12 Games Like Spelunky
Our assortment of games like Spelunky includes other roguelike games that offer randomised platform adventures that encourage you to explore and acquire character power.
Officially released in 2008 for Windows the original Spelunky adventure has since expanded to consoles, an enhanced edition and a 2020 sequel. As the name suggests players take control of their own cave exploring spelunker as they seek to collect treasure from the depths while rescuing damsels and fighting monsters when required. With randomisation central to the Spelunky adventure no two adventures are the same as players aim to explore as far as possible within the challenging permanent death game loop.
Within these deep randomised cave explorations you'll have to utilise your platforming abilities as you dodge traps and fight various enemies through a diverse list of cave biomes. To help players reach further depths you'll be able to jump on enemies, utilise your whip or throw items to enemies directly or to trigger nearby traps. With progress players will acquire additional useful objects that provide additional functionality or abilities to players.
The games like Spelunky featured below offer a similar blend of mechanics with roguelike elements, randomised map layouts, platforming and an increasing power level of your primary character as you progress deeper.
Rogue Legacy
Create a legacy of children in Rogue Legacy, a roguelike experience where you’ll have to explore a dangerous castle, defeat bosses and deal with the poor gene pool of your family. Requiring careful platforming and combat Rogue Legacy is one of the few video games that allows players to literally watch their descendants tackle the same challenges with slight upgrades in between that allows each to delve deeper. Your ultimate goal in Rogue Legacy is to unlock the golden door that appears at...[Read Review]
Dungeon of the Endless
Fusing the genres of strategy, RPG, rogue like and even tower defence is Dungeon of the Endless a game where you’ll lead a group of heroes after they crash land deep into a facility on a strange alien planet. Hoping for survival and striving for more than that as you discover the truth about the planet Auriga Dungeon of the Endless is a game enjoyed solo and through online co-operation for 4 players. While originally launching on Windows and Mac Dungeon of the Endless was released for iOS and An...[Read Review]
Card Dungeon
Combining rogue like elements, card collecting and turn based role playing is Card Dungeon, a uniquely entertaining experience for your mobile device and computer. With a crusader under your control, thousands of cards at your disposal and hordes of enemies in the dungeon before you Card Dungeon will keep you engrossed for hours and hours as you uncover new strategies to overcome increasingly difficult game challenges. Set in a game world where players are returning from a long voyage they find ...[Read Review]
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the 2014 remake of the original title which features primarily the same core gameplay albeit with additional content and features. Building on the success of the original this remake is available on a broader range of platforms and follows the same plot of Isaac as he fights all manner of horrors in a roguelike framework. This story sees players control Isaac and in time several other unlockable characters after you flee into the basement from your mother who is ...[Read Review]
Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is an intense top down shooter that uses roguelike elements to deliver a fast paced game that offers plenty of difficulty along the way. With many paths to reach the end game and even loop the gameplay on itself you’ll be encouraged to experiment with different blends of characters, items and other mechanics to find something that is your own. Nuclear Throne takes place in a dark world in which humanity has been obliterated by nuclear events which in turn has heavily altered...[Read Review]
Delver
Delver is a dungeon crawler with randomised levels and rogue like elements where you’ll explore dungeons as you hunt for loot to improve your chances of survival. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux Delver was in development from 2012 as an Android game (since discontinued) before a final 2018 release on the Steam platform. Delver is played in a first person perspective in a relative simple game environment that is reminiscent of the original Doom and other 90 first person shooter titles ...[Read Review]
Anodyne
Anodyne is an adventure that seeks to send you on a nostalgic trip back to the days of your Game Boy Colour with a title that draws inspiration from the early Zelda games and pairs it with a unique world for players to explore. Marketing itself as a unique Zelda-lite game Anodyne features a familiar story structure, 16 bit era visuals, dreamy soundtrack and a diverse range of locations to fight through. Anodyne was originally released at the start of 2013 on Windows and Mac with mobile and conso...[Read Review]
Magicite
Mixing elements of crafting, rogue-like and platforming together to offer a 2D survival game Magicite is a challenge that can be enjoyed in shorter gameplay bursts and with friends while exploring underground dungeon challenges. Set in randomly generated dungeons Magicite will have players collecting resources from trees, ores and enemies in order to craft better equipment to survive and advance through the increasing threats that the game world throws at players. Ultimately you end up with a ga...[Read Review]
Streets of Rogue
Opting to give players a large array of choice and freedom in completing game objectives and wrapping it in a procedurally generated city is Streets of Rogue, a game that takes inspiration from a wide range of titles and attempts to blend them into one. It’s got stealth, bullet shooters, co-op, RPG and rougelike amongst near endless choice in it’s core design. This unique offering means that Streets of Rogue ticks a range of gamer boxes and thus attracting a broad spectrum of players...[Read Review]
Downwell
Downwell is a unique vertical scrolling platform title that also blends in the shooter and roguelike genres into the core mechanics. Available on a large range of platforms this is a title designed for platform fans from the ground up who have plenty of opportunity to get their hands on this fast paced adventure that is literally down the well. Following a curious man exploring the local park during a night time walk, players strap on their gunboots (yes, bullet firing boots) as they jump into t...[Read Review]
SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig blends mining, action, sandbox and platforming into a single player adventure where you’ll hunt for ores and equipment to improve your digging potency. Originally for the Nintendo 3DS the title has seen steady releases on other platforms and in 2020 was one of the first games included as a Google Stadia title. Your journey in SteamWorld Dig requires players to adventure beneath the old town of Tumbleton to find what is lurking below. Commanding the steam powered robot known ...[Read Review]
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Sword of the Stars: The Pit has you playing as the last hope for your world as a deadly plague ravages the entire population. With an alien facility the last roll of the dice for your home will you be able to survive the labyrinth of floors and alien threats to find a cure? Launched in 2013 the title has continued to expand its content with downloadable content expanding each of the core mechanics with fresh challenges. Simply referred to as The Pit this alien facility utilises roguelike mechani...[Read Review]