The Ninth Circle of NetHack - ScottBurger/going_rogue_podcast GitHub Wiki

NetHack is maybe one of the hardest videogames of all time. Half of the difficulty is understanding its terse mechanics. There are many fans of NetHack and it's impactful enough to be featured in the Museum of Modern Art. Jumping in raw is not recommended for everyone. This guide is intended to give an increase order of complexity for someone to walk the path of understanding, and maybe appreciating NetHack.

How To Use This Guide

Because traditional roguelikes have a LOT going on, it’s best to start with an accessible one in a genre you already like.

Nethack is a western fantasy game sort of like DND meets Discworld with its themes. So if you’re not super into that genre, maybe this guide can help get you there slowly.

The First Circle: Gateway Rogues

Approachable and fun for people who have never played a traditional roguelike before. Good production quality and accessibility options. These games are very quick to beat a run on and give you a good sense of what you’re in for in this genre.

Fantasy

Sci-fi

Puzzle

JRPG

  • Path of Achra
  • 868-Hack
  • Jupiter Hell
  • Jupiter Hell Classic
  • DoomRL
  • Golden Krone Hotel
  • Rift Wizard
  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
  • Dungeonmans
  • Torneko's Great Adventure
  • Shiren the Wanderer
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
  • Tangledeep

The Second Circle: RPG Rogues

Games that are roguelike in inspiration, but are larger in scope, content, and time commitment.

  • Moonring
  • Tales of Maj'Eyal
  • Caves of Qud
  • Armoured Commander II
  • Dwarf Fortress
  • Approaching Infinity
  • Unreal World
  • HyperRogue
  • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

The Third Circle: Big Boy Dungeon Crawlers

  • Cogmind
  • Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
  • Zorbus

The Fourth Circle: Easy Ascii

  • Brogue
  • The Ground Gives Way
  • Rogue-FP
  • Rogue (1980)

The Sixth Circle: Hard Ascii - You Will Die Here

  • IVAN
  • Infra Arcana
  • Sil-q

The Seventh Circle: The First Roguelikes

  • Moria
  • Hack
  • Larn
  • Omega

The Eighth Circle: Strict Berlin Roguelikes

  • ADOM
  • Angband
  • Gnollhack

The Ninth Circle: NetHack

If you've made it this far, you've journeyed far and wide. Welcome to the labyrinthine lair of keyboard commands a mile long. A place where regex commands look like intricate portrayals of dungeon crawling epics.

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