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268 games like PulseWave

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01 Waspkeeper Cover

2023 · PC

Waspkeeper

86%

Waspkeeper is an action roguelite game where your main goal is to survive as long as possible in a field full of venomous wasps with one out of four playable characters.

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PulseWave

86% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Cursorblade Cover

2023 · PC

Cursorblade

77%

Cursorblade is an action arcade game where you play as a cursor that fights your way through waves of enemies. Combine weapons and items to be more powerful with your own unique builds. Slash, dodge, upgrade and repeat!

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PulseWave

77% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Lone Ruin Cover

2023 · Switch, PC

Lone Ruin

76%

Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable, top-down, roguelike twin-stick shooter. Combine and optimise your spells to defeat twisted monstrosities and dive deeper into the Lone Ruin.

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PulseWave

76% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Soulstone Survivors Cover

2025 · Linux, Mac, PC

Soulstone Survivors

72%

Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the voi...

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PulseWave

72% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Slimekeep Cover

2025 · Mac, PC

Slimekeep

72%

In a world becoming corrupted by the evil Slime King, KILL or CAPTURE various slimes to grow stronger and save Slimetopia! Venture through procedurally generated levels in this fast-paced roguelike, if you're tough enough to not get slimed...

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PulseWave

72% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Vampire Hunters Cover

2024 · Switch, PC, PS4

Vampire Hunters

71%

Create absurd builds by stacking up weapons and raining down crazy firepower on vampires and demons in this rogue-lite retro FPS. Can you be known as the most outrageous Vampire Hunter in all of Transylvania?

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PulseWave

71% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

07 Death Must Die Cover

2023 · Mac, PC, XONE

Death Must Die

65%

Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.

Your match for

PulseWave

65% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Void Scrappers Cover

2022 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Void Scrappers

61%

Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.

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PulseWave

61% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Vampire Survivors Cover

2022 · Android, Linux, Mac

Vampire Survivors

60%

Mow thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.

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PulseWave

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Enter the Gungeon Cover

2016 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Enter the Gungeon

59%

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon. Combat revolves around shooting bullet-shaped enemi...

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PulseWave

59% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Will Glow the Wisp Cover

2017 · PC

Will Glow the Wisp

58%

Will Glow the Wisp is a physics based abstract platformer without platforms, with a unique particle based theme and movement mechanics. It is best described as a mix of Super Meat Boy and Geometry Wars.

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PulseWave

58% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Cover

2014 · Linux, Mac, New 3DS

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

54%

A top-down roguelike action-adventure game and remake of the 2011 original, rebuilt from its Flash engine to enable expanded content and features. Players control Isaac through procedurally generated dungeon floors, using tears as projectiles to defeat monster...

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PulseWave

54% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Arcade Genre ✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Lethal Company Cover

2023 · PC

Lethal Company

53%

Lethal Company is a co-op horror roguelite game about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

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PulseWave

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Don't Starve Cover

2013 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Don't Starve

52%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

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PulseWave

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

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15 Hades II Cover

2025 · Mac, Switch, Switch 2

Hades II

52%

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

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PulseWave

52% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 Hades Cover

2020 · Mac, Switch, PC

Hades

51%

A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while gett...

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PulseWave

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 The Binding of Isaac Cover

2011 · Mac, PC

The Binding of Isaac

51%

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of...

Your match for

PulseWave

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Crypt of the NecroDancer Cover

2015 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Crypt of the NecroDancer

51%

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Can you survive this deadly dungeon of dance, slay the NecroDancer, and recapture your still beating heart? Or will you be a slave to the rhythm for all eternity?

Your match for

PulseWave

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Moonlighter Cover

2018 · Android, Stadia, Linux

Moonlighter

51%

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

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PulseWave

51% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

20 Cult of the Lamb Cover

2022 · Mac, Switch, PC

Cult of the Lamb

50%

Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and...

Your match for

PulseWave

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Indie Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective ✓ Roguelike Game feel
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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