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Getting into DCSS a lot recently. Still just running Minotaur Berserker with the furthest I've made it being the 10th floor aha.

Regardless, really enjoying it and wondering if others have any other recommendations. I tried ToME4 and just felt overwhelmed and wasn't enjoying myself too much.

Have my eyes of Caves of Qud as well. Love the more "literary" aspect to it (even though I know it's often nonsense), and the atmosphere/setting. Seems to be highly regarded overall though. Wondering if I should buy it and play alongside DCSS.

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[–] taldennz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I poured way too much time into Rogue, Moria, Angband and Zangband back in the day... Sad to see Zangband completely disappeared - no idea if there's a similar flavour floating around.

Played a couple of newer more graphical (and probably better balanced games) but I actually found them less engaging.

My son was madly into Shattered Pixel Dungeon for a while.

[–] noxfriend 1 points 2 years ago

I reckon you'd like Caves of Qud if you were a fan of Angband and the like. It's a very ambitious true roguelike along similar lines.

[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Renacles 2 points 2 years ago

Skul: the hero slayer is fantastic, there is a ridiculous amount of build variety and the gameplay is great.

[–] TwerkInspector 2 points 2 years ago

Voidigo just came out of early access on steam and I really like it! It's like a more forgiving Enter the Gungeon. Plus the pixel art is great and the boss designs are delightful.

[–] Xperr7@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

If you're into Pokemon, the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games are fantastic. They aren't the hardest roguelike in the world (still harder than a mainline Pokemon game though), but they're fun. The stories are also incredible (can only speak for Rescue Team and Explorers, haven't played the 3DS titles yet).

[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

I like rogue-lites a bit more, so thethese games may or may not fit your interests.

  • Permadeath mode in No Man's Sky
  • Darkest Dungeon
  • Everspace 1
  • Ziggurat
  • Eldritch
  • Heavy Bullets
  • Teleglitch
  • Legend of Grimrock on Ultra Ironman difficulty
  • Legend of Grimrock 2 with roguelike mod
  • Dark Souls
[–] the_bukkit@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here are some smaller ones that I like that haven't been mentioned yet.

Crypt of the Necrodancer is a rythm based dungeon crawler in which you complete levels before the song runs out. Everything you do has to be on beat, like moving, attacking and using items. It's one of my favorite games and it even has working online multiplayer (altough that is only available through a DLC).

BPM: Bullets Per Minute is another rythm based dungeon crawler (can you tell that I love rythm games?) in form of a FPS. You explore rooms to kill enemies, get equipment and eventually kill that level's boss until you meet the final boss of the game. Similarly to Crypt, shooting, reloading and using abilities has to be done on beat (moving itself is not limited though).

Dead Estate is a pretty difficult isometric shooter (similar to Binding of Isaac). Being another dungeon crawler you work yourself through rooms, collecting items, upgrades and swapping weapons as you go, eventually defeating the floor's boss and moving up the floors until you reach the top. While there is no forced time limit, you do want to move fast, especially on higher difficulties.

[–] jrandomhacker 1 points 2 years ago

Necrodancer is absolutely my jam - it's my most-played game on Steam that isn't a long-lived multiplayer game. At one point I had a top-200 speedrun time for Cadence, but I'm out of practice now. Still need to finish an all-zones run, though...

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