Best Rogue Like Games For Android & iOS

Have you ever been wanting a new rogue like to play on your phone and needed a list to show you which ones are considered the best? Well look no further!

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This is our list of some of the best roguelikes on Android and iOS! | © Red Nexus Games

Roguelikes are the perfect genre to play on your phone. These games are perfect to play in short bursts due to their difficulty being high and deaths being plenty.

If you are looking for a roguelike to play during your downtime, look no further.

Slay The Spire

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Slay the Spire is an amazing mobile game! | © Mega Crit Games

They fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single-player deckbuilder they could.

Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

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iOSAndroid

Downwell

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Downwell is a trip on mobile. | © Moppin

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots for protection.

Make your way further and further down into the darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets to collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks.

Step into precariously placed shops and buy some helpful items or level up between levels to battle well-dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same!

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iOSAndroid

Dead Cells

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Dead Cells is phenomenal. | © Motion Twin

Death is not the end. Play as a failed alchemic experiment and explore the sprawling, ever-changing castle to find out what happened on this gloomy island!

That is, assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers. Dead Cells is a roguelike action platformer that will require you to master frantic 2D combat with a wide variety of weapons and skills against merciless minions and bosses. Kill. Die. Learn. Repeat.

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iOSAndroid

Crypt of The Necrodancer

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This rhythm game is a must have. | © Blitworks

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award-winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat!

Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Download linksiOSAndroid

Don't Starve

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This is one of the best survival games ever. | © Klei

Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition brings the hit PC game enjoyed by over 6 million players to Android and iOS.

Now, you can experience the uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic on the go!

Play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped and transported to a mysterious wilderness world.

Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.

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iOSAndroid

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

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Shattered Pixel Dungeon is yet another great roguelike. | © Shattered Pixel

Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler RPG that's simple to get into but hard to master!

Every game is a unique challenge, with five different heroes, randomized levels and enemies, and hundreds of items to collect and use.

ShatteredPD is also updated once every two or three months, so there's always something new.

Download links

iOSAndroid

Soul Knight

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Soul Knight is a mix of Roguelike, Fighting game and Manic shooter. | © ChillyRoom

“In a time of guns and swords, the magical stone that maintains the balance of the world is stolen by high-tech aliens.

The world is hanging on a thin thread. It all depends on you retrieving the magical stone…”

This is a shooter game that features extremely easy and intuitive control. Its super smooth and enjoyable gameplay, mixed with rogue-like elements, will get you hooked from the very first run!

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iOSAndroid

Pathos: NetHack Codex

Pathos is a roguelike adventure game inspired by the rule set from Nethack. Choose from 13 classes and journey deep into the dungeon.

Descend to hell to defeat your nemesis before escaping the dungeon with all the loot you can carry!

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iOSAndroid

Peglin

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Rogulike, but cute! | © Red Nexus Games

The dragons have been popping peglins and stealing all of your gold for as long as you can remember. Enough is enough.

It's time to venture through the woods, conquer the fortress, and delve into the heart of the dragon's lair to take back what's yours and teach those dragons a lesson.

Peglin plays like a combination of Peggle and Slay the Spire. The enemies are tough, and if you're defeated, your run is over, but you've got powerful orbs with special effects and incredible relics that influence both your enemies and the physics you'll use to defeat them.

Download links:iOSAndroid

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