Games like They Were Here First

Every bubble holds a reward—and a new threat.Bubblecore: Survivors is an endless single-player tower defense roguelite where you decide when the next attack begins. A mysterious world of resource-filled bubbles surrounds the Citadel. Pop one to instantly claim wood, stone, food, ether, or another valuable reward. But beware: every bubble also releases a group of monsters that immediately advances… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bubblecore: Survivors.

Contagion Protocol is a brutal, stylish bullet-hell roguelike where survival is never guaranteed and the infected never stop coming.The world has fallen to the contagion. Civilization is gone. You’re what’s left - a lone survivor cutting through endless undead swarms in a fight that never truly ends. A Bullet Hell in the End TimesMow down waves of the infected with an arsenal that grows as fast a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Contagion Protocol.

Your team is gone, wiped out the moment you entered this mysterious silicon-based realm. Now, it’s up to you to find your way home, alone. Harness the power of your Nanobot technology to stay alive, no matter the odds. Their energy is finite, so gather resources so that they can enhance your equipment, weapons, and even your abilities. Define your own unique survival strategy against relentless … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Wave.

Deadtale is an action-packed FPS roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans and robots share one goal: wipe out the infection that destroyed most of Earth, and is still very much alive. Together with Buddy, your autonomous combat vehicle armed with plenty of ways to turn infected into red paste, you head into dangerous zones to kill as many infected as possible and push them further b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadtale.

CLUSTER - Roguelike Tower Defense Defend your tower with strategy, not spam. In CLUSTER, you build your own upgrade system between waves using rotatable cluster cards. Colors, connectors, and positioning determine how powerful your tower becomes. CLUSTER is a tactical roguelike tower defense game built around a single central tower facing increasingly dangerous enemy waves. But the real battle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cluster - Roguelike Tower Defense.

"Alright, you slimy space worms! Listen up! I ain't here to hold your hand through the cosmos! You've been drafted into the ranks of the best intergalactic mining troop, a spaceman. Your sorry selves have been shipped off to some godforsaken planet to extract resources. Now, here's the deal: seems like the only thing worth a darn on this rock is the local critters. Yeah, you heard me right! Thos… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Melt them All.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

54% User Score Based on 126 reviews

Sneak & battle your way through a procedurally generated mothership in this stealth action RPG! Supports user content & the Oculus Rift! 4089 takes many of the things you loved from 3079 & 3089, like character customization via stat points, grappling hooks, special powers, building options, futuristic settings, random enemies, weapons, and environments. Then, it presents itself in a much more foc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 4089: Ghost Within.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 748 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 15 reviews

Sublevel Zero - Redux is a first-person roguelike six-degree-of-freedom shooter set in a universe where reality is falling apart. Take control of a lone gunship pilot whose mission is to loot and craft ancient technology. Descend into a vast underground facility, fighting through procedurally generated zero gravity environments to recover the technology you and your clan need to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sublevel Zero Redux.

A universe is dying. You are its last spark. The constellations have gone dark, devoured by entropy. Dive into each dead world, collect the star fragments that still glow, and relight the sky — before your own light fades. Every run is a new sky Fast, readable top-down action — dash through swarms, dodge projectile storms, strike back. Pure arcade feel, no filler. Procedurally gener… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NOVAE: Last Light.

YOUR WEAPON IS A SLOT MACHINESlots & Skulls is a turn-based roguelite. Your weapon is a slot machine, and you build the pool of symbols it can land on. Blades, spells, poisons, thorns, gold engines. Stop the machine's wheels one at a time. Whatever luck hands you decides the fate of that turn. IN CONTROL, BUT NOT QUITE112 different symbols: common ones that drop easily from kills, and legen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slots & Skulls.

