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RPG Roguelite Fan Thread

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I have discovered that RPG roguelites are growing to be one of my favorite genres in the current gaming market so figured I'd create a thread dedicated to compiling a list of some of my top picks and collect some recommendations from other fans of the genre.

Roguelite is vs Roguelike: Roguelike games are known for their permadeath and procedural generation, while roguelites add meta-progression elements where you can unlock permanent upgrades or persistent progression between runs.

There are many subgenres of roguelites but specifically I have gravitated toward RPG roguelites. There are many subgenres of RPG roguelites: Deckbuilders, dungeon crawlers, turn-based, auto-battlers, vampire survivor etc..

Some examples of well known roguelites are Hades, Slay the Spire, Monster Train, FTL: Faster Than Light.

Here are some of my recent discoveries to get the ball rolling:

Across the Obelisk - Turn-based, deckbuilder

View: https://youtu.be/5-g0zlBgqpc?si=2iO5f5OVJMEKuNE7


Corpse Keeper - Fighting, action-strategy, dungeon crawler

View: https://youtu.be/eF1phHMhu5M?si=P3R2imTX287QzE6A


Death Must Die - Vampire survivor, APRG, Diablo-like

View: https://youtu.be/T6C1d7CycoE?si=kV0gI-6GdoT_U30v


Deepest Chamber: Resurrection - First person, turn-based, dungeon crawler, deckbuilder

View: https://youtu.be/mRjy8eCu0aA?si=IbQ_5YfO2xf-jOe1


Gordian Quest - Deckbuilder, turn-based, strategic combat

View: https://youtu.be/Kd674TTwogU?si=tC7k71apMqLdDkmj


Hadean Tactics - Deckbuilder, strategy, autobattler

View: https://youtu.be/zyXc9fEuZPk?si=TMEVNbdB8P17F_N8


Halls of Torment - Vampire survivor, action RPG, diablo-like

View: https://youtu.be/s-zVBwRxbc4?si=9woE9bR8Fl9-3nzV


Inkbound - Turn-based, tactical action (Monster Train developers)

View: https://youtu.be/zqDXif926LQ?si=U6lPdh71xDNhxeVO


Knock on the Coffin Lid - Strategy, card battler

View: https://youtu.be/SqBhUV3p6wo?si=s-6JW_1PlazMZBtj


Rogue: Genesia - Action, vampire survivor-like

View: https://youtu.be/7nxiib5R9wY?si=z3CaedJOjKph63kx


Soulstone Survivors - Action, vampire survivor-like

View: https://youtu.be/qaMRlk8MLz8?si=X-5I88iNqdhU3Cle


Trigon: Space Story - FTL-like
 
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Some of my favorites that weren't listed:

Hades - Action

Against the Storm - City-builder, Survival <--- This is my go to when I just want to relax

Brotato - Action, Vampire Survivor-like <--- Best of the VS-likes

Voidigo - Action, Vampire Survivor-like

Returnal - Action, 3rd Person Shooter, Modern graphics/tech

Warm Snow - Action, Hades-like

Ring of Pain - Card game, Dungeon Crawler

Trials of Fire - Card game, Hex-grid Tactics

Neon Abyss - Action, Side-scroller, BoI style upgrades and synergies
 
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Bankie said:
Some of my favorites that weren't listed:

Hades - Action

Against the Storm - City-builder, Survival <--- This is my go to when I just want to relax

Brotato - Action, Vampire Survivor-like <--- Best of the VS-likes

Voidigo - Action, Vampire Survivor-like

Returnal - Action, 3rd Person Shooter, Modern graphics/tech

Warm Snow - Action, Hades-like

Ring of Pain - Card game, Dungeon Crawler

Trials of Fire - Card game, Hex-grid Tactics

Neon Abyss - Action, Side-scroller, BoI style upgrades and synergies
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Thanks for the recommendations! Definitely some on that list I'd like to check out.

EDIT: Against the Storm and Trials of Fire both look really interesting!
 
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Children of Morta is go-to of mine.

Also love the already mentioned Soulstone Survivors
 
Anyone tried Inkbound? I liked Monster Train and generally like rpg roguelites.
 
Ranulfo said:
Anyone tried Inkbound? I liked Monster Train and generally like rpg roguelites.
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Yes! Monster train is my all time favorite slay the spire like game. Inkbound is fun but needs some time to bake. It just lacks polishing, if they put the work in it'll be good.
 
