Roguelikes reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 268 Reddit reviews across 7 subreddits and 12 posts to rank the best Roguelikes brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/roguelikes, r/HadesTheGame, r/gamingsuggestions, r/roguelites, r/ShouldIbuythisgame. Top-rated brands include Supergiant Games (4.8/5), Motion Twin (4.8/5), Dodge Roll (4.9/5).
Stats
Reviews268
Subreddits7
Posts12
Brands93
Products59
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#1
Supergiant Games
4.8
(17)
"Hades."
"Hades for story"
"Definitely Hades."
"Hades"
"Hades 2, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells"
"Imho Hades is their best though."
"Hades and Hades 2"
"If you want a real-time Rogue-lite, check out **Hades**, **Enter the Gungeon** and **Dead Cells**."
"You’d be doing yourself a disservice by not playing Hades"
"Slay the Spire, Hades, and Dead Cells are notable gaps in your list"
#2
Motion Twin
4.8
(16)
"Dead Cells is perfect."
"Dead Cells for gameplay"
"Dead cells"
"DEAD CELLS!"
"Hades 2, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells"
"Dead Cells! I loved Dead Cells and that is what lead me to Hades!"
"Well we have the top picks like, The Binding of Isaac, DeadCells and Enter the Gungeon."
"Deadcells is what I recommend. Constant progression, light narrative story elements, crazy build runs, small but fun modding scene for pc"
"If you want a real-time Rogue-lite, check out **Hades**, **Enter the Gungeon** and **Dead Cells**."
"Slay the Spire, Hades, and Dead Cells are notable gaps in your list"
#3
Dodge Roll
4.9
(15)
"Enter the fucking Gungeon."
"Enter the Gungeon"
"Enter the Gungeon"
"Definitely "Enter the Gungeon" at 1.47$ (90% off)"
"Enter the gungeon"
"Enter the gungeon."
"Enter the gungeon is a great one."
"And gungeon"
"Enter the Gungeon is really fun, especially with friends."
"Enter the Gungeon is the only roguelike I beat up, down and sideways and still play."
#4
MegaCrit
5.0
(11)
"Slay the Spire"
"You can also check out Slay the Spire."
"If you are into deckbuilding slay the spire is awesome."
"Hades 2, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells"
"Slay the spire is a fun card game rogue like"
"Slay the Spire, Balatro, Risk of Rain 2, Sworn."
"Slay the Spire, Hades, and Dead Cells are notable gaps in your list"
"Slay the spire"
"I dont see slay the spire? That's a must last my friend"
"StS is the game I've gone back to the most in my life I think."
#5
Nicalis
4.8
(11)
"Isaac is really good"
"The binding of Isaac"
"Binding of isaac"
"And finally the GOAT is the binding of isaac."
"Well we have the top picks like, The Binding of Isaac, DeadCells and Enter the Gungeon."
"My classic fav is The Binding of Isaac. It's had many expansions over the years so at this point there is a fuckton of content in that game."
"Isaac is one of my favorite game, and one of the best rogue like games of all times imo."
"Binding of Isaac is a weird one that I thought I wouldn’t love because of the lack of meta progression, but I absolutely love it."
"Isaac is amazing in terms of content and synergies and also well worth playing more of as far as modern roguelites go."
"The Binding Of Isaac"
#6
Brogue
4.6
(10)
"Also brogue is THE best imo, you just need to play it and after many playthrough you can start looking at its wiki to learn more about the game."
"Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Brogue tell you enough information to act without feeling overwhelming."
"Brogue (Community Edition). You can download it straight from the Discover store and run it, I even made a custom control scheme for it that’s pretty nice to use."
"My favorites: Brogue"
"Popular roguelikes: Brogue"
"Brogue, Nethack, DCSS and Infra Arcana are what I play the most."
"Brogue CE, Infra Arcana and The Ground Gives Way are item based progression roguelikes so that stealth can be a viable option."
"Brogue is very traditional, but avoids obscure mechanics that are only visible in the message log and/or difficult to understand."
"Brogue (Community Edition) has the easiest UI to get accustomed to for traditional roguelikes."
"More advanced but accessible for beginners would be something like Brogue"
#7
ADOM
4.7
(7)
"ADOM is one of my most played steam games"
"ADOM is goated, it's one of the biggest, most complex, and expansive roguelikes out there and has been going on 3 decades now."
