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roguelike 

Adj: Of a computer game sharing certain characteristics similar to the original game Rogue. Especially involving a single character in a large dungeon/tower, with a key focus on inventory management and stat-building. Generally free and open-source, with primarily ASCII graphics.

Notables: Angband, Moria, Nethack, ADOM, Omega.

PQ (Progress Quest) is a parody roguelike.
Angband is the best roguelike!
roguelike by Zhou Fang August 17, 2003
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Neo-Roguelike 

Defined by Derek Yu describing his game Spelunky. Also called roguelites, these games feature a resetting progression system like Rogue's, but incorporate other gameplay elements like platforming or dungeon-crawling. The period of neo-roguelikes is either still continuing, or ended around 2015.
Hey Edmund, you've never played any neo-roguelikes? Go die in Isaac or Spelunky 400 times and we'll talk about it afterwards.
Neo-Roguelike by glowlemo October 13, 2020

rougelike 

1. A postmodern fantasy where a modern feminist can face off against the suffocatingly chauvinist entities of make-up.
2. A misspelling of roguelike.
Beware the rougelikes!
rougelike by Zhou Fang February 16, 2004

rogeline 

A really good friend, she loves to sleep and watch k drama , she’s a night owl, also loves kpop specifically shinee, she’s selfless , you’re too lucky to have Rogeline in your life as a friend, sibling, daughter and partner in life.
Rogeline skip the class every morning

Rogeline is a call center
rogeline by Love of wisdom June 7, 2021

Roguelife 

A game that resets most or all player stats and items in each death/failure, and in which the 'looping' mechanigc is a core facet of the overall narrative (e.g., in-game characters are aware of the looping phenomenon and/or the game's mechanics or environments change significantly as a result of previous runs)
Guy 1: "Have you checked out Deathloop?"
Guy 2: "No man, I don't like the repetitiveness of roguelikes and roguelites"
Guy 1: "Dude, it's a roguelife, don't worry about it"
Guy 2: "What the heck is a roguelicke"
Roguelife by Nintendrew August 24, 2022