- #1 Realm of the Mad God Exalt
97% matchVery Positive83% of 47,515 reviews2012
Dev: Wild Shadow StudiosPub: Deca Live Operations GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 54.1 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: Massively Multiplayer 27.3%, Action Roguelike 24.1%, Perma Death 15.1%, Roguelike 5%, MMORPG 4.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: This is the closest experience to StarBreak, featuring MMO-scale bullet-hell combat, perma-death, and intense boss raids.
- #2 Risk of Rain (2013)
96% matchVery Positive93% of 29,799 reviews2013
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.1%, Perma Death 11.9%, Platformer 10.9%, Roguelike 9.5%, Action 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: The original 2D action-roguelike that defined the genre with its co-op focus and escalating difficulty.
- #3 Vagante
96% matchVery Positive89% of 5,003 reviews2018
Dev: Nuke Nine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 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 46.5%, Perma Death 10.8%, Platformer 7.6%, Roguelike 6.8%, Multiplayer 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A punishing 2D platformer roguelike that emphasizes cooperative play and deep character customization.
- #4 Dead Cells
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 180,167 reviews2018
Dev: Motion Twin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 41.2 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 41.8%, Metroidvania 15.2%, Platformer 12.8%, Roguelike 8.6%, 2D 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for 2D action-roguelike platformers, offering fluid combat and challenging boss encounters.
- #5 Spiral Knights
94% matchVery Positive84% of 24,051 reviews2011
Dev: Grey Havens
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 65.5%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Action 7.3%, MMORPG 5.5% ★, Co-op 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure MMO that features dungeon-crawling loops and cooperative boss battles similar to StarBreak.
- #6 Born Again
94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,120 reviews2023
Dev: Unnamed Studios, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Hack-n-slash your way through the evil brewing in the Outer Realm! Stop the ominous Overlords in their tracks, but tread lightly, for every corner hosts a monster in waiting!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 40.8%, Action Roguelike 21.7%, MMORPG 7.4% ★, Roguelike 7.4%, Action 6%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art MMO roguelike that centers on boss-focused gameplay and shared world exploration.
- #7 Rogue Legacy 2
92% matchVery Positive91% of 14,951 reviews2022
Dev: Cellar Door Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 24.5 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: Metroidvania 26.1%, Platformer 21.2%, Action 9.2%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Roguelike 7%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in 2D platformer roguelites, featuring persistent progression and challenging boss fights.
- #8 Roguelands
93% matchVery Positive80% of 3,731 reviews2016
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.3 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 42.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, Perma Death 8%, Platformer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer action-roguelike with sci-fi themes and a heavy focus on boss battles and gear progression.
- #9 Magicite
91% matchVery Positive85% of 7,589 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 32.5%, Perma Death 15.7%, Platformer 10.2%, Roguelike 8.1%, Multiplayer 8%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer 2D roguelike that emphasizes crafting, survival, and challenging combat in a persistent world.
- #10 Hero Siege
91% matchMixed67% of 46,731 reviews2014
Dev: Panic Art Studios Ltd
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 51.4%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Roguelike 7.1%, Co-op 6.8%, Bullet Hell 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer action-roguelike that combines hack-and-slash combat with significant boss-focused progression.
- #11 Starblast
90% matchVery Positive81% of 1,093 reviews2017
Dev: Neuronality
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 77.9%, Action 10.5%, Indie 5.9%, 2D 3.8%, Difficult 2%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced multiplayer space action game that shares the arcade-style combat and team-based objectives of StarBreak.
- #12 Plague Breaker
89% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: Wozzy Games Limited
Windows
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 45.5%, Platformer 13.1%, Metroidvania 11.9%, Roguelike 7.7%, 2D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguevania that blends tight platforming with deep RPG character customization and exploration.
- #13 Astroflux
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 345 reviews2016
Dev: Fula Fisken
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play Astroflux - a retro styled, action packed MMO space shooter.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 79%, Action 10.3%, Bullet Hell 4.2%, Adventure 3.9%, 2D 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented MMO with space exploration and RPG elements that reward cooperative play.
