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Enter the Gungeon

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84

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 322 Ratings

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  • Summary: Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Destructoid
    Apr 5, 2016
    95
    While it doesn't totally reinvent the twin-stick shooter, it has all but perfected it and is worth every penny.
  2. Attack of the Fanboy
    Apr 7, 2016
    90
    While the Rogue like genre may be getting a little crowded, there's certainly room for the likes of Enter the Gungeon. It ticks all the boxes, with gameplay that beckons you to come back for one more run, a great art style and presentation, and seemingly something new discover or unlock on every playthrough.
  3. Game Debate
    Apr 30, 2016
    90
    Enter the Gungeon is a wonderful, demanding yet rewarding, roguelike twin-stick shooter where the visuals marry perfectly with the gameplay to deliver one of the most addictive experiences in recent memory. Fans of Binding of Isaac, Spelunky et al sit up and take notice, Enter the Gungeon rolls with the punches and delivers an experience worth of sitting alongside these greats.
  4. Game Informer
    Apr 5, 2016
    85
    Enter the Gungeon is an essential pick for those that are fans of the roguelike twin-stick shooter genre, and a great choice for those looking for an action-filled arcade romp as well. Even with permadeath threatening to ruin your fun around every corner, the vast selection of goofy guns and eventual discoveries keep you coming back again and again without any lingering frustration.
  5. GameStar
    Apr 14, 2016
    83
    Enter the Gungeon offers fresh and always fair pixel action and will be a thrill especially for Isaac fans.
  6. GameCritics
    Apr 29, 2016
    80
    Enter the Gungeon is a wonderful mix of intricate difficulty and vast silliness (dodge)rolled into one— Any player partial to roguelikes or bullet-hell games will find a lot to do, and completists will be running around the gungeon for months to come.
  7. The Escapist
    Apr 5, 2016
    70
    Enter the Gungeon is an exhilarating experience, but the difficulty often comes from the game refusing to provide you the necessary tools, which offers its own unique challenges.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 69
  3. Negative: 8 out of 69
  1. Macky100
    Jul 19, 2018
    10
    This game is a masterpiece. Binding of Isacc with guns. The music, the art, the gunplay, everything is amazing. You're going to eat **** whenThis game is a masterpiece. Binding of Isacc with guns. The music, the art, the gunplay, everything is amazing. You're going to eat **** when you start but over time, you will slowly get better and better with each run.
    10/10, one of my favorites.    … Expand
  2. r0x-
    Apr 10, 2016
    10
    This game is good old fun.
    The co-op is really fun with a partner too, lots of laughs. This is one of those few games my girlfriend and me    This game is good old fun.
    The co-op is really fun with a partner too, lots of laughs. This is one of those few games my girlfriend and me enjoy playing together. Shes not a gamer so its nice to come across a game that is easy to jump into, but hard enough to keep playing.
    Absolutely would recommend it to any one like binding of issac and nuclear throne.    … Expand
  4. vOidward
    Apr 7, 2016
    10
    Mostly a response to grayback's review who seem to either misinformed or terrible at the game.

    Having played 21 hours in the first 2 days    Mostly a response to grayback's review who seem to either misinformed or terrible at the game.

    Having played 21 hours in the first 2 days of release, most of the guns are either directly more powerful than the starting weapons, or are more difficult to use. In fact, the starting weapons are one of the only things I find boring about the game. Getting new weapons is always exciting.

    Equipping your character is rarely something you get to choose, there's so many items that you're at the mercy of RNG.

    I find all the bosses to be of roughly the same difficulty level that I've encountered thus far and have been frustrated with exactly 0 of them. Everything they do is in a pattern you can predict, anticipate and dodge. If you screw up, it's on you. The game has not once felt like it cheated me. To top this off, there's an incredible variety in the enemies, it's simply spread out amongst the levels. I suspect greyback never made it past the first to 2nd level.

    This seems to be a case of someone who's bad at the game blaming the game rather than himself. I've played my share of games that feel like they screw you over, this isn't one of them. The balance is great, the variety is great, the art is great. The only thing that I would point to as being shy of excellent is the soundtrack.

    I would urge anyone reading to check steam reviews where the general consensus is "overwhelmingly positive".    … Expand
  5. SamuraiHyper
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    The best pixel shooter i've even played! There are cool weapons, cool JOKE weapons, nice secrets, "Hard" Bosses (For most of the pepole thisThe best pixel shooter i've even played! There are cool weapons, cool JOKE weapons, nice secrets, "Hard" Bosses (For most of the pepole this game is hard, Beat it in 25 hours ALL bosses 1 run) and of course this humor!… Expand
  6. tommydlbass
    Jan 2, 2021
    8
    Fun game with new ideas. Looks super good, it's super fun and hard and you will be playing this for months if you wanna have everything. WorthFun game with new ideas. Looks super good, it's super fun and hard and you will be playing this for months if you wanna have everything. Worth every penny, one of the best rogue lite games out there.… Expand
  7. Moo-vies
    Sep 25, 2016
    8
    I changed my mind about this game after spending so much time on it.
    It is not perfect but is definitely a solid gameplay that leaves you    I changed my mind about this game after spending so much time on it.
    It is not perfect but is definitely a solid gameplay that leaves you hoping the developers had done more out of their ideas.    … Expand
  8. ETGisBad
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ХУЙНЯ ДЛЯ ДАУНОВ МАТЬ В КАНАВЕ У РАЗРАБА ПОТОМУ ЧТО ВАС ЕБУТ ВО ВСЕ ЩЕЛИ В ПРЯМОМ СМЫСЛЕ. А ЗНАЕТЕ ПОЧЕМУ ПОТОМУ ЧТО ДИКИЙ ДИСБАЛАНС В БОССАХ. + СКОПИРОВАЛИ ВСЕ У ДРУГИХ РОГАЛИКОВ. НЕ ТРАТЬТЕ НА ЭТО ИГРУ ДЕНЬГИ И ВРЕМЯ. ХУЕВАЯ МЕХАНИКА ПЕРЕКАТОВ И ПЛОХИЕ ХИТБОКСЫ. ДЕИНСТАЛИРУЙТЕ РАЗРАБОВ… Expand

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