WazHack

WazHack is a roguelike played from a side-on view, built around a single rule: time moves forward only when you do. That gives you all the room you need to think your way out of a problem instead of just spamming attack and healing potions.

The depth comes from its scale, with over 350 unique items and more than 170 monsters, many with unusual attacks, so you constantly invent your own solutions to sticky situations. Some of the best moments are spent standing still, weighing whether to gamble on an unknown potion that might be Healing, or a wand that might be Magic Missile, or might be a Wand of Create Monster that makes everything worse.

You start by choosing from 16 character classes, each with different starting equipment, stats, beliefs and talents, but the game you actually play depends heavily on what loot the procedurally generated dungeon hands you. You might turn an uneducated knight into a master battle mage with a lucky spellbook, or stroll through as a Bard enthralling a growing audience of music-loving kobolds, with the choice shifting run to run.