Cloned Games

Free & Open Source Roguelike Games

28 free, open-source roguelike games — real clones and remakes you can download, inspect the source of, and modify. Not just free to play: the code itself is open.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead screenshot

Clone of Cataclysm

A turn-based survival game in a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, actively developed by over 1,000 volunteer contributors.
Platforms:WebWindowsLinux
Stars13,141
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2012
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Horror
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Rogue Legacy screenshot

Clone of Rogue Legacy

The official Rogue Legacy source code release (FNA build), requiring your own copy's assets.
Platforms:Windows
Stars1,907
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: Platform
Theme: Fantasy
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team

A decompilation that rebuilds Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team's Game Boy Advance ROM from source.
Platforms:GBA
Stars282
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2017
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Witch Blast screenshot

Clone of The Binding of Isaac

A free roguelite dungeon-crawl shooter heavily inspired by The Binding of Isaac, casting you as a spell-slinging magician.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars228
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2014
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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No preview

Clone of Elona

A C++ variant of Elona derived from version 1.22, with a mod system and multi-language support; development was archived early.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars164
Updated5 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2018
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
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Spelunky Classic (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Spelunky Classic

A ground-up C++/OpenGL rewrite of Spelunky Classic, ported natively to PSP, Android, and desktop.
Platforms:WebWindowsLinux
Stars159
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2019
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Clone of Elona

A moddable .NET engine reimplementation of the Japanese roguelike RPG Elona, still a work in progress.
Platforms:Windows
Stars152
Updated2 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2021
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness

A work-in-progress disassembly rebuilding Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky's DS ROM from source.
Platforms:DS
Stars135
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: RPG
Theme: Fantasy
Sporadic
Castle of the Winds in Elm screenshot

Clone of Castle of the Winds

A browser-playable Elm port of Castle of the Winds, the author's third attempt at the game, with sporadic development.
Platforms:Web
Stars109
Updated8 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2016
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Fear & Hunger (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Fear & Hunger

An Android app version of Fear and Hunger that runs without an emulator, supporting game version 1.4.1.
Stars91
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Paper Isaac screenshot

Clone of The Binding of Isaac

A fan-made Binding of Isaac clone built for #1GAM's roguelike month, with new art and cover music.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars67
Updated11 years ago
LicenseMIT
Release2013
Genre: Action
Theme: —
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NLarn screenshot

Clone of Larn

A Larn-based roguelike that keeps Larn 12.3's story and atmosphere while improving gameplay and user experience.
Platforms:WindowsLinux
Stars65
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2018
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Spelunky Classic HD HTML5 screenshot

Clone of Spelunky Classic

A browser-playable WebAssembly/PWA build of Spelunky Classic HD, ported from its GameMaker source.
Platforms:Web
Stars59
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Fear and Hunger 2: Termina Port screenshot

Clone of Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

A mobile port of Fear and Hunger: Termina for Android, supporting version 1.9.1.
Stars48
Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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NorseWorld: Ragnarok screenshot

Clone of Ragnarok

A Norse-mythology roguelike remake of 1990s DOS game Ragnarok, with six classes and randomly generated worlds.
Platforms:Windows
Stars48
Updated2 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2015
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
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Strange Adventures in Infinite Space screenshot

Clone of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

A GPL3 continuation of Digital Eel's 2002 roguelike Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, still maintained today.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
Stars48
Updated6 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Kroz (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Kroz

Kroz is Apogee Software's own 2009 freeware re-release, with source code, of its 1987 ASCII-graphics DOS action game.
Platforms:DOS
Stars32
Updated11 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2015
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
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Rot Magus screenshot

Clone of Magus

An extended browser-based roguelike RPG remake of Ronny Wester's classic Magus, built with rot.js.
Platforms:Web
Stars24
Updated4 years ago
LicenseApache-2.0
Release2014
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
Archived
Mobhold screenshot

Clone of Vampire Survivors

A browser pixel-art auto-battler where you command a growing horde of ninjas against endless monster waves.
Platforms:Web
Stars11
Updated9 months ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: Fantasy
Sporadic
NetHack (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of NetHack

A modernized Android port of NetHack 5.0.0 built for touchscreens, gamepads and dual-screen devices.
Stars9
Updated4 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: RPG
Theme: Fantasy
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Clone of Azure Dreams

A work-in-progress decompilation of Azure Dreams that builds PSX EXE files from a CD image.
Stars7
Updated1 year ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2024
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team recompiled to run natively on PC, with mod support; needs your own ROM.
Stars7
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
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Robotfindskitten (original game, not this project)Original game image

Clone of Robotfindskitten

An Inform 6 / Z-machine reimplementation of the ASCII game robotfindskitten, maintained since 2002.
Platforms:None
Stars3
Updated1 year ago
Licenseartistic-2.0
Release2018
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Sci-Fi
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Azure Dreams Recompilation screenshot

Clone of Azure Dreams

A static recompilation of Azure Dreams built on psxrecomp; you supply your own USA disc image and BIOS.
Stars2
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: RPG
Theme: —
NetHack (original game, not this project)Original game image
Platforms:TI calculator
LicenseGPL2*
Genre: RPG
Theme: Fantasy
Eldritch screenshot

Clone of Eldritch

A first-person roguelike immersive-sim with Lovecraftian horror, random levels, and mystical powers, on itch.io for Windows, macOS, Linux.
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
LicenseUnknown
Genre: FPS
Theme: Horror
SLASH'EM screenshot
Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX
LicenseNGPL*
Genre: RPG
Theme: Fantasy
Sword of Fargoal remake screenshot
Platforms:Windows
LicenseUnknown
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Fantasy

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