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 videoRogue: The Adventure Game Artificial Intelligence Design Amiga 1986Larn Noah Morgan Multi 1986Nethack Multi 1987 1 videoUMoria Multi 1987Angband Multi 1990Fatal Labyrinth Sega GEN 1990 1 videoTorneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dunge Chunsoft SNES 1993 1 videoCWM Moria Thomas H. Davies Amiga 1994Ancient Domains of Mystery Multi 1994Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Chunsoft SNES 1995 1 videoChocobo's Dungeon 2 Squaresoft PS 1998 1 videoSimple 1500 Series Vol.028 - The Dungeon PS 2000POWDER GBA 2003Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: RRT Chunsoft GBA 2005Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Multi 2006AliensRL Multi 2007Brogue Brian Walker MAC 2009chickhack C64 2009Brogue *** Brian Walker Win 2010 6 videosVicious Orcs Jeff Lait Win 2011Infra Arcana Martin Tornqvist Win 2011 Jun 4 videosNetpack Royal Paw Win 2011Cardinal Quest Androi 2012 CTales of Maj'Eyal Nicolas Casalini Win 2012Pixel Dungeon Watabou Androi 2012Forays into Norrendrin Win 2012 1 videoSil Win 2012DoomRL ChaosForge Win 2013 2 videosThe Ground Gives Way BtS Win 2014 1 videoCaves of Qud Freehold Games Win 2015 1 video868-HACK Michael Brough IOS 20161-Bit Rogue kan.kikuchi Androi 2016Cogmind Grid Sage Games Win 2018 1 videoDoor in the Woods Win 2019Curse of the Lich King Johan Peitz Pico-8 2019 1 videoJupiter Hell ChaosForge Win 2019 1 videoPorklike Krystman Pico-8 2020Squeaks & Squalls HTML 2020Crown Trick NEXT Studios XB1 2021 1 videoInto Ruins Eric Billingsley Pico-8 2022 1 videoCyber Owls Ufo50 2024Rescue Dog Nameless Algorithm Multi 2026Rescue Dog Nameless Algorithm GEN 2026