Enter the Gungeon: Dodge-Roll Bullet Hell

What this page helps you decide: whether a dodge-heavy bullet-hell dungeon crawler is the action language you want to learn.

Enter the Gungeon advertises verbs rather than abstractions: shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip on the way to a legendary gun. Steam lists 89,747 reviews at 95.1% positive, a $14.99 price, 11 interface languages and windows, linux support. Its mid-low price and large review pool make it a well-tested option, but the official description also makes clear that projectile avoidance is central rather than optional flavor. Those are useful buying filters, but they do not prove difficulty, run length or long-term variety. This page therefore uses the published figures for the comparison and keeps the rest as a clearly labelled reading of the official description.

The store description is already a control brief

Shoot, loot and dodge roll describe a reflex-driven loop, while table flipping signals environmental defense. A buyer does not need an invented difficulty rank to know that positioning under projectile pressure is core to this roguelike. That distinction matters because a genre label can hide the action the player repeats most often. A useful decision page should identify that repeated action without converting marketing copy into an invented statistic. Here the recommendation stays tied to what the developer actually says the player does, then uses price and review evidence only as context.

An older game with durable review evidence

Its 2016 release predates most titles in this batch and the review total remains substantial. Age gives the score more time to accumulate, so compare the current evidence without calling longevity itself a quality score. The review percentage and review count need to be read together: the percentage describes the share of positive Steam reviews, while the count shows the size of that recorded audience. Neither number measures whether the particular combat rhythm, control demand or progression loop suits you. For this roguelike comparison, they are confidence signals rather than a substitute for the format decision.

What the official listing establishes

Steam labels it Action, Adventure and Indie, lists full controller support and cloud saves, and describes the ultimate treasure as a gun that can kill the past. No floor count or weapon total is published in the row used here. The attributable facts are developer, release date, current listed price, Steam review total and percentage, interface-language count and supported desktop platforms. The source block below links the official listing and records when it was read. It does not establish average session length, number of bosses, number of viable builds, difficulty rank or completion time. Leaving those fields blank is intentional: an absent official figure should not quietly become a community estimate presented as fact.

Guide coverage is broad enough to be selective

The recorded search footprint is large, which matters for a game built around specific combat habits. Prefer focused beginner or encounter help over videos that reveal every discovery before you have made the format decision yourself. The video count shown in the fact panel is a dated YouTube search-result signal, not a quality score and not a promise that every result is useful. Its practical value is comparative: it indicates whether a buyer is entering a heavily documented game or one with a smaller visible help ecosystem. The linked example is attributed to its channel and the thumbnail is self-hosted by this site rather than hotlinked or embedded.

Step-by-Step

1. Choose it for active dodging and shooting; if bullet-hell pressure is the part you avoid, the title's strongest evidence argues against the purchase.
2. If shared play matters, note that Steam lists multiplayer and shared or split-screen rather than online co-op.
3. Check the platform line before buying: the official listing records windows, linux, not an assumption based on another release.
4. Use the dated review and price figures as a snapshot. They were read on 2026-08-28 and can move after that date.
5. Open the named guide-video source if you want to judge the available help before committing to this roguelike.

Tips & Notes

FAQ

Developer

Dodge Roll

Steam release

Apr 5, 2016

Price

$14.99

Steam reviews

89,747 (95.1% positive)

Interface languages

11

Platforms

windows, linux

Guide videos

about 368,301

Checked

2026-08-28