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Black Powder Magic is a fast-paced 2D action roguelite where precision, timing, and smart decisions are the difference between survival and defeat. On a distant planet consumed by the Infinite, you play as Kalewar, the Black Powder Mage, sent to uncover the truth behind a growing infestation. What begins as an investigation quickly turns into a relentless fight against escalating threats—and a fi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Powder Magic.

PHOSPHOR is a retro cyberpunk roguelike platformer about fighting your way down through an infested industrial facility. Blast through hordes, kill giant bosses, and arm yourself from a pool of 350+ weapons and upgrades. Every descent is a brand-new world. Die, keep the cores you banked, unlock new operatives, and drop deeper. You are a reclaimed husk sent down into the Underfab, a dead industr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PHOSPHOR.

Neon Frontline is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder built around tactical battles across three contested battlefields. The old civilization has collapsed, but its tactical terminals, corporate protocols, autonomous machines, and weapon systems are still running among the ruins. Choose a combat squad, cross increasingly unstable sectors, build your deck, and fight for control of three battlefi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Frontline.

The board crackles with power. In Pegs & Sorcery, every battle begins with a shot. Pull back, choose your angle, and send enchanted balls crashing through a storm of arcane pegs. Each impact builds the power you need to unleash blades, spells, blessings, curses, and devastating combos in turn-based card battles. A clean line can become a perfect cascade. A perfect cascade can become a run-sav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pegs & Sorcery.

Challenge the mysterious tower—and make it back alive.TOWER BOY is a 3D hack-and-slash roguelite where you switch between a variety of weapons in real time and cut through hordes of enemies. Venture into a dangerous tower, defeat monsters, and collect resources used to craft equipment and grow stronger. But if you fall inside the tower, you will lose everything collected during that expedition. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TOWER BOY.

BOOT THE CARTRIDGE. CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER. DO NOT EJECT.Do Not Eject is a retro handheld-inspired bullet heaven roguelite where corrupted game cartridges have trapped living digital creatures inside. Choose your partner, insert a cartridge, and fight through waves of corrupted programs as your attacks evolve from a handful of projectiles into ridiculous combinations of ricochets, orbiting weapons, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Do Not Eject.

We turned brick breaking into a roguelike!You begin with one ball and one paddle. A few choices later, balls split across the screen, fire burns through entire rows, droplets become a bouncing rainstorm, lightning leaps between targets, and black holes drag every attack into one point of destruction. A simple round of brick breaking becomes a spectacle you built yourself. Pick one of three—and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roguelike Bricks.

Slowdrift is an arcade drift game. Slide through a city at night, link corners into a chain, and decide when to bank it — or push one more corner and risk the lot. Commit, Or Lose It Chain scoring: link corners without straightening up and the multiplier climbs, but everything you've earned sits unbanked until the chain drops. Crash before it does and you were never holding it. Close calls: t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slowdrift.

《Boar Knight》 is a medieval turn-based looter RPG. You play as a lone black-iron knight, venturing deep into goblin lairs, skeletal graveyards, and web-choked abysses. Cut a path through them with sword, spear, and hunting bow, carry every piece of loot back to town, and forge yourself into someone capable of surviving the next expedition. But combat works a little differently here: your skills a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boar Knight.

Build a ring of weapons and fight through 25 waves in a 2D fantasy bullet heaven. Prefer to watch? Let Auto Mode take over. Outside the arena, your hunter lives on your desktop and turns completed to-dos into permanent game progress. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slaymeji: Roguelite Desktop Survivor.

Thread the line. Bring back the blackbox.Voidline is a hardcore 3D space roguelite where you pilot a salvaged starfighter through a collapsing relay corridor, stack unstable retrofits, and decide whether to extract safely or push deeper until the line snaps. Every run is a dare. Every upgrade is a bad idea with numbers. Every blackbox you recover carries a fragment of the human civilization the m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voidline.

ONE TRAIN. ONE STOLEN TIMETABLE. AN ARMY AT YOUR BACK. Steel. Steam. Sorcery. Boiler & Blood is a tactical real-time-with-pause roguelite about building a dieselpunk armored train, commanding its crew, and fighting through hostile territory before a relentless army catches you. You have thirteen days to reach the enemy command train. Every mile burns coal. Every detour gives the army time to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boiler & Blood.

