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The best roguelikes from 2025
The best roguelikes from 2025

This year has been an amazing one for games, especially those made by small teams and indie studios. Corporate gaming has lost big time in 2025, and we as gamers only stand to gain because of that. Roguelikes are truly representative of the indie sphere, and have been for quite some time now. Mos... Read more

Destructoid - Dec 28
Sengodai launches its Japanese-themed roguelike deckbuilder on Android
Sengodai launches its Japanese-themed roguelike deckbuilder on Android

In case you missed it, roguelike card battler Sengodai has officially launched on Android, offering Japanese-themed deck-building goodness on your phone. The retro-style aesthetics add to its charm, especially since it's got ancient gods, cursed lands, and plenty of elemental mastery to dive into... Read more

Pocketgamer - Dec 17
Ahead of the Game - PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer is a hack-and-slash roguelike amidst cool duck-billed folk
Ahead of the Game - PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer is a hack-and-slash roguelike amidst cool duck-billed folk

It's all about slashing your way through the apocalypse in this week's Ahead of the Game series, where we tell you all about a new mobile endeavour that's playable in one form or another despite its unofficial launch. Right off the bat, PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer immediately feels like a mash-up of... Read more

Pocketgamer - Nov 11
PUBG creator's oddly named open world survival roguelike Prologue: Go Wayback gets an early access release date
PUBG creator's oddly named open world survival roguelike Prologue: Go Wayback gets an early access release date

How do you follow on from making a game that essentially popularised a whole new genre? I can only imagine that question is one Brendan Greene, aka Player Unknown, i.e. the creator of PUBG, has asked himself a few times. The answer to that question is Prologue: Go Wayback, a game that has been in... Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun - Nov 01
Chess meets roguelike dungeon crawler Below the Crown gets an early access launch date and a demo that's smarter than me
Chess meets roguelike dungeon crawler Below the Crown gets an early access launch date and a demo that's smarter than me

Am I good at chess? I'll take no for $1500, Alex. But do I love a funky twist on games that are older than time itself? You bet your bottom dollar I do! Enter Below the Crown, a chess video game that is also a roguelike, ,and is also a turn-based strategy game, and is also a dungeon crawler on to... Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun - Oct 01