Roguelite is the genre of video game that borrow some aspects from Rogue-like such as randomly-generated content, permadeath, turn-based combat, etc. but usually need more complex graphics and less strategy to play. Typically, these games take place in the dungeon full of brutal monsters, strange beings, and enemies who are waiting for the player to take down. In these games, the player commands a character from either an isometric perspective or a top-down view with an objective to navigate the dungeon or another procedurally generated environment to battle against enemies and monsters while collecting treasures or rewards to advance in the game. Roguelite video games mainly deal with hack-and-slash, text-based or tile-based visuals, turn-based movement, and randomized environment generation gameplay. These games come with quest-based gameplay where the player has to complete each quest by accomplishing the requirements to proceed. The level difficulty will increase as the player goes deeper into the environment. During the play, the player may interact with non-player characters and can get information about the quest.

11 Best Roguelite Games for Mac OS

#1 Dungreed

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Dungreed is an Action, Pixel Graphics, Dungeon Crawling, 2D Side-scroll, and Single-player Platform video game with an emphasis on Rogue-lite elements developed and published by Team Horay. According to the storyline, the peaceful town was smashed by a strange dungeon, and all the people of the town were tracked into the dungeon. The player must become an adventure with an objective to embark on an epic quest to solve the disasters. During the game, the player can get into the dungeon to face the endless waves of enemies and must defeat them to save the people and recreate the town with a peaceful life. The game hasn’t any checkpoint in the dungeon, and when the player is slain within the dungeon, his items vanish, and he is brought back to the town. The game features several points for the player to grow and the player can permanently increase his stats through training to become stronger. Dungreed includes core features such as Explore Dungeons, Sword Fighting, Rebuild the Town, Training System, different Weapons, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

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#2 Immortal Redneck

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Immortal Redneck is an Action, Rogue-like, First-person Shooter (FPS), and Single-player video game developed and published by Crema. The game takes place in the fictional Egypt with rogue-lite elements and mixes the old-school FPS action with rogue-lite mechanics. It offers randomly generated dungeons and introduces the permanent death, a complete skill tree, and over nine classes with various traits. The plot follows the redneck tourist, who discovers himself in an ancient Egypt after an accident. The player needs to explore the land from a first-person perspective and struggle to find out the answer about himself which lies within three brutal pyramids of Giza each full of dangers, protected by a huge army of monsters and their bosses. The ultimate task of the player is to get inside the pyramids, use a huge arsenal of weaponry to kill enemies and find out what’s going on. During the gameplay, the player can evolve his character, purchase equipment and weapons, upgrade and acquire new skills using the complete skill tree system. Immortal Redneck includes core features such as Thirty-five Enemy types, Huge Bosses, Old-school FPS, Nine Playable Classes, 50 Weapons, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#3 TumbleSeed

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TumbleSeed mixes the Action-Adventure, Rogue-like, and Rogue-lite elements developed by Aeiowu and published by Benedict Fritz. The game offers a thrilling gameplay that you have never experienced before. In the game, you must balance the rolling seed on a horizontally, ascending slanted vine, overcome procedurally generated obstacles to reach the mountain’s top. It takes place in the quiet jungle village invaded by angry creatures created massive holes in the ground. During the gameplay, a seed is tasked to complete a vague prophecy by ascending the mountain his way progressing through desert, jungle, snow, etc. to save the town. The player controls the horizontal, ascending, and slanted vine to balance a rolling seed, avoid obstacles, and effort to complete each level while scoring the best points. The player can use helpful power-ups by gathering and planting different minerals in marked plot. There are more than thirty abilities available from which the player can use four of them in the start such as Flagseed, Heartseed, Crystal and more. It has five procedurally generated world each with a set of levels to explore. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#4 Neon Chrome

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Neon Chrome is an Action, Top-down Twin Stick Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with emphasis on Dungeon Crawling, Rogue-like and Rogue-lite elements developed and published by 10tons Ltd. The game takes place in the cyberpunk-themed and offers a fully destructible and procedurally generated environment. There are various characters available from which you have to select your favorite one with unique skills and abilities. You can explore the land from a top-down perspective, shoot enemies your way through randomly generated levels to progress and obtain upgrades to enhance the ability of your weaponry. The game looks easy to play, but as the player progress it becomes tough to master. It has multiple levels each level is full of tasks, brutal enemies, and bosses. You can destroy anything with cybernetic abilities and weapons. During the gameplay, you can shoot through walls, obliterate floors, and make rooms explode while destroying your way through huge buildings. Neon Chrome offers exciting features such as Perk System, Destructible Environment, Dozens of Weapons, Unlockable (Weapons, Abilities, Enhancements, etc.), Level Editor, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#5 Invisible Inc.

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Invisible Inc. is a Stealth-based, Turn-based Tactics, and Single-player video game played from an isometric viewpoint, developed by Klei Entertainment. The game is the unique blend of Rogue-like and Stealth elements and offers exciting gameplay where the player assumes the role of the remote operator for an espionage agency. According to the plot, the espionage agency has come under attack from several multinational corporations, and set out agents in major missions, gathering resources to enable the relocation of the computer system to the safe zone within a specific time. The game inspired by X-Com video game and make use of Tactical elements with emphasis on espionage and stealth. There are several levels, and the player assumes the role of the agent in each level for covert operations and has three days, in which he has to complete the final mission. Invisible Inc. includes core features such as Character Selection, Deep Customization, Five Modes, Animated Cutscenes, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Invisible Inc. is the fascinating game to play.

