Rogue: Genesia

This is probably one of the more "tech-y" and granular Survivors-likes, if not THE most. Progression feels wonderful and does a fantastic job of making you feel like an unstoppable badass as you get to late game. Plenty of systems/builds to play with. There are probably metabuster builds, but I'm allergic to reading wikis so I wouldn't know.

100% Recommend to roguelike fans. If you enjoyed Vampire Survivors or my personal favorite, Tiny Rogues then this is for you. It has the replayability and long term progression from runs you seek. Getting your build to take off and progressing the games content to allow deeper pushes has kept me hooked. This game hits all the right notes and is a MUST try at least.

A VERY GOOD Rougelike with a ton of Depth to it i Highly Reccomend Edit i wish there was more weapons / Evolved items

A genuinely good "survivorlike" game with some flaws. Clearly still has strong elements of the original Vampire Survivors in the weapon combos and general structure but adds dashes, alternate dashes, persistent equipment, an overworld map system like slay the spire, and several other mechanics that add noticeable depth and make it a meaningful evolution of the formula. Feels like another strong branch of the family tree, like Soulstone Survivors non-epileptic cousin (I mean that in the most complimentary possible way, I have several hundred hours in Soulstone and it is definitely one of the other meaningful evolutions of the survivorlike genre. A couple issues: One and the most noticeable right away is controller support. The minute-to-minute gameplay works great (movement, dashes, aiming, etc.) but menus are rough, at least on the Steam Deck. Part of the reason I haven't touched equipment progression is I spent the first 10 or so hours playing on the deck and just never bothered to fight the crafting menu beyond just equipping stuff I found. The second is scaling can be weird. It seems like the jump in enemy toughness and damage spikes at certain times, I noticed it the most in the Manor map, going from pretty quickly stomping the boss of the previous stage to the candle mobs taking several seconds to kill feels weird when the progression prior was largely smooth with the exception of the crystal caves having a noticeable bump in enemy hp compared to prior stages. There may just be some mechanic I'm missing (like certain mobs having different mixes of HP vs Def or something) that you need to plan for in the run. But it seems like difficulty goes from fairly linear scaling to exponential at certain points and it can be jarring. If you want to do the $/hr metric I got the game for 9$ on sale, have 13hrs in so far and have played 2 of 8 characters, haven't even touched survivors mode, haven't crafted any equipment yet, and still haven't unlocked all the pick ups, weapons, etc. Also, still barely have dove into the different interactions for soul cards and theorycrafting (despite the solid tutorials, tooltips, and in-game encyclopedia that covers mechanics, enemies, and how to unlock things.

Definitely one of the better titles in the genre. Has lots of meta progression, great visual style. It's on the same level as Nordic Ashes in my opinion.

EPIC WIN........ This is my favorite roguelite/like game. EVER. Awesome synergy with builds. Gear, items, weapons, badonkadonk. LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

Incredible game, i can confidently say that it's the "most worth" game i ever bought