+1 for SotS:TP. I'm not a huge fan of roguelikes, but that game is a blast.
So, I went and picked up The Pit based off the glowing reviews in this thread. Looked like something I'd enjoy for sure. I feel like I should offer a counter opinion now based off my experience.
Started off very excitedly but after getting to around floor 8 on hard a few times I've decided the game is a piece of crap.
Every map is the same. No prefabs. it's all Rooms with objects you need a skill to interact with and doors with traps. Awful exploration.
All the millions of materials you find are for crafting but finding the recipes is SLOW and if your class has poor computers/foraging you wont find any.
Carry space is tied to strength making life a pain for everyone else.
The starting classes are the most unbalanced Ive seen in any game. Levelups mean nothing compared to starting stats. There's very little tailoring you can do. Want to go your own unique style of marine who is a computer expert? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. You'll get 1 to 3 points a level making it useless to start with and useless while leveling it as fast as you can and it will just never catch up in time. Char select doesn't even show important things like movement speed or the varying(?!) points classes get on level up.
The first 5 levels drag, as the only strategy involves not using your ammo or armour early game, and then it gets hard too fast relative to power that character levelups give you… So there's this BLUE ROOM. It's like all the shit balance in the game is made up for by doing the 5 boring levels naked, stashing your gear and XP then getting a head start hopefully powerful enough to go on. This room is like your guarantee of rubbish balance they have no idea how to fix.
I'm not saying it's impossible to win from the start but you'll need the wiki for recipes and/or some RNG luck on drops in that first 5 boring levels and I can't be fucked playing thru 5 easy maps, watching the loading bar for every search, just to get to the end and go "hmmmm, i found fuck all. Stash all my stuff in blueroom and reroll".
It's just such a mess. I did get a few hours out of it feeling very optimistic, but it just doesn't go anywhere and I really couldn't recommend it.