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  • Crypt of the NecroDancer

    Crypt of the NecroDancer

    A dungeon-crawler where you can only move to the beat of the music — the genre-blending roguelike that turned rhythm into combat.

  • Rogue Legacy 2

    Rogue Legacy 2

    A roguelite where every death passes the castle to a quirky heir — one might be a colour-blind knight, another a flatulent mage. Persistent,…

  • Noita

    Noita

    A roguelite where every single pixel is physically simulated — and your own reckless spells are usually what kill you.

  • Darkest Dungeon

    Darkest Dungeon

    A gothic roguelike where stress, dread, and your heroes’ fraying sanity are as lethal as any monster. Brutal, atmospheric, unforgettable.

  • Loop Hero

    Loop Hero

    A hypnotic, hands-off roguelike where you don’t control the hero — you build the very dungeon that’s trying to kill them.

  • Monster Train

    Monster Train

    A roguelike deckbuilder with a vertical twist — defend a hell-train across three floors at once. The thinking player’s Slay the Spire alternative.

  • FTL: Faster Than Light

    FTL: Faster Than Light

    Command a starship on a desperate dash across the galaxy — the tense, systems-driven roguelike that launched a thousand imitators.

  • Spelunky 2

    Spelunky 2

    The platforming roguelike of pure, brutal, emergent chaos — the gold standard the entire genre measures itself against.

  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

    The grim, grotesque, endlessly deep dungeon-crawler that more or less defined the modern roguelike — thousands of item combinations and no two runs alike.

  • Enter the Gungeon

    Enter the Gungeon

    A bullet-hell roguelike crammed with hundreds of guns, endless dodge-rolls, and more puns than any game has a right to.

  • Risk of Rain 2

    Risk of Rain 2

    A third-person roguelike where the longer you survive, the harder it gets — frantic, build-stacking chaos that goes from trickle to avalanche.

  • Balatro

    Balatro

    Poker, but a roguelike — the 2024 phenomenon that hijacked millions of evenings with the simplest “just one more hand” loop ever made.

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