Roguelike newb

[devoncop]

Hi Guys

Looking for some advice...

As a longtime strategy gamer and occasional RPG fan like Shadowrun series and the Pathfinder games by Owlcat, I have never even dreamed of playing a roguelike. I did play the original Darkest Dungeon but wouldn't really call that a true roguelike personally.

I have recently watched Battlemode showcasing ADOM and other You Tubers  doing the same with Caves of Qud and Soulash 2 and all looked really deep (though the "graphics" on Caves of Qud bear close similarity to neolithic cave drawings ).

I have bought ADOM and so far it is amazing.

Can anyone recommend any similar games I may like given I like ADOM. ?

[al_infierno]

Welcome to the genre!  It's quite a rabbit hole.

If you like ADOM, you'll also enjoy Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Tales of Maj'Eyal.  I've played much more of TOME personally -- much like ADOM, it has an overworld with different dungeons you can go to, as opposed to DCSS which is more your classic endless dungeon type deal. TOME also has a lot of cool unlockable stuff like bonus classes and races. Also, one thing I personally like about TOME, is that it gets rid of annoying mechanics like food and limited inventory, so you can essentially rest infinitely and hoard stuff, but the game is still insanely challenging.  You also get some spare lives, which is a nice little buffer.

Both games have the benefit of having actual graphics as opposed to ASCII art.

Also, when you're feeling up for something a bit different, I'd recommend trying Jupiter Hell on Steam.  It's an amazing Doom-inspired sci fi roguelike based around firearms, and it has great graphics.  Can't tell you how fun it is to shoot an explosive barrel and blow up a bunch of demons.

At some point when you're more comfortable with the genre, you should try out some of the ASCII games (or neolithic cave drawings as you described!).  It takes some getting used to the weird graphics, but once you get past that hurdle, there's an infinite wealth of games out there to check out.  Many of them do actually have graphics mods, if you really can't stand it.

[rss334]

Hello not really my style of games but I can recommend a site I use often to find similar titles

https://steampeek.hu/

Just search for the game then sort by similar or recommendation and you can see everything that is related to that game.  I find a lot of games I was unaware of this way and with the rating system helps to see which ones to avoid.   

[devoncop]

As always Al that is really helpful....I have some research to do I think !

One thing I noticed....this genre really LOVES acronyms for its games 

Also thanks RSS for the link I am sure that will be really helpful.