Descend with only a deck of cards.AITA: The Dark Domain is a roguelite card game set in the Etruscan underworld. Play solo or with up to three friends as Haruspices, ritual priests sent below the earth to seal the dead back inside Aita. Every card is both an attack and a choice. Spend your strongest cards too early and you may not survive the counterattack. Hold back too long and the underworld w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AITA: The Dark Domain.

LastIT is a high-risk, high-reward sci-fi action roguelite where heat is your greatest weapon. Overheat your gun to deal devastating damage, but push too far and your weapon can fail in the middle of combat. Master the balance between destruction and survival as every battle becomes a test of skill, timing, and nerve. Customize your weapon through a deep 6-slot module system, creating unique bui… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LastIT.

Aim your shot and launch your ball into waves of enemies in Rogue Ricochet. Every weapon you mount changes the physics, effects, and damage of the ball. Keep it in play for as long as you can to collect XP, Gold, and deal as much damage as possible. It's inevitable however that you'll become overrun or miss the ball, and this is where Rogue Ricochet lets you between volleys, plan the next attack … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Ricochet.

White Dwarf is a top-down survival shooter about holding onto a piece of empty space for as long as you can. Your weapon fires automatically at the nearest target, so the only things you control are where you stand and when you spend your cooldowns. Everything else comes down to the choices you make along the way. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to White Dwarf.

ABOUT THIS GAMEBullet Meltdown is best described as Brotato meets Tower Defense, a bullet heaven arena shooter with base building, AI companions, and permanent progression. Get overpowered every run. BECOME OVERPOWEREDEvery run is a hunt for power. Tear through waves of enemies, grab coins mid-chaos, and spend them in the shop on weapons and upgrades that stack into insane combinations. Pick up… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bullet Meltdown.

Grow from cosmic dust into a galactic singularityAnother Black Hole Incremental is a short-run action incremental about turning every collapse into permanent growth. You begin as a fragile black hole with only seconds of Stability. Consume dust, asteroids and larger celestial bodies before your time runs out. When collapse becomes inevitable, reform, spend the Radiation you earned, and return str… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Another Black Hole Incremental.

Survive, upgrade, become unstoppable Where Giants Fall is a 3D top-down fantasy bullet-heaven action roguelite with survivors-like build growth, movement-first combat, and the thrill of turning a fragile run into overwhelming power. Every run takes you through regular stages, objective-driven Ritual Sieges, boss-biome encounters, and an Endless Mode finale. Auto-fire weapons keep the pressure … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where Giants Fall.

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.

HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE?Frowning Vermin is a chaos survival game where you fight against overwhelming numbers of enemies that never stop coming. At first it is just a handful of strange little creatures chasing you around. Then it keeps scaling. Hundreds become thousands, and before you know it there are over 10,000 enemies on screen trying to overwhelm you. There is no finish line and no real e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frowning Vermin.

Note: This game is meant to be played on mobile, you can use WASD for movement and the right joystick for aiming with the mouse. Press "L" to test level ups.Survivor on the Dancefloor is a survival RPG-game with minimalistic gameplay.  Trapped inside a nightclub, a crowd of mad bouncers, drunken dancers and furious managers closes in around you. There is nowhere to run or hide: your only goal is … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survivor on the Dancefloor.

Perihelion is a physics-based space combat roguelite where gravity is your greatest weapon. Launch from your carrier, execute high-speed orbital combat missions, and evolve your ship build run by run — solo or with your squad of up to 4 players. Master Orbital CombatAt first glance, space combat looks simple: aim, shoot, survive. But in Perihelion, nothing moves in a straight line for long. You… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perihelion.

Build a stained-glass war-flower. Break its rules. See how far it grows.PRISMBLOOM is an automatic-combat roguelite engine-builder about assembling a six-weapon crystalline Crown in the middle of a hostile garden. Enemies advance along six curling paths. Your Crown chooses its targets and fires automatically. You decide what weapons it grows, which colors they carry, how their effects connect, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PRISMBLOOM.

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.

Launch Your Character Into a Field of Dice Pull back to choose a direction and launch power, then send your character ricocheting across a closed physics arena. Every valid collision rolls a die, raises the combo for the current launch, and resolves the effect inside that die. Your character controls the trajectory, but does not directly attack enemies. Ordinary dice provide reliable collision da… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fate Startrail.

