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1057 Roguelike games reviewed and scored, best first.
1057 reviews
A typing-driven, ASCII-terminal Lovecraftian colony sim about carving a roguelike settlement from the corpse of a dead god — a genuinely striking premise for fans of Caves of Qud and Cultist Simulator, undone at launch by an undisclosed reliance on generative AI for its writing, art and music that dominates its Mostly Negative review sample far more than any single gameplay complaint.
4 / 10
A 13-kilobyte pirate roguelike that layers a real press-your-luck dice game and a three-role crew system onto a single-button combat loop — and then fails the one test this shelf exists to run, because the page never tells a phone's browser how big it actually is.
3.8 / 10
A js13k 2022 runner-up with a genuinely well-built touch aim-and-cast loop for lobbing spells at approaching villagers, undercut by a hard, source-confirmed block — the ritual/upgrade screen that gates every level transition responds only to arrow keys and Enter, with no touch or mouse-click path at all, leaving a phone player stuck the moment the first wave is cleared.
3.8 / 10
An Early Access xianxia cultivation RPG about crafting treasures, building tactical characters, and ascending through nine realms of immortality, whose large Very Positive review sample praises its deep, native-English-written systems and frequent developer updates while flagging punishing balance swings, laggy transitions, and a repeated, specific complaint about AI-generated art assets.
3.5 / 10
A Norse-themed action roguelike from Team Kernel in which you fight relentless waves of monsters and collect the blessings of the gods, Mostly Negative across 36 English reviews for widely repeated, specific accusations that it closely copies Death Must Die, alongside complaints about AI-generated art and an unfinished, Early-Access-in-all-but-name state.
3.5 / 10
A free-to-play mobile idle dungeon crawler ported to Steam with a price tag but without a rebalance, leaving the energy gates and premium-currency walls in place while removing the only way to actually get past them.
3.5 / 10
A competent, good-looking Greek-mythology spin on the Vampire Survivors formula that both of its early reviewers liked -- though with only a handful of reviews on record, its long-term depth is still an open question.
3.5 / 10
A Nier: Automata-inspired action roguelite starring the Touhou Project cast, whose large Overwhelmingly Positive review sample praises its fluid combat, fantastic soundtrack, and rock-bottom price while repeatedly flagging real performance stuttering and a repetitive, content-thin roguelite loop.
3.5 / 10
A promising concept — a roguelite where every attack is a typed word, wrapped in a striking medieval-manuscript art style — collapses under a wave of bugs, half-explained systems, and a disputed AI-disclosure controversy that has left most of its review pool furious rather than forgiving.
3.5 / 10
A solid, budget-priced Vampire Survivors-style bullet hell with genuine online co-op for up to three players, backed by fast post-launch patching -- though with only a handful of public reviews on record, this is an early, promising snapshot rather than a settled verdict.
3.5 / 10
A genuinely inventive horde-survivor with handmade animation, sharp spell synergies, and a rare demo-to-release progression carryover, badly let down at launch by unfinished content and severe boss-fight performance drops -- though the developer has kept patching and expanding it since.
3 / 10
Ron Gilbert's Terrible Toybox trades point-and-click adventures for a vertically scrolling afterlife roguelite, and a Mostly Positive review sample enjoys its pixel art, humour, and Steam Deck-friendly pick-up-and-play loop, but a large share finds the runs shallow and repetitive well before the credits.
3 / 10
A roguelike deckbuilder that ties card play directly to dice -- three heroes built around a d6, d8, and d12 respectively -- whose Mostly Positive review sample praises a genuinely clever, Slay the Spire-indebted core hook and strong pixel art, but is repeatedly undercut by a launch state riddled with save corruption, stuck inventory, and balance bugs that many reviewers say should have kept it in Early Access.
3 / 10
A cute, anime-styled bullet-heaven survivors-like whose Mostly Positive review sample praises a satisfying dual-weapon skill loop and an intense floor-based endless mode, but is repeatedly undercut by complaints about weak sound design, missing auto-aim, and -- in one specific, detailed review -- AI-generated character art.
3 / 10
A budget dungeon crawler whose store page promises "endless procedurally generated dungeons," while every reviewer who has actually bought it describes roughly four fixed rooms, a death bug, and no way to quit the game without closing it through Windows.
3 / 10
A cheap, reincarnation-driven idle RPG about a goblin repeatedly dying and rebirthing to grow strong enough to topple a series of princess bosses, whose large Chinese-language-majority review base consistently praises its collectible art and humour while raising real, specific concerns about shallow build depth, tedious manual upkeep, and one detailed allegation of inflated review counts.
3 / 10
A co-op action roguelite with genuinely excellent combat that's been badly let down by thin content, negligible meta-progression, and a full price that most of its own reviewers say doesn't match what's on offer.
3 / 10
A flashy, combo-driven hack-and-slash roguelite that most of its reviewers call genuinely fun to play, undercut by a sprawling, overlapping rune-currency system some find satisfyingly deep and others call an inscrutable mess, plus rough voice mixing and a year of apparent silence from the developer since its last patch.
3 / 10
An Early Access return to the classic Monsters' Den formula -- turn-based, portrait-based party dungeon crawling with a new dual-class system -- whose Positive review sample is driven largely by long-time series nostalgia, tempered by a recurring, independently corroborated complaint about the game's AI-generated art and a thinner-than-expected amount of content for a nearly two-decade-old franchise.
3 / 10
Starmoon Cat's pixel-art Brotato-like survives its own influences with charming presentation and satisfying wave combat, but a Very Positive review sample flags a flat difficulty curve, samey weapon builds, and a worryingly thin post-launch update cadence.
3 / 10
A slot-machine-driven dungeon crawler that swaps traditional turn-based combat for spinning reels of weapons, spells, and hazards, whose small but Very Positive review sample praises its distinctive hook and cheap price while repeatedly flagging punishing RNG, a lack of meta-progression, and a handful of specific balance bugs.
3 / 10
A cute, cheap dice-driven Monopoly-style roguelike starring a nightmare-fighting cat, praised by its small early audience as relaxing and charming, though held back by unclear item stacking, thin tutorialisation, and no way to speed up its dice animations.
3 / 10
A free, solo-developed fantasy survival and settlement-builder that its own store page admits is "an early test version currently intended only for selected players" — and its first reviewers, largely sympathetic to the idea, confirm that disclaimer is accurate rather than modest.
3 / 10
A two-day-old NZ$7.89 Steam release whose name promises a multiplayer battle royale but whose own store page describes a single-player wave shooter against AI soldiers, with zero user reviews, zero recorded concurrent players and a disclosed AI-generated-asset credit.
3 / 10
