Games like Rogue Legacy 2
If Rogue Legacy 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Legacy, Plague Breaker and Skul: The Hero Slayer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its music is divine, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Rogue Legacy 2 is an action-adventure roguelite developed by Cellar Door Games that released in 2022 at $24.99 USD. Players explore procedurally generated castle layouts while learning boss patterns and mastering mobility through a spin-kick mechanic. The inheritance system generates unique heir variants with different class abilities, keeping each run distinct. Reviewers highlight tactical positioning as central to success, and players describe the experience as both challenging and immersive with music that has been described as divine. Permanent upgrades persist between deaths alongside a relic system that adds strategic layering. The game spans a massive length designed for short bursts of play, and runs verified on Steam Deck. It holds an 88 Metacritic score and maintains 91% positive from over 7600 Steam reviews.
About Rogue Legacy 2: Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permanent upgrades, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Top pick for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Second-strongest match for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Third-strongest match for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Ranked #4 for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Ranked #5 for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Aura of Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Ranked #6 for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!
Xenon Valkyrie
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Ranked #7 for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Ranked #8 for Rogue Legacy 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Heroes of Hammerwatch
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.
Children of Morta
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permanent upgrades, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Immortal Redneck
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Immortal Redneck is a FPS set in Egypt with rogue-lite elements. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and 9 classes with different traits.
Moonlighter
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Reviewers of Rogue Legacy 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rogue Legacy 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Rogue Legacy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rogue Legacy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rogue Legacy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Rogue Legacy 2.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rogue Legacy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Rogue Legacy 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Rogue Legacy 2.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Rogue Legacy 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rogue Legacy 2.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Rogue Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permanent upgrades, procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
Plague Breaker
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Plague Breaker is a retro roguelike platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and ascend a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors. Level up your character and find items, weapons, and traders along the way before taking on each floors boss.
Chasm
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an immersive mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Aura of Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Aura of Worlds is a chaotic, creative tactics rogue-lite platformer. Explore multiple dangerous worlds where you utilize creative abilities & wield the environment to your advantage. Blast, dash, grapple, fight, and charm your way through ever-changing labyrinths & outwit powerful guardians!
Death's Gambit: Afterlife
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rogue Legacy 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Legacy 2.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
Frequently asked about Rogue Legacy 2
- Is Rogue Legacy 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Rogue Legacy 2 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Rogue Legacy 2 cost?
- Rogue Legacy 2 is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rogue Legacy 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rogue Legacy 2 are Rogue Legacy, Plague Breaker, Skul: The Hero Slayer.
- Who developed Rogue Legacy 2?
- Rogue Legacy 2 was developed by Cellar Door Games.
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