Traditional Roguelike gameplay
Every paid Steam game tagged Traditional Roguelike, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 675 games in the catalog, 325 with a sales estimate.
Games
675
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$60.5M
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$1.5K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
17.8%
58 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- Elin 38.3%
- Caves of Qud 15.2%
- ZED ZONE 4.5%
- Tales of Maj'Eyal 3.8%
- Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- 3.5%
- Other (320 games) 34.6%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Traditional Roguelike games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elin Lafrontier | 2024-11-01 | 9,205 | 18,203 | 1,159,830 | $23,185,002 |
| 2 |  Caves of Qud Freehold Games | 2024-12-05 | 12,657 | 2,853 | 307,280 | $9,215,327 |
| 3 |  ZED ZONE Leven Liu | 2023-03-29 | 3,681 | 175 | 226,161 | $2,711,670 |
| 4 |  Tales of Maj'Eyal Netcore Games | 2013-12-12 | 7,446 | 867 | 330,530 | $2,310,405 |
| 5 |  Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- AQUASTYLE | 2018-10-25 | 1,842 | 71 | 60,786 | $2,126,902 |
| 6 |  Jupiter Hell ChaosForge | 2021-08-05 | 2,108 | 91 | 69,564 | $1,736,781 |
| 7 |  Desktop Dungeons QCF Design | 2023-04-18 | 2,358 | 60 | 70,740 | $1,060,393 |
| 8 |  Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | 2024-12-11 | 496 | 1,472 | 22,080 | $882,758 |
| 9 |  Path of Achra Ulfsire | 2024-05-07 | 3,258 | 1,033 | 84,708 | $846,233 |
| 10 |  ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) Thomas Biskup, Jochen Terstiege, Zeno Rogue, Krzysztof Dycha, Lucas Dieguez | 2015-11-16 | 1,617 | 64 | 48,510 | $727,165 |
| 11 |  Shattered Pixel Dungeon Shattered Pixel | 2022-03-23 | 2,195 | 339 | 72,435 | $723,626 |
| 12 |  Tangledeep Impact Gameworks | 2018-02-01 | 1,483 | 23 | 44,490 | $666,905 |
| 13 |  UnReal World Sami Maaranen (creator), Erkka Lehmus (co-designer) | 2016-02-26 | 1,379 | 39 | 45,507 | $659,852 |
| 14 |  Dungeonmans Adventurepro Games LLC | 2014-12-09 | 1,233 | 51 | 40,689 | $609,928 |
| 15 |  Fate Seeker: Journey JSL Entertainment | 2022-12-11 | 1,204 | 7 | 60,200 | $602,000 |
| 16 |  Dungeons of Dredmor Gaslamp Games, Inc. | 2011-07-13 | 5,431 | 64 | 70,603 | $564,118 |
| 17 |  Endgame of Devil MiniWhale | 2023-04-08 | 1,039 | 26 | 77,925 | $544,176 |
| 18 |  Soulash 2 Artur Smiarowski | 2023-12-04 | 2,433 | 279 | 27,900 | $529,751 |
| 19 |  Rift Wizard Dylan White | 2021-09-01 | 1,059 | 20 | 34,947 | $523,856 |
| 20 |  Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | 2020-12-02 | 951 | 2,658 | 23,775 | $474,311 |
| 21 |  Sword of the Stars: The Pit Kerberos Productions | 2013-02-21 | 1,554 | 146 | 46,620 | $465,734 |
| 22 |  The Doors of Trithius Jake Donkersgoed | 2021-08-15 | 992 | 307 | 30,700 | $460,193 |
| 23 |  Lost in Random: The Eternal Die Stormteller Games | 2025-06-17 | 989 | 606 | 16,700 | $417,333 |
| 24 |  Wayward Unlok | 2016-04-22 | 1,368 | 49 | 49,248 | $393,492 |
| 25 |  One Way Heroics Smoking WOLF | 2014-02-28 | 4,144 | 83 | 107,744 | $376,027 |
Releases per year
Is Traditional Roguelike trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (โฅ$100K est. lifetime).
1
2011
1
2012
2
2013
7
2014
8
2015
8
2016
11
2017
8
2018
8
2019
8
2020
15
2021
29
2022
20
2023
31
2024
82
2025
142
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Traditional Roguelike games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GET YOKED: Extreme Bodybuilding Barking Dogs | 1,313 |
| 2 |  Immortal Wayfarer YiFang Studio | 2,084 |
| 3 |  ้ญๆณๅฐๅฅณใใผใใใกใใใจๆทซ็ใฎ่ฟทๅฎฎ Silver Sprout Studio | 2,254 |
| 4 |  Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands Schmidt Workshops | 2,952 |
| 5 |  Folder Dungeon Ravernt | 3,085 |
| 6 |  Blood & Chaos Guau Games | 3,170 |
| 7 |  Grimorium Burkelbear Games | 3,413 |
| 8 |  Tales of Kathay Jouwee | 3,579 |
| 9 |  Harvest Dice: Abundiaโs Blessing SingularMeasure Studio | 3,602 |
| 10 |  Tuoni Old Dog | 3,901 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Traditional Roguelike games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $230,285 |
| 2 |  | $203,111 |
| 3 |  | $171,908 |
| 4 |  | $114,357 |
| 5 |  | $109,023 |
| 6 |  | $68,366 |
| 7 |  | $55,093 |
| 8 |  | $49,492 |
| 9 |  | $47,430 |
| 10 |  | $36,585 |