The Best Rogue-like Games - Page 5

Update : Rocket Rats added at rank #32.
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Ballionaire (2024)

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PC Windows

BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!

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  • rogue-like
  • pinball
  • pachinko
  • card
  • deckbuilder
  • idler
  • battler
  • physics
  • strategy
  • sandbox
  • choices
  • rule-bending
  • relaxing
  • 2d
  • pixel

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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon (2021)

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Mac OS Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is a unique roguelike dungeon crawler / puzzle game hybrid. Players take control of Shovel Knight in a mysterious pocket dungeon and must traverse a series of enemy-filled levels, using simple controls to form chains of enemies and clear the level.


What we like:
  • 3 game modes
  • Adventure mode with an exciting story
  • Daily Run mode updates every 24 hours
  • Survival Mode
  • Easy to learn/hard to master
What could be improved:
  • Few overpowered relics that can make the game too easy

  • puzzle
  • rogue-like
  • dungeon-crawler
  • grid
  • boss
  • tile-matching
  • boss-fight
  • competitive
  • fast-paced

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Revita (2021)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Android

Revita is a roguelite twin-stick shooter platformer game in which the player takes control of an unknown boy with a special gun. You must traverse floors within the Clocktower to reach the top and discover answers about your forgotten past. Along the way you must battle monsters and bosses, unlock secrets, gain upgrades, and collect souls to restore health.


What we like:
  • Atmospheric soundtrack
  • Distinct health currency mechanic
  • Accessibility options for different skill levels
  • Variety of weapons
  • Sub-weapons and relics to upgrade with
  • 350+ relics to discover
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive room designs
  • Risk/reward system based on offering hearts can lead to disappointing returns
  • Story told through cryptic means may be difficult for some players to understand

  • rogue-like
  • twin-stick
  • shooter

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PlateUp! (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!


  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • cooking
  • management
  • local
  • building
  • base-building
  • 4-player
  • procedural

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Warm Snow (2022)

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IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) Playstation 4 Playstation 5 l Xbox Series X Android IOS iPhone Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.


  • rogue-like
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • foreign
  • rich
  • customization

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30xx (2021)

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(Nintendo Switch) PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.

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  • rogue-like
  • platform
  • cooperative
  • boss

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Luck be a Landlord (2023)

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Linux Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Luck Be A Landlord is a thrilling game where luck is everything. As the player, you have one coin left and your landlord is knocking at your door. You insert the coin into a slot machine and hope for the best - it's a roguelite game which means each time is different. You can add symbols and items to the machine to create interesting build strategies. With a terrible landlord to defeat and a dog to pet, this game is a must-play for anyone who loves a challenge.


What we like:
  • Well designed game
  • Interesting upgrades
  • Relaxing
  • Modern day Solitaire
What could be improved:
  • No meta progression
  • Pure luck, no way to influence runs
  • Not a true roguelite
  • Can fuel gambling addiction

  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • gambling
  • capitalism
  • auto-battler
  • procedural
  • resource-management

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The Crackpet Show: Happy Tree Friends Edition (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The Crackpet Show is an action-packed rogue-lite shoot’em-up about mutated animals that fight in a bizarre TV show, crushing their opponents with a variety of weapons. Choose your beastie, gear ‘em up, and go kill your enemies in the name of fame and sweet sponsorship deals!


  • rogue-like
  • rail
  • cooperative
  • cute
  • gore
  • humor
  • violent
  • twin-stick
  • old-school
  • local
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • funny
  • dark
  • procedural

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Desta: The Memories Between (2022)

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Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

Relive memories, rediscover friends and repair relationships in this unique turn-based strategy exploration through dreams and regrets from the creators of Monument Valley


  • rogue-like
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • sport
  • surreal
  • dodgeball
  • visual-novel

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Streets of Rogue (2019)

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Linux Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.


  • rogue-like
  • experimentation-driven
  • cooperative

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