Temple of the Roguelike
@roguetemple
We love traditional roguelikes but discussing games with real-time or meta-progression is welcome too. Also at https://bsky.app/profile/roguetemple.bsky.social
Ananias, the tactical #turnbased #roguelike, is now Kramora's Shadow, and we are celebrating this with a big update as part of the #TurnBasedThursdayFest 2025, including a High Definition UI and many other improvements. check the full news at Steam here! store.steampowered.com/news/app/37208…
🚨 #TurnBasedThursdayFest's Steam Sale is LIVE! 🚨 store.steampowered.com/sale/TurnBased… 🎮 400+ featured games 💎 Hand-curated selections & hidden gems 🤑 Great deals up to 90%-off! RPGs, sims, grand strategy, deckbuilders, 4X, roguelikes, puzzlers, city builders… find your next favorite!
I'm glad to present the results of the #7DRL evaluation process for 2025! Check them out at roguetemple.com/7drl/2025/ . Here are the 5 #roguelike games rated top for Innovation, for instance. Many thanks to all the reviewers and to Darren Gray for organizing the efforts!

Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday @roguetemple! store.steampowered.com/app/3590630/He… Hero's Hand is a Poker-Based Roguelike RPG Adventure! Form poker hands, summon spirit weapons, explore Cardunia, destroy D&D style monsters & hunt down the great evil that threatens the realm.
Thank you for hosting #TurnBasedThursday I'm working in Solivium and old school #turnbased DOS CRPG inspired in Ultima II with space and time travel.
🎮 Kornel Kisielewicz (Indiepocalypse Survivor, @chaosforge_org) will be a speaker at Digital Dragons Conference 2025. 🎫 Buy your ticket: tickets.digitaldragons.pl 🕹️ Custom Engines: Because Learning from Past Mistakes is Overrated #ddc2025 #digitaldragons #gamedev
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Do you like traditional roguelikes? We're about the enter the last stretch of 7drl reviewing! If you'd like to help us push over the line please sign up here: forms.gle/EFp6kWZwvFy7UG… It's mostly giving 3rd reviews to the best rated titles now, so a good point to hop in 🙂
This is partly why I think it's important that games exist where there are consequences for failure and you simply have to accept the game for what it is. Not everyone can afford to take the risk of making a game like that, but if you can (and want to), I encourage you to!
The #7DRL Challenge 2025 was a great success with 166 entries, with 123 #roguelike considered "complete" games. Check them out at itch.io/jam/7drl-chall…, and make sure to send some feedback for devs, they always love it!
Trying this GPT 4.o image generation that everyone has been talking about to create a comic idea I had several years ago, not quite there, but still, impressive. @OpenAI #ChatGPT
This year I participated in the 7DRL Challenge for the 21st year in a row. I created a traditional #roguelike + #deckbuilder mashup with Windows 3.1 visuals in Unity, featuring pixel art from @capmango(creator of Rogue) check out the full story! blog.slashie.net/2025/03/19/rog…
The #7DRL is over! Check out 125 new #roguelike at itch.io/jam/7drl-chall…