408 games
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 36 traits such as combat, story and atmosphere and suggests games that hit exactly the same spot, even across genres.
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
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.
A deckbuilding roguelike in which every run demands new card combinations and strategies.
Action-packed real-time combat
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
1 Hades
Escape from the underworld as a roguelike with fast-paced combat and a story that grows with every run.
Action-packed real-time combat
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.
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.
Cards and deck-building
A deckbuilding roguelike in which every run demands new card combinations and strategies.
Shooting and gunplay
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.
4 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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.
Turn-based combat
A merciless dungeon RPG where stress and madness are as dangerous as the monsters.
Cards and deck-building
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.
6 Balatro
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.
Cards and deck-building
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.
Strong character progression
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.
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.
Open world
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.
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.
Jumping and platforming
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.
10 Rogue Legacy
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.
Shooting and gunplay
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.
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.
Co-op or multiplayer
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.
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.
Shooting and gunplay
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.
Distinctive, stylised art style
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.
Melee combat with weapons or fists
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.
15 Sifu
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.
Jumping and platforming
A punishing cave-delving platformer with procedurally generated levels where every death is final. Traps, enemies and emergent item interactions make for chaotic, memorable runs.
16 Spelunky
A punishing cave-delving platformer with procedurally generated levels where every death is final. Traps, enemies and emergent item interactions make for chaotic, memorable runs.
Fantasy setting
As Melinoë you fight through the Underworld and the surface world of Greek myth in fast, fluid runs, growing stronger with witchcraft, divine boons and weapons. The story unfolds with every attempt, backed by striking art and a great soundtrack.
17 Hades II
As Melinoë you fight through the Underworld and the surface world of Greek myth in fast, fluid runs, growing stronger with witchcraft, divine boons and weapons. The story unfolds with every attempt, backed by striking art and a great soundtrack.
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
A roguelike dungeon crawler where every move and attack must land on the beat of the music. The catchy soundtrack and rhythmic, tactical gameplay turn each run into a demanding dance.
Action-packed real-time combat
You run a shop by day and dive into randomly generated dungeons at night, bringing back loot to sell for profit. The loop between shopkeeping and action-packed dungeon crawling is what makes it special.
19 Moonlighter
You run a shop by day and dive into randomly generated dungeons at night, bringing back loot to sell for profit. The loop between shopkeeping and action-packed dungeon crawling is what makes it special.
Sci-fi setting
A 2D pixel-art roguelike platformer where you grow stronger on an alien planet by stacking random items while the difficulty keeps climbing over time. Playable solo or with up to three friends, each run feels different thanks to chaotic item combinations.
20 Risk of Rain
A 2D pixel-art roguelike platformer where you grow stronger on an alien planet by stacking random items while the difficulty keeps climbing over time. Playable solo or with up to three friends, each run feels different thanks to chaotic item combinations.
Fantasy setting
Instead of controlling the hero, you shape the world around his endless loop with cards for monsters, buildings and terrain while managing his gear between auto-battles. An oddly addictive blend of roguelike, base-building and loot optimization wrapped in grim retro pixel art.
21 Loop Hero
Instead of controlling the hero, you shape the world around his endless loop with cards for monsters, buildings and terrain while managing his gear between auto-battles. An oddly addictive blend of roguelike, base-building and loot optimization wrapped in grim retro pixel art.
Puzzles and brain teasers
You explore a mysterious mansion whose layout you rebuild each day by drafting rooms, slowly unraveling layered puzzles on the hunt for Room 46. Roguelike planning meets deep discovery and secrets.
22 Blue Prince
You explore a mysterious mansion whose layout you rebuild each day by drafting rooms, slowly unraveling layered puzzles on the hunt for Room 46. Roguelike planning meets deep discovery and secrets.
Economy and management
You live a double life as a shopkeeper and adventurer, fighting through shifting dimensions in real-time combat and selling your loot in your own shop. The loop between dungeon action and shop management is the core of the game.
23 Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
You live a double life as a shopkeeper and adventurer, fighting through shifting dimensions in real-time combat and selling your loot in your own shop. The loop between dungeon action and shop management is the core of the game.
