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This is a comprehensive list of roguelike video games, sorted chronologically.
First release
Title
Developer
Setting
Platform
Last release
Notes
1978
Beneath Apple Manor
Don Worth
Fantastical
Apple II
One of the earliest commercial Apple II games. It predates Rogue, and was much simpler, but supported a low resolution resolution graphical display in addition to the text version. Was ported to the IBM PC in 1983.[1]
1980
Rogue
Michael Toy , others
Fantastical
Cross-platform
Inspired the genre as a whole.
1982
Telengard
Daniel Lawrence
Fantastical
Commodore 64 , Atari 8-bit family , Apple II , TRS-80
1982
Sword of Fargoal
Jeff McCord
Fantastical
Commodore PET , Commodore VIC-20 , Commodore 64
Based on Gammaquest II by the same author.
1982
Hack
Jay Fenlason , Andries Brouwer , others
Futuristic
Cross-platform
Later became the basis for NetHack .
1983
Moria
David Grabiner
Fantastical
MS-DOS
1999
Based heavily on The Lord of the Rings . Later port (Umoria ) became the basis of Angband . Influenced the preliminary design of Blizzard 's Diablo .[2]
1985
Dungeon Revealed, The
John Raymonds
Fantastical
Mac OS
1987
1986
Larn
Noah Morgan , Phil Cordier
Fantastical
Cross-platform
1987
Original version of Larn remains part of the NetBSD games collection.[3]
1987
NetHack
The NetHack DevTeam
Fantastical
Cross-platform
2003
Descendant of Hack .
1988
Moraff's Revenge
Steve Moraff
Fantastical
MS-DOS
One of the earliest 3D , first-person perspective RPGs .
1989
Castle of the Winds
SaadaSoft
Fantastical
Windows 3.x
N/A
1990
Dragon Crystal
Sega
Fantastical
Sega Game Gear , Sega Master System
N/A
1990
Angband
Alex Cutler , Andy Astrand
Fantastical
Cross-platform
2008
Based heavily on The Lord of the Rings .
1991
Fatal Labyrinth
Sega
Fantastical
Sega Mega Drive
N/A
1991
Moraff's World
Steve Moraff
Fantastical
MS-DOS
Sequel to Moraff's Revenge .
1992
Mission Thunderbolt
Dave Scheifler , John Calhoun
Futuristic
DEC , Windows , Mac OS
1992
Ragnarok
Norsehelm
Fantastical
MS-DOS
1995
1993
Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon
Chunsoft
Fantastical
Super Famicon
1993
Dungeon Hack
DreamForge
Fantastical
MS-DOS
N/A
1993
Reaping The Dungeon
Ron Heuse
Fantastical
MS-DOS
1994
Ancient Domains of Mystery
Thomas Biskup
Fantastical
AmigaOS , BeOS , DOS , Linux , Mac OS X , OS/2 , Windows
2002
1995 , 2008
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Chunsoft
Fantastical
Super Famicon , Game Boy , Nintendo DS
1997 , 1999
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon
Square
Fantastical
PlayStation , WonderSwan
1997
Linley's Dungeon Crawl
Linley Henzell
Fantastical
Cross-platform
2005
1997
Diablo
Blizzard North
Fantastical
PlayStation , Windows , Mac OS
Action RPG .
1997
Diablo: Hellfire
Synergistic
Fantastical
Windows
Action RPG . Expansion to Diablo .
1998
Baroque
Sting
Fantastical
Sega Saturn , PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , Wii
2008
1998 , 1999
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Square
Fantastical
PlayStation
Sequel to Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon .
1998
Tales (or Troubles) of Middle Earth
DarkGod , others
Fantastical
Cross-platform
2008
1998
Azure Dreams
Konami
Fantastical
PlayStation
N/A
1998
Super Lotsa Added Stuff Hack - Extended Magic
The Slash'EM development team
Fantastical
Cross-platform
Variant of NetHack .
1999
Darkstone
Delphine
Fantastical
PlayStation , Windows
N/A
1999 , 2001
Torneko: The Last Hope
Chunsoft
Fantastical
PlayStation , Game Boy Advance
Sequel to Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon .
2000
Diablo II
Blizzard North
Fantastical
Windows , Mac OS , Mac OS X
Action RPG . Sequel to Diablo .
2000
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Siren 2: Oni Shūrai! Siren-jō!
Chunsoft
Fantastical
Nintendo 64
2001
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Blizzard North
Fantastical
Windows , Mac OS , Mac OS X
2005
Action RPG . Expansion to Diablo II .
2001
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Neverland
Fantastical
Game Boy Color
N/A
2002
Doom, the Roguelike
Kornel Kisielewicz
Futuristic, Fantastical
Windows , Linux
2008
Based on the Doom series by id Software .
2002 , 2004
Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3
Chunsoft
Fantastical
PlayStation 2 , Game Boy Advance
Sequel to Torneko: The Last Hope .
2002
Fūrai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan
Chunsoft
Fantastical
Dreamcast
2003
Flatspace
Cornutopia
Futuristic
Windows
Action RPG .
2003
Transcendence
George Moromisato
Futuristic
Windows
2007
Action RPG .
2004
Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon, The
Arika , Chunsoft
Fantastical
PlayStation 2
Sequel to The Blue Crystal Rod for SNES.
2005
Flatspace II
Cornutopia
Futuristic
Windows
Action RPG . Sequel to Flatspace .
2005
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
Chunsoft
Modern, Fantastical
Nintendo DS
N/A
2005
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Chunsoft
Modern, Fantastical
Game Boy Advance
N/A
2005
FATE
WildStudios
Fantastical
Windows
2007
Action RPG .
2006
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
Success
Fantastical
Nintendo DS
2006
Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress
Tarn Adams
Fantastical
Windows , Mac OS X
2008
2006
LambdaRogue: The Book of Stars
Mario Donick
Fantastical
Windows , Linux
2008
2006
Dragon Quest: Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon
cavia
Fantastical
PlayStation 2
Spin-off of Dragon Quest VIII .
2007
Dungeon Runners
NCsoft
Fantastical
Windows
Action RPG .
2007
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Chunsoft
Modern, Fantastical
Nintendo DS
N/A
2007
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Chunsoft
Modern, Fantastical
Nintendo DS
N/A
2007
Hellgate: London
Flagship
Futuristic, Dystopia, Fantastical
Windows
Action RPG .
2008
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Square Enix
Fantastical
Wii
2008
Fushigi no Dungeon - Furai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime
Chunsoft
Fantastical
Wii
TBD
Mythos
Flagship
Fantastical
Windows
Action RPG . Uses the Hellgate: London engine.
TBD
Diablo III
Blizzard Entertainment
Fantastical
Windows , Mac OS X
Action RPG . Sequel to Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction .
Notes
^ [1] Home of the Underdogs: Beneath Apple Manor.
^ Pitts, Russ (2006-06-06). "Secret Sauce: The Rise of Blizzard" . The Escapist . Retrieved 2007-12-24 . [The idea for Diablo ] was modified over and over until it solidified when [Dave Brevik] was in college and got hooked on … Moria/Angband .
^ src/games/larn/ . NetBSD CVS Repositories. Accessed January 18 2008 .