Dev: ChairKillingPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
rooMaze is a first person hardcore roguelike with voxel graphics and procedurally generated levels! All of this is powered by Unreal Engine 4. Don't let acute-angled cubes deceive you as behind a simple visual style lies the all-consuming hardcore.
Why similar: Adventure 54.9%, Action 45.1%
- #47 Mega City Force
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 330 reviews2023
Dev: Undreamed GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 14.8%, Difficult 12.3%, Roguelike 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #48 Lake of Creatures
66% matchVery Positive94% of 357 reviews2024
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Difficult action FISHING ROGUELIKE, where you slaughter mutated creatures with weapons that shoot lasers and explosions!!! 💥 Catch fish to buy treasures that MODIFY YOUR BUILD and end up with CRAZY SYNERGIZING ATTACKS that melt those noob enemies
Why similar: Difficult 26%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, Roguelike 17%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Shooter 8.8%
- #49 Ogre Chambers 2222
64% matchVery Positive97% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
SURVIVE in a transforming arena against ALIEN OGRES in this ROGUELIKE BULLET-HELL 💥 MODIFY your gun, make smart upgrade decisions and master your spaceship's controls to conquer the OGRE CHAMBERS !
Why similar: Difficult 17.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.6%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Shooter 9.8%
- #50 JASEM: Just Another Shooter with Electronic Music
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Stas Shostak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
JASEM is insanely hard and ridiculously unforgiving low-poly twin-stick arcade blastathon set to an electronic beat and filled with bright explosions and neon effects.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Difficult 18.6%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Fast-Paced 15.6%, Shooter 8.9%
- #51 ---Red---Tether-->
68% matchVery Positive98% of 84 reviews2022
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows · Linux
---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23%, Difficult 20.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Space 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #52 Arcadium - Space Odyssey
65% matchVery Positive94% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Luciano Bercini
Windows · Mac
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 30.3%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Space 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #53 Paranautical Activity: Deluxe Atonement Edition
71% matchMixed68% of 1,408 reviews2014
Dev: Digerati DistributionPub: 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: Roguelike 37.3%, Difficult 18.2%, Action 11.4%, Fast-Paced 11.3%, Shooter 7.9%
- #54 Operation STEEL
68% matchVery Positive93% of 85 reviews2022
Dev: Undermog Games
Windows · Linux
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in hand-drawn art. Blow up loads of enemies, destroy huge bosses, find weapons, and upgrade your load-out between levels. Combat the electronic legion across 20+ procedurally generated levels!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 28%, Procedural Generation 19%, Difficult 17.7%, Roguelike 13.7%, Sci-fi 9%
- #55 Ogre Chambers DX
67% matchVery Positive91% of 145 reviews2023
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Roguelike bullet hell shooter, where you fend off waves of attacking monsters in a constantly transforming arena. You are rewarded with upgrades to your vulnerable spaceship if you survive long enough.
Why similar: Difficult 19.5%, Procedural Generation 16.1%, Space 14.1%, Roguelike 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #56 Scarlett's Dungeon
70% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Scarlett's Dungeon is a retro-inspired action RPG dungeon crawler with roguelite elements. Explore randomly generated dungeons, fight monsters, and collect loot in beautifully crafted pixel art reminiscent of the Game Boy Advance era. Test your skills as you dive deep into ever-changing challenges!
Why similar: Character Action Game 29% ★, Difficult 17.9%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Roguelike 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #57 Ziggurat
68% matchVery Positive85% of 3,959 reviews2014
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
Why similar: Fast-Paced 24.3%, Procedural Generation 19.3%, Difficult 17.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Roguelike 12.8%
- #58 Still Not Dead
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2018
Dev: Glove Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Still Not Dead is a challenging roguelite FPS that merges the fast satisfying gunplay of Doom with open stages, insane weaponry, tactical choice and being pursued by death itself. The unique blessing and curse system, plus unlockable skill skulls set the game apart from everything else.
Why similar: Fast-Paced 32.2%, Difficult 23.3%, Action 16.8%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Shooter 11.3%
- #59 Galactic Glitch
63% matchVery Positive90% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Difficult 19.2%, Space 13.4%, Roguelike 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%