Rouge Genesia is a total rip of Vampire Survivor that looks way better... Not sure what to think of this!
 
deaedius said:
Rouge Genesia is a total rip of Vampire Survivor that looks way better... Not sure what to think of this!
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Uhhh SmashTV 1990?

Vampire Survivors was actually largely based on a mobile game called Magic Survival I believe, they certainly didn't create the concept, they just made a killer game with the idea.
 
HeavensCloud said:
Uhhh SmashTV 1990?

Vampire Survivors was actually largely based on a mobile game called Magic Survival I believe, they certainly didn't create the concept, they just made a killer game with the idea.
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It is def not like Smash TV although I enjoy this game.
 
Ranulfo said:
Anyone tried Inkbound? I liked Monster Train and generally like rpg roguelites.
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Yup, Inkbound is one included in the original post. It's still in early access but it already has a decent amount of content and there is plenty of fun to be had in its current state. I spent a fairly large chunk of time with it last weekend and had a good time. And that was with only one of several characters / gameplay styles available.
 
deaedius said:
Rouge Genesia is a total rip of Vampire Survivor that looks way better... Not sure what to think of this!
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Depends on your perspective. You can call it a "total rip" or "heavily inspired" 😉

I mean realistically aren't most games heavily inspired from other games?
 
I'm a big fan of Rift Wizard. I think it's a roguelike, rather than a roguelite. To me the difference seems arbitrary, because there are games such as Noita, where you can achieve meta-progress but it's not something that most players would experience. On that note, I think Noita is pretty great, too. Both of these I'd say are some of the best indie games I've played.
 
Krenum said:
Hades & Dead Cells are good. I recommend them.
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Definitely the best of the best in the genre.

I'll add some of my other favorites (Action Roguelite mostly):
Astral Ascent
BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Curse of the Dead Gods
Death Road to Canada
Rogue Legacy 1 and 2
 
I've been playing a lot of Inkbound, Monster Train 2, and Hadean Tactics. All picked up during the Steam summer sale.

Hadean Tactics - 19.2 hours so far. Fin - This is kind of a combination of StS and an Auto-battler. There's a decent amount of build variety and a lot of random upgrades.

View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1260590/Hadean_Tactics/

Monster Train 2 - 7.9 hours - The first one was really good and this one is very similar. I haven't unlocked much yet but I haven't enjoyed the first 2 or 3 races as much as the races in the last one. I'm going to get back to it but can't stop playing Inkbound.

View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742830/Monster_Train_2/

Inkbound - 29.4 hours in the last 2 weeks (some of that was during sleep in the middle of a late late night binge). - It's a bit like Hades with a more strategic combat system; it's turn-based but during your turn you move your character around the battlefield while using all of your AP before the enemy turn. The player characters are all quite different in how they play and there are a bunch of character build decisions to make. You start a game with 3 abilities and can randomly get access to choose 2 more during your run. Each of these abilities can be upgraded 3 times (with quite a bit of variation) and then a final form of the ability that can be a big gameplay change (I believe there are 3 for each one). You're also picking up gear that has modifiers and stat boosts; the interesting thing here is that in special rooms you can destroy an item to lose the item but get a permanant x2 stat boost to those stats. It has multiplayer but I haven't given it a try yet.

View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062810/Inkbound/
 
Re MT2, unlock the dimmensional portal challenge mode if you haven't. Just have to beat the first challenge, its worth it. Having beaten Cov10 now a few times, Underlegion and Lazarus are my favorite clans. The balance with some of the bosses are not great, I think that is my biggest gripe.

Hadrean Tactics is pretty good. I got it in early access but I haven't played it in a long time.
 
I put ~25 hours each into Yet Another Zombie Survivor and Jotunnslayer over the last couple months. Both are pretty fun picks for Vampire Slayer-esque gameplay. YAZS was slow to get into, but got fun. Weapon only gameplay without using skills on some characters in your party is interesting.
 
delita said:
Definitely the best of the best in the genre.

I'll add some of my other favorites (Action Roguelite mostly):
Astral Ascent
BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Curse of the Dead Gods
Death Road to Canada
Rogue Legacy 1 and 2
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The developer of Death Road to Canada(which I really like) is coming out with a new game called Space Dingus. Looks like Death Road in a sci fi setting.
 
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