Every shot is yours. Every build is yours. Every second you survive is earned. Swarmbreak is a twin-stick roguelike shooter where you aim every bullet, stack every perk, and push every run to its breaking point. The horde doesn't wait. It doesn't plateau. It accelerates — and the only thing between you and oblivion is whatever ridiculous build you've cobbled together from 27 stackable perks,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swarmbreak.

Become the Samurai Space Cowboy — a ronin gunslinger cutting through a dying galaxy with an energy katana in one hand and a six-shooter in the other. Every system is collapsing into supernova. You deploy from your ship to a doomed planet, fight across it as the blast wave closes in, and race for the extraction portal before the star swallows everything. A boss waits at the exit, but it only guard… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Samurai Space Cowboy.

                     Pick your survivor and equip them to stay alive long enough to blow everything else to hell. Each one brings a different approach to the apocalypse - from rapid-fire specialists to heavy hitters. Whether you like precision or pure chaos, there’s a weapon waiting for you.                                           Your bullets do more than pierce - they bounce, explod… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boom Die Repeat.

Gunclone Arena is a top-down looter-shooter roguelite. Fight as a super-clone that can wield 6 weapons, a Beam and Shield in a dystopian TV show! Loot thousands of weapon variants with ricochet, detonate, shock, pierce and more. Stack build-changing Mods. Notice: Escape is grounds for perma-recycle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gunclone Arena.

Glitchery is a co-op extraction horror experience where the environment is as volatile as the entities haunting it. Built in Unreal Engine 5, the game plunges you into a decaying reality where the laws of physics are merely a suggestion. As you navigate these unstable zones, corridors reroute and reality fractures in real-time, ensuring that no two steps feel truly safe. Your objective is to ente… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glitchery.

Playtest Signup at slowrush.dev About the GameTeam Up, then Blow Their Worlds Up Fight through fully reactive pixel-physics alien worlds where everything burns, melts, shocks, and explodes. Built for solo play or up to four-player online and couch co-op, so every disaster can be shared. Per-pixel physics chaos meets multiplayer mayhem, turning every chain reaction into a shared disaster. Casca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Signs of Danger.

The ClownhouseBreak into a cursed mansion. Steal everything you can. Escape before the Clown finds you. Do it alone, or with up to 3 friends in online co-op. The Clownhouse is a stealth horror extraction roguelite where every run is a gamble. Loot valuables, manage your sanity, and decide how long you're willing to stay before greed gets you killed. The mansion changes every run. Layouts sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Clownhouse.

Your owner lost everything to a pachinko obsession and finally pledged his soul to a demon. The demon granted him one last chance, but refused to let him operate the machine. Now only a cat can save him. Launch Every Ball YourselfAt the start of each round, the contract machine rolls an integer multiplier and lights several winning slots among the twelve slots at the bottom of the board. Commit y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meow Below.

Quick, lethal samurai duelsBlood Moon Duel is a pixel-art dueling game about fast, tense fights between deadly warriors. The game is inspired by feudal Japan, samurai films, old anime sword fights, and that specific feeling of two fighters staring each other down before everything goes wrong in a second. Most fights are short. Attacks are dangerous. Getting careless can cost you the whole duel. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Moon Duel.

Awaken Beneath the Moon You awaken in an unfamiliar settlement inhabited by castaways from different races, eras, and worlds. No one knows what brought them here, and no one has found an easy way to leave. The towers surrounding the settlement hold danger, power, and clues to the truth of this world. Prepare your build, enter their shifting floors, and search for a way forward through combat and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undermoon.

️ SPIDER MONKEYSwing. Shoot. Fail. Upgrade. Try again. Spider Monkey is a physics-based action roguelike where every movement is real, every mistake matters, and every run plays differently. You control a gun-wielding monkey with fully physics-simulated arms, web-slinging momentum, and a constantly evolving set of upgrades that radically change how the game feels from run to run. No canned anim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spider Monkey.

ABOUT THIS GAME CHAOS RUNNER: DUSKFALL is a fast-paced 2D cyberpunk action game built around high-speed movement, time rewind, split-second decisions, and precise counterattacks. In a futuristic city fractured by temporal anomalies and endless cycles of violence, you take control of a swordsman with a mechanical prosthetic arm, cutting through gunfire and blades as you uncover the truth behind a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chaos Runner: Duskfall.

