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2024PCSteam Deck verified77 % positive5.69 €

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.

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

The closest matches for Swarm Grinder are Drifting Lands, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and Starward Rogue. 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

94 %Match

2017PC80 % positive

  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • 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.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

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.

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.

Steredenn

Sci-fi setting

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

Bytepath

Strong character progression

A fast arcade shooter where you craft wild builds using a huge skill tree, many classes and ships. Every run invites you to experiment and optimize.

Juicy Realm

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Orbital Bullet

Sci-fi setting

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.

Beacon

Sci-fi setting

Beacon is a top-down sci-fi shooter where you fight through a randomly generated hostile planet to find your distress beacon. Each death lets you recombine DNA harvested from enemies, so every run makes your next attempt stronger.

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