Modern titles like Everything is Crab allow players to stack mutations like poisonous spines with dash attacks to create unique biological "builds".
Evolution is rarely a straight upgrade. Choosing fur might provide heat resistance but prevent you from growing an exoskeleton. Rogue-like: Evolution
While Rogue (1980) gave the genre its name, Beneath Apple Manor (1978) was the first to implement the core pillars of procedural generation and permadeath. Modern titles like Everything is Crab allow players
Infinite replayability through procedural maps. Permadeath: High stakes where every mistake is final. Rogue-like: Evolution