- #1 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
97% matchVery Positive94% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
Why similar: Action 22.8%, Aliens 20.1%, Indie 13.9%, Retro 12.9%, Arcade 12.6%
- #2 Space Beast Terror Fright
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,795 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.1%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Aliens 14.6%, Action 9%, Space 5.9%
- #3 Hive Jump
96% matchMixed68% of 372 reviews2017
Dev: Graphite Lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
HIVE JUMP is a sci-fi action platformer for 1-4 players blending run ‘n gun gameplay with roguelike elements.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 19.5%, Platformer 15.8%, Aliens 14.8%, Shooter 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #4 Freaky Awesome
95% matchMixed56% of 262 reviews2017
Dev: Mandragora
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.4%, Local Co-Op 24.5%, Action 10.8%, Roguelike 8.9%, Arcade 8.5%
- #5 Gunlocked
94% matchVery Positive86% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Action Roguelike 32%, Aliens 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Shooter 8.1%, Space 7.4%
- #6 Still Not Dead
94% 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: Action Roguelike 55.9%, Action 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Indie 6.7%, Shooter 5.8%
- #7 Spaceship Looter
93% 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: Action Roguelike 48.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Action 9.9%, Roguelike 8.4%, Difficult 7.3%
- #8 Steredenn: Binary Stars
92% matchVery Positive88% of 968 reviews2015
Dev: Pixelnest StudioPub: TyGAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 69.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Action Roguelike 30.3%, Local Co-Op 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Shooter 9.7%, Arcade 8.2%
- #9 Rogue Invader
91% matchVery Positive92% of 65 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Aliens 25.4%, Shooter 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Space 13.9%, Action 12.8%
- #10 I Hate Running Backwards
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 245 reviews2018
Dev: Binx GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 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: Action Roguelike 44.6%, Local Co-Op 24.8%, Action 10.7%, Difficult 10.1%, Indie 6.3%
- #11 Super Crate Box
89% matchVery Positive89% of 6,461 reviews2012
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
Why similar: Platformer 24.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Shooter 11.9%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8.4%
- #12 Satellite Rush
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 reviews2016
Dev: Kimeric LabsPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Satellite Rush is a sci-fi top-down shooter with pixel art graphics and Roguelike elements. Take control of an abducted office worker and blast through Satellite Moebius, a space gladitorial arena where you'll have to please the audience to get new itens and survive!
Why similar: Action 64.4%, Indie 35.6%
- #13 Xenoraid: The First Space War
89% matchVery Positive87% of 144 reviews2016
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Xenoraid is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up with procedurally driven missions and detailed shooting mechanics. Modern features such as real time fighter switching and squadron management make Xenoraid a fresh and thrilling shooter!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.8%, Space 16.6%, Shooter 14.4%, Action 13%, Arcade 11.1%
- #14 Black Future '88
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 749 reviews2019
Dev: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 57.1%, Local Co-Op 15.9%, Action 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%, Platformer 4.6%
- #15 Super Hydorah
87% matchVery Positive86% of 323 reviews2017
Dev: LocomalitoPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
Why similar: Action 20.7%, Retro 18.2%, Arcade 16.4%, Difficult 13.9%, Indie 13.2%
- #16 A Robot Named Fight!
86% matchVery Positive88% of 897 reviews2017
Dev: Morningstar Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.2%, Local Co-Op 14.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Action 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #17 Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
82% matchVery Positive94% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Combo Game StudioPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Slide, jump and shoot in 8 directions in this explosive Run 'n Gun for up to 3 players! Swap weapons in real time, activate insane specials and take on alien bosses in an action-packed invasion of retro mayhem!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 22.6%, Aliens 20%, Platformer 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, Retro 10%
- #18 Nuclear Throne
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,764 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 43.1%, Local Co-Op 10.8%, Roguelike 10.2%, Difficult 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%
- #19 Alien Crusader
86% matchMixed63% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: Zydrone
Windows
Alien Crusader is an action packed, vertical scrolling, space shooter game, similar to classic coin-up arcade and shoot'em up games.
Why similar: Action 23.5%, Local Co-Op 22.3%, Space 17%, Indie 14.6%, Difficult 13.4%
- #20 CRYPTARK
84% matchVery Positive82% of 1,952 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 34%
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 51.4%, Action 12.2%, Space 10.7%, Local Co-Op 6.1%, Indie 5.8%
- #21 Gunlocked 2
81% matchVery Positive86% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
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: Action Roguelike 30.3%, Aliens 12.6%, Shooter 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Roguelike 7.5%
- #22 Gunslugs
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Lock and load for chaotic, fast-paced action in Gunslugs! Battle the evil Black Duck Army across wild, procedurally generated levels packed with explosions, jetpacks, chicken guns, and rogue-like permadeath. Unlock heroes, conquer bizarre worlds, and fight your way to the gates of Hell!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 23.2%, Platformer 16%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Shooter 10.3%, Retro 9.8%
- #23 Destructivator 2
83% matchVery Positive96% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Pug Fugly GamesPub: Thalamus Digital
Windows
A platform shooter that brings 90's gaming smashing into your face! Blast and insta-melee your way through hordes of alien soldiers, robots, bosses and loads more. Fight on foot, in a fighter or in a bomber. Take on bosses and ensure that the alien menace won't threaten Earth ever again!
