From Rogue to Returnal: How Games Like Hades and Spelunky 2 Prove Fans Aren’t Sick of Roguelikes
Roguewas first released in 1980 as a freely-distributed executable for use with Unix-based mainframe systems. However, despite such inauspicious beginnings, the venerable game is still influencingAAA releases likeReturnalover forty years later. Indie developers have also been drawn toRogue’s punishing yet rewarding mechanics, withcelebrated titles likeSpelunkyandThe Binding of Isaacowing a similar debt to the archaic dungeon crawler. The success of these releases proves that despite the age of the roguelike formula, it continues to prove endlessly popular with many gamers....