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Since the craze of the mobile gaming industry has increased, many genres have been in the limelight, including roguelikes. Roguelikes Gaming has always been in the mainstream in the PC world. Now many PC roguelikes gaming companies have entered the mobile gaming community as well.

What Are Roguelikes?

Subgenres of role-playing games.
Categorized as: Grid movement, turn-based gameplay, permanent death of the character and card-based.
Most Roguelikes games are highly narrative and reflect their influence.

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History of Roguelikes

An intriguing story goes behind the invention of the Roguelike games.
Once, computer hackers and programmers attempted to make a game inspired by text adventure games, when roguelikes were eventually discovered.
It is believed that pedit5 was the first dungeon crawl game or roguelike game.

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Behind The Name, Roguelike

Roguelike, the title is taken from the game named “Rogue.”
Rogue was a role-playing game where players control the character whose goal is to fight and retrieve the Amulet of Yendor.
The Rogue is based on Dungeons & Dragons instead, and thus is not exactly, but “like” “Rogue”.

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If you are feeling hooked by this genre and want to try your hands at some roguelikes, here are a few to begin with:

Immortal Rogue

Immortal Rogue is a thriller adventure slashing roguelike game. The player plays the eternal vampire character. It has colourful, retro-style pixel art, and you wake up every 100 years to feed. It is a dynamic world that works on your narrative choices.
Developer: Kyle Barrett
Cost:
Game Size: 88 MB
Release date: March 12, 2019
Platform: Android, iOS

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead is a survival horror roguelike game. CDDA has no goals. The game is simply based on a day-to-day survival theme that tracks hunger, thirst, illness and temperature to manage survival.
Developer: Kevin Granade & community
Cost: Free to Play
Game Size: 41.96 MB
Release date: April 4, 2019
Platform: Android, iOS

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Dead Cells

Dead Cells is inspired by Metroidvania-style games. It is packed with action and fighting where there is no checkpoint: kill, die, repeat and learn. Players control a mass of cells from the body of deceased prisoners.
Developer: Motion Twins
Cost: Rs. 370
Game Size: 402 MB
Release date: June 2, 2020
Platform: Android, iOS

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Pathos: Nethack Codex

Pathos is the adventure roguelike game inspired by the rules of Nethack. Nethack was one of the best video games ever. This game has tile graphics where players have to open the doors, chest, hidden path and get safe from the traps. With the new update, you can customize your character according to your needs.
Developer: Callan Hodgskin
Cost: Free for all
Game Size: 78.89 MB
Release date: September 5, 2015
Platform: Android, iOS

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Space Grunts 2

Space Grunts 2 is a card-based roguelike game. It is a turn-based game where every game is generated from the building blocks. As the level goes up, you have to collect different items, such as weapons, shields and health, to encounter the aliens. As you get engaged with aliens, a card battle decides the winner.
Developer: Orange Pixel
Cost: Rs. 420
Game Size: 31 MB
Release date: January 13, 2020
Platform: Android, iOS

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Caves

Caves are the turn-based Roguelike games. Pixel graphics of the cave games remind me of the old gaming era. Players have to dig the caves, fight the skeletons, and they can make clone characters. It is known as one of the toughest games to clear in one go, where your hero will get killed many times. You can regenerate them with the new ability.
Developer: 36dev
Cost: Free for all
Game Size: 30 MB
Release date: November 14, 2015
Platform: Android, iOS