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Deep Rock Galactic

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

What works

  • Strong cooperative gameplay and class synergy
  • Friendly and supportive community
  • Generous free content and fair monetization
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Engaging progression and customization systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Can become repetitive over long play sessions
  • Limited solo experience compared to co-op
  • Some balance issues with certain builds
  • Slow content drip during development focus shifts
  • Minor bugs and occasional rng frustration

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sketchy's Contract

  • Grounded 2

  • Into the Radius 2

  • Dungeon Defenders II

  • Jump Space

  • Risk of Rain 2

More intense

Games that feels like Deep Rock Galactic but with a more intense feel

  • GTFO

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Killing Floor

  • Starship Troopers: Extermination

  • Sker Ritual

  • SWAPMEAT

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Deep Rock Galactic but with less leadership over others

  • Emberhold

  • Dungeons of Sundaria

  • Mycopunk

  • Abyssus

  • Atomic Picnic

  • Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition

More competitive

Games that feels like Deep Rock Galactic but with more competition against others

  • Shatterline

  • Orcs Must Die! 2

  • Final Exam

  • Onirism

  • Borderlands 2

  • Echo Point Nova

Less intimate

Games that feels like Deep Rock Galactic but with less focus on close relationships

  • Borderlands 3

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Guardians Frontline

  • Roboquest VR

  • Palworld

  • 5089: The Action RPG

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Deep Rock Galactic: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026