Ascendant

Just like Issac, its laid out as rooms connected together... up, down, left, right... which is perfect for the format, with some chest rooms that may sometimes need keys to unlock, and shops as well (influence being the currancy)... all these basic mechanics from Issac are here, and for a good reason...

Timing is key, you'll have to be rather skilled at the game to successfully pull it off especially in the late game or against certain bosses but using the room to your advantage is also a viable tactic, You don't have to parry or dash through attacks, you can always jump over, run away, lure foes out of position among other things.

This game reminds me in a lot of ways of The Binding of Issac... which is my all time favourite rouge-like game, and Ascendant is VERY simillar in many ways, but one of the biggest (and obvious) differences is the art style, i absolutely LOVE the gorgeous colour pallet in this game, really simple but oh so pretty!

It has a great soundtrack, a huge amount of replayabilty and very well executed game mechanics.

It reminded me a lot of the kinda-story-mode in Super Smash Bros Brawl except it was fun.

This makes it a perfect game to play local coop with your kids or your faint of heart friends.