What you think of roguelike games?

I like them. They are good for a bit of fast casual gaming. You play one run, die, rage quit, uninstall and go play outside.

I don't mind randomly generated levels, but only if the order they are presented is also random.
Games where the order of the type of levels are pre-determined and only the props in them are randomized become annoying because you inevitably end up spending far more time retreading those early levels then the later (often more interesting) ones.

The other thing is progress; A good roguelike needs to make you feel like you're achieving something even when you fail and need to start over.

I like them, no need "grinding" in roguelike games, just run and take what you find on the way, it the new story every time. Just move forward and hope on your luck and knowledge.

I have roguelike listed as a tag to avoid on steam. So that pretty much answers it. Too much pointless grind, too difficult, too repetitive.

I'm usually disappointed by modern roguelike games, and find most of them nothing like rogue.

I generally do not like replaying stuff, and even though it's somewhat new every time, it still feels like that.

mx favorite Rogue Like game is binding of Isaac& Binding of Isaac Rebirth

I love how they tend to be full of clever mechanics.

I hate losing most of my progress when I lose.

"Potato em" it is!

Not a fan.
I dislike the idea that "replayability" for a game I don't want to replay is a good excuse not to design levels consciously. and thoroughly.
I'd rather play a good game once and move on than really similar mediocre ones. for 10 times as long.

I dislike them, not hate them, but the poll is way too extreme.

Considering my most played game on Steam is Tales of Maj'Eyal it would be a safe bet to say that I like them. Although that only applies to "classic" roguelikes. I don't really care for the shooter variant that seems to be everywhere on Steam.

I love'em, and most of all I loved Sword of the Stars: The Pit

It was fairly well supported throughout the years, but unfortunately the developer wasn't able to quench a game ending bug in the very last level (not everybody runs into it, but I did repeatedly), so I had to say farewell.

With all its different hero archetypes The Pit never got boring for me. It was definitely difficult and at times unforgiving. You had to learn to let go (you can't collect everything) and to adapt/prioritize (every class is prone to another kind of shortage; e.g. weapons, ammunition, food, armor, etc.) Good times, I miss'em.

neither fan or hater

its not my type of game in general but I dont see why there cant be exceptions

Some are great and some are not and that differs on what the player is looking for. I generally gravitate towards ones that have a form of meta progression, sometimes called rogue lites. Playing the same levels over again while slowly getting stronger and able to go farther is really enjoyable to me. I am not too much of a fan of the ones that have no overall progression and start completely fresh with each run.

Don't like them, although I've made an exception for FTL.

I have a love/hate relationship with them. Hate because I'm terrible at those... but still had fun with some. I'd say my most favorite is WazHack. I just liked the randomness, never knowing what will happen next, that makes for a lot of surprises. Like, one playthrough the pink potion is a healing one and the next, it's acid. You just don't know until you use it or get a scroll of identify. (which you won't know it is until... yes, you use it.)

Dislike.

I'm type that can spend hours finding nice gear or upgrade character. Losing progress because I made mistake is meh.

I love good rogue-likes. Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the 3rd game I spent most hours on on Steam. For me the thing is, the grinding part should actually be optional to finish the game, your skills should be the main reason you've managed to beat them, not the number of unlockables you've had because of the previous runs.

Rogue / NetHack pretty much saw me through my last two years of college, once upon a time. I don't have as much time for them as I'd like, but I do love Sword of the Stars: The Pit and the silly, impossible, and delightful Dungeons of Dredmor. ADOM, which I've played since the old days, is on my soon-to-reload list.

Love them, played a bunch, none is as good as Isaac but there are really good ones, the last I beaten is Dead Cells

Ziggurat (Rogue-lite FPS), Dead Cells (Rogue-lite Metroidvania), Rogue Legacy. (Rogue-lite 2D platformer/bullet hell game with some metroidvania vibes), Desktop Dungeons (great rogue-lite puzzle/RPG/Dungeon Crawler)

Those are some of my favourites. Great progression and world building. Not grindy at all, nice games for short runs between 30 min to 1 hour

Die and retry forever ! 💀