GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast
The GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast is a bi-weekly show about four friends talking about a featured Roguelike game. We cover the full spectrum of titles, from the more modern, action-oriented games like Binding of Isaac and Hades to the traditonal roguelike designs of games like Cogmind and Caves of Qud. Join us each episode as we unpack what makes a roguelike game fun (or not) and then rank it against the compendium we've compiled thus far.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The King is Watching
Eye see you! This week we gaze upon the wonder of The King is Watching: the kingdom management and goblin horde bashing simulator with a twist - your workers are only productive when you’re watching …
01:30:28 |
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Elden Ring Nightreign (with Kris @garglestone)
Praise the Sun! The Nightlords have invaded the world of Elden Ring and it’s up to you and your trusty co-op Nightfarers to stop them. The biggest roguelike game of 2025 so far, lauded developer From…
02:39:02 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Spelunky (with Woody Ciskowski)
It belongs in a museum! For our listener request week and the landmark 75th episode, we cover one of the foundational early roguelikes with Spelunky! Released in 2012 on the Xbox Live Arcade as a ful…
02:00:41 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Kingdom: New Lands
My kingdom for a horse! This week we play the minimalist, yet deceptively deep tower defense strategy roguelite Kingdom: New Lands. This one-dimensional game is anything but as we dive deep into adva…
01:33:06 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Best of Roguelike Music - 2025 Summer Music Fest
Jammin! Summer jammin, that is. Our mid-year summer break featuring the best of roguelike and roguelite music returns featuring some really old games and some really big budget scores. Featuring arti…
02:07:03 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Vellum
The pen is mightier than the sword! This week we crack open that new book smell with a first edition copy of Vellum: the third-person literary hack-and-slash game. We navigate the maze-like stacks, p…
01:31:55 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Spiritfall
Dat ain’t Falco! This week we wavedash into Spiritfall: the platformer beat-em-up with strong influence from the Super Smash Brothers series as well as Hades. The Blight has taken over the lands and …
01:43:41 |
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Blue Prince
Day 967… This week we unlock the enigmatic puzzle adventure / drunken architect simulator Blue Prince! Your wealthy great uncle has left you his strange estate for you to claim as your own, only if y…
01:54:46 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Forty-Five / Buckshot Roulette
Draw! This week we go akimbo with two high-caliber games between the college project wild west themed deckbuilding hit Forty-Five and an Estonian Eurotrance solo dev effort in Buckshot Roulette! We’l…
01:25:45 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Path of Achra
O, glorious roguelikes! Listener request week returns with a recent hit in the traditional rogue sphere: Path of Achra. A Bronze-Age, Zoroastrian-inspired synergy simulator of brutal combat and Conan…
01:37:43 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Reignbreaker
Can you imagine a dystopian world where overlords are oppressing you through communication networks? Where your friends skitter in the shadows to sell you trinkets and spikes erupt through the floor …
01:25:36 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Cube Chaos
Ordo ab Cubo! It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there so what better way to celebrate than with Cube Chaos? The solo-dev effort of thousands of different units, synergies, and mayhem all warring in…
01:34:52 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Diceomancer
The club of overwhelmingly positive roguelike deckbuilders is a small one, but bolstered with Diceomancer! The late 2024 release features a unique mechanic of allowing you to re-roll any number you s…
01:23:33 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Noita (with Tyler Pittman)
You have angered the gods! Listener request week returns with a Holy Mountain of Finnish roguelike games - Noita: the platformer where every pixel is either on fire, radioactive, glowing with mana, o…
01:41:10 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Azure Dreams
Ah… I can see into your mind… So you like mystery dungeons? You like obscure JRPGs don’t you? Psycho Mantis can see that you enjoy Konami games, which is why we’re talking Azure Dreams! A 1990’s mons…
02:03:28 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Remnant: From the Ashes
This week in “wait, that’s not a roguelike!” we tackle the Souls-like shooter Remnant: From the Ashes! A lot of high-budget games that aren’t rogue-first have been coming out with rogue modes and Rem…
01:35:27 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Rift Wizard
Welcome back Wizard, to the ruins of the universe! This week we pick up the coffeebreak hit of the traditional roguelike space Rift Wizard: a solo-dev effort by Dylan White, in which we skitter about…
01:27:20 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Hades
Season 3 is here and we’re turning up the heat levels with the infernal hack-n-slash / visual novel / dating sim Hades! The crown jewel of indie darling developer Supergiant Games, we follow Prince Z…
01:54:40 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
Roguelike Dev Interviews at PAX West 24
The winter special episode is here! This week we turn back the clock 3 months to a number of interviews Scott did with developers and panelists at PAX West here in Seattle. A ton of fun, he got to ta…
01:21:37 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Omegabowl 2: The 2024 Roguelike Playoffs
Season 2 has come to an end with an impressive slate of top-tier rogue games! If you’ve never listened to the show before, these recap episodes are a great place to start. This year we see how well o…
02:03:49 |
Fri 20 Dec 2024
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