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Roguelike Games

Browse accepted games built around the roguelike structure, with roots, subgenres, and related discovery paths kept visible.

94 accepted games Taxonomy v3 Source scores weighted by evidence

Find your kind of run

Choose how you want to play.

A shared run structure can feel very different in your hands. Hades centers on direct combat; Slay the Spire builds battles around cards; Balatro turns poker hands into scoring combinations. Explore those differences without losing the wider collection.

What resets? A failed run usually resets much of the current attempt. Generated layouts, changing rewards, or new combinations make the next attempt different.

What persists? Some games carry upgrades, unlocks, or story progress between attempts. Others emphasize learning and mastery. A roguelike label alone does not tell you which.

Groups can overlap. Slower play does not necessarily mean lower difficulty. Explore roguelikes and roguelites together →

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94 games in Roguelike Games

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Best reviewed blends the source score with rating volume. Release order is oldest first, and A–Z is title order. Unusually high scores with very small samples are treated as uncorroborated outliers until more players weigh in.

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Roguelite 39 Framework Action 30 Root RPG 28 Root Exploration 25 Gameplay facet Strategy 25 Root Dungeon Crawler 17 Subgenre Crafting 13 Gameplay facet Deckbuilding Strategy 12 Subgenre

Why these games appear

How entries qualify

Run-based play with procedural variation and substantial reset on failure.

Include when

Runs use procedural or variable content and substantial failure reset, with the run itself—not only persistent upgrades—as the main progression unit.

Leave out when

Do not use Roguelike for every randomized game; persistent-progression-first games belong under Roguelite when that is the dominant structure.