Dungeons & Desktops: 10 roguelikes that never die (because their communities won’t let them)

A curated look at 10 open source roguelike games that have survived and thrived through active community contributions, forking, and continuous iteration. Covers classics like NetHack (1987), Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Angband, and Pixel Dungeon alongside newer entries like HyperRogue and KeeperRL. Each entry highlights how community involvement — through forks, pull requests, and public servers — has kept these projects alive for decades. The piece draws a parallel between roguelike development culture and open source software values: tight feedback loops, visible systems, and communities that refuse to let projects die.