Roguelike games are incredibly fun to play from start to finish. These games are designed to keep the player hooked by providing consistently challenging gameplay, which can be incredibly rewarding ...

RPGs Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 weren't "disasters," but Obsidian admits "it's not good to release three games" in 1 year Roguelike Games "We have made back our development budget after 3 hours": ...

Roguelikes (and roguelites) have become one of the quintessential genres of gaming in the last decade or so because it’s quite possibly one of the most flexible design frameworks to ever exist. Just ...

This article is part of Run, Die, Repeat, Polygon's week-long series exploring roguelikes. The definition of "roguelike" is one of those topics of conversation that will keep die-hard fans debating ...

NetHack is a fork of the 1984 game Hack. This version was first released in 1987, but the developers made NetHack open source, making it easy to get your hands on. That said, NetHack is, unlike most ...

Million Depth might not be the absolute best roguelike I’ve played in 2025, but the way it plays with alternate timelines and realities with its runs certainly perhaps makes it the most unique. The ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

If I had to crown a genre as the most popular gaming niche of the year, I’d be tempted to pick roguelikes. They’ve dominated the gaming world in 2025, with subgenres like casino roguelikes, ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

Mia, an apprentice alchemist, sets out on her journey in this “alchemy x roguelike RPG.” Grid-based, turn-based exploration meets a deep alchemy system where you combine materials to transmute ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...