Megabonk was truly a unicorn of a game and quite honestly, sorta what I imagine heavy, addicting drugs to feel like: an adrenaline-fueled, dopamine rush from beginning to end.
When it came out, I was immediately hooked by the memes, look, feel (just about everything).
Well, if you’ve read any of the other articles here, you know what’s next.
We take a look at popular games and answer the question, “If I like games like Megabonk, what else should I play?”
But unlike other listicles, “best” guides, we do our best to remove editorial opinion and let Reddit upvotes and conversations determine the ranking.
So that’s what we did here. Below is a look at 9 Reddit threads, all targeting the same topic, but it’s the sum of their parts.
This article was also well-timed for the release of Risk of Rain 2. Thank god; otherwise, we would have had to update it 🙂
Well, we hope you enjoy reading. And if you want to see which of the games suits you best, take the quiz below.
What Game Like Megabonk Should I Play Next?
10 questions. Matched to 146 community-ranked games.
- Risk of Rain 2 (173 votes)
- Vampire Survivors (141 votes)
- Brotato (124 votes)
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (87 votes)
- Slay the Spire (82 votes)
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (77 votes)
- Dead Cells (72 votes)
- Noita (72 votes)
- Monster Train (70 votes)
- Shogun Showdown (67 votes)
- Honorable Mentions: Hades (60 votes), Halls of Torment (56 votes)
| Category | Stat | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Survey Scope | Total votes collected | 1,757 |
| Reddit threads analyzed | 9 | |
| Total games mentioned | 146 | |
| Rankings | #1 ranked game | Risk of Rain 2 173 votes |
| Exact tie | Dead Cells and Noita both 72 votes | |
| Biggest gap in top 10 | Brotato (124) to DRG Survivor (87) 37 votes | |
| Standouts | Most threads appeared in | DRG Survivor & Halls of Torment (8 of 9) |
| Highest grossing game | Risk of Rain 2 $147M | |
| On Xbox Game Pass | RoR2, VS, DRG Survivor, Halls of Torment | |
| Playtime & Cost | Highest median playtime in top 10 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 52.3 hrs |
| Lowest median playtime in top 10 | Shogun Showdown 4.9 hrs | |
| Avg median playtime (top 14) | 11.3 hrs | |
| Value | Best value pick | Vampire Survivors 6.1 hrs per dollar |
| Free to play in dataset | Holocure, Super Auto Pets (outside top 10) |
Most Recommended Games Based on Reddit Votes
| # | Game | Votes | Suggestions | What’s It Like? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risk of Rain 2 | 173 | 7 | The game Megabonk is directly inspired by 3D, stage-based, chest loot |
| 2 | Vampire Survivors | 141 | 5 | The other parent game 2D auto-attack bullet heaven |
| 3 | Brotato | 124 | 6 | Arena waves, six weapons, deep build shop |
| 4 | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 87 | 8 | VS-like with mining, terrain, and DRG universe |
| 5 | Slay the Spire | 82 | 3 | Deck-building roguelite not a bullet heaven |
| 6 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 77 | 4 | Procedural dungeon shooter with absurd item depth |
| 7 | Dead Cells | 72 | 3 | Roguelite action platformer tight combat and weapon variety |
| 7 | Noita | 72 | 3 | Physics-based roguelite every pixel simulated |
| 8 | Monster Train | 70 | 2 | Deck-builder roguelite not a bullet heaven |
| 9 | Shogun Showdown | 67 | 1 | Turn-based tactics roguelike not a bullet heaven |
| 10 | Enter the Gungeon | 66 | 2 | Bullet hell roguelite twin-stick shooter |
| 11 | Inscryption | 63 | 2 | Deck-builder horror roguelite not a bullet heaven |
| Hades | 60 | 4 | Action roguelite with tight combat and strong story | |
| Halls of Torment | 56 | 8 | Diablo 2 aesthetic meets Vampire Survivors |
Top Value Games
This chart ranks games by how many median hours of play you get per dollar spent. Free-to-play titles are excluded since the calculation doesn’t apply. Early access pricing can also skew results here, since some games were cheaper when most players picked them up.
Distribution of Median Playtime
The spread here is unusually wide. This dataset includes everything from tight 5-hour runs to games people have poured hundreds of hours into, which reflects how diverse the recommendations are compared to a more genre-specific list.
When Did Games Like Megabonk Become Popular?
