I Reviewed EVERY Roguelite & Roguelike I've Played [20+ Games, 1 Minute Each]

I review every roguelite and roguelike game that I've every played in this video for a fun challenge. Each review is around 1 minute long, and I reviewed my favorite, best roguelites, my top roguelikes, random roguelikes in my steam library, new roguelites, and classic roguelites and roguelikes that helped start the genre. If you enjoy roguelite games or roguelike games, let me know if there are any other roguelikes or roguelites that you would like me to review!
Intro: 0:00
Nuclear Throne: 0:20
FTL: Faster Than Light: 1:17
Into the Breach: 2:14
Hades: 3:00
Enter the Gungeon: 3:47
Wizard of Legends: 4:44
Moonlighter: 5:52
Dungeon of the Endless: 6:48
Dead Cells: 7:45
Slay the Spire: 8:35
Monster Train: 9:32
Griftlands: 10:29
Neoverse: 11:33
Dicey Dungeons: 12:40
Darkest Dungeon: 13:32
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Master: 14:30
Void Bastards: 15:32
Ziggurat: 16:28
Risk of Rain 2: 17:19
Binding of Isaac Rebirth: 18:25
Spelunky: 19:28
Rogue Legacy: 20:23
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Here are some links to some of my longer reviews:
Into the Breach Review: • Into the Breach Review...
Hades Review: • Hades Review -- Best A...
Dungeon of the Endless Review: • Dungeon of the Endless...
Dead Cells Review: • Dead Cells Review -- B...
Slay the Spire Review: • Slay the Spire Review ...
Monster Train Review: • Monster Train Review -...
Griftlands Review: • Griftlands Alpha Revie...
Dicey Dungeons Review: • Dicey Dungeons Review ...
Darkest Dungeon Review: • Darkest Dungeon Review...
Legend of Keepers Review: • Legend of Keepers Revi...
Void Bastards Review: • Void Bastards Review -...
What are Roguelites and Roguelikes?: • What Are Roguelites & ...
My top 5 Roguelites/roguelikes here: • The Top 5 Best Rogueli...
You can also find more of my in-depth roguelite reviews here: • Insert Roguelite Reviews
You can find all of my reviews here: • All Insert Reviews
You can find my 2 minute reviews here: • Insert 2 Minute Reviews
Check out my video on why you should play indie games: • Why You Should Play In...
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[@Thermascorch]

“I have a love hate relationship with darkest dungeon.” I’m pretty sure anyone who enjoys the game, including me, does

[@SomewhatInfinite]

So true

[@Valtry85]

Darkest Dungeon Fans: "You remember Darkest Dungeon, opulent and imperial? It is a festering abomination!"

[@empiresfreak]

Overconfidence...

[@Thermascorch]

@@Valtry85 “mortality declared in a single strike”

[@cheetahboy0127]

@@empiresfreak Is a slow and insidious killer

[@nicopootato2330]

The fact that issac has gone from a default-goto to a cult classic made me feel old, what game are kids play these days

[@DamageMaximo]

lmao my boy here asking "what games are kids playING these days"

[@luchomojado9422]

Now will be the era of Bumbo (when they finally update it)

[@incog0956]

@@luchomojado9422 but Isaac Repentance is coming out on March 31st (hopefully)

[@TheFloodFourm]

Don't be sad that it's gone. Be happy because it happened.

[@MaxSpider2000]

@@luchomojado9422 not a chance... seems waay to short, not a lot of variety and hell no updates in a year or something... pretty sad about it. Definitely enjoyed it but it was abandoned

[@Fisho1997]

What a wonderful channel to just stumble upon

[@psychogem2639]

Indeed!

[@nottasker]

Agreed

[@are_you_smarter_than_a_LLM]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[@possiblespartan]

Well you're a wonderful person!

[@howdy9517]

Who else is grateful when you just click the video and then there's a timestamp and game name on desc

[@gadsanchez4929]

I just watched the entire vid because of that

[@NailGunZero]

"Enter the Gungeon is kinda slow." Tonic the Sledgedog wants a word with you.

[@lagc5103]

I know right, it really isn't as fast as Nuclear Throne, but there still is a challenge in rooms outside of Bosses, specially in the later floors

[@retroid8357]

@@lagc5103 it also gets faster after reaching a certain point

[@chrishorvath1190]

This dude probably gets killed by the rat!

[@kiwa8830]

He also said the game is highly dependent on RNG, even though EtG is one of the few roguelikes you can actually win with your stock loadout and no upgrades.