41%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Space Bross is a thrilling blend of action 2.5D roguelite, and Tower Defense genres. You’re a retired astronaut. You had one job: chill. But then they came for your chicken. Now it’s personal. Set off on a chaotic journey across deep space in Space Bross, a roguelite tower defense action game where survival means lasers, loot, and a whole lot of clucking vengeance. Explore dangerous, ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Bross.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

74% User Score Based on 34 reviews

An active skill-based siege defense game. Prepare your aim and quickly assess the coming onslaught. Survive a large-scale assault on your home as you build outward to strengthen your arsenal. Engage epic hordes. Encircle powerful upgrade runes. Enhance your weapons. Siege the day. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siegecaster.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

100% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Defend yourself against an onslaught of monstrous aliens in a variety of cities and landscapes of our beloved home: Earth. Combine equipment from your powerful arsenal of weapons, modules, and upgrades in order to face stronger and smarter aliens that provide an evergrowing challenge. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DEFCON: Xenos.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

81% User Score Based on 144 reviews

FEND OFF THE HORDEAll you wanted was to sneak into Cyberhunk Industries to test out their dangerous new products, and maybe become a handsome, gun-slinging cyborg. As it turns out, Cyberhunk Industries is way ahead of you on the cyborg thing. Their latest failed experiment - the demonic robotic zombies called “hunks” - have been set free, and are out for blood (or… maybe oil). To survive, you’ll… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CYBERHUNK.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

64% User Score Based on 1,473 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

Explore a vast universe in this roguelike, ship building, FPS Genesis Alpha One mixes thrilling roguelike mechanics with a deep ship builder and fast first-person action, putting you in the role of an interstellar pioneer. As the Captain of a Genesis starship, you journey into uncharted space on the ultimate mission. Build and manage a space vessel, farm resources, deal with terrifying alien infes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis Alpha One.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 188 reviews

Hyperspace Dogfights is a juicy jet-combat roguelike in which you blast, dodge and slice your way through masses of technologically inferior enemies. During the mission your craft will evolve into something stronger and weirder by gathering some of the 200+ items available ingame. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyperspace Dogfights.

FLOPPY SURVIVORS is a bullet-heaven action roguelite starring a tiny disk that only wants to survive—and has no idea why the network wants it erased. Grow auto-firing antivirus programs, finish recovery jobs inside a storm of malware, and fuse pairs into DUAL weapons. Delete the first boss and a missing signal returns. Someone hid this little disk for a reason, and now the network wants DISK #47… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Floppy Survivors.

Build and defend a mining operation on a distant planet in this tower defense bullet heaven shooter. Build and upgrade defenses, fight off waves of enemies from a rival corporation, and earn enough credits to buy your body back and escape this deep space hellhole. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polydangerous.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Survive enemies attack as long as possible in the world of Echo Storm! Use possibility to combine characters, weapons and abilities to become more powerful. Death resets the progress, but the longer you survive, the more abilities your character gets. Onslaught of enemies is growing too and the intensity of the battle is increasing. Find best abilities combination and try to destroy all enemies! … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Echo Storm.

Humanity is expanding into the stars, and rival corporations are racing to claim it. Land on a hostile alien world as a frontier contractor: mine, build, power your base, pilot mechs, aircraft and vehicles and keep your supply lines running, as the planet and your rivals fight back. Humanity has outgrown its worlds. Colonies, ships and entire civilizations now run on energy that only the frontier… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLAIM.

[i]Isekai Reborn Girl[/i] is an isekai action roguelite you can play [b]solo or in online co-op[/b]. Pick a class, set out with your companions, and cut down the endless waves of monsters. Collect gear, abilities, and otherworldly artifacts, and forge your own "cheat-tier build" in every run. Start out as an ordinary adventurer and pick up more and more absurd powers along the way. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isekai Reborn Girl.

Welcome to OreiaThe cave is rich, unstable, and on the clock. Drop in with a pick and a contract, build a mining operation worth defending, and be gone before the cave collapses - everything you can't ship out stays buried. Swing the pick, read the wallEvery tile can pay out or blow up. Iron, silver and gold sit next to gas pockets that vent creeping clouds, buried traps on a half-second fuse, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oreia.

STARFLEET COMMANDER — Command the Stars Take command of your own starfleet in a fast-paced sci-fi touch shooter packed with deep fleet-building, strategy, and online competition. Drag to pilot your ships while your weapons auto-fire — focus on dodging enemy salvos, positioning your fleet, and outsmarting every foe. Easy to pick up, deep to master. == ADVENTURE CAMPAIGN == Blast through waves of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPER TITAN.

