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2020PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable93 % positive8.99 €

BroodStar is an arcade shoot-em-up with roguelike twists, where you fight through swarms of alien creatures gathering upgrades along the way. Each run builds your ship up against towering bosses on the way to destroying the living planet at the heart of the story.

Runs that play out differently every time
Shooting and gunplay
Sci-fi setting
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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The closest matches for BroodStar are Stellar Interface, Steredenn and Greedland. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes BroodStar special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Stellar Interface

97 %Match

2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch77 % positive12.99 €

An arcade-style space shooter with roguelike structure: you fly through a randomly generated galaxy, collecting perks and stacking them into outrageous builds to take down the galactic overlords.

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Steredenn

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Greedland

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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.

Starward Rogue

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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.

Good Robot

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Synthetik: Legion Rising

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A punishing top-down roguelike shooter where you fight through hordes of robots with detailed, hands-on gun handling such as manual reloads, jams and recoil. Each run brings new weapons and upgrades, and it can be played in co-op.

Asterogues

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Deflector

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A fast-paced bullet hell roguelite where you upgrade characters with collected DNA and evolve them during runs. Dodging and quick reflexes are at the heart of the experience.

Nex Machina

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A frantic twin-stick arcade shooter from Housemarque and Eugene Jarvis built around high scores, precise dodging and short, intense runs. Voxel explosions and tight controls make every run a spectacle.

Xenoraid

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up where you swap between four fighters mid-battle, upgrade your squadron between missions and take down huge alien capital ships in hectic boss fights.

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