4 Roguelike games like Elsie that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 41 games similar to Elsie down to the 4 that fit the “Roguelike” category. Risk of Rain, Spelunky and Valkyrie Saga top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Elsie.

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The best roguelike games like Elsie

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Elsie. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Risk of RainClosest overall match

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreProceduralSci-Fi2DPixel Art

Steam👍 93%· 30KIGDB85· 4OC77· 17

Year 2013Dev Hopoo Games · Chucklefish GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, roguelike runs and shooter

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and survival mechanics, while skipping setting modern

Where it drifts furthest from Elsie: game mode and setting.

It predates Elsie by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2SpelunkyClosest on combat

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreProcedural2D

Steam👍 92%· 17KIGDB91· 10OC87· 25

Year 2012Dev BlitWorks · Microsoft StudiosOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the precision platformers cluster, with precision platforming, roguelike runs and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, fantasy world and co op, while skipping shooter

Where it drifts furthest from Elsie: setting and game mode.

It predates Elsie by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Valkyrie SagaClosest on game mode

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GenrePlatformerSubgenre2D Platformer

SoloMeleeProceduralPixel ArtAnime

Steam👍 66%· 132

Year 2017Dev Daniel Fernandez Chavez · COWCATPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Shared with Elsie: precision platforming, roguelike runs and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems and setting anime, while skipping shooter

Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play. There are a lot of characters, stores and enemies that will tell you a legendary story.

Where it drifts furthest from Elsie: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Elsie.

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#4Super House of Dead Ninjas

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePrecision Platformer

SoloMeleeHardcoreProcedural2DPixel Art

Steam👍 96%· 1.7KRAWG👍 62%· 75MC79IGDB80· 1

Year 2013Dev Megadev · Adult Swim GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC

✓ Nearly identical: precision platforming, roguelike runs and punishing difficulty.

≠ Missing: shooter.

Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower! Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.

It predates Elsie by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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