Genre: ローグライクアクションRPG
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Children of Morta sends a family through procedurally generated dungeons with story advancing through a shared camp. GPA scores it high on Roguelike and Co-op.
Recommended for: Beginner to Advanced players (A score of 50 or higher indicates a good fit.)
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Children of Morta（チルドレン・オブ・モルタ） leads with its ローグライクアクションRPG identity, anchored by the core feel of "Children of Morta sends a family through procedurally generated dungeons with story advancing through a shared camp." The headline profile reads Roguelike 80% / Action 75% / Emotional Story 70%, making it a strong pick for fans of Roguelike and Action. Oriented toward experienced players looking to push their limits.
Our editorial team scored "Children of Morta（チルドレン・オブ・モルタ）" by using its feel of 家族の絆, 世代を超えた物語, and 手描き風ドット絵 as the primary lens, weighting Roguelike and Action most heavily. Top similar titles include "Cult of the Lamb（カルトオブザラム）", "Hades（ハデス）", "ゼルダ無双 封印戦記".
“Children of Morta” is a roguelike action RPG built around an unusual idea: instead of following a single hero, you play as members of the Bergson family.
An ancient force known as the Corruption is spreading across Mount Morta, forcing the family to leave their home and fight back.
Each member of the family has a different combat style, allowing players to approach the dungeons in different ways.
But the game's defining feature isn't simply its variety of playable characters.
It's the fact that they are all part of the same family.
That gives the repeated runs of a roguelike a stronger emotional context than usual.
The basic gameplay loop is familiar.
Enter a dungeon.
Fight enemies.
Collect resources.
Defeat bosses.
Return home.
Upgrade your characters.
Try again.
What makes Children of Morta different is what happens between those runs.
When the family returns home, the story continues through conversations, cutscenes, and small moments from their everyday lives. GameSpot highlighted this family-focused storytelling as one of the game's central strengths, particularly the way the family members interact between dungeon runs. (GameSpot)
This gives the repetition of a roguelike a narrative purpose.
You're not simply restarting because the game expects you to.
You're returning home to see what happens to the Bergsons next.
That creates an unusually strong connection between progression and character development.
The Bergsons aren't interchangeable characters.
Each family member has their own combat style, abilities, and strengths.
Some focus on close-range combat, while others rely on ranged attacks or magic. This means that choosing a different family member can significantly change how a run feels.
GPA gives the game a 75% Action score and a 70% Development score, reflecting the importance of both combat and character progression.
The appeal isn't just about making numbers go up.
Learning how each character works becomes part of the progression itself.
As players become more familiar with the family's different abilities, the dungeon system gains another layer of depth.
The family structure also makes character progression feel more connected. Improving one member of the household contributes to the larger strength of the group.
One of the biggest challenges in combining roguelikes with narrative-heavy games is dealing with failure.
In a traditional RPG, dying and restarting can feel like a contradiction to a linear story.
Children of Morta largely avoids that problem by making failure part of the natural rhythm of the game.
When a run ends, the player returns home.
And home is where the story continues.
PC Gamer noted that new story moments and slices of family life appear as players return from dungeon runs, giving the game a narrative layer between its action-heavy sequences. (PC Gamer)
This creates a rhythm that is central to the experience:
Battle → Return Home → Family Story → Upgrade → Go Back Out
The loop isn't just mechanically effective.
It also reinforces the game's central theme.
The characters are fighting together because they are a family.
GPA gives Children of Morta a 70% Emotional Story score and a 65% Story Depth score.
The emotional appeal comes less from its fantasy premise than from the relationships between the characters.
The Bergsons aren't simply a group of heroes who happen to share a surname.
They are parents, children, siblings, and relatives who have lived together long before the game's main conflict begins.
That changes the meaning of the central quest.
They aren't fighting only to save the world.
They're also fighting to protect their home and each other.
This gives even relatively simple fantasy stakes a more personal dimension.
Visually, Children of Morta uses a hand-painted pixel-art style that gives the game a distinctive identity.
GPA rates its Graphics at 65%, while its Decadent World score sits at 55%.
The interesting part is the contrast between those elements.
The world is being consumed by a dark supernatural force, and the dungeons are filled with dangerous enemies.
But the Bergson family home feels warmer and more personal.
That contrast matters.
The darker the world outside becomes, the more important the family home feels as a place of safety.
It gives the player an emotional reason to return there beyond simply upgrading equipment.
Children of Morta also supports cooperative play, which GPA rates at 60%.
Co-op fits naturally with the game's family concept.
Instead of controlling different members of the Bergson family alone, players can combine characters with different strengths and abilities.
That turns character selection into part of the cooperative strategy.
A character who excels at close combat can complement another who specializes in ranged attacks, creating a more varied approach to dungeon encounters.
* Based on GPA sub-tag scores. Family drama fused with roguelike repetition.
The most important combination is 80% Roguelike × 70% Emotional Story.
That's what separates Children of Morta from a more straightforward dungeon crawler.
The game takes the repetitive structure of a roguelike and gives that repetition an emotional purpose.
“Hades” is an obvious comparison. GPA gives the two games a 65% similarity score, with both combining roguelike action and strong narrative elements.
But their storytelling approaches are quite different.
“Hades” centers on one protagonist repeatedly trying to escape the Underworld.
“Children of Morta” spreads its story across an entire family.
One is about repeatedly pushing toward a destination.
The other is about repeatedly returning home.
That distinction is at the heart of Children of Morta's identity.
For players who want a roguelike with satisfying action but also care about character relationships and emotional storytelling, Children of Morta offers a particularly strong combination of the two.
Related: 20 Roguelike Games, 20 Co-op Games.