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2024 PC 5.69 € 77 % positive Mostly positive, 1,183 reviews on Steam

A fast-paced pixel art action roguelite where you fight through spreading masses of cells hiding dormant enemies. Game-changing skills and upgrades let you craft different builds every run.

What defines Swarm Grinder:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong character progression
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

The closest matches for Swarm Grinder are Drifting Lands, Utopia Must Fall and Orbital Bullet. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Swarm Grinder special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Drifting Lands

95 %

2017 PC 80 % positive Very positive, 269 reviews on Steam

  • Strong character progression
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Orbital Bullet

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced roguelite shooter where you run and gun around small circular planets in full 360 degrees. Weapons and upgrades you find let you build a stronger character with each run.

Savage Vessels

Challenging difficulty

A tough 2D roguelike space shooter with pixel art, physics-driven flight and punishing survival, where every run counts.

Void/Breaker

Sci-fi setting

A fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter where you fight machines controlled by a hostile AI. Deep gun modding and build synergies make every run feel different.

Steredenn

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A frantic pixel-art space shmup blending roguelike elements: randomized stages, a large weapon arsenal and punishing boss fights make every run feel different.

Neon Sundown

Sci-fi setting

Neon Sundown is a fast roguelite shooter where you assemble a deck of playing cards and power modules between arena fights. The blend of deckbuilding and frantic action keeps each run varied.

NeuroVoider

Sci-fi setting

A fast twin-stick shooter where you play as a brain piloting robot bodies, constantly scavenging weapons and parts from fallen enemies to craft new builds. Features permadeath and co-op for up to four players.

Greedland

Sci-fi setting

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.

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