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Games like ROOTS (classic)

Games like ROOTS (classic)

Games like ROOTS (classic)

Looking for games like ROOTS (classic)? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Miner: Dig Deep, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove or Zombie Estate 2.

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  1. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    92% User Score Based on 203 reviews

    A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miner: Dig Deep.

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  2. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    88% User Score Based on 882 reviews

    ToeJam and Earl have crash-landed back on Earth in ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove!, a funky fresh rogue-like adventure infused with old skool hip-hop and jam packed with awesome throwbacks to the 1991 classic. The iconic '90s duo is back in the groove with all-new presents to help them navigate this wack planet "Earth" and retrieve all the lost pieces to the Rapmaster Rocket. Team up for co-o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 665 reviews

    One of the highest rated Xbox Indie Games is now available for PC! How long can you survive in this online co-op wave based shooter? Featuring 35 characters, over 100 weapons, 30 stat-boosting hats, and 6 levels, Zombie Estate 2 is a frantically fun experience to share with friends! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Estate 2.

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  4. Cursor Slayer is a semi-idle game where your mouse cursor is a spinning blade. Move it across the board to cut down waves of monsters. The more you play, the more powerful you become! Collect 20+ artifacts across th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cursor Slayer.

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  5. Twilight Moonflower is a first-person Japanese-style horror game where you aim to escape a terrifying residential area overrun by supernatural creatures.Story──That alleyway felt somehow “different.” After graduating college, Souta (the protagonist), who develops games as an independent creator, decided one day to make a game set in his rural hometown. He returned home for the first time in years… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Twilight Moonflower.

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  6. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    62% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Explore a vast and technological world. Fight the fearsome cyber monkeys in a battle that can decide the future of the human race. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyberwar: Neon City.

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  7. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 492 reviews

    Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Mining Mechs.

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  8. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 96 reviews

    A co-op horror in which you're an exterminator treating sinister infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infestation: Origins.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 467 reviews

    Not your average visual novel, Seeds of Chaos is a sexy dark fantasy tale with RPG & Strategy elements. Become an active participant in the story, making choices which impact your experience and shape the direction of the narrative. Seeds of Chaos is a dark fantasy eroge made in Ren'py, inspired by the worldbuilding of Berserk, Dark Souls, The Witcher and other epic fantasy series', as well as th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seeds of Chaos.

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    98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    98% User Score Based on 150 reviews

    Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Explore the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth, discover its history or ignore it and focus on the gameplay itself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Flame.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    93% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    Use your Parkour skills to outrun the destruction of your city with just one button! One of the most popular and best-loved Flash games of 2010, Canabalt was created in 5 days for the Experimental Gameplay Project, and features a rad soundtrack by superstar indie composer Daniel Baranowsky (Super Meat Boy). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Canabalt.

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  13. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    74% User Score Based on 87 reviews

    Metaverse Keeper is a cooperative dungeon crawler with roguelike element. Explore its randomly generated world full of danger with your teammates while collecting resources, exploring bastions, and making fun of enemies with the help of all kinds of amazing weapons to uncover the hidden secret. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metaverse Keeper.

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  14. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    48% User Score Based on 446 reviews

    Have you ever thought or imagined how our world would look like after an apocalyptic event? What would we do if some of us were to survive? What world would we live in and what challenges would we face? The Withering" is a modern world post apocalyptic survival horror simulator in development. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Withering.

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  15. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    72% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    Metaverse Keeper is a dungeon crawler with roguelike elements where four heroes join forces to save the “Metaverse" – created when a cosmic event tangled space-time. Explore randomly-generated worlds, customize your weapons, and fight crazy monsters – in solo or co-op mode! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Metaverse Keeper.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    42% User Score Based on 601 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Darkout is a sandbox action-game with survival and strategy components. You are the only survivor after your escape pod crashes on a strange planet. The environment is full of mysterious and hostile shadow creatures, and the only way to survive will be to gather resources used to craft and researching new weapons and technologies.The world is sunk in permanent darkness and the shadow creatures sur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkout.

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  17. 35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    35% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    UBER-FASTRapid and unforgiving gameplay where you will run away from hazards and combat monsters.TURBO-RANDOMEvery level is generated, every situation is unique.SUPER-DEEPA plenty of heroes to lead and tons of weapons to fire. So, your beloved superiors have just landed you, by mistake, on a home world of every monster, virus and hazard in our galaxy. Time is running out before you either burn … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Turbo Demon Busters!.

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    61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    100% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Be a spider battling to survive in this challenging platformer. Swing, leap and glide as you race to stay ahead of the rising lava but take care, there are many perils waiting in the deep! Purchase includes both a stand-alone, non-Steam app and a Steam Key (I will send the key to the email address associated with the purchase). Do Whatever a Spider Does Walk up walls and on the ceiling to e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Web or Dead.

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  19. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 474 reviews
    Critic Score 45%Based on 2 reviews

    Haven't heard of Dragon's Lair?! Well, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon! Originally released in the summer of 1983, Dragon's Lair has solidified itself as a cultural icon in gaming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dragon's Lair.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    90% User Score Based on 168 reviews

    Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadburg.

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  22. Use cards to discover new abilities and explore your own continent in the skies in this Roguelike Deckbuilding RPG. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shuffled Sky.

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  23. Shipwrecked on the small island of Harlath, players will adventure through a mysterious Island and multiple dungeons, battling foes, solving puzzles, and ultimately discovering the nature of the curse that looms over the island. Stones of Harlath is a VR first person adventure game. Players will play as a powerful battle mage, explore a mysterious island, adventure in many dungeons, wield swords … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stones of Harlath.

