I’d say this is the standard descriptor of the rogue-lite genre, for whatever value the term has. Roguelikes tend to be more along the lines of parent’s comment

I’d say this is the standard descriptor of the rogue-lite genre, for whatever value the term has. Roguelikes tend to be more along the lines of parent’s comment. There is a decent discussion of this and some of the points sibling comments make in Game Makers’ Toolkit YouTube Video titled ‘Do we need a Soulslike Genre’ 1 - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7BWayWu08 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7BWayWu08