Games like Neophyte Protocol

If the replayable and fast-paced rhythm of Neophyte Protocol stuck with you, this helps. These games are a good place to start.

1. Neophyte

   

   A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat. Collect spells, choose perks and discover powerful synergies to become an unstoppable monster-slaying wizard.

   Replayable, Fast-paced

   90%90% of 662 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

2. Knights Within

   

   Knights Within is a hack&slash horde shooter with roguelite elements. Design custom loadouts, navigate procedurally generated levels and utilize random power-ups. Either solo or with friends, can you survive endless waves of enemies to ensure humanity's survival?

   Also in Co-op · Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   95%95% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$17.99

3. Rogue: Genesia

   

   Rogue: Genesia drops you into a world overrun by monsters and hands you the job of clearing it out. Pick a weapon, stack upgrades, and watch hundreds of enemies melt under your build. Then do it again, differently. Fast runs, big numbers, and enough choices to keep every run its own thing.

   Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   90%90% of 8,247 Steam reviews are positive105Players online now: 105$14.99

4. Vortica

   

   Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens. Loot up, suit up, and shoot up as you battle against enemy hordes, explore derelict outposts, and hunt giant bosses. But remember to bring the right tools for the job!

   Also in Co-op · Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   84%84% of 94 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$9.89

5. Shape of Dreams

   

   Shape of Dreams is a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where you dodge bullet-filled battles and build strange, powerful combos. Run it solo for a tense skill test, or bring up to three friends and stack Traveler abilities into something chaotic.

   Also in Co-op · Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   89%89% of 16,674 Steam reviews are positive1.6KPlayers online now: 1,556$24.99

6. The Last Citadel

   

   The Last Citadel is a Roguelite, Role-Based, Third-Person shooter. Embark in an expedition to uncover artifacts inside a Citadel suspended above a black hole where many challenges and deadly encounters await. Explore the ever-changing citadel alone, or with a group of up to 8 players.

   Also in Co-op · Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   85%85% of 71 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$14.99

7. Let Them Come: Onslaught

   

   Survive the relentless offensive of the alien horde in Let Them Come: Onslaught, a sci-fi survival roguelite. The pursuit of the perfect build and an ever-expanding arsenal of abilities are the keys to your success.

   Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   89%89% of 219 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$7.99

8. Crafty Survivors

   

   All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!

   Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   83%83% of 715 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$11.99

9. Horde Hunters

   

   Horde Hunters is an objective-driven bullet heaven roguelite where you build powerful synergies, hire allies, use tactical items, and survive the hordes of hell.

   Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

   86%86% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

10. Battle Shapers

    

    Battle Shapers is a fast first-person roguelite where you blast through swarms of corrupt robots in a bright cyberpunk city. Dash, punch and shoot your way up the Overlords' towers, steal their Cores to reshape your build, and get permanently stronger with every run. Loud, colorful and demanding, with a rock soundtrack to match.

    Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

    80%80% of 984 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$24.99

11. Deadzone: Rogue

    

    A roguelite FPS on a ship overrun by biomechanical machines. Freeze swarms, chain lightning, forge a build from augments and 30+ weapons, and grow stronger every run, solo or with up to two friends. Fast, tense and hard to put down after just one more go.

    Also in Co-op · Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

    82%82% of 15,375 Steam reviews are positive204Players online now: 204$24.99

12. Combat Complex

    

    A fast-paced ARPG / roguelike hybrid with lasers, alien bugs, WASD / twin-stick controls, random loot, and procedurally-generated levels. Wield legendary weapons, unlock devastating skills, create overpowered builds – and turn your enemies' attacks against them. Try the free demo!

    Replayable, Fast-paced, Tense

    80%80% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$7.99

Cheaper than Neophyte Protocol

Small Hero

Welcome to Small Hero! This is a fast-paced, entertaining light Roguelike action survival game.

85%85% of 78 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Nerd Survivors

Use explosive pizzas, enchanted fidget spinners or a katamari of monsters to fight countless enemies hordes!

92%92% of 97 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$1.54

Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

Grow a deck of absurd weapons, hold off waves of pink humans and bring down the AI that rules the year 3000.

79%79% of 1,621 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$1.24

Boosted Survivors

Survive waves! Choose new abilities! Modify your hero in any way you like! Craft a powerful masterpiece, or a horrible concoction of awful ideas!

95%95% of 178 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Seraph's Last Stand

Survive the waves, stack upgrades every round and turn a fragile seraph into a screen-melting build.

93%93% of 4,020 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$0.99

ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH

Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's.

