As a fan of everything along the Roguelike spectrum, I’m happy enough with the “compromise” labels. Traditional Roguelike for full-on Berlin Interpretation Rog

As a fan of everything along the Roguelike spectrum, I’m happy enough with the “compromise” labels. Traditional Roguelike for full-on Berlin Interpretation Roguelikes, like Nethack and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. Roguelite for Slay the Spire, FTL, and similar. Much easier to say than Roguelikelikes or Games with Roguelike Elements. And the word Roguelike? The battle was lost a long time ago, and most people will understand it to encompass both categories above. (Even though I personally have a tough time taking it to include the three great games in the mechanics radical column of the chart).