Progress through the Gungeon to a boss battle, going further and further down the rabbit hole into harder and harder levels. Along the way you’ll find secrets, and treasure chests which contain powerful items to aid you. Pick a character and enter the procedurally generated dungeon, defeat enemies and earn bullets to spend on items found in shops to help you on your quest. Gungeon is structured in a pretty straight forward way, with only a few mechanics to master. What you’ll find along the way are things that help you make progress. If you’ve been on the rogue like path before, you know it’s one life to beat the game. I’d say the gameplay matches that description pretty well.
To better separate what you should expect from Enter the Gungeon, other than plenty of deaths, it’s a “bullet-hell dungeon-crawler” - at least that’s what the developers are calling it. Sure, those are some of the better and more challenging games of the genre to pull from, but Enter the Gungeon is entirely its own thing - just as compelling, stylish, and fun as those aforementioned.
While we’ve seen quite a few great entries into the Rogue like genre in recent years, Enter the Gungeon is one of the better we’ve seen in 2016, pulling the best aspects from games like The Binding of Issac, Spelunky, and Crypt of the Necrodancer, while at the same time making it accessible to newcomers. Enter the Gungeon is a rogue-like entry coming out of early access from a small development team (formerly at Mythic) appropriately named Dodge Roll.