Games Like Starward Rogue

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.1%, Mechs 15.1% ★, Roguelite 8.4%, Bullet Hell 6.6%

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 13.7%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Action Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 9.3%

You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter. Choose your missions and rewards, research skills, equip expansions, mod your weapons, install plugins, customize your looks and stylishly cut your way through hordes of evil AI.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Mechs 15.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 10.5%, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Action Roguelike 10%

Hunt down huge hordes of droids, absorb their cores and become the strongest cybernetic being. In this sci-fi action-packed roguelite, you unlock weapons with unique effects, craft powerful gear and create endless combinations of upgrades for your character. Make your choice and break the game.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.1%, Bullet Hell 13%, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Roguelike 8.6%

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: Action Roguelike 16.3%, Bullet Hell 15%, Dungeon Crawler 13%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.9%, Difficult 11.4%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 16.5%, Action Roguelike 11%, Bullet Hell 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Difficult 8.5%

A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 20.3%, Bullet Hell 17.6%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Roguelite 10.9%, Arcade 7.8%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 20.5%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Roguelite 9%, Procedural Generation 8.1%

Planetary Dustoff is a space-themed roguelite shooter. Go on a death riddled journey to sprawling alien environments and fight your way through hordes of enemies and epic boss battles. Take part in the revived Planetary Survey Program and help the Space Faction find a new home for humanity.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Roguelite 13.2%, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%

A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.2%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Moddable 12.7% ★, Roguelite 10.2%, Dungeon Crawler 7.7%

In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.5%, Bullet Hell 13%, Action Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 9.2%

An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.

Why similar: Mechs 22% ★, Bullet Hell 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.7%

Galactic Glitch: Prologue is a stand-alone Action-Roguelike game with physics-based combat mechanics. Fight through bubbles of glitched Spacetime, dodge projectiles, bounce foes off walls and hurl giant rocks in challenging twin-stick combat. Play it for free today!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 15.1%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Difficult 9.4%, Roguelike 8.1%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Action Roguelike 12.3%, Mechs 11.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 9.3%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 24%, Action Roguelike 14%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Difficult 10.2%, Roguelike 9.5%

WarSphere is a fast-paced, roguelike top-down shooter. As a spherical death robot, you blast, dash and loot your way through procedurally generated worlds. It's all about the pew pew.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 23.4%, Bullet Hell 14%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelike 10.1%, Dungeon Crawler 10%

Trade. Gamble. Fight! Test your arcade chops in Null Vector, a twin-stick shooter rogue-lite. Discover and experiment with thousands of weapon combinations, take strategic advantage of machines to trade and gamble for new ship parts, and unleash your own bullet hell upon the Final Boss!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.8%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.9%, Difficult 8.6%

Cavity Busters is a roguelite toothpunk bullet hell where you bite and chomp cavity infested enemies. Run on the walls, dodge through bullet filled rooms and stomp baddies. Collect power ups, contract powerful diseases, and carve your way through a bloated body kingdom.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 13.6%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 11.6%, Action Roguelike 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%

Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.5%, Mechs 12.8% ★, Bullet Hell 12%, Action Roguelike 10.7%

Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.7%, Twin Stick Shooter 21.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, RPG 9.4%, Roguelite 8.7%

Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26%, Mechs 24.9% ★, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelite 9.1%

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 15.1%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Bullet Hell 14.2%, Roguelite 10.2%, Difficult 8.2%

Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.8%, Mechs 17.9% ★, Bullet Hell 12.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.4%, Action Roguelike 11.1%

A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.8%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Bullet Hell 13.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Roguelite 8.5%

Prepare for an interstellar showdown like no other in a gripping roguelike top-down twin-stick shooter set in the vast depths of space. Pilot your advanced starship, engaging in relentless battles against hordes of alien adversaries. Destroy, Collect, Upgrade, Die, Unlock, Repeat.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.6%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 8.6%

Time Wasters is a space shooter bullet heaven roguelite. Equip and upgrade weapons, destroy swarms of enemies, and collect Time & Space Cubes to bend the timeline to your advantage.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 17.6%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 11.9%, Roguelike 7.6%

Configure the weaponry on your ship to blast away enemies as you navigate through swarms of bullets and space battles. Each ship has unique customization options and playstyles.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 23.4%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Roguelike 11.6%, Space 8%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Roguelite 11.2%, Procedural Generation 10.7%

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 17.4%, Bullet Hell 15.2%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Roguelike 9.7%

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 19.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 14.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Roguelite 10.1%

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 21.1%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 11.8%, Space 9.1%

Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!