Why similar: Difficult 15.4%, Platformer 15%, Shooter 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Action 11.8%
- #24 Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾
79% matchVery Positive100% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Dot bloodPub: Targem Games
Windows
Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.6%, Shooter 12.5%, Space 11.9%, Action 10.6%, Retro 9.8%
- #25 PARTICLE MACE
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,373 reviews2015
Dev: Andy Makes
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.3%, Action 21.3%, Indie 18.1%, Arcade 13.9%, Space 8.9%
- #26 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: Action Roguelike 55.2%, Action 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Indie 8.2%, Difficult 7.6%
- #27 Straimium Immortaly
80% 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: Action Roguelike 42.8%, Difficult 12.4%, Action 9.6%, Roguelike 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #28 Axiom Verge
78% matchVery Positive90% of 6,599 reviews2015
Dev: Thomas Happ Games LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
Why similar: Platformer 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.7%, Action 12.5%, Retro 11.1%, Indie 9.9%
- #29 Risk of Rain (2013)
77% matchVery Positive93% of 29,832 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 39.5%, Platformer 12.4%, Local Co-Op 11.2%, Roguelike 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
- #30 Xeno Crisis
78% matchVery Positive86% of 217 reviews2019
Dev: Bitmap Bureau
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
Why similar: Aliens 22.2%, Local Co-Op 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Retro 11.4%, Action 11.3%
- #31 Droid Assault
79% matchVery Positive83% of 374 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Play Droid Assault and experience running blaster battles with hordes of rampaging killer robots! Discover a unique tactical arcade shooter, with the fun addictive gameplay of 8-bit classics. You'll need your wits and the help of your acquired droid squad to stay alive in this fast-paced retro actionfest.
Why similar: Action 21.9%, Local Co-Op 21.8%, Indie 12.3%, Arcade 12.2%, Shooter 11.9%
- #32 The Bug Butcher
77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,205 reviews2016
Dev: Awfully Nice Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.8%, Platformer 13.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Action 11.1%, Arcade 10.6%
- #33 Vortica
74% matchVery Positive82% of 96 reviews2026
Dev: Vortical StudiosPub: Caketown Interactive
Windows
Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens. Loot up, suit up, and shoot up as you battle against enemy hordes, explore derelict outposts, and hunt giant bosses. But remember to bring the right tools for the job!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.4%, Local Co-Op 22.5%, Aliens 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Space 9.5%
- #34 Ogre Chambers 2222
72% matchVery Positive97% of 265 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: Action Roguelike 43.2%, Shooter 11.8%, Roguelike 10%, Action 9.6%, Difficult 9%
- #35 Jetboard Joust
76% matchVery Positive83% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: BitBull LtdPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Fast & fluid arcade-style shooter with roguelike elements! Take flight on a lethal rocket-powered jetboard, blasting alien invaders with an explosive arsenal of ridiculous weaponry. Face off against massive, multi-stage bosses. Jetboard Joust resurrects the spirit of the arcade for the 21st century!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.3%, Platformer 15.2%, Retro 9.6%, Roguelike 8.5%, Difficult 8.5%
- #36 Tormentor❌Punisher
75% matchVery Positive88% of 599 reviews2017
Dev: E-StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everything in Tormentor❌Punisher can be killed in one hit, from bosses to yourself. Bosses conjure traps to make the arena hellish. Demons adjust to your play style and punish you. Perform combos on enemies and gain cool upgrades. Reload your machine gun by firing your shotgun. Let's do this!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.9%, Action 21.2%, Indie 11.4%, Arcade 10.1%, Aliens 9.4%
- #37 DIG - Deep In Galaxies
73% matchVery Positive95% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: Molton Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Free the galaxies in this action platformer! Jump, swing, dig and shoot your way through uncharted planets. Give hell to the Overlord's forces and face alien foes. Earn rewards after every battle and add them to your ever-growing arsenal.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.7%, Local Co-Op 19.9%, Platformer 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Retro 7.5%
- #38 HyperParasite
74% matchVery Positive82% of 149 reviews2020
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.7%, Shooter 15.4%, Difficult 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Roguelike 10.9%
- #39 Void Scrappers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 623 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 39.2%, Aliens 12.1%, Space 11.9%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 8.8%
- #40 Void Raiders
76% 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: Action Roguelike 63.3%, Action 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Indie 9.5%
- #41 Feral Fury
75% matchVery Positive81% of 130 reviews2017
Dev: Skandivania GamesPub: Skandivania Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Fast-paced twin stick shooter rogue-lite action
Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.4%, Action 12.1%, Futuristic 9.9%, Difficult 8.2%, Indie 7.5%
- #42 Flinthook
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 844 reviews2017
Dev: Tribute Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.5%, Platformer 12.2%, Action 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 6.5%
- #43 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: Space 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Shooter 12.3%, Roguelike 12%, Retro 11.4%
- #44 Rogue Glitch Ultra
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,596 reviews2021
Dev: Rarebyte
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A roguelite action platformer in a vibrant glitch-ridden world. Amass a huge arsenal from over 150 weapon options and face hordes of enemies and tough boss fights. Jump into multiplayer (up to 4 player co-op online or local) to collect, unlock, and upgrade for endless replayability.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.7%, Local Co-Op 23.9%, Platformer 14.6%, Action 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #45 Battle Planet - Judgement Day
72% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2019
Dev: Threaks
Windows
Battle Planet - Judgement Day is a planetary rogue-lite top-down shooter. You are one of the universe's 3 most wanted criminals on the run, fighting your way through hordes of aliens, military and police units. There is only one way to reclaim your freedom - destroy them all...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 46.3%, Local Co-Op 22.8%, Action 9.5%, Difficult 9.4%, Roguelike 6.1%
- #46 20XX
70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,578 reviews2017
Dev: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.7%, Platformer 20.3%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Action 8.2%, Difficult 4.2%
- #47 Super Turbo Demon Busters!