The demigods are gone. Across the realms, the powers that once kept the world stable have vanished without warning. Faith fractures, old factions panic, monsters grow stranger, and the Void begins twisting dungeons, wildlife, settlements, and entire worlds into chaos. You are not a chosen champion. You begin as an ordinary civilian trying to survive the collapse. But survival becomes responsibil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chaos of the Realms.

A fast paced bullet heaven FPS played with just the mouse where your speed is your fire rate.As a member of the Hypervibers you will complete missions for the Hypervibers fighting against inhuman hordes in the Dronelord's Domain to ultimately take down the Dronelord. Accelerate, glide and surf across procedurally generated zones. Ramp off of the terrain to fly through the air raining down bullets… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dronelord Hyperviber.

Luxmithar is a 2D survival defense roguelite built in Godot, where you defend a crashed forge-ship against escalating waves of hostile forces. Each run unfolds across multiple days as you harvest resources, expand a modular grid-based world, and construct layered defenses to hold back relentless alien incursions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luxmithar.

Super Cyber Exorcism is an intense sci-fi action survival game where you battle endless hordes of aliens, monsters, and grotesque creatures in a chaotic futuristic world. Survive for as long as possible while enemies grow stronger, faster, and more aggressive. Along the way, collect upgrades, power-ups, and abilities that stack and evolve your build, turning you into an increasingly destructive f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Cyber Exorcism.

Lone Tower is a roguelite survivor where every run lets you turn a single Tower into a completely broken monstrosity. Level up and choose perks, building synergies until your arrows, upgrades, and stats are unstoppable! This isn't a traditional Tower Defense game, each decision will make or break your run and learning how to handle different types of enemies is key to success! Push de… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lone Tower.

Fight. Convert. Die. Go back stronger. Project AionIX is a top-down roguelike space shooter built around a time travel loop. Every run you push through alien-infested sectors, build your ship mid-battle, and collect what you can before the timeline resets. Death is not the end. It is the reset point. Wave Survival Already live and ready to play. Wave Survival is a pure arcade mode built around … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project AionIX.

Travel seamlessly from ground to space and back without a hitch in a truly interconnected Galaxy. Experience a one of kind top down procedurally generated open world that lets you navigate both the stars and the surfaces of planets. Fight against numerous creatures, robots and human enemies across different environments. Learn and adapt to the fighting styles of adversaries from various planets… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forces of Ether.

SPACE CARRIER ZERO is a retro space action game going from the scale of a frigate to a full planetary scale killer with a incremental twist. You command a carrier holding station while the sector empties its fleet at you from every bearing.  As you fight to survive with a set of different carrier types, card packs drops that permanently increase your power across runs.  Build your ship, pick w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Carrier Zero.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization

92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

The network is dead. Its administrator is still running. Long after the last humans went offline, the machine left in charge of the grid — ROOT//PRIME, The Last Administrator — reached one flawless, monstrous conclusion: anything it could not predict was a threat to a stable system. So it classified free will itself as corruption, and scheduled all of it for deletion. You are the one process tha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Digital Survivor.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

95% User Score Based on 514 reviews

DWARF COMBAT! Stonewards is a 1-4 player co-op first-person roguelite defense game. Lead a crew of stubborn dwarves from your base camp to aid nearby kingdoms, mine deep for resources, forge powerful upgrades, and hold the line against relentless monster attacks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stonewards.

ANNIHILATION is a solo-developed, arcade survival shooter that takes the beloved genre and adds new perspectives, comedic parody, and some mercantile aspects to uniquely change the formula. Combining the chaotic fun of an action roguelike with the rewarding plans and execution of a small treasure-building commerce system, the game provides players with 2 outlets with which to master, balance, or … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Annihilation.

Guard Protocol is a mech-based Vampire Survivors / Tower Defense hybrid where survival isn’t about winning, it’s about lasting as long as you can. Each wave grows stronger, every run ends in defeat, and the only question is: how long can you hold the line? Customize your mech across every system, legs, body, engine, generator, weapons, and shoulder mounts, to define your own playstyle. Between ru… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guard Protocol.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

89% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Mineral Defense is a unique blend of tower defense and roguelite gameplay, where the strategic possibilities are endless! Shape the battlefield by unlocking tiles and crafting the ultimate path. Plan intersections and bottlenecks to funnel enemies in the most efficient way. Fight Unique Enemies!Use combinations of towers and abilities to defeat enemies! There are many damaging and support to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mineral Defense.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability

