Huh, time loop stories are roguelikes?
I feel like there's something there where oftentimes we experience time nonlinearly in our minds. We go over the same memory repeatedly, thinking about it from different angles.
A reason we like timeloop/roguelikes stories is their premise reflects that and provides an escape in which we find resolution & master the wheel.
We finally win that shower argument; we choose the other person; we say and do the right things, and the world kneels.