Based on our record, Spelunky should be more popular than Rogue Legacy. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
The term "Rogue-lite" in 2013 was coined by the developers of "Rogue Legacy" to market their game, as instead of true permadeath, in-between runs you would be able to spend resources to get persistent upgrades, like health, damage increases, and unlock new classes (what people nowadays tend to call "meta-progression"). I know because I was there 8 years ago in the thread and the marketing page still has the word... Source: over 2 years ago
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Hell, games would still be made if there was no games industry at all. Free open source games are a thing. And there was a time, not so long ago, when people were just making experimental games for fun and releasing them for free. Games like Spelunky and Sky Rogue started out as free games made by hobby coders. Cave Story and all the Kenta Cho shooters are still free to this day. Source: about 3 years ago
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