Roguelike has become an immensely popular genre, but a crowded one as well, making it difficult to know which roguelikes are worth your time. For anyone unfamiliar, Roguelikes, named after the game ...

Action Games 'Hide from Silksong' delays hit indie roguelike and Metroidvania, devs say "we like a gamble, but this one is too risky" while another fears "competing with a phenomenon of that scale" ...

Run and gun games were huge in the '80s and '90s. Most players have probably checked out a game or two within this genre, including the Contra and Metal Slug series. They are the gold standards or ...

Balatro was a slow burn success, the Poker-themed roguelike building a thriving audience via gradual word of mouth. So, for ...

Let's take a break from the biggest publishers and established brands for a while. Events like gamescom are an opportunity to ...

New strategic options and a major art and UI overhaul bring the new Tiny Metal closer to the series that inspired it.

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game where you learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter's unique style. Poly Fighter tasks players with taking on a ...

Some of the best roguelike games get their hooks into you by offering super-precise action. Dead Cells, Returnal, and Hades 2 all work as either straightforward shooters or hack-and-slash experiences.

The clever thing about Flask is that it's a game about weird magical potions, and it also looks like the hallucinations you'd have if you drank one. Just announced for a 2026 release, the game brings ...

Chances are you've heard the story of someone turning up to pay their parking tickets using a massive sackful of change, but Flask takes things to a whole new level. This roguelike autobattler casts ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...