Strong, story-driven narrative
Rue Valley is an emotional story-driven RPG set in a 47-minute time loop. Its personality system and mind-map puzzles let you work through trauma while unraveling the mystery of the anomaly.
24 Rue Valley
Rue Valley is an emotional story-driven RPG set in a 47-minute time loop. Its personality system and mind-map puzzles let you work through trauma while unraveling the mystery of the anomaly.
Fantasy setting
A roguelike hack-and-slash where you rotate between members of the Bergson family, each with a distinct fighting style and shared upgrades. Between dungeon runs, a heartfelt family saga unfolds in gorgeous pixel art.
Fantasy setting
A fast side-scrolling beat 'em up with roguelite structure set in the fantasy world of Talamh. Fluid combat, a roster of heroes, varied builds and co-op keep every run fresh.
26 Absolum
A fast side-scrolling beat 'em up with roguelite structure set in the fantasy world of Talamh. Fluid combat, a roster of heroes, varied builds and co-op keep every run fresh.
Lots to discover
An atmospheric survival roguelike in which a tiny wanderer descends into procedurally generated caverns full of hunger, cold, traps and creatures. Death is harsh and punishing, and the mood is lonely and dark.
27 Below
An atmospheric survival roguelike in which a tiny wanderer descends into procedurally generated caverns full of hunger, cold, traps and creatures. Death is harsh and punishing, and the mood is lonely and dark.
Shooting and gunplay
You team up with friends to blast through Purgatory, shredding huge demon hordes with bizarre infernal weapons. It's a fast, co-op first-person shooter with run-based structure and heavy carnage.
28 Painkiller
You team up with friends to blast through Purgatory, shredding huge demon hordes with bizarre infernal weapons. It's a fast, co-op first-person shooter with run-based structure and heavy carnage.
Shooting and gunplay
A snappy arena roguelite where a potato wields up to six weapons at once against waves of aliens. Short runs plus dozens of quirky characters and item synergies make for huge replay value.
29 Brotato
A snappy arena roguelite where a potato wields up to six weapons at once against waves of aliens. Short runs plus dozens of quirky characters and item synergies make for huge replay value.
Post-apocalyptic setting
A blisteringly fast top-down roguelike shooter where you blast through an irradiated wasteland with random weapons and mutations on your way to the throne. Runs are short, frantic and unforgiving, yet endlessly replayable.
Shooting and gunplay
A first-person shooter where time only moves when you do. This standalone follow-up adds roguelike runs with upgrades, keeping the stylish slow-motion combat-as-puzzle feel.
31 SuperHot: Mind Control Delete
A first-person shooter where time only moves when you do. This standalone follow-up adds roguelike runs with upgrades, keeping the stylish slow-motion combat-as-puzzle feel.
Lots to discover
Chasm is a pixel-art Metroidvania with RPG elements where the world's mines and caverns are procedurally generated. You explore dungeons, fight enemies in real time, collect gear and uncover secrets.
32 Chasm
Chasm is a pixel-art Metroidvania with RPG elements where the world's mines and caverns are procedurally generated. You explore dungeons, fight enemies in real time, collect gear and uncover secrets.
Turn-based combat
You breed cats with random mutations, train them, and send them into tactical turn-based fights on chaotic adventures. Its twisted humor and the blend of breeding sim with roguelike structure set it apart.
33 Mewgenics
You breed cats with random mutations, train them, and send them into tactical turn-based fights on chaotic adventures. Its twisted humor and the blend of breeding sim with roguelike structure set it apart.
Playing together in co-op
Ratatan blends rhythm gameplay, roguelike runs and side-scrolling action, letting you lead a large horde of fighters to the beat, including online co-op for up to four players. It appears to focus on chaotic mass battles and rhythm timing.
34 Ratatan
Ratatan blends rhythm gameplay, roguelike runs and side-scrolling action, letting you lead a large horde of fighters to the beat, including online co-op for up to four players. It appears to focus on chaotic mass battles and rhythm timing.
Playing together in co-op
A medieval co-op hack-and-slash roguelike where you cut through hordes alongside a Scottish battalion to retake your island. Along the way you uncover the secret of the Dragon Meteor.
Turn-based combat
A turn-based roguelike RPG where you lead a party of heroes across a hex-based map, solo or in online co-op. Random events, weather and dice-based checks make every run a risky adventure.