"There's classical ADOM (Ancient Domain of Mysteries) that's a very strong game and one of the OGs."
"ADOM is one of the genre's crown jewels."
"Popular roguelikes: Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM)"
"ADOM, 50% off"
"Cogmind, Shiren the wanderer, Jupiter Hell, Adom, Tales of maj eyal"
#8
Tales of Maj'Eyal
4.0
(8)
"ToME https://te4.org/download"
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
"Cogmind, Shiren the wanderer, Jupiter Hell, Adom, Tales of maj eyal"
"ToME4 was the first one I really liked. It is more of a tactical combat roguelike, you try to build up a character and then get wrecked."
"More advanced but accessible for beginners would be something like ... ToME (Tales of Maj'Eyal)."
"Damn, I was gonna reccomend TOME."
"Pitching in Tales of Maj'eyal, Doors of Trithus, and Dungeonmans. All work well with fairly little tweaking past possibly a community control layout."
"Tales of Maj Eyal"
#9
Freehold Games
4.3
(7)
"Cannot recommend Caves of Qud enough"
"I have sunk 50 hours into Caves of Qud in the past 2 weeks. Buy that shit. You won't regret it."
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
"Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud have small discounts"
"If you're looking to drop some money, Cogmind and Caves of Qud are great."
"Caves of Qud works for me on the Steam Deck!"
"- Caves (Rogue-like)"
#10
Balatro
4.3
(6)
"We have some shared favorites in Dead Cells and Balatro."
"Balatro. This game is amazing"
"It’s a poker deckbuilder rougelite. You have various starting decks to choose from and then along the run find ways to manipulate the deck to scale your score. It’s pretty simple on the surface but it’s just amazing."
"Balatro is great, but Monster Train is the best de"
"Slay the Spire, Balatro, Risk of Rain 2, Sworn."
"Balatro"
#11
Path of Achra
4.8
(5)
"Path of Achra, Hyperrogue, Jupiter Hell and One Way Heroics are all fantastic"
"Path of Achra is on sale right now. Incredible game from a solo developer, can't recommend it enough!"
"Path of Achra is a must"
"I've put about 200 hours into Path of Achra on the Deck, loved every minute of it."
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
#12
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
4.8
(5)
"Recently started DCSS, has very nice tutorial, gameplay is also what I’ve been dreaming to have, lots of nice touches."
"Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Brogue tell you enough information to act without feeling overwhelming."
"My favorites: Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup"
"Brogue, Nethack, DCSS and Infra Arcana are what I play the most."
"More advanced but accessible for beginners would be something like ... DCSS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup)"
#13
Cogmind
4.4
(5)
"Cogmind is rarely on sale and it is one of the absolute best games in the genre."
"Cogmind's a lovely game."
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
"Cogmind, Shiren the wanderer, Jupiter Hell, Adom, Tales of maj eyal"
"If you're looking to drop some money, Cogmind and Caves of Qud are great."
#14
Contingent99
4.2
(5)
"Wizard of legend has the best gameplay."
"Wizard of legend - not sure how to describe it, lot of ways to build a character, tons of progression."
"^ agree with Wizard of Legend if you don’t want to play Hades 2. Obviously doesn’t have a rich narrative like Hades, but the gameplay is all there and fun."
"Try wizard of legend and skul the hero slayer"
"Wizard of Legend"
#15
Jupiter Hell
4.0
(5)
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
"Cogmind, Shiren the wanderer, Jupiter Hell, Adom, Tales of maj eyal"
"Jupiter Hell, Zorbus, and Approaching Infinity all work well for me on the steam deck."
"- Jupiter Hell"
"Jupiter Hell - If doom were a roguelike"
#16
Cellar Door Games
4.8
(4)
"Rogue legacy is a great sidescroller."
"Rogue Legacy 2 is amazing, I have played great roguelikes like balatro, hades, dead cells and I still think it’s the best"
"Rogue legacy 2! Probably the greatest platforming roguelite ever made! I've put hundreds of hrs into it and it's still fun as ever."
"Rogue Legacy 1 and 2"
#17
Shiren
4.8
(4)
"Shiren 6, it's only 15% off, but it's a great game!"
"Shiren 5 is 80% off on Steam right now."