[@yogii6787]

I had a stroke trying to comprehend Tonic the Sledgedog

[@davide_notaro]

playing the binding of isaac without enabling the hud that tells you the stats and what item you've picked up is pure madness lmao

[@MAWL02]

That came in the expansion or a mod not available on Steam, easy to miss.

[@stephpee4545]

Isaac has always been like this, you had to keep in mind everything that you've picked up. The game doesn't hold your hand at all. It was part of the high skill cap in my opinion. The game is definitely easier now that you have those options, which lets you focus on other parts of the gameplay.

[@Darkenbox]

he doesn't know the pure awesomeness of all the dlcs

[@gydalf9490]

@@Darkenbox Literally, it's been improved so much since base rebirth

[@epicpkerdude5593]

Yeah I always recommend just buying all the dlcs on your first play through of Isaac just bite the bullet because it’s worth it

[@michaelshed7172]

Wow, it's such a professionally made video. The mic quality, the overall look and no "ummm" "ah" etc. every two sentences. I just stumbled upon it and as I was watching I thought you had like 1 million subs, at least! I loved the quick, "no useless info" approach to it as well. Keep doing your thing and I hope you grow on KZbin because you sound like a professional reviewer and definitely deserve it.

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, appreciate hearing that!

[@NoobPlayMC]

Risk of rain 2 is so good. I slept so much on it, wasn’t sur rig I would like it but holy shit it sucked me in

[@teemunnee]

Yeah I've put 130 hours into it and still go back. The hope for a god run where the game breaks itself always keeps me wanting to play again

[@virgilioreneau1862]

RoR was such a fun game, that the moment RoR2 dropped in EA, I snatched it up at full price.

[@yzy99]

I know right. I see it so often on my Steam store page but brushed it off as just another roguelite game, until last winter sale when I decided to give it a try. I've already sunk 40h into it since.. SO addictive

[@MrDictate]

Bought it on sale on psn 8 pounds, amazing 10/10

[@bluemas5]

I bought it on ps4 and on steam

[@lellepolis7043]

During the entire Spelunky section I was just screaming ”THERE’S A RUN BUTTON”

[@electrum5579]

I was watching the end of the first Spelunky clip and I was like "AAAAH BLACK MARKET"

[@biblequotesdaily6618]

oh no, when the enemies in risk of rain 2 become bullet sponges, you've already lost- the entire challenge is to speed ypur way through the levels and get the items so you dont fall behind on the difficulty curve

[@hblazer6458]

The final boss is always like a huge bullet sponge who then kills me in 1-3 hits.

[@Sissy_Longlegs]

@@hblazer6458 same here mythrix is the only part of the game i dont love

[@Aentismik]

Yeah I don't think I've ever lost to mithrix because I understand that too lol. If I ever lose a run, it's definitely before I would even get to mithrix or because I get sucked into a black hole xd. Just spam dps+mobility as much as you can and you've got a won run basically. Some teddy bears don't hurt :)

[@camdogg]

yeah, finished the game 10 time already so i just let the difficulty go to insane on 1st round then try to progress. I actually enjoyed it more than speedrunning through the game, but every run is like 3 hours long very time consuming.

[@Masternaldo]

clearly this guy didn't even play it for more than 30 minute

[@bananagrenade23]

What a channel for the KZbin algorithm to randomly throw my way.. it must have heard me talking to my friends in discord about my favorite roguelites! Great video dude

[@chriswood7089]

Criminally underrated channel for sure. Great voiceover, great editing and informative for someone who's dabbled in the roguelike/lite genre. You definitely deserve more subs

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks man, appreciate hearing this, and I'm glad you've enjoyed my videos! We're slowly growing, but it's a process haha

[@wombiPL]

@@InsertReviews It will explode sooner or later mate. Great stuff. I thought you have like 300k subs or something 😄

[@professorryze3739]

Enter the gungeon is just a must play classic

[@nepnep1802]

eh, I've played it but it's not my thing, im not sure why tbh, just for some reason I don't like it

[@hazer3248]

@@nepnep1802 same I'm pretty good at other rogue likes but for gungeon i just find it really hard and not that fun

[@toooydoeur]

Binding of issac is better

[@averagecalisthenicsguy1504]

@@nepnep1802 I like game with sword more than game with gun

[@nicjoy4407]

I got the game back in 2018 put in like 5 hours and didn't touch it. Beginning of 2020 I decided to do a run for the hell of it and I played it 28 hours that week and kept up that amount of gameplay for like a month and a half, while also going to school. Its a fun game but if you aren't good at it, it isn't fun imo.