73% 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: Futuristic 13.1%, Aliens 12.6%, Space 12.2%, Retro 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #48 Outer Terror
70% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Salt & Pixel LLCPub: VoxPop Games, Inc.
Windows
DON’T DIE as you assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and desperately hold out against massive hordes of creatures pulled from a variety of classic horror genres reminiscent of 80s and 90s Golden Age comics and B-movies in this stylish action-packed arcade roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 54.2%, Action 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 14%, Arcade 12.9%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #49 Catacomb Kids
71% matchVery Positive87% of 628 reviews2015
Dev: FourbitFriday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.2%, Platformer 11.4%, Local Co-Op 9.9%, Action 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #50 Super Cyborg
71% matchVery Positive86% of 837 reviews2015
Dev: Artur Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
Why similar: Action 18.9%, Platformer 16.7%, Retro 15.8%, Shooter 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #51 Exodemic
69% matchVery Positive94% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: ganashaw
Windows
Destroy aliens, dash between planets, and buy powerful upgrades. Exodemic is a compact roguelike that combines frenetic shoot 'em up gameplay with a procedurally generated overworld filled with vendors, trading hubs, and combat encounters. Race against the clock to save the human race.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.6%, Action 11%, Aliens 8.8%, Arcade 8.5%, Space 8.3%
- #52 Spirits Abyss
66% matchVery Positive96% of 427 reviews2020
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Spirits Abyss is a roguelite platformer with destructible terrain. Cast into the Abysm you must explore its diverse depths battling phantasmic meanies and plundering its useful treasures to find a way home... but does something nestle beyond the realmic veil of death?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27.8%, Local Co-Op 19.4%, Platformer 13.4%, Difficult 9%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #53 Hell is Other Demons
67% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Monster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.8%, Platformer 11%, Difficult 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Shooter 7.5%
- #54 Repetendium
66% matchVery Positive90% of 297 reviews2022
Dev: Bearlex Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
Why similar: Action Roguelike 48.5%, Local Co-Op 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Roguelike 9.9%, Action 9.1%
- #55 Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: LionSwordPub: LionSword Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Action Roguelike 41.7%, Shooter 11.9%, Arcade 8.8%, Roguelike 8.6%, Space 8.5%
- #56 Space Robinson: Hardcore Roguelike Action
69% matchMixed69% of 229 reviews2019
Dev: Luxorix GamesPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
You think you are a die-hard? Here you will die quick! A proper hardcore RPG-action where you will die a million times across a myriad of procedurally-generated levels. Extremely difficult, but highly addictive Indie Gem in your Steam game collection!
Why similar: Space 20.7%, Difficult 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Action 14.4%, Shooter 10.9%
- #57 Environmental Station Alpha
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,654 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Platformer 24.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.9%, Action 12%, Difficult 10.7%, Indie 8.9%
- #58 DEEP SPACE ANOMALY
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2019
Dev: DRM GMZ
Windows
Space. Anomalies. Throw down a challenge to mad alien mutants in dynamic firefights with continuous injection of adrenaline! Get ready for the most unforgettable and enchanting space confrontation of all time!
Why similar: Action 22.2%, Space 21.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Indie 13.8%, Arcade 10.7%
- #59 Woodpunk
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 171 reviews2018
Dev: Meteorbyte StudiosPub: Libredia Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.9%, Local Co-Op 13.4%, Action 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Difficult 7.6%
- #60 Galaxy Champions TV
67% matchVery Positive92% of 122 reviews2018
Dev: aQuadiun
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Galaxy Champions TV is a super intense top-down closed arena shooter game inspired by the classic arcade game Smash TV. Get powerful weapons and power-ups, kill huge amounts of enemies, level up, unlock upgrades and beat all the bosses to become the champion of the most violent TV show of all time!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.6%, Action 19%, Indie 11.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%