Enter the Gungeon

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 446 Ratings

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    It's a well-crafted roguelike game. Even after playing for a long time, you can continue to have enjoyable experiences.
  2. TAVUKLUPILAV
    Aug 14, 2023
    8
    Güzel müzik, güzel vuruş hisi, böyle oyunlar için iyi bir hikaye, iyi pixel türüş oyun zor ama bi süre sonra
    alışıyorsunuz gerçekten iyi bir oyun. oyunun tek sıkıntısı roguelike temasına uymaması yenıden başlayınca sadece silah alabilmemiz çok saçma en azından para ile karakterimizi geliştirsek daah güzel
    oyun.
  3. MasTo
    Jul 7, 2023
    10
    Its has a great and clear art style, there lots to do, intresting things to kill and weird and cool ass weapons to kill with, pretty sure it has lore, dunno what is is tho, but the one of the most addicting and fun and challenging games with the most fun mechanics you can think of you can think of

    straight 10/10
  4. Quazder
    Jun 27, 2023
    10
    I have 200 hours on it and its unique feeling kept me playing it again and again. Its ideal game withsome podcast, and just relaxing. A lot of guns and equipments. Just unique.
  5. Mene0
    May 31, 2023
    8
    This game is very good, however, it tries very hard to be more difficult and less fun than it is, especially with the random elements.
    While the enemy patterns and boss fights are pretty much skill based, your experience each run varies WIDELY based on the items you get. Some items are great, some are just fine and the vast majority are borderline useless and unfun. I cannot express    This game is very good, however, it tries very hard to be more difficult and less fun than it is, especially with the random elements.
    While the enemy patterns and boss fights are pretty much skill based, your experience each run varies WIDELY based on the items you get. Some items are great, some are just fine and the vast majority are borderline useless and unfun. I cannot express enough how much more fun rainbow runs are, because you can get some cool weapons and items and just experience more of what the game has to offer you. A lot of the time in regular runs I realized I just wasn't having fun because I'd take a lot more time to clear floors and bosses because I had to use the default weapon, or some terrible item and gun and run out of ammo for it. The ammount of times I'd restart a run on floor one/two because I got 3 D-C quality weapons in a row is more than I can remember.
    This is not to mention a bunch of hidden mechanics and item descriptions and synergies left intentionally vague that will just result in you opening a wiki to see what it does. We are not on the SNES days anymore where these things would have to be figured out through repeated playthroughs and discussions with other players, there is not much reason to not have these things explained in game on a menu.
    I kinda wanted to give a lower score, but since I've played so much there is definitely something engaging and fun to this game. It just tries really hard to not let you experience it.    … Expand
  6. edxtan
    Mar 17, 2023
    7
    Enter the Gungeon's massive amount of unique weapons and items can create some wild combinations and interactions, but not being able to see their stats or remove some of them from your item pool can force you to use a lot of weapons that you hate.
  7. maluigario
    Dec 5, 2022
    10
    TL;DR: Fun, hilarious, and cute. If you have had an iota of fun with a twin stick shooter or want to try one for the first time, GET THIS GAME.

    DISCLAIMER: Got this game free on Epic Games. I had seen this game from afar, never committed to buying it. I'd never even enjoyed a twin-stick shooter before. I don't think this has changed my opinion on the genre, but I LOVE this game.    TL;DR: Fun, hilarious, and cute. If you have had an iota of fun with a twin stick shooter or want to try one for the first time, GET THIS GAME.

    DISCLAIMER: Got this game free on Epic Games.

    I had seen this game from afar, never committed to buying it. I'd never even enjoyed a twin-stick shooter before. I don't think this has changed my opinion on the genre, but I LOVE this game.

    Everything in this game is stylized to the max, with every enemy being a gun reference. The enemies are bullets that hold guns that shoot bullets, and your job is to shoot bullets at the bullets while dodging their bullets while not taking contact damage from the gun-weilding bullets. Sometimes your bullets are actually fish. Sometimes your gun has a mermaid tail. Sometimes it's a reference to a unique gun from some other media, like Halo or Hyper Light Drifter or Judge Dredd. And sometimes your gun is a bullet that shoots guns that shoots more bullets, so you can shoot guns full of bullets at the gun-weilding bullets.

    The bosses are hysterically named and genuinely difficult to fight. There's a gorGUN, or AMMOconda or a king bullet stitting on his flying throne of guns.