Megabonk launched on Steam in September 2025 and went viral almost immediately.
The game doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre box, which is partly why it took off the way it did. The community’s shorthand settled quickly: Risk of Rain 2 meets Vampire Survivors.
That framing matters for this article because it changes what “games like Megabonk” actually means. It’s not just a VS-like looking for the next bullet heaven. A lot of the people asking for recommendations were also asking for games that share that RoR2 DNA, stage-based progression, chest loot, manual exploration of an open map, and bosses at the end of each run. That’s a different ask from someone who just wants more wave survival.
The result is a list that looks more eclectic than a typical bullet heaven ranking.
You’ll see Slay the Spire, Noita, and Inscryption sitting alongside DRG Survivor and Brotato, because the Megabonk community pulls from a wider genre pool than VS players typically do.
About the Data Collection Process
The process here is identical to what I used for my Games Like Brotato and Games Like Vampire Survivors articles.
I searched Reddit for threads asking for games like Megabonk, collected every relevant thread I could find, and tallied every upvote across every suggestion by hand.
The community ranked everything (I just counted).
How I Chose Reddit Threads
I started with a Google search for “games like Megabonk” and collected every Reddit thread that came up. Then I went directly to Reddit and repeated the process.
One thing worth flagging for this article specifically: Megabonk has unusually active discussion on its own Steam community page.
Several threads directly asked, “What should I play while waiting for more Megabonk content?”
How I Chose Games
If a game got suggested repeatedly, it made the list.
If it got suggested once with strong upvote support, those votes still counted.
Self-promotion was excluded (sorry, not sorry)..
One nuance specific to this dataset: Risk of Rain 2 and Vampire Survivors came up constantly, but often in a “this is what Megabonk is based on” framing rather than a “you should try this instead” framing.
More on that in the Nuances section below.
How I Ranked Games
Every mention of a game contributed to its total, including duplicate suggestions and replies in support of it. If a game appeared three times across a thread with 26, 19, and 5 upvotes respectively, it gets 50 total votes. Nothing gets discarded for low individual counts.
Nuances and Notes of the Data
A few things worth knowing before reading too much into the rankings.
Risk of Rain 2 and Vampire Survivors at #1 and #2
RoR2 appeared in 7 of 9 threads with 173 votes, making it the highest-ranked game in the dataset. VS appeared in 5 threads with 141 votes.
Both are included in the ranking because the data is the data, but their context is different from a game like Brotato or DRG Survivor.
Many of those votes came from people explaining what Megabonk is like rather than specifically recommending it as an alternative. That’s flagged in their individual reviews below.
The Genre Diversity Is Unusual
Most of the top 10 don’t cleanly fit bullet heaven, which is fine, but odd.
Slay the Spire, Monster Train, Inscryption, and Noita are all very different games that happen to share a roguelite structure with Megabonk. Shogun Showdown is turn-based, and Dead Cells is a platformer. Each one is called out directly in its review.
Shogun Showdown’s 67 Votes Came Almost Entirely From a Single Thread
Funny enough, this was from one very enthusiastic commenter with substantial upvotes in one thread. Worth knowing when reading that ranking.
Monster Train (70 votes) and Slay the Spire (82 votes)
Both are deck-builders with no bullet heaven elements. They ranked because the Megabonk community overlaps heavily with roguelite deck-builder players, not because they play anything like Megabonk.
Hades II vs. Hades
Both ranked separately in the data, Hades at 60 votes, Hades II at 54. Combined, that’s 114 votes, putting the franchise in the top 5.
I kept them separate since they’re distinct games, but it’s worth noting that the combined community support is substantial.
BALL x PIT at 30 Votes
Worth a callout as the most direct structural competitor to Megabonk among newer games. 3D, stage-based, bullet heaven-adjacent.
If you liked Megabonk specifically for its 3D vertical movement, this one deserves a look, regardless of where it ranked.
Extra Business Data From VGN Insights
The VGN Insights data was layered on top of the Reddit ranking after it was complete. The vote order came first; the business numbers were added afterward, purely to provide context for the scale of each game.
Data points collected for each game:
- Units Sold
- Average Cost
- Gross Revenue
- Median Playtime
A handful of games are missing data (Windblown, Dungeons and Ducklings, a few others) where Steam data was sparse or unavailable.
