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Roguelikes!

A subreddit for games descended from Rogue - a sub-genre of RPG games involving things like permadeath and randomized levels. This community is mostly centered around traditional roguelike games which are turn-based, grid-based and single character focused, but discussion of "roguelike-like" games is still allowed.

114k subscribers246 posts / mo in Sep 2026210 authors / mosince 2010

r/roguelikes has 114k members (+10.0% over the last 12 months). It gets about 246 posts a month from 210 people. Top topics: Roguelikes&Roguelites, Roguelike Games and Roguelike Wins.

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Size and growth

How r/roguelikes has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+10.0%in 12 months · +1.8% in 3 months · +0.4% in 1 month
Oct 2026114k
Growing114k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/roguelikes

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+40%vs Sep 2025 · −5.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026246
BusierPeaked at 262 in Jul 2025
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/roguelikes

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Roguelikes&Roguelites13%
  2. Roguelike Games7.7%
  3. Roguelike Wins5.6%
  4. Roguelike Games3.2%
  5. Roguelike Games & Development2.7%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. itch
  2. Apple
  3. Steamcommunity
  4. ClassicReload
  5. Nethack

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Everything else about r/roguelikes

Posting rules and account requirements, how often posts get removed, who writes here (age, gender, countries), what people ask for, how they talk, and related subreddits — all in the full report.

Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research