36 For the King
A turn-based roguelike RPG where you lead a party of heroes across a hex-based map, solo or in online co-op. Random events, weather and dice-based checks make every run a risky adventure.
Post-apocalyptic setting
A raft journey down a procedurally generated river through a flooded, abandoned America, where you scavenge, craft and avoid predators. The survival struggle is backed by a moody folk soundtrack and a bold illustrated look.
Fantasy setting
A mysterious dealer lays out a tarot-card board-game dungeon, and encounters then erupt into real-time, Arkham-style melee brawls. The blend of luck, choices and combat makes every run tell a different story.
38 Hand of Fate
A mysterious dealer lays out a tarot-card board-game dungeon, and encounters then erupt into real-time, Arkham-style melee brawls. The blend of luck, choices and combat makes every run tell a different story.
Lots of humour
You and your friends descend into spooky caves and film monsters and mishaps to go viral on the fictional SpöökTube. The mix of panic, slapstick and proximity chat makes for plenty of laughs in co-op.
Driving or flying
You drive a car you repair and upgrade into a supernaturally warped exclusion zone in the Pacific Northwest, scavenging resources before returning to your garage. The car becomes your companion and main survival tool, while each run uncovers more of the zone's mystery.
You drive a car you repair and upgrade into a supernaturally warped exclusion zone in the Pacific Northwest, scavenging resources before returning to your garage. The car becomes your companion and main survival tool, while each run uncovers more of the zone's mystery.
Tactical depth
A minimalist real-time tactics game where you defend small islands against Viking raids with a few squads. Charming low-poly visuals and simple controls meet surprisingly deep combat and roguelite runs.
41 Bad North
A minimalist real-time tactics game where you defend small islands against Viking raids with a few squads. Charming low-poly visuals and simple controls meet surprisingly deep combat and roguelite runs.
Cards and deck-building
A roguelike deckbuilder where you defend a hellish train across three floors against heavenly armies. Clever clan pairings and powerful synergies make every run feel different.
Action-packed real-time combat
A fast-paced pixel-art roguelike where you play a wizard chaining elemental spells into flashy combos. Each run through the trials rewards quick reflexes and smart arcana picks, with optional local co-op.
Cards and deck-building
A fast-paced turn-based deckbuilder roguelite set in the Vampire Survivors universe, where you crawl through dungeons and chain huge card combos with the Turboturn mechanic.
44 Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
A fast-paced turn-based deckbuilder roguelite set in the Vampire Survivors universe, where you crawl through dungeons and chain huge card combos with the Turboturn mechanic.
Turn-based combat
You're a living die forced into a game show, fighting turn-based duels by smartly assigning your dice rolls to equipment. Each of the six characters changes the rules, all wrapped in plenty of humor and a bright, colorful look.
Sci-fi setting
A comic-styled first-person shooter with a roguelike structure: you raid procedurally generated derelict ships, plan routes through the nebula and juggle scarce resources. The look is like a living comic book, with dry, dark humor.
A party of several characters
You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.
Jumping and platforming
A punishing, procedurally generated platformer where every cave brings new hazards, secrets and chaotic system interactions. Mastering bombs, ropes and traps leads to memorable runs, even in co-op.
48 Spelunky 2
A punishing, procedurally generated platformer where every cave brings new hazards, secrets and chaotic system interactions. Mastering bombs, ropes and traps leads to memorable runs, even in co-op.
Shooting and gunplay
A chaotic co-op roguelite shooter for up to five players, blasting through shifting universes while stacking boons and run modifiers into ever wilder builds. Classic Serious Sam enemy hordes meet quick-restart run structure.
Driving or flying
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift mixes the series' infamous vehicular carnage with roguelite runs: you upgrade your car and plow through zombie hordes in a post-apocalyptic world.
Sci-fi setting
A fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter where you fight machines controlled by a hostile AI. Deep gun modding and build synergies make every run feel different.
51 Void/Breaker
A fast-paced roguelite first-person shooter where you fight machines controlled by a hostile AI. Deep gun modding and build synergies make every run feel different.
Co-op or multiplayer
A co-op action roguelike where up to 33 damned souls team up against monster hordes and huge bosses, rebelling against God's final judgment. Its appeal is large-scale chaotic cooperation in a dark, infernal setting.
