Free & Open Source Roguelike Games
22 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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Clone of Cataclysm
A turn-based survival game in a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, actively developed by over 1,000 volunteer contributors.
Active

Clone of Rogue Legacy
The official Rogue Legacy source code release (FNA build), requiring your own copy's assets.
Active
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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.
Halted

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: —
Archived
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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.
Halted
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Clone of Spelunky Classic
A ground-up C++/OpenGL rewrite of Spelunky Classic, ported natively to PSP, Android, and desktop.
Halted
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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.
Sporadic

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.
Halted

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: —
Active
Halted

Clone of Spelunky Classic
A browser-playable WebAssembly/PWA build of Spelunky Classic HD, ported from its GameMaker source.
Archived

Clone of Ragnarok
A Norse-mythology roguelike remake of 1990s DOS game Ragnarok, with six classes and randomly generated worlds.
Sporadic

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
Updated4 months ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2020
Genre: Roguelike
Theme: —
Halted
Halted
Archived

Clone of Vampire Survivors
A browser pixel-art auto-battler where you command a growing horde of ninjas against endless monster waves.
Halted
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Clone of Robotfindskitten
An Inform 6 / Z-machine reimplementation of the ASCII game robotfindskitten, maintained since 2002.




