A thread to discuss, review, recommend, and track news about both roguelikes and roguelike inspired (aka roguelike-like) games.
To start off, here's one of my favorites, Cataclysm DDA - a fairly classic one in basic setup, it's special features are a "near future zombie apocalypse plus" setting, and a mindbogglingly detailed item and crafting systems, i can hardly think of a game with a compareable game in that regard.
It's open source, and you can get started with it here. Personally i favor the experimentals, though it wasn't always the case, they tend to be stable enough for long term play these days.
Another one is a little known gem, IVAN, a classic roguelike with its special features being a materials system that applies even to body parts, and lots of interesting emergent gameplay arising from that.
You can get started with it here.
Bay12 games, particularly Dwarf Fortress and LCS, are well known class of strategy roguelikes of their own,
you can check them out here. I'm willing to provide some hints and advice to those needing it in light of DF's legendary learning curve.
Moving on to new and more roguelike inspired type games, there is Jupiter Hell, currently early access "sequel" to famous DoomRL, made by the same team, now with actual graphics!
You can get it here.
DRL - D**m, the Roguelike
And recently out of early access, Shortest Trip to Earth, a spiritual successor to FTL, if you liked FTL you will probably like what you see there, you can get it here.
To start off, here's one of my favorites, Cataclysm DDA - a fairly classic one in basic setup, it's special features are a "near future zombie apocalypse plus" setting, and a mindbogglingly detailed item and crafting systems, i can hardly think of a game with a compareable game in that regard.
It's open source, and you can get started with it here. Personally i favor the experimentals, though it wasn't always the case, they tend to be stable enough for long term play these days.
Another one is a little known gem, IVAN, a classic roguelike with its special features being a materials system that applies even to body parts, and lots of interesting emergent gameplay arising from that.
You can get started with it here.
Bay12 games, particularly Dwarf Fortress and LCS, are well known class of strategy roguelikes of their own,
you can check them out here. I'm willing to provide some hints and advice to those needing it in light of DF's legendary learning curve.
Moving on to new and more roguelike inspired type games, there is Jupiter Hell, currently early access "sequel" to famous DoomRL, made by the same team, now with actual graphics!
You can get it here.
DRL - D**m, the Roguelike
And recently out of early access, Shortest Trip to Earth, a spiritual successor to FTL, if you liked FTL you will probably like what you see there, you can get it here.
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