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24 alternatives to Cryptark

Roguelike 2D shooter set in the future

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cryptark launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1IG

    I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…

    2025 · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    A brutal, yet adorable, roguelike shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    A pixelated multiplayer RPG

    2015 · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Cogmind▲57

    Sci-fi roguelike

    2015 · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    A 2D space trading and combat game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    Roguelike dungeon-crawling action!

    2015 · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    Stencyl▲176

    Create amazing games without code

    2015 · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    An abstract gravitational puzzler

    2015 · its alternatives →

  9. 9CA
  10. 10

    Loot-centric roguelike shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    A rambunctious Katamari-meets-Grand Theft Auto physics game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Ultra challenging sci-fi roguelike, lots of items/upgrades

    2015 · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Roguelike 6DoF shooter where reality is falling apart

    2015 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Bitcoin fuelled RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Abstract twin-stick shooter with open-world roguelike mode!

    2015 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    A fantasy roguelike

    2016 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    A multi-blockchain gaming platform.

    2023 · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    A retro-inspired platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Programming the oldschool way! Hack 1000+ Apple II apps!

    2016 · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Fast action marble shooter

    2016 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    A puzzle platformer in the vein of Limbo and Nihilumbra

    2015 · its alternatives →

  23. 23
    Bit Pit▲74

    Score-hoarding arcade jumparound

    2015 · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    A revolutionary digital trading card game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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