50 Best Roguelikes Of All Time, That YOU SHOULD TRY at least once!!!

[@_Akior_]

Thanks a lot for the view. I hope you found something ineteresting for yourself. Type in comments other great games, that I haven't mentioned in video. By the way, which of them is your favourite and how many time you spent in it?😉😉😉

[@Born...]

Great video! Keep up the good work friend.

[@natedawg3614]

Awesome video exactly what I’ve been looking for. Thank you!

[@_Akior_]

You are welcome! Glad that it helped you to find new games!

[@nichneradiokyoto]

чудова добірка, так тримати! :)

[@_Akior_]

Thanks!

[@Greg_Boing]

Fun video! Surprised you didn't mention Crypt of the Necrodancer. It's a very fun rythm based roguelike with dozens of hours of playtime. It's also very cheap on sale, so I'd recommend giving it a shot!

[@_Akior_]

Thanks! I know it, have about 5 hours in it. Interesting mechanic, but I didn't liked it very much. I played it a long time ago, maybe it would be more fun now.

[@recoil1337]

Nice video! I've learned of a few games I want to check out. But saying that, these games are normally classified as Rougelike-Likes. As long as you're listing these - you missed "Hades". True Rougelikes would be stuff like: Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, Tales of Maj'Ejal, Rift Wizard and Path of Achra. And I'm sure im missing a few. Anyway - Great vid, keep it up!

[@recoil1337]

Oh yeah. Theres also Dwarf Fortress (Adventure mode) and Quasimorph.

[@_Akior_]

Thanks! Yea, I know. So called roguelites. I think they are partly more fun to play nowadays. You know, you can feel progress and new stuff and mechanics unlocking. Hades is much more story-based, I guess. So I included it in another video of mine about indie games. To be honest, I haven't even heard about ones, which you gave as example. I'll check them. Thanks for recommendations. Sorry if you looked specifically for them. Have a good day!!! ;)

[@recoil1337]

@@_Akior_ The ones I mentioned are niche games in a lot of ways, and most people will find them too rough around the edges, or the graphics too basic, the gameplay too needlessly complex. But I love them. While I do specifically look for more traditional Rougelikes, dont worry, I still loved your vid and found new games to play. I'm playing Wildfrost right now! (I just remmembered. Theres also "Rouge Book".)

[@_Akior_]

@@recoil1337 Glad to hear that. Thanks. Good Luck in it. Let your build be as deadly as possible✊

[@LiravanDinther]

ooh, wall world looks really interesting! I'll definitly check it out! My absolute favourite roguelike would be Astrea: six sided oracles, the gameplay is fire and the art is gorgeous

[@_Akior_]

Thanks! Yea, I know. It certainly worth trying. I recently found out about Astrea. Now it's relaxing in my wishlist. What would you say? Does it have many differences with Slay The Spire? I saw dices, which look interesting. And of course, art is beautiful.

[@shiroite_]

No way that just one person mentioned Noita down in the comments Why you MUST try it? Well, it's the best game of magic ever done, every aspect of the game to be such a good game it's amazingly thought and so well implemented. The way the lore it's implemented, the way the game teaches you HOW to play, the difficulty system and, the most important and funniest part of the game, the spell crafting. It's definately the absolute best game based on magic ever done and probably even with new game releases, will keep up being one of the best.

[@_Akior_]

There are 2 people, who mentioned it. And now you are third. Seems like it's really good game, if so many people talk about it. But I haven't tried it yet and haven't heard much about it's gameplay and lore. Maybe I'll try it later one day. Do you think it's better than magicka? It literally has magic in title 🤪🤔😮

[@bennie1079]