[@SwishyFishy]

That feels like an... unfair review of Isaac. A good part of the difficulty is only being able to shoot in the 4 cardinal directions. There are a few items that allow you to shoot anywhere, but they come with their own downsides. I also think that the unknown nature of the items is fun, as it adds another layer of skill; learning what they all do and how they synergize with each other to make powerful combos (such as ludo + brimstone). Plus, even if that’s not your thing, the top mod in the workshop is a mod that tells you what every item does by standing next to it. Granted, to use the workshop instead of third-party loaders you need the afterbirth DLC, but it’s COMPLETELY worth it for the amount of content it adds.

[@aaawwawa9819]

Isaac also shines the more you unlock characters and items. It's also a great time to get into isaac because of the repentance dlc announcement which is planned to be released Q1 of 2021 in which they claim "The Binding of Isaac: Repentance is so huge, so new and so feature-packed that it makes previous updates look like prequels. There are more features, improvements and new secrets, too many secrets, than most games would include in an official sequel! It's an immense amount of new content to explore, even if you're at 1,000,000%!" so go to the steam store and buy it right now!!

[@mushroomcube623]

You can also use platinumgod.co.uk to easily find info about any item, you can even search by appearance if you don't know what it's called and are afraid of picking it up in case it's bad. So it's kind of a valid complaint but it also doesn't really make a difference and it can also be fun to experiment without knowing what everything is. The first complaint about shooting controls is absolutely unfair as different shooting would totally change the game (in a bad way imo).

[@SpamDestroyer]

The cardinal shooting is a big turn off

[@deadlymoogle2]

Him not even mentioning item synergies in isaac made me upset. That's such a core mechanic of the game, I wonder if he even put time into isaac

[@SpamDestroyer]

@@deadlymoogle2 non-explicit synergies exist in pretty much every roguelike. He didn't mention synergies in enter the gungeon either, nor did he mention synergies in darkest dungeon

[@xebs4527]

I suggest checking out Gunfire Reborn! Early access with a borderlands feel

[@incog0956]

I see "borderlands feel" I click buy. I'll have to check it out

[@JUSTINTRIPjl]

@@incog0956 it’s really good. I’ve got like 30-40 hours and still haven’t beaten it with stupidly op gear.

[@Straggler8]

I would also add BPM here - awesome rhytm rogue-like shooter, but yea - Gunfire Reborn is super awesome

[@joshnanya1595]

Actually really impressed thought i was watching some well known reviewer but seeing your subscriber count you're definitely underrated, nice work on the video

[@pit6794]

I love darkest dungeon so much not only because I love the gameplay, but because of the art and aesthetic. I really enjoy that Mike Mignola eldritch horror aesthetic. Great video!

[@InsertReviews]

Honestly, the artstyle is really great, and I think it's something you can appreciate even if you didn't like the core gamplay

[@isiahlemons]

I highly suggest trying out “Children of Morta” for a dungeon crawling rogue lite with quite a few different characters to play as. It also has an actual story with lot of voice acting.

[@Zoobydeeby]

Finally, me and the other three COM fans were waiting for someone to mention it.

[@AGDesigns123]

Yes! I liked this game a lot! Unique and very fun class-based Roguelike

[@prophetmoshpitgaming4943]

Dude, I was gunna suggest this game as well. I’m playing it for the first time right now and it’s great!!

[@myneighbortotoro88]

I was surprised wizards of legends makers didn't make COM

[@QuestMarker]

this is a great comprehensive review of a bunch of stuff. its sometimes super necessary to see how one reviewer views a whole bunch of games in the genre, to get a good take on their criticism/preference great stuff! im sticking around for more :)

[@stevesteve1204]

Nice video, I appreciate the concise reviews and I found a few I had not heard of.

[@michealjackson3520]

I feel like Wizard of legend is one of the roguelites that's massively polarizing. I personally love the game, and the skill cap is low enough that I was able to play the co-op with my non-gamer girlfriend, but I can understand how some people wouldn't like it given some of the strange mechanics, and decently high knowledge requirement. Love the whole video though, thanks for exposing me to new rogue lites!

[@Mullen_Malla]

I played about 300h + on this game. The first 20h make you addicted like shit. But after you get used to the Hit stun mechanic: Understanding your basic attacks have a little stun, you can just basic attack through every room wihout getting damaged

[@sirknightdude2587]

Whenever you say "Classic rougelikes" have started the genre, its more of a modern resurgence. The genre begins in describing games that were similar to UNIX based PC game: Rouge. A newsgroup (email), for players of Rogue (1980), Hack (1982) ever hear the term "hack 'n slash"?, Moria (1983, Tolkien stuff), created and defined the term "rouguelike" and the influence would later lead to things such as Diablo (1997) and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (2005) in between the years. All this comes way before Spelunky (2008) existed. If you read all that history, give a go at Crypt of the Necrodancer, it was unlisted in the video and is a real fun one, play on the beat to reach the stage end, fantastic music. Coin Crypt is a gem in the rough, a deckbuilding style game with lots of characters each having their own ruleset to the game.

