Games like Brain Damage
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Challenge your skills and push your limits in Brain Damage, the intense 2D action roguelite shooter with wave-based gameplay. With each upgrade, brain damage increases, making the game more challenging as you progress. Push the game to its limits. Can you break the game before it breaks you?
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$5.99Super Chaos
Jun 13 · Anodaxia
Both: Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell
EMBRACE/CONTROL CHAOS! Mutate your build in extreme uniquely weird ways to nuke this petri dish clean from eldritch germs in a frantic top‑down physics arcade where every mechanic is bizarre and emergent! Use strangest powers like warping walls, hexes and annihilation and be an arcane germaphobe!
Action RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpBullet HeavenTop-Down ShooterRoguelitePerma DeathArcadeRoguelike
-80%$1.19ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH
Jan 12 · jounitus
Both: Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Arena Shooter
Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.
Action RoguelikeRPGRogueliteArena ShooterTop-Down ShooterShoot 'Em UpRoguelikeIsometricBullet HellSupernatural👍 154
$4.99X Invader
Aug 12 · ALLAF GAMES
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Arena Shooter · Action Roguelike
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
Shoot 'Em UpArena ShooterAction RoguelikeBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRogueliteHack and SlashPvEShooter👍 531
$4.9920 Minutes Till Dawn
Jun 8 · flanne
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Roguelite
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Action RoguelikeBullet HellSurvivalRogueliteShoot 'Em UpHorrorTop-Down ShooterCombatPixel GraphicsLovecraftian👍 27,879
$12.99Stellar Interface
Nov 21 · ImaginationOverflow
Both: Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterAction RoguelikeRogueliteSide ScrollerExplorationPerma DeathCasualShooter👍 188
$14.99Star of Providence
Jun 7 · Team D-13
Both: Roguelite · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
Star of Providence is a top down action shooter with procedurally generated elements. Explore a large, abandoned facility in search of incredible power, fighting dangerous foes and gaining new weapons and upgrades as you progress.
RogueliteBullet HellShoot 'Em UpAction RoguelikeIndiePixel GraphicsActionDifficultRoguelike2D👍 3,178
$6.50Pesticide Not Required
Mar 18 · Jampacked Games
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Roguelite
Mow down countless crops and corrupt critters while crafting game-breaking builds! Pesticide Not Required is an action roguelite bullet heaven game with farming sim elements that offers a myriad of stats and special character traits to create wildly diverse run possibilities.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteShoot 'Em UpAction RPGTop-Down ShooterFarming SimActionTwin Stick ShooterSingleplayer👍 817
$3.99Void Scrappers
Oct 21 · 8BitSkull
Both: Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Action RoguelikeBullet HeavenTop-Down ShooterShoot 'Em UpActionRogueliteLootRoguelikeBullet HellScore Attack👍 571
$4.99Westale: Peelgrimage
Dec 17 · 两把刷子工作室
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
Westale: Peelgrimage is an ink-style survivor-like game. Player can evolve their characters in the game, use marvelous magical treasures, experience the mysterious 72 transformations, and synthesize artifacts. Let's get into this Journey-to-the-West world and experience addictive combat.
Action RoguelikeBullet HeavenBullet HellShoot 'Em UpRogueliteActionTop-Down ShooterShooterHack and SlashAction-Adventure👍 411
$9.99Glyphica: Typing Survival
Oct 9 · aliasBLACK
Both: Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
Early AccessTypingAction RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellTop-Down ShooterActionRogueliteWord GamePvE👍 2,491
$11.99Starward Rogue
Jan 20 · Arcen Games
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
Starward Rogue is a bullet hell twin-stick shooter. Blast your way through the Megalith, a rogue-lite labyrinth lodged in the side of a star. Customize your mech with a huge variety of weapons, perks, and upgrades. Steel yourself for the dangers that lurk in the depths of the dungeon.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellShoot 'Em UpRPGTwin Stick ShooterDungeon CrawlerRoguelikeRogueliteArcadeTop-Down👍 286
$0.99SPACE BLASTER 8 BIT
May 16 · Dead Crow
Both: Action Roguelike · Arena Shooter · Bullet Hell
They have briefly left by your ship in an asteroid Hagel theirs. Now you have landed to hostile area. Now you must only survive.
Action RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpShooterActionArcade2DTop-DownCyberpunk
$2.99Twilight Survivors
Apr 1 · DORIDORI STUDIO
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up
A time-limited survival game infused with rogue-lite elements and an adorable art style! The world has plunged into darkness, and you are its sole beacon of hope. Will you endure until dawn, or succumb to repeated deaths in your quest? Fear not, for you can collect more coins to arm yourself!
Action RoguelikeBullet HellShoot 'Em UpIndieAction RPGRogueliteCombatSingleplayerActionRoguelike👍 1,071
$4.99Cyclo Chambers
Feb 21 · Hobofeller
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Roguelite
Collect synergizing items to create an overpowered character to fight hordes of cyclops monsters. Cyclo Chambers is a fast-paced, top-down arena shooter with light rogue-like elements. 150 items to choose from to create frantic combinations. Different runs every time.
Action RoguelikeTwin Stick ShooterBullet HellRogueliteArcadeTop-Down ShooterArena ShooterRoguelikeShooterCartoon👍 126
$2.99Run Build Pew!
Jun 6 · Knight Owl Games
Both: Roguelite · Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteAction RoguelikeTop-Down ShooterSpaceShoot 'Em UpShooterArcadeRoguelike2D👍 552
-60%$7.99Go Mecha Ball
Jan 25 · Whale Peak Games
Both: Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell · Arena Shooter
Load up and roll out, in this twin stick shooter with roguelike progression! Blast your way through arcade-style levels, using pinball-style physics mixed with an arsenal of devastating weapons. Defeat waves of enemy bots, battle big bosses, and upgrade your mech between runs.
Shoot 'Em UpTwin Stick ShooterArcadeRoguelikeBullet HellArena ShooterActionRogueliteAction RoguelikeShooter👍 371
$5.99God Of Weapons
Sep 12 · Imagine Games
Both: Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Bullet Hell
Embark on a thrilling journey in God of Weapons, an action roguelike where you must ascend the tower of Zhor to reclaim the last light for the world. To survive the monster onslaught on each tower's level, you'll need to obtain and carefully organize weapons and accessories in your inventory.
Inventory ManagementAction RoguelikeRogueliteRPGBullet HellArena ShooterSurvivalReplay ValueProcedural GenerationCasual👍 4,807
$7.99Army of Ruin
Jun 8 · Milkstone Studios
Both: Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter
Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellExplorationTop-Down ShooterHack and SlashRogueliteShooterRoguelikeAction RPG3D👍 2,431