52 33 Immortals
A co-op action roguelike where up to 33 damned souls team up against monster hordes and huge bosses, rebelling against God's final judgment. Its appeal is large-scale chaotic cooperation in a dark, infernal setting.
Turn-based combat
A punishing turn-based roguelike where you drive a fragile band of heroes across a cursed land by stagecoach. Stress, afflictions and party relationships are as dangerous as the monsters.
Sci-fi setting
A tense blend of roguelike and tower defense where you guide a small squad of stranded survivors through procedurally generated floors. You split scarce power between rooms and build defenses before hauling the crystal to the exit, so every door you open is a gamble.
A tense blend of roguelike and tower defense where you guide a small squad of stranded survivors through procedurally generated floors. You split scarce power between rooms and build defenses before hauling the crystal to the exit, so every door you open is a gamble.
Dark, serious atmosphere
A grim isometric action RPG with roguelike runs where you carve through demonic hordes against a ticking clock, stacking loot and skills into powerful builds. Its setting reimagines Brazil's War of Canudos as a supernatural tragedy.
55 Hell Clock
A grim isometric action RPG with roguelike runs where you carve through demonic hordes against a ticking clock, stacking loot and skills into powerful builds. Its setting reimagines Brazil's War of Canudos as a supernatural tragedy.
Fantasy setting
A fast-paced roguelite action adventure set in the gothic, storybook-like realm of Random, where Queen Aleksandra fights alongside her living die Fortune. Dice-driven chance reshapes combat and abilities in every run.
56 Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
A fast-paced roguelite action adventure set in the gothic, storybook-like realm of Random, where Queen Aleksandra fights alongside her living die Fortune. Dice-driven chance reshapes combat and abilities in every run.
Action-packed real-time combat
A frantic bullet-heaven roguelite set in the Warhammer universe: play heroes from Warhammer 40,000 or Age of Sigmar, mow down endless hordes and evolve iconic weapons.
Strong character progression
A roguelite that mixes brick-breaker mechanics with horde survival, letting you fuse ricocheting balls into wild synergies while building up a base between runs.
58 Ball x Pit
A roguelite that mixes brick-breaker mechanics with horde survival, letting you fuse ricocheting balls into wild synergies while building up a base between runs.
Jumping and platforming
A fast roguelite platformer where you play through generations of a hero family, each heir with unique traits and classes. Permanent manor upgrades make every death feed into a stronger next run.
Shooting and gunplay
A story-driven roguelike shooter in which a girl must fight a mysterious beast to win her freedom. Fast, aggressive gunfights and creepy monsters define each run.
Nothing matches this selection.
Roguelikes and roguelites turn failure into part of the fun. Each run builds a new layout, a new set of items or cards, and a new set of choices, so a loss usually teaches you something. Some games keep permanent upgrades between runs, others reset almost everything and rely on your own skill. Every game on this list is tagged for Xbox, so the main question is which style suits you.
Start with the kind of play you want. For fast action with a strong story, Hades is a stylish pick with a mythology setting. If you like tight platforming and parrying, Dead Cells combines roguelike runs with Metroidvania exploration and is tagged as difficult. For a slower, thinking-first game, Slay the Spire and Balatro are both deckbuilders, with turn-based strategy at the core. Inscryption also uses cards but adds horror, puzzles and mystery.
Also check difficulty and company. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Darkest Dungeon are both tagged difficult and dark, so expect to lose often. Vampire Survivors is tagged co-op and comedy and works well for short, relaxed sessions. Elden Ring Nightreign is tagged co-op and multiplayer, which makes it the one to look at if you want to play with others.
Hades is a good starting point because it is action-focused and story rich, so your runs build a narrative as you go. Vampire Survivors is another easy entry, with simple pixel art and a comedy tone.
Vampire Survivors, Enter the Gungeon and Elden Ring Nightreign are all tagged co-op on this list. Nightreign is also tagged multiplayer and is the most action RPG-focused of the three.
Slay the Spire, Balatro and Inscryption are all tagged as deckbuilders. Slay the Spire and Balatro lean on strategy, while Inscryption adds horror and puzzle elements.
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