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roguelike en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre.
    • I just played the remake of Sword of Fargoal to victory. I had to cheat like crazy (backing up saves) but it was fun. Granted, it's roguelike, at best, but it's a ton of fun: […] 2003 September 22, p_conrad, “Remakes of "classic" crpgs ? Any one them finished ?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:
    • It's not that there's some sort of a competition, and your game needs to meet some rules to qualify. If it's good, everyone will play it despite the fact it's roguelike or not. 2004 March 17, The Sheep, “Roguelike characteristics?”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:
    • And I'm tempted to say that as long as it's got to do with fighting, single or in very small groups, with characters from different classes, different races, different stats, who learn along the way, it's roguelike enough for me. This may also include a lot of adventures, I know. 1998 October 11, jwk, “Definition of roguelike”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more roguelike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most roguelike Degree=Sup lexicographic
Roguelike alternative lexicographic
Rogue-like alternative lexicographic
rogue-like alternative lexicographic

wikipedia: NetHack

roguelike en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

Meanings

  1. Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.
    • If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating. I “Like-Like” Roguelikes (Because Love Should Never Be So Cruel), 2011

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roguelikes Number=Plur lexicographic
rogue-like alternative lexicographic
Rogue-like alternative lexicographic
Roguelike alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

hacklike

Deriveds

rogue-lite · roguelike-like

Translations (2)

cmn 肉鴿 /肉鸽 (type of role-playing game named after the 1980 computer game Rogue) · pl roguelike (type of role-playing game named after the 1980 computer game Rogue)

wikipedia: NetHack