Games like Returnal

4.5average player rating•5 games

Returnal's pull is the ferocious, third-person bullet-hell loop: agile dashes, random gear, and boss arenas that punish hesitation. These picks keep the reset-run buildcraft and pressure-cooker combat, each from a different angle.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic84

Avg. player rating4.5/5

Avg. playtime10h

Main genreAction

Released2018–2023

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Action5 of 5
Indie3 of 5
Adventure2 of 5
RPG2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Roboquest
ActionIndie
FPS runs built on constant forward motion, snappy dashes, and perk synergies that reshape your gunplay by the second biome.
4.8/5Player ratingMC85View game
2
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
ActionIndie
Relentless bullet-hell gunplay where manual reloads, recoil, and overheating turn every dodge and trigger pull into life-or-death execution.
4.7/5Player ratingView game
3
Gunfire Reborn
ActionAdventureIndie
Room-to-room firefights with mid-run scrolls and ascensions stacking into absurd power, plus tough elites that demand perfect dashes and timing.
4.7/5Player ratingView game
4
Remnant II
ActionAdventureRPG
Third-person dodge-shoot combat with i-frame rolls and projectile swarms, plus campaign re-rolls that reshuffle levels, bosses, and loot.
4.2/5Player ratingView game
5
Risk of Rain 2
ActionShooterArcade
Run-based third-person firefights where items stack into busted builds and bosses flood the arena with bullet-hell patterns.
4.1/5Player ratingMC82View game