- #14 bit Dungeon III
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 205 reviews2019
Dev: Kinto Games LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
bitDungeonIII is a 2d action adventure game with rogue-lite elements. Randomly generated overworld and dungeons. Make allies with other players or kill them for their precious inventory items. Discover random items that greatly enhance and affect your character.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.8%, Massively Multiplayer 34.1%, Action 7.7%, Indie 4.3%, Adventure 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-roguelike that focuses on challenging bosses and multiplayer dungeon exploration.
- #15 Spacelords
86% matchMixed54% of 3,271 reviews2017
Dev: MercurySteamPub: Mercury Steam Entertainment s.l.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet, or switch sides and fight as the Antagonist alongside the invading hordes!
Why similar: Action 42.5%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Co-op 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Adventure 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op action shooter that emphasizes team-based boss encounters and tactical movement.
- #16 CosmicBreak Universal
86% matchMixed58% of 1,428 reviews2021
Dev: CyberStep, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
CosmicBreak Universal is an MMO action game that lets you play massive battles of up to 30 vs 30 players using customizable robots and humanoids! Create your own original character and aim for victory with your allies!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 71.8%, Action 9.7%, Bullet Hell 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Adventure 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO action game featuring high-speed combat and extensive robot customization.
- #17 Darza's Dominion
85% matchMixed67% of 1,243 reviews2022
Dev: Ripple Studio
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
The Dominion takes no prisoners! Fight for your survival in the unforgiving terrains that surround you, strengthen your hero through slaying dangerous creatures, gather a group of allies and bring the battle to Darza in this fast-paced roguelike cooperative bullet-hell MMO!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.7%, Perma Death 25%, MMORPG 8.2% ★, Roguelike 8.1%, Bullet Hell 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter with MMO elements and perma-death mechanics that mirror the intensity of StarBreak.
- #18 Salt and Sanctuary
84% matchVery Positive89% of 21,605 reviews2016
Dev: Ska Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.5%, Platformer 18.4%, 2D 11.9%, Action 9.3%, Difficult 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D souls-like that captures the dark, boss-heavy combat and platforming challenge found in StarBreak.
- #19 Gangs of Space
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 431 reviews2017
Dev: Little Big MMO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 284.3 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Gangs of Space is a massively-multiplayer Rogue Shmup where Gangs of players compete for the conquest of the galaxy.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 69.9%, MMORPG 8.1% ★, Action 6.7%, Bullet Hell 6.4%, Indie 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: An MMO shooter that focuses on territory control and fast-paced combat in a persistent universe.
- #20 Noita
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 86,897 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.3 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: Action Roguelike 37.6%, Perma Death 26.4%, Roguelike 11.3%, 2D 6.5%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly skill-based 2D roguelike where every pixel is simulated, offering a unique challenge for fans of difficult action games.
- #21 Risk of Rain 2
81% matchVery Positive94% of 347,262 reviews2020
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 64.3 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 54.4%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Roguelike 8.9%, Co-op 8.8%, Action 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it perfectly captures the cooperative action-roguelike loop and boss-heavy combat of the original.
- #22 Destination Sol
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!
Why similar: Action 31.5%, 2D 20.9%, Indie 19.2%, Roguelike 10.6%, Multiplayer 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A space-based roguelike that emphasizes exploration and action-oriented combat in a dangerous galaxy.
- #23 Terraria
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Multiplayer 28.2%, 2D 19.8%, Co-op 15.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Action 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive 2D multiplayer world with significant boss progression and platforming exploration.
- #24 Deepworld
81% matchMixed61% of 738 reviews2015
Dev: Bytebin
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Deepworld is a massively-multiplayer 2D crafting adventure game. Mine and craft your way through a persistent online universe where there's always something new to discover. Battle frightening monsters, mysterious automatons, and other players in PvP!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 70.8%, 2D 8.9%, Action 7.8%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox MMO that emphasizes exploration and cooperative building in a persistent world.
- #25 ONRAID
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,779 reviews2017
Dev: Pragmatix Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 54.9%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Action 8.9%, 2D 7.8%, Platformer 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced 2D multiplayer shooter that features platforming elements and competitive combat.
- #26 Boss Crushers
80% matchMixed61% of 72 reviews2019
Dev: Space Horse
Windows
Boss Crushers is a multiplayer roguelike game. Play with your friends on randomly generated levels, confront enemy hordes, find valuable items and improvements, die and try again.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.4%, Massively Multiplayer 39.7%, Action 6.2%, Multiplayer 4%, Indie 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer action-roguelike specifically designed around challenging boss encounters.
