One of my favourite roguelike that I’ve played. It’s really cheap and worth every penny (as for a potato, duh :P)

Brotato is a game worth recommending for a newbie in a roguelike genre, because it has settings in which you’re able to choose how hard the actual runs are gonna be. If you have a hard time - lower the settings, easy. Getting bored? Scale the things up! Personally I’m not a fan of that system, but I can appreciate that being implemented in this game. That being said - I woudn’t recommend changing anything there until you will get to the quit point in your mind (that’s where you’re very close to lose interest in the game or simply dump it)

If you look at this game you’ll think - Vampire Survivors or something similar, which is totally ok to compare since they’re based rougelikes, BUT the difference I see is that Brotato and it’s whole system keeps you in a nice and comfy loop. What I mean by that?
Game is built around hordes of enemies swarming you over and over. Each wave you are getting stronger, which is pretty visible - unlike other games. Lot’s of stats to choose from, they’re neatly packed as primary and secondary “skills”. You can choose from 48+ characters (+DLC) and every one of them is unique, they have theirs pros and cons - which you can build your skills around them. Every single one is fun on it’s own way. What’s beautiful in that system is every character might feel different for each player. Let’s say one will absolutely destroy each wave going up to 31 with Sick, but others won’t get pass 13 wave. Luck have a big impact here and in the whole game (as a stat, and in general), which is one of the reason that game keeps you engaged, without being frustrating. And it’s one of the biggest pros - it’s the variety of starting attributes. They’ll be with you to the end of your run. You need to understand each character and slowly but surely learning from your mistakes.
It’s a constant of an try and error, trying your own strats, what works and what not. Bearing in mind the sheer amount of weapons, items and stats that collectively interact with each other. There’s is no limit of items that you can have on you, which if you’re lucky you can make one hell of a build. You can sell weapons during your runs (in shop) which can lead to a drastic change of your build in a later stage IF you got lucky. Added mechanic of a 6 weapons (12 on one character!) is utterly enjoyable. It goes without saying that weapons have their own PASSIVE stats and they’re stacking with each other (if from same category). You get the feeling? It’s such a great playground for build-making. Getting your build to finally take shape and being able to see that each wave you run through is actually REALLY fulfilling. Added to that - there’s 6 difficulties to choose from which makes my (and I hope yours) mind tickle when it comes to achieving that on every single character in the game. You want do a one more run, one more try, maybe now you will get another character and you’ll build it differently or try it again, but with a different approach? Everything comes down to winning, every lost fight is getting you more and more motivated to GET THAT WIN.
Below that excitement lays a cat - curiosity. That is another big thing in this game. You’re killing enemies, leveling up, upgrading gear, buying items - overall getting stronger, but deep in mind I was ACTUALLY curious of what my build is about to become. Constantly questioning my choices - am I going in the right direction? Do I really need this item right now? Maybe I should reroll the shop and bet on my luck etc.

And that is ultimatly more fun and satisfying than VS, in my humble opinion.

I don’t want to summarize this by simply comparing to VS, don’t get me wrong. I did add that only for a context, but the essence remains. Brotato is an actual roguelike flesh and blood. Try it and you won’t regret. <3