    There is so much to unlock in this game. Besides your 4 starting characters, there are 4 more unlockable characters. There's an actual story in here worth digging for. There's like 4 different extra modifiers for different ways to play, like a Turbo mode that speeds everything up or a challenge mode that adds a random challenge to every room and boss.

    The one and only beef I have with this game is that some of the quests you have to do to unlock everything can get a little tedious. And that's a small beef for something that a player not interested in unlocking EVERYTHING will not even endure. The fact that I could get some 40 hours of gameplay in what is essentially a roguelike with a small fixed number of floors before finding something tedious is a testament to how fun this game as a whole is. I've unlocked everything and I still play this regularly just for fun.    … Expand
  8. DieterfallCZE
    Nov 15, 2022
    8
    great :)
  9. phuchaitt3
    Oct 22, 2022
    6
    Feels like Soulknight. The game speeds up kind of slow. I got bored after 30 minutes.
  10. Gliphy
    Oct 7, 2022
    8
    Люблю этот рогалик, но не хватает разнообразия, из-за чего мне довольно быстро приедалось.
  11. Nicominde
    Jul 4, 2022
    8
    I've had so much fun in this meme game, Devolver is a great studio and their absurd ideas always end up becoming great games
  12. MrDeibus
    Jun 3, 2022
    9
    Enter The Gungeon is a breath of fresh air for indie game fans. Combining elements of rogue-like dungeon crawlers and bullet hell games, as well as cranking the difficulty all the way up, makes for a unique combat system unlike any other game. Gungeon also has incredibly endearing art design, with everything being focused around, you guessed it, guns. The enemies are bullets, there is gunEnter The Gungeon is a breath of fresh air for indie game fans. Combining elements of rogue-like dungeon crawlers and bullet hell games, as well as cranking the difficulty all the way up, makes for a unique combat system unlike any other game. Gungeon also has incredibly endearing art design, with everything being focused around, you guessed it, guns. The enemies are bullets, there is gun art plastered on every wall, even the currency you use at the shop are bullet shells.… Expand
  13. Nestrooo
    May 5, 2022
    9
    "boom, skadoosh, ratatata" the game is MAD FUN, pretty much the only reason i'd consider top down shooter roguelites my 2nd favourite genre
  14. VegeST
    Apr 10, 2022
    9
    My favourite Rouge Like game. Style of this game is something new, gameplay also have a lot of features to this game genre. The only thing that I really dont like in this game - random, he sometimess is very rude.
  15. otakubabyrage
    Feb 4, 2022
    9
    Very fun and challenging if you are not put off by the difficulty you'll soon find how flavour-full and jam packed this game is, smooth as can be and mixed with a charming art style. this game keeps drawing me back even after 100+ hours that said i highly praise this gem of a game
  16. IdleSpace
    Nov 29, 2021
    7
    Очень добротный рогалик, но мне не зашел.
    Очень мало завязано на изучении механик и использовании их в собственных интересах, только скилл, только хардкор.
    Что больше всего не понравилось - затянутое прохождение комнат из-за большого количества хп у врагов, что режет динамику - для меня это огромный минус.    Очень добротный рогалик, но мне не зашел.
    Очень мало завязано на изучении механик и использовании их в собственных интересах, только скилл, только хардкор.
    Что больше всего не понравилось - затянутое прохождение комнат из-за большого количества хп у врагов, что режет динамику - для меня это огромный минус.
  17. UnturnedAntics
    Oct 6, 2021
    9
    The game is an amazing good art style, soundtrack, and guns. the game has a good amount of secrets and fun bosses to fight and don't even get me started about playing coop the game just becomes twice as fun. the only knock I can put against the game is the RNG but even with that is a fun game 9/10 would enter the gungeon again
  18. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Aug 15, 2021
    10
    This is the hardest game i've ever played. And it feld very good mastering and beating the final boss (glitched lich). I like pretty much everything about it style, variety, "rpg elements" (unlocks), story, Its perfect if you are into hard games.
  19. ALTYN
    Jun 26, 2021
    5
    The game gets repetitive really quickly. The FIrst-floor run is always the same, and there is nothing like NPC dialogues after death to keep you interested. Also, the progression goes too slow.
  20. Thomoen
    Jun 6, 2021
    8
    After four years of picking this game up now and then I finally completed it. Love the game overall but I would advise anyone to take it easy and just enjoy the ride. This game is probably the most difficult game I've ever played. I still think very fondly of some of my runs where I would finally push through an obstacle that seemed impossible to me before, and really made me appreciateAfter four years of picking this game up now and then I finally completed it. Love the game overall but I would advise anyone to take it easy and just enjoy the ride. This game is probably the most difficult game I've ever played. I still think very fondly of some of my runs where I would finally push through an obstacle that seemed impossible to me before, and really made me appreciate games that are challenging. The combat is so simple yet so difficult, but also really addictive. The game has a brilliant way of making every run different by having a pool of different boss battles you can get at the end of each chamber, something that keeps the game fresher than other rogues out there (looking at you Hades).

