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Tag: skill trees
Games: 9
Date Range: 1998 - 2020

01. Tales of Middle Earth (ToME)

[traditional] 1998 by Nicolas Casalini (DarkGod)

**The Tolkien masterpiece** - Nicolas Casalini's **legendary achievement** that created the **most authentic Middle-earth gaming experience**, evolving from **Angband variant** to **independent master...

Windows, Linux, macOS
Diff: hard

02. SAngband

[traditional] 2002 by Leon Marrick

**The skill system revolutionary** - Leon Marrick's **groundbreaking innovation** that **eliminated traditional character classes** in favor of **flexible skill-based progression**, pioneering **class...

Windows, Linux, DOS
Diff: extreme

03. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

[roguelike] 2006-09-19 by DCSS DevTeam

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is a traditional roguelike that evolved from Linley's Dungeon Crawl in 2006, focusing on removing tedious mechanics while preserving strategic depth. ## Design Philosophy The...

Windows, Linux, macOS
Diff: hard

04. Dungeons of Dredmor

[modern] 2011-07-13 by Gaslamp Games

Dungeons of Dredmor is a roguelike role-playing game developed and published by Gaslamp Games, released on July 13, 2011. The game achieved significant commercial success on Steam, selling over 750,00...

Windows, macOS, Linux
Diff: moderate

05. Tales of Maj'Eyal

[modern] 2012-12-31 by Nicolas Casalini (DarkGod)

**The modern roguelike masterpiece** - DarkGod's **unprecedented achievement** in **traditional roguelike evolution**, featuring **revolutionary skill tree complexity**, **cinematic presentation**, an...

Windows, macOS, Linux
Diff: hard

06. Etrian Mystery Dungeon

[traditional] 2015-03-05 by Atlus

Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a dungeon-crawling RPG developed through a collaboration between Atlus and Spike Chunsoft, released for the Nintendo 3DS on March 5, 2015. The game combines elements from the...

Nintendo 3DS
Diff: hard

07. Dead Cells

[roguelite] 2018-08-07 by Motion Twin

Dead Cells is an action-platformer roguelite game developed by Motion Twin, released in 2018. The game combines Metroidvania-style exploration with roguelike permadeath mechanics and has sold over 10 ...

Windows, Linux, macOS
Diff: hard

08. Slay the Spire

[roguelite] 2019-01-23 by Mega Crit

Slay the Spire is a roguelike deckbuilder game developed and published by Mega Crit Games that combines card-based strategy mechanics with roguelike progression systems. The game has sold over 5 milli...

Windows, macOS, Linux
Diff: moderate

09. Hades

[roguelite] 2020-09-17 by Supergiant Games

Hades is an action roguelike game developed by Supergiant Games, released in 2020. The game is set in the underworld of Greek mythology and follows Zagreus, son of Hades, attempting to escape to the s...

Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch
Diff: moderate