[@bbbbbbb51]

I feel like rhythm games appeal to people who like music but don't play instruments. If you do play instruments rhythm games feel extremely tedious often just relying on the simplist of rhythm mechanics as the core gameplay. When you've practiced music to a metronome for countless hours, having that same idea in a game becomes extremely unnatractive.

[@sirknightdude2587]

@@bbbbbbb51 There's a lot more complexity to the game, its a roguelike that forces you to play to a tempo, you can buffer inputs and skip beats, so its not so much about timing or matching inputs as it is the driving force for the game that keeps everything in motion.

[@leonardoschramm4296]

This video was amazing, I loved the attention to every single word you chose to use. Really good job

[@Daniel-go3rp]

Very nice overview and you explained the pros and cons better than most game magazines. Keep up the good work. :)

[@chickenmanphil]

Really nice video! Edit: I think you should check out Crypt of the Necrodancer, its somewhat but not very old (came out in 2015), but have been enjoying it Edit 2: If you want something a bit more new, I would suggest Ring of Pain

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks! I've heard good things about Crypt of the Necrodancer, but I'm awful at everything rhythm-based so I've avoided it lol. I've never heard of Ring of Pain before but that actually looks right up my alley.

[@chickenmanphil]

@@InsertReviews ya ring of pain is really good and relatively new, but hasnt made it too mainstream yet

[@InsertReviews]

Oh it's published by humble games too. I actually usually check out the indies they publish but missed this. I think I'll pick it up in the winter sale.

[@lachlanmccormick3486]

@@InsertReviews Ring of Pain is alot of fun, it'll only take you about 5 hours to beat a run of it on normal, but it's very interesting, being more of a puzzle than a fighting game. Not a huge amount of depth, but a standard run will only take you 15-30 minutes, so it's REALLY good to just pick up and put down, which I think is one of it's greatest strengths.

[@ir-dan8524]

NecroDancer doesn't require any skills with rhythm, but it's a fantasitc game with an incredible OST. Highly recommend it.

[@gamin41142]

I recommend buying afterbirth+ for the binding of isaac. It adds a lot of content and several quality of life options, such as being able to see your stats as well as what items you have. Either way, great video!

[@JoaoCarvalho-ib1ve]

Just wanted to say that you're really good at interpreting and explaining your gaming experience and I wish you the best success with your channel, cause you display really well how the game feels and it allows the viewers to quickly understand if the game is for them or not, something that most channels and gaming markets (steam,epic, etc.) fail to achieve. Congrats!

[@rodrigovlopes]

Fantastic video: good, informative and concise. I enjoyed it a lot and was surprised when I saw the number of subscribers. But that number will surely grow! Thanks for the video and gj!

[@skinlizard2251]

7:38 is literally the Engineer from Team Fortress Two with a different last name shfbfnfnf

[@SynergyGaming112]

They also have Heavy!

[@stupid13375p34k3r]

And an anagram of "Samus Aran"

[@sebastiandchow]

"Dicey Dungeons is not hard" I'm here crying at witch episode 4

[@miguelgp8607]

just go for upgraded magic missile, and 1 turn kill everyone with your limit break and infinite mirrors

[@cookieeaturface]

Great collection of comprehensive and concise reviews!

[@NoobPlayMC]

I really hope you keep grinding what a video. So informative without being dull. Also great editing and voice. Also the format is really cool definitely keep doing this for more genres, or update us next year if you played some new games. Keep it up!

[@earlybird3723]

