Dungeon-crawling is crucial to traditional roguelikes, offering a simplistic and satisfying gameplay loop. Not all action roguelikes follow the dungeon-crawling formula, so preferences should align.

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The Mystery Dungeon games share a core formula: you wake up as a human turned into a pocket monster, you choose a partner, and then descend through procedurally generated dungeons to rescue your ...

Roguelike games have gained significant popularity over the years and are a unique niche in the video game scene. For those unfamiliar, they're a game style that offers a thrill for players as they're ...

If you enjoyed Balatro, then there's a good chance you've already tried - or at least have eyes on - new Steam roguelike Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers. The indie deckbuilder has been affectionately ...

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The allure of dungeon crawlers has remained strong for decades, whether through grueling roguelikes, hack-and-slash loot-fests, or hybrids that mix dungeon-crawling with unexpected gameplay elements.

As much as I love Skyrim, it gets harder to revisit Tamriel after my umpteenth playthrough. Bleak Falls Barrow is a brilliant starting dungeon, for example, but once I know the ins and outs of every ...

The roguelike genre is a complicated thing. There's some disagreement over how exactly to define a roguelike game, but permanent death and procedural level generation are generally held up as two of ...