# roguelike

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/ · frequency rank #84,694

## Definitions
1. Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.

## Etymology
From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/roguelike