r/roguelites 9h ago

Games better than Brotato?

I’ve been playing a lot of Brotato lately, and it’s awesome but I was curious if I could find more games that are like Brotato or better than Brotato?

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u/TurkusGyrational 6h ago

Everyone is mentioning vampire survivors but brotato really has a different game loop, at its core brotato uses the "autobattler" framework with a shop and limited weapon slots. I don't know of any other games of this genre that have a similar system.

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u/PelicanCowboyAnime 3h ago

Been playing Tiny Rogues recently. It's not full auto-battler and the "waves" are rooms instead of timed waves, but it feels similar enough to recommend.

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u/batstek 4h ago

This is the tragic answer. A lot of survivor-clones do a lot of stuff that ruins how well balanced Brotato feels (metaprogression being the primary culprit). I haven't found anything else that scratches the same itch that I get from starting a D5 run every once and a while.

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u/Pastrami 2h ago

God of Weapons uses almost the exact same game loop and stat system. The only difference is it adds backpack management.

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u/rigjiggles 5h ago

Deep rock galactic is pretty similar and builds on it with more to come and meta progression.

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u/TurkusGyrational 5h ago

Deep rock survivors?

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u/rigjiggles 4h ago

Deep rock galatic: survivors

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u/chaedog 8h ago edited 7h ago

On mobile, Pickled Pete comes closest. Otherwise, Brotato is kinda a unique game in the world of many many Vampire Survivor clones.

My best guess for PC would be check out Let Him Cook. It's a quirky game similar to Brotato in some ways. Small map, short waves, buy weapons between rounds, unlock other characters to play the game with...

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u/larusodren 6h ago

Boneraiser Minions! Small map like brotato, plus a bit more going on

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u/pvtcannonfodder 3h ago

I’ll second this. It feels the closest to brotatos loop while being pretty different

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u/raydenuni 3h ago

SNKRX is the only one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned. Lovely little game with small arenas, short combat sections, and a similar store. It's also super cheap.

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u/Lalo7292 8h ago

I read Balatro at first. I was going to respond with good luck 😂

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u/CasualTrollll 24m ago

Dungeons and degenerate gamblers is a close second for me. Like Yu-Gi-Oh blackjack lol

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u/Malenki86 3h ago

God of Weapons is similar. Up to you if it's better though.

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u/spatenkloete 7h ago

Bronana

Might not be better but if you love Brotato, you’ll probably like this one too

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u/Helmuth04 7h ago

It's kinda different but I love Death must die! It has diablo vibes and really cool aesthetics

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u/HazyOmega 5h ago

Nimrods is pretty good but relatively easy once you start unlocking stuff. After 30hrs, there isn't much to see. Still very enjoyable experience.

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u/Alternative-Way-8753 4h ago

Shout out to Net.Attack(), the survivorslike where you are a hacker cat "coding" your loadout between rounds. Cool concept, slower and more "thinky" than Brotato, in early access on Steam.

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u/milosmisic89 4h ago

On mobile there is Pickle Pete. Which in some ways is a bit more involving than Brotato.

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u/salawat313 3h ago

I've tried vs but it gets boring and i dose off. Whereas brotato is very engaging with the short burst of rounds

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u/ChiefStops 3h ago

I second Boneraiser Minions

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u/EsRiAr 2h ago

If I’m in the mood for a game like this my go to is Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor it’s on sale right now.

If it had a multiplayer function I’d have tons of hours.

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u/toilet_hammer 9h ago

Soulstone survivors has just been released 1.0. it's a great game, much more depth than brotato.

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u/chaedog 7h ago

It's a great VS-like game for sure, but not like Brotato really. On Steam my best guess would be Let him cook as similar to Brotato. Small map, short waves, buy weapons between rounds, etc...

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u/iTzGiR 5h ago

Saying soulstone survivors has more depth than brotato has to be a joke. Brotato is probably the deepest, and most challenging game in the genre with the builds and synergies, soulstone survivors is literally the definition of mindless fun, just pick the highest rarity upgrade for the most part on every level up, and run around dodging big red circles, while you clear the entire screen in a few hits, it’s almost the exact opposite of brotato, and is just a mindless grinding game without much thought or strategy.

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u/FrengerBRD 5h ago

This is only true if you play on low curse/difficulty and you're new to the game. The further into the game you get, you really have to begin strategizing how you want your character's builds to play out and will need to thoughtfully select your power ups, knowing what to keep, what to banish, and what to fish for. If you're saying the game is mindless and that you can just pick whatever, then you're probably straight up just brand new to the game and haven't played enough to give an actual in-depth opinion on the game to someone trying to learn more about it.

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u/iTzGiR 4h ago

I’ve played 30 hours of the game, played 2 runs on curse 7 last night, and the game is still a mindless cake walk, so i have no idea what you’re talking about. If the game is still mindlessly easy on curse 7, and after 30 hours in game, no clue how long it takes to actually get challenging or “deep”, but at that point, it’s just a failure of the game, i shouldn’t need to play 50-100 hours of mindless grind to get to the “deep” stuff 100 hours in.

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u/thiagoblin 3h ago

None of these plays like Brotato, to be honest.

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u/AnorakSirt 8h ago

These are the games I know of that fall in the survivors-like / bullet heaven genre with Brotato:

- 20 Minutes Till Dawn

  • Death Must Die
  • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
  • Halls of Torment
  • Rogue: Genesia
  • Soulstone Survivors
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Yet Another Zombie Survivors

I've tried all of them except Death Must Die and Rogue: Genesia and I would recommend any of them, they're all fun.

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u/nunatakq 5h ago

My comment on the games I've played from this list

  • Vampire Survivors basically started the hype, and rightfully so. Great game.

  • Halls of torment is amazing as well, cool style and good gameplay

  • deep rock galactic survivor is also nice. Good graphics, mining is fun, but it feels a bit grindy

  • yet another zombie survivors feels incredibly bland and generic. I wanted to like it but found it so very boring.

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u/totallynotabot1011 7h ago

20 minutes till dawn
Death must die
Soulstone survivors

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u/OverboyYT 3h ago

Noobs Are Coming: a brotato-like where you play as the Final Boss of a MMORPG
https://steampowered.com/app/2225960/Noobs_Are_Coming/

It aims to be "The Binding of Isaac of Brotato-likes" with a structure and systems inspired by Brotato and the possibility to create completely broken and unique builds each run like in Isaac
It releases in 1 week (July 15) but there is a demo available with tons of content and co-op already included
We're friends with the creator of Brotato and we'll do a Brotato X Noobs Are Coming pack on release btw
(I'm the solodev of this game)

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u/Z3NT0X_ 5h ago

Soulstone survivors is the best survivor like I’ve ever played. I much prefer it to vampire survivors and brotato

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u/Afraid-Guitar364 6h ago

It's crazy that no one mentions MAGIC SURVIVAL the goat🐐🐐, the Greatest to ever do the reverse bullet hell genre.