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For a list of games by Theme, see [[List of Roguelikes by Theme]].
= Mythology and folklore =
= Mythology and folklore =
* [[African mythology]]
* [[African mythology]]
* [[American Folklore]] (Tall Tales, Historical Legends, etc.)
* [[United States Folklore]] (Tall Tales, Historical Legends, etc.)
* [[Arabian Tales]] (e.g. Arabian Nights)
* [[Arabian Tales]] (e.g. Arabian Nights)
* [[Arthurian legend]]
* [[Arthurian legend]]
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* [[Traditional English folklore]]
* [[Traditional English folklore]]
* [[Russo-Finnish Mythology]] (esp. the Kalevala)
* [[Russo-Finnish Mythology]] (esp. the Kalevala)
* [[Slavic Mythology]] (and legends)


= Historical and pseudo-historical =
= Historical and pseudo-historical =
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* [[Wild West]]
* [[Wild West]]
* [[Wilderness Survival]]
* [[Wilderness Survival]]
* [[World War II]]


= Fantasy =
= Fantasy =
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* [[Underwater]]: fantasy (sea elves, merpeople, no fire elementals)
* [[Underwater]]: fantasy (sea elves, merpeople, no fire elementals)
* [[Vampire(theme)|Vampire]] Gothic (modern "gothic")
* [[Vampire(theme)|Vampire]] Gothic (modern "gothic")
* [[Wild West]] + supernatural
* [[Weird West]] ([[Wild West]] with supernatural elements)
* [[World without spells]]
* [[World without spells]]
* [[World without magic items]]
* [[World without magic items]]
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* [[Starship Troopers]] ripoff: fight alien monsters in a very powerful and cool powered battlesuit
* [[Starship Troopers]] ripoff: fight alien monsters in a very powerful and cool powered battlesuit
* [[Steampunk]]
* [[Steampunk]]
* The [[AIs have turned on humanity]]! (or for bonus originality points, the AIs have turned on some alien species!)
* The [[AI's have turned on humanity]]! (or for bonus originality points, the AI's have turned on some alien species!)
* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Tron]]: You are ''inside'' a computer.  Each program/command is a species, so plenty of variety.
* [[Tron]]: You are ''inside'' a computer.  Each program/command is a species, so plenty of variety.
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* [[Pimp]] roguelike (and yes, that's pimp in the literal sense)
* [[Pimp]] roguelike (and yes, that's pimp in the literal sense)
* [[Pulp]] Adventure
* [[Pulp]] Adventure
* [[Rescue Worker]]: could be fantasy or sci-fi setting, but your job is to deal with crisis situations and rescue people, animals, and property
* [[Rescue Worker]]: could be fantasy, modern or sci-fi setting, but your job is to deal with crisis situations and rescue people, animals, and property. For instance play as a firefighter
* [[Shakespearean]] Roguelike
* [[Shakespearean]] Roguelike
* [[Sports]] (including futuristic or fantasy): try a career as a jockey, a charioteer, a stock car driver,zero-gee soccer/football [note: this would be a difficult theme to pull off, IMO, but doable]
* [[Sports]] (including futuristic or fantasy): try a career as a jockey, a charioteer, a stock car driver,zero-gee soccer/football [note: this would be a difficult theme to pull off, IMO, but doable]
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* [[Calvinball]]: the Roguelike
* [[Calvinball]]: the Roguelike


Some of these ideas can be combined, others are obviously
Some of these ideas can be combined, others are obviously incompatible.
incompatible.


= See Also =
= See Also =

Revision as of 15:20, 18 August 2022

For a list of games by Theme, see List of Roguelikes by Theme.

Mythology and folklore

Historical and pseudo-historical

Fantasy

Science fiction

Other (the unusual, the crossovers, the hard to classify)

  • Alien planet where battle is sex to submission by orgasm
  • Anime themes
  • Antarctica (penguin based?)
  • Atlantis has resurfaced. Explore.
  • Cartoon based
  • Completely new world "as little related to ours as possible"
  • Dimensional crossover (mixing themes)
  • Dream world: may be used as a solo idea or in conjunction with another world concept
  • Escape from Hell (after arriving via clerical error)
  • Furry (any other theme, but races are anthropomorphic animals)
  • Highlander (set in present day or progressing through a series of temporal settings) [note: would not be hard to change the premise a little to create a new semi-immortals battle across history background]
  • Indiana Jones style archaeological digs
  • James Bondesque (or Austin Powersesque) "spy" adventures
  • Jungle Adventure
  • Lost Valley (PC explorer from modern times, Victorian, 1920's etc.)
  • Modern Covert Ops
  • Pimp roguelike (and yes, that's pimp in the literal sense)
  • Pulp Adventure
  • Rescue Worker: could be fantasy, modern or sci-fi setting, but your job is to deal with crisis situations and rescue people, animals, and property. For instance play as a firefighter
  • Shakespearean Roguelike
  • Sports (including futuristic or fantasy): try a career as a jockey, a charioteer, a stock car driver,zero-gee soccer/football [note: this would be a difficult theme to pull off, IMO, but doable]
  • Superheroes
  • The Quest to Get Laid: Probably modern, seek out and explore strange new sex partners; requires parental warning label (sex could work, romance elements could be used in a roguelike, but can't be central because sex is the mechanics, romance is too intangible for the RL world to adequately handle)
  • Underwater: alien (create your own exotic realm of the deep)
  • Calvinball: the Roguelike

Some of these ideas can be combined, others are obviously incompatible.

See Also

List of roguelikes by theme