Roguelike Games
Procedurally generated worlds that bring virtually limitless amounts of content to players, along with dungeon crawling and permanent death, are staples of the roguelike genre. Though the genre is decades old, it has recently seen a resurgence due to the proliferation of indie development. Games such as Dwarf Fortress and Pixel Dungeon are examples of this modern revival of the genre.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world. Surviving is difficult: you have been thrown, ill-equipped, into a landscape now riddled with monstrosities of which flesh eating zombies are neither the strangest nor the deadliest.
- Role-playing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
- GOG.com
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a Roguelike RPG, with pixel art graphics and lots of variety and replayability. Every game is unique, with four different playable characters, randomized levels and enemies, and over 150 items to collect and use.
- Role-playing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Steam
Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface. Explore the depths of Pixel Dungeon, collect useful items, fight fierce monsters to find Amulet of Yendor (surprise!) - the ultimate artifact of this game world.
- Roguelike Game
- Freemium • Open Source
- Android
- iPhone
NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering...
- Role-playing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- PortableApps.com
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM for short) is a roguelike game which means that it is a single-user game featuring the exploration of a dungeon complex (and in the case of ADOM a few other games of this genre: the exploration of a large wilderness area with villages and many...
- Roguelike Game
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- OpenBSD
- NetBSD
- GOG.com
- Steam
- SteamOS
+17Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've crafted yourself.
- Action Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
+6Brogue is a Roguelike game for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux by Brian Walker.
- Role-playing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+2Unleashed Pixel Dungeon is a game based on the open-source Shattered Pixel Dungeon, with scores of enhancements.
- Roguelike Game
- Free • Open Source
- Android
- Android Tablet
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
- Adventure Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Steam
+1Desktop Dungeons is a quick-play roguelike puzzle game that gives you roughly 10 minutes of dungeon-crawling action per serving. It straddles the casual and hardcore boundary in that, while you might die frequently because the game is tricky and unforgiving, it’s so approachable...
- Roguelike Game
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
Descend into the depths of the dungeon until you reach the foul daemon known as "He who the author cannot spell consistently", or, Baezl'bub. When you have slain Baezl'bub in heroic combat, or, if Baezl'bub dies in any way, retrieve his black heart and...
- Role-playing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
+3Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
- Role-playing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Steam
Indulge Lady Tallowmere and see how far through her lovingly violent dungeons you can delve in this 2D indie action roguelike-inspired platformer. New rooms are procedurally generated every time you play, meaning you'll have to be on your guard for every randomly-placed...
- Platform Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Steam
+7Rogue is a 1980 computer role-playing game created by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold.
- Roguelike Game
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- MS-DOS
+3Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG with changing dungeons, filled with valuable treasure and powerful items, while battling back the hordes of evil.
- Role-playing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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