

While the rooms are pre-defined, the constellation of rooms in a floor, the enemies that appear in the rooms, and treasure are procedurally generated. While the player descends the Gungeon, they are set to go through multiple floors, each with a random number of rooms in it. A second player is able to join in for co-op mode and control a fifth character. The player chooses one of four protagonists named the Marine, Convict, Pilot, and Hunter (more can be unlocked as the game progresses), all of whom have different special abilities, such as calling for support or lock picking chests. The game present procedurally-generated levels to the player, where they fight enemies and acquire new guns with various behaviors through their journey.Ī spin-off, Exit the Gungeon, which uses a platform game-approach instead of the top-down dungeon crawler but otherwise with similar mechanics, was first released on iOS in October 2019, and will release on computers and consoles in early 2020.Įnter the Gungeon is a fast-paced bullet hell shooter with roguelike elements, and is therefore often compared to The Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne. The games follows four adventurers as they descend into the Gungeon (a gun-themed dungeon) to find a gun to kill their past. The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4 on April 5, 2016, on Xbox One on April 5, 2017, as well as on Nintendo Switch on December 14, 2017. Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell roguelike video game developed by Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital.
