Category: Roguelike

Those of you who passed on The Binding of Isaac due to it being a flash game are in luck! The popular rogue-lite title is being remade from the ground up, with plenty of new content for new and old players alike this November. The most significant change from a gameplay standpoint will probably be the addition of an interesting local co-op mechanic.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is now available on Linux, but not the Vanilla edition to avoid confusion.

Band Saga, "a musical action roguelike of epic proportions" is now on Kickstarter and will be available on Linux!

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! It's a really interesting looking game, but considering it requires local multiplayer we are a little skeptical here.

Darkwood is an interesting take on the horror and survival genre with a top down perspective and a really dark setting.

The excellent and frustrating Crypt of the Necrodancer comes to Steam Early Access on the 30th of July, and comes complete with a Linux version.

The Nightmare Cooperative classes itself as a turn based strategic roguelike (I wish more developers used Procedural Death Labyrinth) that looks crisp, but is it any good? Read on to find out.

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The kicker is that the graphics are all text, no actual graphics.

Hand of Fate is now in Steam's Early Access section for those of you willing to front some bucks to get it on the action. The game is described as a hybrid roguelike/action-RPG/deck builder and it looks rather pretty too.

Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a world of mischief and wonder. One moment, you’re a simple farmer from the peaceful island of Clog -- the next, you’re lured through a mysterious portal by a talking sheep.

According to the developers ADOM is one of the most successful roguelikes ever made. It's quite a boast, so we check it out to see if it's any good.

Linux builds of Crypt of the NecroDancer were made available to pre-orderers last week. Cheese takes some time to share his thoughts.

I am sure there are plenty of Nethack fans around, Vulture is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack and it's trying to get on Steam.

We asked the developers about Desktop Dungeons getting a Linux port quite a while ago, and today they deliver in style. Desktop Dungeons is a a quick-play roguelike puzzle game, that sounds pretty confusing, but it looks awesome.

I assume I am not alone in seeing the hate that Early Access has been getting from some sources recently. Well, the latest game to stoke the fire has been set off by CodeAvarice, developers of Paranautical Activity, a game that we have featured previously that combines both FPS and Rougelike gameplay features.

The Dungeoning is a new and very colourful roguelike platformer on Desura for Linux. Featuring random levels and permanent death to keep you frustrated.

Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look. I had a chance to not only test the game and video it for you, but to let you know the developer needs Linux testers.

Infectonator Survivors is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defence, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. Currently in Steam's Early Access and it caught my eye, luckily the developers told me they have plans for Linux.

Brandon Must Die! is an action rogue-like now on Kickstarter inspired by The Binding of Isaac. Looks pretty good I must say!

Dark Gates is a title an RPG I reviewed quite a while ago now, and it has just received the first 2014 update for it and with it comes some final art.