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Nightmare: The Lunatic

Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.

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Dead Cells

97% 👍 OF 183K
About This Game

Dead Cells is a roguelite, 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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …start as a headless corpse piloted by a green blob, die, then hop into a fresh body and grow yourself back before the next run.
  • …unlock permanent movement powers like wall-running, teleporting, and growing vines, then use them to open areas that were impossible before.
  • …grab one random drop mid-run and suddenly rebuild your whole combat style around poison, bleed, traps, backstabs, or a totally different weapon.
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Katanaut

90% 👍 OF 562
About This Game

Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …take a syringe upgrade that costs 1 hit point and keep pumping your stats until you're sitting on 75% crit and about 200% katana damage.
  • …pet a cat during a mission and trigger a memorable "don't do that" consequence.
  • …beat the game once and have later runs start changing fights with new enemies, modifiers, and altered encounter behavior.
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Astral Ascent

95% 👍 OF 8.6K
About This Game

Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Spell Combos
  • …Fight Zodiac Bosses
  • …Choose Your Next Room
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Summum Aeterna

83% 👍 OF 399
About This Game

Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen.

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Devil Slayer - Raksasi

85% 👍 OF 2.9K
About This Game

Devil Slayer - Raksasi is a top-down action game with procedurally generated dungeons, profound roguelike elements, and intuitive soul-like fighting. It's a fair and challenging game, dodging, timing, striking, you need to master them all to fight your way out of this cursed world.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Wield Seven Weapon Styles
  • …Fight Through Random Dungeons
  • …Combine Relics Into Builds
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Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial

71% 👍 OF 2.0K
About This Game

Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Climb Erza's Tower
  • …Chain Weapon Combos
  • …Find Hidden Passages
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Windblown

89% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

A lightning-fast 1–3 player co-op roguelite from the creators of Dead Cells. DASH, DIVE and DESTROY across a shattered world. Build wild loadouts, unleash devastating Alterattacks, and become the last stand against the Vortex.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Dash Across Islands
  • …Link Weapon Finishers
  • …Build Run Loadouts
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Ninja Soul

80% 👍 OF 170
About This Game

Ninjasoul is a platform action game that combines roguelite with Galaxy warrior demon city. Kunoichi, Tachibana Yachiyo unexpectedly awakened the ability of "death backtracking". She will find the truth in the land that used to be her hometown in the fight and death again and again.

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Skul: The Hero Slayer

93% 👍 OF 57K
About This Game

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …rip off your head mid-run, put on a new skull, and instantly fight with a completely different moveset.
  • …find a skull that lets you ride a motorbike through rooms while whipping enemies with a burning chain.
  • …upgrade a skull you found as a common drop until it evolves into a top-tier, endgame-ready form.