Free-to-play titles like Holocure and Super Auto Pets are excluded from the value calculations since price-per-hour math doesn’t apply.
If you’ve got a good source for filling in those gaps, I’d love to hear it in the comments.
Mobile-native bullet heaven games like Magic Survival, Survivor.io, and Pickle Pete came up in threads that were excluded from the main data collection due to the mobile-only rule. The Games Like Vampire Survivors article has a dedicated mobile section worth checking out if mobile is your primary platform.
All Games Like Megabonk Ranked With Sales Data
Revenue and units are estimates from VGN Insights. Games marked had no data available at time of collection.
| Game | Votes | Revenue | Units Sold | Avg Cost | Median Playtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk of Rain 2 | 173 | $147,000,000 | 9,500,000 | $15 | 13.5 hrs |
| Vampire Survivors | 141 | $31,000,000 | 15,000,000 | $5 | 8.0 hrs |
| Brotato | 124 | $11,600,000 | 3,300,000 | $4 | 12.9 hrs |
| Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 87 | $10,900,000 | 1,400,000 | $8 | 12.2 hrs |
| Slay the Spire | 82 | $50,000,000 | 4,000,000 | $13 | 26.5 hrs |
| The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 77 | $48,000,000 | 9,000,000 | $5 | 52.3 hrs |
| Dead Cells | 72 | $58,000,000 | 6,500,000 | $9 | 11.0 hrs |
| Noita | 72 | $7,800,000 | 780,000 | $10 | 24.0 hrs |
| Monster Train | 70 | $6,500,000 | 520,000 | $13 | 19.0 hrs |
| Shogun Showdown | 67 | $1,200,000 | 240,000 | $5 | 4.9 hrs |
| Enter the Gungeon | 66 | $39,100,000 | 4,000,000 | $10 | 6.2 hrs |
| Inscryption | 63 | $10,000,000 | 1,300,000 | $8 | 9.5 hrs |
| Hades | 60 | $137,900,000 | 8,200,000 | $17 | 16.3 hrs |
| Halls of Torment | 56 | $3,600,000 | 934,000 | $4 | 12.1 hrs |
| Hades II | 54 | $15 | |||
| Balatro | 50 | ||||
| Vampire Survivors (mobile) | 45 | $0 | |||
| 20 Minutes Till Dawn | 42 | $2,600,000 | 859,000 | $3 | 6.9 hrs |
| Rogue Legacy 2 | 40 | $20 | |||
| Returnal | 38 | $40 | |||
| Holocure | 35 | $0 | 8.5 hrs | ||
| Windblown | 34 | ||||
| BALL x PIT | 30 | ||||
| Death Must Die | 28 | $3,400,000 | 641,000 | $5 | 10.6 hrs |
| Boneraiser Minions | 25 | $507,000 | 159,000 | $3 | 5.8 hrs |
| Dungeons and Ducklings | 22 | ||||
| Halls of Torment (mobile) | 20 | $5 | |||
| Vampire Survivors+ (Apple Arcade) | 18 | ||||
| Rogue Genesia | 16 | $1,400,000 | 249,000 | $6 | 13.9 hrs |
| Astral Hunter | 15 | 51.1 hrs | |||
| Magic Survival | 14 | $0 | |||
| Army of Ruin | 12 | $408,000 | 80,550 | $5 | 6.7 hrs |
| Soulstone Survivors | 11 | $6,200,000 | 783,000 | $8 | 19.3 hrs |
| Yet Another Zombie Survivors | 10 | $2,800,000 | 387,000 | $7 | 10.6 hrs |
| Survivor.io | 9 | $0 | |||
| Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde | 8 | ||||
| HoloCure: Save the Fans! | 7 | $0 | 8.5 hrs | ||
| Pizza Hero | 6 | $137,000 | 353,000 | $0 | 40.1 hrs |
| Scarlet Tower | 5 | ||||
| Pickle Pete | 4 | $0 | |||
| Dungeon Survivors | 3 | ||||
| Super Auto Pets | 2 | $0 |
What People Said About the Top 10 Games
The most notable thing about this result isn’t who won it’s how wide the genre spread is. The top 10 includes a deck-builder (Slay the Spire), a turn-based tactics game (Shogun Showdown), a physics roguelite (Noita), a deckbuilder horror game (Inscryption), and a platformer (Dead Cells), alongside the bullet heavens. The Megabonk community clearly skews toward roguelites broadly, not just bullet heavens specifically.
