Beast Lords, a game being created by James Byrde, is a fun 8bit styled hack n slash Rogue-lite with RPG elements reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link.

You play as the protagonist, a creature from a displaced nomadic tribe. You goal is to find wealth and a place to rebuild your home for future generations to come. With … Read More

BEEST is a super tough roguelike that sees you controlling a robotic bee who must eradicate dangerous parasites, heal sick bees and kill corrupted queen bees in an infected beehive.

The mechanics in BEEST are a little different to your traditional dungeon crawling rogue like.  Enemies are tough and the only way to regain health is to cure the sick bees in the hive.  To … Read More

Ducksoup Dungeon is a fun Game Boy themed roguelike with challenging gameplay, procedurally generated levels and charming retro visuals.

As you progress through the dungeon, you’ll level up, encounter a nice array of enemies and collect gold which can be used to unlock new characters.  Each new character has a distinct attack move which adds a nice bit of variety to the gameplay.

It’s a … Read More

Seventh Saga is an surprisingly fast-paced, turn-based rogue-lite RPG that sees you controlling a demonic overlord as you conquer the world, corrupting it and ridding it of all the human scum.

For such a simple looking game, there’s a surprising amount of depth, you level up as you defeat enemies, kill wildlife for health, gain minions from captured bases and gain attack bonuses when standing … Read More

Sky Rogue is a fun roguelike flight sim with a wonderful low poly visual style, arcade handling and an infinite number of procedurally generated islands to soar and shoot your way through.

We first covered Sky Rogue last year, and found it to be a blast.  It’s come a long way since then, with all manner upgrades and tweaks, including a great selection of … Read More

Bear Hero is a fun roguelike platformer where you play as a bear (who is very heroic) and try to navigate a randomly generated overworld maze.

Before the game starts you’re presented with a choice of two images (for example a cat and a dog), then depending on which one you choose, a selction of bears are removed from the herd.  You repeat this process … Read More

Tiny Wizard is a fast paced 2D top-down procedurally generated roguelike with a focus on combat and a variety of fun and powerful spells to unleash upon the different creatures that want to kill and devour you.

Each time you defeat a boss you’ll receive a new item for you to test on the creatures, and by test we mean kill them in a cool … Read More

Retro-Pixel Castles is an RTS with elements taken from genres such as town management sims, roguelikes and tower defense games.  Retro-Pixel Castles is not a game you can win, you just get better at prolonging the inevitable death of your civilization.  As you play, you will unlock more content, such as, additional buildings, more items and access to more units to control, you can use … Read More

Reliquary is a roguelike futuristic action rpg focused on exploration, survival, and dying a lot.  Stranded in a procedurally generated asteroid field riddled with derelict ships and bizarre creatures, you’ll need to survive countless perils in your search for a way home.

It’s a great game, with a fun combat system influenced by Vlambeers Nuclear Throne, challenging gameplay influenced by Spelunky and Demon’s Souls… Read More

DungeonUp is a dungeon crawler inspired by Tower of Sorcerer that features procedurally generated levels and map-based mini puzzles and charming retro graphics.

There are currently 30 levels to take on, with a variety of enemies to vanquish and loot to collect.  It’s a strangely addictive game, it features intuitive gameplay and can be played entirely through mouse control, while procedurally generated levels add plenty … Read More

Skyhill is a stylish turn based roguelike point and click survival game about staying alive when there is no reason to.

You are a resident of Skyhill hotel who a survived biological catastrophe. Your goal is to get out of your penthouse in search of other people and salvation. But all elevators in the building are off and floors are flooded with hazards.

The game … Read More

Phantasmal is a genuinely terrifying roguelike first person horror game inspired by Dead Space, Silent Hill, Metro and Resident Evil, set in an old abandoned, procedurally generated mansion.

The prevailing darkness makes for a very claustrophobic feeling game, and both the character design and audio are both particularly freaky, but the single most terrifying aspect of it is that the levels are all … Read More

Corridors Of Uncertainty is procedurally generated rogue-like with fully destructible maps, a wide array of weaponry and plenty of violence.  The Pre-Alpha gives you one life to shoot, kill and demolish your way to the end of the levels, attempting to get as high a score as possible.

The weaponry is great fun to play around with, from lightsabers to rocket launchers, they all pack … Read More

Barony is a retro first-person dungeon crawler RPG, featuring cooperative multiplayer, rogue-like elements and real-time action all wrapped up in a glorious retro shell.  It’s a rogue-like romp inspired by Ultima Underworld, System Shock and Dagerfall, which you travel through the vast subterranean complex known as the Devil’s Bastion, on a mission to kill the evil Litch, Baron Helix.

You’ll make your … Read More

Zpocalypse: Survival is an isometric sandbox rogue-lite strategic survival game based on the popular Zpocalypse board games where you manage a group of survivors in a post-nuclear zombie apocalypse.  Zpocalypse: Survival features 3D procedurally generated worlds, Rogue-lite elements, an XCOM-Style permadeath system, Day/Night cycles and base building, management and defence.

Character movement is controlled through a Diablo-Style point & click system, your job is to … Read More

The Hero Trap is a fun, fast paced and colourful roguelike dungeon-crawler, where you can use the souls of great warriors past to aid your perilous journey.

It looks wonderful, with randomly generated maps, nice animation and colourful cartoony character and enemy design.  The gameplay is similar to Gauntlet, with characters roaming dungeons, vanquishing hordes of enemies and earning gold.  This gold can be used … Read More

Copod is a vibrant 2D top-down exploration roguelite, set in a colourful, beautiful, organic feeling world.   All you have to do is impress your mate by finding a flower and bringing it back to her.  However, it’s a dangerous place to be exploring, and you’re only a little Copod, you’ll have to use your wits to survive.

This isn’t a fast and frantic shooter, things … Read More

Heart & Slash is a fantastic looking fast paced 3d brawler/roguelike inspired by Bayonetta, Mega Man and ADOM.  You control Heart, a malfunctioning robot who’s fighting for its identity against the minions of standardization, you want to be unique, you want to be LOVED.

Heart & Slash is a wonderful game, the levels are short, fast paced, procedurally generated, brutal affairs that really will test … Read More

Wayward is a fun turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike inspired by Ultima Online, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.  It features open-ended open-world gameplay, an extensive skill system, 200 items to craft and interact with, around 20 creatures to do battle with,  procedurally generated worlds with 5 distinct environments.  It’s great fun exploring the world as you’re never sure what you’ll find, it’s a bit like a … Read More

KeeperRL is a Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress inspired dungeon simulator with roguelike mechanics, where you play as a Sauron-like character, searching for ultimate knowledge of destruction.

It’s a great game with charming retro visuals, deep gameplay mechanics, procedurally generated worlds, and even a story based adventure mode.  The dungeon building is excellent and reminiscent of Dungeon Keeper, there’s a real sense of progress as … Read More

It’s a turn-based RPG with randomly generated levels and lots of powerful items to find.  Shattered Planet has a great isometric art style, similar to Bastion, and it’s influenced by some great recent Roguelikes, such as Rogue Legacy and FTL as well as classics like Rogue and … Read More

Illuminascii is a great new FPS with a wonderful ascii text based visual style that features randomly generated content and roguelike elements.  It’s a very silly game, great fun to play, and like any good roguelike, you never know what’s going to happen next.  It’s probably best to explain what happened during my first game:

My randomly generated character, ‘Killroy the Gaunt Vegetable Wizard’, was … Read More

The game is played from a 2D, side on perspective, with characters being depicted through their silhouettes, making the game feel like you’re playing through a graphic novel.  The game features procedurally generated dungeons to explore … Read More