swap_horiz Legerdemain Alternatives

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NetHack

NetHack is a classic turn-based dungeon crawler developed by the NetHack DevTeam. Released in 1987, it’s renowned for it...

Dungeon Classic Turn Based Traditional

9.7 Brilliant

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open source turn-based roguelike game built around tactical tile movement and combat. It’...

Dungeon Turn Based Open Source Traditional

9.4 Excellent

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Brogue

Brogue is Brian Walker's 2009 roguelike, notable for pairing strict single-character dungeon play with polished color AS...

Modern Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Brogue Community Edition

Brogue Community Edition is a community-maintained fork of Brian Walker's Brogue, notable for keeping the open-source ro...

Dungeon Turn Based Community Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Cogmind

Cogmind is a 2017 science-fiction roguelike by Grid Sage Games, notable for robot part scavenging and a dense terminal-s...

Dungeon Sci Fi Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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ADOM

ADOM, or Ancient Domains of Mystery, is Thomas Biskup's 1994 roguelike, notable for its Ancardia world and major-rogueli...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

9.1 Excellent

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Angband Vanilla

Angband Vanilla is the main Angband line, a Tolkien-based roguelike publicly released in 1993 where players descend 100...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

9.1 Excellent

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Sil-Q

Sil-Q is a community continuation of Sil, notable for revising the Tolkien roguelike's skills, balance, interface, and l...

Dungeon Turn Based Stealth Traditional

8.9 Great

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Sil

Sil is a Tolkien-themed Angband variant by half, notable for focusing on the First Age, stealth, songs, and a compact 10...

Dungeon Turn Based Stealth Traditional

8.8 Great

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Tales of Maj'Eyal

Tales of Maj'Eyal is Nicolas Casalini's 2012 open-source roguelike, notable for its T-Engine 4, graphical interface, and...

RPG Fantasy Modern Turn Based

8.7 Great

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Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is Evan Debenham's Pixel Dungeon fork, notable for a 2021 version 1.0 after years of mobile-focu...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

8.7 Great

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Infra Arcana

Infra Arcana is a Lovecraftian horror roguelike by Martin Tornqvist, notable for emphasizing dread, firearms, and occult...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Horror

8.4 Great

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The Ground Gives Way

The Ground Gives Way is a coffeebreak roguelike, notable for equipment-based progression, short runs, and about 700 uniq...

Compact Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

8.2 Great

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Dungeons of Dredmor

Dungeons of Dredmor is a 2011 roguelike by Canada's Gaslamp Games, notable for making tile-based dungeon play more acces...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Comedy

8.2 Great

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Zorbus

Zorbus is a 2019 fantasy roguelike, notable for tactical party-like dungeon play, active NPC factions, and a tabletop RP...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

8.1 Great

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Omega

Omega is a roguelike by Laurence Brothers, notable for a large countryside, extended plot and multiple endings beyond a...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

7.7 Good

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Larn

Larn is a 1986 Unix roguelike by Noah Morgan, notable for a persistent town and a time-limited quest to cure the hero's...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

7.4 Good

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Shadow of the Wyrm

Shadow of the Wyrm is an open-source fantasy roguelike, notable for a large overworld, towns, dungeons, crafting, and wi...

Fantasy Dungeon Open World Turn Based

7.2 Good

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Caverns of Xaskazien II

Caverns of Xaskazien II is a fantasy roguelike by Jeff Sinasac, notable as a Windows sequel to his long-running Xaskazie...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Complex

7.2 Good

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Dragon Fin Soup

Dragon Fin Soup is a 2015 action role-playing roguelike developed by Grimm Bros, blending tactical grid movement with fa...

Fantasy Dungeon Turn Based Story

4.2 Poor