Risk of Rain 2
#1 Most RecommendedRisk of Rain 2 topped the dataset with 173 votes across 7 threads, the most of any game on the list, with a margin of 32 votes over Vampire Survivors at #2.
Many of those mentions weren’t traditional recommendations. The community kept bringing RoR2 up to explain where Megabonk came from and what makes it tick (stage-based progression, chest loot, portals to boss fights) more than to say “play this next.” That framing is an important context for reading this ranking.
That said, if you haven’t played RoR2 and you love Megabonk, you should absolutely give it a try. The DNA is clear: it’s a deeper, longer, more diverse version of the same core loop.
Vampire Survivors
#2 Most RecommendedVampire Survivors landed at 141 votes across 5 threads, 32 behind RoR2.
The same context applies: VS ranked largely because people kept explaining what Megabonk borrowed from it, not exclusively as a “play this next” recommendation.
VS is the auto-attack bullet heaven that Megabonk’s weapon loop is modeled after. You move, weapons fire automatically, enemies swarm, you level up, and pick upgrades.
Where Megabonk adds 3D movement, stage portals, and RoR2-style chest loot, VS is the purer, simpler version of that formula. It also has more content, more meta-progression, and a larger roster than Megabonk currently does.
If you came to Megabonk with no prior bullet heaven experience, VS is essentially required reading. My Games Like Vampire Survivors article covers the whole ecosystem if you want to go deeper, and the Vampire Survivors guide is worth a look if you’re just getting started.
Brotato
#3 Most RecommendedBrotato came in at 124 votes across 6 threads, and it’s the first game in the top 10 that’s a genuine “try this next” recommendation rather than a reference point.
Brotato sits in interesting territory relative to Megabonk. Both are roguelites built on the bullet heaven loop, but the structure is completely different.
Megabonk is an open-map 3D with stage-based progression and RoR2 DNA. Brotato is an arena-based, 2D game with a shop between short waves.
The community kept recommending it because the build depth and item synergy are excellent, and the price is hard to argue with at $4.99.
I have 200+ hours in Brotato. The community’s enthusiasm here is genuine, and the Brotato review has more context if you’re on the fence.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
#4 Most RecommendedDeep Rock Galactic: Survivor pulled 87 votes across 8 threads the most thread appearances of any game in the dataset, tied with Halls of Torment. DRG Survivor wasn’t just championed loudly in one place; it kept surfacing in almost every thread. What makes it relevant for Megabonk players is the shared DNA: the sense of character flavor and environmental interaction.
Slay the Spire
#5 Most RecommendedSlay the Spire pulled 82 votes across 3 threads, and it’s worth being upfront: Slay the Spire is not a bullet heaven, and it doesn’t play anything like Megabonk. It’s a deck-building roguelite where you build a card hand across a series of encounters and fight turn-based enemies.
Said differently, no auto-attack, no bullet spray, no horde survival.
It ranked because the roguelite audience overlaps substantially, and because 70 of its 82 votes came from a single thread, a single-thread spike worth flagging.
My best roguelike games article has more on it in the context of the broader roguelike community.
If you like Megabonk’s upgrade decision-making and build-crafting, Slay the Spire absolutely delivers on that, just in a completely different format.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
#6 Most RecommendedThe Binding of Isaac: Rebirth shares the chaos, the item synergies, and the “this run feels completely different” quality that makes Megabonk addictive. It doesn’t play like Megabonk in any direct sense, but once the item library clicks, there’s arguably more replayability here than anything else on this list.
Dead Cells
#7 (Tied)
Noita
#8 (Tied)
Monster Train
#9 Most Recommended
Shogun Showdown
#10 Most Recommended
Hades
Honorable Mention
Halls of Torment
Honorable Mention
Games Like Megabonk on PS5
Megabonk is PC only, so PS5 players are working from the recommendation list rather than a direct port. Strongest options available on PS5:
| # | Game | Votes | PS5 Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risk of Rain 2 | 173 | PS4/5 |
| 2 | Vampire Survivors | 141 | PS4/5 |
| 3 | Brotato | 124 | PS4/5 |
| 4 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 77 | PS4/5 |
| 5 | Dead Cells | 72 | PS4/5 |
| 6 | Hades | 60 | PS4/5 |
| 7 | Halls of Torment | 56 | PS5 |
Slay the Spire and Inscryption are also on PS4/5 if the deck-builder picks appeal to you.