    There is also a lot of humor in this game. Some of the item descriptions are genuinely hilarious and some gameplay mechanics or weapons just make you smile, although you sometimes feel like you are being trolled by the developers.

    The sad thing is that some of that difficulty is contributed to just dumb luck with which weapons you get from chests so often when I did good I felt more lucky than a better player. Still this game is addictive as hell and a very good bang for your buck, you just need to be really patient with it. Also the music can get really on your nerves after a while, so maybe turn the music off and pop a playlist on that you can wiggle your fingers to.    … Expand
  21. LCRG
    May 28, 2021
    9
    Enter The Gungeon is one of the best roguelike I've ever played, and even the game been hard, and apparently repetitive, no, it's always cool playing it. Game story is quite a bit simple, but the story isn't why someone plays this game, the real shine of this game is his gameplay. I don't truly like playing it with controller, but the mouse gameplay of this game is just amazing. GraphicsEnter The Gungeon is one of the best roguelike I've ever played, and even the game been hard, and apparently repetitive, no, it's always cool playing it. Game story is quite a bit simple, but the story isn't why someone plays this game, the real shine of this game is his gameplay. I don't truly like playing it with controller, but the mouse gameplay of this game is just amazing. Graphics and stages are cool too, and that's pretty importante, cause you'll be playing there a lot of times, again and again and again.… Expand
  22. deadmeme385
    May 25, 2021
    0
    Great game in general but the difficulty ruins everything. I played this game for a couple of weeks and couldn't even get past the first boss. **** game
  23. LeoUrbi
    Apr 8, 2021
    10
    i started playing this game about 2 years ago. I had abandoned it but from 2021 I started playing it really a lot. I find this game fantastic: full of secrets, lots of content, subtle but very entertaining irony, all this guns.
  24. mkatn
    Mar 16, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A must-play. I absolutely love it. Every single aspect of it. (Maybe except for how rare High Dragunfire is)… Expand
  25. DJKrimson
    Mar 2, 2021
    9
    Love this game. Fun combat, good variety of weapons, fun relatable elements / easter eggs.
  26. SebbyPlaysMusic
    Feb 28, 2021
    9
    Ahhh... The game of guns and puns.
    I bought this before it had add-ons, and the difference between it's launch and final versions is absolutely massive. I honestly don't remember some of the issues the game used to have anymore. But what's here now is an immensely addictive game with a stupid (good) amount of replay value.
    What's here: - Over 200 different guns that mostly function    Ahhh... The game of guns and puns.
    I bought this before it had add-ons, and the difference between it's launch and final versions is absolutely massive. I honestly don't remember some of the issues the game used to have anymore. But what's here now is an immensely addictive game with a stupid (good) amount of replay value.

    What's here:
    - Over 200 different guns that mostly function vastly differently. At least 100 active and passive items. Passive items are usually more important, but active items can completely change an outcome when used properly.
    - Synergies. SO MANY SYNERGIES. HUNDREDS OF SYNERGIES. LITERALLY EVERY POSSIBLE PUN AND REFERENCE YOU COULD EVER THINK OF IS A SYNERGY.
    A perfect example: There's a gun called a Barrel. You can shoot fish out of it. "Shooting fish in a barrel," right? Well the synergy is literally a fish chilling in the barrel with it's own gun, shooting. So it's still "shooting fish in a barrel." THE PUN PLAY IS ON POINT, B. This game just gets me.
    * Even without synergies, some abilities work amazingly in conjunction with each other, leading to different playstyles in different playthroughs.
    - Unlockable playable characters. The final character you unlock automatically activates every synergy on every gun, which turns some weapons that were originally just okay into absolutely essential, potentially total overkill.
    - Unlockable game modes, including Challenge Mode (adds random handicaps to every room), Random Gun Mode, Rainbow Chest mode (gives you one high-quality gun or item at the start of every floor), and Fast Mode (always on for me).
    - Hidden floors. What was initially 5 floors with a 6th bonus floor is now potentially 10 floors, if you handle yourself well enough.
    - Randomly generated dungeons with the occasional curve-ball thrown in. I had no clue what a glitched chest was until I'd already died over 200 times. The Black Market is always exciting to find. Also, Sir Junken was a pleasant surprise! Of which there are many throughout this game.
    - Overall, a fair level of difficulty. Once it really sinks in that you're invincible for half a second during your dodge roll, you should be able to make it through with just about any weapon. My only complaint at this point is that I can't unlock a mode with twice as many enemies, since I already got the platinum trophy, every unlockable, and still occasionally get an itch to play this.

