This term has been the subject of much discussion, but to someone who encountered the genre in the 90s, a roguelike is a top-down, turn-based RPG with randomized levels.
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Rogue Ken Arnold Multi 1980 1 video Rogue: The Adventure Game Artificial Intelligence Design Amiga 1986 Larn Noah Morgan Multi 1986 Nethack Multi 1987 1 video UMoria Multi 1987 Angband Multi 1990 Fatal Labyrinth Sega GEN 1990 1 video Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dunge Chunsoft SNES 1993 1 video CWM Moria Thomas H. Davies Amiga 1994 Ancient Domains of Mystery Multi 1994 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Chunsoft SNES 1995 1 video Chocobo's Dungeon 2 Squaresoft PS 1998 1 video Simple 1500 Series Vol.028 - The Dungeon PS 2000 POWDER GBA 2003 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: RRT Chunsoft GBA 2005 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Multi 2006 AliensRL Multi 2007 Brogue Brian Walker MAC 2009 chickhack C64 2009 Brogue *** Brian Walker Win 2010 6 videos Vicious Orcs Jeff Lait Win 2011 Infra Arcana Martin Tornqvist Win 2011 Jun 4 videos Netpack Royal Paw Win 2011 Cardinal Quest Androi 2012 C Tales of Maj'Eyal Nicolas Casalini Win 2012 Pixel Dungeon Watabou Androi 2012 Forays into Norrendrin Win 2012 1 video Sil Win 2012 DoomRL ChaosForge Win 2013 2 videos The Ground Gives Way BtS Win 2014 1 video Caves of Qud Freehold Games Win 2015 1 video 868-HACK Michael Brough IOS 2016 1-Bit Rogue kan.kikuchi Androi 2016 Cogmind Grid Sage Games Win 2018 1 video Door in the Woods Win 2019 Curse of the Lich King Johan Peitz Pico-8 2019 1 video Jupiter Hell ChaosForge Win 2019 1 video Porklike Krystman Pico-8 2020 Squeaks & Squalls HTML 2020 Crown Trick NEXT Studios XB1 2021 1 video Into Ruins Eric Billingsley Pico-8 2022 1 video Cyber Owls Ufo50 2024 Rescue Dog Nameless Algorithm Multi 2026 Rescue Dog Nameless Algorithm GEN 2026