Bring the meadow's light home before sunset Mosslight Meadow is a cozy, replayable 2D action adventure about guiding a nimble fox through a living, hand-drawn meadow. Each day, gather enough wandering Sunseeds and return their light to the Lantern Tree before sunset. Follow the golden trail home, dash past danger, and decide when to explore farther and when to race back. A gentle wander can quick… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mosslight Meadow.

A new score-attack experience that goes beyond the falling-block puzzle.[Overview]ZENITH is a score-attack puzzler that fuses Tetris with roguelike deckbuilding. Combine artifacts, spells, and upgrades to construct a build that's all your own, then stack your pieces, set off explosive synergies, and rack up scores on an absurd scale. It keeps the tactile feel of a falling-block puzzle while layeri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZENITH.

ABOUT THIS GAME You are a snake. Every segment of your body is a weapon. But collecting weapons is only the beginning. Their order changes what they do. Matching neighbors fuse. Different neighbors trigger reactions. And when the build is ready, you bite your own tail, close the Ouroboros, and execute everything trapped inside. Your body is not carrying the build. Your body is the build.BUIL… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOOPFANG.

CHROME CIRCUIT is a top-down twin-stick roguelite set in a SoCal-vice cyber-dystopia. Blast through three districts of the undercity — one bullet, one cursed contract, one kill-streak at a time. Every run is a fresh build; every death buys your next upgrade. Kills chain into combos, and combos pay. Keep the bodies dropping and your rewards multiply — XP, cash, and REP all scale up to 3x as the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chrome Circuit.

Every Character Is a CardWhat would you write with "口" and "天"? In Tian Yu Su you never draw a finished spell — you draw radicals and strokes. Set them into the inkstone, compose a real Chinese character by hand, and let its meaning become an attack, a guard, a transformation or a chained verse. The same pieces can resolve into different characters, and a different character… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 天雨粟.

THE ARENA IS ALIVEVector Surge is a fast, uncompromising twin-stick arena shooter set inside a reactive signal field. Move, aim, dash and detonate your way through geometric swarms while the grid bends, pulses and fractures around every collision. Almost everything you see is constructed live. Ships, enemies, projectiles, formations, effects, grid reactions and combat patterns are drawn from pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vector Surge.

Fight the depths. Stack relics. Bargain with Death. MegaDope 2D is a fast dark-fantasy arena roguelite set in the Eternium universe. Pick a hero, enter a cursed depth, survive enemy pressure, collect Soul Orbs and gold, draft strange power, and decide whether to pay Death for one more chance when the run falls apart. This is the Steam-first playable foundation of MegaDope: the place where the her… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MegaDope 2D.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

85% User Score Based on 872 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

In a galaxy far far away, you are one of thousands of Cargo Commanders, facing ambushes and dangers as they scavenge abandoned containers for valuable cargo. Competing with the other commanders for leaderboard positions in various space sectors, you need to find enough cargo to earn you way back home! The main job of a Cargo Commander is to explore containers and collect as much cargo as possible.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cargo Commander.

DESCEND. RELOAD. REPEAT. NEONFALL is a top-down twin-stick roguelite shooter. The neon megatower is flooding from the bottom up, and you have to fight your way down faster than the water can rise. Every floor is a fresh procedural room of enemies, hazards, and chip drops; every death is permanent and sends you back to the top with a fresh build. CORE GAMEPLAY ▸ Twin-stick combat — WASD to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NEONFALL.

The city is overrun. You can't save all of it, so choose your fights. Each scenario is a distinct location with its own layout, objectives, and pressures, and each one puts you face to face with an unreasonable number of zombies. Every run ends one of two ways: you secure what you've earned, or you lose it all trying. Survival is not the finish line. It only raises the stakes. As the dange… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Unreasonable Number of Zombies.

Dreadbleed is a top-down roguelite arena shooter where your life IS your currency. Spend HP on every upgrade: the more you bleed, the stronger you become. Shred nightmare hordes wave after wave, reload under pressure, dodge, and bleed yourself dry. How much will you sacrifice? Your blood is your currency. Spend it wisely or bleed out. FACE THE HORDE Rotting monsters, skittering horrors a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreadbleed.

Your rope is everythingThere's no walking in Swerve. You grab, you swing, you let go – and physics does the rest. Every wall wants you dead, every platform spins, and the only thing between you and the edge is how well you time your next shot. Momentum is your weapon: build a clean arc and you're a wrecking ball, misjudge it and you're a highlight in someone else's replay. Every round rewri… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swerve.