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2016 PC 19.99 €

A tough bullet-hell roguelike where you build a deck of cards before each battle that twists your character's abilities in surprising ways. You fight hordes of enemies as a contestant on a futuristic game show.

What defines Forced Showdown:

  • Challenging difficulty
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Forced Showdown are Asterogues, Tower of Guns and Gunbot Diplomacy. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Forced Showdown special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Asterogues

92 %

2024 PC 13.99 €

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty

A cosmic bullet-hell shooter with roguelike elements where banished outcasts from the Asteroid Belt take revenge on the Solar System by battling planets. It is all about dodging and shooting through dense bullet patterns.

Gunbot Diplomacy

Strong character progression

A top-down shooter roguelite where you blast hordes of slimes and mutants and craft your own Gunbot build using a distinctive upgrade grid and build-defining modules.

Starward Rogue

Sci-fi setting

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.

Cowboy 3030

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A third-person roguelite bullet-hell shooter set in a futuristic Wild West, where you take on infamous outlaws with a roster of characters, each with their own abilities.

Heart&Slash

Challenging difficulty

A fast 3D brawler roguelike where you play a little robot named Heart fighting through randomly generated levels. Death is permanent, and every new run brings different weapons, items and enemies.

Good Robot

Sci-fi setting

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.

Brotato

Strong character progression

A snappy arena roguelite where a potato wields up to six weapons at once against waves of aliens. Short runs plus dozens of quirky characters and item synergies make for huge replay value.

Juicy Realm

Challenging difficulty

A fast top-down roguelike shooter where you play a soldier blasting through randomized levels full of mutated, hostile fruit. Plenty of weapons, upgrades and a bright, cartoonish look make for quick, varied runs.

Lia: Hacking Destiny

Strong character progression

A fast-paced roguelite action game where you play a resistance fighter shooting and hacking your way through a machine-ruled world, assembling builds from weapons and power-ups. The tongue-in-cheek tone, including rescuing kittens from the algorithm, gives it its own flavor.

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