The 10 Best Roguelike Games
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Whether you call them roguelikes, roguelites, or “games like rogue,” we’re bundling them all together into one convenient genre for our picks of the Top 10 Roguelikes of all time.
For the purpose of this video, we’re defining a “Rogue-like” as a game that features both procedural generation and permadeath as core elements of gameplay (ie: It’s not just a mode that you have the option of turning on or off.) Which basically means that games like Hades, Spelunky, and Nethack all qualify under our definition, despite the potential argument being made for some of those being more considered a “Rogue-lite”
Special thanks to Jeff Burns, Phillip Reich, and Jade Dennis for providing their voices for this video.
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01.08.2021
Ppl are complaining that a lot of their fav games arent on this list (such as Darkest Dungeon, Risk of Rain 1 & 2, Noita, Nuclear Throne, etc.) but it just seems to me like a lot of these games are just fantastic, and it's hard to pick 10 out of the many fantastic ones this genre.
My top 3 are Risk of Rain 2, TBOI, & Darkest Dungeon, but that's my preference.
Wizards of legends and west of dead should have been on this list imo
RETURNAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1. ALSO, WHAT ABOUT CURSE OF THE DEAD GODS? THAT GAME WAS FUN TOO. SHOULD HAVE MADE THE TOP 10. HONESTLY NO ONE GIVES A DAMN ABOUT NETHACK AND FTL. YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER PLAY THOSE TWO OVER RETURNAL? LMAO! JUST ANOTHER REASON IGN STANDS FOR IGNORANT.
Binding of Isaac also available on PS4 and Xbox
In terms of difficulty, Dead Cells is the hardest one imo
Does nobody know about skul????? Blasphemy! It's straight up a better dead cells
WHERE IS CURSE OF THE DEAD GOD
Noita is still my favorite roguelike of all time. Must have 600+ hours into it.
Faster than light isn’t on iphone
11 – Streets of Rogue
Agree with all the calls for Risk of Rain, but also disappointed at no mention of Monster Train. I personally rate Monster Train higher than STS.
you forgot one of the best in the genre Darkest Dungeon
Please dont make any more lists like that. Its terrible.
Dead cells not in the top 3 :'c sadness
Hades is my favorite on the whole list besides Deadcells.
MUCK
hello? Risk of Rain ?????
No! I say it and will keep saying it: Gungeon is not a good game.
shut up ign guy
nuclear throneless
Risk of rain should have been on this list
Check also Streets of Rogue. Is a sandbox roguelike where you can achieve goals in vastly different ways, to me is like a 2D Skyrim
Happy to see spelunky on this
isacc is overrated change my mind
What TPS is that at 30 seconds or so
No Necrodancer? Real shame there. Other than that I mostly agree with everything on this list.
Imagine having a Rougelike list without Risk of Rain.
Honorable mentions:
Wizard of Legend
Risk of Rain 2
Skul
Noita
Curse of Dead Gods
Neon Abyss
Deep Rock Galactic
UnderMine
Children of Morta
Void Bastard
Dreamscaper
Blade Assault
I, Dracula: Genesis
I might be one of the very few who just hate Binding of Isaac!!! The gameplay never got me interested after an hour of play. Personally think it's a little overrated. But Spelunky 2, Dead Cells, Hades, Enter the Gungeon, FTL, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire, Invisible, Inc. are all masterpieces.
FTL made me become a junkie first and cemented my love for rogues
Your God damned right isaac is #1. Undermine and darkest dungeon are better than half the list tho
What's the game at 0:30?
Wow, Everspace was WAY better than some of these.
dude. no one EVER talks about risk of rain 2… like at all. its always hades, and dead cells.
EVERYONE GO PLAY RISK OF RAIN 2…
its honestly better than every game on this list.
do your frikin research ign…
Enter the gungeon definitely got hoed with that ranking, even though it's more popular than half the others on the list. Risk of rain 2 definitely deserved a high spot for being the most successful 3D roguelike (before returnal), but didn't even get a ranking OR a pseudo-honorable mention like returnal. I do agree with Isaac's ranking, though, as it's recently been updated with a dlc that made the game more suitable for modern roguelikes.
no way gungeon didnt get wayyyyy higher and nuclear throne or risk of rain 1 or 2 didnt make it onto the list
Where's Risk of Rain 2?
I recommend checking out Noita and Scourgebringer, both are my favorites roguelikes
For the king?
The fact Vagante isnt here mean you havent played Vagante.
I can't believe the past is forgotten… Hotline Miami
nuculear throne is an og way before guneon
Where the hell is nuclear throne
Risk of Rain and Noita absolutely deserve a spot.
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M U C K
says 'a few decades' and then makes a joke about hyperbole as if you're way too good of a journalist to do that. do you even hear yourself?
what game was 0:30
i am really suprised that skul the hero slayer is not on here
SFD : Rogue TRPG is the best