swap_horiz Pathos: Nethack Codex 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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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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Shiren the Wanderer

Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer is a 1995 Chunsoft Super Famicom roguelike, notable for shifting the series from...

Dungeon Turn Based Console Mystery Dungeon

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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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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Pixel Dungeon

Pixel Dungeon is Oleg Dolya's 2012 roguelike, notable as an Android-origin open-source game that spawned many community...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

8.1 Great

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xNetHack

xNetHack is a NetHack variant by aosdict, based on NetHack 5.0 development, noted for balance fixes and reduced tedium r...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

7.8 Good

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Slash'EM

Slash'EM is a NetHack variant begun by Warren Cheung in 1997, notable for adding classes, monsters and features later ec...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

7.7 Good

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EvilHack

EvilHack is Keith Simpson's NetHack 3.6.2-based variant, begun in 2018 and released on Hardfought in 2019, with new race...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

7.7 Good

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Yet Another Pixel Dungeon

Yet Another Pixel Dungeon is a Pixel Dungeon variant, notable for reworking the open-source mobile roguelike's balance a...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

7.5 Good

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FIQHack

FIQHack is a NetHack 4-based NetHack variant focused on monster AI, balance and interface changes, with public play on H...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

7.3 Good

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NetHack Fourk

NetHack Fourk is a NetHack 4-based variant that makes experimental but restrained gameplay changes, including new races...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

7.2 Good

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Remixed Dungeon

Remixed Dungeon is a Pixel Dungeon variant, notable for extending Oleg Dolya's open-source roguelike with added content...

Fantasy Dungeon Mobile Turn Based

7.1 Good

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notdNetHack

notdNetHack is a dNetHack variant that rebalances its parent while adding content such as salamander and ent races and t...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

6.9 Fair

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Slash'EM Extended

Slash'EM Extended is a 2014 NetHack-family variant by Amy Bluescreenofdeath, notable for greatly expanding Slash'EM's ro...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

6.0 Fair