Here’s 5 more notable ones I’ve found: Brutal orchestra. A rougelike that plays unlike anything I’ve EVER seen. It’s such unique gameplay that I couldn’t possibly compare it to anything else. But the story is super cool. You’re dead and have ended up in purgatory. You fight your way, not necessarily to escape, but to get answers as to what happened and why you are here. The game is a bit dark and a bit graphic, kinda like darkest dungeon. Vellum. An early build fps where you play as a mage to inscribe enemies with various colors of ink. Each ink has its own gameplay. On top of choosing ink colors, you can also choose various abilities where some fit better with a color than others. Endless dungeon. I’m just going to put this game out there because it’s probably going to be shut down soon due to lack of players, which is a shame. It’s a top down hero shooter rougelike, where you can choose a unique character with abilities, find a ton of different weapons with different elements attached, and on top of all that it’s also partially a tower defense game. All set in an awesome universe on a locked down and mysterious space station. Gatekeeper. A game very risk of rain like, except it’s top down. There’s unique characters and a shit ton of items that stack in cool ways, like risk of rain. The setting is alien and dystopian like risk of rain. There’s items locked behind achievements, which means you really get a sense of evolution as you play. And all characters can also level up their abilities in game which can change them slightly, depending on what build you’re going (I.e, you’re a character with a shotgun, the first upgrade to your shotgun is firing 2 extra bullets, the next is that each shot bleeds, the third is that all shots pierce enemies). Soulstone survivors: This is one of the ONLY vampire survivor esc rougelikes out there, that I like. It’s what you expect from a vampire survivor rougelike, but I personally really love the abilities and world. However the game heavily leans into synergizing abilities and upgrades, rather than individual stand alone upgrades. Plus all characters are just super fricking cool, and there’s a TON to unlock in the game.

[@_Akior_]

Wow, thats a lot of great recommendations. Thanks a lot, dude. I might check them out ;)

[@bennie1079]

@@_Akior_ no worries man! :) always happy to share great games with others

[@_Akior_]

@@bennie1079 Already added 4 in my wishlist)))

[@bennie1079]

@@_Akior_ Aah that makes me happy to hear!! :) I must say, your video also made me wishlist a good amount of rougelikes! I always adore videos like this.

[@bennie1079]

@@_Akior_ btw, if you need a buddy to play multiplayer rougelikes with at some point, I’d be down.

[@gymbmymb3465]

Dungeons of Dredmor is another great top-down dungeon-crawling RPG and it's even turn-based (kinda). Very good list sir I appreciate the effort, I'm happy to say I've got most of them but I'll check out the rest soon.

[@_Akior_]

Thanks! Glad to hear that. I'm proud of you. Good Luck checking all of them and completing them. ;) And thanks for recommendation. Dungeons of Dredmor looks interesting, but quite old. Maybe I'll play it later.

[@romeomihaes8212]

The exact video i was looking for

[@_Akior_]

@@romeomihaes8212 Thanks! Glad that I helped you!

[@CjJello]

It's always nice to look up one of the games on this list and see it's already in my wishlist. I'll share my all-time favorite of the genre: Star of Providence (formerly known as Monolith). It's a twin-stick shooter bullet hell with amazing pixel art and a stellar sound track, I can't recommend it enough.

[@_Akior_]

Thanks! Yea, I know. Happens to me also sometimes. I have heard about Monolith, but haven't played it yet. Maybe later. I know that this is a good game. Probably better than some in this list.

[@КириллЕфремов-ь3н]

Слышно акцент родной, но ничего, дальше больше. Успехов в продвижении канала))

[@kustomkure]

For me personally, if a rogue like doesn't have plot progression, I lose interest super fast. That's why for me Returnal and Hades are all time greats.

[@_Akior_]

Yep, for most players right now progression is important in keeping interest. I also prefer when new things unlock or new mechanics are introduced with time.

[@Desh727]

Lmao for me story ruins roguelikes. I just want to play runs. That's why I choose these games in the first place. Get in, get out. I read plenty I don't need story in my games.

[@_Akior_]

That's understandable

[@indyvandervegt5210]

Binding of Isaac, put 1000 hours into it by now :)

[@josephmchugo8284]

Slay the Spire is the only game on my phone. I understand.

[@_Akior_]

I think you are not alone :) For real a classic one.

[@_Akior_]

​@@josephmchugo8284 That's a nice one :)

[@seanjohnson197]

great vid

[@_Akior_]

Thx!

