swap_horiz Ziggurat 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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Enter the Gungeon

Enter the Gungeon is a roguelike game where players control Gungeoneers navigating procedurally generated levels filled...

Video Game Challenging INDIE Bullet Hell

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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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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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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Tiny Rogues

Tiny Rogues is a bullet-hell dungeon roguelite by RubyDev, notable for fast room-by-room combat and many classes in a co...

Fantasy Action Dungeon Bullet Hell

8.6 Great

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Roboquest

Roboquest is a 2023 roguelite FPS by RyseUp Studios, notable for fast co-op gunplay, robot classes, and a Saturday-morni...

Co Op First Person Shooter Robots

8.5 Great

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Gunfire Reborn

Gunfire Reborn is a 2021 roguelite first-person shooter by Chinese studio Duoyi Games, combining hero classes, random we...

Co Op First Person Shooter Animals

8.3 Great

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BPM: Bullets Per Minute

BPM: Bullets Per Minute is a 2020 rhythm-based roguelike FPS by Awe Interactive, where shooting, dodging, and reloading...

Dungeon First Person Shooter Rhythm

7.8 Good

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Ziggurat 2

Ziggurat 2 is a 2021 first-person roguelite by Milkstone Studios, refining the original's magic-shooter dungeons with sh...

Dungeon First Person Shooter Magic

7.7 Good

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Cavity Busters

Cavity Busters is a 2021 action-roguelike game that uniquely incorporates dental hygiene themes into its fast-paced game...

Action Dungeon PC Shooter

7.4 Good

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Immortal Redneck

Immortal Redneck is a 2017 roguelite first-person shooter by Spanish studio Crema, set around Egyptian pyramids and clas...

Dungeon First Person Shooter Egypt

7.2 Good

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Strafe

Strafe is a 2017 roguelike first-person shooter by Pixel Titans, notable for imitating 1990s PC shooter aesthetics with...

Retro First Person Gore Shooter

5.7 Mediocre