An open source roguelike dungeon adventure game with community forums, IRC channels on libera.chat and Discord for strategy discussion, and a bug reporting system. Players can access the source code and contribute to development.
A roundup of indie games includes Emberville, a top-down action RPG blending Diablo-style dungeon crawling with Stardew Valley life-sim elements, and Blackwood: Act One, a hybrid action-life sim where players run a DVD store by day and become a John Wick-like vigilante by night.
2049 is a roguelike game that combines 2048 tile-sliding mechanics with Minesweeper mine detection. Players navigate an 8-depth dungeon where tiles merge on movement, hidden mines act as obstacles, and reaching the bottom staircase wins the game. The game runs via CLI or browser (using Pyodide) with no dependencies beyond Python.
Xbox Game Pass is adding numerous games in mid-to-late September, including Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons II, Dune: Awakening, Ninja Gaiden 4, and others across cloud, console, and PC platforms. The lineup features action games, survival adventures, puzzle platformers, and roguelikes available to various Game Pass subscription tiers.
A roguelike game called Chaos RPG uses real mathematical algorithms instead of dice to determine outcomes, features uncapped stats and procedurally generated spells, and renders everything as particle physics rather than sprites. The game embraces chaos and unpredictability as core design philosophy, with eight classes and no balance constraints.
Torneko's Mystery Dungeon: Classic HD, an SNES roguelike originally Japan-exclusive, is now available in English. The landmark title pioneered the Mystery Dungeon genre, spawning the Shiren franchise and inspiring Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. This HD remaster adds modern features including streamer mode with chat voting.