Why similar: Mechs 18.3% ★, Twin Stick Shooter 16.8%, Moddable 15.4% ★, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelike 8.3%

Armechgeddon is a chaotic action rogue-lite with a minimalist control scheme. Pick the right mech and pilot for the job, and lay waste to hundreds of enemies with your custom arsenal.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.3%, Bullet Hell 22.1%, Mechs 16.4% ★, Roguelite 15.6%, Arcade 8.6%

Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities and delve deeper into the Lone Ruin.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.2%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Dungeon Crawler 14.1%, Roguelike 8.9%

Bullet Bunny is a twin-stick shooter with rogue-like elements. Fend off an onslaught of enemies, level up, and create unique builds every run while trying to survive 500 seconds!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 25.6%, Bullet Hell 16.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.2%, Action Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelike 11.2%

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: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Difficult 10.4%

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 23.8%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Roguelike 16.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.4%

Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Space 9.6%

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: Bullet Hell 17.9%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Dungeon Crawler 15.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Roguelite 11%

Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19.4%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Roguelite 11.6%, Roguelike 11.5%

Create musical beats that kill. Beat Blast is a music maker, bullet hell, dungeon crawler, roguelite. Battle through dungeons and defeat big bosses. Collect weapons, passives and musical instruments!

Why similar: Bullet Hell 15.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.8%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Difficult 11.3%

Take on the Grimheart Gang as you shoot, dodge, cloak and explode your way across TombStar in this Space Western rogue-like shooter. Grab your guns, buckle your spurs and take back the planet – for justice, for revenge and for the galaxy.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21%, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 12.2%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Procedural Generation 8.5%

Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.7%, Bullet Hell 13.5%, Action Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 8.6%

Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.

Why similar: Mechs 25.8% ★, Bullet Hell 15.8%, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Roguelite 10.8%, Roguelike 9.5%

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 18.8%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Roguelike 9%

A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 22.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Bullet Hell 13.2%, Roguelike 9.1%

Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.8%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Action Roguelike 12.9%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Roguelite 8.8%

Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.6%, Bullet Hell 15.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14.2%, Roguelike 10.6%, Roguelite 8.7%

Critadel is a futuristic platform/shooter/roguelike with three playable characters, hundreds of branching paths and over 100,000 unique weapon configurations!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 26.5%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.9%, Roguelite 11.2%, Roguelike 8.7%

Star Vortex is a fast paced Action-RPG inspired by classics of the genre. Design your ship, fight your way through hostile alien sectors, upgrade as you salvage rare weapons and experiment with different builds until nothing can stand against you.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32%, 2D 17.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.6%, RPG 9.6%, Bullet Hell 8%

Rain down hell on the robot army in DUST & NEON, an award-winning best-in-class post-apocalyptic shooter where twitchy-finger gunslingers are rewarded with fame and glory.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 21.5%, Action Roguelike 12.2%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Difficult 9.7%

Mount and upgrade your weapons into special combos in this randomly generated action RPG shooter. Mow down thousands of dungeon dwelling creatures and survive as you descend deeper into the dungeon! Unlock items, complete quests, and find all the secrets to help you reach the boss of bosses!

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 17.9%, Bullet Hell 17%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Roguelite 11.3%, Procedural Generation 10.8%

Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.4%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Action Roguelike 16%, Roguelike 12%, Roguelite 12%

Devader is an intense 90's-style twin-stick shooter, complete with crazy old-school bosses, powerful strategic abilities and multiple endings. Upgrade your robot with nukes, shields, turrets and more to exterminate the relentless invaders.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Mechs 17.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.1%, Action Roguelike 12.6%

Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.

Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Bullet Hell 18.3%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 9.3%

Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.8%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Action Roguelike 12.6%, Difficult 8.8%

Grab a gun and take down hostile robots corrupted by synthetic emotions! Combine weapon modifications and wreak havoc in this roguelite shooter. Let your emotions shape combat and alter boss fights! Fight alone or join up with up to 4 players!

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 18.3%, Mechs 16.2% ★, Bullet Hell 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.7%, Dungeon Crawler 10.5%

Angelstruck is a 2D roguelite shooter where you demolish the forces of Heaven as you attempt to reach the pearly gates. Overcharge your holy rifle, and min-max your way into insane game-breaking builds. Unlock permanent capabilities and powerful screen-destroying weapons that feed on kills.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Bullet Hell 15.4%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 9.9%

Build your weapon to its full potential in Galactic Vault, a fast-paced FPS roguelite. Discover endless upgrade combinations, craft diverse builds, and unleash devastating abilities. Get ready to infiltrate high-security vaults and recover lost tech.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.9%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Roguelite 16.5%, Roguelike 13.7%, Space 9.1%

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: Twin Stick Shooter 16.6%, Bullet Hell 11.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.7%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.7%