When comparing Retro Rogue vs Bit Golem, the Slant community recommends Bit Golem for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes on Android?” Bit Golem is ranked 48th while Retro Rogue is ranked 54th. The most important reason people chose Bit Golem is:
While there are no items, runes give you different power-ups, which is sort of refreshing. It keeps it simple.
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Pros
Pro Simple gameplay for newcomers to the roguelike genre
For those that are new to the genre Retro Rogue is a good game to play to get their feet wet and learn the mechanics.
Pro Slider for graphics to emulate look of playing on a CRT
There is an option in game to allow an effect on the graphics that makes the game look as if it is being played on a CRT.
Pro A simple, binding-of-isaac-like roguelike
While there are no items, runes give you different power-ups, which is sort of refreshing. It keeps it simple.
Pro Fairly addictive
Coin collecting to get on the leader boards can be a lot of fun. Sometimes in a dungeon you have to risk your health for just one more coin.
Cons
Con Not a free software
There are some libre alternatives.
Con Not much replay value
Once one has beaten the game, there is not much incentive to play again.
Con Not a whole lot of content
Could definitely use some more enemies and bosses, and perhaps some progression as you go to the next dungeon like harder enemies.
Con Art style
You can tell the dev is probably going solo for the art. It is fairly neat overall, but some sprites are sloppy.