swap_horiz UnReal World 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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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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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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Elin

Elin is a 2024 open-world sandbox roguelike RPG developed by Noa, serving as an expansive prequel to the popular Japanes...

Fantasy Open World PC Traditional

8.3 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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FrogComposband

FrogComposband is a PosChengband and Composband variant with many birth options, more content, humour and fixes than its...

Dungeon Turn Based Traditional Variant

8.1 Great

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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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Soulash 2

Soulash 2 is a 2023 sandbox role-playing roguelike by Artur Smiarowski, expanding on its predecessor with dynamic world...

Fantasy Open World Turn Based Traditional

7.3 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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Soulash

Soulash is a 2020 traditional turn-based roguelike by Artur Smiarowski, designed around dark fantasy progression and wor...

Fantasy Open World Turn Based Traditional

6.3 Fair