Updated September 2026
This is the ranking of the best Action Roguelite Games, sorted by NextGameLike Score: a 0-100 metric blending Steam reviews, IGDB ratings (community and critic), Metacritic, OpenCritic and the NextGameLike community votes into a single number. Unlike opinion-based editorial lists, this order is computed from real data and applies a Bayesian shrinkage adjustment so games with few reviews can't inflate the top of the chart. Hades, Vampire Survivors and Voidigo lead the chart — the highest-rated titles in the genre according to our data. The top-25 average NextGameLike Score is 81/100, out of 11 games catalogued. The ranking updates continuously as new reviews and votes come in.
Top 3
Top of “The 11 Best Action Roguelites (2026)”: Hades (93.3/100). Close behind: Vampire Survivors and Voidigo.
Ranked by NextGameLike Score · 11 games catalogued
No argument here: Hades wins over players and critics alike. It is the most reviewed of the 11: 303,264 Steam reviews. Hence the first place.
Vampire Survivors is one of the few Action Roguelite Games where players and critics say the same thing. It holds the best critic score on the whole list, 88/100. Enough for the podium: number 2.
No argument here: Voidigo wins over players and critics alike. No other entry of the 11 has a higher share of positive reviews: 97%. That puts it at number 3.
Players and critics agree on Halls of Torment, which is rarer than it sounds in Action Roguelite Games. That gets it into the top 10, at number 4.
Critics were lukewarm on Nova Drift; players were not. That gets it into the top 10, at number 5.
Boneraiser Minions is here because of its players — they are who it won over. It is the newest on the list (2022), and has already earned its place. That gets it into the top 10, at number 6.
Players and critics agree on Children of Morta, which is rarer than it sounds in Action Roguelite Games. Number 7, inside the top 10.
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is one of the few Action Roguelite Games where players and critics say the same thing. That gets it into the top 10, at number 8.
Players and critics agree on Crawl, which is rarer than it sounds in Action Roguelite Games. Number 9, inside the top 10.
Legend of Dungeon is one of the few Action Roguelite Games where players and critics say the same thing. That gets it into the top 10, at number 10.
No argument here: Avencast: Rise of the Mage wins over players and critics alike. It is the oldest game in the ranking (2010) and still here. It sits at 11 of 11.