[@matthiasRaZieL]

very Nice ,do u have tried NOITA ?

[@_Akior_]

Thank You. No, I haven't. Is it worth?

[@matthiasRaZieL]

@@_Akior_ has it´s own style and mechanics , dieing is part of the Game. it is the hardest Game i ever have played . i love it , totally worth. but u need after some trys tutorials you-tuber FuryForge is good.

[@_Akior_]

Alright then, maybe I'll check it!

[@lt.hineko]

Hades, Bastion, Transistor, Death's Door, Broforce, Magicka

[@_Akior_]

I know about each of them. However, Hades is much more story-based, so I included it into "Indie" video. Bastion and Transistor are nice, but I don't know much about them. And Death's Door, Broforce and Magicka are not roguelikes. I completed all of these three. Thanks for sharing about your favourite games anyway 😉.

[@anab0lic]

Hades is so overrated, so many games do what its trying to do better.

[@lt.hineko]

@@anab0lic not really..but you are entitled to your own opinion..

[@anab0lic]

@@lt.hineko you must not have played the many many games like it that are significantly better. But 'you are entitled to your own opinion.' ;)

[@_Akior_]

​@@anab0lic Can you give some examples?😮🙃

[@NatanStarke]

atomicrops is easily one of the best games ever for me, but beware theres something wrong with the save from the nothingness it delete itself its VERY frustating.

[@_Akior_]

Glad to hear that. And thanks for warning. Hoping that developers will fix that.

[@frankmckenneth9254]

Got a video with synthetik & nuclear throne in it without including otxo? You're missing out on a fantastic game there :)

[@_Akior_]

No offence, first time hearing about it. Thanks for telling me. Looks like something similar to Hotline Miami, but with roguelike elements and more forgiving gameplay.😮🔥

[@bahencio]

why no one talk about picayune dreams man

[@_Akior_]

Hello. First time hearing about it. I checked and it seems quite interesting and strange in a good way. Maybe people don't like pixel art style that much in this time, and it's also a survival-like as i understood, so they usually aren't very deep in mechanics. But, let me remind that a lot of true masterpieces are left unnoticed by a huge part of players. I added it into my wishlist on Steam, so maybe I'll play it one day. Anyway, thanks a lot for the comment and a recomendation.😉

[@bahencio]

@@_Akior_ amazing man!

[@JamesListener]

Thanks a lot for this pack. Do you know any games that have some sort of mix of tactical and autobattle mechanics? For example, tactically put your units in some order and then they will fight for themselves. Like Despots Game. And not usual auto-chess games, not intrested in pvp. Rogue-like or story-based game would be much appreciated.

[@_Akior_]

You are welcome. Many cool strategy and tactic games I know are based on turn-based mechanics. But you probably should check out Monster Train, Door Kickers, Gladiator Guild Manager, Legend of Keepers and Wargroove. Maybe something will interest you.

[@JamesListener]

@@_Akior_ thanks! Gonna check your suggestion!

[@onenaser]

I know this video is 8 month old, but Stoneshard is not a Roguelike is more like a Roguelite

[@_Akior_]

Wow, It's really 8 month old. Yea, as many other games in this list. But I guess roguelike sounds much better for combining all these games.

[@chriswilliamson9993]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Hades. Over the past year I've personally been playing a lot of survivor likes, but I'm also a fan of some of the traditional old school rogue likes, and I've currently got an Angband run in progress.

[@_Akior_]

I know about Hades. It's a great roguelike. But, in my opinion, it's much more story-based. So I included it into my "Best Indie Games" video and not in this one. Survival likes are special, but they easily can get repetitive, so other roguelikes are also very cool.

[@olaf8778]

Hades is overrated if youre looking for purely gameplay stuff. imo the constant dialogue starts to get in the way of gameplay and the novelty wears off.

