History Main / Roguelike

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'', although it breaks the mold with a world map, quests, and multiple dungeons. Many of its modules follow a similar pattern, including a ([[ObviousBeta slightly buggy]]) ''Franchise/DragonBall''-themed one.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'': Still follows the RealTimeStrategy formula of [[VideoGame/Pikmin2001 the original]], but adds in multiple subdungeons that remove the timer and follow a roguelike approach of having multiple randomized floors, and incorporating RNG-based hazards into the main campaign.
** ''VideoGame/Pikmin4'': Randomized subdungeons [[TheBusCameBack make their return]] after being absent from [[VideoGame/Pikmin3 the third installment]].

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters'', especially the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance installments. Joker eschewed it in favor of 3D, although Joker 2 added some light roguelike elements in the bonus dungeons.

** ''VideoGame/ShatteredPixelDungeon'': A standalone GameMod of the above, adding a lot of features and rebalancing some aspects

* ''VideoGame/Doors'': Roblox horror game with randomly generated rooms that each contain multiple threats.

* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'': SurvivalGame in a strange land, after a GentlemanAndAScholar gets trapped in it by a [[DealWithTheDevil handsome devil who promised him great knowledge]].

* ''VideoGame/SkyRogue'' is an aerial combat roguelike game: Every mission's terrain, enemy and building placements, and mission targets are randomized.

* ''VideoGame/DeathRoadToCanada''

* ''VideoGame/DontStarve''

* ''VideoGame/MordheimCityOfTheDamned'' - A roguelike TurnBasedStrategy game with RPGElements.

* ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'': Still follows the RealTimeStrategy formula of [[VideoGame/Pikmin2001 the original]], but adds in multiple subdungeons that remove the timer and follow a roguelike approach of having multiple randomized floors, and incorporating RNG-based hazards into the main campaign.

** ''VideoGame/ShatteredPixelDungeon'' - a standalone GameMod of the above, adding a lot of features and rebalancing some aspects

** This is the modern definition of the term, used by most of the video game community outside of "Roguelike Communities", including this website. For differentiation, it is someties called '''roguelite'''.

** This is the original definition of the term, and most "Roguelike Communities" specifically about "Roguelikes" only use the term this way. For differntiation, it is sometimes called '''traditional roguelike'''.

The TropeMaker for the genre is the 1980 video game ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'', a terminal-based DungeonCrawling game which popularized the gameplay combination of random level generation and permadeath. ''Rogue'''s design inspired a huge family of dungeon crawlers over the next few decades, which became known as "roguelikes", and the term eventually came to be applied to any game which uses the design philosophy of procedural generation and permadeath.

The alternative term ''roguelite'' is also sometimes used to describe games which use roguelike-style design principles, but in a toned-down or simplified way. This term is often used to distinguish modern roguelikes from their more complex dungeon-crawling forebears. However, there is no universally agreed-upon definition for the term. Indeed, even defining "roguelike" itself has proven to be an extremely tricky task, with the definition having shifted a number of times over the years. See the [[Analysis/{{Roguelike}} Analysis]] page for more details.