Roguelike is my favorite genre and I find myself able to really enjoy the facemeltling, perpetual obliteration of my efforts with every restart. Games with tire

Roguelike is my favorite genre and I find myself able to really enjoy the facemeltling, perpetual obliteration of my efforts with every restart. Games with tireless agonizing to detailed layering (shoutout Noita) are what defines the genre. It's less of a templated category, and more of a culture. I suppose it resonates well since my childhood was absolute hell and unstable. DawrfFortress really does a great job of defining losing [FUN]. Nethack captures movement and packages the inevitable illusion of choice perfectly. It's funny how this entire list I've played relentlessly for years daily, and how paradoxical it is by design that hardcore roguelikes are the only times I feel alive and well.