- #27 Astebros
78% matchVery Positive88% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Neofid StudiosPub: PixelHeart
Windows
Choose your hero among three different characters and go through procedural dungeons to eliminate your formidable opponents!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.9%, Side Scroller 11.6%, Multiplayer 10.9%, Roguelike 9.9%, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure platformer that focuses on combat and exploration in a retro-inspired world.
- #28 Battle Arena
76% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2019
Dev: ShadowWolf Games
Windows
Battle Arena is a multiplayer, immersive 2D Sci-Fi shooter! Plunge into the world of space battles and be the first!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 87.8%, Action 12.2%
- #29 Slipstream: Rogue Space
73% matchVery Positive92% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Subpixel Studios
Windows · Mac
A multiplayer roguelike about teamwork, survival...and cute animals in space! Play with a few friends or join a streamer's crew of dozens as you work together to battle aliens across the vast Rogue Space.
Why similar: Multiplayer 22.9%, Co-op 20.7%, Roguelike 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, 2D 13.4%
- #30 ANVIL
74% matchMixed61% of 2,201 reviews2023
Dev: ACTION SQUARE
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take on the role of a Vault Breaker in search of alien artifacts called “Vaults” and fight against monsters and powerful bosses. You can strengthen your Breakers to explore far-away galaxies that no one has ever reached!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 58.9%, Multiplayer 11%, Roguelike 9.1%, Action 6.6%, Bullet Hell 4.8%
- #31 GODBREAKERS
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 967 reviews2025
Dev: To The SkyPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Fast, Fluid, Frenetic! Break gods, steal powers, and chain abilities in a hectic combat loop. This 1-4 player co-op action roguelite is built for fast pick-up sessions and endlessly replayable chaos. Experience tough battles and maximum expression where every run feels rewarding!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.6%, Roguelike 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Action 6.6%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #32 Codename: Rogue Fleet
76% matchMixed59% of 318 reviews2016
Dev: SionoiS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Codename: Rogue Fleet is a multiplayer team-based game about spaceships combat.
Why similar: Multiplayer 41.5%, Action 38.2%, Indie 20.3%
- #33 Corebreaker
70% matchVery Positive93% of 145 reviews2026
Dev: aQuadiunPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Corebreaker is a fast-paced action-platformer game with rogue-like elements. Play as Nova, a robot designed to awaken when humanity is extinct by the machines. Unlock abilities, upgrades and powerful weapons as you fight your way through supreme robots to find out your purpose!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.7%, Perma Death 24.4%, Platformer 14.5%, 2D 6.1%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #34 Star Conflict
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,162 reviews2013
Dev: Star Gem Inc.Pub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 79.7%, Action 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #35 30XX
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,768 reviews2023
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.7 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 33.6%, Perma Death 18.6%, Platformer 10.1%, Side Scroller 8.1%, Roguelike 5.9%
- #36 Skybreakers
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 694 reviews2023
Dev: Bingo StudioPub: Merlion Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Skybreakers is an action roguelike thriller. Choose from various characters, arm yourself with a vast array of weapons, and create your own unique build by combining artifacts, random talents, abilities, and bonds. Plunge into exhilarating combat and use unique abilities to defeat the evil.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 61.6%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Roguelike 11.7%, Action 6.5%, Roguelite 4.6%
- #37 Spaceship Looter
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 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: Action Roguelike 51%, Perma Death 13.6%, Roguelike 7.3%, Bullet Hell 6.9%, Action 6.6%
- #38 Spellwake
72% matchVery Positive87% of 246 reviews2018
Dev: Norrman Brothers
Windows
Spellwake is an online 3D Action RPG where Anything Goes. It features fast-paced hack n' slash against hordes of monsters and powerful bosses. Spellwake's vast class system allows you to make nearly infinite variations of builds.
