Games like Rogue
If Rogue is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sword of Fargoal, Fractalis and ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and punishing. 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 →About Rogue: Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Players who liked Rogue also play
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Sword of Fargoal
WHY THIS
Top pick for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
In this classic roguelike, released in 1983 for the Commodore 64 by Epyx, search the dark depths of a twisted dungeon, teeming with fiendish enemies and dangerous traps, for the legendary Sword of Fargoal, the only thing that can defeat the evil wizard Umla.
Fractalis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Rogue.
Fractalis is a procedurally generated roguelike that has turnbased/gridbased combat with a realtime feel.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, inventory management and an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Third-strongest match for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Rogue.
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.
Conqueror Of Time
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Rogue.
Conqueror Of Time is a traditional dungeon crawl rogue game with a time travel theme. Choose a character from different time periods and fight your way through dungeons using various items from different times and spaces. Use time travel abilities to fight alongside your past or future self.
Dragonwake
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Rogue.
Dragonwake is an ASCII roguelike set in Valoria, the land once ruled by the old empire of Istaris before the Starfall. Your heirloom, a blackglass star amulet, draws you to the land just as the primordial dragon begins to stir.
Tales of Maj'Eyal
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Ranked #6 for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Rogue.
Ranked #7 for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Rogue.
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
The Curse Of Yendor
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Ranked #8 for Rogue fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Rogue.
Kill monsters, get loot, solve puzzles, complete quests! A sword and sorcery adventure where your magic shapes the world. A classical rogue-like with a modern feel. "Your nemesis has found the Amulet of Yendor... Defeat him before he ascends to godhood!"
Reviewers mention these as similar to Rogue
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DOOM
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rogue cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Reviewers of Rogue cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
NetHack: Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, procedural generation and a retro mood with Rogue.
Reviewers of Rogue cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
NETHACK: LEGACY is a remastered version of the original NetHack, the deeply rich and complex fantasy D&D roguelike. Hack and slash your way through orcs, dragons, and cockatrices as you explore the perilous procedurally-generated dungeons seeking the Amulet of Yendor.
ROGUE-FP
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Reviewers of Rogue cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Rogue.
A blend of old school gameplay and new school controls. Experience a classically styled roguelike in a way you never have before!
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Rogue.
Reviewers of Rogue cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
Unravel cyber secrets and foil mass surveillance as a skilled hacker in Hackhub. Challenge authority, rewrite the rules, and emerge as the ultimate digital rebel.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rogue at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Landlord of the Woods
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
You're 25, you feel like all of your peers are ahead of you in life so you apply for a new job to try to find some sort of meaning. Your new career is filled with physics-based puzzles, hand drawn art & a cute little story.
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Rogue on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Rogue.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Rogue.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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More from Epyx, Inc.
Other recommendable Steam games by Epyx, Inc., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
Impossible Mission II
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
Sequel to the equally-popular Impossible Mission, this classic 1980s action platformer sees you tasked with infiltrating a futuristic fortress, built to keep safe malicious mastermind Elvin Atombender. Now available on Steam for the first time, responsibility for saving the world rests with YOU!
California Games II
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue.
Originally launched in 1990 on the boundary-pushing 16-bit computers and consoles of the day, this bodacious sequel to the immensely popular California Games sees you competing in five awesome events: hang-gliding, jet-skiing, snowboarding, body-boarding and skateboarding!
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue. Shares Adventure and RPG with Rogue.
In this classic dungeon crawler, hack and slash your way through over 500 rooms with dozens of terrifying monsters. A true 1980s fantasy game, experience the frustrations and triumphs of the tabletop gaming inspired combat. Temple of Apshai is waiting. Silently lurking. Patiently waiting. For you.
The Games: Winter Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue.
Compete in seven Winter Games events in this DOS classic from 1988, created by masters of sports simulation Epyx. Hurtle down the slopes, over jumps, or across the ice, all in search of that elusive Gold medal.
Battle Bugs
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Rogue.
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue. Shares Strategy with Rogue.
In this unconventional real-time strategy game, control a fearsome army of stink bugs, cockroaches, lightning bugs, ants and more in a miniature, pun-filled warzone! 56 battles with 22 types of Battle Bug await you!
Jumpman (C64/MSDOS)
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue. Shares Adventure with Rogue.
Run, climb and jump from platform to platform to collect and disarm deadly bombs, but watch out! One single misstep will send you tumbling to the ground! With 30 different challenging levels to beat, experience the thrills and spills of one of the earliest platformers.
Snow Strike
WHY THIS
Another title from Epyx, Inc., the studio behind Rogue.
Fly your F14-LBC "Rapier" on a series of air bound missions. Your task – to destroy the labs, bomb refineries, and stop the enemy convoys. But watch out for those enemies who are armed with heat and radar guided missiles!
Frequently asked about Rogue
- Does Rogue run on Steam Deck?
- Rogue is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Rogue cost?
- Rogue is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rogue?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rogue are Sword of Fargoal, Fractalis, ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery).
- Who developed Rogue?
- Rogue was developed by Epyx, Inc. and published by Pixel Games UK.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Rogue.
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