I liked the first one more than the second, I think the rogue lite mechanics were not a good fit for it. I also noticed the progression in the second one was kinda limited towards the end and would have liked some more sauce.
It may depend on which kind of game you like (Zelda like or rogue lite). But thumbs up for the first one for sure!
I think the issue is that the more users these instances have, the easier it is for them to get throttled/banned by the services they want to use. I self host piped and it works 99% of the times
Also some services are frequently changing stuff or just making it impossible to have an alternative frontends
For weird/horror games I follow alpha beta gamer on YouTube, so my suggestion is finding a YouTuber focused on indie games you like. As another user wrote you can browse itch.io featured page to find some hidden gems.
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