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The best roguelikes and roguelites
Die, restart, get better: games with randomly built runs where every attempt plays out differently and you grow stronger bit by bit.
How to find games that really suit you: Select up to 5 games you have played and enjoyed. Playalike compares 20 traits such as combat, story and atmosphere and suggests games that hit exactly the same spot, even across genres.
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1 Hades
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
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2 Dead Cells
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Distinctive, stylised art style
A fast, fluid 2D roguelite with Metroidvania structure, where tight, punchy combat and a huge arsenal of weapons make every run feel different. Permanent unlocks and new routes give you a real sense of progress even as you die again and again.
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3 Diablo
- Dark, serious atmosphere
- Fantasy setting
- Action-packed real-time combat
The genre-defining hack-and-slash: you descend floor by floor through randomized catacombs beneath Tristram all the way into Hell, chasing ever-better loot. Its oppressive gothic atmosphere and iconic soundtrack remain legendary.
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4 Slay the Spire
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Challenging difficulty
A deckbuilding roguelike in which every run demands new card combinations and strategies.
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5 Saros
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Lavish presentation
Housemarque's spiritual follow-up to Returnal: a frantic third-person bullet-hell shooter on the eerie world of Carcosa, where each death feeds persistent progression and pushes the cosmic-horror mystery forward.
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6 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Dark, serious atmosphere
A frantic top-down roguelike shooter where Isaac fires tears through randomly generated basements. Hundreds of items stack into wild combinations, making every run different and grotesquely strange.
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7 Darkest Dungeon
- Turn-based combat
- Dark, serious atmosphere
- Tactical depth
A merciless dungeon RPG where stress and madness are as dangerous as the monsters.
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8 The Binding of Isaac
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Dark, serious atmosphere
A grotesque twin-stick roguelike set in randomly generated basements, where countless bizarre items transform Isaac in wildly different ways each run. Dark, religiously tinged humor meets huge replayability and a wealth of secrets to unlock.
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9 FTL: Faster Than Light
- Sci-fi setting
- Tactical depth
- Challenging difficulty
You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.
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10 Balatro
- Tactical depth
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Turn-based combat
An addictive poker roguelike where Jokers, card upgrades and wild synergies push your scores to absurd heights. Every run plays differently, and the hunt for the perfect build never gets old.
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11 Inscryption
- Turn-based combat
- Dark, serious atmosphere
- Distinctive, stylised art style
A creepy card game played against a shadowy figure in a dark cabin, mixing deckbuilding with escape-room puzzles while constantly breaking its own rules. Beneath the surface lies a surprising, fourth-wall-bending mystery.
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12 Vampire Survivors
- Strong character progression
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Distinctive, stylised art style
A minimalist auto-attacking roguelite where you only steer while your weapons fire on their own, snowballing through clever upgrade synergies into a screen-clearing force against thousands of monsters. Short runs and constant unlocks make it wildly addictive.
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13 Don't Starve
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Open world
- Lots to discover
A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.
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14 Rogue Legacy
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Strong character progression
A tough 2D platformer where every death passes the sword to an heir with random, often silly traits like colorblindness or gigantism, who then storms the shifting castle again. Gold you collect upgrades the family manor for good, so each generation gets a little stronger.
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15 Enter the Gungeon
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Challenging difficulty
A tough, pun-filled bullet-hell roguelike where you dodge-roll and flip tables through procedural floors with hundreds of wildly creative guns. Every run plays differently, and mastering the dense projectile patterns is deeply rewarding.
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16 Slay the Spire II
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Distinctive, stylised art style
The sequel to the genre-defining roguelike deckbuilder: every run you assemble card and relic synergies and make tense tactical decisions climbing the Spire. New heroes, alternate acts and co-op play open up fresh strategies.
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17 Elden Ring Nightreign
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Fantasy setting
A co-op roguelike spin-off of Elden Ring where a trio races across a shrinking map over three days, powering up before facing a towering Nightlord boss. Fast, intense runs with distinct hero classes replace the sprawling solo journey.
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18 Into the Breach
- Turn-based combat
- Tactical depth
- Sci-fi setting
Compact turn-based tactics where three mechs defend cities from giant kaiju-like aliens. Every enemy attack is telegraphed in advance, so each turn plays like a tightly designed chess puzzle with roguelike runs and time-travel resets.
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19 Risk of Rain 2
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Sci-fi setting
A frantic 3D roguelike shooter where random items stack into absurdly powerful builds while the difficulty relentlessly ramps up over time. Fight across a hostile alien planet solo or with up to three friends in co-op.
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20 Cult of the Lamb
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Fantasy setting
As a possessed lamb you found your own cult, managing a village of adorable woodland followers between fast roguelike dungeon runs. Its charm comes from the clash of cute visuals and gleefully macabre humor.
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21 The Bazaar
- Tactical depth
- Distinctive, stylised art style
- Strong character progression
An asynchronous PvP roguelike from Reynad where you buy, upgrade and arrange items on your board in a colorful bazaar, then watch battles resolve automatically. The depth lies entirely in building powerful item synergies for your chosen hero.
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22 Sifu
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Challenging difficulty
Sifu is a punishing kung fu brawler about avenging your murdered family. Precise blocking, dodging and countering drive the combat, and every death ages you, raising the stakes with each attempt.
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23 Lethal Company
- Co-op or multiplayer
- Lots of humour
- Sci-fi setting
You and your friends scavenge dangerous abandoned moons for scrap to meet the Company's quota. Proximity voice chat, lethal monsters and chaotic mishaps blend real tension with slapstick laughs.
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24 Returnal
- Action-packed real-time combat
- Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
- Sci-fi setting
As a stranded astronaut caught in a time loop, you fight across a constantly shifting alien planet. Frantic bullet-hell shooting and a dark, enigmatic story make every run intense and punishing.
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