[Poll] Best roguelike and why

[luj1]

This poll does not include settlement management roguelikes such as Dwarf Fortress, Factorio, Rimworld, FTL, and so on.

It also does not include faggot hipster shit like Noita, Terraria, Spelunky, Binding of Isaac, etc.

Only single-player, turn-based, RPG-like roguelikes. I am a little ignorant about this subgenre so I may have forgot some.

EDIT:

I added the following so you may change your votes,

• Infra Arcana
• Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
• Low Magic Age
• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
• Dungeons of Dredmor
• Cogmind
• NEO Scavenger

 

[Wunderbar]

Rogue is not a roguelike. Rogue is Rogue.

 

[Covenant]

Somehow your list is missing all of the following:

Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
Elona
Shiren the Wanderer
IVAN
Sil
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Infra Arcana
Incursion
Ragnarok
Dungeons of Dredmor (hipster shit, to be fair)
Castle of the Winds
Brogue
Cogmind

There are obviously more than this, but those are the ones that I can see having any potential to win a 'best roguelike' poll. I'm sure there's one guy who thinks the genre peaked with SSI's Dungeon Hack though.

I've never heard of Pathos, Caverns of Xaskazien II or Pirates of the Western Sea, but I'll check them out.

 

[Jenkem]

Shiren the Wander is a Mystery Dungeon game, not a Roguelike

 

[Forest Dweller]

The only good roguelike is a dead roguelike.

 

[Jenkem]

luj1 please add Approaching Infinity.



sci-fi roguelike that feels like star trek by way of tales of maj'eyal in space... space exploration and battles, landing on planets with an away team, various events, trading, diplomacy, lots of choices, lots of builds both for personnel and your ship, various factions, can craft gear or find loot on planets or space stations, can mine for shit and sell it, variety of quests both main, faction and side. can come across wrecked spaceships and loot them or fix them up and take it for yourself.

 

[laclongquan]

What kind of roguelike poll that doesnt contain Unreal World, bitches?

 

[Late Bloomer]

Tales of Maj'Eyal

Because it has the most adventuresome feel. Immersion levels are high. Has different starts. Eases you into learning. Very high ceiling. Nice music. Gear shows up. Great setting. A lot of variables per playthrough. I wish everyone here gave it a try at least once.

On that note, Low Magic Age is fun too.

 

[Jenkem]

What kind of roguelike poll that doesnt contain Unreal World, bitches?

It's the sixth option in the poll...

edit: I voted for it but unclicked because I wasn't sure how many votes we got and now it won't let me vote anymore, even if others are added I won't be able to vote on them luj1

 

[Aemar]

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Zorbus, Cogmind, Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup, ADOM.

 

[Vic]

dude, are you Infinitron now? where the heck is Unreal world and CDDA?

these biased polls need to stop.

also, Brogue and dungeon crawl stone soup are missing at first glance nvm just saw that PLENTY of missing games have been pointed out by others

 

[Vic]

I am a little ignorant about this subgenre so I may have misincluded or forgot some.

why even make a poll then

 

[Vic]

Stardew Valley

dude, just admit you have no clue what roguelikes are

 

[Zarniwoop]

Seems oddly specific, like one of those Jason Liang "Best RPG set in medieval Hungary and developed by no more than 4 people (before March 1999)" polls.

Also, SOTS the Pit but no FTL?

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Where is minesweeper?

 

[Sibylla]

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is my all time favorite. Devs keep streamlining and taking out features with each release but its still the same addictive game based on Crawl. I like its simplicity and design, there are no superfluous elements for the sake of it, no overworld, no simulationism, no clutter, just a single mission to go deeper in the dungeon. Since its easy to die and replay you mainly end up interacting with its rpg system and different playstyles.

 

[Fedora Master]

The term has lost all goddamn meaning.

 

[laclongquan]

There is only Unreal World worth a click. The rest? Naaaaah~

 

[SunKing]

Infra Arcana

 

[Darkozric]

I'm not much into roguelikes but I liked Dawn of the Mexica, mostly for the different setting.

 

[bionicman]

slay the spire

Spoiler

 

[bionicman]

For real tho, the poll is missing some classics like cdda, dredmor and cogmind...

 

[Dadd]

Please add the games Covenant listed to the poll.

 

[Raghar]

http://www.dungeoncrawl.org/?d
You forgot dungeon crawl original. It's better game than what they did with it in the newer version.

 

[Peachcurl]

Rogue is not a roguelike. Rogue is Rogue.

Roguesame