"Shiren 5 & 6"
"Cogmind, Shiren the wanderer, Jupiter Hell, Adom, Tales of maj eyal"
#18
NetHack
4.5
(4)
"Brogue, Nethack, DCSS and Infra Arcana are what I play the most."
"The one that got me into roguelikes was Nethack. It's innocent and wacky. It's solidly designed for maximum silliness and that oldschool cryptic game feel."
"Give dnethack a try, it's like nethack but better! Much more content and stuff to discover, and therefore much more fun than the vanilla game ;)"
"- Pathos - NetHack Codex"
#19
Nolla Games
4.5
(4)
"Noita is an engineering master piece. I’ve never played a game where the world felt so reactive and alive and sandboxy."
"Noita - my personal favorite roguelike (it's brutal at first)"
"Noita"
"Noita"
#20
Tangledeep
4.3
(4)
"Tangledeep is so good. Banging sound track too."
"No one has suggested Tangledeep yet, so I will... Tangledeep"
"Castle of the Winds (old, but still holds up) or Tangledeep."
"I'll add Tangledeep and Quasimorph. They're not as super strictly trad roguelike as the games you mentioned, but they're turn and tile based difficult games with long runs."
#21
Blue Wizard Digital
4.0
(4)
"Skul slayer."
"Skul the hero slayer."
"Try wizard of legend and skul the hero slayer"
"One thing I will say about skul is it's not easy and it's not for everyone. I personally love it and the devs are fantastic with tons of free updates including some really big ones."
#22
Daniel Mullins Games
5.0
(3)
"You gotta play Inscryption!"
"Inscryption"
"Inscryption"
#23
Risk of Rain 2
5.0
(3)
"Risk of rain 2- similar to Roboquest, might be my favorite rogue."
"Risk of rain 2 I love that game"
"Slay the Spire, Balatro, Risk of Rain 2, Sworn."
#24
Roboquest
4.7
(3)
"Roboquest - It's a shooter but damn is it fun, probably my favorite rogue game."
"Roboquest. It has multiple varying difficulties to help ease you in, and an AWESOME soundtrack."
"I really enjoyed Roboquest - fps roguelike with high Adrenalin gameplay"
#25
Housemarque
4.7
(3)
"Returnal! Best there is."
"Returnal is all of that in a triple A package. It’s an amazing game"
"Returnal and the extremely popular Hades I & II."
#26
Rift Wizard
4.7
(3)
"Rift Wizard!! just got the first one and I'm hooked."
"Rift Wizard 2 is fantastic"
"Rift Wizard is not that traditional (but is permadeath and turn based), but a damn good game."
#27
Ravenswatch
4.3
(3)
"Ravenswatch. It’s a good top down hack and slash with a large panel of characters and respective builds, easily the best game I’ve played in the last year"
"Ravenswatch"
"Ravenswatch is rather similar to hades"
#28
Echtra Games
4.3
(3)
"Astral Ascent - Roguelite beat-em-up/fighting game with some basic platforming elements. Seriously fun game that my partner and I have gotten hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of."
"Astral ascent."
"Astral Ascent just dropped patch 1.4, good time to give it a try"
#29
Shiny Shoe
4.0
(3)
"Monster train goes into the same vein as STS and balatro"
"Monster Train"
"I can’t stop playing it. I’m trying to get gold clears with every deck."
#30
Bay 12 Games
4.0
(3)
"Paid I recommend Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud."
"Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud have small discounts"
"Also I've been playing DF on the deck but wouldn't fully recommend it."
#31
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
4.0
(3)
"You could probably get Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead working, and for a less traditional option Tangledeep is excellent."
"- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead"
"Popular roguelikes: CataclysmDDA"
#32
Children of Morta
4.0
(3)
"Moonlighter, Children of Morta, Risk of Rain (all 3 are good)"
"Children of Morta ( on sale)"
"Picked up Children of Morta on a whim for my Switch the other day for ~$9USD and it is quite a bit of fun, enjoying it greatly."
#33
Tiny Rogues
5.0
(2)
"Tiny rogues is a great Issac like. Highly highly recommend"
"Tiny rogues is my current favorite. Especially now it has 32 classes and a lot of weapons/items and bosses!"
