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Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

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Quick resume

A fast-paced mashup of roguelikes and first-person shooters.

Global score

74/100

Genres

Action, Shooter

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    Pros

    • Nostalgic old-school fps gameplay
    • High replayability with persistent unlocks
    • Varied weapons and perks
    • Challenging and skill-based combat
    • Humorous and quirky style

    Cons

    • Limited graphics and sound options
    • Some bugs and technical issues reported
    • No multiplayer or social features
    • Repetitive level design with corridor layouts
    • No vertical aiming and control quirks

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Challenging gameplay with skill-based combat, strategic resource management, and meaningful progression."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progression and challenge modes rather than direct competition with others."

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    • Continuation

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      4

      "High replayability with many unlocks and items encourages long-term engagement and habitual play."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players can build and customize bases, craft items, and choose different playstyles, supporting creative problem solving."

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    • Domination

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      -5

      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are solo and balanced."

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    • Escapism

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      4

      "Players use the game as a fast-paced, immersive roguelike experience to escape real life and enjoy intense action."

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      "Provides nostalgic old-school shooter experience and distraction through randomized roguelike gameplay."

    • Expectation

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      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily for fun and nostalgia; no indication of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      4

      "Randomized levels, weapons, and perks encourage players to try new strategies and adapt to novel situations."

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    • Exploration

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      "Procedurally generated floors and secret rooms encourage discovery, though some room layouts repeat."

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      "Randomly generated floors and secret areas promote discovery, though levels are corridor-based and somewhat repetitive."

    • Expression

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      2

      "Character and perk choices allow some self-expression, though cosmetic customization is limited."

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    • Fantasy

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      4

      "Set in a sci-fi space setting with fictional story and imaginative enemies and bosses."

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    • Fellowship

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      -5

      "No multiplayer or social community features; gameplay is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn enemy patterns, improve skills, and unlock new characters and perks, supporting personal development."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay requiring focused screen time without physical activity."

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    • Idle

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      -3

      "Requires active attention for combat, base management, and exploration; not designed for passive play."

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      "Requires continuous attention and active management of combat and inventory; not suited for passive play."

    • Intimacy

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      -5

      "No social or emotional connections formed; interactions are limited to solo gameplay."

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    • Leadership

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      -5

      "No leadership or group management roles; player acts independently."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression system with unlockable perks, upgrades, cosmetics, and leveling up."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Fast-paced and challenging gameplay creates tension rather than relaxation or flow."

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    • Sensation

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      3

      "Distinctive retro graphics, sound effects, and music provide sensory stimulation and excitement."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or leaderboards; achievements and progress are personal and not publicly displayed."

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    • Story

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      2

      "Contains some lore and narrative elements, but story is minimal and secondary to gameplay."

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    • Strategy

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      4

      "Requires tactical thinking in perk selection, weapon choice, and cooperative play."

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    • Thrill

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      "High stakes and punishing difficulty create suspense and adrenaline during runs."

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    • Value

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      "Players report good value for money with extensive content and replayability for a low price."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat-focused gameplay with many weapons and attacks destroying enemies."

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Progression, Violence.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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