80%80% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$1.19

Wanted Shadows

Decimate thousands of demons on All Hallows' Eve to protect your infernal home.

77%77% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$0.67

Uragun

You are a friendly-but-deadly Mech on a journey searching for your missing pilot in this action-packed roguelite shooter.

68%68% of 215 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Mutagenic

Mutagenic: A mashup of ARPG and Survivor gameplay, bridging the best of both genres.

93%93% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

The Excrawlers

Action-RPG slasher in which you have to get into the dark atmosphere of dungeons full of monsters and madness.

86%86% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$0.90

Spell Cast

CO-OP Time survival game with roguelite elements, up to 10 players online

64%64% of 53 Steam reviews are positive$0.49

SurgePoint

Craft weapons mid-run, strafe through chaos, chain recoil jumps, spawn platforms out of thin air. Pick cards. Break runs. Repeat.

92%92% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Hidden gems like Neophyte Protocol

Forsworn

Assemble a party of three heroes and create powerful combinations by chaining hundreds of abilities and items in a tactical, turn-based setting.

91%91% of 449 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$15.99

Neophyte

A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat.

90%90% of 662 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Star Fire: Eternal Cycle

Fight a bug invasion through randomized side-scrolling stages, stacking elemental cores into builds that get more ridiculous every run.

91%91% of 1,030 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$16.99

Arms of God

Level up heroes, stack absurd weapon builds and carve a path through handcrafted levels to the deepest pit of hell.

87%87% of 2,037 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$11.50

Echoes of Red

ECHOES OF RED is a fast-paced roguelite shooter where you can carry unlimited weapons at once, face endless enemies ever stronger and build your…

90%90% of 153 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Trials Survivors

A survivors-like with real build depth: survive trials set by constellations, evolve spells into screen-melting forms, and stack relics into a god.

85%85% of 573 Steam reviews are positive74Players online now: 74$9.99

Voids Vigil

Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like.

93%93% of 380 Steam reviews are positive$3.24

Don't Die, Collect Loot

It's time to become ridiculously powerful in an arcade roguelite RPG with no limits on your power!

91%91% of 160 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$9.99

Let Them Come: Onslaught

Survive the relentless offensive of the alien horde in Let Them Come: Onslaught, a sci-fi survival roguelite.

89%89% of 219 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$7.99

Shape Shifter: Formations

Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with…

90%90% of 277 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$14.99

Knights Within

Knights Within is a hack&slash horde shooter with roguelite elements.

95%95% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$17.99

Sephiria

A bunny against a demon horde and a doomed Bunnyville. Sephiria is a cute, colorful top-down action roguelite about climbing a tower across 6…

94%94% of 12,847 Steam reviews are positive2.8KPlayers online now: 2,762$17.99

Newest games like Neophyte Protocol

Wielders of the Essence

Fight through short, frantic runs with spells and troops, then spend your loot on a town that makes every next run stronger.

92%92% of 483 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,286$5.39

Forsworn

Assemble a party of three heroes and create powerful combinations by chaining hundreds of abilities and items in a tactical, turn-based setting.

91%91% of 449 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$15.99

Sephiria

A bunny against a demon horde and a doomed Bunnyville. Sephiria is a cute, colorful top-down action roguelite about climbing a tower across 6…

94%94% of 12,847 Steam reviews are positive2.8KPlayers online now: 2,762$17.99

Invasion Protocol

You’re not the hero, you’re the invasion. Drop in as skull-helmeted soldiers and obliterate a bug-infested planet.

100%100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Trials Survivors

A survivors-like with real build depth: survive trials set by constellations, evolve spells into screen-melting forms, and stack relics into a god.

85%85% of 573 Steam reviews are positive74Players online now: 74$9.99

Arms of God

Level up heroes, stack absurd weapon builds and carve a path through handcrafted levels to the deepest pit of hell.

87%87% of 2,037 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$11.50

Astral Lords

Shatter genre boundaries in this sci-fi survival Roguelite blending bullet-hell action and base-building RTS.

80%80% of 106 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Vortica

Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens.

84%84% of 94 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$9.89

Neophyte

A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat.

90%90% of 662 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Rogue Command

Command units, call down bases and draft a fresh build after every battle in a fast sci-fi RTS where each run plays out differently.

89%89% of 1,060 Steam reviews are positive39Players online now: 39$19.99

Echoes of Red

ECHOES OF RED is a fast-paced roguelite shooter where you can carry unlimited weapons at once, face endless enemies ever stronger and build your…

90%90% of 153 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

The Last Citadel

The Last Citadel is a Roguelite, Role-Based, Third-Person shooter.

85%85% of 71 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$14.99