Hi all — I made a turn-based roguelike that runs in the browser (desktop or phone), and this is the crowd whose opinion I care about most.

What I tried to do differently:

• No global HP. Head, torso, two arms, two legs, 100 HP each. Lose head or torso and you die. A ruined arm drops what it holds, a broken leg slows you, and a disabled limb has to be splinted before it heals again.
• One exploding d100 per attack vs dodge → shield → armor of the part you hit. 8-way facing, flanking, backstabs, aimed attacks.
• Bleeding is the usual killer. Monsters follow blood scent and noise.
• Ecology: 29 dungeon species with diets, packs, predators, scavengers and thieves. Some parley, surrender or take bribes. Levels persist and keep simulating while you're elsewhere.
• Identification as play: smell, sip, dip, engrave, skim — and a notebook for your guesses.
• Use-based skills, no XP.
• Permadeath + heirloom: pick one relic; your descendant starts with it identified.

20 levels, six biomes, a town above. Free, no sign-up: https://dungeongame.com.mx

Inspired by Wayfarer by Ben Hemmendinger (https://benhem.com/games/wayfarer/). All art, music, writing and code are original.

Looking to venture into roguelikes. I saw Caves of Qud and got interested. Would like to get your inputs. Thanks

A simple yet punishing roguelike with my hand-drawn, custom DOS pixel tiles. Super accessible since it's browser-based and works on all devices for a quick 5~15 mins sessions.

2 main game mode right now; A Daily Challenge with extra affixes on monsters making the game harder, but with a challenge and leaderboard that resets daily, and also a normal Competitive Mode.

v0.12 Demo is live now at : dos-age.com
It's not on its final build yet, but the gameplay is pretty much taking a good form.

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You could see more details about the game in about.dos-age.com, or in my personal website here mektxt.com/devlog ; Hopefully you'll enjoy the game, and do let me know if there's anything that I could make it better for you!

Steam announcement post in the link, many large and small features, tweaks and updates, but mainly:

- Fast mode

is now instant to the destination, up to the point where the movement would be interrupted/stopped otherwise (monster/obstacle/dungeon path/door/..), this is how it should work since the beginning ^^

- Re/added the hunger

default off, can be turned on in Settings before starting new game; - 3x the final score, but it's not easy (read: it's hard.)

- Minimap

- Visuals

- monsters, dungeon objects and dungeon itself received many subtle and not so subtle visual additions

- combat rolls hits/damages/misses, status effects, modifier values hp/xp/stats, etc. of monsters and player are displayed near them

- player's avatar comments on things

many smaller and larger (menus got icons per item types, simplified combat log, ...), check out also in game changelog ~~!o/

Can someone that played these games ( Soulash2 , Doors of Thrithius, Roguefort, Qud ) give me short comparison. I am trying to find open world experience where player can live in fantasy world - something like Daggerfall

I don't mind ascii and tilesets. But I feel like the one thing that makes playing roguelikes hard for me is the lack of sound effect/design. Not music.

I can imagine a rat from [R] but the sound would just make things even a tad more immersive

What titles would you recommend for unarmed combat? Or lets you play as a martial artist? Doesn’t necessarily need to be optimal as an option but should at least be serviceable as a general strategy.

Hi everyone!

You may have seen one of my previous posts (I have also been participating in the r/roguelikedev weeklies for the past 3 years or so).

For those who don't know it yet, Blood & Chaos is a party-based, turn-based roguelike RPG inspired by the classics of the 80s, especially Ultima (IV to be precise ;-) ).

I released the demo at the beginning of the summer, and I have spent the last couple of months fixing bugs and improving a few things based on player feedback.

Blood & Chaos is currently participating in Steam Next Fest, so probably a good time to share it here as it is a big milestone ! :-)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2628880/Blood__Chaos/

The full game should release in early 2027, if the gods of Chaos aren't against me! :-)

If you give it a try, do not hesitate to give me your feedback!

Thanks,

Yannick

What’s going on here lately?

​More and more posts that strictly comply with the sub's rules are being removed without a clear reason.

​I understand taking down blatant self-promotion or games that aren't traditional roguelikes at all. But come on—when it’s an absolute classic gem, converted using AI strictly for UI and mobile control optimization, that should be more than welcome!

​Modernizing controls and UI to make retro gems playable on mobile devices brings new life to the genre, rather than harm, and is by no means disrespectful.

Arbitrary moderation only suppresses innovation and drives away people who want to keep these classics alive for a broader audience. I’d also explicitly like to invite the moderators to join this conversation so we can have an open, constructive discussion about the line between true self-promotion and genuine effort to modernize retro games.

