Rogue Legacy, much like the title suggests, is a metroidvania style game inspired by the Rouge format of permadeath. Like many new Rouge inspired titles, Rogue Legacy is more of a rogue-lite. After each death you do have to start over, but there are RPG like elements you can level up with each life to improve your character.
Each “life” is actually the child of the last hero you played as, it’s a really neat idea but it has no mechanical purpose. The child is always random, there are no traits passed down from parent to child.
It’s a ton of fun and offers plenty of accessibility for relaxed play as well as lots of content for hardcore challenge runs.

Rogue Legacy, much like the title suggests, is a metroidvania style game inspired by the Rouge format of permadeath. Like many new Rouge inspired titles, Rogue Legacy is more of a rogue-lite. After each death you do have to start over, but there are RPG like elements you can level up with each life to improve your character. Each “life” is actually the child of the last hero you played as, it’s a really neat idea but it has no mechanical purpose. The child is always random, there are no traits passed down from parent to child. It’s a ton of fun and offers plenty of accessibility for relaxed play as well as lots of content for hardcore challenge runs.