Games like Enter the Gungeon
If Enter the Gungeon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mystic Gate, Uber Destruction and Mega City Force — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its darkly comedic tone, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Enter the Gungeon is a 2016 action roguelike dungeon crawler developed by Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital. Players select from several playable characters, each with distinct abilities, as they descend through procedurally generated chambers filled with intense bullet patterns. The game incorporates risk-reward mechanics alongside weapon synergy systems that combine firearm effects, while secret floors and hidden passages reward thorough exploration. Reviewers describe the experience as challenging, noting the darkly-comedic tone that runs throughout the bullet-hell action. Players highlight the tough-but-fair difficulty curve, and the character niches that provide variety across runs. The game supports local co-op multiplayer, holds a 95 percent positive rating from over 38,000 Steam reviews, runs verified on Steam Deck, and is priced at $14.99.
About Enter the Gungeon: Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Players who liked Enter the Gungeon also play
Steam players who put hours into Enter the Gungeon also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Mystic Gate
WHY THIS
Top pick for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!
Uber Destruction
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Third-strongest match for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Ranked #4 for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Exit the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Ranked #6 for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Woodpunk
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Ranked #7 for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
ATOMINE
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Ranked #8 for Enter the Gungeon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Enter the Gungeon
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Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Risk of Rain 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
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Wizard of Legend
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
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.
Hades
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Spelunky
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Reviewers of Enter the Gungeon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Enter the Gungeon at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Priced ~67% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Priced ~58% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Enter the Gungeon.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Enter the Gungeon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Dodge Roll
Other recommendable Steam games by Dodge Roll, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Exit the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Another title from Dodge Roll, the studio behind Enter the Gungeon. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Exit the Gungeon is a small, spin-off 'dungeon climber' immediately following the adventures of the misfit Gungeoneers.
Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Another title from Dodge Roll, the studio behind Enter the Gungeon. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Against explosive firepower, bitter cold, and dizzying heights, Fork Parker must outwit a group of no-talent game developers in a deadly holiday promotional game. Also, it's free.
Enter the Gungeon 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Dodge Roll, the studio behind Enter the Gungeon. Shares Action and Adventure with Enter the Gungeon.
Enter the Gungeon 2 is a reloaded, high-caliber sequel to the iconic bullet hell dungeon crawler, reinforced with a new 3D art style, new weapons and enemies, and new gameplay tricks.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Mystic Gate
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!
Mega City Force
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Enter the Gungeon.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Enter the Gungeon.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Enter the Gungeon.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Frequently asked about Enter the Gungeon
- Is Enter the Gungeon verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Enter the Gungeon is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Enter the Gungeon cost?
- Enter the Gungeon is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Enter the Gungeon have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Enter the Gungeon supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Enter the Gungeon?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Enter the Gungeon are Mystic Gate, Uber Destruction, Mega City Force.
- Who developed Enter the Gungeon?
- Enter the Gungeon was developed by Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital.
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