Games Like Megabonk on Xbox
Xbox is actually a strong platform for this list. Risk of Rain 2, Vampire Survivors, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and Halls of Torment are all on Game Pass, which means the four most relevant options across different flavors of Megabonk-adjacent gameplay cost nothing to try with an active subscription.
| # | Game | Votes | Xbox Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risk of Rain 2 | 173 | Xbox Game Pass |
| 2 | Vampire Survivors | 141 | Xbox Game Pass |
| 3 | Brotato | 124 | Xbox |
| 4 | Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 87 | Xbox Game Pass |
| 5 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 77 | Xbox |
| 6 | Dead Cells | 72 | Xbox |
| 7 | Hades | 60 | Xbox |
| 8 | Halls of Torment | 56 | Xbox Game Pass |
Games Like Megabonk on Switch
The Switch library is solid for this list, though Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and Halls of Torment are both absent. Brotato is the clearest bullet heaven starting point on this platform.
| # | Game | Votes | Switch Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Risk of Rain 2 | 173 | Switch |
| 2 | Vampire Survivors | 141 | Switch |
| 3 | Brotato | 124 | Switch |
| 4 | Slay the Spire | 82 | Switch |
| 5 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | 77 | Switch |
| 6 | Dead Cells | 72 | Switch |
| 7 | Hades | 60 | Switch |
Notably absent from Switch: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and Halls of Torment. Brotato is the clearest bullet heaven starting point on this platform.
Android and iOS Games Like Megabonk
Megabonk is PC only with no announced mobile version. Best options from the ranked list available on mobile:
| Game | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vampire Survivors | iOS / Android | Full mobile version |
| Brotato | iOS / Android | Full mobile version |
| Dead Cells | iOS / Android | Full mobile version |
| Slay the Spire | iOS / Android | Full mobile version |
| Shogun Showdown | iOS / Android | Dedicated mobile version |
| Monster Train | iOS / Android | Full mobile version |
Megabonk vs. Vampire Survivors
This comparison comes up in nearly every thread about Megabonk.
The short version: they share the auto-attack bullet heaven loop, but almost everything else is different.
VS is 2D, top-down, time-based, you survive 30 minutes and that’s a run. Upgrades come from leveling up mid-run, weapons evolve by combining with passive items, and meta-progression unlocks permanently stronger starting conditions. It’s the simpler, more accessible version of the formula.
Megabonk takes that auto-attack loop and drops it into a 3D open map with stage-based progression borrowed from Risk of Rain 2. Runs end when you reach a portal and fight a boss, not when a timer expires. Loot comes from chests you find by exploring, not just from level-up choices. The 3D movement and verticality change how the game feels entirely.
VS is the better pick for “brain off” sessions. Megabonk asks more of you spatially.
Megabonk vs. Risk of Rain 2
The comparison that comes up most in Megabonk’s Steam threads. The community settled on a reasonable shorthand: Megabonk is RoR2 meets Vampire Survivors.
The similarities are real: 3D third-person perspective, stage-based runs that end at a portal, boss fights, chests to loot with currency you collect from kills. If you’ve played RoR2, Megabonk will feel immediately familiar in structure.
The differences are also real. RoR2 requires manual aiming and active dodging; Megabonk is auto-attack. RoR2 has significantly more build diversity, more characters, more items, and a higher mechanical ceiling. Runs are longer and more variable. It rewards skilled play more explicitly.
Megabonk is the more accessible entry point. RoR2 is the deeper game if you’re willing to invest the time. If you hit the content ceiling in Megabonk and want more of that structure with more build complexity, RoR2 is the obvious next step.
Bullet Heaven vs. Bullet Hell
These two terms get confused constantly. Bullet hell games put you on the receiving end of enemy projectiles; bullet heaven games flip the script and make you the one causing the chaos. Megabonk is bullet heaven. For a full breakdown of where these genres overlap and diverge, the bullet heaven vs. bullet hell guide covers it in detail.
Wrapping Up
146 games, 9 threads, 1,757 votes. The result is one of the more eclectic top 10s across any data article on this site, and I think that reflects something real about who plays Megabonk.
The community skews toward roguelites generally, not bullet heavens specifically, which is why you get Slay the Spire and Noita sitting alongside DRG Survivor and Brotato.
Take care and talk soon 🙂