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A single playthrough of a roguelike is typically referred to as a "run", which ends either when the game is completed or (more likely) when the player loses.īecause a roguelike's challenges are randomly-generated, there is no way to create a definitive Walkthrough to get a player through them - one can only advise the player on which decisions are generally best to take.

The main hallmark of a roguelike is that it is designed to be replayed frequently and to give a new and different experience every time, by using random generation to create unpredictable level arrangements.

Permanent character death: If the player loses, the game must be restarted from the beginning with a new character.

Random procedural generation: Level designs and gameplay elements are generated randomly and are intended to be different on every playthrough.

Roguelikes are a broad genre of video games in which the gameplay is built around two main features: