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This is a comprehensive index of roguelike video games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, operating system, and notability is provided where available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.



Legend

Video game platforms
APPII Apple II
ATR Atari 8-bit family
BeOS Platform not recognized.
C64 Commodore 64
CROSS Cross-platform
DC Dreamcast
DEC Platform not recognized.
DOS DOS / MS-DOS
DS Nintendo DS
GBA Game Boy Advance
GBC Game Boy Color
GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive
GG Sega Game Gear
LIN Linux
MAC Macintosh / Mac OS
OS2 OS/2
OSX Mac OS X
N64 Nintendo 64
PET Commodore PET
PS1 PlayStation / PSone
PS2 PlayStation 2
SAT Sega Saturn
SMS Sega Master System
SNES Super NES / Super Famicom
TRS80 TRS-80
VIC20 Commodore VIC-20
Wii Wii
WIN Microsoft Windows
WIN3X Windows 3.x
WS WonderSwan

List

First Last Title Developer Setting Platform Notes
1978 Beneath Apple Manor Don Worth Fantastical APPII One of the earliest commercial Apple II games. It predates Rogue, and was much simpler, but supported a low resolution graphical display in addition to the text version. Was ported to the IBM PC in 1983.[1]
1980 Rogue Michael Toy, others Fantastical CROSS Inspired the genre as a whole.
1982 Telengard Daniel Lawrence Fantastical APPII, ATR, C64, TRS80
1982 Sword of Fargoal Jeff McCord Fantastical C64, PET, VIC20 Based on Gammaquest II by the same author.
1982 Hack Jay Fenlason, Andries Brouwer, others Futuristic CROSS Later became the basis for NetHack.
1983 1999 Moria Robert Alan Koeneke & Jimmey Wayne Todd Fantastical DOS Based heavily on The Lord of the Rings. Later port (Umoria) became the basis of Angband. Influenced the preliminary design of Blizzard's Diablo.[2]
1985 1987 Dungeon of Doom, The John Raymonds Fantastical MAC Released commercially in 1987 as The Dungeon Revealed.
1986 1987 Larn Noah Morgan, Phil Cordier Fantastical CROSS Original version of Larn remains part of the NetBSD games collection.[3]
1987 2003 NetHack The NetHack DevTeam Fantastical CROSS Descendant of Hack.
1987 1992 Scarab of Ra Rick Holzgrafe Modern, Fantastical MAC Turn-based Roguelike played in first-person 3D.
1988 Moraff's Revenge Steve Moraff Fantastical DOS One of the earliest 3D, first-person perspective RPGs.
1989 N/A Castle of the Winds SaadaSoft Fantastical WIN3X
1990 N/A Dragon Crystal Sega Fantastical GG, SMS
1990 2009 Angband Alex Cutler, Andy Astrand Fantastical CROSS Based heavily on The Lord of the Rings.
1991 N/A Fatal Labyrinth Sega Fantastical GEN
1991 Moraff's World Steve Moraff Fantastical DOS Sequel to Moraff's Revenge.
1992 Mission Thunderbolt Dave Scheifler, John Calhoun Futuristic DEC, MAC, WIN
1992 1995 Ragnarok Norsehelm Fantastical DOS
1993 Torneko no Daiboken: Fushigi no Dungeon Chunsoft Fantastical SNES
1993 N/A Dungeon Hack DreamForge Fantastical DOS
1993 Reaping The Dungeon Ron Heuse Fantastical DOS
1994 2002 Ancient Domains of Mystery Thomas Biskup Fantastical AMI, BeOS, DOS, LIN, OS2, OSX, WIN
1995, 2008 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Chunsoft Fantastical DS, GG, SNES
1997, 1999 Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon Square Fantastical PS1, WS
1997 2005 Linley's Dungeon Crawl Linley Henzell Fantastical CROSS
1998 2008 Baroque Sting Futuristic, Dystopia PS1, PS2, SAT, Wii
1998, 1999 Chocobo's Dungeon 2 Square Fantastical PS1 Sequel to Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon.
1998 2008 Tales (or Troubles) of Middle Earth DarkGod, others Fantastical CROSS
1998 N/A Azure Dreams Konami Fantastical PS1
1998 Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic The Slash'EM development team Fantastical CROSS Variant of NetHack.
1999, 2001 Torneko: The Last Hope Chunsoft Fantastical GBA, PS1 Sequel to Torneko no Daiboken: Fushigi no Dungeon.