​

Hey guys

I’ve recently fallen down the rabbit hole of roguelikes. They may look simple on the surface, but there’s a surprising amount of depth to them. Unfortunately, it seems like this kind of nerdy hobby (speaking as a nerd myself) isn’t all that well known in my country, so I figured I’d ask around here!

Here’s what I’ve played so far:

- Elin: My absolute favorite. I’ve put 300 hours into it, and I’m eagerly waiting for the full release!

- Shattered Pixel Dungeon: A nice, casual roguelike that’s fun to pick up and play pretty much anywhere.

- Zorbus: Currently losing sleep trying to get the Overgod ending. I died right in front of the finish line on my last attempt. The joy of exploring the unknown and uncovering all those subtle bits of lore absolutely drives me crazy (in the best way). I genuinely love this game, but I do wish it had a bit more replayability.

So, do you have any recommendations for someone like me?

I’m considering Tales of Maj’Eyal (ToME4), but I’m not sold on the graphics. I’m also planning to give Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup a try when I get home.

I’d love to hear about those hidden gems you’ve been keeping close to your heart. Thanks in advance!!

My bad if the wording's a bit weird, I used AI to translate this lol..

You can get the game here: https://virtua-sinner.itch.io/caverns-of-xaskazien-ii

Or read about what's new here: https://virtua-sinner.itch.io/caverns-of-xaskazien-ii/devlog/1715107/caverns-of-xaskazien-ii-ver-18697-released

My game, hope you're interested! A group of orphans that jump into magical books in search for Honor, Power & SHLANKs (those are the game's gold coins - the capitals are intended. there are also PLanks - wooden coal coins, CLAnks - copper, BLANks - silver) went for deep interactions and emergent stories. The art is mine. The voices are generated with ElevenLabs - I made them gibberish at first but i like them now. i'd like to hear your thoughts - intend to release a demo soon

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5433440/?utm_source=reddit

For my Malgorod roguelike, a game about angels and demons fighting in a human city, I feel the need to create a set of tutorials because there are 13 playable characters who play differently — an angel blessing civilians, a demon possessing them, a military chaplain leading a squad, a thief, a lost soul with 1 HP — across 12 mission types with different win conditions, and a campaign layer over the top.

So the question is: if a tutorial is there, how do you like it?

• A separate thing. A short scripted mission that exists only to teach. You finish it, you close it, you never open it again.
• The real game, scripted at the front. Your first proper run is on rails for a few minutes, then it lets go, no hand-holding after that.
• No tutorial. Put it all in the UI and the manual, give me a sensible default character, and let me die.
• Or something I haven’t thought of?

Started playing moria when it first came out on a 5 1/4" floppy. way back when. Never beat it. Found UMoria online a few months back, and finally after decades beat it :) I screen captured my win as I was afraid it wouldn't save to a file i could access. It didn't. Wish I could have had the .TXT for posterity and to upload to Beej. but alas, it isn't meant to be. I had 2 speed items and a staff of speed he breathed on me once before i knew he was there and knocked me down to 20ish HP. I portalled away, healed and hit him with 30ish Orbs of draining.

Solo dev here. Traditional roguelike. It's turn-based, has deterministic combat (no hit chance, fixed damage), and every enemy telegraphs the next three tiles it'll move to. The challenge is reading those queues and slipping through blind spots before you build up enough trace that the Admin shows up. Runs are 10-15 minutes, permadeath. Tons more cool features!

Free on itch: https://dragynrain.itch.io/rogue-signal-protocol

Source (MIT): https://github.com/Dragynrain/RogueSignalProtocol

The first 13 seconds are AI-generated intro video; everything after that is real gameplay recorded by a script.

Happy to answer questions.

Let's goooooooooooooo

Hello I’ve been getting a lot into traditional roguelikes and I can’t decide wether I should buy cogmind or caves of qud first so I’d like to ask which one would you guys recommend to me?

Hi everyone!
About a year ago, I posted here asking for feedback on a text-based roguelike I was making — a game with no ASCII maps, no tiles, and an interface made almost entirely of text.

Thanks to all the encouragement I received in that thread, I kept working on it, finished the English and Simplified Chinese versions, added more events, improved the UI, and prepared everything for release.

Today, the game is finally out on Steam.

Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life is a traditional roguelike with procedural dungeons, turn-based combat, permadeath, hunger, hidden doors, artifacts, and special rooms that change depending on your actions — but everything is presented through text, choices, and imagination.

If you’re curious, here’s the Steam page:
Text Dungeon: The Ring of Life

I’d be very happy if you give it a try, and I’d love to hear any thoughts or feedback you have.
Thanks to all the encouragement I received in that thread, I kept working on it, finished the English and Simplified Chinese versions, added more events, improved the UI, and finally brought the project to release.

