🎰 The Best Roguelikes and Roguelites

The genre that turned losing into progress: every run reshuffles the deck, and what you keep is what you learned (plus, in a roguelite, a little something extra). These are the highest-rated entries — the ones where "one more run" reliably costs you an evening.

1. 1

   Hades2020

   91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
2. 2

   Hades II2025

   91 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure
3. 3

   Spelunky Classic2008

   90 / 100PlatformPuzzleIndie
4. 4

   Blue Prince2025

   89 / 100PuzzleStrategyAdventure
5. 5

   Balatro2024

   89 / 100StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
6. 6

   Slay the Spire2019

   88 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)
7. 7

   Dave the Diver2023

   87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorAdventure
8. 8

   Against the Storm2023

   87 / 100Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
9. 9

   Dead Cells2018

   86 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
10. 10

    Returnal2021

    86 / 100Shooter
11. 11

    FTL: Faster Than Light2012

    86 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategy
12. 12

    Into the Breach2018

    86 / 100PuzzleRole-playing (RPG)Simulator
13. 13

    Vampire Survivors2022

    86 / 100Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie
14. 14

    Dwarf Fortress

    86 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategy
15. 15

    Risk of Rain 22020

    86 / 100ShooterAdventureIndie