swap_horiz Sil-Q Alternatives

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NetHack

NetHack is a 1987 open-source roguelike by the NetHack DevTeam, notable for deep emergent interactions and its lineage f...

Dungeon Classic Turn Based Traditional

9.7 Brilliant

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a 2006 open-source roguelike, notable as the community-developed successor to Linley's Dunge...

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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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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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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DoomRL

DoomRL is Kornel Kisielewicz's Doom-inspired roguelike begun in 2002, notable for translating shooter pacing into turn-b...

Classic Turn Based Traditional Shooter

8.6 Great

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DRL

DRL is the renamed DoomRL, a ChaosForge roguelike notable for becoming open source in 2016 after a ZeniMax trademark war...

Modern Turn Based Traditional Shooter

8.6 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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Elona

Elona is a 2007 Japanese roguelike by Noa, notable for its open-world structure, Irva setting, and many fan-maintained v...

RPG Open World Turn Based Traditional

8.1 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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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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ToME 2

ToME 2 is an Angband-derived Tolkien roguelike in the Tales of Middle Earth line, notable as the stable 2.x branch befor...

RPG Fantasy Classic Turn Based

8.0 Great

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Umoria

Umoria is James E. Wilson's 1987 C port of Moria, notable for making Koeneke's Tolkien-inspired roguelike widely portabl...

Dungeon Classic Turn Based Traditional

7.6 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