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Dwarf Fortress is a single-player, high fantasy simulation game in the style of old ASCII Roguelikes. You can control either a Dwarven clan attempting to build a settlement or a single adventurer in a randomly generated and persistent world complete with its own unique history.
A free roguelike which involves exploring an icy dungeon to find the source of the cold that is slowly destroying the surface world.
Eternal Quest is a roguelike game where you navigate a warrior through a series of danger-filled floors.
A somewhat simplified roguelike originally developed for the GBA and subsequently ported to several different platforms.
Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan is a first-person RPG that has you slowly crawling your way through its dungeon.
An isometric action RPG that takes place in and below the town of Tristram. Gothic fantasy weapons and spells are used to defeat hordes of monsters from hell through randomized dungeon levels, continuously gaining experience points, gold, and a variety of equipment to bolster the hero's monster-killing potency along the way.
Angband is a dungeon-crawler based on Umoria, and inspired heavily by the the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien. It is available for a wide range of platforms.
A high-fantasy first-person dungeon crawler set in a persistent world where different customizable player characters in the same computer can aid each-other.
Rogue port for Classic Mac OS released in 1994 developed by Marco Pontil.
Ancient Domains Of Mystery (ADOM) is a traditional roguelike RPG with a greater focus on world, characters, and fiction than many of its contemporaries.
Explore below the surface of Jupiter in this procedurally generated, turn-based RPG.
Dungeon Hack is a first-person dungeon crawler in the vein of the Eye of Beholder and Dungeon Master series, in which the player battles through a 3D dungeon.
A roguelike survival game set in Finland.
Two bodaciously funky rappin' aliens crash land on a totally unfunky planet (Earth) and must piece together their spaceship to return to their homeworld in this Genesis roguelike.
The Lost Adventures of Kroz was the last released entry in the Kroz series, created by Apogee founder Scott Miller and released in 1990. Being the Kroz series' "swan song", this entry featured a whopping 75 levels. A fitting finale to a great series. A great game by itself.
Dragon Crystal is a roguelike RPG for the Sega Master System and Game Gear.
A roguelike RPG developed and published by Sega originally as a digital-only release.
Return to Kroz is the 1st of the Super Kroz Trilogy. This one offers 20 levels featuring the same ASCII graphics and one screen puzzle adventure gameplay as all other Kroz titles.
Caverns of Kroz is the 3rd game in the Original Kroz Trilogy made by Apogee founder Scott Miller in 1989. This one offers 40 levels. Gameplay and of course the use of ASCII characters as graphics are identical to Kingdom of Kroz.
Dungeons of Kroz is the 2nd installment in the Original Kroz Trilogy created by Apogee founder Scott Miller. This time, 30 levels await a challenger. Otherwise, in gameplay and the use of ASCII characters as graphics the game is identical to Kingdom of Kroz.
A fantasy adventure game for early Windows operating systems, Castle of the Winds was notable for its randomly generated dungeons, which were populated by monsters "borrowed" from Dungeons & Dragons, which was possible thanks to its simplistic graphics.
A semi-real-time roguelike by Michael Steven Höenie, released under several different names from 1988 to 1992.
A top down RPG in the style of Ultima but with procedurally generated environments and using monochrome graphics.
Kingdom of Kroz is the first game in the Kroz series created by Scott Miller. It is also the first game released by Apogee Software.
Inspired by Rogue, NetHack is an ASCII-based RPG in which the player must navigate the Mazes of Menace in search of the Amulet of Yendor for his deity.
Larn is a 'roguelike' where players explore procedurally generated dungeons to gain experience and enough gold to venture into the volcano to retrieve the potion that will save the protagonist's daughter's life.
A text-based adventure/RPG inspired by The Wizard's Castle and Rogue. Players must explore a castle to find the titular Amulet of Yendor. There's no graphical depiction of the player or environment, it's only described in text.
The Land is a shareware roguelike released in 1985 and set in the world of Stephen R. Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" books.
A shareware RPG by Lightwave Consultants, released in 1985. Notable for its real-time combat and stamina/fatigue system.
An ASCII-based RPG where death is swift and around every corner.
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