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LinkPizza posted...

They do have plenty of fun roguelikes/roguelites (I get those two confused often)

Many people do, but here're the big differences IMO:

Roguelikes usually have to have at least

• Permadeath
• Procedurally Randomized Dungeons / Loot
• Turn-Based / Tile-Based Gameplay

Roguelites on the other hand usually incorporate one or more of these elements into another genre

• Spelunky is an action platformer with randomized dungeons / loot and permadeath
• Binding of Issac and Enter the Gungeon are overhead action deals also with randomized dungeons / loot and permadeath

Almost all the roguelites I've seen are action-y. A defining aspect of any roguelike though is that you have all the time in the world to contemplate and make your moves, like chess I suppose. I think with the tremendous success of games like Spelunky and BoI where they were (incorrectly) classified as roguelikes made it tough for some to find more traditional roguelikes now, as many roguelites are being misidentified as roguelikes.