Underplayed Gems

Roguelands (2016)

Roguelands cover
Developer
Sean Young
Publisher
SmashGames
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.0 of 5, 3,729 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 28 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A frantic solo or co-op scramble to gather resources on hostile planets before a world-ending beast arrives, with permadeath and constant pressure to fight and craft.

fast-pacedcooperativepunishingretro-stylecraftingsurvivalaction roguelikepermadeath

What players say

Players praise the game's uniqueness and fun but consistently note it feels abandoned by the developer, leaving it unfinished with missing features like achievements and online play requiring port forwarding. Fans call it a spiritual successor to Magicite and say it offers dozens of enjoyable hours despite its incompleteness.

Trailer

Screenshots

Roguelands screenshot 1Roguelands screenshot 2Roguelands screenshot 3Roguelands screenshot 4Roguelands screenshot 5

More games like this

More by SmashGames

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like playing and it picks from the whole catalog, or browse by platform and genre.