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Nerd Survivors

Use explosive pizzas, enchanted fidget spinners or a katamari of monsters to fight countless enemies hordes! Repair the "Forge of Destiny" and craft the ultimate custom weapon in this comedy action rogue-lite survivor.

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★ TIME SURVIVORS: CHAPTER 0 ★ MAGICRAFT ★ SKUL: THE HERO SLAYER ★ SEPHIRIA ★ BROTATO ★ PATHOGENIC ★ DISFIGURE ★ CRAB CHAMPIONS ★ DUNGREED ★ BLAZING BEAKS ★ SPELUNKY ★ CHILDREN OF MORTA ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Time Survivors: Chapter 0

80% 👍 OF 168
About This Game

Free CHAPTER 0 for Time Survivors, the Most Historically Inaccurate Roguelike ever. Slay hordes impersonating Lincoln, Tesla, Cleopatra, and other historic heroes with unique abilities! Collect resources, unlock secrets, and enhance gameplay through skill-tree meta-progression

Action Action Roguelike Bullet Hell Roguelike Casual
REL Sep 18, 2023 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Magicraft

93% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …chain one spell into 50 other spells that keep splitting and casting off-screen.
  • …equip a wand that casts when you move, so walking becomes your attack.
  • …use a wand that shoots perfectly accurate spells in the exact opposite direction you aim.
Action Roguelike Roguelite Bullet Hell Looter Shooter Roguelike
REL Nov 1, 2024 ★ $15.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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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.
Indie Action Action Roguelike Pixel Graphics Roguelike
REL Jan 20, 2021 ★ $19.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Sephiria

95% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate: a top-down action/RPG roguelite from the makers of Dungreed. Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …turn your inventory into a combat build by arranging artifacts and tablets so the bag setup changes what you can do.
  • …wear costumes with extreme stat twists, like infinite MP but max health capped at 20, and build around the tradeoff.
  • …make builds like eight rotating frost scythes, a gigantic laser sword, or an attack-speed tsunami if the right drops line up.
Action Roguelike Roguelite Roguelike Co-op Pixel Graphics
REL Jul 31, 2026 ★ $17.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Brotato

96% 👍 OF 119K
About This Game

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …wield six weapons at once.
  • …play a character that can't use weapons at all and instead explodes on contact with enemies.
  • …lock shop items you can't afford, reroll the rest, then merge matching weapons into stronger versions.
Roguelike Singleplayer Bullet Hell Action Roguelike Local Co-Op
REL Jun 23, 2023 ★ $4.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Pathogenic

93% 👍 OF 3.7K
About This Game

You are a disease. Infect the human body as a lone pathogen in this cellular roguelike shooter. Collect organelles to evolve your parasite in a microscopic arms race against your host's immune system. Conquer a beautiful, procedurally generated world of tiny proportions.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …start as a single disease cell and steal organelles from enemies to graft onto yourself
  • …build a melee setup that latches onto enemies to freeze them, then bash them into walls for huge impact damage
  • …stack enough electricity parts to stand in the middle of arenas and melt everything by holding the attack button
Roguelike Top-Down Shooter Bullet Hell Bullet Heaven Local Co-Op
REL Jul 16, 2026 ★ $9.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Disfigure

98% 👍 OF 7.5K
About This Game

Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …swap your vision between a tight circle and a long cone, and fight while everything outside it stays pitch-black.
  • …widen that vision cone, add a second cone behind you, or slow enemies just for being in your line of sight.
  • …stack radiation with faster firing until every few shots blast everything you can currently see.
Action Roguelike Bullet Hell 2D Top-Down Shooter Twin Stick Shooter
REL Jul 26, 2023 ★ $5.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Crab Champions

98% 👍 OF 31K
About This Game

Claw your way across exotic islands combining fluid movement with fast paced combat to become a Crab Champion in this third person roguelike shooter.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …mod a rocket launcher into a 600+ rounds-per-minute projectile storm that spawns even more shots on impact.
  • …choose to loop after the last level, then keep pushing into endless islands until your run snowballs into chaos past Island 100.
  • …take on challenge runs that demand precision, like clearing objectives without getting hit or collecting 20 legendary mods in one run.
Early Access Action Roguelike Multiplayer Looter Shooter Soundtrack
REL Apr 1, 2023 ★ $9.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Dungreed

93% 👍 OF 9.6K
About This Game

Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Eat for Run Buffs
  • …Rescue Townsfolk
  • …Train Between Runs
Action Roguelike Pixel Graphics Roguelite Roguelike Action
REL Feb 14, 2018 ★ $9.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Blazing Beaks

83% 👍 OF 2.6K
About This Game

Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Carry Cursed Artifacts
  • …Trade Curses for Loot
  • …Team Up in Story Mode
Pixel Graphics Action Roguelike Top-Down Shooter Twin Stick Shooter Roguelite
REL May 10, 2019 ★ $14.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Spelunky

92% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …set off a chain where a boulder wrecks the room, releases spiders, and ends by enraging a shotgun-wielding shopkeeper hunting you.
  • …kill a giant spider to get sticky webbing that makes bombs attach to walls, treasure, or monsters that can chase you.
  • …play a daily run where everyone gets the same level generation and competes on that exact one-shot seed.
Platformer Roguelike Action Roguelike Indie Difficult
REL Aug 8, 2013 ★ $14.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Children of Morta

88% 👍 OF 23K
About This Game

Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fight as a Family
  • …Switch Between Heroes
  • …Share Family Upgrades
Multiplayer Roguelike Pixel Graphics Online Co-Op Hack and Slash
REL Sep 3, 2019 ★ $21.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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