95% User Score Based on 170 reviews

Berserk Mode is a fast-paced first-person action roguelite in which to beat the monsters, you'll need to become a monster. Featuring over-the-top slaughter, pixel graphics, experience progression system and procedurally generated zones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Berserk Mode.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 574 reviews

Fida Puti Samurai is a retro-FPS "virtual happy place" set inside a virtual simulated world, the simulation is jeopardized with a naughty bug. Traverse this action-oriented roguelite blasting waifus on procedural generated cities to uncover dirty secrets on someone's computer! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fida Puti Samurai.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

76% User Score Based on 4,012 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Command Mobile Outpost and take Protoslag Gun to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area where dangers lurk in the dark. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This game is about TD, FPS, and RTS all at the same time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost: Infinity Siege.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 3,464 reviews

Dungeon crawling on the go. Grab loot, fight monsters, and escape or die trying. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Delver.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 3,780 reviews

For billions of years empires rose to greatness. Each fell to the Creeper till none remained. Now all hope appears lost. Who will stand against the Creeper? Experience this extreme and massive expansion of the Creeper World franchise. Nothing will ever be the same... Massive maps, custom units scripting, terraforming, Gravatars? Can you handle the challenge? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 1,717 reviews

You have been imprisoned and left to rot in the depths of Slasher's Keep, a frightful construct towering above the forgotten forest in the remotest wilds of Ool. As rulers came and went the keep remained the final destination for the nation's most undesirable elements. Many a scoundrel has tried and failed to escape its dungeons, perilous as they are. Will you share their fate, or will you overcom… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slasher's Keep.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

77% User Score Based on 1,197 reviews

Unloved is based on the community award-winning mod for Doom2 with the same name by the same creator. Unloved is a strange place. A twisted reality. A nightmare that comes to life. A place where demons and abhorrent monsters manifest and possess the living with only one goal: to end you. Nothing wants you here. And there is no way out. Only the elevator that leads further and further down into the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNLOVED.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 1,237 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

Our mission is clear, our determination strong, and our guns are very, very big. MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS hybrid facing you, Earth’s last hope, against the fleets of data-hoarding robotic alien invaders. Take the fight to the enemy, craft gun monstrosities that no reasonable person could ever lift, and experience randomized mayhem as you battle your way to the heart of the fleet to destr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOTHERGUNSHIP.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

78% User Score Based on 554 reviews

3089 is a futuristic, procedurally generated, open-world action role-playing game. All terrain, enemies, weapons, items, quests & more are uniquely generated. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 3089.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

96% User Score Based on 7,113 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 7 reviews

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Galactic Pawns is an action-packed roguelite bullet hell, where you eliminate high-profile targets across war-torn planets. Master a vast arsenal, upgrade your abilities, and adapt to ever-changing battlefields in a fight for galactic order. Galactic Pawns zooms into the deep state of the galaxy. In a universe full of pawns, chaos and hidden agendas, heroes rise from the shadows. By the order of t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Pawns.

⚠ CONTAINMENT FAILURE IMMINENT A Tactical Sci-Fi Horde Survival Roguelike where every strategic choice matters. Suppress a rapidly evolving biological outbreak consuming a fallen military research complex. Fight alongside HELIOS, a damaged tactical AI whose forecasts grow less reliable with every passing Dawn. Deploy orbital defenses, fuse experimental technologies, engineer devastating weapon b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Breach.

MOLD-09 is a dark action roguelite about surviving an endless apartment block. Behind its doors lie hordes, traps, discarded junk, and the parts for your next weapon. Clear apartments, survive arena waves, and open the way to the elevator. Make the climb alone or bring up to three friends in online co-op. The official designation is MOLD-09: Mycelial Organism Lethal Degeneration, strain 09. The r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MOLD-09.

The age of cultivation is ending. The sect is falling. And you hold the wheel of rebirth. In a world drained of spiritual energy, all 412 sects of the old era have fallen to the beast tides. On Azure Cloud Mountain, Disheng Pavilion is the last one standing. You walked a thousand miles to kneel at its gates—only to watch, three short years later, as it was swallowed whole. As the light fades, the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 宗门轮回.