Roguelike Games Ruled 2024 – Anticipated Releases in 2025

January 9, 2025 – Roguelike Deck-Builder Balatro champions a year of roguelike games while gamers have many exciting new projects to look forward to in 2025.

The roguelike video game genre has seen much success these past years, with household names like Hades and Slay the Spire leading the charge. These games are characterized by their high difficulty and puzzling procedurally generated levels that leave gamers wanting more.

The year 2024 saw the rise of roguelikes like Balatro, but 2025 has plenty of games in store for us, including the sequel Hades II and Rogue Loops.

Roguelike Deck-builder Balatro Game of The Year 2024

Much like the hit roguelike Slay the Spire, deck-builder Balatro impressed audiences with its thrilling and addictive poker gameplay. Developed by solo developer LocalThunk, it has gained “overwhelmingly positive” reviews on Steam and PC Gamer named Balatro the game of 2024, stating “the poker roguelike that played its cards right all year. It held them, it felled them, and it skipped straight past the competition.”

Roguelike Hades II in Early Access

Hades brought much love to the roguelike genre with its compelling and action-packed story filled with Greek mythology when it was released in 2020. Since then, it has won multiple Gaming Awards including the 2020 Golden Joystick Award and 2021 BAFTA Game Award. With this success, it is no surprise that the genre-breaking game is getting a sequel.

Hades II is already available in early access and is quickly approaching its official release. GAMERANT reveals that the sequel could come as early as the summer of 2025.

New Action Roguelike – Rogue Loops

As reviewed by PCGames, gamers can look forward to another exciting roguelike in 2025. Rogue Loops is a Hades-inspired roguelike following a family trapped inside an endless time loop. Players will need all their wits about them to escape before the clock reverses. As of this moment, Rogue Loops is available on Steam as a demo and will see its official release in the second half of 2025.

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Image Credit: @LocalThunk X