    Only major downsides I can note off the top of my head are repetition, and a small number of guns and items aren't really worth it, which is inevitable with so many options. I almost always die when I pick up the red scarf. The special, nail gun, and pea shooter are pretty atrocious, even synergized.

    Def recommend if you're looking for a fun, addicting time-waster.
    Sometimes I go to games like this if I'm listening to something but still want to play a game. (Soundtrack isn't essential. Main theme makes me chuckle, though.)    … Expand
  27. Ilmu011
    Feb 12, 2021
    7
    Great bullet hell game at worst, mediocre roguelike at best.

    Enter the gungeon is a blast to play, but it really feels like they failed to make it a well balanced roguelike game. That doesn't mean it's not fun. The art style and gameplay are very adorable and you can tell that a lot of love went into this, but don't expect as much depth as it may make seem it has. Playtime at review:    Great bullet hell game at worst, mediocre roguelike at best.

    Enter the gungeon is a blast to play, but it really feels like they failed to make it a well balanced roguelike game. That doesn't mean it's not fun. The art style and gameplay are very adorable and you can tell that a lot of love went into this, but don't expect as much depth as it may make seem it has.

    Playtime at review: 150 hours    … Expand
  28. Lethun
    Feb 5, 2021
    9
    One of the most addictive games I've ever played.Very polished presentation, good animation and flawless controls.
  29. ConsistentChair
    Feb 3, 2021
    9
    Amazing game. It's probably the best rogue-like I've ever played. The pixel art is gorgeous, the music is fitting and very catchy, the learning curve is perfect, with no sudden difficulty spikes (with is very hard to pull off in a roguelike, where every run has randomized items), the item balance is optimal, the bosses are unique and creative, the replayability is incredible and, mostAmazing game. It's probably the best rogue-like I've ever played. The pixel art is gorgeous, the music is fitting and very catchy, the learning curve is perfect, with no sudden difficulty spikes (with is very hard to pull off in a roguelike, where every run has randomized items), the item balance is optimal, the bosses are unique and creative, the replayability is incredible and, most importantly, it's incredibly fun! The game's humour, centred around, gun jokes, is present in every single element of the world, making for a very stylized and unique setting, that is both hilarious and fun to discover. This is a masterpiece. I've spent more than 20 DAYS playing Enter the Gungeon and mastering it was a very satisfying experience, thanks to is high skill ceiling, his complex resources and items balancing component and its addicting gameplay.

    My only complaint is that one particular boss, perhaps the hardest in the entire game, has a face that has nothing to do with the rest of the game. It's a fun minigame, but it's at the end of the boss fight and you have never done it before. Reaching the boss fight requires a lot of grinding, so it does feel really unfair. This, in my opinion, prevents it from getting a perfect score.    … Expand
  30. Kujin
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Enter the Gungeon is **** videogames. It's fun, it's challenging, it's unique in it's presentation and feel, it's so brimming with passion and love for videogames and media in general. It is the quintessential rogue-like and one of the best games of the year 2016 and in the history of the medium, chock-full of content and held together beautifully by it's style and it's great core mechanics.
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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Apr 8, 2019
    90
    With an awesome action rogue like gameplay and a lot of content and secrets to discover, Enter The Gungeon is one of the most successful games published by Devolver Digital.
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  2. DarkStation
    Jul 19, 2016
    90
    Outside of the small issue of too much randomness in the drops, Enter the Gungeon is an excellent way to blow more then one afternoon.
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  3. CD-Action
    Jun 29, 2016
    75
    An illegitimate child of Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne – a wonderfully animated twin-stick shooter with randomly generated world, vast choice of weapons and pixel graphics. It’s a shame it didn’t inherit Isaac’s atmosphere and Nuclear Throne’s pace. [06/2016, p.44]
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