Roguelike 2015 for PC — top best games in the Roguelike genre

Darkest Dungeon - a game in the Roguelike genre

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 3 February 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Early Access: PC → 15 July 2015; Game released: PC → 5 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Replayability

Game released: PC → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 8 October 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Nuclear Throne

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 5 December 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Nuclear Throne is a dynamic arcade action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Having chosen one of 12 unique characters and armed with an arsenal of...

Barony

Role-playing game, Roguelike, First-person view, Indie, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 23 June 2015

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Barony is a cooperative action-adventure game with a first-person view and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. You have to explore dangerous dungeons full of...

Rampage Knights

Arcade, Fighting, Beat them all, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 4 September 2015; Early Access: PC → 27 March 2015

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

This fantasy beat ’em up with roguelike elements follows a hero trapped by a spell in a magical forest. Every path leads to a ruined castle inhabited by goblins...

Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 3

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Steampunk, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: PC → 22 May 2015

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 3 is an action RPG with a third-person view. The civil war in Borgovia is over, but the future looks bleak. The city of strange...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: PC → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Convoy: A Tactical Roguelike

Roguelike, Action, Role-playing game, Strategy

Game released: PC → 21 April 2015

Metacritic: 72/100

A tactical roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic future, where a squad crosses a wasteland in search of parts to repair a broken ship. Convoy uses pixel art and...

Templar Battleforce

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Turn-based, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 September 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where the Templar Knights wage war in Leviathan battle mechs. Their squad faces Xenos, rogue...

Guild of Dungeoneering

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 14 July 2015

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler in which the player does not directly control the hero, but builds the dungeon around them. Cards drawn from the Guild’s...

Downwell

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 15 October 2015

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Downwell is an arcade platformer with procedurally generated locations. You have to play as a mysterious little man, descending lower and lower, destroying enemies...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC → 21 January 2015

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Steredenn

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Arcade, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 1 October 2015

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Steredenn is a side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. You have to destroy enemies using a large arsenal of weapons, accompanied by beautiful heavy music. And of course...

Trove

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC → 9 July 2015

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Trove is a free-to-play multiplayer action game with a third-person view and survival elements. Together with your friends, you have the opportunity to explore the...

The Nullpoint

Action, Strategy, Horror, In real time, Tactics, Roguelike

Game canceled: PC → 13 November 2015

The Nullpoint — the game combines real-time tactical strategy with action in procedurally generated dungeons. Located in a mystical alien structure, the...

Hand of Fate

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie, Roguelike, Card game

Game released: PC → 17 February 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Hand of Fate is an indie role-playing adventure game with elements of action and strategy, with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You have to play with a...

Enchanted Cave 2

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 3 June 2015

Steam: 90/100

Enchanted Cave 2 is a top-down action RPG in the roguelike genre. You'll delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically...

Runestone Keeper

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based, Strategy, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 2 March 2015

Steam: 82/100

Runestone Keeper is a top-down dungeon crawling RPG. The locations in the game are procedurally generated, and the eight-bit graphics will captivate all lovers of...

Dragon Fin Soup

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 3 November 2015

Steam: 60/100

This tactical role-playing game with roguelike elements takes place in the procedurally generated fantasy world of Asura, set on the back of a giant space turtle...

Paper Dungeons

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Logic, Roguelike, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 April 2015

Steam: 48/100

Paper Dungeons is a role-playing logic action game with elements of a bagel and a board game. You start each dungeon as a new board from a long adventure set: each...

Dandy: Or a Brief Glimpse Into the Life of the Candy Alchemist

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 4 August 2015

Steam: 93/100

Dandy: Or a Brief Glimpse Into the Life of the Candy Alchemist is a side-scrolling arcade shooter with roguelike elements. The game will tell the story of Dandy...

Siralim

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons

Game released: PC → 24 April 2015

Steam: 83/100

Siralim is an indie action role-playing game in the bagel genre. In this game you have to fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized...

Tap Heroes

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Point & Click, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 5 June 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 67/100

This role-playing game with clicker elements is presented as a puppet show, where puppet heroes battle numerous foes. The player can take part in fights, cast magic...

GameGuru

Arcade, Shooter, Third-person view, First-person view, Educational game (Education), Role-playing game, Roguelike, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Stealth

Game released: PC → 19 May 2015

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 72/100

GameGuru is an advanced editor that allows you to create your own video games. However, it is not at all necessary to know how to code. Along with this program, you...

Bard's Gold

Platformer, Indie, Roguelike, Action

Game released: PC → 14 August 2015

Steam: 82/100

A platforming roguelite with action elements, Bard's Gold follows a bard as he journeys through eerie worlds in search of the goblin who stole his gold. The player...

Weaponographist

Action, Slasher, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 29 April 2015

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This fast-paced, top-down action roguelike follows Doug McGrave, a demon hunter for hire who is cursed after refusing to help a town overrun by demons. Stripped of...

Lords of the Fallen: Ancient Labyrinth

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 3 March 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 37/100

An expansion for Lords of the Fallen 2014, Ancient Labyrinth adds a campaign set in an abandoned library on the border between the human and demonic realms. Harkyn...

Block Legend

Role-playing game, Action, Puzzle, Indie, Roguelike, Adventure

Game released: PC → 24 February 2015

Steam: 63/100

Block Legend is an indie action role-playing game in the roguelike genre with puzzle elements. You will travel through different regions with many characters...

Flame Over

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Isometric, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 28 May 2015

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade firefighting action game combines twin-stick shooting with roguelike design. In Flame Over, the player controls a firefighter battling blazes across...

Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 6 February 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This pixel-art RPG with roguelike elements follows the threat posed by the Sons of Dawn, a cult seeking to awaken an ancient god. The player forms a party of three...

Light Empire

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Simulation

Game released: PC → 2 December 2015

Steam: 16/100

Light Empire is a space role-playing game with a procedurally generated world. Players will take on the role of captain of a spaceship with its own crew. You have...

868-HACK

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Strategy, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 27 January 2015

Steam: 90/100

An arcade roguelike about a computer hacker who connects to network sectors and steals precious data while the world sleeps. Siphons serve as lockpicks for...

Convoy

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 78/100

In a post-apocalyptic future, this tactical roguelike follows a squad crossing a wasteland to find parts for a broken spaceship. The group travels in combat...

Dungeon Crawlers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 1 June 2015

Steam: 50/100

This turn-based strategy game brings a comedic ghost-hunting concept to a dungeon setting. Its gameplay centers on tactical, turn-based encounters, with a...

Choice Chamber

Slasher, Platformer, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 16 July 2015

Steam: 89/100

Choice Chamber is a slasher-platformer with roguelike elements in which viewers can alter the game world in real time during a livestream. Through chat, they...

Eternal Step

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2015

Steam: 60/100

Eternal Step is an action role-playing game with a top-down procedurally generated world in a fantasy setting. The main character will have to climb the highest...

Cardinal Quest 2

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 23 November 2015

Steam: 91/100

Cardinal Quest 2 is a turn-based roguelike set in a world threatened by a mysterious force. After a Minotaur devastates the forests and a Dragon returns to the...

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Best Games in the Roguelike genre of 2015 for PC