Permadeath, generated levels and endless replayability: the roguelike turns every run into a unique adventure. RomWize re-ranks the best games in the genre by its re-evaluated scores, each with its current score, its versions, their rarity and their collector value.
"A cheeky blend of action roguelike and cute-but-sinister cult management. Recruiting followers, sacrificing them, heading out to fight: the loop hooks hard, even if it runs a little thin late on. Charming and unsettling at once."
"A roguelike gem, brutal, snappy and perfectly calibrated. The merciless difficulty will put off the faint of heart, but the immediate shooting joy and depth of mutations make it a drug for genre diehards."
"You fall endlessly, and all the genius lives in that descent. The gunboots double as weapon and brake, the monochrome palette is gorgeous, and every run reads in a flash. A vertical roguelike about as addictive as they come."
"Loop Hero shines through its twisted concept: you don't control the hero but the world you lay around their loop. Balancing risk between cards placed and loot gathered grows intoxicating. Readability stutters at times, yet its streak of madness keeps you hooked."
"The granddaddy of the hereditary roguelite still holds up: each heir inherits traits sometimes cruel, sometimes funny. Permanent upgrades to the castle soften failure. A snappy classic whose loop still hooks today."
"A dice-battling roguelike with mad charm, from Terry Cavanagh. Each character completely reshuffles the rules, and Chipzel's soundtrack makes it irresistible. Easy to grasp, deep to truly master."
"This remaster of the original Risk of Rain keeps its oppressive climb where time ramps up the difficulty. Reworked pixel art and four-player co-op energize the whole. Tense, addictive, brutal once the clock pressure sets in."
"An on-rails spin-off of the brilliant Enter the Gungeon, built for the arcade cabinet. The shooting stays snappy and full of nods, but without a light gun or a partner it loses much of its bite on Switch."
"A roguelite where you play Death amid an office crisis, in gorgeous hand-drawn animation from Motion Twin. The scythe combat is a joy, even if the difficulty climbs fast. Stylish and gleefully grim throughout."