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  24. Open the Gate, and bring hope to the lonely and hurting. Explore the islands, farm mystic plants, befriend mages, and solve the mysteries of the Garden of Skye in this cozy game from a Christian developer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skye's Repose.

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  25. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Ludum dare 42 submission. Intro The galaxy is collapsing. A giant, nightmarish black hole is slowly growing, consuming everything in its path. And on this path is our own solar system. You are an highly advanced A.I operating the Ark, the first faster-than-light colony ship, fitted with hundreds of millions of cryogenic pods to carry humans through the depths of space. Yet, it is not enough to ca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mother Ship.

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  26. Save your neighbors and find out what's behind a zombie invasion and cinematic hauntings! Dawn at my Neighborhood is a tribute to classic 90s games, reworked with new mechanics and graphics inspired by N64 and PlayStation. Come with us on this amazing adventure that involves gameplay and strategy in the genres of RPG, action, metroidvania, horror and comedy! Help us bring this game to life!!! /… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn at my Neighbourhood.

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  27. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 5,142 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 9 reviews

    Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Absolum.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    79% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    You are a robot sent to a planet to set up a system to make it habitable for your creators: Design factories run by drones. Create bases to craft and shelter in. Upgrade your abilities and terraform to expand the area you can explore. You have both a health and charge meter that can get heavily upgraded over time.  Set up systems to monitor storms and deploy resources to protect building… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyformer.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    83% User Score Based on 690 reviews

    Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkwater.

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  31. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,647 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 4 reviews

    TMNT Splintered Fate - Unleash the Turtles in a rogue-like quest to rescue Splinter from the Foot Clan! Master ninja skills, unite in bodacious co-op gameplay, and conquer iconic NYC locales. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adaptory.

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    34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    34% User Score Based on 119 reviews

    Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sentient.

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  35. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 11,258 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 14 reviews

    Buy Resident Evil Revelations 2 on PS4. Resident Evil Revelations 2 follows two interwoven stories of terror across 4 episodes of intense survival horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Resident Evil Revelations 2.

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  36. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    86% User Score Based on 484 reviews

    Pixel Dungeon is an exciting and extremely popular roguelike (more than 2 million mobile installs!). Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items and fight fierce monsters to find the Amulet of Yendor - the ultimate artefact of this game world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Dungeon.

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  37. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    69% User Score Based on 630 reviews

    Alchemy Garden is a sandbox game that mixes gardening, alchemy and exploration mechanics. Feel free to explore this little world and find new recipes or components, brew potions and be creative designing your own garden! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alchemy Garden.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    93% User Score Based on 90 reviews

    Master a collection of 46 challenging minigames, including parodies of famous games! Each game lasts just seconds, so act fast!  Conquer a unique set of randomly-chosen minigames in each run!The farther you get in a run, the faster the gameplay (up to and including "ludicrously fast")!Unlock faster, more difficult game modes, including an endless mode! Here are just some of the trials you'll face… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Soup.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    97% User Score Based on 208 reviews

    A difficult, 1980's inspired permadeath rogue-lite where every play through is different. Trade, gamble, and fight your way through progressively challenging levels. Increase the power of your weapon by collecting parts that merge to give new and unique properties. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Null Vector.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    88% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    You are a new recruit of the Novan Interplanetary Alliance---and your side is losing a war that could cost more than your lives alone. Master space fighter combat amid a crumbling Alliance. Upgrade your ship, fight in a single-player campaign, and build your own massive space battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hypergate.

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  41. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 40 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 3 reviews

    Seed of Life is an epic adventure game about the persistence of life. You're Cora, the last known survivor of Lumia, a dying planet. Your only hope to save your homeworld is to activate the Seed of Life and rekindle the sun once again. Will you be the light that conquers the darkness? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seed of Life.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    90% User Score Based on 346 reviews

    Switchcars is a vehicular roguelike arcade set in a broken spacetime. Escape alien beasts over procedural environments, using more than 1,000 vehicles. You'll crash or run out of fuel, but that's okay - you'll switch to another vehicle. All you need to do is reach the year 2055. In theory! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Switchcars.

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  43. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Faye/Sleepwalker is a vast world of exploration and hectic battles. Enjoy a high speed action game and the development of an interesting story in an open world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Faye/Sleepwalker.

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  44. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    91% User Score Based on 1,538 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 26 reviews

    Experience this legendary fantasy adventure like never before and embark on exciting escapades with your favorite characters in the brand new Newlywed Mode! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rune Factory 4 Special.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    54% User Score Based on 206 reviews

    In The Warhorn you will get to play as an adventurer, who decides to leave his homeland to start a life he dreamed of. The world is full of puzzles, stories, enemies and traps. You will learn how to fight, build, steal, hunt and use magic runes. You can build a village and develop it into a great kingdom. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Warhorn.

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  46. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 1,173 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 2 reviews

    Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are recruited into a band of peacekeeping rangers, and their new life begins. In addition to their normal duties, the hero can farm the land, cast a line into the nearby river, and so much more! Tea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rune Factory 5.

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  47. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 234 reviews

    Wayward Souls is an action-adventure game built for quick playthroughs and massive amounts of replay value. It was inspired by Spelunky, Secret of Mana, and our previous game, Mage Gauntlet. Procedurally generated random levels mean that every time you play the game, it's a different experience. Control one of six characters, all with their own unique playstyles, abilities, and equipment. Explore… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayward Souls.

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