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A roguelite shooter that blends pinball with ship defense: you bat a ball around, upgrade your ball, weapons and ship, and hold off waves of relentless robots.

  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong character progression
  • Shooting and gunplay
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The closest matches for Appulse are Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Void Scrappers and Utopia Must Fall. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Appulse special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

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  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong character progression

A survivor-like set in the Deep Rock universe where a lone dwarf auto-shoots through alien swarms while carving through destructible rock for minerals. Synergizing weapon upgrades and persistent unlocks deliver that one-more-run pull.

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Void Scrappers

Runs that play out differently every time

A fast arcade space shooter with roguelike runs: you blast alien swarms, collect scrap to power up your ship mid-run, and unlock new pilots and weapons between attempts.

Genome Guardian

Runs that play out differently every time

A top-down roguelite shooter set at the microscopic level, where you fend off hostile aliens with combinable turrets, perks and power-ups. The appeal lies in experimenting with many weapon combinations across quick runs.

Starward Rogue

Runs that play out differently every time

A roguelite bullet-hell shooter where you fight through randomly generated labyrinths inside a star, weaving through waves of projectiles while collecting weapons and upgrades. Each run feels different thanks to varied item combinations.

Greedland

Runs that play out differently every time

Greedland is a top-down shooter in the vein of Crimsonland and Vampire Survivors, where you play an interstellar mercenary fighting waves of enemies while growing stronger across runs.

Gunlocked

Runs that play out differently every time

A sci-fi roguelike that plays like a twin-stick shooter without the aiming stick: you win through smart positioning and upgrade choices that exploit each weapon's unique auto-targeting. Every run pits you against swarms of alien ships.

Drifting Lands

Strong character progression

A side-scrolling shoot-'em-up blended with the loot, builds and skill trees of hack & slash games. Between missions you tune and rebuild your ship for the next run.

Good Robot

Runs that play out differently every time

A fast twin-stick shooter where you play the only good robot blasting through underground cities, collecting upgrades and fighting robot hordes with a dry sense of humor.

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