From Rogue's ASCII dungeons to Hades II's mythological masterpiece, these are some of the best roguelike games ever made.

J. Scott Thurlow is a Senior Contributor based in the NYC Metropolitan Area. While he is not actually Alan Wake, Scott has been ranting about games since falling in love with them at a young age.

If you took a sprawling, 100 hour, turn-based RPG and put it in a car crusher, the dense little cube that spat out the other end would probably be a bit like He Is Coming. This Early Access roguelike ...

If I had to crown a genre as the most popular gaming niche of the year, I’d be tempted to pick roguelikes. They’ve dominated the gaming world in 2025, with subgenres like casino roguelikes, ...

Roguelikes can sometimes be an overly repetitive experience by design, but some games make their loop interesting enough to ...