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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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Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman

Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman is a 2002 Dreamcast roguelike by Neverland and Chunsoft, notable for s...

Fantasy Traditional Mystery Dungeon Shiren

9.3 Excellent

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Brogue

Brogue is a turn-based roguelike game developed by Brian Walker. It presents a challenging dungeon experience through st...

Modern Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Brogue Community Edition

Brogue Community Edition is a turn-based dungeon crawler presented in ASCII graphics. It’s a maintained version of the o...

Dungeon Turn Based Community Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Cogmind

Cogmind is a turn-based roguelike game where players control combat robots exploring procedurally generated sci-fi dunge...

Dungeon Sci Fi Turn Based Traditional

9.2 Excellent

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Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion

Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion is a roguelike video game developed by Chunsoft for the Nint...

Fantasy Traditional Nintendo 64 Mystery Dungeon

9.2 Excellent

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ADOM

Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) is a classic turn-based roguelike developed in 1994 by Thomas Biskup. It’s recognized...

Fantasy Dungeon Classic Turn Based

9.1 Excellent

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Angband Vanilla

Angband Vanilla represents a foundational turn-based roguelike experience rooted in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium. Player...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

9.1 Excellent

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Doom, the Roguelike

Released in 2002, Doom, the Roguelike is a turn-based strategy game that translates the first-person shooter mechanics o...

Traditional Science Fiction Ascii Doom

8.6 Great

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Infra Arcana

Infra Arcana is a turn-based roguelike game steeped in Lovecraftian horror. It presents players with challenging dungeon...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Horror

8.4 Great

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The Ground Gives Way

The Ground Gives Way is a turn-based roguelike game presented in ASCII art. It offers a compact dungeon experience with...

Compact Dungeon Turn Based Traditional

8.2 Great

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Bloatcrawl 2

Bloatcrawl 2 is a 2019 fan-made variant of the open-source roguelike game Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It is deliberately d...

Fantasy Traditional Ascii Dcss Variant

7.7 Good

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UnAngband

UnAngband is a variant of the traditional roguelike game Angband, developed by Andrew Doull. It distinguishes itself fro...

Fantasy Traditional Ascii Angband Variant

7.6 Good

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bcrawl

bcrawl is a variant of the traditional fantasy roguelike game Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (DCSS). Descended from the xcrawl...

Fantasy Traditional Ascii Dcss Variant

7.3 Good

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Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic

Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic (SLASH'EM) is an open-source roguelike game that functions as a major vari...

Fantasy Traditional Ascii Nethack Variant

7.2 Good

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Stoat Soup

Stoat Soup is a Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup fork developed by David Damerell and contributors, notable for revised species,...

Fantasy Traditional Ascii Dcss Variant

7.1 Good

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FARA

FARA is a browser-playable, turn-based fantasy roguelike created by Brian Is Creative. It emphasizes open-ended explorat...

Fantasy Open World Turn Based Traditional

6.9 Fair

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Alphaman

Alphaman is Jeffrey R. Olson's 1995 post-apocalyptic DOS roguelike, notable for colorful graphics built from the extende...

Post Apocalyptic Traditional Dos Ascii

6.2 Fair

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Noxico

Noxico is an adult-oriented open-world roguelike created by Roel van Mastbergen, distinguished by procedural settlements...

Open World Traditional Science Fantasy Ascii

6.1 Fair