roguelike

/ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/

Etymology

From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

roguelike means of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

roguelike is pronounced /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/.

adj

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre.“And I'm tempted to say that as long as it's got to do with fighting, single or in very small groups, with characters from different classes, different races, different stats, who learn along the way, it's roguelike enough for me. This may also include a lot of adventures, I know.”

Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.“If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating.”