Why similar: MMORPG 41.4% ★, Action 37.2%, Indie 21.4%
- #39 Rogue Worlds
69% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Cognitive ForgePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue Worlds is a chaotic tactical roguelite platformer where you wield the environment and creative abilities to overcome challenges. Outwit powerful guardians and blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.7%, Metroidvania 14.1%, Platformer 13.6%, Perma Death 11.1%, Side Scroller 9.1%
- #40 The Ultimatest Battle
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 510 reviews2017
Dev: Ediogames
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 34%
The Ultimatest Battle is a real-time, 2D platform game in which two teams compete in different game modes with an almost completely destructible environment. UB is a true Free-to-Play, absolutely no Pay-to-Win.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 55.5%, Action 8.6%, Platformer 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%, 2D 6%
- #41 Subspace Discovery
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: FLICK Comp GmbH
Windows
Fly through Subspace, build your own ship, and engage in epic battles. Mine asteroids and research new technologies. Uncover the origins of the alien homeworld by solving weekly events in this Co-op PvE MMO.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 67.6%, MMORPG 9.8% ★, Sci-fi 7.5%, 2D 6%, Action 5.3%
- #42 Warspear Online
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,093 reviews2017
Dev: Titulum Enterprises Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Create your hero and dive into an epic 2D MMORPG! Explore a vast open world, conquer castles, battle in free-for-all PvP, team up in guilds, join Alliance wars, explore dungeons, and celebrate with fun in-game events!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 73.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%, 2D 8.8%, Difficult 5%, Adventure 3%
- #43 HELLBREAK
66% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2026
Dev: Double Barrel GamesPub: Biotech Gameworks
Windows
HELLBREAK is a fast-paced roguelite, survivor-like FPS where you fight through escalating waves in brutal arenas in Hell. Build powerful loadouts, earn favor from demon lords to unlock new gear, and climb the leaderboards for your salvation.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 71.5%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Action 9.7%, Roguelite 5.6%
- #44 Roguevive: Prelude
68% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: Chiorco
Windows
Survive against hordes of enemies getting ever stronger, alone or with friends. Level up, unlock upgrades and new guns in this multiplayer bullet-heaven roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.6%, Roguelike 10.3%, Action 9.5%, Bullet Hell 9.2%, 2D 6%
- #45 NETHER HEROES
66% matchVery Positive90% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: MitridanPub: Arakuma Studio
Windows
Immerse yourself in Nether Heroes, an intense action-platform roguelike game. Conquer challenging dungeons, face menacing creatures, and defeat powerful bosses on your epic adventure.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Roguelike 8.2%, Action 7.5%, Multiplayer 5.2%
- #46 Shattered Void
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: yyy1505yyy
Windows · Linux
Space MMORPG where players can fly on different ships, collecting devices, subsystems and navigations or finding new weapons that will serve in battles. Take part in battles, explore the world, mine ore, trade, fight and build your own clan with a station.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 67.6%, MMORPG 7.3% ★, 2D 7.2%, Action 6.5%, Sci-fi 6%
- #47 8BitMMO
69% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.6 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, MMORPG 7.9% ★, Action 6.1%, 2D 6%
- #48 DarkOrbit Reloaded
68% matchMostly Negative29% of 403 reviews2025
Dev: Bigpoint GmbH
Windows
Dark Orbit is a free-2-play space MMO where three companies battle for galactic domination. Customize ships, trade resources, fight aliens and uncover a grand conspiracy on your epic cosmic journey. Thrilling PvP and PvE missions await! Will you lead your faction beyond the final frontier?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.3%, MMORPG 18.7% ★, 2D 9%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 5.9%
- #49 Heroes of Hammerwatch
66% matchVery Positive87% of 9,461 reviews2018
Dev: CrackshellPub: Team17
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 25.4 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 61.2%, Co-op 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Roguelite 5.5%, Action 3.5%
- #50 Rune Break
67% matchMixed63% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: SuperBlast
Windows
Cut down Thousands of enemies, from the undead to the mysterious creatures of the night to save the world from the impending doom, Rune Break is a Fantasy Rogue-lite where you fight hordes of enemies with casual elements.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 64.5%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Roguelike 10.9%, Action 7.6%, Roguelite 5%
- #51 BATTLECREW™ Space Pirates
68% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2017
Dev: DONTNOD ELEVEN
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
BATTLECREW™ Space Pirates is a fast-paced competitive multiplayer shooter. Choose your hero, call a few friends and join in on the fun! Meet in battle in this 2vs2 to 4vs4 action platformer.
Why similar: Multiplayer 27%, Action 17.5%, Indie 16%, Co-op 14.4%, Platformer 11.8%