Rogue Legacy 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Rogue Legacy 2

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

What works

  • Highly customizable difficulty settings
  • Varied classes and weapons for diverse playstyles
  • Addictive progression and replayability
  • Smooth and satisfying combat and platforming
  • Engaging lore and narrative elements

Things to keep in mind

  • Can feel grindy in late game progression
  • Some balance issues with certain weapons and traits
  • Repetitive enemy types and environments
  • Steep difficulty curve for some players
  • Limited social or cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dead Cells

  • Blasphemous 2

  • The Rogue Prince of Persia

  • Lone Fungus

  • Kotama and Academy Citadel

  • Cookie Cutter: Overkill Edition

More intense

Games that feels like Rogue Legacy 2 but with a more intense feel

  • Wings of Vi

  • Nine Sols

  • Nightmare: The Lunatic

  • Rogue Legacy

  • Elderand

  • Blade Assault

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Rogue Legacy 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Health, Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026