Great video, you covered a lot of my favorites very accurately and to the point. I'm currently trying darkest dungeon for the first time, your critique hit home on that one. I've played a ton of roguelites/likes since 2011, so here are a few obscure, underrated or possibly just Steam backlog games for you to check out: Children of Morta, nice narrative dungeon crawler roguelike with tiered progression, very fun for a playthrough or two ( one playthrough is probably 10 hours), but not a long hauler. Our Darker Purpose: like Isaac with less variety and more deliberate decision making. Slower paced dodge heavy gameplay. Streets of Rogue: the most varied playstyles I've ever seen in a roguelike. There is progression in terms of character classes(27 or so classes), unlocking modifiers, etc, but it ends up being very skill and knowledge based. Noita: you are a wizard exploring a cave. Literally every pixel can interact with different abilities and spells, meaning everything can be broken, blown up, acidified, etc. Very freeform with basically no progression, just the classic "one more run". Finally, my roguelike of 2020, even over Hades, which I adore and play daily... Synthetik: Legion Rising. It's a twin stick shooter with 8 classes, each with their own skills and playstyles. Those classes each have their own perks, of which you select 2 per run, their own guns and gadgets. The gun play is phenomenal once you get the hang of it. You have to manual reload, for instance, and you can't be accurate while strafing or dodging. Very intense, fast paced shooting with a bunch of weapons and gadgets to find each run, each of which somehow manage to feel distinct and customizable. Of all these games, Synthetik is the must play. Enough of my roguerant, keep up the excellent content dude

[@InsertReviews]

Idk if you just made up "roguerant," but I love that term lol. I like your list. I'd never heard of Our Darker Purpose, and while some other people mentioned Synthetik, I think you might have sold me on playing it (eventually lol)

[@electrum5579]

Sseth's Synthetik review sold me on it

[@InsertReviews]

Edit: After watching this one, check out my similar roundup for 2021 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWmvlYOdibeCmac Thanks for everyone that's watched any of my videos over the past year! Meant to get this video out yesterday, but it took longer the edit than I expected. If you haven't watched it already, make sure to check out my video with my top 5 roguelites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoKlgZ6cbMlreJo

[@GamingDreamer]

If you want to find more indie games go to this guy channel he do top 10 indie games of the week, and other top 10s indie kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4HSdGuhpJebi9k Not paid by him but he talk about a lot of games you may like good way to find new games

[@JimGodx]

Just a heads-up, this is a link to this video and not the top 5 list

[@maximestonge8595]

u missed slashers keep, hard but great when u get the hang of it

[@InsertReviews]

@@JimGodx Lmao thank you for pointing that out. Fixed it

[@imVidzzz]

I'd add one thing to the rogue legacy section. Not only is it a classic in the genre, it's actually the game that coined the term roguelite, as other games at the time just called themselves roguelikes.

[@Chablinho]

Great video! Simple, objective and cool to watch. I love ROR 2! You just answered several of my questions about some roguelites that i wanna try. Subscribed!

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, glad that it was helpful! I'm planning to do another one of these in a month or two for all the new roguelites I played in 2021

[@AchikapsKino]

Man this video really helped me pick the roguelikes and roguelites I want to play, while being entertaining to watch and listen to as well.

[@frost9681]

If you're struggling to find the portal in Risk of Rain 2, there's a particle effect which shows you where the portal is. There are glowing red orbs around the portals vicinity which get denser the closer you get

[@willdouglas1617]

Dungeon of the Endless is absolutely fantastic. Completely unique combination of genres seamlessly meshed

[@xNecroNeko]

Great video, very entertaining and informative! Definitely gonna try Slay the spire next.

[@ROPname]

nice compilation of games :) Keep it up!

[@ourdailymeat]

My fave game is Darkest Dungeon. Now That I heard about 2, this is could be the next

[@Vacoona]

In the mean time, if you haven ‘t seen, check out Iratus Lord of the Dead. It’s a shorter/easier DD style game, where you play as the monsters. I honestly found it to be more fun then DD.

[@ourdailymeat]

@@Vacoona Thanks. I will try it

[@someanimal3506]

I can’t wait for DD2

[@incog0956]

There's a sequel coming out?

[@mohireza1]

When I first heard the voice, I was like "dude the media is becoming aware of your favorite genre" and then I looked at the channel info, and BOOM! God-tire videos and only 325 subs? Definitely underrated! Btw thanks for the video, looking forward to more content from your channel.

[@InsertReviews]

Roguelite are slowly growing more but definitely still a smaller genre haha. And thanks, glad you like the content!

[@JosephAyrtonHam]

I just subscribed man, it's unbelievable that you don't have a few hundred thousand subs at this point. Quality content in every way.

[@bungus87]

Great video, I really enjoyed the bite-sized showcases of some cool games in one of my favorite genres as of late. Gave me a nice idea of what I might want to wishlist and what isn’t really for me. Congrats on hitting the algorithm jackpot! You deserve it, subbed

[@MrDeni23n]

I love Roguelike/lites, both classic/traditional and modern, ever since ADOM. You've pretty much covered the modern games. For traditional roguelikes, I would suggest Shiren the Wanderer, Brogue, Rift Wizard and probably ADOM. ADOM will take a bunch of tries to get the hang of. One tip would be to use altars to turn most of your bottles of water into holy bottles.