#34
Dome Keeper
5.0
(2)
"+1 for Dome Keeper, helluva game and perfect for the deck due to the timing of each "run"."
"Dome Keeper - unusual mining and tower defense roguelite"
#35
Red Hook Studios
4.5
(2)
"Darkest Dungeon 1"
"Love Darkest Dungeon but its an acquired taste."
#36
Dan Marshall
4.5
(2)
"Armoured Commander II is 80% off. I've put a lot of time into it and revisit it frequently."
"I’m going for Armoured Commander II"
#37
Approaching Infinity
4.5
(2)
"Approaching Infinity is a traditional roguelike, but in SPACE! Been playing this for days now (again), and would love to see this one getting more attention."
"Jupiter Hell, Zorbus, and Approaching Infinity all work well for me on the steam deck."
#38
DoomRL
4.5
(2)
"DoomRL is awesome and will cost you exactly zero pounds."
"DoomRL is both fun and familar for anyone wanting to ease into the genre."
#39
Dungreed
4.5
(2)
"Dungreed and Skul would be in my top tier."
"Dungreed."
#40
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
4.0
(2)
"SPD https://shatteredpixel.com/shatteredpd/"
"Cogmind, Tales of MajEyal, ADOM, Jupiter Hell, Caves of Qud, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Path of Achra et cetera."
#41
Blue Manchu
4.0
(2)
"Void Bastards is a shooter with many rougelike elements."
"Beyond the long night, cubic currency, hand of fate 2, sulfur, and void bastards are all dang amazing not that known games"
#42
Shogun Studio
4.0
(2)
"Another hidden gem is Shogun Showdown. Kind of a weird tactical roguelite that gets addicting fast."
"Shogun Showdown"
#43
Dungeonmans
4.0
(2)
"Dungeonmans! It's on sale and quite fun."
"Pitching in Tales of Maj'eyal, Doors of Trithus, and Dungeonmans. All work well with fairly little tweaking past possibly a community control layout."
#44
Infra Arcana
4.0
(2)
"My favorites: Infra Arcana"
"Brogue, Nethack, DCSS and Infra Arcana are what I play the most."
#45
Dungeons of Dredmor
4.0
(2)
"Dredmor is beginner friendly, though character progression is primarily from xp by defeating monsters."
"Dungeons of Dredmor is as beginner friendly as you can get + it has tutorial."
#46
Castle of the Winds
4.0
(2)
"Castle of the Winds or Rogue. Those are simple but deep games"
"Castle of the Winds (old, but still holds up) or Tangledeep."
#47
Dreamscaper
4.0
(2)
"Or Dreamscaper"
"Dreamscaper was a fun rogue like too."
#48
Slice and Dice
4.0
(2)
"Slice and Dice"
"Slice and dice"
#49
Defiant Development
4.0
(2)
"Beyond the long night, cubic currency, hand of fate 2, sulfur, and void bastards are all dang amazing not that known games"
""Hand of Fate" 1 and 2"
#50
Spelunky
5.0
(1)
"The original Spelunky is maybe the best modern roguelite, and definitely one of the most balanced."
#51
Soulstone Survivors
5.0
(1)
"I would recommend playing Soulstone Survivors, it’s my personal favorite bullet heaven game."
#52
Spike Chunsoft
5.0
(1)
"Shiren 6 especially is one of my favorite games I' e played in a long time"
#53
FTL
5.0
(1)
"If its backlogged simply because you haven't given it a solid try, I'd highly recommend it."
#54
Atomicrops
5.0
(1)
"Atomicrops being one of my all time favorites. It’s a bit of an acquired taste, but if it interests you at all I highly recommend"
#55
House of Necrosis
5.0
(1)
"In that same school of thought, I'd keep an eye on House of Necrosis. Game isn't out yet, but the demo was phenomenal."
#56
Rogue Fable
5.0
(1)
"Rogue Fable 3/4 have the most balanced difficulty level, the most intuitive UI and the most incredible dungeon generator I've ever seen."
#57
Oblivion Override
4.0
(1)
"Oblivion override."
#58
Guidus Zero
4.0
(1)
"Guidus zero."
#59
Blade Assault
4.0
(1)
"And blade assault."
#60
Windblown
4.0
(1)
"Windblown is almost a Hades clone and it's a lot of fun."