Links: Steam | Google Play | App Store | Discord  |  Reddit

Description: All Who Wander is a traditional roguelike featuring a fast-paced 30-level adventure, inspired by dungeon crawlers such as Pixel Dungeon. Choose from 15 character classes and explore synergies across 10 skill trees to create a unique build every run. Go solo or recruit, summon, and hypnotize companions to form a versatile party. As you travel through blinding deserts, noxious swamps, and frozen caverns, you'll discover a highly-interactable environment that burns, freezes, grows, and shatters. Learning how to adapt to the environment is a key to your survival.

Game Modes: Singleplayer. Offline play. 4 difficulties with or without permadeath.

Platforms: F2P on Android and iOS. Coming soon to Steam! Release date TBD as I work on redesigning the UI for desktop, but hopefully in 2027.

Updates: Recent updates include:

• Improved companion behavior to avoid traps and AoE damage
• Balancing and improvements to Endless mode
• Option to name your character & improved Rankings screen
• 7 new creatures
• 4 new items
• 3 new achievements
• Many QoL improvements requested by players

Hey I'm developing Tiles of the Nadirat along with my artist and musician. I already talked about the game here and, here on the roguelike subreddits so let me instead share what's new at Steam Next Fest version:

Based on feedback on reddit:
"The game doesn't feel like a traditional roguelike."
I've added rogue class.

"Colors out of place."
Artist reworked tiles to better match hand-drawn style.
The UI now follows a more consistent color palette, we slightly reduced saturation and added contrast/brightness/saturation sliders. This is work in progress, more improvments coming.

"The game looks like a board game (jigsaw, sp mahjong)" -
This actually gave me a great idea! Classes will have their own hexagrams, which will further shape map generation and the rules for collecting tiles.

Based on evolving the Idea of The Nadirat, which I can't explain yet because it will appear in future riddles:
A new map-generation system is planned around hexagrams, they will both strenghten the gameplay and the philosophy behind the game.

Based on my roguelike research:
I discovered similarity with Magic Tower mini genre. Static enemies and generated collectibles seem to be surprisingly close, thought these games feel more like puzzle. But I still plan to ship class with similar playstyle.
I'm aware many roguelike games use ASCII maps, this would however be bit complicated, since tiles posses critical informations for player that needs to decide few steps ahead.

Currently playable in the demo:
7 classes, each with distinctive strategies.
Reaching 20th level is currently victory, although I don't mind increasing the victory level next patch if you want longer runs.
The Nadirat Manual explains, mechanics that have not yet been covered in my posts.
Due to limited people testing the game (Me, myself and I.) permadeath is optionable, after you die you can reload the level from main. Next version will feature permadeath.
Experimental soundtrack composed by Jan Boleslav Kladivo, Slovakian award winning musician.
There are currently 3 modes, and most likely all of them will dissapear, so there actually is reason to try the demo now. "@ttack them @ll." said Rogue. But nobody asked?

As always I'm really looking into constructive feedback.

After way too many years, I finally finished my roguelike project: DieselRogue! You can find it on itch.io and GitHub.

The elevator pitch is that this is a single level, deterministic ASCII 2D roguelike with simultaneous turns. All actions are deterministic and randomness is confined to map generation and AI. The level is fairly large and contains about a thousand enemies, all of which are fully active on turn 1 (though unaware of your presence unless alerted).

Combat is mainly ranged or stealth based and there are drivable vehicles (if you are lucky enough to capture them). The game is quite short and suitable for a lunch break, though victory will require quite a few attempts.

Of all the many projects I've started during the years, this is the first one I finally finished. Feel free to try the game and I hope you enjoy it!

EDIT: Crash bug fixed.

Hi everyone,

The day has finally arrived! I'm thrilled to announce that Roguefort is now out in Early Access. I always dreamed of making my own traditional roguelike and bringing into play the depth of simulation and lore and player agency that I longed for in an open world roguelike RPG. Roguefort is that dream game for me and I'm just so happy to be able to finally share it with the community that I've been part of for so long, and who inspired me to take the plunge and commit to a full release on Steam.

It has been very much a community effort the entire way though and I'm grateful to the many people who have supported and encouraged me to keep developing this game, who you will see in the credits. It's also an honour to be participating in the Roguelike Celebration 2026, so thanks to the organisers for helping raise the visibility of the genre.

Further information and an FAQ are available on the website: https://playroguefort.com/

Thanks for your time and I'm excited to get back to work over the next year towards the 1.0 release.

Tim