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2027PC

An intense rogue-lite shooter inspired by 80s monster movies, where you fight a rapidly spreading, ever-evolving viral creature in a lab and improvise your escape.

  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Dread and tension
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Demon Spore are Returnal, Empty Shell and Picayune Dreams. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Demon Spore special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Returnal

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2021PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable82 % positive59.99 €

  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Dread and tension
  • Shooting and gunplay

As a stranded astronaut caught in a time loop, you fight across a constantly shifting alien planet. Frantic bullet-hell shooting and a dark, enigmatic story make every run intense and punishing.

Empty Shell

Dread and tension

A top-down survival horror roguelite set in a secret facility on a Japanese island. Scarce resources, a grim industrial mood and randomized runs keep the tension high.

Picayune Dreams

Sci-fi setting

A space-set roguelite that blends horde survival with bullet-hell action as you fend off thousands of nightmarish creatures. You experiment with different builds and grow stronger through meta progression between runs.

Receiver

Sci-fi setting

A minimalist first-person shooter where every gun action is manual: ejecting the magazine, loading rounds one by one, cocking the hammer. Randomized levels and scattered tapes tell a dark story in fragments, while turrets and drones punish every mistake.

No Such Place

Sci-fi setting

A top-down extraction shooter where you run reconnaissance missions for a mysterious research consortium, eliminate unknown threats, and make it to the evacuation point alive.

Saros

Dread and tension

Housemarque's spiritual follow-up to Returnal: a frantic third-person bullet-hell shooter on the eerie world of Carcosa, where each death feeds persistent progression and pushes the cosmic-horror mystery forward.

Nightmare Reaper

Dread and tension

A retro boomer shooter in the vein of Doom and Blood, mixing fast, brutal gunplay in procedurally generated nightmare levels with modern RPG-style abilities and weapon upgrades.

Cryptark

Sci-fi setting

A 2D roguelike shooter where you board procedurally generated alien starships, take down their systems methodically, and use the profits to upgrade your gear. Planning and loadout choices matter, since failure costs your investment.

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