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#6 Wayward

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Wayward is a Pixel Graphics, Adventure, Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on Rogue-like and Turn-based elements, developed and published by Unlok for multiple platforms. It is the perfect blend of Top-down, Turn-based, and Survival Rogue-like components and the game takes place in fantasy world contains five distinct to explore, offering the procedural generated environment. There are over four-hundred items which the player uses to craft, interact and discover in the game. The world is full of more than thirty nasty creatures and animals to harvest and combat. In the game, the player controls the protagonist and explore the landscape from a top-down perspective to experience the dynamic day/night system and interact with other players to participate in PvP mode. The game has two modes such as Hardcore and Casual and the battle follows the turn-based system where the player take his turn while battling against enemies. Wayward offers core features such as Character Customization, Online Multiplayer, Dynamic Reputation, Open-ended Gameplay, and more.

#7 The Enchanted Cave 2

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The Enchanted Cave 2 is a Rogue-like, Role-playing and Single-player video game developed and published by Dustin Auxier. The game takes the player in the strange cave full of an endless supply of treasure, strategically selecting his battle to collect as many treasure as possible. During the gameplay, the player needs to locate the rare artifacts, stat gems, and gold, while travelling the skill tree to become his choice of the mage, alchemist, warrior, and a combination of skills. It introduces crafting features with enchant the equipment and lets the player find out secret areas. There are four playable characters available from which the player needs to select one of them to start the game. It has more than 100 randomly generated floors full of monsters, loot, and mini-bosses. The player can gather more than three-hundred items, spells, crafting ingredients and equipment. The Enchanted Cave 2 offers core features such as 4 Characters, Secret Areas, Thriving Town, Crafting Ingredients, Mid-cave Shops, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

#8 Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

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Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is a Downloadable Content Pack for the Darkest Dungeon, developed and published by Red Hook Studios for multiple platforms. It is the challenging Gothic Rogue-like Turn-based Role-playing video game about the Psychological stresses of adventuring. During the gameplay, the player must recruit, train and command a team of heroes against strange horrors, famine, stress, the encroaching dark and disease. The player must lead a team of heroes on the perilous side-scrolling atmosphere while dealing with relentless assault, and more. The ultimate task of the player is to unearth the strange mysteries, and pit the team of heroes against the waves of fearsome monsters with turn-based system. The game introduces the affliction system, where the player will battle not only monsters, but stress. There are sixteen playable heroes including Hellion, Plague Doctor, and etc. from which the player can select his favorite hero to form a team. Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court includes prominent features such as Innovative Turn-based Combat, 16 Players, Classic CRPG, and more.

#9 Hand of Fate

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Hand of Fate is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Defiant Development for multiple platforms. It takes place in the dungeons and puts the player in the role of the protagonist, who works his way through randomly generated dungeons, battling enemies while scoring the experience the points. There are numerous cards available, and each card has its unique spell and characteristics. At the beginning of the game, the player needs to generate his deck from customizable cards, struggle to reach the final boss of each dungeon. It mixes the Role-playing with deck-building and rogue-like elements. The player as the nameless hero that encounters a strange dealer in a cabin at the end of the land. The game starts with a deck of cards, comprising equipment, encounter cards and hero class. The player receives points for each complete levels, and he can use to customize his deck up to a fixed size. In Story mode, the player can defeat up to thirteen bosses from which twelve court cards and a dealer himself. Check it out, and have fun.

#10 Sunless Sea

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Sunless Sea is a mix of Exploration, Surreal, Role-playing and Rogue-like elements developed and published by Failbetter Games for multiple platforms. It offers the universe of Fallen London where the game takes place, in which the fictional London has been moved under the surface of the Earth to the Unterzee’s edge. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, who is a steamship captain and must explore the dungeons to battle against enemies and complete a series of quests to earn experience points. During the gameplay, the player collects resources and can use to discover new locations, trading goods across the stunning environment, battling ships and take down zee monsters to advances through the plot. There are various types of rogue-like gameplay such as procedurally generated maps, permanent death, subsequent characters and more. The world is split into multiple islands and each island has a variety of quests, enemy types, and more. The player can sell items to earn money and use to raise his level. Sunless Sea is an addictive game to play and enjoy.

#11 Heroes of Steel RPG

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Heroes of Steel RPG is a Rogue-like, Dungeon Crawling, and Single-player Role-playing video game with Turn-based Tactics element developed and published by Trese Brothers. The game takes place in the fantastic environment and lets the player select his playable character from available each character has its unique skills, a set of weapons and abilities. In the game, the player needs to command a team of four members and sets out himself on an epic adventure to rescue the humanity from the worth of monsters, and demons. The player manipulates the world from a top-down perspective and can immerse himself with his four heroes in the post-apocalyptic historic-themed world. It offers a fantastic story, revolving around the gods. During the gameplay, the player can manipulate the environment, interact with non-player characters, battle enemies in turn-based combat and collect loot, resources, and treasure chests to earn experience points. The game will unlock additional content, as the player collects enough material or points. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Heroes of Steel RPG is the best game to play.