2000 2001 Dark Cloud Level-5 Fantastical PS2 Also included a city-building aspect, making it not purely a roguelike, though dungeons did include a roguelike engine.
2000 2001 Falcon's Eye Jaakko Peltonen Fantastical CROSS Graphical update to NetHack.
2000 Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Siren 2: Oni Shūrai! Siren-jō! Chunsoft Fantastical N64
2002 2003 Dark Chronicle/Dark Cloud 2 Level-5 Fantastical PS2 Much like it's predecessor, Dark Cloud, it wasn't a pure roguelike, including world-building aspects, though dungeons remained roguelike.
2002 2008 Doom, the Roguelike Kornel Kisielewicz Futuristic, Fantastical LIN, WIN Based on the Doom series by id Software.
2002, 2004 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daiboken 3 Chunsoft Fantastical GBA, PS2 Sequel to Torneko: The Last Hope.
2002 Furai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan Chunsoft Fantastical DC
2003 Flatspace Cornutopia Futuristic WIN Action RPG.
2003 2007 Transcendence George Moromisato Futuristic WIN Action RPG.
2004 Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon, The Arika, Chunsoft Fantastical PS2 Sequel to The Blue Crystal Rod for SNES.
2005 Flatspace II Cornutopia Futuristic WIN Action RPG. Sequel to Flatspace.
2005 N/A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Chunsoft Modern, Fantastical DS
2005 N/A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Chunsoft Modern, Fantastical GBA
2005 2007 FATE WildStudios Fantastical WIN, OSX Action RPG.
2006 Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja Success Fantastical DS
2006 2009 Stone Soup Community Fantastical CROSS (open source) Fork of Linley's Dungeon Crawl
2006 2008 Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress Tarn Adams Fantastical LIN, OSX, WIN
2006 2008 LambdaRogue: The Book of Stars Mario Donick Fantastical LIN, WIN
2006 Dragon Quest: Shonen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon cavia Fantastical PS2 Spin-off of Dragon Quest VIII.
2007 Dungeon Runners NCsoft Fantastical WIN Action RPG.
2007 N/A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness Chunsoft Modern, Fantastical DS
2007 N/A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time Chunsoft Modern, Fantastical DS
2007 Hellgate: London Flagship Futuristic, Dystopia, Fantastical WIN Action RPG.
2007 2008 Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns Ninja Studio Fantastical DS Sequel to Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
2008 Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon Square Enix Fantastical Wii
2008 Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen ~Kimi aru gatame~ Sega Fantastical DS
2008 Fushigi no Dungeon - Furai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime Chunsoft Fantastical Wii
UNK 2008 Vulture's Eye Clive Crous, et al Fantastical CROSS Graphical update to NetHack.
Replaces defunct Falcon's Eye.
UNK 2008 Vulture's Claw Clive Crous, et al Fantastical CROSS Graphical update to Slash'EM.
2009 Kagura Douchuuki Debo no su Productions Modern Day, Fantastical WIN Eroge
2009 N/A Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Chunsoft Modern, Fantastical DS
2009 Torchlight Runic Games Fantastical WIN, OSX Action RPG.
TBD Mythos Flagship, HanbitSoft Fantastical WIN Action RPG. Uses the Hellgate: London engine.

Notes

  1. ^ [1] Home of the Underdogs: Beneath Apple Manor.
  2. ^ Pitts, Russdate=2006-06-06. "Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard". The Escapist. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_48/289-Secret-Sauce-The-Rise-of-Blizzard. Retrieved 2007-12-24. "[The idea for Diablo] was modified over and over until it solidified when [Dave Brevik] was in college and got hooked on … Moria/Angband." 
  3. ^ src/games/larn/. NetBSD CVS Repositories. Accessed January 18 2008.
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