Games like Nuclear Throne
Looking for games like Nuclear Throne? Here are top arcade role playing shooter recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Enter the Gungeon, Synthetik or Caveblazers.
1 94%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability95% User Score 43,374 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsEnter the Gungeon is a gunfight dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past. Show more
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2 91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, stability95% User Score 9,920 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsSYNTHETIK is an unforgiving shooter rogue-lite set in a world overrun by machines. Battle from floor to floor, defeating an array of robotic forces using powerful weapons, upgrades, and quick reflexes in this gun-play focused fun-fest!
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3 86%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability87% User Score 2,918 reviewsCritic Score 84%1 reviewsCaveblazers 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 to aid your adventure, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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4 84%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaystability, grinding93% User Score 21,246 reviewsCritic Score 83%8 reviewsRisk 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.
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5 94%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability96% User Score 49,882 reviewsCritic Score 91%6 reviewsDead Cells is a rogue-lite, 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.
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6 96%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, optimization97% User Score 2,774 reviewsCritic Score 90%1 reviewsStar of Providence is a consolidated version of Monolith that integrates the DLC, Relics of the Past, into the base game. Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a progression of floors as you make your way into the depths of the facility, encountering increasingly deadly enemies, fantastic weapons, upgrades, choices and revelations as you ven…
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7 97%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding97% User Score 4,090 reviewsVoidigo is a chaotic and colorful roguelite shooter with a focus on dynamic and unique boss fights. Equip the many weapons and powerups to fight back the void corruption throughout the worlds. Hunt or be hunted.
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8 80%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability85% User Score 347 reviewsCritic Score 71%4 reviewsShoot the FRUITS up!
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9 85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding88% User Score 845 reviewsCritic Score 80%6 reviewsColt Canyon is a pixel art rogue-lite shooter where you have to save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits. Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum.
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10 87%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsstory, grinding88% User Score 609 reviewsCritic Score 82%1 reviewsSteredenn 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. Steredenn is at the crossroads between a shmup and a rogue-like. Enjoy the infinite replayability of the game with its unforgiving gameplay, intense boss fights, (almost) ran…
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