[@InsertReviews]

Interesting, I haven't even heard of these. I'll have to look into them, thanks!

[@stevesteve1204]

@@InsertReviews I've played adom off and on for close to 20 years probably, I've never came close to completing that game. Its incredibly hard and pretty complex. If you do happen to take a dive into it, I'd suggest watching some videos or reading up a bit before going in. There is a guy on KZbin named Gordon Overkill who has some informative runs and I believe a beginners guide.

[@InsertReviews]

@@stevesteve1204 Thanks for the rec, I'll definitely check him out if I end up diving into it

[@csbkota]

+1 for Shiren and ADOM. And of these more "classic" playstyle roguelikes I would suggest two more: Sword of the Stars: The Pit, and Tangledeep. And if one is curious to see where it all started, and to have context of the evolution of the genre, and it's cousins try Nethack ( the most "current" reincarnation of the barebone OG Rogue).

[@krzysztofswierzy4226]

I find Tales of May'eyal best of classic roguelikes, it took me nearly 1000 hours already, definetely chcek this out too

[@yungsnotrocket]

Dead cells, slay the spire, Hades, and enter the gungeon are my favorites

[@lualhatilualhati]

beautiful review video!

[@rubyjohn]

I instantly fell in love with your videos :D

[@dekudragon6474]

Streets of rogue should go in the part 2.

[@irvancrocs1753]

I also gonna add among of my favorites such as Kingdom Two Crowns and Death Road to Canada, idk if they are rogue-like games but since they kinda have similar mechanic where you died you have to restart the whole thing, i think they suit the genre as well..

[@Grim528]

Great video and great idea! This is my favorite game genre. Subscribed. I hope you get lots more viewers and Happy New Year.

[@bigdaddyg4074]

Great video dude! KZbin actually did it’s job and recommended something worthwhile for once, subscribed and hope to see the channel grow soon :D

[@bensosnowski1128]

Just want to say that the way the levels are generated in spelunkey, there is *always* a path from the entrance to the exit. Like that is literally how the game was coded, you will never run into a map where you couldn’t progress and get stuck. Now, you coouuld drop into a snake pit without any bombs and get stuck in there. But then don’t jump in the snake pit! 😆

[@azzyfire7560]

Not always.

[@nicjoy4407]

It is supposed to be it occasionally can softlock you. If you would like me to, I can link you some occasions of it happening.

[@iamsyzygy9611]

I didn’t know Into the breach was an easy game LOL

[@celestialcolosseum]

quite easy compared to ftl, most of my runs end with a victory in into the breach, unlike in ftl

[@cm9241]

If you use the first couple teams and either of the OP pilots, yeah, its pretty easy. Going for the challenges and unlocks is where it gets difficult

[@Schizm1]

Hey man! Great video and production quality!

[@yer______]

Clear, concise, and interesting. Definitely worth a sub

[@safetythirdified]

Synthetik: Legion is my personal meth fix.

[@samueljohnson6934]

Loved it! Genuinely informative. I would defiantly recommend Noita. It's a 2d roguelike in which every pixel of the environment can be interacted with. For example you can set grass on fire, and the smoke from the fire will collect on the ceiling above you. After the fire burns out if the smoke hasn't dissipated it will start to collect as condensation and drip back to the ground. Definitely check it out.

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, and I've been looking at Noita! It looks really interesting and unique for the reasons you've mentioned. I like the idea of every pixel being simulated and all. I've also read/watched a lot of negative reviews of it though, so it seems like a love or hate kind of game.

[@jmanwild87]

@@InsertReviews Cold posting i know but noita is a bit ruthlessly difficult when your getting into it and noita is a bit obtuse with the purpose of it's exploration and secrets so yeah it's a fun time but definitely not for everyone

[@InsertReviews]

@@jmanwild87 I think that's what a lot of the complaints I read were iirc. The difficulty exploring and experimenting combined with the punishing nature turned some people off (but clearly not everyone, since a lot loved it).

[@jakobzamorski8688]

Even though I very rarely make it past the first area, it's still a great game that I would recommend

[@Flubbred]

@@InsertReviews I love how punishing it is. When you don't keep on your toes you can die even when you are beyond op... to a polymorph enemy.

[@xXxMatrixVaderxXx]

One of the best videos on roguelikes i've seen so far

[@elcapitan549]

Finally, a channel with a host that isn't a sellout. Much appreciated !

[@flaminbanana3116]

You forgot Synthetik, it’s a really good top down shooter rogue like and in my opinion is better than enter the gungeon.

