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I've sunk probably a thousand hours into Slay the Spire, have beaten Hades, and just finished Cult of the Lamb. Looking for something else to scratch that itch- preferably on switch. Any suggestions?

Update: Y'all convinced me. I bought Binding of Isaac and am excited to start. I also tried out Dead Cells via Netflix, but feel like I'd prefer it with a controller compared to mobile. Gonna start with Isaac, and wait for a sale on Dead Cells. Thank you for all the recommendations! I'm saving this thread for future reference.

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like you might be into top-down roguelites. Enter the Gungeon, Binding of Isaac, and Nuclear Throne come to mind.

As for games that I would recommend because I just like them, I would recommend checking out Noita, which is a physics simulation/falling sands roguelite. It's pretty hit-or-miss, but if you like tinkering, you might like it. I'm also pretty partial towards Crypt of the Necrodancer, which is a rhythm/full roguelike genre mash. The full roguelike nature of the game makes it harder to get into initially but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty fun

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm not REAL into these, but every now and then I find one (usually much lighter than like) that clicks with me and I dump a few days into it before I get bored.

Dead cells was fun.

Children of Morta was pretty cool as you have a whole family to level up.

My son was playing Skul that looked fun.

[–] UnfairUtan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Having a lot of fun with Tony Rogues. It's still in development, and will be for another year probably. However it has enough content for dozens of hours of fun!

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[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I’ll try to name some unusual ones I enjoy

Pokerogue - a Pokémon one that’s surprisingly well made but grindy

Rogue tower - tower defense

Peglin - pachinko roguelite

Backpack battles - a weird inventory game where you auto battle other peoples builds but it’s not really pvp so don’t worry if you’re not into that

[–] don@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can vouch for nearly all of the suggestions in this thread, and suggest one I haven’t seen: Vampire Survivors. I’m not one much for anything to do with vampires, but the mechanics with this one are really pretty good.

If you’ve ever seen bullet hell games like Touhou, it’s kind of like that, but you are the bullet hell. You also only have one real control during the action part of the game and that is to move your character around the non-stop enemy swarms that come at you.

Your character has a weapon and automatically uses that weapon without any input from you, and as you kill enemies, you collect gems that allow you to upgrade that weapon that constantly fires. You also get chances for other item and weapons upgrades with the intent to learn their “unions” (a la The Binding of Isaac) where items work together to create fantastical “bullet heaven” screen-clearing destruction.

There’s probably a wiki about it, but it’s really pretty damn good.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've beat all the levels of vampire survivors too! I forgot- I was OBSESSED when it first came out

[–] don@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Awesome! I also just started playing Hades, which you may want to check out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades_(video_game)?wprov=sfti1

[–] ClipperDefiance@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you tried Mystery Dungeon? I think there are four of them on Switch. There's Shiren the Wanderer 5 & 6, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. If you've never tried the Mystery Dungeon format, then I'd recommend playing the demo for the Pokemon one to see if you like it first.

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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Two of my favorites are Vagante and Streets of Rogue. Vagante is a great challenge with all sorts of build variety and interesting choices to make along the way. Streets of Rogue is comedy and chaos. Both are a great time either single player or in co-op, either local or online.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Pathway is fun and I think counts as a Roguelite. If you also enjoy Rhythm games I would recommend Crypt of the NecroDancer. There's also Peglin that is pretty good. Getting off the switch I want to recommend Noita, but that game is also kinda intense in terms of both brutal difficulty and just how much stuff there is the game puts out of the way. I will also second the other recommendations for Darkest Dungeon, Risk of Rain 2, and Enter the Gungeon.

[–] Lodra@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This isn’t exactly a rogue like but there are some similar aspects and I find that it satisfies in the same way. The game is Backpack Battles. Available on Steam. There’s a free demo available too with full mechanics but limited character options.

This is my default game more for when I have a few minutes to relax and nothing more pressing to do

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

In this same vein, Backpack Hero is quite good, too! If you like one, maybe check out the other.

[–] erin@social.sidh.bzh 0 points 1 day ago

warframe... This game has so much depth, it can suck your life away!

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