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24 alternatives to Nuclear Throne

A brutal, yet adorable, roguelike shooter

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

1. 1
   Undertale▲70

   A super peaceful RPG

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Roguelands▲66

   A pixelated multiplayer RPG

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III▲72

   DEATH COMES FOR ALL. DESTINY CHOOSES A FEW.

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cryptark▲83

   Roguelike 2D shooter set in the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sublevel Zero▲85

   Roguelike 6DoF shooter where reality is falling apart

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   That Dragon, Cancer▲122

   A videogame developer's love letter to his son

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Risk of Rain▲69

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

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   0 A. D.▲99

   A free, open-source game of ancient warfare

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Slam City Oracles▲74

   A rambunctious Katamari-meets-Grand Theft Auto physics game

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Jupiter Hell▲54

    A modern turn-based sci-fi roguelike

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Starbound▲67

    An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Steamroll▲68

    A steampunk adventure and puzzle game

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Progress Quest▲69

    The most addictively useless RPG you'll ever play

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GUN GODZ▲70

    A venus gangster rap FPS

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Life in Bunker▲67

    A bunker-building survival simulator

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hot Guns▲69

    Fun, enjoyable and destructive action-platformer varied

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hearthlands▲70

    A city-building game set in a medieval/fantasy world.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Dungeon League▲60

    Everything awesome about RPG's without the boring bits

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hammercoin▲73

    Bitcoin fuelled RPG

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Dungeon Souls▲64

    Loot-centric roguelike shooter

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Luckslinger▲66

    Shoot, Knife, Duck!

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Spelunky▲73

    Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dark Nexus Arena▲60

    Warhammer 40k MOBA? Yes please!

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Zenzizenzic▲66

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

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