4 Roguelike games like Race The Sun that you should try

The thread back to Race The Sun runs through punishing difficulty, procedural generation and melee combat. To that it adds multiplayer gameplay and a third-person camera. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

It shares the essentials of what Race The Sun does: strong narrative focus, procedural generation and melee combat. Both also lean on post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and game mode — its own ground is adventure storytelling and crafting mechanics.

The genre is the same as Race The Sun’s, and with it strong narrative focus, procedural generation and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and pixel art.

Genre puts it alongside Race The Sun, and so does punishing difficulty, procedural generation and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is combat and setting: tactical combat and a space setting.