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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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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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UnReal World

UnReal World is a Finnish survival roguelike by Sami Maaranen and Erkka Lehmus, notable for its 1992 origins and Iron Ag...

Open World Turn Based Traditional Survival

8.8 Great

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868-HACK

868-HACK is a 2013 cyberpunk roguelike by Michael Brough, known for compact grid hacking where every program use spawns...

Turn Based Puzzle Minimal Hacking

8.5 Great

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868-HACK iOS

868-HACK iOS is Michael Brough's 2013 hacking roguelike, notable for turning an 8-level, 6x6 grid into an IGF-nominated...

Mobile Turn Based Puzzle Hacking

8.5 Great

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Desktop Dungeons

Desktop Dungeons is a 2013 puzzle roguelike by South African studio QCF Design, built around compact single-screen dunge...

Compact Dungeon Turn Based Puzzle

8.2 Great

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Neoscavenger

Neo Scavenger is a 2014 survival roguelike RPG by Blue Bottle Games, notable for hex-based scavenging and harsh survival...

RPG Post Apocalyptic Turn Based Survival

8.2 Great

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Cinco Paus

Cinco Paus is a 2017 roguelike by New Zealand designer Michael Brough, notable for hiding Portuguese wand powers on a co...

Turn Based Puzzle Minimal Magic

8.1 Great

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Michael Brough's Cinco Paus

Michael Brough's Cinco Paus is the App Store title for Cinco Paus, a 2017 small-grid roguelike built around five unident...

Mobile Turn Based Puzzle Magic

8.1 Great

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Pawnbarian

Pawnbarian is a chess-card roguelike by j4nw, notable for moving a hero with a small deck of chess-piece cards on compac...

Turn Based Puzzle Chess Cards

7.9 Good

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Cataclysm: Bright Nights

Cataclysm: Bright Nights is a community fork of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, notable for keeping a more game-focused bran...

Post Apocalyptic Turn Based Open Source Traditional

7.7 Good

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Desktop Dungeons: Rewind

Desktop Dungeons: Rewind is a 2023 remake by QCF Design, updating the cult puzzle roguelike with a rewind system and mod...

Compact Dungeon Turn Based Puzzle

7.5 Good

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Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure

Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure is a 2015 mobile roguelike by Dinofarm Games, centered on tactical monster shoving ins...

Mobile Turn Based Puzzle Tactics

7.5 Good

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Ending

Ending is a minimalist puzzle roguelike about deterministic dungeon movement, notable for reducing runs to compact, ches...

Mobile Turn Based Puzzle Minimal

7.3 Good

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Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is a roguelike game within the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Players assume the role of...

Tactical Adventure Video Game Family Friendly

7.2 Good

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DemonCrawl

DemonCrawl is a minesweeper roguelite by Therefore Games, notable for adding items, quests, and procedural runs to class...

Turn Based Puzzle Boards Minesweeper

7.0 Good