[@TheSpavier]

hey hey people

[@cm9241]

Or, he didn't forget it, he just hasn't played it. You know, since the video is a review of all the rogue likes he has played.

[@useruseruser762]

i have a feeling this channel is gonna blow up

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks! Guess we'll see haha

[@Edtrawl]

Dang. I had this idea for a video. Fortunate to say I've also played most of these, very well done. You executed it very well :)

[@mr.n476]

all your reviews on this games are on point. I can tell that you played a lot of games through out your life because the way you review the games sounds like you know your shit. keep it up!

[@williammcneil6730]

um yeah i have played darkest dungeon, sometimes i would imagine backstories for some of the characters, like i thought that maybe the leaper had a reason to wear a mask, like maybe a friend of his had betrayed him and become the leader of a gang and now he was trying to get close to the gang leader, but had to hide who he was. sadly this just made things worse when my characters died. if you are a human being with feelings. darkest dungeon will make you, angry to very angry.

[@EMPerror403]

there are one page comics for each character in the wikia page. darkestdungeon.gamepedia.com/Darkest_Dungeon_Wiki

[@pizzacarl6955]

leper has leperosy

[@elido6199]

I really recommend you play Streets of Rogue. It's a roguelike without a specific gimmick, you just get quests each level which you can complete in a bunch of different ways, you need to complete them in order to progress, and theres a bunch of fun as hell items that help you along with a lot of interactable NPCs.

[@InsertReviews]

I saw somebody mention that before but hadn't looked into it yet. I like seeing them inspired by nuclear throne and overwhelmingly positive reviews too. Add it to my wishlist, might grab it during the winter sale

[@thepuckchucker]

Great list of games and your feedback was pretty spot on.

[@WarloardInPcGamer]

Thanks to KZbin algorithm for recommending this video.. Loving your channel👍🏼

[@StretchyPlays]

Hades is such a mind blowingly good roguelite, it just gets everything about the genre right, and has such amazing story, characters, and voice acting. My GOTY for sure.

[@cm9241]

It's a little too grindy

[@Twomoredays]

Did he call "into the breach" "easy"?!

[@selimseddiki1388]

maybe in easy mode ;)

[@zzasdfwas]

It is easy.

[@axelpetersson5787]

roguelite/like is generally a very difficulty genre, and so for being a rogue game it is definitely easy. you’re probably gonna complete it or at least get to the final area on your first try (on easy). compare that to for example Enter the gungeon where you can pour hundreds of hours into the game without ever beating the lich

[@bluedove9696]

Great video! I've also played my share deal of roguelites and so i'd like to recommend Ascendant . It's a beautiful 2d roguelite game with a focus on core skill

[@are_you_smarter_than_a_LLM]

Fantastic video. An uncanny similarity to my preferences... You have great taste 😉

[@thyrussendria8198]

Do you perhaps know Iratus: Lord of the Dead? It's quite a bit like Darkest Dungeon, but with you being the ancient horror, in this case the titular arch-necromancer Iratus, which is trying to escape the dungeon. Combat reminds me of DD, but the progression through the story is a lot more akin to Slay the Spire with you having a map with branching paths. What I like is that instead of having to watch for the stress of your minions, the mindless undead you command can damage the health or sanity of the enemy, both of which being viable playstyles against most enemies.

[@bobbybarnard5589]

Cries in Curse of the Dead Gods

[@ciroaldorisio8034]

i feel like you've been blessed by the algorithm bro, happy for you, your videos are really well made, not you average sub 1k channel for sure

[@micham.3294]

im here by chance.....instant sub. good work. Hope ill see a lot more of you

[@Deady5225]

I would highly recommend you to play Curse of the dead gods, i'm stuck on it since the last two weeks, the curse meter on this game bring a new gameplay. Noita is insanely good too, you always die by stupid way of your own hand, the game is pretty hard. Gunfire reborn is super early access but still enough advanced to have a lot of fun! Nicd vids mate, you got a lot of good roguelike on this list

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the vids! I'm definitely planning to check out Gunfire Reborn once it gets closer to 1.0 (or just after full release). I feel like a lot of people have a love or hate relationships with Noita, so I'll probably pick it up when it eventually goes on a deep sale lol. I've never heard of Curse of the Dead Gods, thought, I'll have to look into that one!