[@АлександрМихеев-ъ8к]

Доброго вечора. Відео виявилося пізнавальним - я міркує в ньому можливо знайти для себе гру за своїми вподобаннями. Я особисто граю в world of tanks, провів трохи більше 60 000 боїв , якщо рахувати що один бій триває 5 хвилин , то виходить що в грі провів більше 5 000 годин ( граю з 2013 року ) . Гра на мій погляд досить цікава ( ти керуєш танком та розом зі своєю командою змагаєшся з апонентами ) . Графіка в грі досить реалістична ( якщо дозволяє Ваше залізо грати на maks графіці . Бої протікають досить дінамично . Гра пропонує техніку 5 видів ( за способом гри) . В грі представленна техніка 11 націй ( кожна нація має свої притаманні риси ) . Є різні види бою , формати бою та певна кількість різноманітних активностей в самій грі . Можливо грати як з донатом ( маючи за це певні бонуси ) так і без донату ( мій варіант) . Якщо є вільний час гра варта уваги. Бажаю розвитку твоєму каналу .

[@nemderzns0756]

Awesome list bro (ʘᴗʘ✿)

[@_Akior_]

Thank you :D

[@mohannadmohamedroubi7551]

WHERE'S HADES ???!!!!!!

[@_Akior_]

Hades is much more story-oriented, so I included it into Indie Games video

[@danielpayne7192]

Adom? Caves of qud? Cogmind?

[@kikoo2023]

Death must die ?

[@_Akior_]

Hello. A great game, I know it. But it's more of a metroidvania than a roguelike, so I didn't included it. Thanks for mentioning it here tho.😉

[@TheSometimeAfter]

Are you kidding me without the time stamps?

[@_Akior_]

@@TheSometimeAfter I put them in description. I don't know why they aren't showing. I remember, they were one day. Maybe I'll try to fix that.

[@user-iiiioooiiiiooooo]

Прям чувствую наш акцент

[@_Akior_]

Really?😮😮😮

[@user-iiiioooiiiiooooo]

Of course

[@coopstain1728]

DUDE HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU NOT HAVE 2 OF THE BEST ROGUELIKES ON THIS LIST!?!? HADES 1+2 AND RETURNAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@_Akior_]

@@coopstain1728 Hades is much more story-based, so I included it in the video about indie games. Plus second part isn't that good. And I don't know much about Returnal. It doesn't look very interesting and unique. Many games that I included in the first 10 are considered one of the best roguelikes ever and can be called classic.

[@gustavnilsson14]

bruv, you cant label the video rougelikes without referencing ANY og rougelikes (ADOM, Nethack, CoQ, etc...) dont get me wrong, excellent list, but by definition all rougelites

[@_Akior_]

Thanks. To be honest, I haven't even heard about these, which you gave as an example. But I'll check them. And I guess there are at least some roguelikes here, aren't there? If you searched specifically for them sorry. But thanks for sharing about og ones ;)

[@gustavnilsson14]

Ok man, i was wrong ^^ sorry bout that :p i honestly skimmed the video and posted a dumb comment Although, i hope you got some good game suggestions out of my rashness ^^ Im a bit old school with my definitions

[@_Akior_]

​@@gustavnilsson14 Np!

[@ShahSilve]

Hot potato

[@anab0lic]

Good to see a list without Hades, that game is so overrated.

[@_Akior_]

It centers more on story and that can be good for someone. And those who want deeper gameplay have other games.

[@zrothepangolin]

its not that overrated it achieved what the developer wanted for it. its a game that tells a story and centers around you dying repeatedly to progress the story. its a rogue like where the story progresses the more times you play it. its not the "BEST" but it introduce a certain twist to the genre hence why a lot of people talk about it.

[@artemiuseditor]

Мои уши, чеееел 🫠🫠🫠🫠

[@Batnano]

no chapters,no like

[@_Akior_]

I put them in description. I don't know why they aren't showing. I remember, they were one day.

[@henrybottomsworth]

and off the bat you put like 5 roguelites. disliked. rename the title to "50 best Roguelites of all time..."

[@Nura141]

Ты русский?

[@АлександрМихеев-ъ8к]

На щастя ні