Roguelike vs Roguelite: The Metaprogression Line

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore. The whole debate collapses to a single field: does metaprogression persist across death?

Berlin, revisited

Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation. If character progress is permanently gone without metaprogression, it is a Roguelike. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit.

Where Dead Cells lands

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia. It keeps permanent upgrades, so it is a Roguelite — and should never carry the Permadeath tag. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error.