#97Battle Talent
2023Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite · Sandbox
Run-based play with direct action combat.
Browse accepted games built around the roguelite structure, with roots, subgenres, and related discovery paths kept visible.
Find your kind of run
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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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.
#97Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite · Sandbox
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#98Play styleShooters
Supporting signalsShooters · Roguelite · Crafting
Run-based play with shooting.
#99Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#100Primary genreSimulation › Business/Shopkeeping Sim
Supporting signalsRoguelite · Shopkeeping · Resource Management
#101Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelike · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#102Primary genreRPG › WRPG
Supporting signalsRoguelite
#103Primary genreAction › Character Action
Supporting signalsRoguelite
#104Primary genreAction › Survivor Action
Supporting signalsRoguelite · Survivor-like
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#105Primary genreStrategy › Run-Based Strategy
Supporting signalsRoguelite · Base Building · Resource Management
#106Play styleAction combat / Traditional roguelikes
Supporting signalsAction combat · Traditional roguelikes · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat and traditional roguelike play.
#107Primary genreAction › Survivor Action
Supporting signalsRoguelite · Survivor-like
#108Play styleAction combat / Shooters
Supporting signalsAction combat · Shooters · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat and shooting.
#109Play styleDeckbuilding
Supporting signalsDeckbuilding · Roguelite · Roguelike
Run-based play with deck or pool building.
#110Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite · Roguelike
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#111Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#112Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#113Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#114Play styleDeckbuilding
Supporting signalsDeckbuilding · Roguelite
Run-based play with deck or pool building.
#115Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#116Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#117Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#118Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
#119Play styleAction combat
Supporting signalsAction combat · Roguelite
Run-based play with direct action combat.
#120Supporting signalsRoguelite
Its publisher describes a roguelike or roguelite structure; a more specific play style has not been established.
Observed alongside this lens
Why these games appear
Run-based play with procedural variation and meaningful persistent progression between attempts.
Include when
Short repeatable runs contain procedural or variable content and meaningful persistent unlocks, upgrades, or meta-progression between attempts.
Leave out when
Do not include a game merely because it has random levels; the repeatable run-plus-persistent-progression loop must be central.