[@InsertReviews]

Oooh actually I have on my "check later/ after early access" list haha

[@Deady5225]

Well Noita is reviewed Overwhelmingly positive on steam with 22 000 reviews tho ahaha i don't see how you can hate it. Yeah gunfire rebord is really early access rn, they do still have some work to do on it

[@Saltheron]

Noita is hilarious. I bought it randomly ages back, and completely fell in love with it. It is truly the most chaotic rogue-like game I've ever played. Every pixel in that game CAN and WILL KILL YOU.

[@wikizekiwi199]

Noita also have lots of secrets and the game is actually way bigger than it seems when you start exploring it. (haven't managed to finish a run in 130 hours) PS: definitely subbed to your channel really cool vid 👌

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

None of these games are a rougelike

[@RewdanSprites]

You need to play Monolith. Great video! I'm surprised how many of these I've played 😅. Didn't realise I was that into the genre!

[@pretzelmang]

Great video!

[@alexeyvolkodav5059]

Great look into the games! Brief and informative

[@LiciTheCrawler]

Great video! Every review informed very well about the game it was talking about in a such a short time! I would consider making short 1 minute reviews and posting them on social media :) Also I noticed you mostly played roguelites and I think there are some fun rogulikes with lots of polish put into them to try too! Cogmind, Tangledeep and Rift Wizard come to mind. There are also lots of free but great games in the genre like Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup(my favourite), ToME4(also has a steam release with paid for DLCs but the base game is free and awesome)!

[@sofianebouchelaghem662]

Amazing reviews you earned a sub

[@theduckularpeanuts]

This channel is going to blow up. Great content man

[@JimGodx]

Great video! But you did Isaac dirty, that's the GOAT. Also Ziggurat 2, Spelunky 2 (which, unpopular opinion, is a rogue-like series I hate), and Rogue Legacy 2 are out (or in early access in the case of the latter). Some others to consider if you end up doing another video are Noita, Heat Signature, Streets of Rogue, Synthetik, RAD, Gunfire Reborn, Neon Chrome, and Crypt of the Necrodancer. Either way, always happy to see the genre getting more exposure!

[@Maaden84]

Awesome video, hope more of these games come for Ps4/Ps5 :)

[@user-pw1uk7bu9k]

This review was amazing! Deserved like well done

[@user-pw1uk7bu9k]

I love how you kept each game to a minute as well as listed pros/cons. Definelty going to watch another video you have on roguelike/lites

[@mirgasan]

Great vid!

[@AricHolmes]

really good stuff man, I think youll be on the rise in the coming months!

[@1wabbit]

Great video, Thanks for the KZbin algorithm for suggesting this. I highly recommend SYNTHETIK since the game just had it last update so it's best time to get into it also it's great Rouge-like with a great community which is kinda rare from my experience :)!

[@luuisefonzi6943]

got this as a recommended and i clicked bc im a huge roguelike/lite fan. I genuinely thought this was one of those high profile reviewing channels like gamespot or ign. But you only have 600 subs!?!?!? Above and beyond quality of the video as well as the content, you have earned my sub my good my man.

[@solomonsomers7033]

Great video, you put a lot of work into this and it shows. A great roguelike I recommend is Monolith. Really great game that has a much better difficulty curve than Enter the Gungeon. It has some bullet hell elements, but I find it much easier. Also the DLC is straight up a huge expansion of the game.

[@rjose705]

That monolith boss fight was nearly the most hype i've ever felt playing a game.

[@spicy_alfred3791]

Great contet, rly sophisticated, keep going

[@BlackAxon]

Great content, And I love that you cover some of the bad as well as the great.

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks! Yeah I think it's nice to at least hear about the disappointing games even if you don't end up wanting to play them lol

[@BlackAxon]

@@InsertReviews I meant that you cover the downsides of games even when you love them. Feels more truthful that way and helpful.

[@InsertReviews]

@@BlackAxon Oooh gotcha. Yeah I do that to try to be more helpful like you said, so it's nice to hear that you like that aspect

[@espress0_1]

This showed up in my reocmmended and after watching it i was surprised you only have 289 subscribers this is high quality stuff

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, glad you liked it! Still small but we're growing lol

[@espress0_1]

@@InsertReviews keep the grind up im sure the algorithm will help you out

[@joshstatly9220]

Hey man, loved the video!!! Subbed on the spot

[@chrisc5784]

Great video ftl is one of my favorites

[@ramus8511]

Such a nice vid. Very informative, helped me find new games and i really like your sound and editing. Keep up the good work definitely made me subscribe you.

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@itaystav6111]

I watched the whole video thinking this was probably a huge channel because of the quality, was surprised none the less. Keep it up! you have one more sub ; )

[@InsertReviews]

Thanks, glad you liked it and appreciate the support!

[@NifixD]

Great channel definitly will sub