Action Rogue-Like Reviews
Check out all 36 of our Action Rogue-Like Game Reviews, ranked from best to worst!
Let’s Talk About : Ground Zero Hero (Demo)
“Ground Zero Hero is one of the most promising survivor games currently in development, and I am eager to see it live up to its fullest potential.”
Is Vampire Survivors Worth Playing?
“Vampire Survivors, often copied and never beaten, proves that excellent gameplay and affordable pricing will win out over poor gameplay and excellent visuals any day of the week.”
Is Vampire Hunters Worth Playing?
“Vampire Hunters is the most unique action rogue-like since Vampire Survivors, and I cannot wait to see what it and the sub-genre it has created becomes.”
Is Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos Worth Playing?
“Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos is one of just a few action roguelike titles that not only stands toe to toe with Vampire Survivors, but finds ways to improve upon its award winning formula.”
Is Brotato Worth Playing?
“Brotato is a welcome change of pace in a genre drowned in uniformity and unoriginality.”
Is Mercenaries of the Kingdom: First Blood Worth Playing?
“While Mercenaries Of The Kingdom: First Blood is at the start of its early access journey, it is off to a great start.”
Is Fellowship Worth Playing?
“Fellowship pushes the boundaries of the action rogue-like genre to such a degree that it almost becomes a subgenre unto itself.”
Is Crafty Survivors Worth Playing?
“Crafty Survivors is undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive, well-made and executed "Vampire Survivors Clones" on the market, and I cannot recommend it enough.”
Is Wandness: WandCraft Survivor Worth Playing?
“Wandness: WandCraft Survivor is an excellent "Brotato-like" held back by repetitive visuals and a near total lack of meta progression.”
Is Vampire Hunters Worth Playing?
“While I'm excited to see Vampire Hunters leave Early Access and launch on console, I had hoped it would improve significantly during early access; unfortunately, that is not the case.”
Is Malignant Survivors Worth Playing?
“Malignant Survivors is the bite-sized, fairly priced action rogue-like that the genre has been needing, and while it won't take the genre by storm, the fact it exists bodes well for the genre as a whole.”
Is Halls of Torment Worth Playing?
“Halls of Torment is one of just a few unique titles in a genre dominated by Vampire Survivors and its many clones.”
Is Call of Sentinels Worth Playing?
“While Call of Sentinels succeeds in being a more mechanically complex version of Vampriue Survivors, unfortunately, there is no market for such games. As a result, Call of Sentinels died within seconds of being released in August 2024.”
Is Adrenaline Rampage Worth Playing?
“Adrenaline Rampage innovates on the “survivors genre” in ways that prove the genre is still wide open to innovation, and that further subgenres are a matter of when and not if.”
Is Yet Another Zombie Survivors Worth Playing?
“While "Yet Another Zombie Survivors" is a lot of fun, the developer's insistence on re-using assets from previous games and utilizing 3D visuals hit it hard in the performance department, making the mid to late game unenjoyable across a wide variety of PC configurations.”
Is Tri Survive Worth Playing?
“Tri Survive is a very enjoyable action roguelike, held back by a near-total lack of build-crafting potential and meaningful in-game progression.”
Is Grind Survivors Worth Playing?
“Grind Survivors is a fantastic game held back by a grindy chance based progression system that makes enthusiastically recommending it very difficult.”
Is Godbreakers Worth Playing?
“GodBreakers is a pretty solid action roguelike, and the ability to steal powers from your enemies is rather enjoyable, but its bland aesthetic and repetitive gameplay rob me of any desire to play further.”
Is God of Weapons Worth Playing?
“God of Weapons is a unique game with a generic name that combines fast-paced combat with intense inventory management to create a game that is both refreshingly unique and intensely familiar.”
Is BlazBlue Entropy Effect Worth Playing?
“All flash and very little substance, BlazBlue Entropy Effect is a great-looking game with very little to offer beyond its smooth combat, unique characters and impressive visuals.”
Is Achilles: Survivor Worth Playing?
“I have nothing against reusing assets, but Achilles: Survivor needs to do more than reuse great-looking assets from Achilles: Legends Untold if it is going to succeed in the highly competitive action roguelike genre.”
Is Striving for Light: Survival Worth Playing?
“Striving for Light: Survival is a failed spin-off of a failed early access action rogue-like, and while it's not the worst game to throw its hat into the ring, its chances of surviving are slim to none.”
Is Spellbound Survivors Worth Playing?
“While Spellbound Survivors is prettier looking than Vampire Survivors and has a few mechanics that the former does not, it lacks the originality and promise of ongoing support required to establish itself in the highly competitive action rogue-like genre.”
Is Scarlet Tower Worth Playing?
“Scarlet Tower is a decent attempt at cashing on the success of Vampire Survivors; however, that isn't necessarily bad if said title improves upon the formula; unfortunately, in the case of Scarlet Tower, it does not.”
Is In Woods Worth Playing?
“In Woods is an entirely unpretentious title that makes no claims to be something bigger or better than it is, and for that reason, I can give it a passing grade despite it being one of the less innovative titles in the genre.”
Is Gunbot Diplomacy Worth Playing?
“While Gunbot Diplomacy is a great-looking game, it feels like such a direct copy of Brotato that it makes me want to play that instead.”
Is Greedland Worth Playing?
“Greedland is a decent game, but there are much better games available at a much lower price point.”
Is Blitzkrieg Express Worth Playing?
“While Blitzkrieg Express is fun in small doses, its repetitive mission structure and unrewarding progression make it difficult to recommend in a genre full of better games.”
Is Striving for Light Worth Playing?
“Despite almost four years of Early Access, Striving for Light feels as unpolished, and doomed to obscurity in 2025 as it completes its Early Access journey, as it did in 2021 when it first entered Steam Early Access.”
Is Plumber Survivors Worth Playing?
“While Plumber Survivors is not entirely without merit, there is no real reason to play it when so many better titles already exist.”
Is Culinary Survivors Worth Playing?
“Culinary Survivors is barely a tech demo, let alone a game, and its chances of selling enough copies to sustain further development are close to zero.”
Is Ragnarök Survivors: Valhalla Worth Playing?
“Ragnarök Survivors: Valhalla feels like a game that was made by someone who saw a video of Vampire Survivors but never took the time actually to play it”
Is Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea Worth Playing?
“While I would be remiss to say that the developer put no effort into Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea, it seems that much of that effort was misplaced, and as a result, Lizard Survivors: Battle for Hyperborea is one of the most disappointing games I played in 2023.”
Is Ultra Bonk Survivors Worth Playing?
“Ultra Bonk Survivors is a near exact copy of an existing title by another developer (Mega Bonk), and for that reason I cannot recommend it”
Is O! Holy Knight Worth Playing?
“O Holy Knight is the best example of why AI should not be used in games that the anti-AI crowd could ever hope for, to the point it almost feels like a false flag attack, despite being unfortunately just that bad by accident.”
Is Land of the Survivors Worth Playing?
“If I said anything good about Land of the Survivors, I would be lying.”