#61
Warm Snow
4.0
(1)
"Warm snow is about the closest thing you can get to hades. It's a little clunky bit surprisingly really good."
#62
Death’s Door
4.0
(1)
"I’ll throw in Death’s Door. Game is short, about 15 hours for me to play through the story but it’s a lot of fun and a great style for the art."
#63
Heroes of Hammerwatch 2
4.0
(1)
"How has no one mentioned Heroes of Hammerwatch 2. That was the game that got me into roguelikes. I think it’s really underrated and has a lot of stuff to go through."
#64
Cult of the Lamb
4.0
(1)
"Cult of the lamb is fun."
#65
Moonlighter
4.0
(1)
"Moonlighter, Children of Morta, Risk of Rain (all 3 are good)"
#66
Risk of Rain
4.0
(1)
"Moonlighter, Children of Morta, Risk of Rain (all 3 are good)"
#67
Dotage
4.0
(1)
"Dotage"
#68
Astrea
4.0
(1)
"Astrea"
#69
Fights in Tight Spaces
4.0
(1)
"Fights in Tight Spaces"
#70
Have a Nice Death
4.0
(1)
"Have a nice Death is great in action rogue department"
#71
Lucky Hero
4.0
(1)
"If you like casino style rogue games like Luck be a Landlord, try Lucky Hero"
#72
Magic Survival
4.0
(1)
"Magic survival is my saviour in school"
#73
Gamepass
4.0
(1)
"Gamepass is 10$ and has brotato as wel as plenty of other Great roguelikes"
#74
The Irregular Corporation
4.0
(1)
"Might I suggest Witchfire? It's like an extraction rogue like. I've enjoyed the hell out of it."
#75
Sword of The Stars
4.0
(1)
"Sword of The Stars The Pit"
#76
Undertow Games
4.0
(1)
"Beyond the long night, cubic currency, hand of fate 2, sulfur, and void bastards are all dang amazing not that known games"
#77
Streets of Rogue
4.0
(1)
"Streets of Rogue is a good one. Simple, but deep and complex at the same time"
#78
Ring of Pain
4.0
(1)
"Ring of Pain, Slice & Dice"
#79
The Indie Stone
4.0
(1)
"Project Zomboid(kinda sorta can be treated as a roguelike if you’re bad at survival games and like to just fill send it)"
#80
PlateUp!
4.0
(1)
"Plateup is tecnically a roguelite"
#81
Pacific Drive
4.0
(1)
"And one, you may not have heard of, but is very good and highly engaging: Pacific Drive."
#82
One Way Heroics Plus
4.0
(1)
"One Way Heroics (make sure you get plus version, the bundle is under 3 bucks right now) is a surprisingly good twist on the traditional roguelike"
#83
Inkbound
4.0
(1)
"Inkbound 1.0 release is today. It’s kinda unique turn based roguelite, not sure if that’s for you, just throwing it out there. I think it’s great."
#84
Elin
4.0
(1)
"- Elin"
#85
Team Empty Shell
4.0
(1)
"- EMPTY SHELL"
#86
Double Fine Productions
4.0
(1)
"Death road to canada"
#87
Cubic Currency
4.0
(1)
"Beyond the long night, cubic currency, hand of fate 2, sulfur, and void bastards are all dang amazing not that known games"
#88
Powerhoof
4.0
(1)
"Crawl is a asymmetric multiplayer rogue like, probably the most unique out of them."
#89
20 Minutes til Dawn
4.0
(1)
"20 Minutes til Dawn is also great."
#90
TMNT: Splintered Fate
4.0
(1)
"TMNT: Splintered Fate feels a lot like Hades in a Ninja Turtles setting. Not quite as good, but still a good choice if you like action combat roguelites."
#91
Peglin
4.0
(1)
"Peglin. Wild Frost. Ring Of Pain. Wizard of Power. Swords of Ditto is cool but a little too childish imo. Binding of Isaac - if you're really a masochist - I would say it's the dark souls of roguelikes. Inscryption."
#92
Once-upon a Dungeon - Infinity
4.0
(1)
"Once-upon a Dungeon - Infinity is a traditional roguelike game with a scent of Slavic mythology, focused purely at endless dungeon crawling experience."
#93
Rogue Empire
4.0
(1)
"I recommend Rogue Empire. It can be pretty well configured for Steam Deck's control."
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